The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1919-01-31
From Germany.

Dear Sweetheart: I wrote you O
few days ago-started it Christmas
morning end finished it later, but
don't remember If I told you all the
dope, so I'll start right after dinner.
One of the boys in the battalion put
on bully slight-of-hand perform
ance and the Major made a talk and
then they passed out the Christmas
packages. BY the way, mine has not
gotten here yet. In fact there are
five of us that haven't gotten them.
About $3.50 an ambulance stopped
and asked the way to Echbernach
Tin Luxemburg) and it wound up by
Stack and / going with them. The
boys were in the same ambulance
company with Dan Porter and Lighe,
but they weren't with the bunch.
Some of the boys out of tho sanitary
train put on concert and then a
dance. That's whct they were going
for. We went just to be going, but
we sure had bully good time. The
theatre where the show was pulle /
off was so full that we couldn't get
in, SO we mooeyed around town for
awhile and then went to the house
the boys had boon billitted in when
they were there. They were glad
to see us and Elade a great pow
WOW. It's great fun talking to them.
They only talk C little English, and
no matter what we say they say
ia! ia! Eyes, ycs) nod, wave their
arms and laugh no matter if we said
it was rotten weather, or asked them
if they liked the Dutch or Americans
best. They lad little boy,
"Nickie," that had a voice like a
sick cat, end he sang "Tannebaum,
then a Christmas song. We clapped
our hands and patted him on the
back till he cwclled up like a poison
ed pup. They fed me good steak,
bowl of French fried potatoes, beet
pickle, coffee with sugar and cream,
and breafN free gratis for newthun.
We Cncaked off without the captains
consent and didn't &C in until about
8 or 3:15. 1t didn't make any diff
feronce, tho the captain didn't get
in until l q. m. and he slept too
sound to hear us when we slipped in.
He's going to Trier for day or two.
Will spend Now Years eve there,
and VIC are going back there to see
the old year out and the new in. He
won't care, but I don't give hang
if he does. If they keep me over here
/ am going to sec as much of this
country as 1 can.
Yesterday Stack end I got eight
hour passes to GO to Trior (French
call it Trieves). 1t rained ell the
time, but we stopped around and saw
most of the town. 1t is very old
town, dating back to or shortly after
Julius Caesar. 1t has the ruins of
a Roman arch, an amphi theatre,
bath, bridge over the Moselfe Tin
use now, and catacombs under the
city that the Romans used for dun
geons when the allies bombed the
town, and they had lot of it, the
people went there till it was over.
1t is town of about SO or 10000
inhabitants and has water, gas, cleo |
.ric lights, telephones and street
cars. 1t is far cleaner than the
French towns, but one finds the same
narrow, winding streets. The streets
ire so narrow in places that the
linkey cars brush your elbow as you
walk along on the two-foot sidewalk.
Il places the walks are twelve feet |
vide and in fifty feet they run down
o two or three feet in width. How,
,ver, the best residence section look
ID quite a little like good district
n our own cities. I sure enjoyed the
ew hours I was there. There's an
'ther nice thing. We don't have to
'ay any railroad fare.
Well, lady love; l had q very
'leasant Christmas, but I'll forego
hese pleasures gladly to get home.
Here's hoping it won't be long. Take
,ood care of Yourself and the baby
nd write often to
Your loving hubby,
ARCH d. WOODS.
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