Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-10-30
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OUR COuNTRY'S SERVICE

As l am at leisure for short time
I take the pleasure of writing few
lines to inform you that am in per-
feet health and hope you will be the
same when these few lines reach you.
This is the first time since I have
been over here that we can tell just
where we are and the description of
the place. We are in Anglers, France,
place Of about 100000 population
and many factories. 1t is pretty
city for over here but of course moth
ing like our American cities. / have
not received any letters from you yet
but hope to soon to know about you
all and also my friends. l got let
ter from a pal of mine who is at the
front now. He left me only short
time ago. OF course we are not right
in the city but very near to it and
near. There are many slate mines
and it is funny the way that they cut
it up and split it by hand with CHS
els. The houses and buildings here
are all stone with slate roofs for wood
Is q dear thing over here. 1t seemed
funny to me, but l saw some straw
berry beds with nice big ones on the
stems and some just blossoming.
They planted cabbage about week
ago and ! said to them ut was too
late" but they said 1T was not"
They must have two crops here. l
have been interpreter ever since /
lar led in this place for an officer that
is going round for building THE
first, few days it was hard work for
we had to walk, but we have Ford
no-y and that makes it better and we
can accomplish more work. l could
not talk the same French but it Is
about the same and they en- under
stand me and l can them very we'll.
l may talk different when l get back
and you won't understand me maybe.
Well, haven't any more to tell you
so l will close. So give my best re-
CARDS to all my friends and l send
my best regards and love to all the
family. Goodbye and write as often
as you can.
From yodr loving son.
Pvt. VIM. j. Loon.
Bat. Is training Battalion
American Exp. Force, France
Mrs. Eva Arbour of Bond
street, Augusta. has received the fol-
lowing letter from her brother, Pri-
vate Oliver d. Letendre, Co. NJ, 1O3d
Inf France, Sept, II, 1918.
Dear Sister:
hope this letter will find you feel
ing as good as I am myself. | have
recovered from my wound and came
back to the company just in time to
get into another drive, and it was
some drive too. l suppose YOU have
seen all about it in the papers by
now. I pulled through without
scratch this time. Believe me, Eva,
we took some German prisoners and
this is some paper that one of the
prisoners gave to Leo Piante. This
time we enjoyed the thrill of the bat
tie and what is more. the glory Of
victory. In some towns that we took
from the Germans we were given a
hearty welcome by the French people
who had been forced to live with the
Germans four years.
The Huns left many things behind:
guns, trucks, meat, potatoes and lots
of good German beer. I got my fill
of that beer. believe me. I'll never
forget the first town we entered with
civilians in it. l saw a nice little girl
in n garden with her mother ard Cyr
and I went over and talked with
them. You know Cyr who used to
work in Perry's restaurantD The
little girl was so glad that she jumped
around for joy and her mother was
crying with joy. She was glad be-
cause she had six nice little rabbits,
like had you know, and a goat. and
we arrived just in time to stop the
Huns from stealing them.
Last night we had a nice band con-
cert from the artillery band. and in
the same place wherRthe Germans
were having them, no doubt five days
ago. Nothing could have pleased us
more here than a band concert, and
we certainly liked it. Believe me, the
Germans are sick Of the war and
they fear the Americans.
saw Earl Cooper this morning
He is well and looking fine. He is in
the mounted SCOUTS, and good sol
der he Is too. One German prisoner
told him that it was the third time he
had fought against the Goth division.
Some Germans thought we were the
only, U. s. division in France
I could write many more pages
about our latest drive but l think this
letter is long enough SO I'll close and
write again soon. I got a nice letter
from Perley. Tell them all to write,
With regards to all. as ever
Your loving brother.