Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-01-23
CAP TAIN Of co. c
PROUD OF OTTAWA'S
OUTFIT
PAUL r, ANDERSON, LEADER OF
LOCAL UNIT IN GREAT WAR,
LAUDS HIS ORGANIZATION IN
LETTER TO FATHER OF ONE OF
HIS SOLDIERS.

LIZ Eh 10 "a HER OF ONE Ol
HIS SOLDIERS.
Two letters were received by T. J
Nertney today from 'over there.
Both of them are of deep interest t.
Ottawans in general and to the rela
| lives of Company G members in par
ticular. Capt. Paul r. Anderson, com
mander of Ottawas own is the auth
or Of one Of the missives and Michael
Looney. member of the company on
| detached duty, writes the other, in
whic hthey say:
EttelburcK, Luxembourg
% Dec. 1918.
My Dear Mr.. Nertney:
| wish TO thank you very kindly for
the very kind letter you sent me.
am proud and happy to say that
finer men were never under my com
nand than the boys from Ottawa
Company c.
You have just cause to be proud of
such fine representatives in this great
war, al | can say is that they have
lone well and have acquitted them
selves nobly, they have made many
sacrifices and the lads that are left
are deserving Of credit.
Today, Christmas, we are spending
On the frontier of Germany "a most
fitting climax, told the men of the
company of the good wishes from
those at home, they are a happy lot
We hope to be back in America
some time in the early summer of
1919
Best wishes and season greetings.
Captain Paul f. Anderson,
l29th U. s. Infantry,
American f. F.
Dieldrch, Luxembourg,
December 25th, 1918.
Mr.. T. j, Nertney,
Ottawa, Illinois
Dear Friend:
Received your kind letter and also
your Christmas card a few davs ago
and will now kill two birds with one
stone by thanking you very much
for both You will see from the head
ing of this letter that we are no more
in France, but are in a more pretty
and homelike place.
We left little town named Trovon
IN France about three weeks ago and
Journeyed overland to our present 10
cation The people went wild with |
JOY when the saw us coming and arc
Just as wild to have us stay with them |
Luxembourg. as you know. was a |
Neutral country, but the German gov
rnment has controlled everything
mere Tor the last four years. The peo |
pie hate the Germans and tell us |
hey We're glad to know that the
americans were here We are al |
owed to room with private families. |
and do you think they would take
tnything? | should say NOT and get
real mad when you dare offer them
money as they say America freed
hem.
The city where we are is about
ne size of Ottawa and has two
DreWeI1eS and five hotels and the
most wonderful homes | have seen
n Europe. The people | am rooming
with are just grand to me and treat
ne more like a son. They are
-athOllc and it makes it that much
licer for me. Today being Christmas
hey have planned a fine dinner for
ne and this morning they called me
or five o'clock mass and we all went
o Mass and Communion together.
Now that have told you about my.
ielf will try and give you a little of
I'D Co. G., got my horse ready yes.
erday afternoon and started out to
ind the old bunch and it was not
ong until | run onto the old familiar
aces with broad smiles on them.
They are located in a little town
Ibout four kilOmeters from me called
1t is very fine little
own but not as large as the one we
ire located in. Most all the boys are
inc and most of them that were in
he hospital are back in the Company
Had long chat with William DIVER
md ! asked him where Kenneth was
nd was surely surprised to have him
ell me he went to the hospital with
cold but said he mad heard from
im and he would soon be back. They
II wanted to know if | had heard
rom home' lately and as | get mail
iearly every day was able to give
hem some late news.
Well, Mr.. Nertney it will not bes