Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1918-11-28

night by the most motherly old lady
| have met since l have been over
here. She 10 = refugee from Belgium.
! have been transferred since last
wrote. am In Headquarters Com
pany now and am driving q team.
enjoy the work because il is different.
| guess the people at home are pretty
anxious W. the war news now. We
have been making them jump lately
and | think they have begun to real
ize where they are standing now. We
will hope for the best any way. i
certainly would like to spend this
winter at home"
Lioneli Hartzell, 18th F. A. Band,
writes on October 18th: "We are
still able to keep Fritz on the move,
although We find the mud something
fierce. Good news just came in. l
will tell you more about it some other
time. The fellows in this Dug Out
are making so much fuss ! can write
no more"
The last letter written by Fred F.
Dixie, Battery Z, 10th +. A., that was
received here was written on July Il.
But on Monday OF this week another
letter was able to come through, and
that was dated October %. lie said
nc was well and getting along all
right.
George Wendell writes from some
where in England that he had been
flying above the clouds. He had to
land in Il field and go to a farm house
and inquire his whereabouts, so that
they could find their way back to the
, air dome, They were flying for over
4 hours.
George Bishop writes from Camp
| Pike, Ark, that he has received his
[ commission % second lieutenant, and
will participate in the graduating eX-
;, crossing on November 30th, his moth
t er's birthday. He hopes to return to
o civilian life after that time. He is
S still working to beat the band and
t can hardly realize that peace is pre-
vailing.
n Louis Robinson, Co. h, 136th In
r fantry, writes from France: 81 have
been under the weather but am feel
ing better now. Lots OF the old boys
of the Regiment are in the Hospital
NV feet are on the bum and am try
II ing to get patched up again. We are
still having plenty of rain"
n Private VIM. j. Lamar, Who'll left here
for camp July 18th, is now overseas
y His address 10 Macarthur Co. 81, A. K
d. He wrote to his mother on DC
r. toher 10th. that he was well and wa
anxious to hear from all his friends.
H., Card has been received saying
y Robert Patton, 18th r. r. Artillery
had arrived overseas.
81 Harry Rudy writes from Newpoi
ID News, Va, that he is a mounte
guard, He says: ave receive
d. word that peace had been declare
K, about 2:3O that Monday morning
tn You should have heard the whistle
and bells, also the noise we made GU
n : selves, They celebrated here all day
ID and that night all the soldiers in near
by camps came into town. We ha
planned to go up, but about supps
time they gave orders to stay il
About $50 we were called out Wit
our rifles and side arms and wei
~. marched up town. never saw sut
a mob in my life. They were tearin
everything up and burning it. 1t VI
/. estimated they destroyed about t'
thousand dollars worth of propert
There was in the n%eighborhood
op, thirty thousand soldiers and sailo
ing in tbs raid and they were all sore
lite this place. They got so bad we we
called out to stop it. We fixed o
bayonets on our rifles and went in
them. In a couple of hours ever
thing had Gpieted down somewhat a
by midnight we had the town
charge. 1t is the most excitement
have had yet. Last night we we
az called out again to put down a riot
~ the negro quarters. That was not
W much trouble. we arrested about
% hundred and it was all over wi
20 There are rumors OF a big raid on
oo night, but as we are on guard do |
oo suppose we will have to go out. Tt
) W have a company of Military Pol
. oo here, but they do not amount to mu.
W To stop trouble they call on US I
, 20 lows, and We can do it.