The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-12-23

makes him want 70 uphold the honor
and reputation Of those near and dear
to him.
My thoughts and prayers have been
with and for you during my time III
France. When we areto return is I'M
certain, but we must wait for our
chance and let us hope and' pray that
it wont be long. 1868
Am still mt the school and don't
know what is to become of us. Some
seem to think Il very small percentage
Of us Will be commissioned, while 9TH
crS are Of the opinion that none OF us
will be. as
The condition of this country is such
that makes n person feel proud Of the
fact that we are Americans
My only desire is totget outsOf this
country and 60 home. One can imagine
the conditions Of countries like Ger
many after being defeated, after see
ing this country that HAS won and had
access to the money spent by the Amer
lean soldiers. t#
In our examination Saturday we
had to give an account OF our travel
ing Ia France, 50 I'll do likewise now
and try to make this letter. s
We left Camp Greene, n. S., NOV.
1G. 1917, and arrived at Camp Mills,
~ Y. the 18th, leaving there Dec.ai5.
arriving Mt Dumont, n. ]. and leaving
there Dec. IA and going to Hobokem
where we embarked on the Levithian.
formerly the German lined '''VatGr-
land" that is sure q wonderful boat.
(Imagine boar reaching from the
house down to Bis-Hospital.} The
Montana guard and n. DIS were to-
gether with 1859 Red Cross nurses. All
told there were about $500 on board
and crew of 1890 so you can imagine
what size it must be. We had no troy
bic on the way over, but believe me
when we were in mid-occan my heart
was in my mouth for oh there wash
lot Of water. 1t took us just 9 days
counting the change of time. Landed
in Liverpool and from there took the
train to Winchester. Eng, where I'VE
stayed until Jan. l, when we again
took the train to South Hampton and
embarked for France. crossing the
English Channel at night. We landed
at lie Havre Jan. . and stayed in "a
camp there over night when we again
took the train, this time in box cars
and believe me. it was cold. We tfAg
cled two days and. two nights to a
place called La Courtine, the day after
there every private Of the 41st
division was transferred to the 18th
L. $. infantry and 10 days later were
in the front line trenches.
We the non-comS. were left at La
COurtine until about an p when we
left and Went to GondrecOurt, ut the
LIST corp school where we stationed
until Sept. 80 when we We're relieved
and sent to st. Nomain. We were
there until Oct 16 when I came down
here. GOndrecourt is about 80 miles
had the opportunity Of visiting differ
ent places. went to Domry, the home
Of Joan of Arc and also to Nancy once
l cannot imagine what or how I
ruptured myself last spring. but think
slipped some time or other as we
wore boots a great deal Of the time
and it. was terrible slippery Am in
rood health now though and do not
feel the effects of it whatever. have
not been sick a day since coming over
lere. g..
Well Dad l never did any fighting
II this war. still in military sense
We have done as much toward win
ling the war as any of them, SO we
must feel that way whether we care
o or not. Myself / want to go home.
still down in my heart l would like to
zee the men go first that done the ac-
ual fighting.
Suppose everyone home is anxiously
Waiting for the boys to return.
How are you getting along in the
coal business How is Chas. now
lays. Suppose it's very cold there
low, and lots of snow. It has been
quite cold here for a week and has
rained here all day. Don't know jus.
What kind of weather they have In
his part of the country during win
err.
Am sending some Nmas cards today
IS that is all we can send from this
ountry.
; Hoping this finds you and the folks
4 the best OF health and that we III
eturn soon.
Tour loving soEl,
EUGENE NORRIS.
,andidate g. Morris,
Camp De La valbonne, / c. s
18th Co.
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