Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1919-02-14
1t. STAPLETON
CABLES HE'S OFF
TO SEE EUROPE

france, SPAN ana italy"
This was the substance of a cable
gram received yesterday by Lawson
Stapleton from his son, Lieut.. Frank
Stapleton. who is in France. A letter
received from him a few days ago
stated that he was expecting to get
leave of absence shortly and would get
to see some of France, at least.
Lieut. Stapleton is detailed in
charge of Army Park No. IA, Racey
sur Ourc, Cote dor. His letter, writ
ten January II, follows in part:
well, my cable address is care 9Th
Division Hdqrs France, or Army
Park No IA. Racey sur Ourc Cote dor.
! am present detached from my divis-
ion and under orders of the 1st Army.
The depot have charge of handles ev-
erything from needles to freight cars
and it keeps me on the go all the
time | had a card from Walter Ry~
lander the other day. He is in Cob
LEM. Germany, with a motor truck out
fit, which is a good many miles from
me. l am going on leave shortly
and will visit Nice, France and see
something besides work This is
beautiful country to tour, but not TO
work in. l myself want to get back
home, but there are thousands of
others that want to remain in the
service and stay over. Some of them
are making more money than they ever
made before and they are quite con-
tent, but it doesn't appeal to me. 1t
was all right when the war was on
and exciting things were happening,
but now things are dull and it is the
same thing each day with the excep-
ton of American special trains arriv-
ing each day and bunch of negroes
unloading them.
my relations here just now are very
pleasant. l detailed negro orderly
to make up my bed and clean my
boots. He is from Arkansas and a
true Southern negro He reminds me
much of Bully have two lieutenants
assistants, and they relieve me from a
great deal of work. One of them es-
pecially, who is very competent man.
rs the flu still raging in the States?
We haven't had much of it here late
ly. The 18th division is slated to re-
turn home shortly and George Clark
is in it. l heard the other day that
they would be detained, owing to the
epidemic of typhoid fever which they
have lots of.
TT is very amusing job to deal
with the French; they are so nervous
and when the American trains come
in with the American crews and switch
the cars they all stand around with
their mouths wide open.
II went over to the SIND Division
the other day and saw bunch of my
old friends. l was in the Sind for a
while and it brought back old memo
ries to see so many of the boys. but
most of them have been bumped off.
They suffered a gerat may casualties.
By the way has Hollis Lanier returned
home? heard the other day that he
had. 1t certainly does make one home
sick to see where other boys have
gone home and we are still sticking it
out. l never knew what home was
before.
81 heard from Bob Heath the other
day. He is only few miles from
me and l requested his transfer to my
office, but it was turned down. You
remember Bob Heath from Leesburg,
Ga, ran the drug store there-not the
one from Camilla. Write me some
thing about Jno. Taylor, Arthur Ry-
lander and that young bunch. Have
any of them ever gotten over. l wrote
mother to give me Boozie Turpin's ad-
dress. l want to write the boy. He
has certainly been through H, if he
is still alive. He was in the fighting
42nd Division when he left the States
and were alongside of us through the
Argonne fight.
az wouldn't take a thousand dollars
for my experiences, and | have had
some. My division didn't get so much
credit for what they did but they
were there and always ready. We
couldn't catch the Germans north OF
Grandpre when the rest of the division
there had motor trucks and were after
them and we we're walking. The 1st
Division sent a party of men and cap
tured Gen. Douglas Macarthur, of the
Add through jealousy alone. just to
get into Sedan ahead of the AID When