The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1918-10-09
WITH THE HOSPITAL CORPS.

VIA New Y ork.
WITH THE HOSPITAL CORPS
Silas Lee Miller, whose letter is
published herewith is another Breck-
inridge county boy in France after
being in training just three months
He is the grandson of Mrs. Cornelia
Miller of Hardinsburg and the son
of Mr.. and Mrs Silas Miller of that
place.
Evacuation Hosp. No. 10, Ameri-
can Expeditionery Forces, France,
August 81, 1918. Dear Parents
Don't guess you have been uneasy
by not hearing from me for so long.
l landed just three months to the day
from the. time | left for Camp Taylor
some sooner than | expected when l
left that day.
", We had good luck on our trip, new
er had battle with any subs on our
way over, but we were well armed
for it if it was necessary. 1t would
have been pretty hard proposition
to have torpedoed one of our ships.
We were crowded little on the ship
but made out very we'll after we were
out few days and got Strengthened
up, ! was on duty most all the way,
our company was on lookout duty
most all the way, we were on watch
for submarines. got tired of it
before we got here, we changed
shifts every four hours but we had
to go on all times during the night,
so we never got great deal of sleep.
There was so much racket and the
ship rocking about so much it took
several days'to get accustomed to it
enough to go to sleep.
1t rained almost every day on our
way over here and the wind blew
some little bit occasionally. There is
quite difference on the sea after
you get out several days from land
it is not quite so calm as just day
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waves were right good size some
times, but the sailors seemed to think
they were no waves, but | would not
have enjoyed riding them on life
craft or boat very much. ! got bet
ter acquainted with life preserver
than anything else, kept one on at
all times, used it for a pillow as well
as a mattress. All OF us lookouts
slept on upper deck | only slept in
the bunk room one night and that
was in the harbor on the night we
landed. | didn't feel quite as safe in
the bunk room, they were all down
in the hull of the ship little too
close to where torpedo would hit
if it should get a chance at the ship.
A few thousand men trying to come
at the same time would be quite a
mob if any thing should happen and
somebody would be likely to be too
late to get out of danger.
Believe me you sure get tired of
looking at water You can see a
shoal of fish once in awhile, also saw
a whale or two on the trip.
Don't think but very few got sea
sick on the trip, saw few that it did
not agree with very well but not as
many as | expected.
We took a. hike out three or four
miles in the country this morning
TO get look at it, never see two
horse team only some U. 5. teams
about camp here. All wagons or
carts have a couple of wheels as log
wagons and one horse to it or
sometimes see one hitched in front
OF the other one if they work two.
Fields are from a to 2 acres in size
and wall or high bank all around
them instead of a fence.
Houses are all. stone no frame
TO get in train, the engine is only a
get in a train, the engine is only a
toy compared with American loco
motives, cars not much larger than
road wagon box about the oldest
looking thing | have seen yet.
Well guess you all got the card of
my safe arrival. am here getting
plenty to eat don't worry about me,
will be back sometime in the future
don't worry if you don't get letter
from me when you expect it for they
will not be so regular as they have
been but write me as often as posi-
bic, can't write much news from
over here as we are not allowed to
give any information from here.
Your son, Silas Lee Miller.