Norwich bulletin., 1919-03-21

so to be. As I look back it often
seems wonder that lhera is one left |
alive on either side to tell The story: |
hut that was to be. too, and am alive
and well and weigh tritle over two
hundred pounds as I write.
like dear old Francs Very much
ard the people are fine. With them.
nothing is 200 good for th> Yankee
Boys" England is fine. 700: but OF
corrse. l have seen m0'c e France.
AS you reach the coast Of France i'll
GUNNER, the FIRST thia% You notice is
the growing wheat-acre. and acres in
every direction. As you lea'N the
cuaSt the yield of wrea7 grows less
and less until YOU reach TIE -ect;bn III
the interior where they d, not try 10
crow wheat, but plan out all the
'i!iable land with grape viues. Have
econ some fire cattle o. the farms
bore. hut those splendid French hors-
I ee. Xix" The french meu were fight
/ ne tn" Huns and tie women were cul-
/ t1yat:ng The fields with -t&orl5eys. OBJ
slnate little sc9mns, they reminded
sne Of that little ski" we used to
-@'"l'n t. Ito 'rH0 sing nvo'' and ove~
Sometimes You Get Good One, and
/ Sumelifrs You pml't'
This is q oron litt'- town where we
pro now Jcolted. II is sonleth;ng more
/ thHn = hundrcd miles wc@. of Paris
/ auc about ono hundred miles from the
c fast. II is ONLY ten 'Eiles from Le-
| Mans beautiful French cir Of some
ltFing like on hundred and twenty
! thousand people. Am iatIer sorrv
hTi 10 have seen Paris while in
| france. Hardly think can now
| There is rumor afloat that we are t.
leave here next week. hui We have
reached the place whore We pay no
attention to Tdmors-V hen we 90, we
e"
| Vel tho Old Yankee Division found
lis WORK waiting for i hove. There
was fighting in plenty ana no cpd Of
excitement. Wish sou ,a.oht have
s"cn some Of THE fellows he oil Il. s.
y. sent over here Moss any Of them
for that matter and makes not much
difference whether you SO them in
| dill or in action. First You would
, t'nd yourself sdmirine 1 tulch of big
r "hrsllies" from Colorado Noxt YOU
| saw a colnrany if possIb:" 4 little big
Ger. 2 little huskier, n li.tls filter You
would then size up fo- tho Montana
; rfnchn1en or something like that and
lie greatly surprised to Aud that they
hailed from the city Of Rostc:L 1t made
no difference whether they came from
California Or Delaware, Aiabaraa, OF
/ Maine: thev had the Same fitness, the
SEINE devotion to the old In. the same
way of going IN, over. and at them
and over ALL the DEVILS Cwn punch
IT was sll~n a great relief when thr
fchting came to an end in November
This company was almost constantly
under fire from the big Bochn runs for
more than two months m fights ant
sliirinishes were the order Of the week
! tho rule rather than tie crraotion We
also took part in the Dig Grive at St
Nihiel, and went through the bat
ties of the Avgonne Forest and sec.
crG Verdun. War is pII that Gen
Sherman said II was and rnaybe some.
thing over. Lei us nass to some.
thing pleasanter.
Yesterday we marched out of her,
at half past six i'll the morning ant
marched ten miles. When we reached
DIR destination, we found Yanke,
troops coming in from different en-
carapments to meet for a Divisional
Review. Soon there swere. twent,
thousand bows in line. Next cam,
General PershiDg himself IN the full
uniform of his rank and accompanied
| by his STAFF &c review us. The gen
eial with his staff passed through ev
cry line and then had passing review
. from a big reviewing stand. Then w,
S marched back here coming in abou
s feeling that we had spent one of tn,
q FED Letter. days of our lives.
II l hope to see you all again befor,