Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1918-07-16
DONNA BOY Is
PROUD TEXAS
WHEAT RULING
J. n. vERTREES over THERE" SAYS
WOULDN'T BIZ ANYWHERE ELSE
FOR COOL MII-LI0N"-FRENCH
WONDERFUL PEOPLE
US. TROOP "RARIN TO GO"

George II. Mcrriwcthcr III Donna has
received letter from Sergeant y III.
Ncrircc-. formerly VT Donna, hut now with
the American cNpeditioHary forces. Ser
geant Nertrccs letter ~ typical VI the
spirit animating the men who comprise the
American expcditionary forces. Hi chief
amhit On II to obtain service stripe and
ni- chief pride j. in the self denial rrar-
ticcd IN his State-Texas-in denying her
~clf the use 81 wheat flour in order that
the troops might be fed.
lii letter follows:
"Iu~t received your 'ncw~ie' letter and
YOU we're certainly rgil in regards to my
liking ~ hear from home Donna ~ sure
stepng out IN this war; and any one
should be.proud to have come from TeNa,
r u on account Of their not using flour
That kind Of thing VIII have Y much
greater bearing Oh the outcome of this
war than most people II the ". :. thlnk-
Il had fine trip east and rot to &c
some of the large cities cnroute and
good trip across ~ England when We bad
4 few exciting experiences Nou should
have seen our Little convoy. Little de-
~troyer- that kept cutting across our bows
Ill constant danger NJ being run down.
But of course that was the only way
they could protect u from mines. ! had
nice trip through England. II seems
queer the way they utilize every inch ~
md there Every building L. made III bries
or stone ! suppose the Only ones that
have frame houses are the rich ones The
only time | felt rocky was crossing the
channel ! came near losing everything
but my socks. France j. 4 great country
and | take my hat off to the Frcnchmen.
lie " the best. | have seen quite lot
of France in the famous ear of ''lIommeS
3S Chevaux l6' but | can stand lot of
hat and anything else that goes with this
war game A lot of these old buildings
date back ID the Romans and these roads
are fine. You could 70 T5 miles IN hour
ii your ear here, where It ha> not been
cut out IN artillery fire These French are
Wonderful fighters and they can stand
the "gatf' | do not know III YOU have
heard NJ fe new regis ations or not
Cheyrons are only worn On the right arm
and the left j. preserved for stripes Of
service. wounded and trench | guess
will have one by the time you get this.
They are gold about two inches from the
bottom. ! suppose you have hdard the
old saying that We regulars use about
having done more time On the H. H. than
~ and - has done IL the army. Well
over here you have ID do the service and
have "A service stripe IT, Get TN with that
stuff. ID that you can zee that a strip
will ~ welcome. | suppose Won read what
Roosevelt said about his son receiving
medal The greatest honor that come 10
h~ family ! have seen Frenchmen dig
eing i'll mud I'd Their knees, u YOU can
zee what kind ~ peoI.e they are and they
hal two .ripeS pinEed on them. But 1T
course II depends on how YOU look 1T I'LL
For myself | wouldn't be any place else
for Il cool million and whatever YOU risk
~ III the end, pay, in the war game its
well worth the whole. | wish | had come
foar years ago. | wish you were over
here in command Of battery | kind of
thin51 we would smoke 'em up n few
Very CAD to hear about, and her sue
cess In teahcing, but was not surpr Sed
ut that Glad to hear Bryson has 'taken
on" Best regards To George and vii and
all the other friends in Donna | s'poSe you
arel Interested in the fighting spirit Of
the Americans from first hand Don't
worry about il. they are always 'rarin' To
20 all the tme."