Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-06-18
129TH IS PLACED IN
QUARANTINE; LIVE.
IN THEIR PUP TENTS.
CORP. BUCK" BRADFORD WRITES
OF FIRST EXPERIENCES ON
FRENCH SOILS DISGUSTING.
LY HEALTHY.

Company was forced to pitci
their pup tents in field. and 10 re
J main there for several weeks upor
/ their arrival in France, because sey
/ eral Of the boys in the regiment were
suffering from scarlet fever. l'p &c
| he present time no cases of Ottawa
| boys contracting the fever have been
| reported
| a letter has been received from f.
RAYMOND Bradford, the second son
1f Mr. and Mrs. s. b Bradford. telling
Of the arrival of the Ottawa company
n France. The letter reads:
Brest France, May 2G. 1918
Dear Dad.
Well we beat France to it on the
irst lap, thanks to the able assist
anee Of the nayy-did not see sub
even a. distance in fact the only
excitement on the way across was
he tail end Of storm that lasted
. couple of days | suppose that Won
received the letters that | wrote on
he boat and SO know all about that
We landed on my birthday and ]
certainly VIII never forget it. The
harhor will not accommodate the
liners so we had 10 transfer to lighters
and pull in on, them. The trip across
was dandy although a trife mono.
onohs and rather nervous strain The
last few days Someday after this
scrap is over | intend 10 make II
again, only like a white man
BreSt is a very picturesque place.
he third seaport Of France You may
mink 1t strange that we are allowed
to mention any definite place but we
are told that there was no objection
% names this far from the front. The
harbor is twenty miles long and tWc
miles broad and is lined with many
DID buildings some castles dating back
20 the time Of the Roman invasion
1t was early morning when we came
| through and il certainly was beautiful.
| he bright sunlight on the green hills.
real land after a couple Of weeks on
nothing but water. This is in the
province Of Brittany and the home
IF The famous Breton sailors and II
YOU could see them a couple of hun
dred miles off shore in their little
tishina boats you would think they
were hardy They would look very
well on the little Illinois river but for
deep sea travel. nothing DONG for
me
The sea wall in the inner harhor
was built in 200 A. D. and still looks
as good as new. stone construction
that far surpasses the work done now
Evidently there was no graft in those
times The city is divided into two
parts, an old part and a modern one
but il would take a detective 70 tell
he difference between them. The
very first thing saw when we came
ashore was a Ford. guess it does
MOI matter where YOU go in this world
you will always find at least one
| Henry
The actual introduction 20 France
was anything but a pleasant one
the hike to camp was grand un hill
/ grind. it sure had Il on any hill
been quariered in barracks. but OF
account of having few eases Of scar
let fever scattered thru the regiment
the plans were changed We are now
camped in pup" tents about mile
from the regular camp, in field
You remember what Bill said abou
living in barracks built by Napoleon
The barracks here were hult by hm
and am wondering If he. too. did no
land here inquired as 20 the where
abouts of the Z. $. =. o. III. but hav,
not been able 10 get any information
The post office here Is 1i6 hut | I'm
derstand that the districts are ma
numbered consecutively So he may b,
many miles away Am going to keel
asking questions until | find him.
As YOU. know my French IL almos
a zero with the ring rubbed out hl