The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1918-12-05

go up look out.
II got fine leather belt off first
lieutenant of the Prussian Guard. and
have engraved on il the date Of the
battle and the place where the battle
began.
"In battle the smoke is so dense
you can't see ten feet ahead of you
and you get all mixed up. 1t took us
two days to get Strengthened out
after the drive.
Sept. 2s-No sleep all night; Sept.
30, no breakfast at all, no dinner, no
supper, but what you found laying
around that had been lost by killed
or wounded. found two cans of
cornbeef and two cans Of tea and had
tea made from water out Of shell
hole. But the water was bad as it
had been gassed and it did not taste
good, but beat none at ALL Slept in
dugout that was damp and cold all
night Of the 29th and eat the other
can of beef on the morning Of Oct. l,
and got some rations issued at 2 p.
m. that evening.
"Oct. 2, We left the lines and came
back seven miles and got there at
IL 80 p. M, got up next day without
anything to eat, and liked under
heavy marching order thirty-two
kilos, or twenty-four miles, SO you
see if you can do what is required Of
you over here you are a good man.
This is no place for a weakling.
Zone thing l saw ! was about to
forget to tell you. saw where Ger
mans cut up humans and made soap
of them. They had large pots or
kettles and big block to cut them
upon, and cut them all to pieces and
boiled their dead.
81 hope the war will soon end and
| believe it will. The Germans have
not won a single battle since July Is
past. There is where the tide chan
ged for Fritz"
The following interesting letter
has been received from their son, by
Mr.. and Mrs. A. T. Scott, and many
will find it interesting;
Somewhere in France"
Dear Mother
Well this is Wednesday night !
have just crawled in my little dugout
and am taking advantage of little
candle light, something we can
scarcely ever have" by writing you a
few lines. am o. X. and sitting
here listening to the shells whistle
over my little home. But since be-
ing under shell fire for two months,
they don't excite me very much. To
tell the truth when ! get home !
think l will have to have somebody
shoot while close to me before ]
can go to sleep.
In your last letter you said from
what you could learn from the pap
ers the Yanks were doing good work.
Well, we sure are and we mean TO
bring things TO close before long.
The Yanks sure are nervy bunch Of
boys, all seem to be contented and
happy. Well Sherrow and are still
together. Have slept together every
night since we went TO Camp Taylor,
that is sticking pretty close, don't
you think?
Well, we have had some awful
mean weather for a week or two,
raining every day, but it has cleared
up today and we have had a nice
bright day. have never been able
to find any Of the boys from home
yet can't even hear of them.
You said you did not hear from me
very often and when you did you got
two or three letters at the same time,
well ] have the same trouble. hear
from yuo about once a month, then
] get five or six letters at the same
time. Oh, well, reckon we are lucky
to hear that often. ! have tried sew
eral days to get an envelope for this
letter and finally found one. ] am 60
ing to write some for Sherrow and
! put it in with mine. The first time