Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 260, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 November 1918 — PRIVATE CHARLES C. KISER. [ARTICLE]

PRIVATE CHARLES C. KISER.

Private Charles C. Kiser writes to his mother, Mrs. Sadie Galbraith, as follows: Dearest Mother:— Well, hfere I am fiale and hardy. Have not been sick an hour All the way across, but some of the boys are all in. Our Top Kick has been sick all the way over. Guess his toughness must be from the mouth out. This old boat is a regular duck. Goes over the bounding main like a sea gull. I never wish to be a sailor. This trip will be enough for me. I can walk a hundred miles, but I can’t swim it. The waves are still today. Not rolling very high. The names of this old sea craft is—(Here the censor used the knife). X)h, say! did you hear that the Germans want peace? Why of course you did. I guess, maybe it might be a mistake. For the world’s sake I hope it is true, but for my sake I would just as soon let it go on for a while. I want to kick somebody over the moon. I have been in two years almost and have not been in a scrap yet. Oh, mother, that last week at Camp Mills was a busy time for me. I was gone every night. One Sunday morning I failed to get up and the Top Kick told me to stay in the company street while we were in Camp Mills. Well, of course I did. My last week in the States and “me”" stay in. He should have said “stay out.” Well, maybe some day in the. near future I will be my .own boss once more. (Here the censor took another big chunk out of the letter.) Sad, sad news. You knew David I. Burns, from Goodland. He died day before yesterday >at sea. Poor old Dave, he certainly was a dandy fellow. * ♦ * * * * I have seen four whales and lots of sword fish on this big pond. The sword fish are sure wonderfully interesting subjects to study. They look like a Poland China hog, and they jump up way out of the water. (Here the knife is used by the censor again and freely). Tell everybody I know, hello* and that some day I’ll be back behind the grocery counter or picking flowers from Century plants. Yours in bunches, loving son, CHARLES C. KISER. Headquarters Co., 137 Field Artillery,. American Expeditionary Force, via New York. Censored by C. C. Bassett, Capt, 137th F. A.

Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Dexter received a telegram Monday announcing the arrival of a son in the home of Mt. and Mrs. R. F. Armstrong, North Hampton, Mass. Mrs. Armstrong was before her marriage Miss Josie Dexter. ’

Mrs. B. E Beagley left this morning for her home in Louisville, Ky., after a visit with her parents, Attorney and Mtb.« W. E. Harry, of Brook. Mrs. Beagley’s brother, Sergeant-Ma-jor G. J. Harry, has been very in with the “flu” at Cam Travis, but is now improving.