The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1919-01-25

Avn bE IfN&lENf
Paris, Dec 20, 1918.
am getting dreadfully lonesome
hghiing the Battle Of Paris without
any word from bone II has been near
" three weeks since have had bet,
ter or r u. and il Yeems about eiA
years
Yours truly IL now first lieutenant
and Is sporting new sam Browne
belt ana sending NC pieces of the
braid. which denote the rank OF first
lieutenant veal two pieces ca each
sleeve, just fear inchea, lrom the bot
tom Of the sleeve I he only distinction
between my uniform and that Of a
first lieutenant in the Army ls in the
markings An Army mar wears sill.
yer bar on the shoulder, while ! wear
two black and gold stripes on the
sleeve
was initiated in my new work yes,
telday, and think | shall like IL very
much am a Salvage officer and "a.
pee 10 have much to do with handling
Red Csess property WIN have head.
quarters In the Hotel Regina. but ex.
peCt to do considerable travelling. look,
ing after shipping II supplies from eyae,
u,ted hospitals Most cf my travelling
will be done BY auto in company with
a ehauffer ani an Interpreter Have
been told that my duties will take me
up into the devastated country and
poasibiy into Germany
Following is an interesting letter
Whlth I have just received from my
friend swank. the man who vas sent
with large sum OF money into Ger.
many for the relief OF American pri.
sorers
Tours, Dec. II, 1918.
NY GEAR hoDihsDii
You will probably b, interested to
krew that | reached here safely, fol
lowing four DAYS trip Reached Neuf
chateau late ~ usual and on the fol
lowing morning | refused 10 bulge
unless they agreed 10 deliver nae to
Major Stuart | w9s more seriously
|eneGmbeFei than | realized and II was
physically Impossible for me TO travel
aloEe Left Neufchatea'. Friday noon
on pn army truck bound for Tours.
! passed the night at Nancy ard left
Saturday morning. supposedly on the
last lap A shot distance on; OF Nancy
which had been bombed BY the Ger.
mans, We passed the birth place OF
Joan OF Are which We visited Later
passed through ruined villages and
towns and then reached the German
trenches aud baFbed wire entansle.
menis which We also explored
Passed into Lorraine. beautiful
country, and came 10 Metz about noon.
bat saw ao'hiag Of the forts. fhe
town was iammed with French soldiers
land also pegsed long French army
transport trains bound for Germany
AID also Saw several German statues
overthrow ai Meta Our truck was
discovered tn have broken down, and
was fortunate enough 10 catch an
auto bound for little French village
called Mercy les Bas, the headquarters
for the Firet Air Squadron. Stayed
there Saturday night. sleeping In the
attic OF typical French hut. and fol
lowing noon left for Tours. crossing
the iren region Of Lorraine and thence
aeFoCs 'he DueEy OF Luxembourg.
The city OF the fame name, through
which We drove. is quite a beautiful
plnoe the scene Of Geo Barr Mecut
eheon's stories of Granstark.. and /
can well imagine them. even though
We did not stop.
This place claim to be elder than
Rome, md there are well preserved
Roman ruins here have only been
ap town couple OF times, and did no,
larry In either instance. and AZ We ex.
pect To move on In few days, Il Ia
not likely will see more Of IL. We are
living IN large German cavalry bar
racks, and / Is mud everywhere. The
weather ia awful The German people
have So far seen do not appear 10
have suffered and look both well clad
and fairly well fed They apparently
want 10 be very friendly, but can
not conceive of their taking any great
liking for us so quickly, although they
are generally gled that the Americans
are here instead OF the French. They
are very bitter towards the Kaiser and
cav he must go They blame him for
this present trouble.
Quite an Interesting trip. don't you
think so. AZ for mygelf am too busy
to write mere.
ELRlE ROBINSON.