The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1919-03-27
Serg Ratkov.ch
Writes Parents

Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Ratkovich OF
Poplar avenue. Lincoln Park. received
letter day or two ago from Their
son. Serzt- Paul Ratkovich sof Com
pany C. One Hundred and Twenty
eighth Infantry. which is part OF
the Thirty second division. at pres
ent with the army OF occupation on
the Rhine The letter was written
from wortor.. Germany. and bears
date OF March %. se-gt Ratkovich
says:
Dear Folks-I viii devote a few
moments Of my spare time to writing
TO let you know that I received your
most welcome letter in due time. and
to assure you that was very much
pleased to get II. am In splendid
health and 1 hope this will find you
equally fortunate in that respect II
In certainly gratifying to me to know
that you are well and have escaped
serious i.Iness this winter.
"your inquiry as to why did not
write home for so. long is explained
by the fact that was at the front at
the time and could not do SO. Then
after the armfstice was signed we
started on our march into Germany.
hiking every day without rest At
night | was too tired to do any ex-
ira work. but as soon as we got here
began writing to all of my friends
But few letters were written by the
troops during The early part OF No
vember. a. II was only after the hike
into Germany that an opportunity was
afforded them for anything OF that
kind
well. win have TO stop now until
after dinner. Today is Sunday and I
did not get up this morning until 10
O'Clock II is now 1880. and I have
just nnished dinner. We had roast
beef. mashed potatoes. bread and but
ter and coffee. so you see they feed us
pretty we'll You say some OF the
boys are home already from the army.
They are lucky and are to be conerat-
ulated on getting released SO soon
"You ask what division am in. II
ID the Thirty-second division.y and /
suppose you have read In the news-
papers what good lighting II did BE-
fore The German army began fts re-
tfest towards De Rhine, Il was on
are digsrsat fsonts snd made . name
fcv lfseff .eog bwvsFy. TIE boys|
of lho 1h1fty-6eeo6A Aivtsion are susul
some akaters. Every divssieu has n
iesisnis- and oa. , ths ~ arFoU.1
Il s1gni6ss that vhsn vs started fsr|
the 0erDan iineG - heo1e tAruughl
fho0 HE an arrow. a an lsunAfngl
ycu one Of them. They are of rcd
cloth embrcidered q blue serge We
wear them on the Isft arm With the
barb pointing upwards. In addftiua
10 the arrow have three gold stripes
TO wear on my left sleeve. each or
which countv for six months service
In France.
-you said you would like to know
when we are coming home Our
division IL the drst one to saii for
the United States in the month Of
May. according TO the reports. II this
proves true we will not have very
much longer to stay In Germany 4
have never heard from brother Nick
and do not know where he is. Tell
s@@@seA@&t@ " <aGtt W RCtaa<E alA
feeling fine Tell her weigh 100
pounds. SO you see am pretty big.
! have good bed to sleep on and
plenty to eat. so there Is no reason
why should not get along nicely.
you say that little Anna has not
forgotten me. and is always talking
about her uncle. ! am very glad TO
hear that. ! wrote to Emil couple
of weeks ago and hope he is getting
along all right. Tell him to have
his car ready SO that when come
back he can give us some good rides.
The next time 70 to Coblenz will
buy some souvenirs to bring home.
So Nick Corelli is back from the army.
Tell him sent him my best regards
| will endeavor to drop him line
soon. Ae haven't anything mere to
write about just now will close for
the present. hoping to see you all be-
fore many months"