The Monte Vista journal., 1919-04-12

sunday Evening "ee' ''' 49,
,s.r Folks
~. ar, Just starting on our re-
,,Ip to the good old u D. a.
"a a I have decided to write you s''
aa ,.,,,,.,lng things that have hap
p, ,,e. last wrote. A Kind Of
.,,Iimsa, plan letter you know !
'm snl.h /, when we 90, In and may
Il little each day or 'o'
". ius, left st. Nasa're. France
.,,,,poon at 200 y. m. and there
-, come crowd down to Ne ~ on
a.. arc carrying Southern troops
,,., home and OF course We don't
,.,, where vc are going. We may
n Charleston. 3. &. and unload
..a then go to New York for our
a, 400 Ball We are going to give,
N. ball is to be tho swsliest affair
:, N, season and everybody Is talk.
ia. hall. ball. ball. and nobody will
,,,. 1, any place but New York.
Our Commander has requested
,,., ve be ordered to New York 20
sue.. NO will finally end mp there.
We left Norfolk. Va. March Ind.
.,a arrived at st. Nasairo, March -
At 500 p. m. We had nns warm
,.,,hcr all tho way and I certainly
enjoyed the trip. II 10 getting nicer
weather now and life At so 10 sure
swell when Its calm and warm. We
had scarcely no sick ones and OF
course that let US on easy and. ]
mus, add now that We are the hap
pies, bunch aboard ship now because
vc haven't q single wounded man.
We are lucky. that's all. Two large
transports loaded up . few days
ahead Of US so that left us without
any wounded. But We are not sor-
~ you bet. That means an easy
trip back.
Ny detail or work has been In the
Sick Bay. / have been In charge ev-
cry other day and all We have to do
Is to see that all the German brass
fixtures are kept shining and that all
paint work is kept clean. We use
soap and water and elbow grease
for this. Keep EN- ON the job. that's
my Job. We have Afty crossmeu
and they are half Of them mine when
l an on duty.
I have been doing . little training
lately, In fact, ever since I met X. O
Brown and now I am In pretty good
physical condition. I have had thre<
boxing bouts since I left the States
Two aboard ship and one last nigh,
At the Y. NJ. c. A. hut In st. Naxairs
l hate to talk about myself but here
Is where will have to. II you wan,
TO know II am still all in one piece
Yes. l am still together. folks. ana
all Of my bouts have been in m,
favor and one. they had to carry hin
out In the second round. Last nigh
when left the ship the doctors said
Now, II you don't bring back tn,
honors for the "Pocahontas" yo,
mad better not come back at all.
And didn't come back without an
other scalp.
Last night when the referee an
nounced our bout all the soldier
asked where we were from. My op
pohent was New Jersey lad an.
Us all the spectators seemed to fav
or the East instead OF dear old Col
orado, l made up my mind woul,
snow the gang what kind of mater
'a' we grow out West. guess the
ueclded was all right after 1t wa
over because quite . number Of then
snook hands with me and compli
mented me on my skin at the Game
Ahem-? Ha.
st. Nazaire is q rather pretty littl
'o~h and is on a river that runs thr
'ne center of the city. Our ship sail
~ .hru the locks 80 close to tn
vu'alhss that we could tell wha
.Ae frenchys were. having for dir
Ae' took some pictures that wi
,"o~ you how close we were to tn
'u"uihgs and the city. Just as 500
~ we step of the ship we are 1
'ne street. It's very handy when
s0mes to making liberty parties.
e'er bought any cards Of the cit