Hammond Times, Volume 7, Number 34, Hammond, Lake County, 24 August 1918 — Page 3

August 24? 1918.

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LETTERS FROM SOLDIERS

From Corporal Miller. Ease Hospital Xo. 30. Dearest Mm her and A'.l at tlrif'Sth. Ind.: It has been several days suite I last wrote but will so this A. 31. Have been In this place about a woek, now am elright and expeit t go back most any Time now. Have hart trouble with my es, that's the reason I'm hero. They are gome better at present, but the ision of my left eye is pretty bum. Have i ot seen Chuck t'or p.bout a month now hut when I !a;,t saw him he w?.3 in the best of health. The lat-t I heard of htm was from one of his fellows also here in the hospital, but ho say? Chuck was Irs the best of spirits and health when he left him. This mro Is a fine, place, seir.e very fine scenery o be seen. It is a summer resort, but nil th hotels ere turned into hospitals end ar ued by th Americans. Have eny more of the fellows left yet? In the fast mail from home yave names of Quite a few that had left. It's fur.r.v cf all those that enlisted when w& did. very few have left the States. Had a letter from Father Berg: in last ma!!. How is he? Will write him socn. Suppose a!! sre g'ad the way thins. r go'.ng. and all anxious to cet the latest edition of tha different papers to see what further progress is be!::g made. All the wounded here at the ih spltal are in good 6pirita and want to go back and take another vhack at those devils. ! I car. fro back poor, ca I fee feel ! ! pretty (rood row -with the exception of ray eye. I am all fit again. Has Justlon been out lately? Had a letter frcm him i short time ago. saying he was going To try end enlist again. Did ""? How are all? Hope ail In good health. Will close cow, with love to all. Tctir son. i.. CRPIj- w. r. MILLEH, Co. B. 6th V. 8. Enss.. ";" : American 23. F., Franc. From Howard Bybee. To. Mr. unfi Mrs. Charles Pee.. Hanimond. from their nephew. Howard By- I ! be. of th "35th Remount Squadron, Carr.p Johnston, Jacksonville, B'la. Dee-r Aunt and Uncle: Trn. I am at Camp Jobs ton. Fla.. now 1a the pleld Remount Squadron "S3. I cm In a tent with five ether fellows that came with me from Kentucky. There were one hundred others that Iu:sili came here the sama time four of them are with me Z rvi FOR PERSONAL HYGIENE DiaaolTed in water fcr doucbss stops pekic catarrh, ulceration and inflammation. Recommended by Lydia E. Pinkham Med. Co, for tea year. A healing wonder for natal catarrh, ore throat and sore eyes. Economical. d&male rre. y'r. u rruggiiu. or postpaid by a HUM mm Before Purchasing1 60 per cent le-s fuel producing 100 per oemt more heat. Burns , any kind of fusl. Bottom of air . ehsraber cohered with vaier. iMoiatena the a!r. prps?i'eB 'health and sanitation. Sr-Ua on mprrif. not In rnmnolilnn pi 1 'JL j m j "& h&sX la loet in basement nor tip g tie flue. Simple to lats,il. Easy p)to epwrtte. War.na your home !a cEe-teTKb. th time of eVam, hot 3 Vaster or old style furnace. One J! reSiSter plpelees eystera. IStsrsiiard Heating Co. J. TIETLEMAN. H g Agents Wanted. g 3218 Block Ave.. Indiana Harbor, Indiana. fc DR. ROB'T J. CARROLL PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. 155 State St., Hammond, Ind. Phone 3419. GIVE MY OWN MEDICINES.

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us all up. Our mess hall here is made out of trees and palm leave?. Just the same as if a person was going camping and they cut down trees to build everything. Even got a tree to sit on when we eat, and wo eat out of our mess kits now. "We have drilled Tory day a!! day ncs I have been heru on foot, but we ir" all eoins to be mounti Our sad-lies i when we j grt to France. spurs and everything are here. We have cavalry drill dismounted, for

p3 ! it would be t"o hot for a horse to drill fSjall day here in the. sun. The sun frets

hot that it burns through my shoea m wet with sweat most of the Tlr;l.,. The way they talk here we will leave for Franca in a week or two, but I should wniry, for when It comes my same as if I were in France. Most a" of the trees here are pine trees and they eay tint there is an oranse grove three miles from here. We are 11 miles from Jacksonville and 23 mile from the court. I haven't time to write much, for by the time the dav'a work is done It is dark and no l'ifh'a to write bv. so guess I will close for this time. HOWARD. From Ralph James. The following letter was received by Mrs. Catherine James. 203 Hoffman s-treet. from her son: Somewhere in France, July 30, 1915. My Dear Mother: At last I have found time to write you a few lines. I am enjoying tha best of health and hop you and the rest nre doinit the sume. Well, mother, I have had my ' throw" at the Huns. I was up on the nrlnj I lino for a few daj s and I had tiio p-leas-! ure of "jjoinK over the top" twice in one dav. The fellows were all singr'ng- and iokinjr -when we went over. I would like to tell you mm of my experiences out in "No Man's Land," but

