The Pensacola journal., 1919-07-28
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Coblenz. Germany, May. 2s. 1919.

Coblenz. Germany, May. 26. 1919.
Dear Sister:
am enclosing some pictures taken
at the Castle OF Stoxnfils. which. by
the way. used to belong to his satanic
majesty. They were taken several
days ago when the chaplain and I
made q trip down ON the boat. He
took a lot OF pictures Of the interior.
but someone swiped all but four, and
I got them.
took trip to Ehrenburg the other
day and visited their famous church.
It il called the most beautiful church
In Germany, and can well believe
IL. The whole OF the interior IL plas-
tered with precious stones from all
the countries of the world; amethyst.
emeralds. sapphires, rhinestones, etc.
And when the light strikes them they
are abiaze Of brilliance. It is said
that 1t took sixty years to build it.
and 1t is probable. The pictures
sent Of the different scenes in the
garden show only a very small por-
tion OF them, and you can not begin to
grasp how beautiful they are by look
ing at the pictures. either.
On the 25th, visited q church in
Coblenz that is over 1000 years old.
and it's not q back number, ITSELF
grand march into Russia? Well, he
passed through here and caused a
monument to be erected in one of the
squares, with the inscription on 1t:
I'm memory OF the campaign against
the Russians" You know how the
campaign ended. Well, two years later
the commander Of the Russian troops
entered Coblenz, and when he saw
the monument and the inscription on
it. put under it: Seen and approved
by me. commander-in-ch of the
Russians" That's what you cali irony,
isn't It?
The hospital Is just under the fort
of Enbeighlster, and is surrounded by
a big wall. at places thirty-five feet
high. At the gate 10 a sentry with
pass. The tough part IN. we can't
get any passes. However, the other
day found . place whore I could
scale the wall, SO my pal and I went
over. and caught the $50 excursion
boat going up the Rhine, ana took
in the sights. We rot back at
o'clock and pulled an old gag on the
guard, 30 we got In. Since then we
get out any time we feel like II. which
IL pretty often.
Well, / have to close now. an II fs
time for supper. VIII write soon from,
Paris, as my captain tells me pull
out in the morning
Do you 60 to the movies often?
I took In show at the Test hall the
other day. where all the actors were
soldiers. even the ladies were soldiers.
and you would have believed them to
be honest-to-god ladies'. too have a
program in my pocket. 20 will stick II
In. The title was A w. o. l. It had
special Significance to me. as I was
an A. w. o. L at the time.
At present am In Paris. havine
arrived here yesterday morning at six
which was just ten hours earlier than
was supposed to get here. You see
was on a second class train, but ]
did not like the idea Of riding ON It.
30 at Toul got off and waited until
the Paris Special pulled In and caught
it: then rode in state the rest OF the
way.
When arrived here had orders to
report to Base Hospital So, but I was
afraid ! would not be able to get out
to see the town, SO decided that
while was out would see as much
az possible. went to see the Madeleine
church, the Saint Esyllas and the mu-
scum From there I went to see the
famous war painting at the Parthenon i