New Britain herald., 1919-01-06
OLD lO2D REGIMEN, IS BADLY DAT'TERE:I-
George Seymour Writes of Seein
 Many in Base Hospital

The following letter was received bA C. F. Riecker from his son -tn-la" George E. Seymour with the Arnef1cai Epxeditionary Forces
 Mars, France.
 Dec g, 1918. Dear Father:-
 I just received your letter writer Nov. 14th and awfully glad to geL It. You don't know how letter helps fellow out, especially when over herG in this country.
 You sure did hit it right in your picture of the Kaiser. If you could see the camps, docks and everything else that goes with war you would say he was a bigger fool than that, I'll sav he is" Believe me l have seen things that made my eyes open up and I wonder how everything is ru13 as we'll as it is. I sure will have some thing to tell when get back to God g country, a. the fellows call it.
 We had a pleasant trip coming over. I was sick one day but it sure was some rough. It was a sight I'll never forget. We could look out and would seem as though there were mountains in sight and then they would disappear.
 Two days out from France four tor pedo boats met us and it sure was fun to watch them go through the water. Half of the time they would be under and the water spraying up all over th5m. I suppose Herbert would just like that I am in a pretty good part of France, it seldom gets any colder and the ground hasn't been frozen yet and we can go around without coat in the middle of the day.
 I hope l get my Xmas box all right also my watch. I hope you put in lot of chocolate as that is hard to get. We are given all the tobacco we want. The are lot of the 102nd here in different hospitals and I try to see some one that I know. Believe me, those boys that have been up in the line sure have some tales to tell. 1 talk with a few every day,
 Most of them with the old 102nd ara pretty we'll shot up.
 We are beginning to take In patients, have about 70 so far. I am In the receiving ward nights and like 1t all right so far. If there are any soldiers come in, put their names down and show them the ward they are assigne ed to,
 The buildings are all made of cement and some kind of tile. I be- lieve there are 20 wards, each one will hold about 45 men. Then there Is one large building for our mess hall, recreation hall and a number of other buildings.
 They are all new buildings, so have not got them all going as yet. We have good spring beds and mat tresses, so that isn't so bad, At Brest is. I +r rough it. They call 1t a. rest camp, but you would be lucky If you could rest nights. We went there the second day after landing and we had to go down to the docks and work all night, 1t was only about four miles and we went the usual way "hob-nail express" "
 You ought to see us eating, go in one side of the kitchen in single file and out the other side and get what you have coming, beans, beans, beans. and go out in the mud and eat, rain or no rain, and we slept on the floor of our tents which were all wet. But it was about the best they could do because there were men going and coming every day. Some were on their way home and they would be there perhaps two or three days or maybe sa week.
 One night we were going down to the dock to work and we met a bunch of several thousand coming in to camp, all of them had packs of 50 to GO pounds, and by the time they got up to the camp they had gone far enough. I can tell you whole lot more when l get home.
 Missing you all Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. as ever,
 George. Base Hospital 116,
 American E. F., France.