New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1919-01-01

( going to keep them and will present
them to you in person. All / can dc
this year is to write a Christmas Victor,
Letter and send out a few Christmas
cards of which there is a scarcity.
4 According to the Stars and Stripes'
s this letter should reach you on Christ
mas day. Where 1 will be Christmas
day I am unable to tell; probably we
will be celebrating somewhere in Ger
many or in Southern France. Anyway
my thoughts will be at home.
| I hope my letter finds you all in the
best of health and I wish you all {,
very Merry Christmas.
ARMIN
Joseph Dauer who left with draft
contingent from Wheelock, N. D. on
the Gath of June writes his brother,
Victor A Dauer of Route 5. He had
been depot agent and telegraph oper-
/
Camp Upton, New York, with the draft.
He has been i'll France since September
and says he is well and happy. He says
they were well taken care of and the
folks should not worry about them. He
also tells about the good work the Y.
M. c. A. and the Knights of Columbus
and other organizations do. His letter
closes with many good wishes to his
friends and says that he believes they
will be home soon.
! Private R. Fl. Hauer, 30Sth Engs. U.
IS. Army recently wrote the following
letter dated Nov. 81, Gonderingen,
Luxembourg, to his sister:
~ received your letter last night
and also Anne's and four from my
wife. thank you very much that you
haven't forgotten me yet. Am very
busy lately, so please excuse me if do
not write so often.
,''Well, the war is over and 1 am on
my way to the Rhine. We are about
half ways now and are stopping here
for a few. days. We are making the
trip on foot We march for two days
and rest one. l worked in the kitchen
today and just got done. We bought
two hogs for tomorrow, Thanksgiving
We are going to have some feast.
| 81, expect to be homeward bound
within month or SO. Am sleeping in
a barroom and railroad station com.
bined. The weather is pretty fair here
in Luxembourg. It is not so very cold
[ am very glad that [ can talk Dutch
it comes pretty handy now. The peo
pie all talk Dutch around here and ]
| am right at home. Don worry about
me because [ am better off over here
than in the states, because l hear that
they are all dying over at home. 1 will
close with many regards to all.
Pvt. RUDOLPH II. HAUER. .
Miss Clara Marka received a letter
from her brother Frank G.. Marka who
is in France for some time. He is well
days at the time. of writing. He said
he had met Herman Schwantes short
while before and that he was we'll also
Walter j. Diepolder writes to his ia
Their Joseph Diepolder of this city: Il
am doing everything here from working
in a saw mill and in the woods to car.
(penter work. I like the work very
much for a change.
''The weather is nice here vet but it
rains often. The people are gathering
in their grapes now and are making
Wine. They are a queer bunch. This
is quite city. They have moving
picture show and some nice stores.''
/ November l, he says, 81 jast want
to write you that have moved again
! Guess am permanently located now
have good job and fine place. Am
now in the censor's Office and read let
tiers all day from prisoners Of war.
This is some town, the biggest one
have seen in France but / have not
been out yet since we just got in here
yesterday. The war is just about over
from the latest reports. OF course you
viii know about it long before this
reaches you.
There is so much work over here
! keeping the soldiers supplied with food
and clothing. No one has any idea how
I, many men are over here, everywhere
you see soldiers and it is one continu..
Gus wait to stand in line for something
to eat. If you want to learn how. to
wait, join the army. I have waited as
long as two hours for something to eat
but we always have plenty
We are moved into good barracks
I for the winter and orr work 10 a II IN.