Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-04-11
SD DIVISION WINS
ALL HONORS DURING
BIG COMPETITION
HAROLD DUNCAN, IN LETTER
HOME, TELLS OF PROWESS OF
ILLINOIS YANkS IN SHOW
ARENA-VICTORS IN ALL CON.
TESTS.

The 33d Division, of which Com.
pany c is part, won ten blue ribbons
in the 9Th Corps horse show at Lux
emburg City in March, two more than
the 9TH and 7th divisions combined
The 33d band also captured a blue
ribbon. This news and many other
interesting things about the boys of
"Ottawa's own wene contained in the
following letter received yesterday
from Corp. Harold Duncan by his
aunt, Mrs. William Duncan:
Received your etter of March 5
yesterday and enjoyed it very much.
We are having peculiar weather, all
right Some days it is like spring. as
1t was yesterday. with the sun shin
ing and warm. and some days II is
cold, with rain or snow like today.
1t started early this morning and has
been showing hard all day. and they
are holdina big inspection, too
We all went to Luxembourg City
the other day to see The 33d clean
up the 9TH and 1th regular divisions
in the 9Th Corps horse show It was
a wonderful show and had it all over
big circus. The stock was wonder
ful and the horse racing and harding
exciting. Two men were thrown and
hurt in the horse racing, but both OF
their horses finished Jhe race One
came in first, a 33d horse. and he got
the blue ribbon, too The 33d got ten
blue ribbons, the 9TH pulled down five
and the 7th Division got three, so
you see we got moro than the other
two put together We also captured
the blue ribbon in the band competi-
lion. There was music all the time
When one band stopped playing the
other started. Besides all that our
guard of honor took first place The
guard of honor are picked soldiers of
a division, and when they are on pa
Pointers. Our guard Of honor es.
corted all the generals, including Gen
erals Bullard. Bell and many others,
besides the Duchess of Luxembure.
"The City of LuXemburg is a beau
tiful place, but of course old fash
toned They have many beautiful
drives and roads, but nothing like the
though.
Bill Clegg just got back from
leave to Nice, France. That is
leave area for the Americans, ana ,
our bunch was lucky enough to be |
sent there They visited Monte Carlo +.
whero if they were in civil life ii
would have cost them thousands OF
dollars.
u had a letter from Tom Mac, and
Ralph Sanders saw him while coming
from school in France Tom was
big pack. but he never has
70 do any hiking though
General Pershing is coming in a
couple of weeks to review and deco
rate this division, and then we will
start for home. Our major is to he
decorated and one of our battalion
who carried brigade mes
sage after seven other runners failed
to get through believe we viii
sail from Antwerp, Belgium, instead
of Rotterdam. Holland
Food of ali kind is awfully high
here Eggs are % cents apiece
graham rolls, two for Is cents; but
ter, $3.50 a pound. 1t is impossible
to buy candy, except now and then at
the "
Well, | must close and 90 to work,
as / have a big billeting report to
make out and that is no snap, as it is
required to figure out what the L. S.
owes to the native Luxemburgers for
the soldiers staying in their houses"