Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-06-21
Tours, Franco. May 20. 10

Tours, France, May 20, lJl>.
Dear Jessie:
arrived at this town Yesterday
morning, Sunday. II sur" is delight
| ful here. the trees ar" all grown out.
and the weather is rather warm. AMI
the sun bright. The f,.w men lett III
town who wear civilian clothes arc
nearly all wearing straw hats. I'll"
ladies have been in low nrcks and
oxfords for some time. Thor" are
quite n few refugees here from Paris
and they do dress 10 the queens
taste. The French are th"r" when
ii comes TO dressing neatly and h"-
| cominGly. | do not wonder that Paris
Is the leader in that art ! hop" 20
20 TO Paris som" day. Som" "t my
friends have been there and they say
ii il grand.
y new censorship regulation per.
mits us to say wh"r. We are. when in
the service of supply g.. O. -. lon
may say 10 Mrs. Harrison that f"n-
tainr is q very nice littl" village,
safely behind the lines. in what they
call Il quiet sector. ECliOri, near
there. on the Swiss border. is u mic"
little city OF 20.OO0 or more. wen,
from there to l'"ScUnCOn. DIXON and
then here. | WAS stationed nj I'rau-
thr0y, little town about 20 miles
north Of Dijon.
will not he here long. possibly
not more than week. As To wh"r"
III hc sent. ! do not know. May i"
on th" coast. or up near IN" 'front.'.
When ! am told may l." able I" let
you know. will still lac in IN" in
surlncr and am quite sur" I'll moi h''
called on TO take any chance : a$ long
~ ! am in this line at work. felt
mighty blue when all my friends
were going To the front. and |. under
orders. had to 60 the orp"sir" di-
rcction. | would have felt like n
Stacker but for the fact that | had
nothing to say about il.
hay" not written you Tor several
dayS for tn" reason that hay" been
on thr move. II certainly is Il mighty
pretty country down In" Swiss h"r-
der. II is quite hilly--fnOthillS oi tn"
Alps. ! suppose. Th" roads curv"
around tn" hills. and sometimes tun
mel the big ones. { Travelled 10y auto.
At some towns We stopped in no
American soldiers were there or had
been there The natives crowded
around the auto and watched every
move We made. ! felt lik" u Ty Cobb.
or Jess Willard.
While ] was near the front could
hear the guns very distinctly and
saw numbers Of war planes. WAS
not there long, and did not see any
fights in the air. One happened just
the day before arrived.
| have not heard from you in about
two weeks. My mail Is supposed To
be forwarded here. but it is very like
III .9a s6s.9S saJns:Hnese o4ea5 IT,
I asked that little school teacher al
Prauthroy to write you after | left. rs
knew the small town would he lone
some after the soldiers left. | do not
know whether she will or not. Rather
believe she will not. have her ad-
dress but may lose ii. thought that
sometime after the war | might want
to know what she was doing. She was
Il very bright little girl. Ii my mind
was as well trained rs hers could
learn French in n month. just think
of tin about three months sh"
learned to say almost anything in
English. and say IL correctly. English
| is very difficult. During tn" last
month she was busy teaching French
Ito the officers. | did not commCnc"
until two months before ! LETT.
| At this writing ] do not know
where | will he. so Just address me,
Headquarters :. q. =. Am. T.. q. No.
I7l7. care War Risk Insurance. When
we get our communication of quarters !
will bc able to increase your allot-
mcnt. will let You know.
Dick.