The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-02-05
WITH THOSE IN
ARMY and NAVY
This column. containing news OF
Richmond and Wayne county sol
diers and sailors, will appear daily
in the Palladium. Contributions
will be welcomed.

Harold Williams Reynolds. son of
Mr.. and Mrs. w. D. Reynolds of 327
North Sixteenth street. has been hon
orably discharged from the Navy.
Word received at Abingdon from
Private Hugh w. Knoll, former teach
er in that town, says that he did not
get to the front, although he has been
in camp in France for some time be-
fore the Armistice was signed.
I'm quite a globe trotter.' he
writes. Travelled on United States
Pullman trains, first class cattle boats
on the Atlantic. third class English
and Scottish passenger trains. have
walked with q gocd-sizcd 100 pound
pack. crossed the English Channel to
France on another cattle ship, with
about 1000 other fellows; then did
some more footing, and at last reached
a rest camp where fourteen Of us lay
in a tent IL feet wide. In this po-
sition we rested one night, then an
other side door Pullman (about half
as big as our freight cars), and after
two days and nights we landed in a
pretty nice camp where we remained
in training until the war was over.
Recently we have been told to pre-
pare to go home. and proceeded about
eighteen miles of the distance there
last Thursday. This landed us at an
other camp, Jenicarte. near Bordeaux,
and of course have no idea when we
will really leave"
1T is still raining over here, except
last Thursday and today These were
hOth GayS worth enioying"
From Military Hospital. P. c. 229th
Co., Owen Rich. of Fountain City,
wrote recently that he spent Christ
mas day in bed with the humps, And
didn't want to get well, for we all
enjoyed the day." he says.
Just to hear the stories that We're
told around the ward, and to tell them
yourself, and then to have an Aneri-
can Red Cross nurse serve you won
derful dinner consisting of corn, fried
chicken, doughnuts, apple pie, cocoa,
dessert, candy and nuts, to receive
through the hands of the nurse, pair
Of wooden socks, white handkerchief
and face towel, was worth while.
1T rains here every day, and there
is really more moon light than sun
shine" he writes. There is mud ev.
erywhere 1t never frosts, freezes OF
SHOWS apparently The wooden shoe
is the popular shoe. But France is
beautiful with it's small FIVE acre
| farms. The ground seems to be as
good as the average in America. There
are dirt ridges for fences. They are
generally covered with sod and shrubs
| The shrubs are cut and tied in bun
| dies for wood. What few scattering
| trees there are, are cut for wood
They have pretty good roads. Better
roads than the States. Stone is the
material used for building purposes
Am getting plenty to eat, and an
feeling fine." he added.
| 81 certainly repaid the captain yes
terday with a smile when he handed
me your letter." writes Victor Ried
man to friends in Milton.
| Il just got back from a little tow
named Ervy, where l got some sta
tionery, couple of pounds of butter, {
can of jam and some chocolat,
"minear'., French candy made of fig.
roasted some way, and an American
by the way. can hardly eat it.
GAS has been said before. this coun
try is behind the times. One can hea
the girls coming mile away in thei
wooden shoes. 1t is useless to go int
a store unless you can see what you
want.
"Some Algerians are camped no
far from here. They dress somewha
as we do, although of course their ski