Putnam County herald. (Cookeville, Tenn.) 1903-1922, 1918-11-14
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Dear Editor: Having been in
France some few months now and
this being my first attempt to write
the Herald hope. you will be kind
enough to allow me just a little
space in your dear little paper.
have had quite a lot of fours
right and fours left and right front
into line; also shoulder and order
Filters; but in this country they call
France fellow don't get any more
of that. Our work now is wearing
out shoes and clothes for Uncle Sam
and doing first aid work caring for
rs sick and wounded, which keeps
us pretty busy at times.
No doubt a lot of people in and
around the good old town of Cooke
vile are trying to picture for them
selves what kind of country
France really is and the chances are
someone has wrote the Herald a
much better description than the
one / am about to give, for when it
comes to describing anything so big
as France ! will have to admit that
/ am a very poor hand. Parts of
this country are as beautiful as one
could expect to find any place, that
is, what have seen of it, and have
seen quite bit of it already, while
other parts of it are anything but
but pleasant to gaze upon. But the
Yanks, French and English sure are
doing great work and l think no
doubt it will end soon. Also today's
paper has some talk of peace in it,
and we are all looking forward to
that day when we can have the pleas
- av-o1.t Il tN nyt
port and hear them say fright by
file" as we load onto some transport
bound for the good old u. S. A.
That certainly will be one more hap
py day. And l wonder what our
many friends and loved ones are do
ing these nice cool days. Gathering
in their crops l suppose, but don't
think there are many left around
Cookeville. that is many of the
younger lads at least, and the girls;
some of them are rather lonesome
ait times no doubt, but then, girls,
cheer up for we are all coming back
some day, and as for the cripples
and old bachelors now is yur last
and only chance so you better grab
one while grabbing is good, for / am
thinking after this awful war is over
Judging from the conversations you
often hear held among the boys,
there will be quite few of them
looking for helpmate, someone
who is willing to settle down and
lead a nice quiet life, for | think
without a doubt there will be many
who will never care to cave home
again.. not for some time at least, af
ter seeing as much of the world ds
some of us are seeing and going
through what lot of us are going
through at the present time.
/ certainly would like TO have the
pleasure of walking up Broad street
once again, shaking hands with my
old friends and stopping at some of
the places | used to visit quite often
and of dropping into Erwin and Will |
liams' barber shop and getting every
thing a barber can give fellow, in
cluding hot bath-for all of which |
s~a badly in need Would also like
to meet Mr.. Writ, the editor, for he |
was among the last ones l shook
hands with when leaving that place; |
and of stopping in at Paul's Place
and having milk chocolate, for we |
soldiers in this part of France don't |
get very many of those drinks.
No doubt there are quite num-
Der of the boys from the good old |
county of Putnam who are doing |
their bit in France at this time but |
| haven't had the good luck of meet |
ing any of them only B. " High, and |
We belong to the same outfit anl it |
Is not so many days since ] saw him |
and he was all to the good and en-
joying the best of health.
But best of all, and it makes fel- !
low feel as though this war is COM
ing to an end before SO very many |
more months is where you can see |
the large number of prisoners pass
ing by and we see that most every |
day. Some are old while others do |
not look to be over Is years of age, |
and their clothes are very poor and
a lot of them look to be most starv-
ed. Even their officers are not cloth i
ed as well as the poorest dressed |
private in our army.
J Well, Mr. Editor, if this passes the
censor and you are kind enough to |
print it / will try and find time to
write again later. So with love to
the dear ones at home and also to
the many friends in dear old Ten
nessee, ! am one of Uncle Sans sol |
diers in far away France.
FRANK l.. BROWN,
Det. Med. Dept. 1st Pioneer Infty. |
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