The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1918-11-07
FROM FRANCE.

From Sergt. d. +. Britt to his
mother. Mrs. NJ. 5. Britt, OF Little
Rock:
France, Oct. Is, 1918.
Dear Mother:-
l haven't had letter from you
since wrote you last, but on account
OF having the Square Heads" licked
and work is pretty slack now l will
have to write you a letter. l know
you have all of the good news from
papers and it Is absolutely useless to
try to 60 into details, which should
l try couldn't be very far, though we
are certain of peace and everything
Is rosy. yet We have got to respect
the censor. but perhaps by the time
write the next letter, and vet
won't put it too soon, might be per-
mltted to open up and tell you more
than could tell you now.
II is useless TO tell You that every
one over here is overjoyed. 1t seems
like home is coming closer. We can't
tell; 1t all depends on someone else
that knows better than we do. Wood
row Wilson has the job in his hands
anu they couldn't be put in any more
capable hands. We are hoping for
peace but If he sees fit not to have
II yet We wont complain but will
Dack him TO the finish. Some think
that 1t is mistake; as to that can't
answer. l am not capable but think
that the time has come that we are
going to have peace and we are hold
ing our breath and awaiting the re-
suits anyway should we have to
wait awhile yet we are certain tha:
we have got him licked and it will
be only matter of a little time until
we will have it then and then maybe
II would be more profitable.
! You can't imagine how it thrills q
fellow to be over here to see the fin.
lsh OF this fight the biggest fight
that has ever been pulled off. 1t il
worth more than anything else in q
fellows life. The onl ything that a fel.
low regrets over here now is tha,
he hasn't got wound stripe to carr
back to the States. 1 wouldn't regre,
anything if l could take a mark back
but though it has seemed at times
that would be granted that privilege
or else be put out of it altogether. |
have been lucky and have escaped SO
far. but am not proud of it at all.
l have had the opportunity once to
be with some wounded Americans.
Some that were morally wounded and
their lives were only a question of a
few question of a few hours, 1 have
seen the negroes and 1 can say,
though have had the opinion that
the negro was a yellow soldier and
had to be made to fight. havA
changed that opinion. they are worthy
of all the praise that they can re-
ceive. l have seen them laying with
their arms shot off and legs. await
ing their turn to get the attention,
whatever 1t might be, and never
heard whisper, they will ask for
cigarette and though you know they
are suffering the worst of pain and
you can see it in their faces, and
will ask them are they suffering and
they will say no. I have seen them
sing to keep from giving way to the
pain, and then think that such fell
lows as that can be whipped. 1t puts
a fellow to thinking. 1t changes a
man. Perhaps the fellow that you see
is some fellow that didn't figure sol
high in things back home according
to our narrow way of looking at n
but as you watch him there and se
what he has gone through with al
never hear a complaint. though he
suffering the worst pain imaginah
you will have to take off your hat
him, then you will think of the
tical pulling Yellow Slackers bach
home that on account Of having
little money and by lying about h
ing some disease or worse yet ne
did a days work in his life and tn
claims that He is necessary on accouV
of agriculture pursuits to remain at
home and raise food for the soldiers
think l wrote you about a batal-
lion of negroes that was in the same
camp that I am in, and of the concerts
that they had and how they were en-
joyed. That was sometime ago, the
other day part of them came back.
should say small part. and those
the most of them were wounded; it
was pitiful. One of them came up to
me, he is from Georgia. didn't know
where he was from. He says to me:
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