The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-12-23

that such course viii be necessary
when we cross the border.
In this village, am living with a
rather aged couple, who are quite
friendly. They both speak either
French or German and sometimes a
mixture Of the two. | have large
room all TO myself with the best bed
have seen in Europe also get my
meals here, three marks for breakfast,
Eve for dinner and four for supper
That is almost three dollars a day for
board which IS pretty reasonable in
this country Eggs are one mark
each, sugar y marks a pound, and
bread l2 marks $4,000 a loaf OF
course, loaf is not like our lOaves.
IL IS round and enormous. 1t is all
the lady OF the house here can do to
lift one OF them. The color OF the
bread Is a dark brown. but il has a
fairly good taste especially when
fresh.
The food We get in our company
kpchaus is reiss .icnly good. cOnsiti-
ering our rapid advance and the diff
Guilty OF transportation do not
know what they viii give US for our
Thanksgiving dinner, but it will not
be turkey and cranberry sauce Il is
moi permitted that | write anything
about our menus. The censorship is
strict on that point Anyway, every
man gets plenty 10 eat and more OF a
variety than would seem possible un-
der the circumstances. take my
meals at my billet IN order TO get
some real home cooking and sure
am getting a. For dinner yesterday.
the old lady got me pork outlets, po-
tatOes, (rOasted), peas, carrots, bread
and a sort Of apple pudding There is
no better 10 be had. For breakfast
she gives me coffee, q think it is
chicory) jam and bread. At night
she usually gives me potatoes, AN
omelette, jam and bread. That is
really high living for this country.
AZ first the people here at my billet
were shy and kept away from me.
! They were used to German officers
and could scarcely believe their ears
when told them IL was all right for
them 10 eat at the table with me The
old man was most surprised because
/ did not have an orderly with me to
unlace my marching boots when / re
tired. Now, however, we are quite
| chummy and he smokes my cigarettes
without the slightest embarrassment
The scenery in Luxembourg is won
derful This country is supposed tC
have the finest roads in the world ano
I can easily believe Il. There are
miles and miles of road with never an
uneven place The roads are MOI
hard like asphalt nor are they sof
enough even to get dusty ! am tolt
they are built down many feet ant
that it has taken years to periec
them to such an extent. The forests
here are as well taken care OF as oul
lawns. There is rot single deat
limb lying ON the ground. We hav,
| marched through many miles of for
csts and I have never seen dea,
limb either on the ground or on
tree 10 is IN these forests that tn
nobility used TO come for their boa
hunts; also the scenes of many o
Grimms Fairy Tales were supposed 4
be I'm these forests In all the tavern
! and wine shops here, are pictures tai
en- from those stories
: We have had no snow yet but il
: very cold. Snow usually comes earl
In December I trust by that time W
( will be comfortably situated in tn
! city we are bound for We expect I
| remain there until peace Is sigae
/ anyway and possibly longer. II IN
] war does not break out again, thin
3 we ought TO get home by next fall
There is one other officer in tn
s. regiment from Vermont. from Below
!. Falls.
/. The Vermont organization that
j. csme overseas with no longer exis
s. and the men and officers are scattert
e an over this country ! have seen I
n one from bennington since le
Il Zebra Graves Ia Le Mans. France
q do not know whore any OF my form
e regiment were assigned
+ We an look forward to getting I'm
Il Germany Then we can see just ho
"a the people do feel. it Is quite possih
10 some interesting experiences awe
1t us there A defeated German ml
y still be troaoherous will wri
~ again after we have become settl
a ON the Rhine
it Edmund T. Howe.
'e ist Lieut. Co.. A. 23rd NJ. S Inf,
le American y. n.