Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1919-06-26
Our Soldier Boys.

Earl calvert, 20. u, 80 M. 1t. Bat
talon, of the First Division, writes
from Berod, Germany, on June 3: 81
am getting along fine and in the best
Of health, although I am not near SO
heavy as | was; as the weather is
awful warm now. | am still anxious
to get back home, but as long as peaee
is not signed it is hard to say how
long we will be here. There is no
chance for us to go before that. The
Dutch are awful busy now with their
farm work, or rather the women folks
are. They do most all the work. They
are in the fields from daylight until
dark. They have small farms, as
there are SO many people according
to the amount of land in Germany.
They raise more rye than anything
else, as it is their whole living and
also about all they feed their stock.
Most all of it now is as high as a mans
head and it is just in the milk. The
land is very productive. We have
the best billets there is obtainable,
but that is not saying very much.
They all smell like a barn. Guess we
can stand it for awhile, as the Dutch
live in them all their lives. They
keep the hogs and calves under the
house in a stall, the chickens on the
second floor, the horses and COWS in
next room to you, and on the other
side the Dutch stay and they are just
as dirty as any of them. Some life.'
With all that and feeding the boys on
corn bill and gravy three times a day
they wonder why we are anxious to
get home. Our Division, the First,
is the last to one to get back, only be-
cause 1t was the first over. One Of
ficer said some time back we were
now writing the last pages of history,
and this Division must finish them up.
No doubt the First Division will see it
through as they always have, but that
is not making US a living when we
get out of this"
Newt Huff, Medical Department.,
23d Infantry writes from Gladbacb,
Germany: "This leaves me well and
feeling fine, only I would like to be
Eback home. Am getting lazy, as we
do not have anything to do since the
fighting has stopped. | had plenty to
do then. Just a year ago l landed in
| GOllOOns ~ 5COll6 1lhO L udN0 pO6l
over here five years. | was out yes
terday to a sham battle. They had
the artillery and two regiments of in
fantrymen, the 9th and 23d, and they
went over in combat formation. The
big trench guns shot big explosives
and smoke shells. 1t was like a real
battle. They were doing it for NOV
ing pictures. On July 1st and I'd l
was in the Battle of Vaude and it was
a hard place to take. The Germans
had lots Of artillery and machine
guns. July 1Sth / was in the battle of
Scissors. September 18th at ST.
Mihiel, October $40 at Champagne and
in the Argonne later. We had been
in action eleven days when the
armistice vas signed, and three days
later we started for Germany. I
have seer quite a lot of France, but
all of it that I saw was shot up by
artillery. For three months I was in
Vallendar, only two miles from
Ooblenz. | have been up and down
the river on boat trips from Cologne
to Lille. 1t is about a hundred miles
and is a fine sight seeing trip. AS l
am in the Second Division, guess l
will be one of the last to get home"
Horseshoer Stanley NJ. Backer, of
the First Battalion, 10th F. A., writes
from Germany on May 2Sth: 81 have
been off on a fourteen day pass to
Paris, after my recovery from the
flu. / have been in the hospital since
early in February until May 1, 1919.
Then l took my pass and enjoyed it
very much. 1t did not seem long I'M
til / had to return to my battery. They
all gave me a hearty welcome. In
about four days the commanding Of
hcer said we should turn in our horses
and receive motor trucks. By this
am motor repairman. / like this bet
ter than being a horseshoer, and il
means the anne rank. AS the fight
ing has ceased / will tell you some
thing of our action in the Argonne
battle. The 10th Field Artillery was
chosen by reason of its fitness for the
Argonne drive. On account of III
sp lendid actions in the World Wal
Gen. Pershing attached it to his FRS
Army, AID Division'n
Herbert Lloyd, On. F, 856th Infantry
s9th Division, A. e. +. Home, An.
aapoiis.
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Sale next Saturday at Q. p. M. Regu.
lar values, ranging at from so to 81,