The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1919-01-31
FROM
CORP. SIMMS

A. B. Rotering received the follow
ing very interesting letter from Corpl.
j. Simms, who previous to his IN
!istment was connected with the Glas-
gov Electric Shop:
Danipierre, France, Jan. 5.
Dear Friend %Rothering: A few lines
today to let you know I am still on
the map and still Somewhere in
France" but say, we certainly want
to get out of it; u company is all
assembled here and we are all GER
tain that we are waiting for our turn
to board ship for home. Rumor has 1t
that we will be on the ocean February
1st. Believe me, l hope that If we
are not on our way before then that
we will be then. We are not doing
a thing only waiting day by day. There
is positively no excitement to the life
now and it is getting pretty monot-
onous: aside from that everything IS
going on as usual and we are eating
and sleeping as usual and have as
much of both as we can possibly
stand.
started a card to you in November
but did not finish it; will send it with
this letter if l a find it. 1t was Ia
ken from the Germans before the end
of the war. l do not know If you
know much about the seth or not, but
we understand that we have a good
reputation at home and from the IN
formation we get we did as good work
as was done in the army, We arrived
at our first position about one mile
from AmieAs on June 18th, and from
that day until November 18th we were
almost continuously within she'll range
and with the exception of a very few
DAYS we heard the guns all the time
We were in on all the big shows one
way or another from Amiens to the
Argonne near Verdun. / was lost or
the St. Mihiel battle field for a night
and a day and on that night l saw
more German planes than l ever saw
before. l saw many German sight:
that had been captured which | car
tell you about easier than | can write
it. After the end Of the war our plat
DON went through from Verdun con
Meeting up the telephone lines so thu
railroad could run their trains; w
went as far as Luxembourg and it wa;
our men that connected up the allie
world with the German world in tina
section. I was one of four of tn
first American soldiers some civilian
in towns ever saw. They found us t
be wonderful men and not as poor sol
diers as the Germans had painted US
When we got over the line We wer
the first to get to the places the Hun
occupied. There were whole town
where two or four of US had a Who'll
town to ourselves to do with as w
pleased. We saw the work Of GU
guns and air men, and if hell ever wa
turned loose l am sure it was turne
loose on some of the places l saw.
saw men who had been prisoners re
turning by the hundreds; l saw an
talked to Germans who were OPERA
ing the railroad. l believe l saw m
share of the sights. l have been {
Verdun when the shells were fallin
in it and once after the end of the wa
She is a terribly wounded city. Viii
there | visited the cathedral, whic
had been hit by quite a few she'll
while there l picked up some of tt
music that was scattered IN the floo
l am sending you a piece of it for
souvenir. l am also enclosing anot
err piece for Mr.. Dixon, who lives ov
near the church. l forgot his initial
Kindly give it to him for me.
This is all this time, old pal, as
am going to try and write a few mo
today. 1t is a hard job to write le
ters now. Give my regards to all.
From your old pal,
CORPL. VIM. ]. SIMMS,
B. Co., 56th Engineers, A. E.