The Monte Vista journal., 1919-03-08
~, from Lieutenant
join Rawlings
j, Home Folks;

ye9I s
mi. 4. another lonesome old sun
,.,uoou. Il v cold outside
e 10 osk.s u snow falling. but
W. 49,, o, a DAY l would like TO be
,.m, .i,tinx In front Of the old
., with a large basket OF sp-
II. in from, of me. tAlkinx over old
!, turned cold here last week
NV II ha. been. Evsryths"x is
lid but ~ yet We have had
0'. - 10 speak Of. Last wsdnes-
morp,ns at s:ao was not'hed
sn headquarters tina, ! was TO
r.,, ,hs, morning with Two o."e'
-. for a three day leave to Cob
w., I surely had to hurry to got
IA, TO tho railroad which 10 about
- mile. from here BY 1880, We
lived at coblents about a;ao In
.rcrnoon, was there all day
I,,,,aay and Friday leaving that
|,,h, at > o'clock getting Into Treves
[. u.,o where ws secured = room
|rd stayed all night. coming on
lou. Yesterday evening At a;3o. We
l.a very good time and saw lots
! interesting places. coblentx Is =
\, Of probably $4,000 Inhabitants
I,u,,ed on the Moseile and Rhine
YER, At their juncture. The Rhine
.m.llcr | believe than the Missis-
IDu, At st. Louis but is quite deep
|nd there Is a great deal Of navisa-
Ian carried on. on Il. But practical
\ avery ship few some nag Of the
blied nations. They have several
lree old churches. but none COM
.red with the cathedral at Treves.
\ least to my way Of thinking.
We crossed tho Rhine and visited
place called Ehrenbreitstein which
4 German fortress, the largest !
wer saw. II Is located on . huge
fountain about 500 II. above the
hrroundins country. Ia all con-
kructed with cement with rife and
baehine gun emplacements all over
J. It Is supposed to accommodate
loo 900 soldiers. so you can perhaps
k.si,> -. L., ~ ~ a1tv
Tho next day We went on a Kill
|mster hike with . Y. NJ. c. A. fel-
bv out to stolsenfels. one Of the
R.Kaiser's palaces. It surely IL .
bagnincent place. The floors are
)uarter sawed oak made OF thous-
|nds Of different pieces. and the
|aintings on the walls are wonder
Hl. most OF them are bible scenes
)ainted by renowned artists; one
Dom alone taking four years to
(omplete. All the carvings are also
Fonderful. especially the old 14th
|nd 18th century chests. several Of
Fhich were gifts from other Euro
)ean monarchs. The castle Is stu
ted on a hill 315 It. directly above
little village and commands a won-
srful view Of the Rhine, Moselle,
|everal large towns and two or three
erge castles in the surrounding
Pountry. All the organizations in
|hs ard Army are now granting a
fertain number Of leaves to officers
nd enlisted men to Coblentz and it
really worth while trip.
The Y. NJ. c. A. is there in force,
}" magnificent officers club. and
wonderful large Festehall where
Phlertainments are held twice daily,
o'clock in the afternoon, and at
'So at night. They had one troupe
y ! men ard women who had Just
F0me from the States for the pur-
Pose OF entertaining at leave areas,
na they were wonderfully good es-
ec'sliy did they seem so to men in
fu0 A. T.. F. who have not seen any
'aoeVille for SO long. We have
Peen hoping We may be relieved soon
=" 30 Tar. nothing but rumors.
,'"eVer saw Jack Davis, a friend
y mine a few days ago, and he had
'a relieved along with some other