The Dolores star., 1919-01-10


On Active Service with American Ex-
peditionary Forces. A. P. O. 76l
. France
November 10. 1918.
Dear Father:
l received your letter just before the
drive and l guess it was the final drive.
We were right amongst the Dutch
those last ten days and it is great
relief to be out of shell fire once more,
we came to the St. Mikel front about
the first of August and held it two
months and then we were transferred
to the Argon sector and they were
both lively sectors. Our company were
the first soldiers to enter Stenay. we
laid foot-bridges for the Infantry to
cross the Muse river into the city. 1t
is the largest town we have seen since
we came to the front. There are lots
of French people here that have been
prisoners all through the war
l was alr through the place where
the crown prince had his headquarters
it was regular palace.
Well l hope it wont be long till we
are back in the U. S. A. believe we
are going to see Paris before long |
would like to see it before leave.
l will close-hoping to be home before
spring. CLYDE
Meix, Belgium, Nov. q. 1918.
Dear Father:
l am in this little town today resting
and cleaning up. This soldering is mt
so bad now but wish could be home
for dinner today. like the country
lots better than I did any of France
and the people treat us royal. | have
went to dance the last two nights
some of the young ladies' wear wooden
shoes, but that is small fault in
good girl. A fellow that can talk good
can have lot of fun here, these people
are awful clean around the house and
pretty good cooks; there was four of
US gave an old lady six dollars for two
cooked chickens and they tasted 6ne.
They use three different kinds of
money here, French, Belgium and
German, and they work dogs to little
wagons to do their hauling, and oxen
to farm with, this is a good place for
grain and vegetables. 1t is a hilly
country but one thing this country has
is good roads, these towns are in pretty
good shape, they haven't been shelled.
lots of the buildings are over one hun
dred years old. 1t is very seldom we
ever see store with any thing to sell
the Dutch took all their stuff at the
beginning of the war. One thing in
the army what money there is is
always in circulation so q fellow ie
never broke long at q time. l have
always managed to get along fairly
well. never have wanted for any
thing and you asked me in your last
letter if I needed anything, nothing
that know of, in fact it would never
over take me now. don't believe it
is worth while sending any more papers
for think we will be on our way home
in couple of months and then it will
take some time after we get in the
states to discharge US.
But am not in half as big a hurry
to get out as was when those shells
were falling. We were on the front
little over three months. went over
the top with the first wave of Infantry
at St. Mihel drive. and was all though
the Argon Woods, we We're the first
company to cross the Muse river at
Stenay. We are on march to Ger
many now l think Colone is the place
we are headed for now, we walked q
miles with our packs the last march,
it use to seem like big walk without
anything but the walking never did
hurt me, lots of fellows play out and
fall behind. will close with love to all,
CLYDE ROYCE.