The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-02-04
thta certainly reminded me of those
spring mornings at home.

spring mornings at home.
| | am over in one of the Offices o
the government, s. o. S. tservice O
supply to which We belong. Their,
is not much being sent up this morn
ing and by the way things look | viii
have an easy day today. Cooley anl
| will be able to handle all the ship
ments coming thru.
Last Wednesday three of us fell
lows went out for stroll thru Is Sui
Tile, Cote de'Or and climbed a higf
ridge covered with pines and rocks
We looked around the valley and
spied Cathedral spire and pres.
emily we heard the bell ring, so de.
cided to walk over and visit the
burg. 1t was about a mile and hall
away and we went across country
The place is little mountain side
village surrounded BY hills on either
side with little creek running thru
the heart of the town. Ducks and
geese swim up and down within q
stont's throw of the city banque.
AS we were returning we saw a
little farm house built right into d
bank overgrown with ivy and moss
and surrounded with pine trees. The
French plant pine trees and cultivate
them for lumber as we would corn
as their timber supply is scarce.
Our company is getting to like
moving days, or is getting used to
them for we have moved quarters
twice within the last two weeks; once
from the tents into barracks, then
from the barracks into more bar
racks. We get Strengthened out and
settled down when an order comes
thru for us to move. The last time
we moved, December 23, the rain
poured down all day and we were
obliged to wear our boots as the mud
was deep and we couldn't see where
we stepped, as we moved at o'clock,
before sunlight, but now we are set
tied once more in France.
The topic of the day in the bar
racks is, when do we go homer"
This is a standing argument last
ing from reville until taps then some
of the fellows talk about it in their
sleep. No one knows when we go
home. We might go with the third
army of occupation into Germany
for eighteen months, or our next
move may be for Brest or Bordeaux
and the rumors are already out that
we move somewhere the twenty
second of January, but the property
owned by the U. S. government in
France is enormous. One cannot
imagine the vast quantities of cloth
ing, subsistence shells, guns, wagons
engines. The French think all the
Americans are millionaires and they
know the American soldier will pay
for what he wants so they charge
boco (rnany francs.)
l guess you have located Dijon on
the map. 1t is a fair sized city, wide
awake, third in size | think. A
limited number of men are allowed
to go to Dijon each day. We catch
the E. S. T. flyer and make the eigh-
teen miles in little over an hour
and half. The drives and boule-
wards in Dion are typical of an
American city, but when one enters
the city he can see he is in an Eu-
ropean city. l expect New York had
a great time when the naval forces
paraded up Broadway and Fifth ave-
but the time the people went mad
was when the wild Cat" division
came back. These fellows are the |
heroes of Chateau Thierry and the
heavy fighting in the Argonne. III
have met several of. the fellows here |
In Is Sur Tile, who belong to that |
army division. They wear a "black |
lelt wild cat" on their sleeve denot-
ing their division. / guess they |
fought like wild cats. l remember |
when We were supplying them some
weeks back, they were using enor-
nous quantities Of supplies.
Another rumor is out that the s,
}. 8. men will wear little red devil |
IN their arm with black back
ground, pitch-fork in his hand and
he letters s. o. 8. across the insignia.
t will look nice and possibly we will
'eceive them If we didn't figure in
my actual fighting we might have
lone and furthermore we kept them
,oing with all kinds Of supplies.
must cloes now. Tell Kinsey to
write and let me know the advent
Tres he has figured in with the U.
!. s. Co. and the B. H. s.
Your SON
KENNETH.
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