The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1919-05-09
Huntington, w. Va.


sion OF them, just the same rs we have
of the Chinese and japanese. From
what I'VE been told, the Italian people
love America as they do not other
country save their own, and some Of
them love II even better, / have met
up with "A number OF Italian soldiers.
and they are all ANXIOUS TO return TO
the States. and will do 30 as soon as
they are mustered out OF service One
OF the "Y" men told me that when Il
was announced that we had entered
the war the Italians who had been TO
America would pat each other on the
back and say: 1T IL alright now.
America is with us and the end is GER
tain" All Americans are treated roy
ally here, 40 I'm told, and Judging from
what I've seen in the short time I've
been here. II must be true. En- route
to Bologna | spent two hours at Milan.
hut OF course could get no more than
an idea OF that modern, bustling city
OF fvo or six hundred thousand people
got to Bologna about p. m. Sunday
evening after very pleasant trip
from Turin. On the train ! was In n
compartment with an Italian officer
and another man and his wife The
married couple were from Bologna. he
being a count, and a civil engineer in
charge OF the city railway shops. His
wife as well az himself. was very
pleasant. and they both gave me a very
cordial invitation to visit them while I'm
Bologna. had to forego this pleas
ure owing to the fact that ! was not
well enough TO do" society Bologna
is one OF the many very old towns and
has the oldest university in Italy.
Napoleon is said TO have ridden TO the
top OF one OF the nearby hills and to
have pronounced the view from there
the most beautiful he had ever seen. |
went up on the hill. but can't say
that agree with the General, regard
less OF the fact that the view is beau
tiful
remained In Bologna four days,
nursing my cold and was assigned TO
Brescia for educational work in tho
Italian army II seems that the troops
are being all moved out of this sector. |
and that there will not be much work
for me to do here but shall wait a
few days for further developments.
am very anxious TO get busy
Brescia is a nice. town of about
$4,000 inhabitants, in the foothills of
the Alps. About 20 miles to the north
east and to the northwest snow capped |
peaks can be seen among which nestle |
the beautiful lakes of Iseo and Garda.
The day after my arrival II was my
pleasure to take trip in an automo-
bile to little town called Edolo, about
20 miles from the Swiss border. We
followed Lake lseo nearly its whole |
length and the beauty OF II far sur
passes anything I've ever seen. A
macadamiZed road follows
within a few feet of the lake. and !
passes through several tunnels, at
times making 1t seem as vast moving
picture. We started at $3.50 a. m, ar
rived at Edolo about / 80 p. m, had |
our dinner there, and got back to our
office about $3.50, covering distance
of 100 miles. II rained on the way |
back and OF course i did not enjoy |
the return trip very much. On our
return we got into another car and |
went thirty miles farther to town
called Verolanuova, where we had |
dinner with a Colonel and his stan. |
and some actors who were to give a |
for the soldiers there. We |
were nicely treated, and had good |
dinner We got back here at ~ o'clock |
that night, and was ready for sleep |
after my 140-mile ride.
fear it would bore. you to read /
further a detailed account OF this
short visit. 1t will doubtless be of |
greater interest to the readers OF the
NEWS to hear word about n man
better known TO most of them than
am. While l was in New York, in the
Y Office, / noticed a man whose face
looked strangely familiar to me. The
second time / saw him spoke to him
and asked him where he was from. He
toll me Huntington. I asked him then
II he had ever lived in Paintsyille. He
said that he had. but neither OF us