Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1918-07-18

Oo.ASt. II WISH ectiOus duo ! t.o nus
have it dressed for two days. Re.
ceived a bunch Of mail from home
add was just beginning to answer it
when w had orders to move. When
We reached the front lines We were
put into the 18th Co., Of the 5th Regi-
ment, U. S. NJ. @. We are back in
town resting. As loon ~ We reached
ii they opened up a Y. NJ. q. A. in a
French school room. ! am there writ
ing. Every day they get in a few
more supplies. hope they will soon
get In some toilet articles. We sal
yaged all our stuff before we went
in the front lines and all ! came back
with was my rifle, pack, belt, clothes
! had on and what | had in my poe.
kets. Managed to save my safety raz-
or and brush. We are resting and
chewing up now. Have police work
about an hour a day and are getting
the best chow | have seen since !
have been in the Marine Corps. Don't
know how long the rest will last"
Corporal Everett J. Myers, 45th Co.,
9Th Regiment, L. S. NJ. c., writes that
he is down in the hospital, after being
gassed by the Germans in a fight on
the 18th of June. He says they sure
gave the Germans he'll. That they
are dirty bunch. Went fight unless
they outnumber you Says he can tell
us a lot when he gets back to Gods
country. They are very kind to
t them in the hospital. They have
plenty of good things to eat, and they
I treat the gassed patients mostly on
rest and sunshine. The country is
very beautiful around him. He ex-
poets to be out of the hospital in a
few weeks.
Ernest E. Ebrecht, who grew up at
Pilot Knob, has enlisted in the Ma
rines, and his address is 219 Co., u. s.
,, NJ. G., Paris Island, s. G. He says he
J enjoys reading the REGISTER, es-
o pecially the column, sour Soldier
Boys"
- Otto Rosentreter, 1863 Co., U. S. M,
Is, G.. Paris Island, s. c., writes: "Hali
of our Company leaves in the m orn'
% ing (July y for Cuba. The rest of IL
expect to 60 soon to Quantico, Va. J
~ hope so any way, for l would mucl
y: rather 60 there. They say the ones
-. picked to 60 to Virginia are for this
y heavy artillery. 1t has been thunder
=, ing and lightning all day, and has jus
begun to rain. 1t is making up TO
the time it has lost, and the wind il
blowing a gale. 1t has been no
enough here to cook eggs. The boy
mt that are leaving are 50 excited the.
don't know what to do. don't blam'
az. them, for I will feel that way when
get ready to leave this place. | don
an see how Russell staid here SO long.
have been here six weeks and l 81
sick of it now. We don't get to SO
anything but boys, boys and som
!, a more boys. l wantto see some Skin
some time. But we have got alon
ar. fine with our work. Our officers wei
good to us and we tried to do the be-
I'd we could. One Of our corporals tol
II, us when we get to Quantico we woul
srs not have anything to do but rio
~. around in trucks. If that is all "
,uis nave to do l will be right at HON
asst There are some Fords over here ar
every time | see one I get homesit
eek for my old Lizzie. Hammond is abo
md six miles from here. He will go
another place until he gets throul
nd drilling, and then by the time he &c
ter. back here | will likely be gone. v
don't get much chance to see Peep
nd unless they are right with us. Lo'
of to everybody"
i. Private Ed. q. Heider, Co. F, 149
left Infantry, Camp Shelby, Miss, write
tldl IL udSc UCCl III WILD SOhhPohJ
rar- weeks Dune SOY and consider mys
lucky to get in such a good compar
er The rest have just recently gone
tton France. / came over on Monday
Mrs. ternoon, and On Tuesday went
and practised with the base ball tes
and made good right away. l.;
Tuesday our company went out Oh
ten mile hike to the rifle range.
ssan Wednesday morning we were Civ
q +" our first chance to shoot with our II
nave rifles, and I also made a good score
wa" that. l am trying to make good
men everything ! do and so far have b
ap- very good success. Our ball team
'he going away for a three days. trip n
cas- week and that will be my first ii
boys out Of camp. l read the REGIs1
eaoy every week and in that way keep
anu with what goes on at home"
,h;oh Sergeant John 0. Glover, OF
r. 12sth Field Artillery, writes fr
s,,m Somewhere in England on June
1--WE had a rather pleasant yoys