Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1919-02-27

woman. I cannot say too much for
him and I feel his loss deeply, and Of
ten with the pitiful few of his COM
rades who are left we discuss him and
all are agreed that he was a man. l
in closing beg to offer the sincerest
sympathy of his comrades and Off
Gers"
Lt.Lee Petit Gay writes from France:
"Since we have not been so busy with
patients l have met some nice people
and have been swamPed with invita-
tions. Their dinners are wonderful
best cooking I ever tasted. The girls
all want to learn to dance the Ameri-
can way. My experience has been
that the Americans are the best dane
ers in the world. Lately l have seer
people from all parts dance, and
while they are enthusiastic, their tech
nique and execution is not all that
might be desired" Later he writes:
"To-day / 60 down to an engineers
camp to take the place of the M. o.
who is sick. I am a trif1e peevish
about it, for two days ago we closed
our hospital and yesterday heard we
would get a sailing date soon. How
ever, l hear that l will have a car at
my disposal, which makes it very
nice.n
Captain George Gay, of the Second
Cavalry, writes from Germany: II
told you of being late for a dinner n
gagement with Andrew Duncan. He
probably thinks that | am not trying
very hard to locate him, but l have
been all over Germany, parts of Rus
STA and Austria since then and am on
The way back to France. The head
quarters of the Second Cavalry have
been ordered back to Dombasle, in
France, and we are making it owe
land. 1t was very pleasant until to-
day, as the weather was good and we
were marching along the valleys of
the Rhine and Moselle. To-day it has
been very cold and we came in al
most frozen"
Private Archer Elmer Polk, M. R,
s., 3O1, M. T. s., writes on January
9th: "Last night we had u first
snow here that amounted to anything
about three inches. Tonight it is
warm and I suppose, as usual, will
snow before morning. I notice from
the clippings you sent me that Walter
Fisher is in the same branch of the
service that l ana very important
one over here at present, because
transportation is the biggest problem
! 1t means supplies to every man in
France, and we have hauled lots OF
troops, also. So az long as there is {
Yank in France there will be some M
T. @. men,
Lionel Hartzell, 10th F. A. Band
writes from Kelberg, Eifel, Germany
on January 18th: "We are getting
along fine and expect to be home by
next Christmas, maybe before. Tit
band is expecting to go to CoDlen!
for ten or fifteen days soon. The 1871
! has been relieved as army band a
Coblenz by some Fifth Division Band
and / think the 10th will relieve them
Each band in the Army of Occupa'
tion is expected to have a turn at thu
Job. | would like to visit Coblenz, bu
/ know it means work"
A card has been received from Wal
) ter Pruitt from Brest, saying he haI
E been assigned to a vessel and hopeI
) to get home before long.
! The following boys have receives
their honorable discharge and hav
) returned to their homes<
: Corporal Louis r. Miller, Batter
E, $3.50 Field Artillery, from Bordeaux
France-Arcadia.
. r. HI. Russell, M. q. Co., Goth In
i fantry, Camp Funston-Belleview.
Perry Miller, Battery F, 28th Ref
Field Artillery, Camp Funston-Dt
Arc.
: Jas. Young, Medical Corps, Attach
ment Guard, Fort Riley-Des Arc.
Herbert Seal, Battery 0, Goth O.
d o., engagements Sept. 18th, 26th, o.
y tober 12th-Des Arc.