Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1919-01-10

We also ate dinner there. After
dinner we replenished our supply
o: rdti1ns and hikeG back 10 the
station.
l @aw ted up there what is said
TO- be the second largest boat in the
world. namely the Aquitania.
Late in the afternoon we boarded
/ fast channel boat which took us
across to Cherhourg. France. We
ran into the port there Il little after
:lidniSht and disembarked at T.I5
Il III. That was September 18th. And
we spent that day in and about the
y. Nj. c. A. there singing. writing
and eating. l. ever l, bought a
francs worth o: home made candy.
There was where l turned In the
. letter you spoke OF III your letter OF
October. 15th. Nest OF the letters
turned III were returned because
they had too much leturll address
On the envelOp, or for some other
'eason. But mine didn't come back
to me SO l felt sure it had gone
through alright. However. I was in
doubt till l got your letter.
We took train Out of CherbourS
at l0.4o y. III. and started for this
plade. We PASSED Pairis rat sos
p. III. September 18th. and rolled in
TO this place about 500 p. m. the
| next day. And we have been here
ever since.
On Monday morning-three DAYS
after our .rlival-we-were diyi,jad
up into working details. Some we're
ON ho
and shovel work: some on carpenter
ing, etc
Drilling was suspended from that
DAY ana everybody reported at so
a, IN. in his fatigue clothes ready
Tor work. At first We worked ten
hours day. then nine and a half,
nine. eight and half. and finally
! eight hours. The work hours were
cut shorter as the days became short
or
was assigned to the caroe1;er
"eiait and worked tn: first week Oh
barracks and ocd jobs. Then tire
or four OF us were put TO work o2en-
! ing crates and pulling nails so The
lumber Coald b, reused. We were
on that job till last Saturday. Now
finished and we nave schedule sim
liar ID the ones We mad III the States
we nave reveille and retreat and have
done some drilling. l! seems like old
times to get back to these after sus-
pension OF same for nine weeks.
Abaiuville our place of abode. is
Just IA small village. In fact so |
small that ] asked q sentinel iaS
night whele | could fins! a store III |
the place and he couldn't tell me II
have head Of one store and know !
Il one small fri it ana c,ncectiorery |
stand But nearly everything thai |
il sold in tire vilI.g.. Is sold from: !,
2'rtiJlc stands oil IL q str ct. 7 dc |
nearly al or nay buying In Gondre- !
court !
Gondlecpurt IL & pretty nice sized |
l'las". 1t Is about n mile and a half !
if0m-Abajnville. Y0i. will find these |
places OH the map about midway be.
tween Barbecue and and Neufellatau.
Ihese are two pretty good size towns |
ana IRE printed in letters big enough. |
10 catch the eye. We are about ;
l'rty-hve miles southwest of Metz,
iguess you read great deal about
Me1z--the strongly fortified city In
Lour.inc. That, you remember is
one plaG. that cost France many
soldiers III an attempt TO talse il. And
II never was taken by the Allies with
1ofce. However, they expsc.ad to
take 1t at the proper time, at any
price Ana wogld have dong. so by
iorc" it the arpaistIce had not inter
Fcned and made il unnecessary.
Metz Is the ccnter OF the great coal
aid iron region from which Ge-uiahy
got perhaps the bUIk of her war ma Il
lcrlal The return Of this region
10 France is. III HF estimation. the
Lest guarantee ,aany could siye
Tor the supremacy of the Allied
arms in the field havn't seen
Metz but nave some no;t card views,
OF u which | hope rprsail home sr.i
lake win me when l. go---if THAI
happy day ever comch
l visited Barbecue CAST Saturdag;:
ana Donfcmy---the isfth place ED
Joan of Arc. Sunday I. have be.sn
TO Sorccy lc Gar----G place about,
twenty miles north rL M and haxssl
t"eH 10 GoHdrccGurt a Il ven o. nItsssa
times. There is where I saw Jo1ni
of Arc played some .uue. a 20. wlIerni
mad my picture tu}SeIE1 and where. 81
thught all the Souvenirs / have sem
to the States
| expect to send sssslts- 1nore souuss-
rirS home. I may send something
else hut will label same or write!
shout il.
he sure to wrss-r and tell rns.i
c'dr: gett through. crowded am
whether the things {; started hlioe
ever reached there e. would liza. to
know so | can se1 others IL cllry /;
tiGnt get thronslt. nrnyiliel Il nm ,