Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1919-02-19

~ to date. We have to make all
pay-rolls and everything that per-
tains to q soldiers financial records,
| 81. you SEQ there's some responsible
ity to that kind Of job. have to
;'ign each record Of men transferred,
showing their present status as to
pay; so you SEQ II | sign omething
that isn't Exactly correct, then Uncle
sam just charges that to my pay
voucher. Well. that's what 1t takes
10 make a man Of n fellow, and am
glad that ! have made good in this
ono hting, even though failed in
other things before | joined the
army; but to be able to hold Il re-
%ponsible government position goes
o show that have not worked hard
ic, nothing.
SO much for what ! have done:
know that when return to you
all 1t will be with the consolation
that undertook one thing and sue
tecded.
[ know you are all anxious to
know something about France, and
don't know just where to begin;
don't know just what you would
like TO know most of all. Yes,
"now--I will begin and tell you
.'fout the parts OF France that
Ia 10 II
IN Brest, France. on October 10Th,
on my birthday. and Of course
i"n't remember much about that
place, as | wasn't able to walk-iust
getting over pneumonia. Well. after
Il few days | got to feeling pretty
we'll and locked the town over. ana,
this is the impression had of the
place: The streets are awfully mar
row and paved with cobblc-stoncs
and the houses were the funniest
nlngS | ever Saw--nO Windows
hardly. ami al night ii was so dark
III the streets that you couldn't see
10 walk. They don't have street
lights like wo have in the States.
You would have laughed until your
sides achcd to see the Ercnchmcn
going around wearing their wooden
Shoes. just sat around and
watched them. and laughed, wishing
all the while that you all could see
the funny people. They are very in
'eliigent people, but just don't look
the part. They treated us the very
bcSt-sccm ed that they could never
10 enough for the Americans. Rrcst
lSn such pretty city. and not very
large to be Il seaport town, and for
my part don't like it very much.
in fact. there are no other towns
mat you could compare with il. and
hope that France will not be Judged
by this town.
We left Brest for LeAIans after
staying there about days, and wish
You could have seen the country
mat we passed through. 1t was Sim
ply grand. There are very few trees
III France, but those that they have
are lovely. You see the government
controls all forests and the use Of
wood. They keep the trees trimmed
up just like we would fruit trees,
using the little branches they cut
OF for firc-wood. | saw some very
pretty pasture land, just as green,
and cattle grazing all around. |
!, lnn
frogs farm. They have an old horse
and an old OK hitched up together.
end away they go, with the Oldest
{ nd Of farming implements s--thc
kind that were used in the States
during the Civil War.
After travelling about 2l hours we
reached LeMans, and that was a
pretty town, about 1000 population,
nd the capital of one Of the States
tSarthc). This town has some of !
the modern improvements that you |
see IN the Statcs--Strcet cars, (but |
they are just about half as large as
iEc ordinary street cars. with a mar
Tow-gaugc track.) They have some
street lamps. so q fellow can get
hout there without killing himself. |
And. too. they have several rail
roads that run through their town.
which OF course helped build it up.
| was stationed there from the last
Or October 20 tho last Of last week,
hen ! was transferred out here.
While | was in LeMans | had the on