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and repricing and economy. I am not allowed to. It certainly makes a fellow have a queer feeling crawling out there '. tie a snake looking for n shell hole to crawl into, We are getting the best of food now end we sura "dig in at it" when "chow" call sounds. Is Bil! still down in Texas. It's funny his outfit don't come over here. I haven't heard from him since I've been here. Charley Blaemlre wrote me a couple of letters and In his last one he told me that he had received a "war cross" for bravery. He said he would corne over and se mo sometime. Mother, dear. I wieh you and the rest would write me every day and if you see any of my old boy friends tell them to drop me a card, because it makes a , fellow feel great when he gets a Utter from home. I started to writs poetry and am sendin? you on of my samples: We belong- to Co. F of the fighting fiftynine. "When our captain receives his orders we are wanted on the firing line; We packed our clothes together. and shouldered our rifles, too. For we were off to show the Huns what "Fiitrhtintr F" could do. We marched that night and all next day without a bite to eat. Then we arrived in a little village where the Huns made their retreat. Well, it's about time for "chow," so will close with lots of love and kisses to ycu all. Your son. SGT. DAVID R. JAMES. Co. F. 8 3th Inf.. A. E. F. France, via -New York. A. F. O. 746. From Sergt. J. Koch. From Sergeant John Koch, Co. J. 35th Engineers. A. E. F., to his mother. Mrs. William Koch, 240 Conkey aenue, Hammond : T.r Rochello, France, July 30, 1918 Dear Mother: Received your letter and was very glad you wrote. I am well and hoping you are th same. I have received the chewing tobacco and also the package with the B. V. D.s and I thank you verv much. Gee. but it's a great comfort to wear such underwear and to chew some scrap once more. 1 have read In one of the. papers here about that wreck In Hammond and I f,tiess it was something terrible. I wifih you would save all the eld Bake County Times and send them to me so I can read a little about Hammond and so on. The weather out here is very hot and we are only too glad when It rains so we can get a little cooler. Last Saturday all the boys from Hammcnd got their pictures taken in one of the big parka and I will send you one as soon a3 I get one. Did you ever get that big picture we had taken in Camp Grant? You never wrote and told me whether you received It or not I am sending Helen a souvenir. I wish you would tell Pa to have his and your picture taken in hla r.aw ma- ) chine. I would like to see what It look3 j like. Leo is Just sixty miles away from j me. but there is no chance to get to see j him. but maybe he will get a chance to sea me. The boys are doing remarkabla work over here and by the looks of things we surely must be stepping on the Hun. The scenary out here is very different from the States. All the houses are built from stone and you cannot see any wooden hou3e here at all, and on market day you can see big fat women about twice as big B3 the two-wheeled cart they ride In with a little Jackass hitched to it. Gee. you laugh like anything when you see them coming. The girls are much like the American girls, but they cannot speak the language and they dress all the same except a few of the farmers they still wear the wooden shoes and the old fctyle dresses. Well, Ma, I guess I will close for this time, hoping to hear from you soon. I remain Your son, j .JOHN. P. S. Send me some of the latest songs when you send the papers. From W. Schmieser. Written by Private Wm. Schm'eser,

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13th Engineers, Co. 1. A. P. E. F. France, to his sister. Miss Rose Schultz. Lansing-. 111. Somewhere in France. July 2S, 1315. Df a r S : s t e r : ! Being- it's Sunday morning and have :

r.otr.mg to do, I will drop you a few boats attempted a rcouting tour in the. lines. I am feeling tine ami hope you neighborhood of Xju nkerque early yesare the same. Haw is 'Walter getting J terday morning and were driven off. 'he along? Did Dad go back to the brick- ', admiral" ennounc-d todey. One motor yiir.1 or i.s he working for Frank? ,r- ' houl i believed to have teen destro-.cd. all the yards running? I puppvse they j Ther were no British casualties, are short on men. It is raining here '

now and the rain is cold, lust m ehow- j ers. ! How is everything In town? Say. Sister, when you write to Anna tell her I I said she had my wrist w-.t-.h lixed and S i instead of se lint: it to me the should j send it to you. I wot one letter the lMh j of July. It we..i sent Irorn Csrap Mer- J rltt when I was last staH.aied in tiio ; I.", iv A. I don't know how long it takes j for a !t?er to get here, but please just j don't forget to write, Sister, and I will j writ-i as often as I havo time. i Give my best regards to Mary and j tell her I didn't hear or see anything i I of Ed yet. i i Say, Sis. send me his address, will you. j so I can try and locate him? I haven't j seen any of the boys from home yet. i I am with lots of boys from Hammond. South Chicago and Blue Island. They are all fine boys. too. We are sleeping1 in tents and get lots of fresh air, what I mean. Sometimes when It rains our clothes sure do get wet, but that's nothing. Just so long as you don't wake and find yourself floating around in the water. I slept out in the. street ore night. We ytc. moved from one. town to another, tnd wh-n we lnnd-d it was dark and no one there to meet us. sc that was a'l we could do. A person gets used to it. It's all in army life. It's a gay life if you don't weaken Well, Pis, I haven't any more to write so I'll elose for this time. Give best regards to ail. With love. From brother, BILL. i O G . 1 '.- ?C twU.AA.&a W VAi campaign tae time to explain it to them and enlist them in the War Savers army before June 28. Do that much for Uncle Sam. TEL Columbia Avenue Hammond. Ind. N 3-7 TO 1 US5NESS

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RATES REASONABLE Preference given men employed by the Standard Steel Car Co. Inquire of Mr. A. M. Voigt Manager at Hotel.

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1 . I j.'J.xvj.w W2i X &JKJ u Tin u , i . T''TED Fp.css Cablegram -". Am. H. German rr.utor BRITISH CASUALTIES DURING- WEEK rCviTEr Pr?;s? C!ST.eoRAM.1 . AujT lists as f 1.-1 Iiritish casualties ub!;hed during the in ofTic:a! week were Of.'li.e.-S, Men. ?.:- Total, i'.o Are you a War Saver? A ROW Or (S) HEROES w are jririn c three? ch-er for the Khaki let's yive at ;ory for the Gingham. Canning and Drylns; vegetables and fruits will help win tha war, according to the National War Garden Commission, Waahinjftn, D. C. Instruction book free or Z cents to pay postage. Wh

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The weather for hauling is ideal. The time is ripe and the reason logical. The Fuel Administration advises the public to buy is favorable to fill the Home bunkers at this time.

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