The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1919-04-25
From Arnold Petrick

80. A. E. +. University, Beaune.
y France, March %, 1919.
To the Gazette:
In order to give you, concrete
evidence that I'm still alive and
conscious of my environments it be-
comes necessary for me to write a
letter. l really should let you
know my opinion of Sunny
France" (so- called, but the A. E. F.
has another name for it). l get my
weekly letter from old Kendrick
quite regularly and it's impossible
for me to express my appreciation
of the home news to those who are
uninltiated insofar as being in the
army and living IN France is con-
cerned, but enjoy it nevertheless.
For some time past | have been
stationed at Toul where my organ
ization is attached to Vet'y Hos
pital No. for DUTY.
I had a very good line OF duty
j ust prior to my coming here. l
was operating an electric pump
station equipped with two small
centrifugal pumps. One for rails
ing the water from the we'll to the
filter, the other forced the filtered
water up to the reservoir in the
camp.
My organization is in the Ad-
vanced Section, Service OF Supplies,
at present. When l joined it it
was in the zone of action and l spent
several weeks in an old deserted
German field telephone station.
From all information that | could
get and indications of more horses
yet to. come to the hospital at Toul,
l couldn't possibly see how the out
fit would leave Toul before August
or September, so when the oppor-
tunity to make application for en-
trance to the A. E. F. University
presented itself Immediately avail
ed myself of it. l reported here
on March 10.
Beaune, Cote dor, is one of the
prettiest cities have seen IN all
France. Of course I've meyer been
in Paris but I've been in '.bean-
coup" other reputed French cities
Fours and Nancy are very pretty
and are larger than Beaune but the
latter seems to be much older. The
streets are wider and cleaner here
than in most towns that I've come
in contact with. But | think the
cleanliness of the streets is due moi
to the endeavors of the citizcns 81
much as to the rain of which we ge
a good sized morsel every day
nights included.
Lyon the second city in France il
only about $50 kilometers from herr
and I understand some of tn,
wealthier citizens have their sum
mer homes in Beaune.
The cathedral is so old that tn
heavy oaken portals have groove
s., worn in wood by the friction of cen
tries of hands opening and closin,
them.
The Hostel-Dieu built in IA
is being used as a charitable hos
pital and contains work of art fol
which Plerpont Morgan offere'
$4,000,OO0. haven't seen it but
: certainly intend to.
u The first course here will be owe
in June. If my outfit hasn't re
turned by that time l shall enrol
for another three months period
l enjoy my studies very much an
do not regret having come here.
The University is IN bunch o
concrete and wood hospital barracl
situated IN an old Vineyard abou
two kilometers from Beaune.
We students don't get the libe
ties accorded them in State instlt'
tions, but the cost is nothing. Te1
books, paper. pencils. board, lodt
ing and tuition are free and v
receive our army pay besides.
While at Toul l was only twent
kilometers from my brother Pau
He was in Paris when l came here.
Farrler Arnold A. Petrick, A.
F. U. Beaune, France. A. P. o. 80
Joe Ivy has taken over the ma