Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 19, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 January 1919 — FROM EDWARD PEREGRINE. [ARTICLE]

FROM EDWARD PEREGRINE.

The following letter was received from Edward Peregrine (this Wednesday a. m. by a friend. Ed was reported killed in action but the fol lowing is proof that this was false: Neuenahr, Germany,. December 22, 1918. Dear Friend• ----- Received your letter of November 11th. Sure was glad to hear from you Well, you can tell the people that I am in Germany, living in town now. Not used to it but guess we will get by all right in a foreign This division is lin very close quarters now, especially the 150 Reg. 1 may get to see Edward Rose now. He is in the H. Q. company. I have not seen him lately but guess he is Ames is in the hospital now. It iyvas reported he had the nu. I don’t know how he is getting along but hope all right. t> . The war is 'over over here 'and we are only waiting for the time to come for us to return. We are very,

anxious for it to come. But if you knew how we f ought amid the fiercest of the battles, and the strain that has been on us boys you would think that we would ail ibe tired and worn out, but to the last moment we were eager to follow up the Huns. We had many hardships to go through with but now it don’t seem hard. —We are billeted in a very nice town and have everything as handy as one could expect. We have our ~ guns parked by the river and our horses are stabled in glass houses in a park. A hot spring is in the park. —We get wonderful baths, baths that people have paid lots of money to get. It is “hot mineral water.” This place is a summer resort for rich people. Our kitchen us in a hotel, and we have tables to set down to, though we are not used to it. It seems rather strange. See. Neuenahr is about 30 kilometers from Coibling or a few hours walk from the Rhine river. We can see the Rhine from a mountain close by. We are taking care of our horses and doling close order drill every day. The chaplain announced at the Y. last night that we would be on our way home not later than January 10, 1919. It is very encouraging to us. I will dose for this time, hoping you all have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Tell everybody hello for me. I remain, Your friend, PVT. EWD. PEREGRINE. P. -S.—Here are a couple of powder bags that I got while leaving the front. The Germans left these in the hasty retreat. I empti d the powder out of them. They regulate their charges by putting in or taking out these small bags of powder The armistice was signed Nov. 11 at 5:45. Hostilities ceased at 11 a. m. -