Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1918-10-03
WITH
THE
COLORS
News About The
Sioux County Boys
Somewhere in France,
Sept. l, 1918

Will again set myself to the task
OF writing you to let you know /
an still among the live ones and
feeling fine. Have never been in
as good health as ut the present
writing. guess that il BECAUSE Of
the good wine that Il fellow gets ov-
er here and then | am getting to he
somewhat Of a Frcnchman. [ can
cit and yappie with them in good
shape. 1t is great honor to some
Of the old fellows for an American
soldier to visit them and they sure
entertain us in great shape. That
In, ii q fellow likes wine and that is
the only drink IL fellow can drink
because the other drinks are like
liquid fire. .
| had the pleasure OF meeting
Chas. Howard last night. He had
just come back from the hospital
1 and said that he was ready and
/: rearing 10 go 10 get back to the
front where he was before h. got q
dose OF gas and a small piece #
sbrapnel. He ia feeling fine now
and holding up the reputation II
the cd state in being ready to xet
back into the hardest of it, and he
said when wrote you tn send his
best regards. The Indian boys
from our part OF the state are sure
milking record for themselves.
Chas. was telling me of the first
time he went over the top. He
said that some fellow down the line
let out one of those famous war;
whoops and he said there. was no
holding the bunch after that. He
and eight of his comrades were ta-
ken prisoners by the boches and
were started back with two armed
guards hut when they got out of
sight Of the main body of the army
they got away. He did not say
how but you can form, your own
conclusions. Western boys know
how to take care of themselves.
Well, Chris, how is everything in
the old aigsins and how are the
boys tina. are left? II they draw
munS more they will !,nvc tn inn
port some uf us to do the work tut
l Ito not think that this will ]as,
long as they lave the boclle IN the
run. They do not like to go up
against the American boys. They
say they have m..re CUTS than ~
bear. The boci,rA though. tlut the
Scotch We're ~ bad bunch but they
have found son,e that are harder
than they were. never expected
to sec as many soldiers AZ [ have
since coming over here. They are
are just like flies and | guess all
nationalitirs Of the world.
! Mish to thank you for the p:,-
pers you have sent. AS soon as |
have reud thcnl send tlcn, To Ma.
jpr tIanley. He is will, the 9Th
army corps. am rot in lIia old
battalion now since l., left there.
l l,nve been transferred to the -ame
company that Capt. Phelps. Of the
old x. Co., is in and it sure is a
nice buncl, Of fellows W. are vc-
~ busy now, the trucks working
day and night. 1t il hard on tie
boys but they 60 at it with the old
American spirit and that is what
counts over here.
Tell all my old friends that 1
send NV regards tn them. saw
another fellow here wiz ia nephew
of Locator Ovens and was sure clad
to see someone who knew Bill. His
name is Waiver Owens. and he il rs
fine a fellow as / ever met and a
good soldier.
1 will close for this time hoping
that this will find you all doing tine
as usual.
Sgt j. A. Henderson
F. Co. ITCH, Sup. IT,,
A. P O. 727, France.
P.S. Give My regards to Shields
ind tell him that l wish, him and
the wife the best OF success.
"a IA III
lake Jordan this week received a
picture from his 'rother Joe, who
has been i'm Fralr since Christmas