Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-01-30
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Joseph J. Lambert, Battery F. sath
Artillery. writes as follows to his
parents of Augusta:
Andard, France. Dec. IS. 1918.
, Dear Father and Mother:
Received Your letter today and
so glad TO hear from you. ! am still
in good health as usual and pleased to
hear that YOU are the same. like
| here very much as can speak with
the people without any difficulty. Ill
bet there was one grand celebration
in I. 5. a. the day that the armistiee
was signed. Have made a lot of &C
quaintances since have been in
France. l regret that l couldn't come
! sooner.
Tie week before Christmas an Off
Ger and went to Anglers and bought
| toys for the children Of this village
There are one hundred and ten of
them and we pat up big Christmas
tree in the y. II. c. a. and had the
mayor of the town to dress as Santa
Claus and distribute the toys to
them. Talk about pleased children.
The money was furnished by the
, company. 1t took us pretty near all
Gay to purchase the toys and l was
/ tired at night, hut didn't mind it any
! for it has been five years since the
children Of Andard have had any
Christmas toys. 1t is the same pretty
near ell over France, that the kids
hadn't had a Christmas present
! And for eur Christmas dinner we
, had 20 turkeys to eat besides pump
kin, nuts, figs and numerous other
! things Had a belly ache all the
afternoon.
! Last Thanksgiving We had the
same. / went out in car and
= bought the stuff from the farmers.
Believe. dear folks. I'm having the
( time of my life here. Must tell you
! t!.at l received your Christmas box
ara want TO thank you thousand
times for i. That gum certainly
! came in handy as YOU can't buy gum
! in France.
! Will close. sending all my love TO
You and remember me to all the rela-
tives. Your loving son.
: Joseph J. Lambert.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Choate of Au-
gusta have recently received the fol-
] lowing letter from their son, Mechan-
;c Charles =. Choate. who is with the
Seth Pioneer Infantry. now stationed
At CoblenZ. Germany:
I cu!.lcnz, GerMans, Dec. Il, 1915.
{ Dear Folks:
Here ! am in Coblcnz, Germany
! We lett Pflanel Sunday and came all
the way by rail. 1t seemed good
! after marching for SO long. 1t was
! beautiful ride Oh the train. We fol-
lowed tie Mossle river about all the
/ way ana went through several tun-
I ne,s. one was two miles long. We
/ would see big mountains ahead and
; then the next minute &c would
80 right under them. 1t was very
; Interesting. ~ would take as
! about eight DAYS if We had to
! march it. We marched over one
! hundreds miles from France to
! Hfalnel, Germany. We are on the
! Rhine river row. The Moss!e and
! the Rhine come together here. l
would say BY the looks that it is e
I great farming country, everything is
green and pretty here now. We have
Tot had any cold weather AT all YET,
! but we don't get any sunshine. The
nights are clear and in the day it
| clouds up, SO we have not seen much
! Of the German sun yet.
| l have not received any mail from
! YOU since some time in October.
! see Clarence quite often now, He is
! fat and getting along fine. lie is not
! with us now, he is back in some other
! town. l see Jim quite often. too. He
! is getting along fine. l am sending
! YOU some pest cards of Cohlenz. 1t is
! bout tie only thing I can send.
could get quite 4 lot Of souvenirs but
| cannot carry them. l hope you both
are We'll 1t seems a year since
! have heard from YOU. We have not
| l'ecn paid off yet. They say We don't
I get paid off until We get back to the
states. They say we leave Germany
| tile 27th Of this month. l hope 1t is
true. Well | will call this good for
now. With lots of love to you both.
Charles.
| The following letter was recently
| received from Governor Carl L. Mill
ken by Mr.. and AIRS. John f. Otis.
Oakland. Me, +. +. p. %:
| My dear Mr.. and Mrs. Otis:
! Because Your son Arthur did not
/ reach the fighting line and there fall
in action should not lie construed as
meaning that his sacrifice Was not
Just as great as that of those who
faced the enemy's murderous fire.
Your son is to be regarded as one
who has done his full duty. I desire