Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1919-01-07
Lintgen, Luxembourg
Nov. %, 1918.

Lintgen, Luxembourg
Nov. %, 1918.
Dear Dad
Well, dad, I'll try and give you
some idea of what our squadron has
been doing since we landed in France
May IL. We left Hoboken April 30,
and sailed on the Finland. ] didn't
get sick, but came near 1t a couple
of times. We landed at st. Nazaire
and went to a large remount depot
about sixty miles north Camp Cort-
quidam). At this camp we supplied
the different artillery companies with
horses.
From this camp we went up thru
Paris to the Chateau Thierry front
and handled lot OF horses that were
crippled In that drive. 1t was while
camped out in a grain field that ]
saw my first air raid, and it was real
exciting. have seen several real
air battles since then and have also
been where Fritz dropped some good
sized bombs.
We have been just a few miles be-
hind the lines ever since last Aug
Est. We left the Chateau Thierry
front and travelled overland with n
lot OF horses and pack mules to the
small village of Souhesme about 30
miles from Verdun. Here we landed
a world Of good horses which we took
up to the artillery at the front. At
one time we handled nine thousand
horses In eleven days. Pretty good
for $50 men, eh?
II was while we were at this place
that they put the skids upder Fritz.
was with detail of twenty men at
Montfaucon at the time the armistice
was signed and YOU should have seen
the boys celebrate. They lit the sky
with star shells until II looked like
day.
Luxembourg is beautiful country.
Everything looks so fresh and clean
after being where everything is all
shot to pieces for so long. At present
we are only about eight miles from
the city Of Luxembourg. The people
here sure treat US fine. We were the
hrst Americans to stop here and seem
TO be quite curiosity to them.
Livestock is thing of the past in
this country. They have no beef cat
. tie at all and but very few dairy cat
tie. Sheep. hogs and horses are also
very scarce. and il looks to me as tho
they will have to get new start from
the states to stock up with. This
should help our market for few
years on good COW stuff. We have
been getting some mighty good froz-
en- beef. Most of II has Swift's stamp
on 1t. Don't know whether II comes
from the United States of South
America, but II sure has the tallow
on It.
Hope you are feeling well when !
get home so we can have some of our
good old-fashioned feeds. We get
plenty to eat here. but you know II
isn't like Mother made. don't know
how long 1t will be before We sail
Tor home. You know as much about
that and may be more than do
Here's hoping II won't be long Now
that things seem TO be over am get
ting mighty anxious to get back to
the old job. I'm getting lonesome
tor the babies. ] sure would like to
see them and am afraid they will for
get me- Tell them ! think of them
every day and will be home to see
them before long. Well, dad. IT'S
getting late and l must go to bed as
we get up pretty early. That's one
thing I've learned to do since / Joined
the army. Wishing you all a Merry
Christmas and a Happy New Year.
Love to all from your loving boy,
CORPORAL JOHN W. HUNT,
Field Remount Squadron, SO2,
American p. F..