The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1919-01-09

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fool with trying to fly now.
i You asked about the men Ia this
! division. There are men from every
Estate in the union, / guess just about
las many from the north as from The
south.
The customs in this country surely
lare different from those in the u S.
lOh, I win ten you all about it before
lsuch a great while.
Il Hoping to see you soon, ! r2main,
AS ever, JOHN
\ FROM SERGEANT WIN. KELLY
The following is a letter received
|by Rev. and Mrs. J. A. Kelly from
their son, Sergeant Vim. 7. Kelly, Of
leo. L, 54th INF, who is in active
service with the American expedition
larry forces in France, written on De-
Icember 8:
Dear Mother and F-ather-How are
you this gloomy Sunday afternoon :?
/ am getting along fine. We have
been having lots Of rain for the last
week or two. 1t seems as though it
isn't going to quit raining,
| am still at the army speciality
school. We drill every day except
Saturday afternoon and Sunday, /
lguess ! will be here about two weeks
longer, ! don't mind it, though, be-
cause we have a good place to sleep
land plenty Of good things to eat. /
win be glad when I get back to the
outfit, for one reason: That is, so
that | can get some mail ! haven't
had any mail for over a month. /
Isaw in last nights paper that Pres
ident Wilson was due to land az
lBrest next Saturday ! hope he will
hurry those peace terms on little
Is0 we boys can soon be going home.
Maybe you would like to know
where | landed when ] came across.
1--WE were twelve days crossing We
sailed from New York and landed at
4 Glasgow, Scotland. ! saw some of
1.-THE prettiest sights coming down
Through Scotland and England that
lii have ever seen. All of the houses
lin Scotland are built of white stone
Tor concrete. The way they divide
their farms up into small farms on
patches is something funny We went
From Glasgow to Winchester, Eng
Hand, on train We stayed in Win
lchestel-or rather just outside Of
/ Winchester, at Camp Windall-for
three or four days Then we went
to Southampton and got a boat and
crossed the English channel We land
ed in La Havre, France, nice city;
hut we didn't stay there but just
few days.
We went from here to a little town
lby the name of Vandumont, where
we trained until we went into the
trenches
would like to 90 To Paris while
III am over here, but don't know
whether / will get to 20 or not. !
am not very far from there now, but
| | won't get to 60 while ! am here.
| am wondering if you are still in
Covington or not; and if you are not,
where you have moved. In your last
letter you wrote as though you
thought you would stay there. |
suppose you are making great prep
jaration for Christmas about now. |
would like awfully well to be there
and spend Christmas with you, but
that is impossible, so you will have
TO think Of me while you are eating
those good things, and eat enough
Cor me. When you hang up your
stockings, you can hang up a pair
FOR me if you want to. 1t is just a
little over a month now till my birth.
day. 1t doesn't seem as though / am
Tall that old, but / guess / am. This
will be the second birthday ! have
spent in the army and away from
home. | hope it will be the last one,
too. If you are permitted to send
any package now, | wish you would
send me box of nice chocolate. We
don't get very much candy over here
only the FsaEsis candy. There is
nothing like the good old American
oandies We can get a little Amer
lean candies once in a while from the
Y. M. G. A. and the O. M. C.
Wishing you a Merry Christmas and
Happy New Year, / am. your low
/ ing son, WILLIAM.