Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1918-12-26
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FROM OVERSEE men
AUDUBON COUNTY SOLDIERS
WRITE INTERESTING LET
TER TO RELATIVES
FIR Al BRUCE BENTON
RUCE BENTON
N Base Hospital No. 6S.
\ .vprS Franco Nov 9e 1918

N BdSc hospital NO. 90,
.vers, France, Nov. &c, 1918.
De; E Friend: Will write you a
few lines this morning. l suppose
/ have several letters at the COM
pany or somewhere on the road.
Well, how is everybody around Au-
dubon? | suppose you have great
times celebrating the victory. and
see by the papers that times are
changing some, l mean by that you
can get more things.
Well, you will wonder what l am
in the hospital for this time. Well,
on the last drive 1T was nothing but
hike to try to catch up with the Ger
mans on the retreat 1t rained and
did nothing but rain, and the mud
and water was about up to our knees.
We kept it up for about two days.
then they began to drop out with y
high fever. and SO stiff they could
hardly walk | stayed with them
until we got about to Staina then l
had to give up like good many
others. We did not have much of a
company when | left. l left them
November 5th. / sure would like to
be with them now. ! don't know
whether We will ever get TO u division
again or not ! am going to try to.
Some of the boys are being sent to
the coast now from here. They say
that some Of them will be home by
Christmas, but I think il We get to
Iowa by next April We will be doing
we'll.
This is some life to live over here.
l am so stiff at times with rheuma-
tfsm can hardly walk and feel that
l am about so years old. | am at
the Red Cross hut now We had a
great time here last night. There
were seven Indians played a Jazz
band and some negroes sang and
danced. We all laughed until we
cried.
MY. but everything is high over
here Five francs or $1.00 don't last
very long. My budy and ! got about
Two pounds of grapes for I'VE francs,
cost about 10 cents.
have written to Percy Priestley
but have never heard from him. l
haven't seen any OF my cousins over
here, hut have seen lots OF fellows 1
knew. want 90 tell you l will be
glad though when ! get back to Gods
country. Well 1T is time to go to
dinner. My buddy is hurrying me so
I guess l will go now and write more
after dinner. We will either have
beans or Stun for dinner. don't
know what We will have for Thanks
giving dinner.
Will write you few more lines
and send this when We get back TO the
barracks. They were calling on
some of the names to go out and my
buddy and / were on the list. so here
we are in a hellhole of a convalesence
camp. don't know what our next move
will take us to. They have guards
all around here so they can't get OUT
II rained here last night and IS
as nude D. 40 ,ll.s i.eh.,--;l-s - *. ~
getting some turkey ready Tor TO-
morrow, don't know whether we VIII
get any or not.
NY, I wish | could step in and see
the folks at home, but ] suppose the
only thing for me to do is to wait uh
iii they send me. home.
A bird went up to iieutenant
this morning and started out with nus
story and said. Lieutenant. ] want to
90 home" Hell, we all want 10 do
that" the lieutenant said and "cnt
off and left him. N
Will close with best regards 10 all
GROUND Audubon.
Your old frien1.
BRUCE BENicN.