Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1919-01-09
WITH
THE
COLORS
News About The
Sioux County Boys
10th Supply Train,
A. P. O. III, France,
Dec. 6, 1918.

Friend Chris:
will take time and write you a
few lines and let you know that |
am among the live ones that are
marooned over here. | hope it will
not be long till | can get back to
good old North Dakota and among
friends that | can talk to. am in
the best OF health as are all the
boys after they have become clima-
tizcd an'! got over feeling the cold
as much as they did last winter.
will tell you Il little about the
country and my travels over here.
l left New York harbor January IL
1918 and arrived at Liverpool,
England, after making a long route
up near Halifax. At one time we
were about % miles from Halifax
and from there we sailed down the
Irish channel and past the coast Of
Scotland We saw great many
sights along I bis coast among which
was the great. light house that the
huns tried to wreck and failed as
they did i'm Il great many other
things. When we unloadedat l.iv-
erpool we went to the train shed
wi ere we saw our first English en-
CINE and it would have done YOU
good ii you could have heard those
Americans laugh when they saw it
coming down the track. But they
should have apologized because
those engines are rambling fools +"
We then started across England and
stopped at a rest camp (Winchcs-
teri where | was sick for while.
We stayed there two days and were
again loaded on cars that read IS
horses or 40 men" IN the sides and
arrived at Southampton, where we
were loaded on a boat, and alWu,
dark we started across the English
channel. | do not want to ever
cross it again. That was once l
came near losing my shoe soles, but
finally after we We're about all in
We landed at LaHarve and from
there marched TO an English rest
ca,np, where lived on tea for 3
days. From there we went on cars
that were used for hauling rough
freis', and after three days run
we came to Sellps Sur Cher where
the old bunch still are. have
been w to the front several time 8
and saw some great sights was
OH the Toule sector during the big
drive aud they sure had some fire.
works. We can we'll feel proud OF
the Indian boys fer they lave don-
81 great service for their country.
Always fearless and ready to 20 to
any length to get a hun, and many
a one they have to their credit. The
greatest sn'png that was. done in
the war was done by the Indians
and many OF thenl will come home
with the emblem pinned Oh their
breast. Many OF them were wuun-
ded but they did not think of that
and kept Oh just as long as they
could walk and when they were car
ried back they had II smile on their
face and it would not he long until
we would hear that they were back
again from the hospital.
The principal industry here is
the raising of grapes from which
they make great quantities of wine
OF different kinds but the principal
Kind is Il red wine that they all use
in place of wa ter. A Frncbman
does not drink water. He says tina,
water is Tor babies to drink but not
for ncn, and | am beginning TO
think he is right because sure like
the wine they have here. The grain
they raise is the best [ ever saw but
the potatoes are small and poor.
The French never waste anything
For instance, when making wine,
they take lie stuff left after the
juice has been pressed out and
make what they call cognac, which
is kind Of whiskey that will
knock a man 'c,"'co" after about