Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1919-02-06

! guess how ths whole eonntry w II III
an uproar, especially the French, aktsr \
having fom years of war. III fact
they are still celebrating IL some
| places.
The one big question in our minds
| is, when are we going to start home.
/ think America will need to keep
celebrating as long as the boys are
coming home That is when I want
to rejoice, when we land in good old
4 u. s.
From what we have heard we think
Omaha will give Base Hospital No.
4 49, hearty welcome, when the boys
4 get home, as we have done our share
lin helping win the great battle and
Infringing home the bacon. Pa, | have
seen some awful sights and do not
care to see any more, have had all
the army life want.
4 Some Of the hospital trains are
!. American, but the most Of them are
4 French trains. tell you the Ameri-
can trains make the French trains
look sls;- The. is abos' as much
s comrr.:. ison as a bog css to :. narlor
4 car. The are u cool many As.eri-
Con Engines but j., p1ss. Of them
are p, IL. freigss. haze some lice.
pictures o. NV CO W. git home
Thece i. > 'n'le. 4 n si.:ing we
ca ntell where &c are and tell Of
our trip eyer the .,ter if we Loose.
Here i. q sy.cps,s { o. exJ rience
on the way OVER sea
We left New York July. ia. When
we were out three days we found
our ship was too slow to keep up
with the convoy of fourteen ships
SO we had to turn back and landed
at Halifax N. s. on July 18th. You
! remember of the big explosion in that
harbor some time since, the am
munition ship. We lay in that harbor
until July 20, waiting for slower
convoy, which consisted Of % ships
all told The harbor showed the re
suits of that horrible explosion. There
was destruction enough to make one
z almost feel sick.
We passed an iceburg on July %,
}, and it looked like big mountain in
l the water.
We met our convoy of submarine
chasers, IL in number, on July 29th,
two days run from land, and, believe
e me, they certainly fly over the water,
: on the lookout for German subs. They
circled all around us day and night.
On July 30th, we were attacked
: by German subs, off the coast Of
Wales, and our boys sank one Of them.
If anyone says they do not get frigh-
tened on an occasion of this kind,
when these sea dogs are around, I for
one, don't think they are in their right
mind. There is no sport in that kind
of work for me. figured / was billed
for long swim in the ocean, but
for my part, will take my swim q
. little nearer land.
We landed at Liverpool on July 81,
and took the train from there to
q South Hampton Sailed across the
Channel and the boat following us
/ was sunk. 1t was ABOUT two hours
behind US. We landed at Cherbourg
France, August 8. Left there Aug
i and went to Dion. From there we
! game to our present location, which
is Allerey, landing here on Aug. 18th.
+ | could tell you whole lot but
it would take book to tell all The
], experiences we have had since leav
y ing home, SO you will Hear the rest
when Iget homo.
i / surely hope you will make up your
+ mind to move to Omalia by the tim,
i get home, then can, be at home
!. with you. You could enjoy your cal
i 81 much more i. Omaha than in No
ysl!.y-
We do not know a thing more ABOUT
j coming home than we did when W.
started over, although they are send.
i ing boys home from this camp.
! Well / will close, hoping to be abb,
q to come home before long. Be care
full and keep as we'll as possible.
4 With lots of love, your son,
e Marcus D. Bramon Jr
= Hogs Dying Near Logan
; Logan, Ia, Feb. 4.-Twenty-sever
!. of the SO head Of hogs poisoned OF: Tho