Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1919-02-12
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OVER IN FRANCE
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ing to do.
received a letter from Henry
yesterday and he was then at Bor-
deau, France, where most of the
troops will embark for the states.
His letter was dated Dec. 18th and
no doubt by this time he is on his
way over, as at that time he stated
they were waiting for boat. If that
is the case you will see him within
the next month or so. 1t was in his
letter that i heard of the deaths of
cousins Oscar B. and Herman A.
In Grants letter he also told me
about it. Well that's the way of the
war and we have to take what comes,
but it was all for a good cause and
some must make the sacrifice.
When I came back to the COM
pany / was so in hopes of. seeing
VIM. Hustvedt and Alfred Dotseth
who are both in 338th M. B. but
when l got here found out that it
was the 339th M. G. Bn. that was
stationed here with us. / still see
Walter O'Conner and Carl Kelley
from Lawler so it wasn't so bad after
ALL
Getting back to the hospital
want to tell you my experiences at
buying myself something to make a
private spread of one night. You
might talk of the high cost of living
back there, but compare these figures
with present prices. This includes
the French women's charges for the
work. l went and bought a dozen
eggs, IL francs, or $2.40; a can of
sardines, 8 francs or Coo; canteen
of milk 1 franc or zoe, and she
charged 20 cents for frying couple
of spuds. am going into the poultry
business when / get back and send
my hen fruit over here and sell them.
You can't buy bread from the
French at all. Wine and beer is all
IlldJ ChCop ONCl ilCiO, pul vi SOui so
that never bothered me. "..
Something that surprised me the
most was to receive a letter from T.
F. Conner from Paris. Tom is over
here as a X. of C.. secretary and is
located there for the present. He
said he had been talking with Robert
Bobby Altman who was now a cor
poral with the 660th Aerial Squad
ron located just outside of Paris
sure would like to see Bobby and 'es
pecially while over here. Tom, I
guess, didn't get over here until late
in November, and too late to go
whara tic--r urs--.slas-- the thickest.
When I last saw him it. was in July
and he never had notion of going
into army service at that time.
I sure will always have a good
word for the Red Cross associations,
X. of c. etc., as Isure would have
been lost at the hospital for candy,
gum and most of all the real Ameri-
can cigarettes which they would give
us. They sure gave us all We needed,
together with the sweaters, helmets,
heavy sox, and wristlets which in
this part of France are needed at the
present.
Henry Burg who is here with me
at present just called my attention
to the snow which is coming down in
fakes the size of quarter. Not over
10 minutes ago it was raining. Well
the weather man don't know his
business over here or else he has his
dates mixed up, for his rain and
snow come together frequently the
last couple of days.
Had to leave off here and go get
my supper which consisted Of ham
burgher, spuds, onions, coffee, bread
and doughnuts. Very good. Have
poor place to sit and write now SO
think / had better cut short.
You asked me in your last letter
if I was getting any of the home pa
pers and can only report that I re-
ceived them twice. Geo. Rood who is
from DEBORAH received couple and
in one he said he saw letter / had
written you while in England. am
sure it was poor excuse for letter
but even so I'd like to see what a
letter Of mine would look like print
ed in the papers and wish you would
save the clipping or send it to me.
If / was any good at writing
wouldn't care if they were all put in
the papers, as / know some people
like to read letters from over here.
Tonight they have some kind OF
over in barn which
they use for a Y. M. C. A. and just
heard a fellow asking another Buck
private for 10 francs and this is the
answer he got, II wouldn't give you
air if I had it corked UP in a Jug"
Real accommodating wasn't he?
Sometime ago wrote and told you
that you shouldn't write again until
you heard from me, so now I'll say