Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-01-15
B-essau. France, Dec. Is.

B-essau. France, Dec. IS. 1915.
Dear Neither:
VIII drop you few lines tonight
10 let you know that am feeling me
and getting along all right.
received some letters from home:
also some from different acGuain,-
a-ces il Augusta They must have
Rad q great time a. home when they
heard abou, The war being az an end.
We were ali glad o. i.
guess l have written you about
some OF the places we have been in
When we first came from the seaport
we passed through Paris and l got Z
little chance 70 see part OF II.
Ne left New York the eth Of July
md went 20 Halifax and stayed there
for & DAY waiting Tor the rest Of our
ships. From there vent 10 "a Havre.
We did not get % England a all
Al La Harve We stayed for few
days in an English rest camp, II was
-hcre VIZ got ZIP against some French
money for the first time. Believe ms.
i, was s,,cz,er butt l had no trouble
in spending i. though. BuI the
French LANGUAGE is hy re altogether.
| car speak a few words. enough -o
get hy with. md that is al.
We went from. the English res
camp in si9e-door Pu.lnans) y Z
TOWN ~ -!.a name q AGh-en-S noir.
We STAYED there for few weeks.
have seen a lot Of this couat--. Wish
YOU could seq some OF these French
towns. Most of them are built on, OF
s-one-var: LITTLE -:ood being used.
They use mud 70 cement the rocks
together with. They are built Very
SOLID. fcr they have stood for hum
d-eGs ot year.
There Is & house rear where re are
row that has q stone over the door
with "Itsl" on ID and the house sure
looks as cl1 as that. roo Have seen
:; lot q them hI.lr in the 400 and
$500. The people aga a. o!G-tazh-
io2tl IS ih- houses. All Q: them wear
wooden SHOES ari taka them OF he
fore going into to2se Although
some Y: -hsr2 h:-a small cook stoves.
many cox tn 3D. fashioned way b.
a fireplace ari ;iav GO. p:- ou- Sons
fine .a.5s. hvt r thing Ike the ones l
used to CT a, home.
Well. guess VIII stop Now ard s.
. supper as i is NOS mess ZINC.
After supper. 5.cWIo. II.
Well. viii ~ ard finish rclr la
Ter no.. a. Have Just I-iSil5.. ny
supper. Had army sllu2 IN supper
ard i Tas pret;: god. Was lucky
tonight 70 ct sc:.e cigarettes and
sweet chocolate from the ration
truce. the frs chocolate nave had
Ter some t:c.:e. that il vtrv har5 L.
get ~ som. places here. Thu Re3
Cross and j. y. e y. az about the
only places w can get T. W. are
able 70 cet French chocolate in some
owns but i Is no. very GOOD. as i
,-as ro- gat r:luc:? sii-Gr Il. i. Nuts
81 all kinds ara r.s.-.fal IL most
towns. hl:c thav charge a god pr,cs
for everything they sell
Haven't got NY Christmas box yet.
but no doubt will II due time
Have not heard from Lawrence
Nou!-o- buc once since came over
, on this sid. h'., have written q couula
Of times % him. | guess IL IS work.
ing quite hard IN The hospital. as a
hospital joh On this side i no sInch.
In one Il ire trips we have made
We passed through where Base Hos
pital No. was. i7G- / dill 10: ce- 4
chance 70 see whether ne vas there.
Wish had had little more time. I
would have tried % look him UP.
Have rot seen any OF the Bradbury,
I-->;> ci-~a 7 ~.
there are quite q lot OF them over here
by now.
We were OF the read Thanksgiving
ard did not set any Tharkssiv!n-
dinner as We did last year. as we did
in the States. Hope we will gec one
Christmas.
| suppose by this time YOU have
quite Z lot Of snow We have no. Rad
hut little cold weather 5 yec. bu, a
LOT O. rain. but am looking for some
snow before long.
We Rad some snow in October IN
in the mountains and rain in the val
ley.
We had new kind OF sport at Yer
dun when We were there. l. j. called
hunting coolies fnlore commonly
known in the L. s, 4. as lice.l We
had both French and German coolies.
They certainly raise H. as they
hare scrap on 4 fellows back most
every night. But we soon got rid OF
them ard feel lot better.
O course one has to go through al!
these little experiences and then he
can see the other side Of life from, a
little different angle.
I suppose Lloyd Dickson is stilI over
hare somewhere. II you see Mrs.
Dickson give her my regards. Do you
ever see Mrs. Mariner? II You do
ask her where Guy and Earle arc,
The last ] heard OF them they We're
at Fort Ogie1hrope.
Well, ! guess l Will close for this
time. Write often and I will write as
often as l can. Love to all.
SaddIer BARLEY A. Jackson,
Ambulance Co. No. 20.
A. r. F.. via New York
l.