New Britain herald., 1919-01-23

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 M. c. A. we. received each a containing lemon drops, a ba chocolate, three paclSa ges of cixa nf 10 ir,J,e, and four packages of biscuits From the Red Cross each lad got a can of fruit jam. The Y M C. A also furnished us with a piano so we are we'll fixed, In the afternoon we had an entertainment with two diff ierent boxing matches of three rounds each, also singing, jig dancing, quar- tets and other affairs. At night an other fellow and 1 went down to a restaurant on the Rhine and had a real supper We had fried potatoes, Hamburg steak, ca bhage with Sev- eral large schOonerS of beer As they don't furnish bread we had some of our own biscuits. They heaped our dishes way up and it was all we could eat and it only cost us three marks 1 apiece, a mark being worth about 16 cents It sure felt good to eat on ! a nice white table cloth and some one | to serve you and then to think that l you don't have to wash your own !! dishes.
 '"Today q bunch of us were given l passes to Coblenz and one of the 1 trucks took us down. The people l here celebrated for several days and | the stores were all closed. We hiked 1 along the best streets of the towl and looked it all over. A lot of our officers and also French officers were ! promenading along the streets, also 1, ever so many soldiers. The civilian population was well represented, the girls with swell clothes and furs and the men with canes and many of them with high hats. The city is abuOt the size of Hartford and looks pretty good.
 We had snow fall of about two inches and it's rather cold although the ground is not frozen. They don't have very severe winter in this country and it's about like our spring Out in the fields there are planted winter cabbage, lettuce and other greens that frost will not kill.
 T almost forgot to mention our Christmas dinner. We had roast pig, mashed potatoes. vegetables, gravy, apple sauce, pumpkin pie and coffee with milk and sugar. We get fine meals right along anyway, in cluding fresh beef every day. I sure am always filled up to the top. As for coming homo that is impossible to tell. 1t might be by Easter and be- fore next Christmas, sure.
 'I am in the best of health and never felt better in my life. This eli mate agrees with me to perfection. [ could Write books concerning Iav travels if l went into details, but I don't know exactly what would inter- est you. 1 sure do consider myself fortunate to be with the army of oc- cupation and to have seen so much of the world, Why I have been in Can ada, Wales, England. France, Luxem- burg and finally, Germany, since I left the states.
 AS for work, the only thing that We do is to police the grounds daily and go on guard. If we get work in our line it will be evacuating hospi- tals with our ambulances We are only reserve unit and are not at tached 10 the first army, but they Will use us in an emergency. Well, witn l the best regards to the family I re- main,
 As ever.
 "CFTARLFS"
 The 303d Ambulance companv is composed almost entirely of New Britain and Hartford boys.