The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1919-01-03

81.
ind account of the trip to France and |
of rmy-Afe- theFe.-4t-feilews;--t
Anglers, France, Nov. "a 1918.
pear Roker hmffolA: a. abtay
hak been designated as the day for
everyone to write to Dad, or someone
else's, and also one can now tell what
we have done and also what we are
>sgfow doing, thought I'd drop you a
few lines and give brief story of our
sojQurn in France.
haven nd dad to wfite to,
ny Bd sSso S:xSsss III prssa iGy
90 through in very good time
Friday I received four letters writ
ten the latter part of October, and
Yesterday a letter, from Joy written
November !, and administering card
from girl met in N, Carolina which
! was, mailed there November, e, 1913
: Also received, some of. the home
papers, Joy sent jand,,a whole armful
of Statesmaps yesterday. Haven't
read all Of; them yet, but will soon.
Thanks, eyer SO MUCH for them
We left Camp Mills at 3 a. m. the
% 0"s eSt t XfS and SGf b tRf
we, umafiaged to keep warm. We
marchedtto the train, rode on it until
daylight. then crossed the river on a
ferry boat. and about 9 a. m. boarded
the !gTenadores.n Was good and warm
on the ship all the time There were
about 1000 crew and all on the ship.
We sailed around the harbor in the
evening and got under way about mid
night. There were six or. seven ships
in the. convoy The first battalion
were on the Mallory, in the same
fleet We had one battleshp and one
destroyer (sub) all the. way with us,
until the last three ior four days, when
one, D., m. the sea was ,swarming with
little sub chasers and they took us on
through.
AS havel said Before + didn't get
seasick, good many were for, a few
DAYS and some were all the way across
Had turkey and Cranberry sauce for
.ITKanksgiving' dinner on, the Ship.
/Neafiy Everybody tried to eat dinner,
and it was good one too-the turkey
and cranberries were extras-but' as 1t
was our third day on ship quite "a num-
Der weren't feeling like eating but
nearly every sohe 'tried'toi eat at least
some turkey, and hadn't any more
than got started eating until storm
came up and there was some IIetty
good sized waves, the tables, &hes
siXebFtR4ss shiS so Jill bAek Il Il fsld
my plate in one hand and held onto
\ pH:t Ete S. aafF e. sg's5i II
lose any of my dinner either from m,
plate or later to the fish. After dinner
I went up on deck and watched the
big waves. Was my first sight of the
m6uftaifis at Sea, didn't think they
could be any larger, but some of tht
fef1ows who had been there Before
said that sometimes they got iarger:,'
enjoyed to stand on an upper decl
and watch the stern go away dowr
while the bow away up in the air, ther
vice versa, would look like it wa
going clear out, of sight but it neve
qpits went. Out, 81. sight and Away
came back up, -, nd auea..t ia
Every once in while wave woul'
come up eyer. the. sids Of tbs boat Oh
the loysr dfss a11f was 1 1Gts q 5,d ,n'
ducfing.' = ~ ,.,,,
At night everything on the 'o5uttsid
was, as dark as dark could be. whe,,
you were out on deck one .couldn'
as rule see your hand in front 0
you, and all you could her was tn
continualswishing of the waves .upo
the b6at. We zigzagged around a
awful1pt. and it is hard telling wher
we Rfn,t., Part of the time it wa
..real warm outside Guess we were i
the gflf stream thenS. Onsthc 10th c
Decehber we came in sight Of, Ian
before noon and when we got a, lift
closet well. ! tell you,it looked might
goodE That evening we pulled int
dock M ST. Nazaire %beii,R "a DAYS B
the ia, but itnwas three days late
bcfore we4 gots OFF the "Teuadores
Didnh see any ssubs" coming over.
= Wedn we got off the ship "
marchkd out lto the American col
strudfdd barracks and stayed there f.
four 81 five days. While ,thcrc mo
\ of odf Aren were taken away and SCI
\ to tic LIST and End engineers, W
~ v.-res Hhe 'lst"bs o,irodhisiont tnleorn
over nd as our division was TN s.
divisioh h6veriketc w foi,nd but "
wer@to be the replacement division.
S s., tpaR ti fsaR's % ct e. r.
left 4or the lst and, 2nd EnRinee'
We ket Into French boSI'ears 'whl'
said Z bn the doors. homme
8 Chesaax hsThty were ,smnll cars
whak Ne are used 10 seeing AZ hon
TheiA ssenger' ears are also small a