Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1918-11-14

these liberated peoples, anc against
the great evils. many Of which ihave
come to US through the influence of
German thought and German customs.
God help us to be strong in the Lord.
Lawrence Aldridge writes from
Camp Grant on November eth that
he has gone on day duty again. He
says: 81 guess lots of the boys who
are going to camp are glad of il, fer
they will think it's great to be a sol
der, and they will think about right
too
"Gilbert Wallis, Battery T, sd Ar
tiilery, e. A. c., writes from France
on October 18th: ~ have just come
back from up there for a rest, and
from the way everything looks | will
not get a chance to 90 up again be-
fore this is all over. | am holding
many OF German souvenirs, but as
they are a lot of trouble to carry
around | think | will dispose Of them.
/ have a picture that | took from a
German prisoner that | think | viii
keep, as | can carry that without it's
being in the way. The boche that !
got it from spoke good English, as he
had been several years in the States.
We see plenty OF them that can speak
English. Leslie is not with me any
more. lie was transferred while !
was away, Roland started to AK Les
Bains yesterday on pasa. | wish l
might have gone with him, but cir
cumstances prevent. Den and Jim
/ are the same as ever.n
Walter Kendall, L, S. s. Western
! Comet, care of Post Master New York,
writes: ave left Portland on the
2Sth Of September. The first week !
/ was SO sick ! did not know what was
going on. Our ship just bucked like
, a goat when we crossed the bar. The
u, bar is where the Cumberland River
and the Pacific Ocean meet. After
we crossed the bar the ocean was
calm for about d week when we hit
j, a storm and We thought several times
that the boat would upset, but We
Q made it o. X. On the 18th of October
the boat was running on slow speec
50 that they could fix the turbine. A
fellow byt he name ofWheeler thought
If it was stopped and jumped overheard
to take a swim and the waves wert
g SO big and swift that it soon put hin
is out OF sight. You a bets Bud vii
j. never take a swim in the ocean. Oi
the Eth we started across h Gul
stream which is the Paciiic's roughes
If water. None of us knew it and SO di'
not shut the port holes or close thu
y wnter-tight doors. We hit it at l
p. NJ, and we soon woke when waite
lp got into our beds. 1t took us "a hour
O. to come through it. We made on
first stop on the Goth at Panama. !
is the most beautiful place I ever ga
and it certainly felt good to get on IN
earth again. We left there on tn
I'D of October on VI way here
., When | reached New York ! got :
re letters, but I will only have time t
~. answer yours, Mother, this trip, {
nc tomorrow we start across. weigh
ed 40 lbs. when ! enlisted and | no
,aa weigh 16i lbs
,ot Louis X. Miller, Battery Z, $3.50
rs. f. A, writes from Saint Saturnl
IA, France, ON October II: "We has
Il. travelled from rest camp to rest IAN
almost necessarily, but now seem
IN have settled down at Saint SATURN
,,, South Central France. II is a qnai
,ob old village, all Of the houses being
brick aud stone. Everything in t
town il about 500 years behind t
we times, though some of the 9th
,al, towns are not SO bad. We have go
nd on trucks part of the time and tn
gave us a chance to see the countl
Some of the roads were built by
iso Romans and are nov in good CONF
&C.. ton. We arc located pretty high
the hills that remind me OF hon
only there is 10 timber on them.
nee have already put on the WOODEN o.
and also our winter underwear,
fish feels good, too. Our sweaters q
socks never did get here, ashley w
put in with the regiment stuff and
was nearly all lost over here on
railway somewhere, but l hope
p will be issued stuff to replace sal
We have already had ssnow here.
is saw ii OH the hills going into Gle
are mont the other day. | have ne
the received the REGISTER yet. Gu
ONE you had better cut out clippings
has send it as first class"
too Carl Gross, Co. F, 10Th Motor S
hing ply Train, writes that after he had
9TH aciently recovered from the influe
lives at Camp Funston their company v
II to Detroit, Mich, via st.. Louis
. 1t Springfield, III. After being ther
gian week they started East. When t
sons arrival at Springfield, Ohio, il