St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1918-07-20
ST. LANDRY BOYS
ON THE FIRING Line
TELLS OF DOINGS
Or, Charles E. Hamilton, With tire
British Forces, Nephew OF
Or C. A. Gardiner
HENRY CARSON TELLS MOTHER
OF DolNas .ovER THERE.
2. 4. Puudhomme Of the Navy, Aboard
Dreadnaught Texas, says He
just Must Have the Dear
Old Clarion

And here are a few more letters
from st. Landrians who are in the
midst Of war activities on the battk
front in France and aboard one ri
the giant battleahips of Uncle sans
fighting fleet.
DR.. Charles r. Hamilton, nephew ot
pr G. A. Gardiner Of Coulee Croche,
and now a lieutenant III the medical
reserve corps. British Expeditionary
Forces in France, addresses the FOL
lowing to his mother:
B. q. II, France june ls, 1918.
Dear MamaI trust that my letters
are reaching you, as it is something Of
task to write, owing to lack of con
veniences and often facilities. since
my last letter upon my arrival ID
France, 4 have moved into the interior
as indicated In that letter At pres
ent am billeted in an old village
the use of the word eold In relation
to al French villages Ii quite super.
fluotls. ! think, all Of them are; /
notice On an adjoining wall the date
1866, Z 40 you may Judge of the an-
tiquity Of this place. The village Ii
situated IN 2 peaceful ard smiling
valley as the writers say and far
from the continual booming of the big
guns, It is difficult to believe thai
there IS such thing ais war in reality.
+ wrote you some briefly nay impress
sion Of England; ! am glad of this op
portunity for comparison. / told YOU
that England was beautiful country;
4 had not seen Fance wish had the
Word-poWer to differentiate between
the two, but lacking that shall en-
deayor IN few words to convey my
meaning: the beauty OF England Is
that of WelI-ordered state, wrought
by the hands Of man through centn.
ries; In France 1t seems to be per
fectly natural and needs no assistance
to enhance it's charm. can quite un-
derstand why the French people love
their country as they do. Another i'm
preston is, that one I'd is struck
first and solely, by the English land
scape; in France by either the coun
try or its people, whichever you see
first.
] have had the pleasure of making
the acquaintance Of French officer,
going through the village, who is bill
leted near me and he is most interest
Ing for several reasons First HE
speaks perfect English. rather Aneri-
can. prefer and so do he) having
lived several years la the states; ho
is at presea. attached to the British
force here n the capacity of inter
prefer, which position expect to hold
shortly! Well, the Monsieur Jicquet Ii
an artist by former profession. a real
one not out Of courtesy and he has
painted scenes from New York 10
California, including some In New Or.
leans; as usual he knows more about
our country than we do. He says as
soon as the war Is over he intends
to return to the states to live as he
wouldn't live elsewhere which is the
opinion Of all whom / have met who
have ever been there. look for
large influx after the war of both
French and English, however because
several English officer have stated
their purpose TO me. All who have
been there want to go back, not ex-
cludng the writer So you sec there
are several bonds OF mutual interest
between NJ Jicquet and me and
one above the ether is that he likes
good coffee and has pot and uses
the bean. He has an old French woman
in the vicinity to make his coffee
driped and am invited by him to
partake literally and often. Then
too. got into the good graces Of
Nine. Curie at once by the following:
yesterday morning M Jicquet asked
me with eloquent gestures. facial con
tcrtioas, especially Of The eyes, apes
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