The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1919-04-03
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From, Germany,
Saffig, Germany.
Feb. ~, 1910.

= Feb. ~, 1919.
Dear Mother and all:
will answer your letter which |
received today. Was glad to hear
from you and that you were we'll and
to hear that you were getting my
letters. l am fine and dandy, slick
fat and right round. The weather is
" al ffi44a and it rains little every
night. The coolest it. has been was
| 3 below zero.
Well, | will tell you what. I do.
drill about one hour in the morning.
Then we go m big hospital, where
we study maps and the Morse code
until II o'clock; then we get cut at
l p. M and play games, for one hour.
That is the way we drill. will tell
you little about our hike the morn
ing the armistice was signed. We
had our packs rolled up and ready
to go up to the front again when the
word came that the armistice was
signed, SO we didn't have ito 60.
Everybody was so glad and happy.
The officers said there wasn't any
use to drill that day. The flags
went up in every window. We
stayed there until the morning of
Nov. 10, when we started our hike
to Germany. We took the trucks at
about I:Io o'clock and we rode un-
til that night, when we got off. We
hiked for about 10 kilometers where
we slept in an open field. It was
pretty cold and we didn't have a
great deal to eat. The next morning
we started to hike at 5 a. III. We
hiked 10 miles to town named
Jarney. We were just "a hours be-
hind the German soldiers. We were
met with the band and everybody
was SO happy that we had driven
the Huns back for we were still in
France yet. It was late when we
got supper We had pretty good |
place to sleep. We got up at 4 a.
nj. in the morning and had break
fast. We hiked 8 miles before we
got to town by the name of Med
econse. We stayed there about 10
days. We had inspection every day.
We lett there December first, on
Sunday, as usual. That was the first
day we hiked in Germany. We
hiked 30 kilop1eters that day. We
liked Tor seven days without rest |
except at night. On December 10th,
we reached the Rhine River at a
town Obcrwesel. We stayed there
four days, then we hiked sixty kilo-
meters in two days through the city
OF Coblenz to Saffriz, Germany,
where am now. That was Deem
Der TO- We took charge of the
houses. We would take one or two
rooms as we seen tit. Most every
body got bed. The people treat |
us good. They give us potatoes, and
other things to eat. The Germans
live mostly on potatoes. They sure |
have some Boches. 1t is fun TO see
a bunch get together. | am learning
to talk German little. They work |
one horse as they work one horse |
to two,wheeled wagon and they
have several oxen. They have goats
for cows. | will tell you the joke
on me. They gave me coffee, put
milk in it. thought it was cows
milk but. 1t was goats milk. 1t was
a joke on me.
Mother. | never received my |
Nnas box you sent me. | guess
some other soldier got it. | got the
Butler paper yesterday. 1t was the
first one. had gotten. 1t sure did
me good to read the news from
home again. am SO glad Father is
leeiine pretty good. ain glad you
all didn't get the flu. think | had
it when J came over the pond. |
have sent box home with some
things, some German money and
some French money.
Mother. | am at present in the
lntltlgans sector. | may be at
home soon and it may be the last of
April or the first OF May.
SO goodbye, tell everybody hello
for me.
Private Deli w. Wilson,
Co. F, 4th u. S. nifty.
A. P. O. '74o American Z. F.