New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1919-02-26

went on trucks some twenty OF thirty
Hlometers. We ate our dinner in a big
field and in the afternoon were reviewed
1t was 9 o'clock at night when we came
back. 1t was the first time that I saw
General Pershing. He wore four silver
stars on his shoulder
To-day it rained and we did not
have to drill this morning. So far /
am in the best of health and hope you
at home are Also
"Our coats are now decorated with
the division mark and service stripe.
Those who have been wounded lso wear
wound stripes. The division cheyron is
worn on the left arm. The service
stripes are worn on the left fore arm
and the wound stripes on the right fore
arm.
'Our division is known as the ''Old
Hickory Division in honor of General
Jackson"
He closes with regards to his friends
in New Ulm.
The Review recently received an
interesting letter from Albert Bauer who
was located at Demange Aux Faux at
the time he wrote: Quoting from his
letter, II am still in France and l get
you paper quite regularly. l sure enjoy
reading it when do get it. Sometimes
I get two on the same day and | feel
tickled every time receive one because
1 get two on the same day and l feel
tickled every time receive one because
He tells of how they travelled from place
to place after they crossed the ocean.
eve landed in Liverpool the 31st Of
August and from there went to a rest
camp Were we stay ed three days, then
journe Ell to South Hampton where
they placed me in charge of squad.
Then we went to another rest camp;
here one of my men took sick with the
measels and they put our squad in a
contact camp; there where l became
separated from my company. We
stayed at this camp IA days and then
we were transferred to Winchester,
England, to camp Mourn Hill. After
d
English Channel and landed in La
Hare, France and then we got our
first ride in the Pullma ann cars. On
the door of the box car it says, ''Hommes
4O'', and they put 80 of us in one car
We were on our way to my company
from there on, riding on the train one
day. Another one of my men got sick
and was put in the hospital; that left
only six in our squad. We went as
far as St. .Aieuan, where we stopped
and went thru a classification camp,
and we stayed over week Here two
more men from my squad got sick; con-
ira cted the flu. Then I happened to
meet my first New Inn friend; he was
one of the Winkelmann boys. We were
very glad to meet each other and we
talked about New I I'm and the good
times we used to have there: From
here the three men who were left of my
were on the road three days and only
covered forty-fve miles; transportation
at that time was very poor. we hnally
arri ed at Hericourt, where the 88th
Di ision Headquarters was stationed.
We then started to look for my COM
pany but it was in vain. My company
was stationed at Bordeaux, France, but
we didn't know it and kept on travelling,
until at last the R. T. 0. sent US to
Fontaine, in the Alsace Sector. There
we were attached to Co. G. 313 Am.
Train; part of our regiment was stationed
there. Here saw some real air battles
and shrapnel was flying all around us.
We next moved to the Metz Sector
Here we heard and saw some more of
the excitement, after a two days stay
here the arrnistice was signed. After
a few more days my company came to
the same place and got my home back
again. I felt like a lost sheep all the
while I was away from the company.
r ''It was the goth Of November when
l joined them again and. that day I re-
ceived my first letters since l was in
France and week or two laterI got
my first pay. I was appointed acting
chief bugler and have been that ever
since. At the present / have fifteen
buglers and all are getting along very
nicely.
Many surprises seemed to be in store
for me now for met two more New
Ulm boys. They were Armin Retzlaff
and Henry Dahms. It was on Sunday
SO we three took walk and looked over
some salvage places. It seemed 80
good to be together. was much
interested in their stories they told of
how many times they had been over the
top and about trench life. Both looked
we'll and they are the same old boys they.
were when they left New Ulm. I have
never met them since but hope we will
meet once more before they take us
home.
Fl don't know how long we will have
to stay here but heard the other day
that it will be few more months. 1t is
nattinn rather cold around here now