Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 January 1919 — INTERESTING LETTER FROM JOHN MOORE [ARTICLE]

INTERESTING LETTER FROM JOHN MOORE

Grevenmacher, Luxemburg, December 19, 1918. Dear Mother and AU:— Well, I made" my second trip into Germany 'today. We were put into the army of occupation some ten days ago and started for Germany. But when we got this far we were ordered to halt. We were transferred back into the.second army of reserve. We are just across the river from German territory. I walked over the bridge Monday morning and entered Germany, just to say I was there. Today I was in the city of Trier. The French call it Treves. I in after a load of gasoline and oil. The city itself is quite a historical place, made so by former wars. The people living in this city seemed to be in pretty good shape, so far as clothes went. The women were well dressed, especially the girls. They seemed almost human (American.) • On our trip toward Lorraine the through the city of Luxembourg. It certainly is a beautiful city, the most beautiful city I have seen in this country. Of course, you know Luxemburg was not in the war, so naturally it is not destroyed in any way. O nour trip Reward Lorraine the people certainly treated us royally. They sent their children down town to get the soldiers to come and stay at their hbuses. I got into a German family. They had a son 18 years old who is in the German army. However, they treated me swell. I couldn’t ask for better treatment any place. I had the swellest little girl friend in the town of Oettinger. She was six years old and had snow white hair. Her first name was Matilda. I wanted to bring her home with me but her mother told me she couldn’t do without her. Hoping this finds you all in the best of health, even as good as mine, I’ll close with love to all and hoping to see you before next Xmas (1919). Your loving son, JOHN.