Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 291, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 December 1918 — LETTER FROM ARCHITECT COEN [ARTICLE]

LETTER FROM ARCHITECT COEN

The following letter is from Captain A. Wasson Coen, grandson of Mrs. J. M. Wasson, of this city. Captain Coen was the architect of the county hospital building, the First National Bank and the remodeled Tririt & Savings Bank building, also the residence of C. W. Eger on College avenue. *’ France, Nov. 20, 1918. Mt, Louis H. Hamilton, Rensselaer, Indiana. Dear Mr. Hamilton:— Have been intending to write a little note to you ever since my arrival in France, but the day’s duties take up considerable <tim§, and you’re usually ready for bed about taps, and the letter writing does not get done. Father forwards the Rensselaer papers to me, and I am quite interested in seeing what goes on thereabouts. I saw where Fred had been wounded, but was doing well in a London hospital. I sincerely hope that he gets through in good shape. He has certainly done more than his share in this little scrap. I hope that he gets a commission in our army before it is over, for he really deserves it. When you write Col. Healey I wish you would tell him that Pm on the same job as he. I can understand the reason for his intense interest in the army for so long. It is certainly very interesting work, and demands the utmost tof every man; but, there is much to be gained. Please remember me very kindly to the men I was associated with in my work at Rensselaer. My regards to you. Very sincerely, CAPTAIN ALBAN W. COEN. Co. L, 809th Pioneer Infantry, A. E. F., via New York.