The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1918-09-13


Thomson, Jr., grandson of Mrs. Joh1
T. Hinton, of Paris, sends a breez,
letter from France. Mr.. Thomson.
letter, which is one of the most in
teresting we have yet read, is as fol
lows: .-s.
France, Aug. 8, 1918.
Dear Auntie:-I hope my letter
written some ten days ago announc.
ing my departure for the training
camp arrived o. K. Had quite an
enjoyable trip, stopping for a few
hours in Paris, France, on the way
here. Our stay was of only a few
hours duration and 1 didn't have
time to see as much of the town as ]
would have liked. What 1 did see
though was well worth while. l am
hoping to have a chance of looking
ia over in more leisurely fashion at
some future time.
The training camp is we'll located
in very healthful, as well as beau
tiful, part of France. We are suffici-
entity far behind the lines to not have
to worry about aeroplane raids and
twelve-inch shells for a while now.
It's quite a welcome change, too. AS
the English say, L got jolly we'll fed
upon it, / am glad to settle down
for a while in this section for an
other reason, i. e. all the troops are
Americans and we get honest-to-
goodness Yankee grub. No more tea,
cheese and jam like we have been
having to put up with in the past.
Il ran into a little hard luck my
second day here by spraining my
left ankle. However, it is coming
along nicely and / expect to be out
on crutcheS within the next day or
so. Of course this is rather disap-
pointing at such a time as the pres
ent, when every minute lost is equal
almost to an hour otherwise, but am
studying my manual, and this may
partly help to bridge over.
Il presume you folks back home
have been keeping up with the pro-
greSs of events over here for the past
few weeks. ! can't help but wonder
how the Hun mind is going to read
just itself so as to account for the
fighting qualities and results obtain
ed by Americas amateur army The
Yanks have forced him to bring on
his best and best have been beaten.
Wouldn't be a bit surprised to see
some very interesting political de-
velopments in Germany between now
and next spring.
One of the boys here in the hos
pital with me me is just back from
the sector where most of our fighting
has been going on. He says they
found scores of Germans chained to
their guns and on one occasion
found German Red Cross women ly-
ing dead beside machine guns which
they had been operating. 1t is really
pitiful the way the German Govern
ment deceives its subjects. On our
way down here one of the box cars
in our train was filled with German
prisoners. At one point along the
route we were held up a couple of
hours, so several of us went UP to
have a look at the 'FritZieS.' One
Of our party fortunately could speak
German. They wanted to know how
many Americans were over, and my
friend announced, oh, lot The
German then wanted to know if we
had as many as 10000 troops over
here. Also whether Paris was still
in German hands. These are facts,
from which you can judge how gross
ly untrue is the information circu-
lated among the troops by their Gov
eminent. Please make allowance for
this scrawl. Am writing in bed with
my knees for desk and results are
none too good.
Don't worry about the ankle. 1t
is really progressing splendidly and
am confident / will be using it a
bit before another week is out. |
Please note the change in address. |
With love to all the family and best |
regards to any inQuiring friends, I |
am |
Your affectionate nephew,
ROGER ID. THOMSON. |
my address is, Candidate Roger |
d. Thomson, Jr., A. c. S., A. P. o., |
ia, American E. F., France"
Mrs. Charles Sauer, of Paris, is in |
receipt of letter from her brother, |
Mr.. Alvin M. Thomas, formerly of |
Paris, who is in France as a member |
of the American Expeditionary Force. |
The letter follows:
August 4, 1918.
Dear Sister, guess you are I'M
Ger the impression that l have for |
gotten you altogether. 1t seems like |
I am never going to hear from you
ALL / have not received one letter /
from the States since came over, al !
though / am looking to hear from !