The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1919-01-17
among the first to return to America.
] will continue this next time.
With love,

Carney Popnoe.
p. s. got two Snyder Signals to-
day. c. w. r..
Somewhere In France, Nov, 2, rs
Dear home folks across the sea.
Perhaps you will notice from the
difference in the dates of this and
the last letter | sent you that three
or four days have elapsed since writ
ing the former. | could have written
some yesterday but thought would
walt until we were more permanent
ly located and perhaps ! would have
more to write We hare moved from
the place that we were when last
wrote and we have travelled many
miles of country since then and
have seen manj interesting Trims
beautiful country and also some dis
tricts which We're wrecked We. Ike
all other companies have rest pc
riod and are 40 present back from
the front for a while TO rest up from
lodging shells We are all feeling
good and not on Bit worse off from
having been at the front and have
gained some as we know how to
control our nerves. when we hear
she'll whisuing that Is when we get
back to the front. You can have no
idea what sights we see over her.
and ! don't believe it you were 20
see them that they could possibly
interest you any more than they do
me and you can just guess that I'm
taking I'm an the sights ! see. or
course We AN love 20 talk of the time
when we viii be- ready 90 star. back
home and naturally we are rearing
Tor that time TO come. But as we arc
over here and are going 90 stay unit
this thing IS over, you can just guess
that 'm going 90 enjoy all and sec
everything possible for me- 90 see.
We came from o. portion OF the
country where the "runs" have just
recently been driven from and where
all the beautiful cor once was beau
ufun country has been transformed
Almost into a barren desert We
have passed numbers of villages and
small towns which nothing is left TO-
ndicat, that they were ever iu-
habitod except occasionally 60 nu
rock wall which has been left stand
ing 20 mark the place of once @ mag
Tl,cent building sometimes
church and sometimes public build
ing have seen numb. of larc
churches am Catholic of course. RACED
20 the ground and nothing left 10 in
dictate that such was a church, exc
rcpt @ mass oft rocks and dirt oft
which the church is constituted aud
sometimes wall with some of th"
glass slim in the windows which
have been shattered. but have not
fallen down All the furnishings ac-
coutrements which are mostly Of
brass or some such substance have
been taken away and when the
churches are rebuilt, they will have
TO Doe refurnished The surroundiul
country OF all these villages or q
greater portion OF them SIS tee-totally
torn up by shells and is full OF holes
which before the land is ever put
back 90 whore Il will ever be capa-
BILE of icing put into cultivation
again. win have 20 BE- filled up OF
course the hard paved roads have
been wrecked just the same as tho
surrounding country but they are
being meudcf and put bacl, into good
shape hy hundreds of workers which
are following mp as closely as possi-
hl, the retrea'iug enemy The great
est amount of destruction Is in the
region of the Hindenhurg line and
oI course IL is not AN as bad as that
pant loo coming 60 This place wl
got back OF the portion of The coun-
try which the enemy has so recently
occupied and some that ma not been
inhabited by him for three or four
years I'M this part of course, the