Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1919-03-12
CARL DUER WRITES
FROM GERMANY
Sends Some Good Letters to His
Sister, Mrs. John Hegtyedt of
Route 6. Anxious to Get
Home Again.
HIS BROTHER EMIL
Is NOW IN BELGIUM
Tells About Getting Pass to Cob.
lenz With Sixty Other Soldiers.
Said They Had Good Visit
and Big Feed
Moselcern, Germany,
Jan. IL, 1919

Moselcern, Germany,
Jan. IL, 1919
| My Dear Sister:
1t is almost week since | wrote
so will write you few lines tonight
to let you all know ! am we'll and
happy. l received your most welcome
letter last night, and was sorry to
see that you have been sick so long
That was the first heard about you
being sick, but hope you are well ty
this time. Suppose you received all
my letters, so / have not much news
to write this time for I am in the
same place yet and nothing much
going on around here. We do guard
duty every other day and the days
we are not on guard we drill. had
che or two letters from brother Emil
lately. He is up in Belgium and he
would like to get back to the states
as we'll as I would. Otherwise he is
getting along fine. We had little
fall of snow Christmas morning, but
that is all we have seen yet, but
it rains every day, and Is not very
cold. We are four men in very
small room so it is hard to sit AMI
write here, but hope it will not be
long until can get a chance to talk
to you, so l won't have to write. I
will close for this time.
Your loving brother,
CARL B. BUER
Headquarters Co. So Inf.
Jan. %, 1919.
My Dear Sister: ! received your
letter the other day and sure was
glad to get the news that you are
feeling better. am feeling fine, but
very busy. They sure do work us hard
here, guard duty every other day and
the DAYS We don't walk post we drill.
The weather here is not very cold
and we only saw snow once and that
was Christmas morning, and that
left the next day, but it rains near
ly every day or so. The roads are
quite muddy.
There were 60 men in this company
who got pass last Saturday to &c
to Coblenz and / happened to be OF
the luck ones to go. 1t is good sized
city so we had pretty good time,
and a good feed, which we enjoyed
better than anything else. I also
crossed the Rhine river on the
j bridge there in town. You asked me
in your last letter if / was getting
! the DEBORAH papers. / received one
paper you mailed to me some time
ago 1t sure would be nice to get it,
! so | could see what was going IN
iround home. | received very nice
big letter from sister Carrie, which
sure had lots of good news in it. I
don't think get half of the mail
am supposed to get, as I only get
one letter a week. 1t is pretty dark
20 write so will have to close soon.
! have now almost given up hopes
of getting home this winter. Hopin .
to hear from you soon.
Feb. 5, 1919
My Dear Sister: have been look
ing for a letter from you folks foI
the last two weeks, but have not re-
ceived any Hope you are all well.
am, we'll and working hard every as.
am on guard today so have little
time to write before 1 go on post
again, but there is nothing to write
about as every day is the same here.
see by the newspapers some OF the
A. e. F. Divisions are home. l wish
this Fourth Division could get To
leave for home soon, but | don't
think we are lucky enough to see
the states until some time in the
summer. We have not seen much
snow here yet and it is not very
cold. How is the weather back home
Do you hear from brother Emil?
have not heard from him for some
time. AS there Is nothing here &c
write about will close. Greetings tt
you all.
Feb. s, 1919
Nv Dear Sister: an sending yo'
two Army Of Occupation certificates
One is for you folks and the o'hei
one I wish you would keep TO" M
until I get back home. am enjoy
ing coed health and hope you all arr
the same. We had little snow IN
other morning and the weather i
little colder than it has been.
have some work to do yet, before
go to bed and there is not a thing u
write about, so will close for thi
time. Excuse this short letter. WI
do better next time. Good night.
CARL.
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