Iron County register., 1919-01-09
Our Soldier Bows.


8 Division Band, A. E. F., writes fron
Hayange, one of the cities in Lor
g raine, France: "We are now locate,
In Hayange, one of the cities in Lor
raine, the province of France oc
8 cupled SO long by the Germans. Man,
OF the people here are strongly pro
German, but the majority are very
much pleased to see the American
soldiers. We have been playing
Two concerts daily since we have beer
mere. On one of the cards l am send
ing you is the picture of the palace o.
one Wendell der Wachmeiser, who
was one of the officers of the Emper.
or's Guard. l do not know how lone
we VIII be here nor where we will &c
from here. Hope to be home some
oay from this trip through Europe"
Private j. Elmer Calvert, Co. B
10th Infantry, writes from Camp Lew.
is, Washington, on December 25: 81
can never tell how the letter received
from my dear parents cheered me,
Tor you see all the boys who lived
IN near by states had eight day fur
loughs, and only fifteen of US were
left here in the company. Then l
was glad you sent me in it the photo
OF Russell. have it on my shelf and
all the boys come in and look at it
and talk about him as if they all knew
him. We had big turkey supper
here last night with most everything
fellow would want. Then l went
over to Co. D, where was all fall and
ate turkey dinner with them, and then
went to the Y. M. O. A. and heard a
good sermon and went back to nv
bunk and found box of cookies and
stuff from Mary and Frank. l feel
pretty sure I will get discharged after
the first of the year"
Our colored troops have made a
flne record for themselves, and we
are glad to have this week letter
from Benjamin F. Russell. He writes.
"Since the armistice was signed we
nave been preparing for our return
to the states. Our division was on the
firing line at the close of the war.
Ihey made good showing and Cen
eral Ballou took his leave feeling that
the outcome of the Colored Division |
mad been a perfect success. I am al
80 proud to say that we did not lose
very many of our men, considering
the gas and different kinds Of attacks
they had to face. Jesse Brown is
weli and getting along nicely. He is
with Medical Detachment of the 317
Ammunition Train. He is about
mile from me at Marbach. I am at
Belleville with Medical Detachment
5l7 Supply Train. am at the present.
assistant Dental Surgeon. For the
last two months we were very busy ,
taking care of the boys that drove the !
'ruck trains to the front, administer ,
ng medicine and filing and pulling
'helr teeth. We are now very anxious ,
% hear from home, because we hear :
hat the influenza is destroying our I,
people by the hundreds. Several OF !.
ny friends at Jefferson City have been :
Victims of the pest"
Louis Favez wrote on December 9Th
nat he was well, but very anxious to !
'pme home; and did not know how !,
Don that would be. They keep him
'usy doing military police work at !,
'rest' He was deeply grieved to hear !
u the death of Russell. He had al !,
ways looked forward to meeting him ! !
ver there. But while he has been on y y
uard at Brest all this time, and many
I the boys he knew have passed .
through there, he has never since he :
as been in France seen one he knew @
civil life, and often feels lonely. g
On December 18th Paul Keith o,
rites: 81 can tell something about n
" work now. have been on about T
1ree different submarines, two sub i,
nasers and cruiser in the last two q,
lonths. lam doing duty now on the ce
10. We have Torpedo practice ii
bout three times week and then /,
udy torpedoes and submarines, The :,
boats are the largest type of sub I
arine. Under date of December 16,
wrote: "This is the dry season n q,
,wn here, and it sure is hot. It will g.
funny Christmas to me with n,
ny weather. am collecting a
inch of pictures of ships, subma- ~,
mes, seaplanes, and scenery down =,
ire. am also goingtc send bunch
shells, some of the prettiest have -
'er seen. Another lad and went ~ -
noeing o-day and got too far out ~
the Caribbean and caught the tide
ming in and got washed on the va
cks. We had quite time, but got at
t all right"
Fred F. Dixie writes from Base lni
'spital. Camp Dodge, Iowa, on Te.
'cember 25: 1--WE left New York am
ty on the afternoon of the 23d and
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