The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1919-03-13

Sake daliS tamily F'llS Tor constipation.
Frank Sabatka Writes from France
Castillon, France, Feb. 10, 1919.
Dear Sister:
1 received your letter yester-
day afternoon and was very glad to
hear from you folks and that you are
all feeling fine. l am feeling fine and
am in the best of health at present
and enjoying life very good.
You state that l haven't written
you since | am over here. | beg your
pardon, l did write you a few letters,
and even sent each one of you girls a
souvenir. If you have received them
or NOT | don't know, but anyway it is
not my fault There were times
when | did not get any mail myself
fer three weeks or longer so you al
see | was about as bad off "a you.
Well, TO changa the subject, l will
tell YOU what l have seen. Yesterday.
the 18th, which | will never forget,
| was on truck detail. There were
FIVE of US on the truck, and two wom-
en- We started for Libourne in the
afternoon at 2 o'clock, a distance of
Is kilometers or about Is miles. The
women were the matrons or sisters
from the orphans home. When we
reached Libourne they went about
their business to buy coal, wood and
some furniture and other things,
which we hauled back for them.
We left Libourne a little after 6
and got back home to Castlllon about
8 or so. We thought that was the
end Of our run, but the driver never
stopped. but kept on going through
the town and out in the country. We
began to get uneasy about that, as we
had to be in bed by 10 o'clock, but
we decided to stay with the truck to
the finish.
We reached our stopping point at a
quarter of 9, a distance of 8 or 8 kill
ometers out of Castillon. There we
unloaded the coal and furniture. Then
we were invited to supper, which W
SUR did appreciate, as we had lost
out on supper at the camp
While the supper was being pre-
pared, one of the sisters took us
through the institution and showed US
the little children. They were Beigi-
an and French refugees of this Great
War, their parents being either killed
ur starved by the Boche. Some of
these children were mutilated, having
their legs cut off. Some more work
of the Boche?
AS we entered the room in which
at the time they were having their
supper, they stood up at attention,
| gave a salute and held it till we. left
the room. then all seated and went on
with their supper. l should Judge
there were about 100 of these child
rem from the age of 6 to IL years.
Then we went to the kitchen where
we were given our supper. The mem
was as follows: all we could eat of
French fried potatoes, beef steak,
scrambled eggs, bread, tea, an orange
apiece and a quart bottle of wine
apiece. Believe me, we did appre-
ciate the meal as it was the best we
had had since Thanksgiving and
Christmas.
Now to tell you the price Of coal
and wood. Coal we loaded in baskets
about the size of our bushel baskets,
10 francs each basket or So Of Amer
lean money. Armfull Of sticks about
three feet in length, 81 francs or SOC
each bundle. The furniture / don't
know what it cost but | imagine il
was enough.
After our big supper we started fol
home. W. reached home or our camp
at 9:45, just in time for bed. W.
all enjoyed ourselves very coed ane
all were happy.
Well. as | can't think of any more
news / will close. With best regard
to all l remain,
Your loving brother,
Pvt. Frank j. Sabatka,
Casual Co. B. Heavy Tank Corps
A. P. O. OIL A. E. F.
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