Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1918-11-07

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but tell the boys what he thinks Oh
chem and what they did. just thihk'
myself and four other boys captured
II of those "kraut eaters. what 40
won think OF that? Oh. boy! | cant
tell Won my feeling when | was under
fire. | just kept on going. ask
some OF the boys what they were
thinking about when those builets
were whizzing by aud one said ne
guessed he war piece OF machinery
working automatically. ! THINK tha'
descrihes me to a "T." Those 'whiz-
bangs" sure put a chill In person.
They can leave them out and Il VIII
sult me very well I'd like to ten
Won a lot more about this and some
Of the comical things that happened
of course they were not 50 Iuhiiy a.
the time. but we have had good
laugh since it Is all over with ana we
are hack from the front. Hope we
meyer have to 20 again either I've
zone through one OF the worst oal-
Ties of the war, and am able 70 zen
,bo,,t IL and most Of all | can say Is
I'VE had enough and so has some
more Of those boys that We're crazy
N "haye a little action Dolieh up
NV clotbes this mornin and they
didn't get quite dry this evening anu
than II started to rain and now they
are real wet. Just now | am some
what short OF clothes | just know
cooked heap OF coolies. | Just can
holm hut rave about the battle we
were in, Capt. Mcqueen got wounded
and 1T. Ralph Lucier is taking com
mand OF the company tomorrow.
an Glad TO get him back again
hear he has little girl at nome
think have been getting all your
Iotters hut | haven't been getting al
the Reaectors. They are not very
narticular about the second class nun
oyer here and most Of that goes
astray. like to look them over 700.
7 intended TO write yesterday, put
bad 10 20 back to the front on uc'
.auana did not get back until about
o'clock at night saw lot o.
the stuff that we took on this drive Il
Tho line Of machine guns, rifles ant
light and heavy cannons. we cap
+,rod some railway line and severn
..rs and one engine, all for narrow
rauge railway l have never hear'
from Geo. or Rex. don't KnoF
whether they got through TINS Oal'i
,ot TN look them up the mrs
chance 7 ret. You ought to see IN
nou little wrist watch that | go
from one of the prisoners, as sou
venir It keeps real good time 'o'
t - has radium dial and hands 7
.ou tba time at night Just what
needed for l broke my other wis
4 ,yatch and never had chance 10 e
a If fixed, as yet. had goou cii"n.
coll NV German watch but doh
helieye | will sell it yet for aWnli'
/, We are billeted in a fairly good SIZE
). Eronch town at present. Don't thln
! we viii stay here very long. IN
3 town was in range of the Germa
INNS some time ago and Is prett
n badly torn up, but not near so pau
some If the towns that they nav
a ,oon fohting in. One town thau
a was in has been in mo man lanu
h Won might say for four years an
a tbere Is nothing left but a wall ne
q ond there and places where bnildln'
q were once upon a time. "Old una
It sherman" was right when ne sa
g war was hell but l don't think
/ ever saw anything near as Dad
d +bis we have a fire place IN o.
r. hillat ana the boys have a fire goin
% Spra fine for it is cold and ran
= outside.
n - "a
The people of Abilene are hndll
more definite information about u
hovs Of Go. II. Letters are CONN
IN and each gives little more apo
them Curtis Brewer, Milton Jon
and Leroy Dawson write they
n,to Cutler tells Of himSt