The Monte Vista journal., 1919-06-07
H LETTERS FROM our
xDfls COMING hone
. O. LeMsns. France

-, Mother -
go ~ : Mother, day 's.'' 's =
~. . year ago today tue a. =
'. s,.,..lus 1t 10 u.ner7 o. '" :"
y. nov. wear ao~s' In The
10 W and where I an now
y Ar. quite plentiful 49,.
:" - Ia. loft Germany. the
,..,.u. dreary old hole. and
now in sunny southern
- inlay. We play LeMsns all
~, ,hen to Bordeaux. st.
.ra Paris for three days.
-, across Ned Daniels, my old
hum. yesterday and ws visit
4. a.y We were sure Glad to 49,
o,s.r. The las, I saw Of Ned
"a. ii. Wedding day. almost two
4. ,so. was his best man. His
~, 4. in the show too and II
n .,i,. q surprise for him. !
,s,ias tina, when wo strike bor'
=. =, Il. Nafars that I can see
ss. 60
A.r think I will see Germany
- :. 70 will play here In France
m On, regimen, moves and We
q Nj, them at a port. We all sx-
J, 10 - home by the hrst OF July.
a or way down here from Cob
!. ~ Travelled right back across
l.,,,e fields we fought on. They
= sveA more peaceful than when
~, there last and oil the graves
=, Ven decorated and fenced on.
n, everything 30 green around
-. towers In bloom on them. the
Is,,le field OF the Marine looks
4 large cemetery. You can
M hundreds Of graves any way
n sisA to look. Our train pulled
N Larerte. the station we un-
~ At the night OF July %th. when
\ Int heard the boom OF guns.
an made me think OF tho old
~ never will forget them and
~ 70 had some pretty tough
- I an very thankful that got
, nks Il on and Just ~ thankful I
~ thru. wouldn't have missed
J NJ anything and I feel sorry for
" naa Who didn't get In on II. g.
ssially those who wanted to.
his 70 much different down here
~ " In Germany that II 10 almost
- se.tiAs home. We were getting
y ~ hated the sight OF Q German.
n Il was getting 30 bad Just BE-
~ " left that on several occasions
p had night riots and there has
N two Americans and over . dos
p Of the Dutch killed and several
sssaded.
Down here In France We can buy
sssat things to eat. Eggs for In
alse. had an egg omlet yester-
~ Ia Paris. the first had eaten
y almost = year. Up In Germany
b against the law for Americans
by such things rs milk, eggs or
PassAing made with nour. even II
p have 1t, but usually they don't
NJ 1t, while down here we get eggs
milk and plenty Of meats and
fech pastry; say but that Is what
tood.
Ios can always tell a soldier who
Been up In Germany from those
~ live down here In France. The
- from Germany come down here
Pale As ghost compared with
e who live here. where the sun
'ns They are tanned like Mexi-
Actually. l don't believe the
.none ten days during the I'VE
n' was in Germany.
Iaey are having a big rife and
w shoot here In LcMans, every
"e'nent in the A. e. F. il entered
~ Tue l+Sth F. A. led In the meet
=. !. so days and came out sixth in
-. anals' The only artillery men
i. made score at the top at all.
quite unusual for an artillery
" lead In a rife shoot for we
,' Dig guns. 1t ought to be the
~ .' y. or marines to walk away
M. H. as they did. but for an ar
M y. 0utht to loom up like we did
!. aen get sixth In the finals, II
s1e an honor. I would have
me tournament II 1t had not
~ wi Tie show. qualified for
81 ~. - highest score in q battery
\, .na In the regiment with ~
n L..