Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1919-05-07
LETTERS FROM OUR KHAKA-CLAD WARRIORS

in i, returned from biIleting detail Of two
days. Dca'f know whether are 10 be
moved or ncs,s when Ne are ] hope It will
be for home.
sToDDARD,s YOUNG BANKER WRITES
FROM FRANCE
iIames A. Wall entered the service May 2s
1915, and went TO Camp Grants and was in
the fsmors BIackhaWk Division which went
across in September and as he landed
taken iii with the FLU. which kept him in
hospital for two weeks.I
st. Milo. February 10, France.
Dear Folks: ! dropped you a card yester-
ga iss. te'ilng zen We we're mere on a seven dag
France. We arrived here late Saturday night
and II was O'Clock Sunday morning before
We got to bed al Hotel de France There are
three cities along the coast at this place, St.
Mao. PaTomme, where ne are staying. and /
do not remember the other There are
hye men including myself from our company
en- this trip. | am putting up with VIM.
feichmiiler, a fellow from Chicago. We have
a room with two single beds in. J caught a
bad cold on my lungs on the way up here and
had headache yesterday, 80 did not get out to
see much. l got auinine tablets and
went TO bed in the afternoon and feel much
better today. TeiehmiIler and ] took in ST.
Mato this forenoon, which IS a beautiful city,
entirely surrounded by a thick wall about 20
feet high 1t Is tire incest place ] have seen
IN France 50 fer. While walking
around on the top of the vail of St.Ealo we
saw a couple Of soldiers Who had gone out to
a small island and while they there the
TIDE came up and covered the cement road so
they started TO wade back. The water was
about up 20 their knees and when they got in
the middle one Of them walked of the road
and almost went under. He struggled around
a while and then the other fellow got him By
The hand and pulled him 0at. he had his over
coat on and he was soaked This after
noon We walked up the coast about two miles
10 town and took in sort of museum
where they had all sorts Of carved stuff made
by hermit. There certainly was a lot Of it..
IL cost Us only one franc (2gcl. / tried to buy
nus ouiht but didn't have enough dough, he
asked 100000 francs or $4,000. II Is a won
derful collection and is worth Il. He also has
a lot OF images carved on the rocks at the sea
side. ! am sending YOU few pOstais which
VIII give you on idea Of some of his work.
work.
Wen. il is a long time since / had any mail
from you folks | guess il being delayed
somewhere. 1 may have a bunch of it when
get back When we left last Friday our
company was preparing to move 10 LeMans to
take over the classification camp. under
stand we will reman there six weeks We may
be placed on the sailing list then. Anyway /
nope so. Ihis life rs rather mOnOt0n0us, es-
peeialy while the weather is cold and wet
his place IS a seaside resort for the wealthy.
They nave the best buildings ! have seer here.
They are all stone. Also they have tie most
beautiful French women / have seen tut / am
not associnting with any of them. Tonight
We are going TO attend the Y. M. c. A. They
have hrst-eiass movies, vaudeville, band con-
eerts, boxing matches and dances Teichmiller
took II in last night and said il was very good
Tomorrow We go out boat trip to ST. Mich
ael which they claim is very pretty island
There sure is some swell scenery here. | wish
| had kodak and plenty of films | am
holding my own in good shape and weigh 1853
now My papers do not come regularly yet
! got ten this week. I'm quite popular boy
then, the bunch gather around TO see them
and IT Is hard for me to hold them long enough
TO read them. They surely are appreciated
! will write again in few days. Hoping this
hnds you folks we'll.