Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1919-01-24
CRESCO HOWARD COUNTY, IOWA. FRIDAY, JANUARY a. 1919

A, FRIDAY, JANUARY
With Our Soldier and Sailor Boys.
Corporal Paul Eddy, of Co. E, 357tt
Inf. with the American Army of Occu
patton in Germany, in letter com
menced December 11th and mailed sew
eral days later, writes to his mother az
follows -
, Received the package you sent me
and l sure did enjoy everything. We
have been marching for eleven days
and are sure seeing lots of the country.
The people of Germany have treated US
fine so far. Night before last we
stayed in the big city of Nittlich. My
pal and stayed in q very swell place.
1t was right in the business part of the
city. The people rnn clothing store
and they lived over head. The first
thing the lady did was to get some
water so we could wash, and then she
got some rags to clean our shoes off
good, and then she said Coffee" and
started upstairs and I nodded my head
yes and started up after her. Well
things were sure swell in this room.
Where they ate was a martle table.
We had bread, butter. jam. coffee,
sugar and hot cakes. When they took
US into the rooms where We were to
sleep, you had ought to see my pal and
l look at one another. There were two
beds in the room and they sure were
swell. We felt just like sleeping on
the floor, we hated to muss up the bed.
But we finally came to the conclusion
that we had better take shot at it
anyway. We had the hardest time to
find out how to get into the bed. These
beds are different than ours, they are
so much higher. When we got into bed
tha feathers came way up over the top
of us. Believe me. we sure did put in
q good nights sleep. When we woke
in the morning we went down and ate
breakfast and went out in the street.
and found out our Company had left
town. OF course we started out after
them and caught them by noon. The
whole 10th Brigade marches along
together. We are taking rest today.
About two days hiking and We will be
On the Rhine, way into Germany.
There are seven Of Us staying in .
widow woman's hoase. She has three
very small chil1rea, Her hssband was
kill61 tnwar. q d u fssl soes.y for
q lll spsopl, Thase -
German so.dl throu j. 6sre vAo have
got their discharge and. home already,
and they suse are tickled psople. It
seems 90 funny to be right among them
and not be fighting. Some of them
still wear their uniforms, but.o course
they have to buy them. I was talking
with one who had been in the army for
three years and. had been wounded sew
eral times. On one of our marches the
other day, we met q train load of pris-
oners which the Germans had turned
loose and, believe me. they sure did
wave their hats at US when we came
down beside the track. They
were soldiers from every nation
and dressed with clothes of all kinds.
We 60 from15 to % kim. day and are
pretty tired some nights when we come
in. We are sure an Army Of Occupa-
ton now. This is great honor for
troops to be marching through
where we are now. When We 60
large city, we always march
at attention by the band. This gives
gives the German people an idea what
a bunch of Yanks look like, and they
sure do take . good look at US. have
talked with lets of people who have
been in the States. We marched
the city of Teir which has build
ings built by the Romans, the Oldest
in the world, surely is some
sight. We get lots of Y. M. c. A.
stuff now. The 'Y" man goes with
US. The other night when We were in
we had q moving picture show.
The machine is in an auto truck and
goes along with our Division. They
had sheet hung in window of a big
hotel there. The German people
enjoyed it as much as we did. We
buy chickens and have the German
women cook them for us.
"Well, today is Tuesday. the l7tb,
we have stopped marching for while
anyway. Have been marching for six
teen days, and sure have seen lots of
We are located in q pretty
good town and all have good warm
rooms to sleep in. The weather has
been quite rainy here lately but the
roads do not get muddy here so it does
not interfere with our marching. We
have marched out of France, through
Luxembourg State and now