Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1919-01-12

gong TO wait until l get nome ana
then see how it feels TO get sick, :
writes J. A. Pinkston. Jr., in letter
written December Is and just receiv-
ed by his mother here. Mr.. Pinkston,
who is a member of the Motor Trans
port corps, Unit sos. has been at
Neufchateau He states that many of
the French people who were driven
away by the proximity to the front.
are returning home looking prosper
are returning 70 home looking
prosperous.
Following is the letter, together
with one written Dec. 3:
On Active Service With the American
Expeditionary Force, Dec. Is, Is.
Dearest Mother: The sun came out
to-day. breaking through the clouds
for while. but they soon hid the
welcome visitor. This is the first
time since payday, which is the
Greenwich from which all time is
reckoned in the army. Mud-all is
mud here now, and if it wasn't for hip
boots, we would all drown.
Letters from papa and Ed dated
November "a, came yesterday, and
your Christm asmessage, which you
hoped would reach me on Xmas day
was read last night. 1t was very
cheering, and l appreciate the many
kind expressions. / hope you will
not miss me on this day, to any extent,
as l will be well taken care of and
will spend a happy day, thinking of
you all, and the good times coming,
when our Uncle lets US come back
to you.
AS regards my coming home l. of
course, feel that l want to see some
thing of this part of the world this
being my only opportunity, but you
must remember that l am under or
ders, and go or stay, as they say We
have been at this place since October
20, and are within so miles of the No
Mans Land of ne battlefelds of
France, yet may not have an oppor-
tunity to see any of it. Had it not
been for the armistice, we were to
have been sent out in small units, all
over the front. l am very anxious to
see Paris and it does seem like a
pity to come this near and go back
without taking this trip. Yeti am a
hOme-loving man.
There has been the greatest diff
ference in this town since the armis-
tice. 1t seems that the better class
of inhabitants moved south. when
things got hot and are just now be-
ginning to return. You can go down
town in the afternoon and see people
that you have not noticed before. They
are well dressed and prosperous and
look entirely different from the class
that We at first thought lived here.
Pretty girls galore-though they all
have their mammas with them. Not
being able to parlay and frog lex
cept four words, which she soon tires
of it's next to impossible to know
any them. Did you every try to walk
along with a pretty girl and knew
only that number of words to converse
with? It's funnw feeling
Il am very much disappointed in
the weather, expecting it to be cold,
especially by this time; yet today is
like an April breeze. Our December
is very much colder. We are all
equipped for the rigors of a northern
winter. and you would think you
were at Palm Beach, except for the
mud. From what I can learn from
the natives with my four words ii
does not get very severe here, al
though I understand that the spring
months are the worst. Let US hope
by that time we will be elsewhere.
Don't think for a moment that |
am sleeping on the ground. I have
a bed that rivals my own, plenty of
new-mown hay and piles of blankets.
The only objection is that I have to
make it up every night, then fold
my blankets nicely and evenly, for
inspection every morning, When l re-
turn you need not mind having this
done for me, although if you don't
watch, I'll be getting in with my
shoes on This is the greatest ex-
perience a fellow could have and
every man should be fortunate to
have it, The minor things that used
to worry me in the old days, or the
larger ones, will seem as nothing
now.
Il cabled on the 18th and hope you
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3 A. P. DEANE & co. /