The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1919-02-04
CORPORAL STRiBBLE WRITES
INTERESTING LETTER
Plaidt, Germany, Dec. II, 1918.
Co. B, 4th Infantry.

Co. B, 4th Infantry.
Dear Folks: / am now in the re
!ceipt of your letter of November II
which l guess you have not forgotten
is MY birthday. The armistics was
signed on my birthday and l never
even thought of that until l received
YOUR letter. I am now in Germany and
have hiked up the river Rhine fol
about so or more miles and we are
glad of the rest which we are now go
ing to get. I have the honor OF say
ing that / was one of the Americans
who were the first to see the Rhine
We came through Coblenz yesterday
December 16, and that was the only
town that reminded me of the States
which are so dear to me and which
am glad to say that l have done my
bit to protect from perhaps their down
/ fall, and will always be willing to pro-
j tect at all time ANYWAY you remem-
Der how I was discouraged when
said was going to enlist. Now the
BOYS talked to me and said / was
crazy to say that was going to enlist
! but I have not regretted a moment be-
! ing in the army. Of course you know
. there are some things don't like to
do, such as hiking and carrying packs,
but it is good stuff, believe me.
After all / have seen things that l
never would have seen had I not been
with Uncle Sam and his brave soldiers
who have done such great work in
such short time.
Say, but you ought to see how the
German people treat US since we have
been in Germany. They treat US fine,
they can't do enough for US. We are
all much surprised at the treatment
we get. hope we will soon be back
in the dear old U. S. A. where We can
get something to satisfy our sweet
tooth. Don't forget the fatted calf.
I have told you l would tell you
! what division am in when l could,
and that we can now write anything
we want to. I am in the 3rd division
and am proud of it as have been with
the division through the hardest bat
ties of the whole four years of war.
I have not heard anything or seen
anything more of Callie Duncan or
Odell Burton I don't know whether
they are dead or not.
/ have hiked up and down noun
tains but the only one that got my
goat was on CT about the 9Th or 7th OF
December. You could see town
about 500 yards away and you had to
walk about five or six kilometres,
which would be about four miles and
you could see the town all the time.
You just go round and round until
you get. to the bottom and that was
just before we reached the city of
Bacharach, Germany, and that is
where / first saw the river Rhine. /
have sent you some post cards of Ger
vessel, the first town On the Rhine in
which l spent the night. Gee whiz,
you ought to- see the mountains we
have climbed since November II to get
into this place. where we are now.
We are at present at Plaidt, Germany,
which is about eight miles out of Cob
lenz, Germany. 1t has small noun
tains and hills around it but nothing
like Oberwesel.
Well, will say 1 can tell you lot
about those cards if you will keep
them until | get home Tell all the
kiddies to be good until get home.
l don't think it will be long before l
get back to the States. They are all
as anxious to get back as they were to
get over here So l hope it won't be
long until we start back. From what
can learn-but that has nothing to
do with saving up chocolate r0r the
4th of July, 1919, for I am positive l
will be home by that time.
l guess you have been uneasy about
me not writing but we couldn't write
/ as we have been on the, ,go and they
could not accept any mail in the COM
pany for it would not get off, so that
! is why you did not hear SO often but
now you will get at least one week
until we start moving again. You
must continue to write at least one a
week until l get back to the States.
| Your true blue son,
Corporal Arthur Stribble.
| Corporal Stribble in subsequent
letter tells his mother he was slightly