Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1918-11-14
An Interesting Letter From France.

The iamily of the editor of the Reg
lister las receiver an interesting ane
| amusing letter iIUm Captain Harold A
fasick, VINO liaS occasionally visited
in Snepherdsto- q, from which We quote
as follows:
suppose by this time you know that
| sailed from the States on September
10Th and landed in France on the 18th
after an uneventful voyage-unevent-
full except for the fact that the third
day out / went down in the clutches OF
the good old Spanish flu" That was
not so uneventful. We had lot OF
colored troops on board, and they
certainly were funny when they were
seasick. Fortunately | did not suffer
from "Mal de Mer," for which | was
duly thankful. When one of the afore'
SAID darkies was feeling the worst,
afraid first that he was going TO die and
then afraid that he was not, and could
keep nothing on his stomach but his
hands, | heard him telling one OF his
cronies: "You can have your Victoria
Cross, your Distinguished Service
Cross and your Croix de Guerre, but
the onlyest cross want is cross dis
ocean," Another said, by Gawd, unless
dey builds bridge over dis here ocean,
Is gwine ter stay in France" hey
certainly were funny, but after they had
recovered from sea sickness wish you
could have heard them sing. They
made that old ark fairly viorate with
their harmony.
After debarking in France | spent
FIVE days at the Casual Officers camp
ar the base post, and then received
orders to proceed to Blois for further
orders. BloiS is Casual Oficers' Head
quarters, and when arrived, there !
received orders TO report TO Tours, the
headquarters Of the Service OF Supply,
where am now located.
At Blois there is wonderful chateau.
1t dates back many centuries. Catherine
de Medici lived there at one time, and
il was then that the Duke de Guise was
murdered by Henry Valois, the King
of France, at the time when CuiSe.
Henry Valois and Henry of Navarro
were contending for the throne OF
France.
In Tours the officers are billeted ir
private homes. We were fortunate in
securing a very desirable billet. Cap
tain Galloway and are billeted to-
gether and we have very large front
room with fireplace. From the windows
one can look out into our garden, where
a fountain plays, with number o.
goldfish swimming about in the base OF
the fountain. The house has electric
lights and our room is next 10 the bath.
where there is both tub and shower
The electric lights are rather unusual
in the home OF Tours, and the bath is
practically unheard of. You may be
sure that have not told any majors or
colonies of our desirable billet, for fear
that they might rank" US out OF il.
That is frequently done over here.
At present | am assigned TO theRe-
quirements Division, but some time this
week will be transferred to the Supply
Division, and Tuesday of next week
expect to receive orders sending me
either to an advance depot or 10 an
ammunition dump. That is what !
desire, for in that way get closer TO the
front, and that is where we all want TO
be. would prefer being sent TO an
ammunition dump, but ! am not par
ticular which assignment | get. If !
am fortunate enough TO secure the A. D.
assignment will be even closer TO the
front than in an advance depot.
Capt. H. H. Williams, who married
Miss Margaret Potts, is over here in
the same building with me He is in
the Supply Division also. Send me
Bills address, please. may get to
see him.