Jasper County Democrat, Volume 21, Number 101, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 March 1919 — YEOMAN PEFLEY ENJOYS TRIP [ARTICLE]

YEOMAN PEFLEY ENJOYS TRIP

To France During Which His Ship Touched the Azores. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Pefiey received a nice letter Monday from their son Hildred, who is a yeoman to the captain on the U. 8. battle' ship New Jersey, The letter was written on board ship Friday and mailed Saturday at Newport News. His ship, which Is now engaged In transport work, had Just returned from an overseas trip in which they touched at the Azores, Isle of Fraga), where, be says, he went on shore and picked ripe oranges right off the trees. He enpoyed the trip very much. At Brest, France, he saw many German prisoners working under guard about the wharf and fro-m one of them he secured a German dollar which he is going to send home. He also saw lots of German “subs” In the harbor there, which had been surrendered since the armistice.

He says that relatives of soldiers should not worry because they do not hear from the boys over there more frequently; that the -mail service is poor and things have moved so rapidly since the armistice was signed that it has been hard to keep up with them. The salt air agreee with him fine, he says, and he is feeling splendid and is getting fat. The r trip over and back took about a -month.