Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1919-01-30

thing he went through was the en-
counter which his ship had with a
U-boat last April. In which they sunk
the U-boat and captured the crew.
The Sierra carried 300 men and 30
officers besides 1000 troops. Mr.. Ar
nold's home Is In San Francisco.
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The following letter was written
by Sergt Clyde r. Moot In Vein
shelm. Germany. to his parents. Mr.
and Mrs ~ II. Moot:
War Is over. rs you know, and my
mind Is back home now do not
think OF those big shells and the
Boche. The German people sure
treat us fine. They give so many
things that the U. s. government
passed an order not to buy anything
from the civilians on account Of the
food shortage. Now they are trylngl
to stop them from giving things to us
They should too as things are In a
Vdu III AHiS tOunllJ anu
people are so happy they would give
away their last pfennig. The family
at the place where we are staying,
has a brother In Iowa and cousin In
Missouri. One OF the women has a
brother In Michigan She has notl
heard from him for six years, but of
course she could not write to him,
according to the government orders.
OF course we wrote to him and told
lily and that they were well 1t sure :
pleased her. She gave us eggs, milk
and waffles and we sure ate them. l
will have to talk about the coolies
little II Is funny to see the boys go
after them. We had an inspection for
,0oties yesterday morning and they
lid not find any on me. I did haveI
hem, but am fighting them to beat
H. Maybe / will win the victory.
they viii delouse us before they send
s home, also our clothing
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The following letter is from Pvt.
Inner l.. Rhodes, u. s. Signal Corps
16, France, written December s
Yell I am fine and dandy; so far
le Fritzies have not got me, but
icy come pretty close at times. But
lie war Is over now so we should not =.
orry. We just finished a Today
Ike and are resting up a bit. There
ere over 700 signal corps men when 80
e came over, but part of the divis- ).
n are moving on now. We have
enty Of good wooden clothes for
inter, rain coat, over coat and
ankets. Uncle Sam furnishes
Fly Of good eats; the beef is Of the D
est grass fed cattle, sure makes
e roasts and brown gravy. The
ildings here are built of stone and
G or six acres is large farm here.
ey raise as much on 1t as our farm /
do on 100 acres. They sure work
d care for their crops. Most OF the
Dple work by hand, some have one 2.
e horse left, but the horses and
Hes are nearly all In the army The ia
leyards are sure beautiful. We
yer such beautiful clusters. The ~
men do most Of the work and a =
Y old men. There are beautiful S.
wers here also. France was sure 5a-
eautlful place. / am sending cards 6.
old buildings and cathedrals. The
; from the mill to the monument
$ my post on guard duty. I have j!
he back and forth 10 times al {
dy. The boat on the other post
d. I went In twice on duty. Our
mp Is on the bank of the stream :,
eat under. the trees and wash T.
clothes In the stream. This B
Aam Is called a creek here, but 1t
larger than the river at Abilene.
k about rain, why It rains almost
ry day here, the sun peeps out
e In while then 1t rains again.
" say 1t IS like California weather D.
winter. We are still In active SER q
, and viii be for some time yet .
; wounded win be sent home first
. others I think will come in rota- :.
/; first ones over, first ones back. n
ust mail this and go on duty again
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