Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-08-22

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bay Who L. a YEnk With the EHPedi-
tionzry Forces is living 3 lie that h
educational. although ~ uma rathG
trying. Sergeant Roy Croasey, vh7l
49, ohs Of the first Mexioo boys 30 80
ever seas, has written his father. Ma
sen CreAsey. q this city, the fellow
INK interesting letter q tire life with
PerShing:
Dear friend Mitchell:
Many, many moons ago when my
postsfice address Was little more 20.
the point and more individual than AZ
present I promised TO write; and io-
from the absent het3er appeared as the
water from the rocks
The story az my coming "over
here" q have found just the full
meaning Of over hsrel would cause
R-oosevelt's manuscripts to appear
small by comparison with mine, far
too much to attempt to describe in a
letter.
BY new you are probably aware
that I've visited London and other
towns Of fame in England, and have
ridden in the famous English cabs,
they ride like Grandfather old
spring wagon and I've heard the
bloody, blooming hun in his own
bloody, blooming way. We could
whip the hun while's he's cussing
them, and speaking Of cussing, il l
couldn't Go = better JOB of "cussin' -
than the Englishman, / should stop
entirely. / have lived with them a
north. and that is sufficient.
He Smiled at Their Trains.
Our first smile over here. and again
the full meaning Of the word must be
studied, was at the large and state
IL engines pulling the heavy cars.
The engines are about the size Of Mr..
Green's private ones Ut the Mexico
brick yards, Sut the cars are not as
big.
In moving around over England the
serreznts, after mansuyering that
would DO Hmdenburg credit, nearly
always manage to ride firs-clsss,
whJs the poor carporsls and the priv
ates have 70 ride second and third
class. Fer that we have as yet failed
to obtain their forgiveness. At pres
ent we are almOst afraid 20 put them
on fatigue for fear they viii tell US
they still remember US in England.
50 much for England for the time be-
ing.
Ny first day in France was spent
in resting, as we stayed up on thC
ship waiting 10 be stung by the "ras,
berry" the night before, so we wer,
entitled 70 rest. l was feeling rather
blue and lovesick. (oh, yes, we gel
blue and love siek Just the same Al
humans,) when ] heard a voice tina
was musical and had a drawing pow.
err that ! could not resist. 1t seemed
had heard this voice in some sweet
dream long ago. ! tried to resist it
but it would not permit SO ! found my.
self walking toward it. After walk
ing until / was tired and thirsty, il
still seemed some distance, so / rest.
ed, but soon was after this voice
again. Eventually ! came up to the
voice and 10! who was the owner? Mo-
General Pershing, not General Joffre
not General Foch, but only Sid Hous
ton, our own Sid Houston of Mexico
fame. | almost ran up and kisse,
him on both cheeks in regular Frencl
fashion, but upon second thought de
cided that it was better not to cause
scene Hoyer here somewhere il
France" Well, the result was tina
Mexico was heard Of that night, man!
of the boys call me Mexico Roy
Sounds real mean, but it isn't
We rested two or three days Il
that camp and then were doomed :
move farther on into France. Afte
four or five miles of hike one Sunda,
evening with full pack we wer,
marshaied into the @gare" Gin Eng
fish, that is where the train depart
FROM and were told that we woull
have a little rest before getting Of
the train.
| walked around some and came L
a long string of box cars and on then
was written a sign in bold and glar
ing letters:
Hommes 40; Cheyeaux 8.
Translated, forty men or eigh
h~orses." Our officers were gatherel
around these cars for some time il
conference, as though in doubt as u
what TO do. / really believe that tn
horses gave us a hard race for thosI
burned cars, but we won out in tn
end. Well, before morning came W
wished the horses had won, and be
fore we got through with that rid
the roads would have been a Godsen
TO rs poor sleepy wretehes on tn
bottom. You know, we slept in lay
ers that night, rifles on the top an
sergesnts on the bottom. Some wis
person croaked, "The sergeants ar
80 soft they'll make good straw Z
lay on" Well, ! hope we did, as the!
they didn't make good cover. II on,
man wanted TO turn, he had to give tn
command so all could turn at ono
and together.
We sailed into a large city the mex
afternoon by the name Of "Angers'
on the River Marine and the eomman,