Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1919-01-31
Office vot to do.
CLOWN PRINCE WILLIE.
Written by LIST class Private Jas.
Ihos. Wilson, Go. D, 318th Inf, A,
e. r., home address, Indian, Va.
, Bordoax, Franco, Dec. 10.

X. would like awfully well to hear
from you all. havn't hoard from
you all since / left Camp Humphrey.
/ / move around so much over here I
don't guess | will hear from you all
while l am in France.
1t looks rs if we might stay over
here the biggest part of the winter.
IL never gots very cold here, but it
rains, every day. 1t gets some muddy,
too. Here arc few Of the towns ]
have been i'll: Brest, Tours, Anglers,
Liasmont and Bordcnx. There are ali
kinds of wine over here. Well, it is
getting mighty close to Christmas
now. suppose Christmas will be ov-.
or by the time you all get this let
ter, so wish you all merry Christ
mas and happy New Year. [ don't
know whether to tell you all to write
to me or not. With best wishes to
| you all, / will close. From your
, son. and brother,
PRIVATE ROBT. a. HARRIS.
both Engineers. A. L. l..
TO MIR. and Mrs. Milton Harris, Mt
Pounding Mill.
Dec. /, 1918.
Dear homcfolks:
will write you few lines. This
leaves ne Grttins along fine. have
charge Of the barn here. Another
man and myself feed and attend to
| ,E'rtv horses, 20 this seems like what
used 20 ito 1T home. don't know
when we will leave for the u. s.,
probably soon. would like to heal.
from You all havn'L got letter
since I've been over here. Don't wor-
ny nhouC me, for | don't want for
anything. | am having a rood time.
We can yet NJ! the wine we want oy-
or here. | will close. II. A. II.
Nov. l6. 1918.
Mr.. and Mrs John Baysdcn, hunting
ton, w. Va.
Dear sister and brother:
Justatewlincs vbgltq jjijnnlinifli
Just few lines this morning TO let
you hear from mo. This leaves me
well and still going. have been
looking for letter from you for n
long time, hut have never received
nnv yet. Had one letter from Gcor-
Cir and have received some few from
homo We have had no SNOW yet.
but hive had some big frosts, and il
Ia pretty cool today.
Thin is about NIL | can write this
,ime. no you write me soon. 1'ruat-
ing this will find you well and hop
M w ituI lioIil you soon.
Your brother, T. nj. HARRIS.
Co. l., 3l7th Infantry, A. L. l.,
Dec. 9Th, 1918.
Dear father and mother:
will try and drop you n rev lines
todny, ns we'll ~ answer your letter
dated November 9TH, 1918, which I
was more TINA glad to get, rs Ind
not heard from home for over n
month. This leaves me better than
wax when last wrote you. Sorry
lln!!et has been so had Off. Hope he
IL we'll by now. 1t seems ns there has
boon lots Of sickness in the States.
hope Aunt Mollic is better. We are
still MT Fortlainc and there isn't n
store OF any description, but the Y.
Nj: G. a: sends US candies, cakes and
other things up every night. Well, wo
nro allowed to write most anything
now. 80 | will give YOU few points
Of interest to you. We came over on
The Mongolia the third largest ship
in the world. We left Camp Lee ut
one o'clock Mny Goth, liked to City
FONT; there we caught II ferry boat
and went up the james River to
Norfolk. There is where we landed
IN the big ship. We landed at Brcst,
France, June 9Th, being ii days on
our voyage. On our last two DAYS
sailing our fleet WIS met by about
20 submarine chaacrs and several bat
tic ships to protect us from the on
my. Since have been in France it
! would be almost impossible to name
all The towns and villages have
been IN. Sometimes we would come
into Tho, towns in the dark and move
out carly next morning. | went thru
thn stIGbnrhc nj Dnrc WIGHT
the train. Most of the railroad was
under ground, but when we were not
under ground IL looked good to me.
Last Sunday Il bunch of us pulled off
good one. We bought w two large
chickens, got two company cooks to
| fix them up for us, had French fried
potatoes, butter, cheese, milk, eggs,
jam, tomatoes, onions, wine, beer,
cognac, and cigars and there were IL
OF us and that was our dinner. 1t
was the frts chicken we had eaten
since we left the States but some of
the guys got hot. Do you blame 'em?
You snid to be careful and not get
married to some French girl, but /
have seen some that would love to
bring home with me, but / could not
understand their lingo we'll enough
to talk with them, not enough TO chr
ny on n full afternoons conversation
with them. a French girlxfiiTffi:;
with them. Glad you are getting on
all right farming. / think | shall be
home and help on the farm AZ there
Nnoplacelikehome kqjuj jjjjjjj
/ is no place like home.
The French women work on the
! farms here. | see them hauling big
loads of wood, hay and all kinds of
products raised on the farm, and they
have to work in wooden shoes. They
have some nice draft horses and fine
cows here. Well, this leaves my
friends, Bill Kiser, Tom Howery and
all the Tazewell boys o. k. Guess l
had better close. Hope when this is
received by you that it will find all
we'll. / think will be at home by
March. Answer real soon as love
to hear from home.
Your son,
SGT. ROBERT p. HARTMAN.
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