The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-09-10
SOLDIERS LETTER
Corp. Adelbert Greene Writes Home
from Southern France.


Corp. Adelbert Greene Writes Home
from Southern France.
Mir. and Mrs Henry Greene receiv-
ed the following letter from their son.
Corporal Adelbert Greene:
Somewhere N France.
Aug IL, 1918.
Dear Mother:
win dOp you line today, as ii is
Sunday; and of course a day of rest
for us. but say. we have done so
much travelling around in the last
month that it's been hard to tell Sun
day from Monday. We are now in
the sunny part of Southern France.
and (Oh Boy but it is hot here. HaN7S
only been here a couple Of days. and
don't know how long we will stay
probably not more than couple of
weeks.
like the place we are in now all
right Our Bat and Bat. c are camp
ing out in our tents, while the rest of
the regiment are stationed in build
ings scattered all over the village.
don't hardly know what to say or
how to describe this country over
here. but gee, its funny. We have
travelled across England and seen a
good deal of France, and while there
are a lot of interesting sights. every
thing is so different and funny here |
can not commence to tell you about.
hut like France a good deal better
4 than did England, but then. they use
us good anywhere we go and how
they turn out to see and they have all
got a cheer for us and seem glad to
see us, but We Gods and small fishes,
this French language gets my goat
It's some job to make them under.
stand what we want, but their money
is easy to understand. Can't get
mixed up on that very well; and while
they take our money most places
had mine all changed into French
money.
Where we are now. Southern
France, they don't raise much but
grapes for wine and say they sure
raise a lot of grapes here cultivated
them They are all kept trimmed
down or else they don't grow high
for they are only about two feet high
but say they are just loaded will
GRAPES
While coming here we passed
through the grain section and the!
sure raise a lot OF grain and yeget
ables here, but in all of the miles o
French country | have been through
and it's a good many, have not seer
q good big acre of corn. They don
seem to raise it here. All their crop
look good and all the people seem t
work hard here. You see them on
in the field early in the morning an,
late at night and quite a few of tn
women here work in fields helping on
but the French are doing more thai
the English in this war ! think, an
i while hardly any of us can talk niue
to them we all like them better tina
the British and another thing it look
, more like home here than it did /
England. but holy smokes these cOuI
tries over here are so far behind tn
good Old T. S. A. they never ca
catch up TO US.
Have seen a lot of German prison
ers, also soldiers from, guess ever
D country in the world But don't L
anybody tell you that any of thei
4 have got anything on the Yanks. fc
a they have not and they say our boy
are doing great things on the frin
line
There are no shows nor movies ne
anything like that here. just bunc
: of pretty girls and lots OF wine an
; beer. but Ray and have got no us
for either one.
= We are all well and in good spiri
and while would give a good de-
? to be back with you all again f,
" good. we are having a good tim
- Have seen some wonderful thinl
!. over here. The good old U. S. lool
:, the best to me and have seen a /
D of England and a little of France.
,. Give my regards to all Good.b!
81 and good luck
le Your loving son.
ls Cpl Adelbert c. Greene,
Us Bat A-3O2 L. =. A.