Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1919-04-09
John E. Agner Sends Interest
ing Letter to His Mother.
March 8, 1919.
NV Dear Mother

WY DSdl H+OIuSt'
How are you all today? This
leaves me feeling fine, and we are
having some pretty weather over here
now. sent you all some souvenirs
recently, which hope you received.
l received your letter written on the
9th of February, and was glad to
hear, but sorry to know that you were
not getting on so well. 1t looks as if
you and Papa are having right
tough time. You say that Sister is
coming down to stay while and help
you. Mother, I am sending yod list
of the places where the Third Bat
talon of the S1st Division, has been.
/ was with them all the time, except
while 1 was in the hospital, and l am
still in the company which came
from the States with. They have just
called the roll of those who have
mail, and 1 have a letter from you.
am sorry to hear that Aunt Sallie
is sick. 1 am sending you some post
cards. You notice the building where
the cross mark can be seen. There
are two large trees near it, and that
building is our Y. M. C. A., and where
I go to school every evening. The
other cross mark shows the street on
which I walk post, 2 hours on and a
off. I saw Tom Burnett and George
IDeLaughter a few days ago. They
were well, and were telling me about
Jim being at home.
l have not seen Bill Doch OF Fred
Minis and do>not know where they
are. I know where George Miller and
Earle Prince are, but it is too far for
me to go to see them. met one of the
boys from Mccormick a few days
ago. He asked me if I knew Mr.. Har-
vely at Modoc. l told him did and
that I only lived within five miles of
him and knew all the rest of the peo-
7le around there. / must have talked
with him an hour and half.
Names of places have visited:
On August 20, landed at La Havre,
I22nd, arrived at Eroy,, and marched
lltto " and son the 25th to 5Lig-
l.
On September IA we left Ligniere
and returned to, Eroy, leaving there
next day by train to Brujeres, and
hked from the railroad to Domfaign.
On the 18th left for st. Remy, Com
panies ] and X going on the 10Th to
Mere Henry on top of mountain.
On the 22nd, ] and K hiked all night
in the, rain to Maryday.
On the 18th Co. NJ left Dompaign
for St. Remy and the next day went
Ito Moyenne, on the 22nd to Saville,
2Sth to Raidod Roback.
On the 29th Companies J and K
went to their trenches at St. Jean
Dormont and the general vicinity OF
the place was occupied by all the com
pany.
October 18th we hiked away from
St. Jean Dormont to St. Die.
October 18th, we marchc from St
Die and Cos. j and K, went to Bel.
mont and L and M went to Vervey.
Vile. On the goth all the companies
marched to Pallegney except Co. /
which stopped in Domivre.
October 81, Co. l hiked out Of
Domevre and Cos. K, and M hikec
out of Pallegney to Chatel Duos. No
vember l, we entrained at Chatel SUI
Mosel and road through Nancy, anc
from Toul to Sampigney; all hikec
from this railroad station to the
woods called Foret de Marcelieu neal
a town called Domceorin. We slept
Ill I'S WOOOS LlidG ulS III etIl0 Vic o1HlS
night hil1ed through st. Mihiel. From
the woods of Marcelieu we went tt
Les Montharous and from there te
dugouts called Champs de Tir neal
Verdun. 1t was o'clock in the morn
ing of November a when we got into
these dugoutS.
November we hiked from the
dugouts at Champs de Tir to sub sec
tor Voux, and the place where the
Third Battalion was placed was called
C. R. Duprat.
1 Regimental P. C. was at Norman.
die. These are only military names Of
parts of the woods o rmountains.
On November 9 we left the sui
sector Vaux and hiked to the forests
west of Chatillon, November 10th ad.
vanced out of the forest to the edge
of Moramille, and on the 18th were