Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1919-04-23

Interesting Letter From Ger
many Written by George
Logue.
Dear Cousin julie:
Ever since / arrived in Europe I
have had an impulse to write to you
but somehow, something has always
occurred to cause procrastination.
Now, I will try to state as briefly as
possible what my life has been since
/ reached Europe.
When the amistice was signed I
was located in the village of Pannes
on the St. Mihiel sector. November 20
we began to march toward Germany.
On this march we encountered many
hardships but never changed our in
tention of getting into Germany as
soon as practicable. Our aim here has
always been to settle things as rapid
|ly as possible and start back for
home. For three days we marched
through French occupied territory.
Here we came in close contact with
inhabitants that were oppressed and
it was very evident that they were
happy over being liberated by the
Americans. At first many were terri
fed by the sight of the Americans
and many of them did not know who
we really were until the news spread.
During the fourth day we reached
the French frontier and marched into
Belgium, that little nation that has
been so Mortified and plundered by
the Germans. Although we did not
stay many days in Belgium, we were
there long enough to see the hard
ships the people were forced to sub
nit to under the yoke of the Ger
mans. A few days later we crossed
the Belgium frontier into Luxembourg
and stopped for the night in the city
of Attlebuck, where we were very
warmly treated by the population.
The next day we resumed our march
and that same evening arrived in the
city of Vianden, Luxembourg, city
built in a valley between two high
peaks and really very pretty sight
to me. Before the war, tourists came
from all parts of the world to see
this place which has so many things
! of historical interest. Inside of one of
the peaks large castle was con-
structed by the Romans thousands of
years ago and this: castle still re-
mains. In this town the people gave
us reception and made the day a
feast day.
The next morning we continued
our journey and that afternoon we
reached the frontier of Germany,
where we halted and unfurled our
coors and Immediately our band blew
over into Germany, The glorious mel
ody, "The Star Spangled Banner"
That evening we billetted in small
German village and next day resumed
our march. That evening we reached
a town near Bitburg which they call
Spang Dahlem. After remaining there
about week we started out on an
other days march and finally reached
our destination, the village of Me
deivier, located about 8 kilometres
from Bitburg and about 25 kilo-
metres from Treves. This is consider
ed the oldest city in Germany and has
many places of historical interest. In
this city in Germany ad ztfbeautiful
this village where / am stationed,
there is practically nothing of inter-
est and when we first came here we
were able to judge the wealth of
every individual by the size of the
manure pile he had in front of his
door. Later the Americans made them
understand though, that wherever the
:. American soldiers are, the place has
got to be kept clean. There is big
difference in the cleanliness of this
place.
A few days ago went on a short
leave to- Coblenz, Germany, city
bounded on two sides by two famous
rivers in Europe, the Rhine and the
Moselle. The latter runs into the
Rhine at Coblenz and on the opposite
side there is big fort built to de-
fend Coblenz. 1t certainly looks great
to see the American flag flying over
this fort now. At present this fort is
in the hands of the American army
of occupation and a regiment of ar
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