The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1919-02-06
STORIES OF SOLDIERS ABROAD
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cause the war is over and, secondly
the feed is not apt to be as good as
the company feed. Well, about that
time u top sergeant came up in our
billet and called for Hanson" an
swered and told him | was in bed. He
said that is hard luck as you have
to go to gas school at $50 tomorrow
and roll your pack" which | did. The
next morning at $50 | was at regi-
mental headquarters just in time to
catch a ride with the mail car 70
Goundrecourt, where 10 men from the
S8th division boarded the train for
Clancy, France, where the 3rd army
school is situated. We rode second
class to Joinvill, where we changed
trains and rode Srd class to Chaumont
and there we changed and rode in box
cars as far as Nevers. Now do not
think we made the trip so far as fast
as | have mentioned in this letter, as
these French trains sure kill a lot of
time. 1t took Thursday and Friday
to reach Nevers. We stopped at
Nevers that night and stayed there un-
til late Saturday afternoon. There
we slept at a Red Cross bunk room.
They served some very good meals 81
1R francs, or about 80 cents. Nevers
is a very large place. On Saturday
a friend and myself went up into the
main part of the city and the first
thing We did was to find a bath room
at a hospital and took a bath which
| sure needed. The rest of the DAY
We spent in walking around the city.
| bought a number of post cards of
places | have been and if | do not
send them home | will carry them un-
til | get home. l might mention here
that one thing we went through was
a large cathedral. and up into the
tower, which contained 276 winding
steps and 10 straight ones, making
2S6 steps to the top. 1t was sure some
climb.
The Loire river runS through Nevers
so | was over and saw that, and a very
large railroad bridge and also a
vehicle bridge, both of which cross
the Loire river.
We also went to one of the squares
and being Saturday it was also market
day. so we had a chance to see the
men and women come in with their
products and sell to each other. Some
had meats, others had vegetables, and
some fruits and nuts. There also We're
stands covered with postal cards,
handkerchiefs, like ! sent you, and
other kinds of souvenirs.
We left Nevers and rode End class
to Clancy, which was sure a muu
hole. 1t rained most of the time there
and when the end Of the curse came
we were all glad to leave. While there
| met men from a large number of d.
visions, from the 3rd and End armies.
Our division, so far, has been in the
End army. Out of all these men | saw
no one whom | knew except Henry
Void, and he was there from u COM
pany going to machine gun school.
He had a month of it there. | did see
several men who knew and were IN
Raw Bunday's, John Sponsler's (from
the Model) and Roy Soule's machine
gun company, but these men were
back with their companies, except
John Sponsler, who was away to an
officers training school. ! was mis-
taken when | said | saw no n I knew
as | had a long talk with Lieut.. Ray
Fridley. who was at school in Clancy
also.
When we left Clancy we were put
into box cars and shipped to Is-Sur-til.
but along the road. at a small station,
they took OF our ear and left 1t stand
ing on a side track. and told us q,
would go no farther. So we waited
for a passenger train and rode into
Dillon. That place Is very near where
we spent q frst few weeks in
France after leaving lie Havre.y Dijon
~ larger than Meyers and we stayed
there Z DAY sleeping 1t aY. n. c. A..
inn, and eating stAses aid also at the