New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1919-01-08
new ULM SOLDIER
WINS DECORATION
SGT. WALTER HOSE CITED FOR
DISTINGUISHED SERVICE
BY FRENCH
INTERESTING LETTERS GIVE
DETAILS OF ACTUAL WORK
AT FRONT

The anxiety of the relatives Of Sergt.
Walter Hose was relieved this week BY
the receipt of three letters written by
himself from the hospital in France,
Word had reached here last week that
he had been hurt but his parents had
not had message from him and did not
know just how he was injured. The
first letter dated December 2 was writ.
ten from the Red Cross hospital at
Fontainebleau in which Walter saws he
had not intended to write home about
his injuries but had decided he had bet
ter. do so since he heard that the Red
Cross notified parents Of their son s in
juries. He had been in the hospital
three weeks and said he was getting
along fine and that there was no cause
for worry since his injuries consisted
Of fractured hipbone which would heal
with time. Explaining his injuries he
says:
Injured BY Tank.
II got it in one of those tanks Gut
am done with them now for good so
there is some satisfaction in that any
way, and 1 am glad Of it as had been
expecting to get it some day and final
~ did.
" / expect to go to Paris most any day
now and will be transferred to an
American hospital The ambulance was
supposed to be here any day but if they
do not come pretty soon I will be able
TO walk up there. expect to stay in
Paris about a week and from there
go to Bordeaux where I,Win stay until
there is a boat load Of patients, and
then will go home. f everything
goes right I should be in New Tim by
the end Of January or the beginning Of
February, and expect to be able to
walk before that time.
| W. seohOU dUOuC Guc 1TulL
we are allowed to pick any. Well say,
ma, If you had nice orchard and 3
bunch Of American soldiers were camp
ing in town would you let them go in
and help themselvess De you remem-
Der years ago when we used to drivs
out to the farm and what happened
whenever I saw pumpkin9 H you do,
you can just about form your ewh
opinion about the fruit over here.
: 4 see the people still have the fla
around there. It just broke out in our
camp but is not very bad. They have.
about siv or seven cases. only. Well, {
will say goodbye now. There are
of us Americans here at this hospital
and we sure do keep the PLACE alive.
Sister Agnes says we are regular devils
but we have to do something to pass the
time. Regards to all; tell them 1 IL be
home soon as they can t kill this Dutch
man SO easy even tho did almost do
nate 100000 insurance. But you see,
!" close' don't count and 1 will be
home to get square meal soon. y
Two letters written December 10 give
later information of Walters doings;
he says:
s It is almost 4 weeks now since I am
in the hospital and we sure get lone
:
some once in a while altho we manage
to have more or less fun every now
and then. can sit up now and in a
week or two i will be able to get up.
We expected to get to the states by
Christmas but we won t make it now
Well, wen get there after Christmas
so what's the difference, just SO we get
there3
Ny sides are still sore from laugh
ing at the fun we had last Sunday. You
see, it was December 8, just one year in
the army for me so we had to celebrate
and we also had to celebrate because
three Of us boys in the hospital received
our decoration for distinguished serv-
ice. You see we got citations from
the French government. but we're not
sure Il we would get any decoration for
i, as general rule is that American
soldiers may not be decorated by any
foreign government. However, as we
were working under the French we are
allowed to accept it. One thing, tho,
wish we had been in combatant service.
Then we could have had q good chance
Of getting distinguished service cross.
As i is We get only kind Of ehevron,
like aycoat Of arms.
Continued on page 81