Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1918-08-15

splendid barracks, iron beds, Amori- !
can food, etc. lie was a long time
receiving any letters from home, but
on June % received quite a handful
which made him very happy. !
Russell Riggs writes under date OF
July l3: 81 wrote you on June 18th
when we were in a rest camp. We
staid ont five days and then went back
into the front lines, where we staid
until July s. But I am out again safe
and sound. During that time l spent
two days and two nights in an out
post in No Mans Land. We thought
we were going to get to march in
Paris on July 4, but only II were tax
en- from each company and they were
all old timers. May be you think the
Red Cross wasn't good to US up there
in the woods. We used to get choco-
late, cakes, cigarettes, and tobacco
nearly every day, and just before the
4th we got from them canned peaches,
peas and apricots, cakes, salmon, sar-
dimes, prunes, and we had cream with
our canned fruit too. 1t isn't so bad
when you come out of the front lines.
They issue out canned heat and you
can heat your coffee and fry spuds
and meat and whatever they issue to
you" On July 10th he wrote on Red
Cross stationery: II guess when you
see this stationery You will think am
wounded or gassed, but it is only tom
siiitis. / got a sore throat the first
night | slept under a roof in three
weeks, and they decided to send me
to this hospital. 1t is at Vichy, the
famous watering place in France. |
have not been out yet because / left
all my clothes at the evacuation hos
pital and have not gotten any new
ones yet. I sure want to get out and
walk around a bit, because ! could see
it was a swell place as / came in on a
stretcher from the station to the hos
pital. Believe me, Uncle Sans boys
sure get treated right when they are
sick or wounded. Every one wants
to do something for you. And you
better believe the real beds, with
springs and sheets and pillows and
paiamas, aren't bad to take. And the
American nurses here sure are good,
I too"
Lionel Hartzell, Band 10th F. A.,
writes under date of July 5th: ayes
o terday, the 4th OF July, our Masseo
q Band took part in the Parade and All
# of July celebration. We came herr
. on the Sd. We have visited severa
of the most important places OF scenic
interest and expect to see many
more.n He writes again on July II
"BastiIe Day, July ii, was anothe
big day for the Massed Band. Eacl
Regimental Band of the Brigade play
ed separately in the parade in BOZ
is deaux. Ours played and led the Re
Cross nurses in the parade. Then tn
t. night of the 18th the Massed Ban
played for the largest audience eve
saw in any II place. 1t is estimate
that between $4,000 and 1000 0 peopl
,e heard the "Grande Americana Mus
IN quen directed by NJ. l.. Hasselman'
"a OF the Opera Comique. There is a
B6 open space ~extenting about a quartz
OF of a mile in one direction toward tn
d. water front and about half az ia
r. in the other direction toward tn
streets around G~arondeneux Monu
n ment, and this space vas filled VII
he people, all OF whom seemed to be re;
ts music lovers. When the Marseillais
and the Star Spangled Banner wei
ed PLAYED l believe Old Bill could hav
he heard the crowd cheer had he bee
listening. Between Parade and COZ
cert that afternoon Joe Chamberla'
and I were walking through the Gal
dens Publique and whom do you suI
pose l saw but Andy Casey. He WI
'm Just back from the front after SON
NV motors. He Ia not With the 9Th Mi
souri, any more, but has been tran
VI ferred to an Anti Aircraft sectio'
You can imagine how gladly surpri
eo ed1 was to see him. We had supp
together. When he,Massed Band pla
10 cd q concert at the Alhsmbra Theat
nv in bordeaux Tuesday eve l saw hi
" again, But he started back to the
outfit this morning"
Private Hunt Of the s1st Field A
tillcry, stationed at Fort Sill, 10 vis'
Ing his grandmother, Mrs. Childel
-, near Ironton. Private Hunt has be-
~. stationed for several years In Ca
.n,s sornia, but was recently taken to Fl
Sill.
Ield George Bishop 10 with Headquart.
Q Ia Co., Receiving Depot, Camp III
oiIArk. He 10 bugler for bic oompa
ave and also lined up with the stsnogrsl