The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1918-10-05

Dad, | wrote mother yesterday
and | thought would write yor
this morning. 1t is now a m
We have breakfast at 1880 80
thought l would write now--al
least, start.
Dad, all | can say is that, 1 an
proud that came over when | did
and another thing is, that / am in
a real outfit. All good nen and
fighters, every one Of them; the
Germans hate our infantry worse
than they do the English, the in.
telligence department reports,-a,
least hearsay rumors. The boys
are fighter. | have seen them
fight and know what they can do.
They are equally as proud of ne
for their support. mean the
English. The war situation looks
great deal better and Fritz is
learning to respect Uncle Sans
men.
This time last year l was at
home for my short stay. Oh yes,
| received q letter from Rob La.
sale (Jake.) expect to answer
him today sometime.
had the pleasure of visiting
the home of Joan oil Arc. | have
few souvenirs Of said place, also
some of the paintings or at least,
some of the pictures taken Of the
painting in the Bastille de Joan of
Arc erected In honor of Joan
The pictures were painted by Lii
Onel Rogers. 1t took him two
years to make them. They are
the best | ever expect to see.
suppose you see that things
look real good for us at present.
The Germans are falling back.
| don't know what else to think
except that they are whipped.
The Americans are playing an i'm
portant role. The German sol
diers meet Americans here, there
and all over. They are beginning
to realize that we are here and a
couple of million strong so they
don't love ns at all and believe me
the Germans have no love for
none whatever and think
that Americas part at the present
date in the war is Very impor
tant matter. ! certainly am glad
you people back home are all be
hind Us and have so much conf
dence in yonr boys. We are do
ing our bit and so far l suppose
We may say that we have been
here for a year. Some Of US have
not heard thing Of leave or don't
know when we will get it,
but we can stand that easy enough
although a furlough and q trip to
Blighty wouldn't be bad. There
is only one thing l would enjoy
betteEthan q trip to BIighty and
that would be trip to you people
back home.
Dad, l don't Know thing to
write, except, l suppose you have
seen just what il happening over
here, and that Fritz Is about done
for? He failed at ChaIon, Sur la
Name. We were there, (very
much,) then We licked him clean
around Chateau Thierry, not ey.
actly there, but from just above
there, on. Now, Dad, that is two
scraps, especially when the Ger.
mans attacked. He caught He'll
and plenty of artillery hre. l
never saw anything more beauti
full! Ammunition Dumps on both
sides. Balloons on both sides.
Aeroplanes and plenty Of shells;
machine guns we're rsttling along;
los barking, and. the roar of the
big guns; cracking Of the shells
landing; gas; concrete; high Ex
plosives; shrapneI; etc "a great
fight, all the way round. Two
fellow officers paid the price! But
Dad, such is wall We can't all
live thru ii!
Well dad, we are eating now;
we have Battery officers mess,
which is q little expensive, how
ever; bnt that is all q fellow has
to live for, over here-eat. For
instance: for dinner today, pots
toes, fried; pie, apple; good ham.
cream gravy; Rabbit and soup. l
suppose it would have been better
to start this way: soup; rabbit;
ham, cream gravy; fried potatoe;
apple pie; wine with meals; (mllk,
also Not bad for Francei
Well Dad. as l am ont Of news,
| must close for to day. l hope
you are much better BY now.
Say Dad, this old war won't last
always and we all expect to be
looking at old mother Liberty soon
that is, of course, within eighteen
months. Dad, guess who l saw at
La Tertei Emile GOdchsux: he is
doing Red Cross work with the
Red Cross. Well, he ls
really in the field. He had q can
teen at Cherry, which was IN the