The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1919-01-30
ERoM JOSEPH Nv. sIMoNToN

NA4LA
monton, recently me leeeel N"'
written from Merseh, Duehy Of Luz
embourr. and was dated December
~ ,ot5 ,o.5s - foljoxs
- 80 = ~ 1,,4a.
Dear COUSIN el'atiss = - 49,
Of November s reached me about t"o
weeks AGO while | was billeted IA the
.. ~ pa.-f,h WAKING nraparations
.o"'i = + a. ..,, aol ~
to cross sle river ~ w .'.e'tis -.
gin the march to the Rhine. u was
vow mpcb endowed. / assure yoa, as
ill., ffysf 1o,g. had received
y "e5 - 10 -i sinas tha earlv aart az
1 IN -
Decel'iust. zLan e tbo
as you knoW' ~ H. ! ii-s arfiiierg "a
30tn DIVISION, oQ1 W. W., j, ha 49, ssrar.
nearly every instance nls oe9'' tas,,i1, j.
ated from lls =, ultiS 3o4i - -. fi.k+;n@
the states; me o0Sn ne arfiiio,T
with the BRUSH, Willlq . etie 5;Faron}
brigade was on ali ~ emu J'y ~ train
part OF tne front W. lele ~ ,,. 1
ing camp the ear,y pm IS 81 IA, AM w ,,9,1
went INTO me oh .l1 ~ --' ~ qof5
the divisional arClleIy HI Wy 49, ~,
DIVISION "a me o. mllllei - ~, ~
there we mafcheq iQt seNTli 10y y M M
rather nights Whicn 9iiall I Vi laa,.i M
as long as live as tile lno9S W. " 80
lin my NE, to the AfgoilHe' e.y TG m0i Il
Iln the flfs1 pdtI = W. Ili.il. raiieya1
the Argonhe Woous, Delns ~
shortly after MohIiaueon MIR ,',h+
RED AZ times W. BulI7 y 4k NV ;r 'f5i,'
regiments WI!e f y lto tt - ~, - easna-
try curing ms llsnO' w III coo
li5s @qle W Ny ,S' III IF our horses
si,n N ;3,ad i, tba rarcb from :;
WI s.i.ii g. +ba krgonnp and in the
clline! ~ ~, H. rlaoos and when
Ii, Is'. Us e finailv rajiaved We limped
M ~" = ~ Trovon sector where we
oas' ,.;nbf MI ma the line. This
, w. Mn r., u,as Enown as a o1iet sec
t ~[.' n vasN-once ar twice, But it
tol' = oairior +ba4 dnrinp the past
= 'i,s or eii' ~ III war fhe only quiet
leW .aao''; J., o,.;sto,aa vara those in
s 1870 &c +ba M French soldiers
, So Il { IN actual fact when
! ! ie Iii Nm tbat III French soldiers
nf+on batad II sae the Americans
n ,,do,,ii,,o i bocanse experience had
t IN tben INN y fiohf was coming
C .ISs'9 3. a. ~ srito Tbev had fought
q ona ma nilio+ nIace was great
~ ~ n IT. ana +bav bated 10 have fhe
- dietn,bad We were in the
Troynn sector for two months, re-
r,oininc, tbaro nntil me signing Of the
arraistica beadouartprs being located
- H. town of Observation-Disclosures.
:" ~, y"e ny ,4;s,,Ta, ao,t !, lhis var
wy own pa az, .lCula lapo 4l II ~ ~
mas Oeeil nelti'el s aPtoS'' :; hord worl,
clClils, any lla 70 'or IT, = d,,;,-os +bat
ana iot ~ ~ nnooT j. iv .tswe i,,,s
you reaG ~ III gne y p',pg al bsa ~ ba
ing ma eeHiGqIy w -; - ,, 5o+o;l
planneo W V!ie YS nll. at 49, thoso ,,lons
ana ehe worh i "a w.. $500 w 80, y howe
~ shaPe WHY ~ I %es,.a -. s+rntcb
WORKED loI ~ NUS W VA ~ f f..
more cilIles Cllav oiiee' Hi'u III, III ,,orl,
over 90 no9rsi loG wguia Nv woa , =, Eo :
unCn YOU jug. 1 ~ ~ - @ H. 1,;+nbon
Minute lolgel, ~ ~ W 81 o. foa,
ana ~ q s u my $500 49, bocI, and
~ Of n AGAIN when the fighting
g. ec+Tall1 startaJ generally curled
~ Il J d3gont Somewhere and waited
n; ~ i nos AVIAN If course 7 have
h W. i, S soroa nlaces That we're more
~ o lass ,,nnieadant What with q r
y ~ J a,ap;~ $500 avo,,nd .nd Rocba
nIanos sait;na ovar Won hut T have
Pn @ne rha+ The bove caIl an "echelon
oo LA avo, sincs wa came into the
f 1r NJ ahilitv with ! tvnewriter
~ hoan nv nndoing and although
7 ''9 triod a. t;n NY anJ tina aoain 10 oct
a,, .lno frona 4 7 never had anv s1c-
casS Howaver ovcont when the Guns
49,, 49,, aotrallv f;ring barraoa tha
e @ boTs had almost as much to
1880 ot,ta LII LII &c The o,,n SQUADS ey-
co ot tbat wa didnF have The oas as
FL ~ NV WIZ I not heck sball telI
Uas9n aho,,+ tho +inoe we 10 waro horbod
H. H." o. 49, a;r,, i ll and how I was r,,n
J ~ bv : soldier waiobino nearly
o0o wounds On NV wav f. a duoontY
7 ~ ,,,d 800 Jo;,,n. ,oI,cb Tr~or;na bv The
1,,a I'D ,'s;do Of ,to *, t limo rs - -
""S eioo ~ ~ -, ,4..a
AFTER me signing OF Cne a 4lt ::
we stayed On 1he lIoilI--IlaT -
Where the l1gntlng stopPeo-uhVil Cle
seventh OF De 9cemp, "heh we wers s
ORDERED ihto germany As ! Staten
~ the Ilrst part q my ieIIer' NE we
ID ts3, T@eno oonen,loa ond uo ,no,o ~
49, ro h WI Ho~anor ~ rov +ha mod
i;na ~ S tha i h,;dro across tba Mosella
r; wv - por,;eS S,an+ ;r+o cormonu
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