Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 150, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 July 1918 — Stanley Brusnahan Writes of Trip Over. [ARTICLE]

Stanley Brusnahan Writes of Trip Over.

Mt. and Mrs. S. A. Brusnahan of paar Parr have received letter from their son Stanley, who sailed about a month ago for the war zone. The letters follow: En Route. Dear Folks:— , , . Am getting near the end of the journety across the ‘'pond.” - The man that called it a pond, though, is badly mistaken. I wrote a longer letter a few days ago but am going to condense it on this 'page. Next day after I wrote my last card from camp we walked the gang plank. Jim didn’t leave with me. We have had a wonderful trip thus far with a calm sea for the most part. It was father rough the third and fourth day out and about a third of the bunch got seasick. Some were very sick, and looked sicker. I fared very well though and didn’t get at all sick. Fortyeight hours of incessant rocking did not affect my stomach. Some stomach, eh? Went to mass Sunday. Can you imagine a pile of rafts for an altar and all in attendance wearing life belts? Life belts are beginning to seem likb a part of our clothing. Sea lions, a whale and several schools of fish have been seen en route. There was also some sort of water fowl all along the route. Reading, singing and playing cards has been our chief pastime. There were plenty of books furnished us by the Red Cross. Perhaps we (haven’t traveled as comfortably as we did on our last trip, but I have enjoyed it very much just the same. I could write a .volume easier than a few lines but won’t trouble the censor with it. Am feeling fine and have felt that way during the entire trip. STAN. Somewhere in England, June 9, 1918. Dear Folks: — The voyage is over all but the after effects. It was a very interesting trip but uneventful and tiresome. Nothing to do all the way but nevertheless we were a tired bunch when we landed. Our boat arrived at port one evening and we unloaded next morning. We had reveille quite early and most of the bunch sang until then. I think I slept about an hour. After unloading we entrained for camp. The train trip was certainly fine. I saw some of the most beautiful scenery in the world. I newer saw such grazing field?. The bluegrass was knee high. Hundreds of Shorthorn cattle I. saw froftu the train. There are many odd things to be seen' here. The street cars are “two story’’ and the railroad coaches are in small compartments. The freight cars reminded me of a “push car” with a box on it We have had lots of laughs making purchases with English money. 1 know it pretty well now. Pennies are very numerous and also conspicuous, for they are as large as a half dollar. Am ifeeling fine; will write when I can, but, of course, you’ll get my letters irregularly. Must close for this time. With lots of love, I am CORP. STANILUS S. BRUSNAHAN, 18th Prov. Ord. Depot Co., American Expeditionary Forces, O. D. N. A., via New York City.