The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-02-04
SOLDIERS LETTERS

The following letter is written t,
Mr.. and Mrs. A. H. Simmons by Don
aid Tolmie, who is stationed in Ger
many at this time:
On the Rhine, Dec, II, 1918
Dear Mr.. and Mrs. Simmons:
At last We have reached our oh
lect;ve and you know low proud an
to be one of the many to make the
final march. 1t was long one o.
about $50 miles thru France, Bel
GUM and Gutenberg, but was sure
worth the hardships.
| And now as the censorship Ii
lifted and we have an opportunity
to write once in while / will give
you an idea where l have been all
summer and you will know what We
were doing. .....
We were with the marines all sum-
mer and of course this is explana-
ton enough. We were in the Belleau
Woods in June until July 16 when
we went to Scissors and from there
to the st. Maihiel drive in September
and from there to the Champaign
drive in October and then in the
drive to the Muese in November. We
have been on the line all summer and
it seemed wherever the second divis-
ion went they got in trouble with
Fritz and had to teach him his place,
but now as it is over and we have
proven who was in the right we will
show them that the Americans are
genltmen and will not do as they did
in Belgium and France. They are
treating us very good as whole, but
think it is merely mash to try to
gain sympathy.
| have been receiving the papers
all summer and sure enjoy them, al
tho they are six weeks old when they
reach me. | only received four num-
bers of Golfers Magazine. The rest
of them must have been lost in the
mail.
Hoping this will find all as we'll as
it leaves me. Best wishes and
Happy New Year to all from,
SERGT. DONALD w. TOLMIE.
Co. E. Second Engineers, A. E. F.
The following letter is to Mrs.
Garfield Bond from her brother
Elmer Tedder:
December 20, 1918
Dear Cora:
I'll write you line this evening.
| received your letter of November
% couple of days ago, also some
letters written in August and Septem-
Der, in all there were seven and
couple day or two before. 1t was
sort of red letter day.
We are still at the same place, but
have hopes that we will be moving
toward the good old u. s. A. by the
time you get this.
We had q white Christmas, which
made it seem natural. We had quite
a good dinner which consisted of
bread, butter, coffee, potatoes and
gravy, pork chops, tomato soup, fresh
grapes and apples and an issue of
chocolate and nuts. We also got a
Christmas from the Y of some choco-
lates and nuts. The Christmas pack
ages from the states have not arrived
yet. ....,.
The weather is very damp and
cloudy, but not very cold. I'll bet
IL ID llIIlc crImpy there LII lQdnO Dy
this time, but that would beat this
all to pieces as you can see the sun
once in while. We got holiday
Christmas and the afternoons off un-
til January 2. I'll sure be glad to get
back where I don't have to roll out
FOR revellie before daylight every
morning. We have fairly good bunk |
houses to sleep in. They sure seemed
line when we came off the front
where we had been sleeping in wet
1ugouts. In the Argonne drive we
always dug hole or trench every
night from one and a half to two
'eet down in the mud to sleep in,
which protected us from snipers and |
fragments of shells. OF course, when |
We got wet there was no way to dry
tut as fires were out of the question.
1t Is rather late, but wish you q |
Happy New Year. ",.
ELMER.
The following letter is to Mrs. M.
". Keveren from her son Kenneth,
Who ia with the n r in Franco.