The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1919-03-20
Your brother
HERVIE
A letter from Alfred A. Seymour,
q. NJ. C., A. p. o. 731. A. 4. r., to
his mother, Mrs. Frederick Seymour
of Dorset.
Neufchateau, Vosges,
Sunday, Feb. %, 1919

Neufchateau, Vosges,
Sunday, Feb. %, 1919
Dear Mother
won't be able to scratch off but a
few lines this time, only to let you
know that am getting along fine.
am quite some distance from where |
was two weeks ago. We are now far
ther north than we were from Vitrey
by about rs miles.
We arrived back in Vitrey from our
furlough and found our Office all bro
ken up, and the other fellows waiting
for us with orders to come up here.
This is the Headquarters of the Ad-
vanccd Section. We arrived here on
Tuesday night. This is quite large
town of about 10000 population, and
not far from Toul, Verdun and other
fighting points of interest.
There were Ia of us who came up
here and 10 have been reassigned and
ere already at work. Three Of them
we're put on permanent X. p, or kitch-'
en- police, that is scrubbing pans, ETC.,
the kitchen; four of them in the Office
here and three in a storeroom. The
rest of US have orders to report to-
morrow to a large laundry connected
with big hospital out about six kill
ometers from this town. don't know
whether we will have Office work. or
hanging out clothes. Some of the
fellows say we will have charge of a
bunch of French queens who work in
this laundry Between the French mad !
and the nurses | guess we
ought to find some amusement. | un-
derstand there is beaucoup American
nurses out there. There is no town
there only few hospital buildings.
But l had rather go out there than go
in the kitchen as three Of the fellows
did. One of the fellows in the kitchen |
is a bank clerk from Jersey City, an
other travelling salesman from N.
Y. and the other fellow an expert on
so you can see the occupation
in civilian life does not amount TO
much in this mans army. One of the
fellows going out to the laundry with
me was admitted to the bar as a law
yer in Baltimore.
These reassignments are only tenn
Dorary as this section is slated to
,rcak up on or about March 18th. l
.xpect to be assigned TO a 3l5 Supply
Company as the other fellows are.
They tell us here that this company
will be going home soon as this center
freaks up in March. But have about
yiven up hopes Of going right away
.fter being disappointed so many
lines, as | have hoped for our turn TO
ome for the past two months. All of
he Trench Artillery, which we were
transferred out of into the @. M. c.,
ire now in the States. So figure
We got rather raw deal, being trans
erred after the signing of the Armis-
ice. There are many anxious and un-
asy boys over here, which feel | guess
S If they were not being taken home
S fast as possible.
There are more Q. NJ. men over
ere than they know what to do with,
s we were all assigned to work where
re are not at all needed. One of our
unch left us last week for home.
hey are sending him direct to the
,ates and giving him an immediate
ischarge complying with a request |
rom the concern which he works for I
, Knoxville, Tenn. He was some hap /,
y boy believe me, as most any fellow
'ould be.
We have large Y. NJ. c. A. here
18th pretty good service. And the ,
ed Cross, ! cannot give il enough / !
raise They have saved me from {