The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-01-17

cy1 B. Yost Writes About
Experiences on the
Other Side.

4tss q b. Yost Of Mt. Vernon ave-
Nls ms received the following letter
.on lleE son, Sergeant Coyd B. Yost:
~ Mother:
VIM write you q little news.
H4n n0k ktlte much but will do the
1e9s en- Today Is Sunday, December
meet sou are having some snow
u iktlgnt. We are having sunshine
today l,dEdly any OF US have our
ptetc0t soJi. The boys are out walk
ne 90 g Il vas summer. This part Of
nee geE very little snow. We had
klfee days az rain last week. Your
Is November 3, arrived Friday
ith seven from Patty. / was very
hng1 when this mail came In; It was
The Tn Z have had. Mother, / am very
olR 10 near Of 50 much sickness. /
tefe yntl! IL out by this time. ! guess
tates arc full Of the Flu. We
mot having many cases here. We
Ct q :stab. in the arm before leav.
iii1 Am glad you are feeling good. II
~ soon be Christmas. Hope you will
ll1fe ID aouse full Of children. Wish
SDii,d be with you but can not. I
ll tell yor Of my Thanksgiving in
Trance. was on K. P. at the officers
mess. We I'D not have to work hard.
About one o'clock the cook told us TO
flz up y table for ourselves and have
IN zeal dinner This is what we had:
turkey dressing, mashed potatoes.
corn; gravy, celery, asparagus, coffee
and bread. Fad football games, and q
show. The show gas given by some Of
X the boys;; you see we enjoyed the day.
Don't worry about me; am getting
along tina.
Your boy.
on December 4, Yost again wrote
10 his mother, as follows:
Dear Mother:
Received your letter yesterday writ.
ten November 8. You see how long I
have 10 wait for my mail. Have been
very lucky getting mail. Some OF US
get mail every week. It was about
three weeks before we got our first
mail. We are happy bunch when the
mail comes in. Recevide a letter from
Marina yesterday; said Will was i'm.
proving. Two been very lucky since {
khaye ben in the army; haven't been
4 sicA, am getting along fine. One of
itte boys that was at McMinnville with
me last year, died IN England. He
took the "fluv coming over; Auldrich
was his name. He was at Long Island
with me- but left q week before / did.
We are now at ST. Maipent, France.
! our barracks were used by the French
soldiers before the Yanks came over.
we We're on the Ocean nine days; left
October is, arrived at Brest on
the IS did not leave the boat until
the z6; marched about four miles to
piir camp. We came over on the Again.
knm0n ttormerly Kaiser III 1t was o
very good boat. but / did not like II
80 wen because 1t made me very sick
Tor about three days. The boat car.
fied several thousand. / am not sure
how many. / wish you could see this
country In this part every thing Is
very old. The buildings are all made
Dt stone: The farms are beautiful.
Each man has a little section marked
of with q stone fence. His tools are
lot like we use in the States. He has
an old plough, with two or three oxen
and q horse hitched to It. II he doesn't
happen Ia have oxen, he uses his COWS.
They work like our farmers did years
NO, The soil Is very rich, there is no
land IN thIs country that is not in
use. The houses are built side by
side! The streets are very narrow and
very Few side walks. The roads are
fine. Plenty OF stone here and they
make good use Of It. The first Of
NcSember I was made corporal. The
I fifst sof December was made scerg-
1kSnt From now on my work will be
Inherent from what 1t has been. I
WON'T get much fatigued. only when
I "a out with q detail. It is now about
supper dime, 80 will close.
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