The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-01-20

Christmas package this morning and the
contents came in 0. X. condition. ] sure
am making good hse of the smokes, as
] had almost run out. 1t is hard to write
how | do appreciate each and every ar
ticle that the package contained.
am going to write you brief outline
from the time ] left Camp Logan up to
the present:
We 18th sanitary train left Camp Lo-
gan, Tex, about 4:30 p, m, on May Is,
1918, en- route for Camp Upton, N, Y.
There were many of the girls of the fell
lows who had become acquainted while
camped there to bid us good bye Some
Of the sights were very funny. On May
Ia, 1918, we crossed the Mississippi river
to Vicksburg on a big barge We stayed
there for nearly three hours, marched
through the town for a little exercise
and received great reception from peo-
pie, wishing us luck on our tourney.
The next big town was Memphis,
Tenn, May Is. After leaving Memphis,
we passed through land covered with
water for many miles. At Padueah, KY,
we took another little hike and received
another big reception. Central City, Ky,
was reached along in the afternoon of the
18th. About a. m. May 10 we passed
through Louisville, Ky, but did not stop.
1t was around o'clock of May 10 when
we struck Mount Vernon, Ind, and l had
pie for breakfast.
On our trip through Indiana we hit the
towns of Suryside, Lawrenceburg and
North Bend just before we hit Cincin-
natl, O., we crossed the Ohio river. We
arrived at Cincinnati about l0:30 a. m.
May H. Here we took another little.
hike.
After leaving here, we commenced to
hit real country The country around
Stockton, o., is sure great farming
country. Late in the afternoon of the
18th we passed through Dayton, O. At
Marion, O., we bought out the station
restaurant.
Meadyille, Pa, was reached about
a. m. May is. A little later we passed
the famous Chautauqua lake, where we
received a glad hand The factory girls
at jamestown, N. Y, gave us a great re-
ception as we passed through. At Cor
nell, N. Y, we paraded for a few hours
more for exercise than anything else
Got beaucoup reading material here. AT
Binghamton, N. Y, we liked Crossing
the Susquehanna river, we hit Susque-
hanna City, 1914 miles from New York
City3 stayed there all night, sidetracked
The next morning we hit Port Jarvis,
n. w. passing through part Of the Cat
skill mountains; great scenery. We hit
Jersey City late that afternoon. Wait,
ed here several hours for another troop
train TO get out of the way. From Jer-
sey City we took the ferry to Long
Island City and after an all nights ride
hit camp about a. m. May 10, 1918
We stayed at Camp Upton from May
10 until June 4, when we went aboard
the transport R. NJ. S. Mauretania at l0l
a. m. The Red Cross gave us hot coffee,
buns and smokes. We sailed from New
York at p. m. June T. The days at sea
were spent very enjoyably by some, but
by me very miserably, as | was sick most
of the time. On the 9th of June we
picked up our escort anC sub-destroyers
that guided us safely to the entrance of
Liverpool
We arrived at Liverpool England, june
ii. We unloaded and marched through /
a big crowd to the station; got a great
reception. Travelled all night TO Rom.
sey, England; daylight until IL p. m. |
We stayed in Romsey only a short time, |
leaving with full pack for Southampton, !
England lseven miles) Upon arriving
at Southampton docks, we were in !
formed that the boilers were out of com
so had to return to camp at
Southampton. y
We found during our stay at South
ampton that it had plenty of girls, so
time passed very well for some. We left /
for the docks again June Is aboard the +
bound for lie Havre,
France, which arrived about p. m, June
is, Here we stayed for two days The
grub was much better
| figured that from May 10 until June
Is we had travelled something like 500
miles Upon leaving lie Havre, June Is,
we travelled several days across France
and landed at Gerardnier June 20. ia
nous resort before the war. We were
then transported to Corcieux by truck,
where we trained until July Is.
After leaving here, we hit st. Die
(Vosgesl, where we were stationed for
some time. II was from this town that
| was sent to the trenches for the first
time and got my first experience under
shell FIRE, and Is days at that. 1t was
while / was in the trenches that part of
our division went over the top and cap
tured the town of Frappelle (Vosges
at 4:30 a. M, Aug l6.
On Aug. 90 we moved to Elays for a
little rest of 10 days. Aug 30 we moved
to Bremencourt for one night and next
lay hiked to st. German. Here we
stayed until Sept. s, eating plums by
The bushel Sept. found us at Vile st.
Etienne for few days, leaving here for
st. Jean, where we were located during