The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-09-10
George Beans Writes
Interesting Letter


r"rrivrd yesterday by Mr.. and Mrs
1an,,.. ?cans of Pleasant Vale! from
;lhrir son Corporal G'nr@" T1eans. VII" -
with in. Ii0,h l. s. Engineers in France.
lie mentions that hn has S'"'n n numi"r
Of Wheeling boys. Tho parents r"''''F"t
! fur letters IN On" mail OF when IN"
following il run almost complete and -
rs follows:
On Active Srrvirr WITH Tho American
! F:xpcdtonary Forces. Camp 8:
Sunday. August 4. 1918.
D.nrcst Mother and All:
I am going to start This letter tonight
! hut I can not finish it un'l tomorrow
I am writing and playing L N'r'rnla 1t
! srrf. IS good 10 hear on" "r TN" things
again hut We don't hav" many records.
, w. .nlv have The Emerson finch ROC
: nr,ls hut you can bet they are plenty
. En'4l enough.
Monday Evening.
/ was too tir~h to finish his ana )nst
,vh"n 7 was ready for he'd = bunch al
mail camr in. or rnurS" I road them IS
! inutrr:;) h"fOrc I went IL sleep. TIL" lir-
: lures YOU S"nt ar" grand and ! looked at
: ,;,am for half I'm hour The girl in III"
picture i< som" locker AMI sh" will h1H"
Ia visit again after got homo. lik"
! her very much.
|
all the boys in tho artillery. After
had brough, my detail In IN" truck at .
T.. m. n s"rG, ~ and 7 started. w" went
nll over ,hr. town looking for Trucks /"
tax. us there. but rouldnt find any.
We caught the 4:%n train for Mantle and
: changed at SavcunAy. W. reached our
p,orr (Rctlon) Ut go. The boys were
, living in houses all over III" town. We
went to battery T.. and I found Erwin
Ean- and all tho other boys know. Wa
,iSi,nd \ few cafes and then went 10 ~"
band concert In the park IN n" c"Nt"r 81
.nc town Here 7 met William Higgins
and Charles Quarter. and hurch 81
other hovs know. After thu concert WI
snraket in IN" boys hang out ann mao
cnr,n ham and eggs. At 1870 "" w"I:'
70 tho band headquarters AMI AN: uni"
I Il m Tho sergeant stayed WIFI nv
rr,c,ds in thu band quarters and ! Slcr;
, with Eacr.
Therc arc no barracks in IN" 'nwn an!
tho ,hrne regiments Of artillery ar" quar-
trrir- IN any house thai is vacant. They
ms, throw their bod ticks on III" S'on"
0nor and crawl in. 7 only hid on" hln"-
Eot md .hr r1onr was awful hard 81
didn't cot mich sleep.
We got M ~ n. n. and had h-Hah-
fast; Tho fitch"n WIS in ~" raTd h'-
twrcn two stables and il rav" y"n a very
: Sonl appetite. Ac:rr breakfast W" start
! I'd for battery :. which wHs about m!l"
and half ont ~ town. They t'V"d IN Il
h,c house setting back on 4 hill sid"
! or course all tho boys w"r" glad ~ 50"
M ard all rarc rushing M. They w"r"
| in blue drnrns ready to go ont and tend
20 30 horsrs. had 4 c"o-l laugh ~
! thou, and thought would Xix" ~ h"
h,c -, with thr? or Coir-S" > lot or th"''r
! would have traded with NJ" and would
! have don" e Only for ~" "T'c"rs. Th"T
! have no pity for any oF 'h"m. sonny
! and Titzratr'ck stayed with NJ" I'll thn
t;rnc was tho-c. which wasn't long.
eay tho old wood iii" whore I sp"nt
good hit Of my time. Mike and Wo.
, tho hoy who rscl 70 "at 1T Dennis win
! Tad wanted to hn r"r7o-nb"r"d 10 him.
! T had to leave ut Ms and YOU ran irnn"-
: inc tho rnrtinc Thcrr nnv"r was 4 h"i
| tor bunch nr boys 'hon in hatt"ry A., ami
! 7 meyer will forget them.
! All tho batteries HAY" their horses anc
: thry- arc dandy 200 Tho scenery Wa
{ beautiful Tho woods AMI hills rciniri-
: cd mo &c Pho old homo state. We got IN
, town ut o:fI and T&anr hal I" answer y
. formation 40 T said c7nod by" - him. w"
I walked towards Tho station md th"r' ""
mot Charles Miller. III is COL Nrlsh's
orderly. We had IN b" hcck n : r m.
! So 7 had Ia lravo m III" 1870 n. m.train
! T SURE did foo, sad. whom VIZ pulled out
! Of ,hc town Tho boys nrn working hard
! every minute and arc hard as nails.
They fall thrnc regiments> arc CninS
. tn travnl overland for about - nll"a and
thcrr finish their training. Racr Is
! going to wrtc mr. and If IN" plan" IL
! any good An: En!nE Ia spend my fur
! lon ch th~rc All tho boys wnntrd 70 b"
! remembered 70 tn" family and toll their
! families thcy ar all n. k.
! We went 1nrcc in Tho town very
! fr7r cnrinc"ra had ~--er hern th"rc. w"
had on OUT rnrr pa!En hata and th"y had
nr-cr srrn them before: III" artillery
Nil have tho over s"rl hat. All ~" hnv9
! laHy friends wanted n meet ~. CHn
, YOU imagine that? Rut II Ia true. w"
! took III" city by storm.
We got back homo Mt II y. m. and
caInc RI Sht up to camp md won't straight
( tn he'd Slept until srppcr and was too
| sur did feel good To 40 md rhr"rrd mo
! up.
nm looking for TncIn Oliver cvrry
! dny. nm going TO lot him hav" my
! leather irggins hocaueo emit wcnr
! frrrod md can't hnvr much junk with
mr. This In not positive. but I am look
ing for e in tho nrnr future. will
mako inquiries about that piaro IN raris
| but du,,'t need r. thing just now.
thing I need.
+, ing back on IN" front lines. They hnvr