The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-04-22
|'Leaue Trains Sure Leave Trains--
Let All Others Leave EN- Behind'
HoRATIo LAND

Sergeant Horatio Land OF head
quarters company, Service of Sup
plies, gives in a letter to his mother,
Mrs. Nellie Land of North Thirteenth
street, a vivid description of the Med
iterranean leave areas numerous Amer
lean boys are visiting on Uncle Sam s
specially conducted tours. In telling
of recent trip to Monte Carlo and
other towns, Sergeant Land says:
Sergeant Steinhoff and l left Sun
day morning for Lyons to take the
American Leave Train, which runs
from Paris to Menton," this he wrote
on March 20.
at sure is some leave train, too, for
it lets all other trains leave it behind.
We had seven hours wait in Lyons,
which is the second largest city in
France. l had thought Marseilles was
the second largest, but was informed
differently there. 1t was wonderful
day and thousands of people were out
promenading. After being in Nevers
for four months, where, if you went
out after dark, you had to take a
flash light to find your way, the bright
lights of this city rather dazzled us,
until we got used to them. The bust
ness section is just like most of the
large cities in America. The Rue
Republic reminded me of High street
in Columbus, Ohio, with it's electric
arches. We ate supper at one of the
largest hotels, and it sure was great
to sit down to a table with nice white
linen on it. After eating good
French dinner, consisting of about
eight courses, you couldn't possibly
founder if you tried to, we decided to
walk some more in different part of
the city. The rivers Soane and Rhone
both flow through Lyons, but in oppo-
site directions, so we walked along
the banks of both for short way,
taking care not to lose our way for
it certainly is easy to get lost in these
French cities.
Meets Richmond Boy.
CAS- we were walking along, I had
just questioned whether or not it
would be possible to come into this
town and meet some one / knew. when
who should we walk into but Fred
Hugo, who is one of the few Richmond
fellows in the Rainbow division. We
were especially glad to meet each
other at such an unexpected time.
He is stationed at Coblentz, with the
Third Army in Germany. After walk
ing around a while longer we went
down to the r. T. O.'s Office and
checked out of the station.
"On the train again on our way to
Monaco we found seats in a third
class coach. Non-commissioned Off
GERS are supposed to ride second class
over here, but that is out of the ques |
ton on a leave train. The scenery |
from Lyon to Monaco is simply gor-
geous, especially after leaving Mar |
settles, as the railroad follows the |
Mediterranean and winds in and out |
of the mountains.
Zone has to see these places before |
he can really enjoy them and it is ,
hard to give a description of all the |
wonderful places and their beauty. |
Cannes, Nice, Monaco, Monte Carlo |
and Mention are all situated on the |
sea and among the |
Upon arriving at Monaco |
we checked out of the station and
we're directed to a hotel. the 'Gallia,'
situated on a hill which overlooks
Monte Carlo Casino and out to the |
sea. We had a wonderful view from
he window.
Kids Beg for Gum.
after cleaning up bit we went
out to look about some and walked
Up hill to see the view. l am not