Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 191, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 August 1918 — PRIVATE ARTHUR KENNEDY WRITES HOME [ARTICLE]

PRIVATE ARTHUR KENNEDY WRITES HOME

Somewhere in France, AUg. 1, 1918. Hello Chet:— 1 Will drop you a line or two and let you know we are still alive, and that the Germans have not got us yet. But they are going to have a chance npw pretty soon. The war is sure not anything like we had on the border in Texas. I should say not. We are seeing more sights than we saw in Texas. I wish I could tell you about our trip across, and after we arrived here, but you know I cannot for good reasons. Tom and myself and Harry Beebe and Howard Speaks are all four together in the same regiment. We could not get into the same battery, on account of the fact that they had edough- We also have more of the boys from Rensselaer that you do not know 1 . We sure have seen some country. We put in most of our time traveling and have beep going ever since we came across. We are in a good barracks now, but do not expect to stay long. Do not know where we are going but we will be on our way pretty soon. None have been sick since we left. All have been in good health, We have been having good,weather over here. It has rained but twice since we. came across, and that was not much, just enough to settle the du«t. We dq not know when we will go to the front. Part of our division is up on the front now. Only wish we were there, too. Of course we will be if the war does not stop too soon. We do not look for 'it to last very much longer now, not over six months longer. The people over here are betting on it that way and I cannot see how it could last that long. All we can see here is American soldiers, French soldiers and German prisoners. We have a lot of them in the camp we are in now. The Germans are going back every day. Well, I only wish I could tell you more, but I cannot do it. We are drilling every day and we like our drills fine. They are nothing like the drills we had on the >order. It is more interesting to us to drill the way we do, now. We have two big Y. M. C. A.’s here in our camp and they have movies every other night ahd we have concerts every night and several other entertainments. We are all very well entertained over here, but nothing l ike the good old United States. I would not give Jasper county for the whole of Britain, though this country, cannot be beat for scenery, which is the prettiest I have ever seen in all my life. Will close for this time and will write again soon, so answer as soon as you receive this letter, as we have not recevied a letter since we came over here and we are very anxious to hear from you all. Your uncle, . PVT. ARTHUR KENNEDY. Battery D, J. 24 F. A., ‘American E. F., France.