The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1918-07-25
Augustus Henry Hayden, II.

Augustus Henry Hayden, II.
The following are extracts from
letters of Augustus Henry Hayden,
Jr., of the 118th Inft., written to
various relatives in Georgia and
South Carolina, while at sea, enroute
to France and from "Somewhere in
France"
On Board Ship, May 1918.
Can't say from what port we sailed,
when we sailed or on what ship we
are making the trip across "the little
pond"
am seated on my bunk
in my cabin as l write-7:15 p. m.
mid-ocean, 3 pm. home time. y
Our ship is on the broad Atlantic
with no signs of land anywhere-only
water, water, water. This much in
formation l can give. feel just as
safe on board ship as would feel at
our army camp in the good old U.S.A.
My officers treat me mighty
nice.
Somewhere in France, May 25.
On Active Service with British Ex-
peditionary Forces.
Of course, we are not having home
life with all it's comforts but believe
me l am satisfied and you bet l am
not kicking. The country l have pass
ed through is beautiful and every
thing in the shape of land is under
cultivation. Houses are mostly of
brick and painted dark brown or red.
Everyone in the countries through
which I have passed has given us a
hearty welcome and in more than one
place several remarked to me "You
U. S. A. boys sure always carry a
SMILE" Believe me the old u. S. A..
flag floats in the breezes in many
places and we have passed many Ger
man prisoners at work and soldiers,
too of many nations. feel sure that
our boys will uphold the glorious re-
putation of our country. When a
fellow gets over here-if he is the
right kind of a mamie says to HIM
self, / am glad l am here. For my
part l want to stay on the job until,
with our Allies, we have thoroughly
thrashed the Germans.
May 20, 1918.
At the port of embarkation pack
of cigarettes and can of tobacco
was given each soldier by the repre-
sentative of "The Army Girls Trans
port Tobacco Fund" Printed on the
little box was, "To the enlisted men
for use on the voyage. The con-
tents Of this box are sent to you with
appreciation of your patriotism.
Hearty wishes for good aim, good
luck and safe return"
Am writing from a different place
each time. Have seen quite
a number of aeroplanes and big guns.
Yesterday Cox and pitched
our dog tent under which we slept
nicely after long talk of home.
*France is mighty pretty
! place but you sah see the effectslof
war wherever you turn.
May 28th, 1918
Am camped today in a quaint little
French village. IT'S very pretty, in
fact the scenery in France is beauti
fui. Cox and have just pitched ouI
dog tent in little green field and
now expect to tanc we'll earned rest
/ caught on to the Engisf
coins in short while and l am busy
now getting the French coins down
|" Don't worry about me! II
come out o. X. Miss my paper {
great deal. have not seen a single
line in quite a while but such is to b'
expected, so I take things as the!
come and liable them o.. X. Hop,
some of. these days to visit Londoi
and Worchester and some othe
places in England that have not ye
seen Twilight on the ocea,
sure lasts long while. When re
tired at 10 80 one night you coul,
: still read newspaper on deck AM
when I turned out next morning a
, $40 it was broad daylight-and ha
. been for I don't know how long
June 1st. On Active Servic
: with the American Expeditionar
, Forces ~.