Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-02-01
'F|GHTLESS' BRAVES
ARE DESCRIBED IN
LETTER TO OTTAWA
LIEUT.. GLENN WEESE WRITES
OF HEROES WHO NEVER He
RoED BUT TRY TO LEAVE I'M.
PRESTON OF THEIR vALOR.

That some of the boys are inclined
TO take upto themselves glories that
teresting letter received by DR.. and
Mrs w. h. Weese, "A member OF the
12Sth Infantry. Lieut.. Weese lnlcrs
The A. r.. #. has lot OF 'hghtless
wonders who are inclined toward
braggadocio, but in reality most ol
their experiences in action were gar
nered while romping the streets OF
Paris and other metropolitan centels
OF France. lie says:
Ettelbruck, Grand Duchy OF
Luxembourg
Jan. lilo, 1919
Well, here am at the above men
TONED station, and | suppose We VIII
stay here until such time as we start
for the United States Between in
spections and reviews | have not had
chance to write to you before. I've
received your three Christmas boxes
and many thanks to You for them.
Luxem burg is beautiful country
and the cities are modern in every
respect much more so than France,
tnd they treat Americans like broth.
srs. They look like Fritz at that,
and they all speak French, German,
or their own dialect, and five out OF
ten speak English.
Company &C. is in this town also
so it is like being in Ottawa to walk
along the streets.
| found the companies filled up
with officers when L returned from
the school, mostly by men who never
heard shot. But my Captain is an
excellent fellow, and | like him very
much. He is from Georgia.
Some of the letters that are publish
ed in the United States give me Il
pain that ! do not care to experience.
One that | read the other day des
cribed how his unit had marched tri-
umphantly into Coblenz. from which
| inferred they had won the war,
and had stampeded the Germans
back into Berlin. when as matter
of fact ! happen to know that Jhat
same unit was never in the Army Oh
Occupation, so when he speaks OF
Coblenz and Luxembourg he mus
have depended OH the newspaper
for his information,
We have a lot OF "fightless' won
ders in the A. +. f.. as my oll
friend Henry Waidecker would say,
too much is enough.
The 33rd Division has been in the
First Army under Gen. Liggett, iii
the Second Army under Gen. Bullard
and the Third Army under Gen.
Dickman. We have been in every
corps except the Sth, and there are
only nine corps, so you can see how
we have been rushed around
II the Peace Conference would
get something done, there might TIE
some chance of getting home.
| hope TO heavens the truth ge's
home some day about the way
things have gone here Some peo-
pie don't want the army home.
| notice with regret the death OF
Vheadore Roosevelt-the greatest
American of our time The Army
realizes it has lost its best friend
and the man who would do the most
to get US home. and see that justice
was done. We had orders to stop
all work in the Division and at the
hour he was being laid away, reg
mental paraded was staged with the
colors draped in black The order
must have come from General Head
quarters, so | suppose similar GER
emonies were held throughout the
A. E. f.
The French papers gave him as
much space as they would have the
King of England. The headlines
looked like they would in the United
States. They called him "T. X"
the ancient friend of France. a
Frenchman never says Old
was appointed Judge Advocate of
the special court martial for the
129th Regiment. The various cases
will last about ten days, and | have
been excused from AZ military duties
We will have to send some of the
boys to the "hoose Cow, but those
who have a fighting record find a
fighting record find a soft spot under
my Sam Brown belt | can't bring
myself to be a strict militarist,
! am still attached to Company f.
of Pontiac.