Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1919-01-08

gers (Par Bounce at $3.50, II pint
condensed milk $3.50. Milk is Ameri-
can and mainly Wisconsin at that.
We have what we call our dollar
lunches and our dollar and a half
lunches-chocolate milk and fingers
total IF or about SIPS, with sardines
about $1.62. We take our tin cups,
save spoon of sugar from our army
mess, purchase our milk and chocO-
late and heat it at the fireplace in the
store I like fireplaces as one gets
direct heat but il blackens our alum
mum mess kits. We don't mind that
except when inspection day comes
round with its usual bawling out and
we have to get busy with sand paper
and mud and get secured up spotless.
The credit of France is raising so
that a Franc is now worth 18c plus
instead of 171a We are now paid
5.45 per U. S. dollar instead of SO
of six months ago. I think 5.15 is
considered about par value-(5 Franc
Is confines &c.,
Friday-Have a little time before
dinner SO will add. We are keeping
busy now with foot drill and exer-
cises. The band plays for both and
in addition an hours concert on de-
cent days. We pile out at a. m.
in the dark and parade the one street
playing reveille, quite a treat for the
Frogs.
Being on the front all the summer
and fall where drill is out of the ques-
ton and having many new replace
ment men in our ranks, our drill
work is pretty ragged so we have to
work hard now that we have leisure
in order that the S. A. T. c. and Boy
Scouts don't make us look like 30c
when we return. Be that as it may,
Well have our two gold service stripes
to indicate that at least we are has
beens even if we do fall down on
training camp kultur.
Expect you are wondering when we
will come home. Wish | knew my
self. We are over fifty miles back of
the last battle line and being artiI-
lery do not think we will be used in
the army of occupation. We have
seen lots of hard service so it seems
logical that we shall return within a
month or so. The transportation
problem is an immense one and will
require time. The American sectors
being far inland means we must go
to the seaport via rail Our horses
and guns are turned in hence every
bit Of our equipment goes on our
back, an unusually heavy load so we
cannot hike any distance.
We are separated from our infantry
and may and may not rejoin them so
don't take much stock in what the
papers say regarding the movement
of our old division We may not be
attached to them at ALL Also discon-
tinue A. F. o. 734 on my address Had
another experience with gum In
the last bunch of letters | found gum,
so seated at the family table one ev-
ening | pulled out a stick and uncon-
sciously snapped it in two and hand
ed half to Madame Jr. and handed
Madame Sr. whole stick. She UNI
wrapped it curiously and asked if it
were proper to chew an entire stick at
once or should she do as l, only take
part. Believe me she can chew it!
No the Collots are not Peasants.
Wassy is about 5000 inhabitants and
a nice clean town. The composers
name is Alex Bernn and his work
symphony Dramatique, the Massacre
of Wassy" depicts scene from the
religious wars The Guarde Repub-
lique Band spent 10 days at Wassy
studying this work under Monsieur
Bernn. This included artists from
the Paris Conservatory of Music.
Some time ago | mailed you a French
paper with his writeup of our concerts
there
Winsauer has gone to Chaumont to
a school for directors. You'd be sur
prised if he were given Pershing's
band. Yes? Well I wouldn't as he
certainly is very fine musician.
Ha! Ha! So You think the return
ed soldiers are adept at cursing. I'm
with you sis, know they are. Would
suggest that the Ladies' Aid wash the
mouths of these men with the old
fashioned soap and water treatment.
Also we are peeved that Wisconsin
sent Berger to Congress. We've got
some ideas on the Prohibition ques-
ton and the way this party is trying
to- slip over the bone dry deal while
we are away. We have both vets and
drys Ill our ranks and we want our
vote War regulation is o. X but
someone is going to get a taste of the
Les Terrible wallop if we don't get
fair deal.
Surely I have seen both Generals
Pershing and Foch. You should see
the buncA snap to attention and sa-
Lutte when the big cream gray car
with the four stars on the windshield
comes up the road, and get this: they
return our salute, in fact Gen. Foch
stopped a conversation and turned
around in the car In order to face
and return our salute in the proper
manner. 1 don't know what others
thought but that seemed mighty
fine thing for him to do.
Well it's 1880 so must go over to
the Madame's. She asked me to come
over and outstay four fellows for
whom she is preparing supper She
is afraid of one of them, CHAP who is
very unpopular.
Later-Well that passed off al o.
K. A couple of the boys (Nicklas and
Tolieth) received their Xmas boxes