New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1919-01-01
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pretty heavily conveyed. You ought
to see that Seattle swing ahead of US
and move sideways. You also ought to
have heard the fellows laugh when the
st fellow got seasick.
We did not see single submarine on
,Sway across and only once when we
". about three days off the coast of
ace when the Seattle let one long
s& st out of her whistle and all boats
sSpped and she swung broadside ahead
us and few torpedo boat de-
#siSwhat it was. Say, but those guns
a She Seattle looked fierce when she
.8s,them pointed; it would almost scare
Nh life out of you, but everything was
3s !nally on the 18th of June we land
Htat Brest, France and about the mid
~ of the afternoon were landed on
sereign land and we certainly were glad
to get our feet on land again. You
can't imagine how much water there
is i'll the world until you make trip
across. We were taken off ferry boat
and marched through town up to Napo-
Icons old barracks and stayed there
until Sunday the 23rd Of June when we
were loaded on a French train for what
we thought was closet the front but
landed at Gievres about the night of
the Oath after being in this train al.
most two and half days and travel
ing as fast as the train could go.
When we got here we were loaded
into trucks and brought down to the
camp that I am at now and pitched our
pup tents and lived in them for about
7 days until we finished our barracks.
We have the biggest Inland Supply de-
pot in France and were not very far
from the front at one time. We are
just about two hours run from Tours
ia the central part of France. All the
dCIoPIduSS ItlSu up dG ILLS Cduip
, and fly to the front, most of the ambu-
lances and wagons and barbWire and
trench material come from this camp
also. The medical supplies and trains
used to go, out Of here at the rate Of
35 and 40 day Of 60 cars each so you
can imagine it was pretty busy place.
We had to help to build the track in
this place and l did my share in stamp
ing ties and digging after which I was
put on switching. I was the second one
in the battalion drawn for work in the
yards, Of course the 64th was already
here but business was picking up so
fast that they had to have more men.
Things are a good deal quieter now
and we are only shipping about Is
trains day since the Armistice was
signed, but still a busy place at that.
I will be able to tell good deal more
when I get back as I would have to.
have about 25 or so sheets Of this paper
to tell it now.
Everybody is now waiting for the
order to come back to the U. S. Every
day rumors come and go that we are
to go in the occupied territory and then
somebody has a different idea; guess
nobody knows anything about it. One
thing sure is that we are going to move
somewhere in the near future and
everybody is hoping that it will be
home, but guess no such luck I, for
my part expect to be home by the first
of February anyway and that will be
quick enough, but would have no hard
feelings if we were to get home sooner.
Guess will have to come to a close
now as it is almost time to 90 to work
and will tell you more in some other
letter in a few days.
1 am feeling fine just now and have
no complaint to make and hope to be
back soon.
Your brother,
Private Dafford M. Leary,
>--. Co r 64th r n ~