The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1919-03-06

quarters Co. 9Th +. A., 4. T. 4. 10
his Mother, Mrs. Emily Derry Of
Manchester.
Meubiclbert, Germany,
jan. 70, 1919
Dear Mother.
Just a few Inns to let you know that
ain still alive and well and hope that
these few lires will find you the same.
Mother deae, sou know that would
hive written before bat you know how
1t is with ma for ! would not be In one
place long enough to write, but now
that ! am at place where expect
to be for some time | will try and
write to you more often. know that
you will be looking for me to be COM
ing home before long, but | do not
think that | will get home till along
in July or early fall as | am in the
Army of Occupation and you know
that we will not get away from here
till peace is signed Well Mother you
would laugh at me to see me trying
TO talk TO the Germans, you would
think that | was Jew the way get
my hands going.
Well | know that you would like
to know what we are doing now that
we are in Germany, but to tell you the
truth we do not do lot About all
there is TO do 10 to give the horses
exercise in the morning and do tour
Of guard duty about every seven
nights or so, so you sec that it is not
so bad, but you can bet that ! am
longing for the day to come back home
with you again.
Well Motheri think that this is all
for this time Good bye with all my
love,
Your loving son,
ALEX DERRY
=. S. Mother | would like to know
one thing and that is are you receiving
the allotment that | made out to you,
as | have been paid but once since |
have been in the Army, but as for me |
do not care if | do not get paid till |
get back to the States for get all |
need over here.
Letter received by Mr.. and Mrs. +. T..
Hill from their son, Pvt. Her,ie Hill,
Co. /, seth Infantry, 18th Division, A.
l.. f.. France.
Mnnonyille, France
Jan. 26, 1919.
Dear Parents,
As it is Sunday forenoon and I'm
too lazy and mean TO go to church,
will try and write. OF course you
couldn't expect much else under the
circumstances as we are staying here
and cussing the people and country.
The longer we stay the worse We hate
il. IF il wasn't for the sports the A.
Il. r. are starting up, don't know
what We would do.
feel bum this morning. Went TO
the Commisary yesterday and ate two
pounds Of Schraffts chocolates, drank
some beer and WAS on kitchen guard
last night from 10 to IL. Ate three
slices of toast with oleomargarine on
II and you can imagine it is some diff
ferent from dairy butter. This morn
ing had mess kit full Of some more
Schraffts and bottle Of beer and am
writing on Camels so you see | ex-
pect to feel better.
Suppose our course Of three weeks
OF the Intelligence school ended yes
,erday so | am beck with my COM
pany for the rest of my exile in
France. Wish the school was to last
longer as il was interesting.
DO not know when we are to cross
the pond. was anxious 10 see France
and the big show and now we are a
heap sight faster to see the Statue Of
Liberty in New York. Think we are
going to move somewhere, don't know
whether home or TO Germany. We
are living in hopes. II viii soon be
three months since the Armistice was
signed and ] sec by the papers that
there have only about 5000 gone
home.