The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1919-01-03
Valdahon is the very best camp |
nave been in, and even though the

that is interesting and educational
chat / e nioy every thing | see. We
are about % miles from the Swiss
border and located in the foothills
OF the Alps. Understand VIC are
about 5000 feet above sea level. The
air is very dry and cold. The first
day we hit here understand Aat 1t
was one degree below zero. never
saw q thermometer. though, and it
did not feel that cold to me. Pie
next day it was showing when l got
up and did rot stop until late that
afternoon. We have not had a day,
though, that was not very pretty.
Our barracks were built by the
French many years ago and is a
French camp. but everything looks
like~n had just been built. We have
plenty of room, hot and cold water
baths, a good bed to sleep in and are
gettjng<iust as much to eat as did
II the States.
The other day / took n trip on a
motor truck: went about IL miles
| toward the Swiss border. Saw won
| derful scenery which is shown on
| these postal cards. Wa way up on
| the mountains so high that it made
nv head feel kind of giddy. If by
chance that some day / might get
| hcld of some money, l would like
nothing better than to tour this
| country in a car. The roads are'per-
feet, just as pretty as can be, made
Of this white rock which has been
| down so long that they are crushed
| hard as concrete.
| don't know just exactly what we
| are going to do now, since the war
| is over, but what | want to DO IS to
| go home. If l have to stay over
here, though, for awhile, l would
rather stay here than any place
know Of. However l cannot see the
need Of artillery here, SO | think that
| we could do better at home. l feel
like we. as far as the officers and men
| are concerned, have met every propo-
| sition that they have been up against
| very SdIlSiSNlOlh IN
we're not sent to the front we were
| on our way, AID were also IN the
| army. and they could have sent Us
! any lace they chose. Therefore we
have accomplished everything we
came after If we did not go TO the
front; SO now | want 10 go home.
We boys ar arranging evcry n!ght
= way 10 k2v2 Il b. dance or "alher-
no O. some kind : few nights after
J., get back. buG haven decided
! - Just exactly what VIC arc going
20 DO. But it Will be socle big light.
Well. Dad, | think this cover
| about everything that has happened
lat h.. been of any interest. There
Is g. lot more tina. | can toll you
when | get back, but would take too
long to put it en- paper. think from
the length of his letter that Fathers
| Day. has not been neglected as far
| as my part is concerned. Wish l
could write more, but it would merely
be taking up your time for nothing.
I forgot TO tell you that Tom Is 10
| Gated in a little town right close 20
Camp Coetquidan. l expect that his
| brigade moved in VIXEN we moved
out. may get TO see him some day,
but doubt it-this country is very
| much larger than it looks on the map
| and as we are in such an out of the
way place on the map it will only
be an accident if ! do run across him.
Dickey is well and getting along
| fine. He is gunner corporal or No.
| 2 gun OF Battery 4. and holds down
| his part very we'll. If he writes or
1oea not write you a letter today,
YOU can take this letter for both Of
us for we have been right together
| ali Of the time. The only difference
| he was on the first section leaving
| Beauregard and on the first section
when we left Coctquidcn. He IS en-
Toying himself very much, and goes
out or these little sight seeing eX-
petitions more than lido, but we
have practically lived the same life.
He, like myself. wants to come home
now. AS long as the war was going
Oh l was perfectly satisfied in stay
ing over here until the war was ovc =
but row that it is we went to get
back homo.
Frank and Boots each received ;
postal lard from you yesterday aAt
both appreciated you writing yer.
much. No doubt they have OF vii
drop you a line every once in a while
Received a letter from Marguerite
yesterday saying that she had receiv
ed a Xmas tag from me. If sh'
never received mine before the 2Otl
OF November, why, | will jtst d.
,, without 4 Xmas present. Howeve
l il IS possible although l do not know
q thing for my foundation for think
ing, that e may be somewhere II
the u. S. by Christmas. If so tina
, will be the greatest Christmas presen
that | ever received.
No doubt this Xmas will be tn
happiest all over the world for tn
/. past four years. Should be, anyhow