Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-08-07

down there, il seems that | am entirely out
Of luck. Probably won't get to come home
roll tonight guess will get paid next
week hope so for ! am dead broke again.
BOY THEY'RE AFTER is "ovER THERE
by Corporal Daniel II. Beta. Co. B. SAND
Infantry. Camp Grant, July 2S.l
Berlie Moore viii drop you line TO let
you know there axe some Of Old Nernons
boys still on the go. ! am teeiiik hne. and
promoted TO Corporal. At present. have got
some fine officers in this eompany. Amund
Tuhus is in the medical corps ana fainter is
in New York, believe. By our last order,
we go ever the pond by The first Of September.
The sooner the better, because the boy" We
are after IS over there" and the sooner we
ge; him the sooner the old u. 5. A. VIII be a
ffee country, and that is what want.
suppose old Vernon lost baRch OF mer this
time. Well, all l say IS she is lucky
county 10 have them to R.Te.
We have had a lot OF trench manoaVering
scurmishing. Soue fun, believe me. We have
about 200 men in eur company new, and need
fifty more. Then company " iil be ready
to ride cur free horse. While or the Geld
man0ugering the other day, We got a message
from cur boys ever there that they had got
ten thousand prisoners and gained eight miles
Of ground.
FRENCH ARE PRIMED WITH FINE MUSIC
IBy Sargent Selmer Kjos. Somewhere in
France May 2i.i
Friend 0t;o Brown 1t seems an age since
left kiroQua. ! have covered quite some ter
ritory since I left there Old Father Time
has mad ample space TO slip in nay mathe-
MATES. HoHever. Z an well and safe in the
territory where J am at present situated. !
have Olsen thought OF writing 30 nay old Band
master but 1t Is only this morning that nay
thoughts have come 10 a final conclusion. As
sou know the censorship is quite strie. 50
many items Of interest must be passed OF till
sometime in tie future
my ffa-a IS gsFV haQ fFf
country. Most Of the territory which ] have
seen is shaped like the country from ViroQaa
on up 10 Westby. Along the hihsides you can
find flowers Of all kinds. On through the
broad green valleys run streams Of beautiful
clear water. like the one al New Brounfelis-
the finest place in the world 10 go after each
days details are over with IL you do not feel
iike having 3 swim you may spend your tiF1e
angling for bass. Later on IN the evening
The c0ckoos begin 70 tune Ep for their evening
concert. About this time you will have TO
hold yourself together or you may find your
self slipping into that hOmesick feeling. Then
again, there < a different side to our life over
here. hay' bee, there ard possibly am there
al present. So far noise is concerned, ii
reminds me of a Fourti. Of July celebration.
Night tine doesn't halt il .scch-and it adds
10 the fireworks. The cannon and machine
guns are at il most Of the time Way up N
The clouds, aliaost cut of sight, it Is very
common 10 see German, French, British and
American airmen ducking betwees; the burst
ing schvapnel.
Their music was the best ] nave hearo tor
some time. They had band Of about thirty
five pieces I noticed that they featured the
saxophone. Their arrangement was also very
peculiar. In the first TO the right of the
leader were the saxophones, back Of them the
bases and baritOnes. To the left of the leader
The picoOlo. flute and ciarinetsi back OF
Them the cornets and trombones. Directly in
front of the leader were two saxophoHes and
fpo clarinets: back OF them the horns ard
drum5. Every man was as Tar as eonid
all classical music, such as OyeTtures and
operas. French band never plays any rag
dime music. so consequently our rags" do not
make much of q hit with the French. Most
of the French classical music is written in a
minor key. on the symphony order--a sort OF
descriptive lamentation. They also render
same with much feeling. All the boys from
Vircqua are well and happy so far as l know.
Give my very best regards to all my friends.