Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1918-08-16

took a trip out In the country a it'll,
way one day, Lee and | with a couple
loi other fellows went all through one
Of the stone castles and II sure Is some
sight III tell you all about II when
get home, One day | saw a bunch oil
sailors from the u, S, S, Washington
and they said the america" was IN
port We went down to the landing
and got a chance to so out and sec
Eastman, ! wanted to so again the
next day but all the American sailors In
- got restricted that night. so !
couldn't 50 any more,
On the 9th we left the dock and an
/ chored out in the harbor and the next
day we sailed 70 , about 100 miles
down the coast. is not as large
as the first port where we landed but
| It Is prettier and there is a better class
Of people there liked it better there,
I only we had 20 work al the time and
we didn't get as much liberty,
They sent a gang OF Bulgarian pris-
oners to unload the ship and they put
us seamen IN charge Of them, | had
ten Of them in the forward hatch Of the
ship, They couldn't talk much French
and no English so | had quite a time
making them work 1t was only for
three or four days though, They were
lazy as the deuce but liked them pref
ty well The French Government paid
them 10 centimes day which is about
two cents American money,
The American Navy has an aviation
station at , and we used to see
the hydroplanes starting, but every two
hours they would light on the water
near where we we're anchored
The first liberty had here went to
the movies at the Y M, c, A. We all
had to be back through the gate before
nine o'clock but we were about five
minutes late and the French sentry
would not let us through, They sent
sentry from our ship after us,
We stayed here about four days after
the cargo was unloaded taking on sand
for ballast. June 2nd we left and went
to Quidron Bay about 20 miles, There
we met a convoy and we went with
them to LaPallice. We did not stay
there but only one night so no one got
liberty, We just went inside the sub
marine nets for the night, The next
morning we went to Nerdon, That is
not the city on the firing line but it is
Verdon just the same. We anchored
there that night. The next morning they
set us to painting and we painted the
whole ship in about three days.
On the ninth we went for a swimming
party up the river and we had some
time, too, We stayed all the afternoon
on the beach The tenth, we left for the
States with nineteen other ships and
some American converted yachts for
a convoy We went along together three
days then we all split up. Three of us
came together a couple of days, then
we drifted apart and stayed that way
until we were nearly to New York,
where we caught up with them. We got
into New York Harbor the 10Th and an 3
chored where we could see the city and
the Statue Of Liberty, but they would
not give us liberty. The next morning
we left for Philadelphia and reached !
here yesterday morning. Gee! it was !
pretty coming up the Delaware river. !
| am sure glad they are taking me "a
round like this but | would like to have
stayed in New York this time. ,
Last night they gave us liberty for
the first time. | ate all the ice cream
could find and then had big feed on
Top of that We went to the movies
and then stayed all night at the Y. M.
:. A. We get liberty again Sunday
hink and l am going to ask for fur
ough before many days. Hope | get
seven or eight days but am afraid
ant get that much,
Well, think have told about all the
III tell the rest when get
lone.