The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1918-09-10
!, From E. E. Ditch
!, : Bdore He Left
Pa, For The
Front
| al From Huns Long Dis
Gun Struck Building
4. pIock Away From His
sl,ce Of Residence

q. nick Away FROM his
1I,ee Of Residence
allowing letter Of interest to
.:.nd. in St. Mary parish has
...;,.d from Mr.. E. E. Ditch,
rt.ry for the Knights Of Co
Paris, Aug. 10, 1918.
= King. Morgan City, La:
I,.sr Mr.. King-It is now
4. and / am awaiting de-
!, the meantime l will at
!, 1--WE you a little description
NJ arrival in France til now'
.nsrcw I leave for the front,
!, received my assignment sew
hp ago.
rived in Bordeaux on sne after
4 Friday, July 26, aboard the
French steamer La Lorraine.
reuded the beautiful River
4, for about eighty miles IN the
a uruvince Of the same name.
\ (,ironde empties into the Bay
xuy. We spent the greater part
I, jays in Bordeaux viewing the
daiul quays with its immense
ung facilities; everywhere can be
d work Of our American engi-
i While at the steamship dock
hd ! chance to see a bunch of
IA prisoners Of war; big husky
n, With sullen faces; judging
ben looks they seem to be well
\ srs Of. Our Uncle Sam has
wonderful large postoffice
~ IN Bordeaux to handle
iza mail and the postage over
i'd mail to The States is 3 cents
nm and 2 cents for postals, as
\ French mail Is centimes (5c)
lsten and 5 centimes (1c) for
u y It can be easily seen that
ltnch will carry your postals
L and American postoffice &c
= French charge &c for letters
liitsd States postoffice only &c.
Z country up from Bordeaux to
= approximately $50 miles in
l3heastery direction, through
y the most beautiful country
aoie; picturesque chateaus,
low mountains in the back
Nd Most Of the villages and
through which we passed the
nnr were Of quaint architecture
'lnost all without exception have
ned roofs. We passed through
helds Of harvested wheat, this
70 being similar to some of our
e West States. We followed
a'ssed several winding rivers
- levees like the Old Missis-
moving that even Old France
= troubled with rising rivers.
usater part Of the travel were
!" soing in all directions. I
aklng to . orporal who had
~F tie top in . good many
: and vas just out of the hos
azning to the front. He was
uaitsd States regular, and he
: evsr with Z platoon Of six
md only four had returned.
= Tie death Of his sergeant,
lnnan. who had just been
; sergeant, and the tears
dssn his cheeks and I
3 he subject. 1 spent
part of . week in one Of
- here, furnishing good
9 wounded boys, and they
nerve, no end of it:
80 ambition is to be back
g again; they speak highly
'1le Red Cross nurses and
We have over here are
s. snpreiy dark at night, but
0ne gay city; there is a
= more vine drunk than
.ae autos run at full speed
eets, and criss-cross in all
and # a pedestrian is
4na not the chauffeur. is
I'r blocking traffic,
ans' Big Bertha has been .,
q, ,'9nbarding Parish for the
4. sat they let up today. DOS,
9 nunision. One Of the
g q hotel about a citv
sn where / am stopping.
s.,s s'le through a thick wall
!. ,.s,l = 'eet and shattering all
4 49, and plae glass over a
u. .aere were several peo-
a0s offcial). / was at the
1ae smoke from the ex-
cleared away. If the
-. e affect the morale
people IN Paris, they