Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1919-03-27
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John Brinkmeyer of Co. II Home
John Brinkmeyer, who enlisted ant
went from here with II company re
turned home, Monday. He Is sta
toned at the hospital at Funston ant
expects his discharge soon, as he i
recovering rapidly from his wounds
He was wounded In the foot Will,
carrying message asking for rein.
forcements. BY crawling he got {
first aid and rested for few minutes
besides another man, both being GOV.
cred with horse blanket A few
feet away three other wounded men
had been placed and q Hun plane
spotted them and bombed the place.
Brinkmeyer and his companion were
covered with earth and stone but
where the other men had been there
was hole about twelve feet deep.
Brinkmeyer wanted TO get TO get to
shelter hut found he couldn't walk at
ALL so he crawled TO a ditch, beside
ravine and following that, crawled
n mile, reaching at last a company Of
artillery where he delivered his mes.
sage and was sent back to a hospital
He is glad to be home and says he
feels first rate.
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George Kingberg Of the S9th Di-
vision writes his sister, Mrs. Lon
deem from Pium, Germany: l. re-
ceived your letter the other day aud
was glad to hear from you. ! sent
you one of my pictures about two
weeks ago. hope you got them all
right. We have church every Sun
day evening at Z o'clock and we
have to go If we don't we get extra
fatigue, so in that case we all 20.
/ am going to church more than II
ever did. / have seen things over
here that made different man ont
of me. How is the weather In Kan
sas? 1t has been raining here almost
all day. Snow is about all gone now
and we have been drilling every day
for two months. 1t sure gets Old. |
same thing every day for seven
hours. | heard today the 35th head
quarters is in Commercy, France
that Is long ways from here | was
there just before the Argonne drive. |
1t sure was awful there. many men
lost their lives. hope | shall never
see such place again. Hope we will
get started back home soon, 1t will
sure be happy day for me when |
see old New York again. There are
lots Of things l would like to tell you,
but cannot until get back and some
things will surprise You. There Is
lots OF beer and wine over here.
George is Dickinson county boy,
who left from Funston with the seth
Division.
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VIM. Harrison writes his sister
from Camp Upton, n. j.: Today
caught your letter as 1t was on It's
way to far off Europe. But as 1t is
am now in the good old U. S. A.,
once more, and / am sure tickled to
death. just can't keep from laugh
ing. My mind wants to talk faster
now, than my hand can write, so ]
guess you know how | really feel, In
crossing the ocean this trip we had
quite hard time Of It, At times l
thought the little boat could hardly
stand against the big waves. l left
Bob, Amos, Walter and Earl in
France. l am the first or the home
and Norman Negro boys to return
to America. ! sure have mighty
lot to say when | get home and
think that will be soon. Oh. yes, tell
mother | received the box she sent
me Christmas, and was sure glad to
get 1t. You know in my other lettersI
could not tell what was going on
during this big war. Our company
was going to and from the front all
the time. We travelled at night and
Ii was very dangerous We
were shelled several times and II was
so dark You could not see your hand
before your face, only when big I
gun would open fire. Remember 1t !
would be an American gun firing to- '
ward the German lines. Later in the {
night more guns begin to fire and I
they light up the whole sky. Towards I
the firing dies down and we S
san only hear gun now and then. l
Then we are feeling fine and drive |
IN to our station. or dug out, which t
is about so or so feet under the l
ground We load and unload our t
trucks here. All at once we were |
called to attention and everyone is {
very quiet. Then we hear kissing
sound of shells coming from the Ger