Daily Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1918-191?, 1918-07-03
JOE kelly
WRITES LETTER TO his BROTH.
Err TOM KELLY. GIVING
WAR EXPERIENCES.
Philadelphia, Pa.
June 20
My dear brother;

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My dear brother;
Arrived here safely night before
last from Bordeaux. France. after
being away for nearly two months.
Received your two letters and al
so quite n batch Of other mail which
had accumulated during my absence,
consequently have put In quite a few
hours reading and writing II you
knew how anxious fellow IL to re-
ceive mail you would write oftener.
! Il always seems though the trip back
to the states is the longest because
We arr constantly thinking Of the
mail we have waiting for us in New
York. News no matter how old is al
ways news to JUS and we are always
glad TO get t. You understand that
our ship is n cargo carrying ship.
consequently il Is slow compared 10
transports. Il usually takes Ia 10 rs
days each way across the pond.
I understand that some Of my let
tiers have been published In the pa.
pers. must says that don't ap-
prove Of IL. as I write to you person
ally and not for publication. My
letters are not written with delibera-
ton. I only write as things come 10
hand. consequently they are not
epistles that sound literary. there
fore | would rather have them kept
private. but Of course as long As you
think the Kentuekian and New Era
care to publish few private. opin.
ions aud observations in space that
should be used for news. well 30
ahead. The N. X a T. Z. r. has
even done worse. wrote n letter
from Italy to my friend Mr. G. y.
Buskir. general auditor. and | under
stand he had extracts Of It along
with my picture put in the St Louis
Republic. Now wouldn'. that jar
your anatomy?
We had quite an interesting but
disagrceable trip. On the way oven
ve had good weather with the excep-
lion Of the last few days when a very
dense fog set in and Il was almost i'm
possible to see a hundred yards away
from the ship with the result that an
accident occurred in our convoy
causing two armored yachts TO be
sunk with the loss OF three Ameri-
can sailors. you see all ships have tn
travel ut night without lfthts 80 they
won't be mark for submarines. Be
fore night fall they all take their po-
sitions, their true course and a given
rate 81 speed so ms to prevent ram
ming one another. You understand
that the ships always travel in groups
Of 10 TO ~ and there is some little
danger Of Tamming at night. In
the dense fog Of the night mentioned
above the w evidently got out
Of position which caused the accident
We were anchored an La Pallicc
for a few days but as the docks were
all crowded with ships we were fore
ed To move down 10 Bordeaux 10 UNI
load. We were there for twelve
days before putting out to sea.
will write to Papa describing our
stay in France as | am in a hurry to
close this missive.
The return trip was miserable ow-
ing To rough weather causing our
empty ship Ia bob around like a
cork. The propeller was constantly
leaving the water causing the ship 20
jar and vibrate. which made sleeping
a torture.
Must close but will give more de-
tails to papa. Am well although ]
have lost seven pounds while away
Trusting everyone is in the best of
health in Hoptown. am as ever your
loving brother,
J. NJ. KELLY.