Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1918-10-31
Our Soldier Boys.

Private J. l.. Calvert, Co. l., 3D. NJ.
q, Bn., Am. T.. +, writes under da tie
CT September 10Th and Goth: II know
you are anxious to hear from me. /
have received three letters from you
since | have written, but it is not be-
cause did not want to write. l was
not where | could do it. ] was in two
of the tig drivea lately and had quite
an exciting tine. The Hun doesn't
like the Yanks. In one instance they
retreated So fast We could not keep
up with them, so the cavalry had to
play a part and were very successful,
too. We have been having lots OF
rain lately. Seems like that is all
that it does. | have received some
papers lately, as we'll as letters, and it
sure was fine to get them.n
Private John Ruble, 397 Casual Co.,
writes FROM France: ii always want
ed to see France, so ] woke up over
here few mornings ago. Sure had a
fine trip across the pond, never hav-
ing auy trouble at all. This country
is about a hundred years behind the
| times. Never see anything but old
wuracti,'but the people are sociable
and can speak our language very
well. Tell all my friends hello for
me.'
Godfrey Jaeshke, First Sergeant of
Company B, 432 Engineers, writes
that he has arrived safely in France.
His wife is with her mother, Mrs. My
er, at M%iddlebrook.
Several of our Ironton boys are in
the Student Army, training at the va
! rious schools. Joe Chiffon aud Har-
ry Jones are at Missouri u; Bernard
| Adolph and Robert Edgar are at
Washington e., and john signer,
Claude Forsnee and George Farrar at
the Cape Girardeau Normal. George
Farrar writes: II am well and have
been working hard. II you could see
me drilling you would think we we're
at a regular army cantonment. We
begin at six in the morning aud con-
time until night. We commenced
drilling with the rifle last week. We
are using borrowed 1898 Springfield
models now. / like the rifle drill and
we are doing well in it. We have in
spection every Saturday. Last Satur-
day it was rainy and we had u time
irving TO keep clean and be present.
able for inspection. the least thing
wrong means fatigue duty. Shoes
must be shined, rousers pressed, coat
brushed, collar and tie neat, teeth
brushed and finger nails clean. We
line up and five fellows walk back
and forth, looking lis over for some
thing wrong. | passed, out many did
not. One fellow tell down on his in
spection, because his soap dish was
dirty, and another because his comb
was not clean. The other day the
whole Student Army Training Corps
we're sent out and each had to Kill!
tiitv flies and bring them in. The
flies became scarce before all got
their quota.
Sergeant Jerry Wick is nov attach
ed to Co. t., 69th Infantry, at Camp
Funston, Kansas, l1s is associated
with some French officers in giving
special drills. He has had a shorl
furloush and his friends Of lron.o
J telt that they were honored in hav. D.
him spend two OF the days here. H'
can tell many interesting things G
the life Of the army man in Europe
and those who have boys in the 35tl
: Division we're especially glad to SEE
and hear him. He says they first
landed at Liverpool, went from there
to Winchester and soon on to Havre
: From there they were sent to Picardy
J and made a eserve force for the Brit
ish army in the Picardy drive. AfteI
!, staying there some time and drilling
with the British, they went by trucks
. by rail, and then by trucks again an
til they were landed in the Vosge
mountain, down in Lorraine. HI
, says sometimes the boys arein the in
: Urinary and can not leave with tht
: Division, but proceed in a few day
to overtake them. They will come t,
= the village where their men were sup
posed to be, only to find they hat
gone on to the next town. But b.
: diut of wandering and hunting the!
@ usually come up with them. In al
most every town in France now the.
| will find some of our soldiers quar-
r tered, and they always invite you t
Join them In mess, SO that the matte
/, of the expense OF the trip is easil.
taken care of. In a former letter h
told Us OF their engagement with tn
Prussiars in the Lorraine sector. w
asked him why the Prussians wer
. called "square heads" He said sim
: ply because their shaved heads ar
: square. But they return the compli
ment by calling the American soldie
"a dirty pig" We asked him If the
were able to put anything over on tn
r doctors for minor injuries. NO" b
: said. ! was scratched a little b
schrapnel. As was pretty well wor
out, l went Iimping down to the cas-
ualty station and showed my wount
d hoping to be sent to the hospital for
few days, thereby gaining a littI
rest. But no. He hurriedly cleane