The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1919-02-14


last Sunday at the home of Freeman
Crossfield and family.
LETTERS FROM THE
BOYS IN ARMY CAMPS
Mrs Clarence e. Sayler received
the following letter from her brother,
Private Harry B0ehland.
Treves, Germany, January 5, 1919.
Dear Sister Hattie: Will write you
4 few liEes TO let you know | receiv-
ed tie Christmas present yesterday
and wish to thank you very much
for 1t. 1t surely is a dandy and some
thing / shall always remember you
folks by. | certainly received presents
which | least expected and l surely
will try and have few souvenirs for
all wheI I get Lack which | hope will
be soon. ! would like to have sent a
few Christmas presents home. but it
seems that everything gets lost or
stolen through the mail so | thought
it wouldn't pay to buy anything un-
i'll | am rcady to leave for home. A
lot of the boys that ahve sent souven-
lot of the boys that have sent
souvenirs tell me that they never
reached home at all. Everybody
that has 4 hand in handling mail
and parcels from here to the
states always know that when am
things is being sent to the tsates it
is something valuable or else nice
souvenir, so they simply hold it for
themselves and put some other ad
dress or. and nobody is any the wiser
for it. / received your letter a few
days ago, also quite few others.
was very glad 10 hear from you and
that you folks are all well.
No doubt you folks were surprised
10 hear that l am now in .Deutch-
land" Well. it suits me Just fine here
and / am having a pretty good time
now, Trevcs is quite large city,
has population of about $4,000 so
you can imagine It is quite town
and a person car at least find some
enjoyment here. Everything is done
more like tho American style here
than ir. France and Nezall like it
here. surely have had a most inter-
esting trip through -sihe country.
have Travelled so far. / wish some OF
you folks could have been with me
and could have seen some of the
sights saw. The people around here
are very glad to see us ard are very
accommodating All the German peo
pie l have talked with so far ask me
where ! learned such good German
and whether l had been in Germany
before 1t reminds me of times years
ago when we We're kids and used 10
talk quite bit of Dutch and when
the older people all talked German.
Who would nave never thought then
that would be here now.
Here in Germany it is similar to
the United States and al1 the boys
like it much better than in France.
For my part l am able to get along
fine as | am pretty well posted on the
language vet and have to act as in
terpreter for lot Of the boys. A lot
of the people here ask me how their
/ country suits me ard whether
wouldn't like to live here. ! always
tell them it suits me fine here but
that America suits me just a little bit
better. They hardly ever talk much
about the war ard I don't blame them
either after getting licked the way
they did. still have my cid job yet
handling orders for the secretary of
the general staff. have my desk in
bis office so you see it is rather a
nicer job, although ] doubt whether
| would be able to do hard day
| work right new after sitting around
in the Office all the time for about
three months. About the hardest work
we have here is to keep ourselves in
| the neatest appearance possible be-
| cause they are pretty swell guys IN
this outfit ard want al the orderlies
| TO look their best What kind OF
| weather are you having back home?
We Only had few flakes of snow here
so far but plenty of rain. The wealth
er isn't very cold yet. ] suppose you
all had good time Christmas and
New Years day. Well ! enjoyed my
self as best as could, | took in a
couple Of good shows down town both
| nights. The card / am sending you is
| scene along fire Rhine river close
| TO this town Well Hattie as / can't
think OF arY more news this morn
irgI will close for this time. Give
my regards to all the folks. Love and
best wishes to you all from your low
( ing brother Harry.
Tax Returns Muot Be Filed on Time,
Says Glass.
Washington, February 6t--No eX-