The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1918-09-06
August End.

Have intended WrlLlnS you Lor q
long time, but time in France is no.
YOUR own and you have to take ad-
vantage Of every opportunity.
would like to tell you where l am.
but there are two reasons why :
can't; one, it is against orders and
the other is don't know where we
are. II every American unit moves
around $ much as the s'old First
South Carolina every American viii
soon get to know more geography
than our teachers could ever beat
into our heads at school However,
T have no objection to moving around
as some OF the country is too pretty
to describe and entirely too pretty
to ever let the kaiser lay his hands
on. The port where I landed was
one of the most beautiful places I
have ever seen, and then when we
were coming through France to our
various destinations it seemed that
the country became more and more
beautiful, and why such a country has
to be all torn to pieces by war IS
more than I can understand. But
then when you get up near the froSt
everything changes from beautiful
green hills and fields to desolate fields
where a few English sparrows and
the sound of big guns are the only
signs of life
On one occasion while was at
the front I was in one of the most
famous cities of Europe, and now In
stead of beautiful buildings and
homes there are only parts of walls
left standing, and where there should
be crowds Of children playing. you
find little white crosses" with the
names of some noble fellows who
gave their lives up next to the great
est way of ALL. Such scenes as this
are more than words can describe and
il some men and people in our State
could see them, think they would
be more capable of saying whether
or not America should have kept out.
of the war. lust the other day I was
talking to a young soldier who has
not seen his wife or son in over four
wears The town in which he lived
was captared by the Boche, and
suppose his son was killed and his
wife ret the same fate that ours in
Amer ca would suffer is the Hun ever
Dvt his foot on American soil.
YOU haze seen picturs OF the ally
-owr -, :alk:ag about, but the
p:ctr e. do.,';s ell half the story and
no o7e who "a, rot been here can
eye- cnn Seive Of wha+ this war is and
ho-- the pee 7le os America should
th~-'- Be, yirr1, Eng aid, France and
III, AtIant'c ocean fc'' being between
the United States and the Hun. You
hear some things about the war
w4ies arc NJ. t-''n anI others ara
tr,e but I saw with my own eyes a
rtEle 10y who had ais tongue split
bv the Germans and his mother mad
been killed at the sane time. And yet
before / left home l was asked why
7 did not wait awhile before I enlist
ed. Honestly, :, know some fellows
in our State that I would give any
thing in the world to have ask me
that now, just to get chance to see
how hard I could hit them. Of course
there may be two sides to it, but this
is lust the way feel about the whole
thing and I believe most of the
Americans over here feel the same
way
think that the thing in France
that appeals to you more than any
other is the little French children.
Most of them where the British have
been can speak a little English and
YOU hardly ever see one who cannot
say "heNo." I think some of then
never saw chewing gum before and
once they have tasted it you may De
sure the next time they will want
the same thing. But it seems to De
the greatest pleasure of every soldle:
tn see how much he car. give the
little ones. If I ever could be mil
lionaire this is the time would like
to he one. :.
One day in a certain part of France
7. with a young lieutenant from
Texas had a bunch out for hike,
and we stopped along one OF the lam
GUS rivers for rest, and While tnere
Mo s.w on old man sitting over in
tho edge of the woods. He looked