The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1919-03-12


months ago | landed on English sol
| crossed England. but all saw Their
twas beautiful farms and old castle
and from third class passenger car
1t was very pretty scene but onl,
got a passing glance and it has BEEF
the same all the time. / have rod
many miles in France in box cars ant
fellow fails to, see much in Franc
passing through, that is in the parts
have been in. | have liked the dis
lance of across France 1t SEEM
many times, that at night most of thu
time besides fellow didn't hardly
feel like gazing around when he wal
carrying a full pack and articles o
war through mud sometimes many
inches deep.
Where A Fellow Needs Real Money
/ | have received no pass. perhap:
on my own account, | have never
asked for one for the simple reason
that so far have had no Franks OF
Marks and to see much fellow needs
real money and plenty of it. sup
pose you have heard that things are
cheap and the French would almost
make you take things free. If you
still have that notion get it out OF
your head at once.
The French were glad we come
over here for two reasons; the main
one was we were supposed to have
plenty of dough and most of them did
have; the second was the French were
licked, so we're the English licked bat
they are Englishmen, the same old
type want it all and will get good
slice at the carving of Bills former
possessions.
Celebrating Lincoln's Birthday
We were celebrating Lincoln's
birthday by doing nothing. It's very
beautiful day, it is not cold and very
good sun altho we have a slight skim
of snow and ice. We are staying in
a dead town. real dead. We are not
allowed to talk to the Dutch people,
they are the enemy still l suppose
and will be until the peace is signed,
which | think will be months. l sup
pose its big job and all that kind of
stuff but SENS to me that they do
quite bit of sight seeing and fool
ing about.
In Making Peace Terms
But it's not bunch of doughboys
making the peace terms, it's not a
bunch that have been away from
home months or years None of them
or very few have ever done squad
right and left" day in and day out;
very few laid on the front for days
and months at time without ever
having enough to eat.
Friends Back In New York
l received a letter from Martha
dated Jan. 10th, saying Less Burch,
Hardie Greenwell and Stanford B.
were in New York Received one
form Roland dated Dec. 80, saying
Less B. and W. G. were in New York
He wrote like they were wounded,
didn't say how bad or anything of the
kind. | never knew what outfit Green
we'll was with He might have been in
the s. o. s.. crew and got back on
good looks. AS to Less, understand
that he was in the 1st Div. and fell
low belonging to that Division could
not get back unless he was almost
lifeless.
AE F Made Up OF Two Types
The A f F is and was made up
of two types; one bunch were the
pink faced, rosy checked boys who
wore tailor-made uniforms and russell
shoes slept in good beds and eating
what we need. They were the ones
that can tell you the important things
of the war; they are the ones who
have the souveniers; they are the ones
who had the pleasure of scouting
about over France and other places
The other type are the ones that won
the war on the front, hiking through
mud, nothing to eat all besmeared
with mud from head to foot, facing
the fire Of the devilish Hun, scratch
ing for coolies between shots, and
they are the ones that are on the
Rhine; they are the ones that will
stay over till the others are home.
Now don't think I'm knocking anyone
Tor having good places or as good
as could be had, no, no buck private
hat crossed the Atlantic has the will
Of mine. j only offer my congratula-
ions to those who for some reason
iidn't go up.
Give my best wishes TO all and tell
he Vets I'm coming home. Tell a
lew others send no wishes as they
be of the best Your devot-
ID son, H. G. Vessels, Co. F. 9TH Inf. !