Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1919-05-02
LocalBoys Write
Letter of Interest
Jess Oliver and Archie Rowland
Write From Cermany.-BOth
in Army of Occupation.
Helgart. Germany.
March 20, 1919.

Helgart Germany,
March 20, 1919.
Dear Sister Blanch:-
l have been back from my trip to
France about week, and am back
at the same old rounds again.
Dear sis. | wish you could have
been with me on that trip. / often
think OF you when | see some of
the beautiful and historic places
over here and think how you
would enjoy seeing them. Perhaps,
sometime, when George and | have
made our fortunes we will all come
over here again. and look 1t over
together.
AK les Bains is located IN one OF
the historic parts of France and has
some old ruins that date back to
before Christ's time. Hannibal pas
! sed through there ON one of his
campaigns against the Romans.
The country around AK is rough and
broken, something like our west !
made trip to the top of MOUNT
Reward and enjoyed a couple OF
hours skeing. From there you can
see Mont Blanc and Saint Ber-
nards pass. also Hannibals pass.
The trip up the mountain is made
on little cog railway.
The Y. NJ. C. A. has charge of the
Casino there. which is among the
most beautiful buildings in the
world. 1T cost seven million franc
and took eleven years to build.
There is something going on there,
in the line of entertainment, every
minute from seven in the morning
until midnight, except two hours at
of the best things a fellow gets on
these leaves is a good bed to sleep in
| My bunky and | had a room there
that was good enough for king
We sure enjoyed it too. | missed
my breakfast almost every morning
while | was there. Don't believe all
you read in the papers about the
Army of Occupation s.eeping in
feather beds for they don't Some
may, but not the members of the
amHunition train. | have a straw
tick and three blankets on the floor
for mine. This is some improvement
over war times, but not much.
l don't seem to be able to write a
good letter any more. Perhaps it
is because l have toucn of that
disease that only look at the
Statue of Liberty can cure, but
there really isn't much to write
about. We have been having good
weather and things are beginning to
come to life again. The fields are
getting green and the buds are
swelling.
| suppose George will De farming
to beat the band by the time you
get this. Gee! How l wish l was
there to help
Arden must be getting to be
quite a man. Verl writes that he
can stand alone. 1t seems to me
he is getting that accomplishment
rather young. If you aren't careful
he will be built like the doughboy
who said thank God for my bow
legs" when the big she'll passed
through between them.
Try and send me his picture as
soon as you can. l got the one OF
you and him standing in the door
way.
4 got two letters from you folks
the other day that were written
last June They had been to the
18th Infantry which shows how
near came being in the Infantry
when l came to the front.
1t was only through some slip in
the war machine that I didn't land
there.
We are getting things fixed w
pretty good here now. Have a big
. dining room. built bath house and
canteen. also . place to have shows
and movies. Most OF the outfits
have show troops organized and we
have shows or movies two or three
times a week. Our afternoons are
devoted to athletics. We have Z
ball team In the making and expec,
to have some good games as soon as
the weather gets a little better.
1t looks as though we would be
here for long time yet.
!, | hunch Of na were named this