The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1919-02-14
Correspondence
From the Boys
ever There
Dye France, Jan. S, 1919.

Dye France Jan. 5, 1919.
d arrest Mother:
Your letter came yesterday and I
s're was gia. to get them. for every
IT, ny IS pret'Y dull while we are wait
il : for return back to the good
o U. S. A. and time seems to pass
S over than ever for we all are count
IT g each and every day as it passes,
a I some times we count them before
Z O. ome 1t has showed twice
s7~e we have been in this village but
It 1idn't stay on the ground any
h oh of time. 1t rains every day
and night, I never did see it rain so
nr"h before in my life. The mud is
about ankle deep, and we always go
t car way and that is straight
through, but here is hoping that we
Yon't have to stay over here much
longer but at the present l don't e
a v chance of going back for a month
or TWP yet, but believe me I will be
Just as proud to get home then as l
would now.
You asked me to tell you about my
trim when / came over but before the
armistice l couldn't tell the names of
any ports or dates, and since then we
have been on the move nearly all the
time until the present, so l will 20
over the most important things of
the trip up't6Nthe present time.
July 6, 1918, Co.'S A. B. c. e. F.
marched out from Camp Bowie and
entrair ed for somewhere" we went
through Memphis and vas served hot
cocoa and lemonade by the Red Cross
our next stop was at Chattanooga.
Tenn, and was served by the Red
Cross again, everyone enjoyed the
trip through the Blue Ridge noun
tains for the scenery was grand. Our
trip to Newport News was enjoyed
by everyone and we detrained there
and marched out to our barracks the
morning of the 18th. We were sta
toned. there three days drawing over
seas equipment, and on the morning
Of July 14th we sailed from the good
I'D u. S. on a British transport the
Peleus.
At that time we were all glad to get
a chance to come across to do "our
Sit" we were at sea three days and
to every ones surprise we sailed into
Halifax harbor, after laying over in
the harbor for two days we debarked
and entrained for Camp Aldershot 70
miles distance. Here we were in
camp with the Canadians who treated
as royaly. We pulled off a parade
for them and they give US a recep-
ton, which We all enjoyed.
On the 26th we entrained and went
On our way back to Halifax where We
embarked on the British Transport
Nagoya and lifted anchor on the 9th
We were at sea until the 9th, Of Aug.
before we met our escort which con-
sisted of about 10 dstroyerS and n
observation balloon. These escort ac-
our convoy into port, herr
were ten ships in u convoy, all car
yirY soldiers across to take part IN
the great struggle.
On the It'll, we entered the mouth
Of the Thames and debalked at Ill
bury England and Travelled by rail 20
Winchester England where we went
into 4 rest camp. On Aug. 10th W
hiked 10 South Hampton and embark
ed on the u S. S. s. Charles formerly
Tho passenger boat Naward from 0
to Portland. During the
o;pht we crossed the English Channel
-, DC knots per. and debarked at lie
Harve France Sunday Aug. llth 1913
bere we went to another rest camp
until 7 P NJ. Aug. II, where we
boarded one of the French Transported
ton consisting of box cars ABOUT one
third as large as our and the wheelS
are about twice as high on the slde OF
the cars is marked go HommeS~men
or 8 cheavux-Horses,) we were pref
tv crowded but as it was q novelty we
didn't worry much. We unioadeu al
"a. NJ. 14th, at Bar Sur Aube after
daylight we marched II kits to the
village of Soulaines which was TO De
our training area before gelng INTO
every kind of training. Sept Zo1i
, Here the men were put through
tiny birthday we ali moved out ever
one carrying about 1870 pound packs
The following morning we entraine'
Rre;nne after about four hours rio
we ~detrained at Eferway from mere
We could hear the roa of the big gun
the town was "shot up" pretty Do