Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1919-01-31

A, FRIDAY, JANUARY
- With Our Soldier and Sailor Boys.
First class Private Geo. Swenson,
826th Aero Squadron. A. E. F., writes
a long and interesting letter under date
of Dec. 18th to the Plain Dealer, and
from it we make the following ex-
tracts:
II had the good fortune to run
across Lloyd Deane yesterday, you can
imagine how l felt when l saw him it
surely was great treat l assure you.
Lloyd is looking fine and dandy. l also
congratulated him on that new baby,
ana believe me Lloyd would surely be
in his second heaven to see it and l
can't say that l blame him for that
either. l. also run across q few other
boys from home. Boyd McVety. Yer.
tis, Martin, Joe Hayes and Clarence
Clink. was more than glad to meet
these boys ! can assure you. Oh yes,
and also had the good fortune to
meet one Of my old pals from Camp
Dodge when first entered the army;
he and were in the same Co. Co. G.
35lst 1nft., Camp Dodge. I have new
er struck Q camp that fed Us like dear
old Dodge did. This boy is now Sgt I,
Jessie Stevens. only was more than
glad to see him, but they have left
here new. I presume for home sweet
home, and the land we all love
America =
1t will be very hard Dana for brother
Fred and to go back home and find
the one we loved and cherished most.
gone, the dear eyes closed and dear old
hands closed forever, but God be with
her and dear father until we meet
again. My every thought of her is of
goodness and kindness and God knows
We all loved her. But as God knows
best will leave it all entirely to him
and thank God that He gave me such
mother and that she raised us boys
strong and healthy enough to enter
such q war as this. I'm more than
proud Of her. We owe the winning Of
this worlds greatest war to our moth
ere, and God bless them all. Ny heart
and soul is with them in the sacrifiess
tsy have made for tts frssdsn Of
IL rot tand that gsan1 snd glorioel
(@eacs Shieh = snow eoEs. One az tie
(1aese eshin1s 90 his to Isok back tois
menories ofr6sar old dad and moehsr
and childhood days. Many . lonesome
day have fit my mind on these MEM
cries and that little town in lows the
sweetest spot know ''home. .tT
1t is very interesting to see the diff
erent expressions on the boys faces at
mail call. Its sure study. If you
but know how glad these letters make
oil our hearts; it seems to put new life
in Us oil to hear that everything that
we loved back home is getting along ss
well % can be expected, and to get
those home town papers of which are
|alsc more than appreciated. I had the
great pleasure of hearing Billy Sun
days singer, Rodeheaver, in the bal
loon hangers here on Thanksgiving
day. He introduced and taught US
boys = new song, entitled GOOD Bye
France, Hello Miss Liberty" very
pretty 1 assure you. Then we come
back and found . big turkey dinner
awaiting rs of which was. very good.
I've been here in this mans land
going nigh on to seven whole months
now. We don't get any medals but We
work to beat the band, but At that
we've had . heap of fun. received
the Xmas oard that the Red Cross
Chapter so kindly sent me, and for
which kindly thank them.
Over here the A. E. F. will welcome
President Wilson on his arrival as its
partner and hacker in the long scrap
now ended, as we'll as welcoming him
formally - its commander-in-chief.
1t will not only turn out the guard for
him; it will turn itself inside out, for
in the person of the President are rep
resented all of the millions of hackers
and co-workers of the A. E. F. at home.
This army has not forgotten how the
President said, after St. Aihiel, ''The
boys have done just what we expected
of them," nor how he declared in his
message of last week that he was
proud to be the fellow countryman of
such stuff and valor." We know that
President Wilson has had faith in it
and has supported it through thick and
thin, lending the powerful aid of his
high Office to the furtherance of oil the
works that would help it to carry out
it's appointed task.
1t is glad that the President is COM
ing to review the army in all its activi-
ties in France to see for himself how
the mission intrusted to it by America
has been fulfilled. The French and the