The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1919-01-10
EXTRACTS FROM FOUR LETTERS
JUST RECEIVED FROM EARL
r. BROWN
Nov. 20, 1918

| have a notion that something has
happened to that letter, rather than
it getting mailed. If it did get into
the mail please forgive me for such
frequent writing.
How be it, from all can learn,
remember that good 1lth hour, 1lth
day, 1lth month, when that sudden
but welcome silence fell upon us,
which we knew nothing of till about
q half hour before the appointed time,
when they came around and tod us
that we could build iircs I'd light
candles at nig'it for CI" own :omfor:
Nights have not bcM 50 uncearao!y
lorg and , i since tnen.
Now we have disposed of most all
Of our horses, our guns, and such
stuff. and moved into a village nam
ed Wiseppe, about 10 k. west of
Dunsur- r-Meuse. and we are quite
comfortably located inside, cleaning
up and trying to rid ourselves OF
the omnipresent cOotie. (AnyOne
who is at the front who claims he
hasn't any is generally thought to be
a -- liar.) SO boiling and bath
ing are in order.
They say we are going to Dun to-
morrow for TRANSFORMATION to southern
France. perhaps to Bordeaux, since
the l23rd is there now, sent there to
get their motors before our last en-
gagement. However, so far as we
can see now, every move we make is
lust one move nearer home, and we
cant make any of those moves too
soon to suit most any man in A. E.
r. Personally. | hope that ii you
had any Christmas to send me you are
.aving it for me to come after. Fur
.hernore. if YOU did se~d package
hops III be in L. s. by The time it
gets to Francc-no1 wishing the pack
are any iii luck. | don't suppose
there's much likelihood of such rapid
Uro@rcss forward, but | have out
lived the war and ais we'll over here
and | hope good fortune viii contln-
ue till reach Brownie Wood without
having Flu" or without finding it
there. And IN be REAL sure to
mai! this. .-.... ..-... .s-
Dec I've are still in this vii
lage of Wiseppe, beteen Stenay and
Dun. We are awaiting transportation
a. Dun, and hoping. without any in
surance. that we will entrain at that
point at an early date Dun is al
most 10 k from here. but we will
have TO hike, as the railroad has not
been entirely put back into service.
and our wagons, etc. have been NOV
Cd to Dun.
This village has been only partly
destroyed by shelling. and battalion
Of artillery finds quite comfortable
quarters here, but with the home
coming season" of the eXiled citizen
. there are SOM etimeS some interesting
arguments. That is, they would be
interesting if one could underSta nd
both pro and CON- And some of
us who understand little French
at times are totally ignorant at others
1t doesn't pay. sometimes, to under
stand too much. There's AN old lady
lodged in the town somewhere who
wants to runus out, but hasn't sue
ceeded so tar We offered to. bunch
up and make room for her and her
family, but she wasn't satisfied with
that. 80 We are awaiting orders"
But | hope we will leave them the
whole hloomin TOWN. yes. the
whole of France; for We are all look
ing forward to our second. (most of
them swear it will be their last) SEE,
voyage.
Dec. S.-s1aybe I'll get Il bunch of
letters from home one of these DAYS.
SO I'd better be writing. now that
! haven't the excuse Of being too
busy or too scared to write. | happen
to have little paper. and | borrow
ed pencil.
| never told you any of the where s
and when's of the war, because the
censor didn't like it, 1t seems he
didn't even want me to mention Be-
sancon, far as it was behind the lines.
But those restrictions have been lift
ed and / can send you an outline of
left good old U. S. A. | don't know
what has been my program since we
how much you have been able to
guess.
I. May IA left Camp Logan. May