The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-02-05
THIS SOLDIER Is 49,
LOVER OF DIXIE
JACK VRIEZE WHITES MOST IN
TEREsTiNG LETTER FROM
FRANCE

en- earth and the man who would not
fight for it isn't fit to be the Devils
| friend" This is the way Jack Vrieze
puts it in a letter back to the home
| folks from France. The country
wish to live and die in is Dixie" is
again the way he phrases his senti-
ment about home and the Dixie girls
well, here is Jacks full letter:
lie HAVRE FRANCE.
JAN. 9Th, 1919.
Dearest Folks
1t has been most month since
last wrote you but have been quite
busy boy and have had some trip.
First | want to tell you that have
received all your dear, sweet letters
since arriving in France and just had
coolies of mail waiting for me when
| returned from my trip dec 30th)
Also a Xmas box, and believe me
! had regular picnic when | opened
it and enjoyed your letters so much
Sister, Frances, and you mother
have certainly been good to me and
enjoy your letters so much, please
write often, The last letter ] received
from Sister was dated Nov. 18th, and
the last from you and Frances was
dater Nov. 21st, ] know there are
some more on the way, but think our
mail is hailed up as they reported the
safe arrival OF the 106th Ammunition
Train on Dec. 18th, but that was only
the Horse Battalion. Our Battalion.
, the Motor battalion is still here in lie
/ Harve.
Guess you are wondering what
have been doing for the past month.
have been on the road for the most
of it. have carried out two conveys
of trucks, and believe me, they
were regular sight seeing tours
Ny first convoy consisted of two
Packard tank trucks and personnel
of II men, the second consisted Of
10 trucks and cargo and personnel Of
30 men, 1t would take whole tablet
to tell you about my trips and what
j. saW.,,&a,L will wait and tell you all
about it when ] return.
Here are some of the cities | pass
ed thru: Rouen, Paris Versailles Can
lomners Clermont Argenne, Melun
Tonnere, Verdun, Dijou, Treves, Bun
kastle and a thousand smaller ones.
The cities as a rule are like a cir
Gus, you see one and you have seen
them all with the exception of a few
also went over part of the old bat
tlefield and it was sight worth see
ing, but to put ii in writing She
yond me-
Christmas Day, where do you sup
pose was? In regular snow storm
A white Christmas. My Christmas
dinner consisted CT Corned beef, can
ned tomatoes, Water, Port. and Hard
tack. and | will say it was good
My Captain and the LIST Lieut., are
out on convoy now and lam in com
mand of the company. and have plen-
ty to do.
We moved on the first of the year.
so you see, we will be on the move all
the year. we move down town and
now have park all to ourselves
the officers have barracks and the
men have tents like they had at
Camp Wheeler
Well. have seen quite bit of this
foreign soil hut there is one more
country | want to see and that is Ita.
ly, here is hoping it will be my luck
to go there before my return. At pre-
sent there is no telling when / will
return rs understand the sailing list
for Jan. Feb and March does not in
clude us. But don't worry Jack is all
o, X. and having as good time as pos
sb'e
Hut when Uncle Sam gives the
order for our return | shall be ready.
The country l wish to live and die in
is Dixie and Dixie Girls for ME. The