The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1919-02-26
SOLDIERS LETTERS
STILL PROVE VERY
INTERESTING
JACK" BARRON AND OTHER To-
CAL BOYS WRITE OF WORK
THEY ARE DOING.


Following is letter which this CT
fee received from Jack Barron, a
local man who is with the army of oc-
cupation in Germany. Jack was
Wounded while in action in France,
but upon recovering was sent back to
his company which was one of those
to go to Germany. Everybody knows
genial Jack Barron and will be glad
to hear from him in this letter which
is as follows:
- Somewhere in Germany.
jan %, 1919.
Friend Ed:
You no doubt will be surprised to
get this letter from me, but as / was
trying to write some letters tonight
one of the lads brought in a Banner
News and / saw Mack's letter to you
in it and L thought l would try the
same stunt myself.
My company is in a little town
called Urbach, about IL miles east Of
the Rhine river. We are billetted in
the Germans homes. 1t sure is some
noise when we get to visiting with
the natives. 1t sounds something like
it used to in Smith Stanton's back
room when the bunch got in there.
l don't see very much of the boys
from home as l am with the Flint
company but l was over and spent
Sunday with 81 Corners and Paul Ha-
vey week ago. l guess the govern
ment was a little bit slow sending
that notice of me getting hurt; it hap
pened Oct. 8. 1t wasn't very much.
| was back with my company in six
weeks time. So you see Uncle Sam
is not quite so fast in sending notices
a q hn in, Hrsy
are lucky bunch. The weather
here is just like April is at home and
/ suppose you people are wading in
the snow. | don't have any idea
how long they are going to keep us
here but we all are prepared to stay
here until next July. Of course If
we are lucky we might get home SOON
er. am getting suite good at talk
ing German. In fact / can talk as
much German as / can French right
now, We've and Yah-Yah.
The people in this town are not
hard up, in fact they are all pretty
well fixed but the man power sure
caught it quite hard; there were 16
men killed in the war from this town
which is no larger than Orleans 60
! you can see what old Bill did for his
people and feel thankful that your
home is in the good old u. S. A.
Well, Ed, / guess will end this
and hope that it won't be long before
can shake hands with you and the
rest of the old timers. With best
wishes to you and the Banner News,
| remain your old friend, Jack.
Corp. Jack Barron,
Co. E, 125th u. S. Inf.
1 1-k4 =
this week is from Frank Hubbard.
son OF Mr.. and Mrs. c. M. Hubbard,
which he wrote to his sister, Mrs. Ed.
Reeves of Smyrna. It is as follows:
Mederohren, Germany, Jan. 26. '19.
Dear Sister Katie:
| Well, / am going to write few
lines to let you know that / am still
alive and feeling fine. / am getting
fat every day and think l shall keep
on as long as we get fed the way
we are getting it now. l was weigh
ed the other day and / weigh 154
pounds. l think this climate agrees
with me-, This is a very pretty
place. 1t is in the mountains and
there are many very pretty scenes,
so many valleys here with nice
brooks running L, EN-, and a
great many large cliffs along the road
| side. The place where we are now
is nothing but a small village of four
houses. This is where our company
outpost is. We get four hours on
guard and IL off, so it is not 50 bad a
place after all. There is lots of
game in this part of the country,
such as deer, squirrel, rabbits and
other animals. / saw two deer day
before yesterday and onel asst night.
l have q pretty good room, one of
the corporals and myself. 1--WE have
q bed to sleep in and do not care if
we stay right here until we are ready
TO come home. l received your letter
with the children's pictures and was
more than glad to get them. Well
1T will soon be a year since / landed
on this side of the pond. It was the
18th day of March. Well, / am back
to private again as the corporalship
was shot in the head when / got back
from the hospital. But I don't care
as am LIST class private now and that
is the best job in the army. was to
have been made sergeant when / got
wounded, but guess it was not right
for me to have it. was wounded
In the head but it did not go only
under the skin so l think was lucky.
But have two nice scars to carry
the rest of my life. have the bullet
that hit me and will show it to YOU
when l come home. Well / guess
this is all the nonsense know now
so will close, with lots of lovce to all.
Your brother,
Pvte. Frank C. Hubbard,
Co. ID, 128th Inf N. G., A.. z. F., A.
p. 0. 734, With the Army of Cccu-
patton.
Alvin Davis has also written a
letter to his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Davis from Slough, near Lon
don, England, where he is staying. AL
win is seeino a oraof dool of A. 1000,