Hammond Times, Volume 13, Number 86, Hammond, Lake County, 20 September 1918 — Page 10
THE TIMES.
FnM a v. Roptomhor 20. 1018. Letters from Soldiers r Written to tho Homo Folks From This Side and tho Other Side of the Water.
A Letter from a Son to His Father ' - A- an1 liPd cross building, and are
within half a mile of a good town.
The Crown FYince whose army made l "glorious retreat" recently for "strategical reasons." has written this letter to his father, the Kaiser, explaining the situation on the battle front: On the Run Somewhere In France. -vugust 2 Times. P-ar Far: I am writing you on the run as the prav and glorious soldiers under my mramanj have not seer, the Rhine, for so lop tr that they have started that way. end .if course I am going- mit dem. Oh. 'ap. dere has been some oft'el dings ha pjoned here in France. First, I started in my bis offensive which was to crush the fool Americans, but dey know so little military tatclcs dat cley will not be smashed just like I want 'em. I sent my men In dey fight In big vanes, and when dey got to de Americans dey all said "Hoo" ; ; as loud as dey could holler. Veil, according to at you haf always told me, dey Ameri-
( ins should hive turned find run like i b;az s. Hut what you link? Di.ii fool I
Americans dcn't know unything about war, and instead of running de odder ay, dej come right towards us. Some of dem vs singing something about "ve inn't corce back till it's over over oVre.'" or som Ddder foolish song, and some of dem laiTr.g lik .fools. IV y are so ignorant. But dey ate off el reckless mit dere guns ard en dey come towards us it vas den dat my men took a notion dey anted to go back to de dear old Rhine. Ve don't like de little old dirty Marne river anyhow. Ami. oh. Pap. dem Aim ricnns use such oft'el language. Dey know r.othlnk of ku'tura. and say such oft'el dings right before us. And dey talk blasphemy. Vat you think dey said right In front cf my face? One big husky from a place dey call Kansas, he said. Oh. Fapa. I hate to toll you vat otYel ding he said but I can't help it. lie said. "To Hell mit der Kaiser." I didn't t!nk anybody would say such an oft'el tirg. It made me so mad. I wouldn't stand and hear such an oft'el dins, so I turned round and run ml; de odder beys. Vas I right, vat? And. oh. papa, you know dem breastplates vat you sent us; can you send some to put on our backs? Tou know- ve are going de odder vey. now. and breast plates are no good for the cowardly Americans are shooting us right in de back. Some oj our boys took off der breastplates and put 'em behind bu: de fool Americans are playir.g "De Star Spangled Banner" mit machine gur.s on dem pl.it-'E. Can't you help us. You remember in your sptceh you said nothing could stand before oe I. rave Gorman soldiers. Oh. Tap. I don't believe
dose ignorant Americans ever read -ur ; speech, for dey run aftr us just like , ve vast a lot of rabbits, vol you link of j Cat? Can't ou send some of your speeches right away. Dey don't know j how terrible ve are. Can't you move j my army back to Belgium ver ve von all our glory? My men can vip all d-; vim- (
men an", children dat de Belgians bring up. But de Americans are so rough pnd ignorant. Ve can t make em understand dat ve are de greatest soldiers on earth and ven ve try to sing "Deutchland leber Alles" dey laugh like a lot of monkeys. But ve are getting de best of de Americans. Ve can outrun tiem. Tapa If ve are not de best fighters on earth ve are sure de best runners. Nobody can keep up mit us ven ve tink of der dear old Rhine, and my army never dij tink so much e? dot dear eld river. Let me know right a . ay what to do by return postoffice. "Crown Prince Willie." (Tsken from Th? Neodtsha Register. Kansas).
Our T. M. C. A. is run by a man and his wife, and there are two other women connected with the work also. They certainly are doing a wonderful work and command the respect of everybody. Received your letters of July 4th. 7th and Hth all last week, and felt I'd really gotten some news from home, which helps mightily, I can tell you. "Was especially interested about Louie Harkrn rider. Sunday 50 per cent of the regiment went to a nearby city, where I saw an oli anipltheatre of ancient gladiatorial combats, the remains of a church built C'0 B. C. and many other interesting places. The streets are mostly narrow and winding. I explored an ancient castle near here from which belted knights rode out of to fight the Huns from the north just as we are doing today, only I think this time it won't be Rome that falls. We got paid yesterday and now I'm the possessor of 15s Hres. Eight lires make a dollar in our money, so you see I'm practically "independent:" Will write more Sunday. Best love. STANLEY. Cpl. Stanley r. I.-vfn. Co. A. 332nd Inf.. A. E. F.. Italy. A. T. O. 30 1.
i'rom Alfred Hilbrich. To John Hilbrich of S76 Michigan avenue rrom his son. Alfred Hilbrich. Battery E. 5 4th Artillery. C. O. C. A. E. F.. A. F. O.T13. Fiance. Aug. 16, 131S. Dear Father: .lust a few lines to tell you that I am still feeling fine and dandy, and hope you are all the same. Well. pa. I sure have had some experience since I left the States and I guess I will have quite a few more before I get back, which I don't think will be long. How is ma. Marie and Leola all well and happy, I hope. How is the weather at home? It sure is hot here. A fellow just about roasts around here. It is warm in the day and chilly at night. Well. pa. what do vu think of the last drive the allies made? They sure drove the Germans back, didn't they? I am beginning to think that we got them on the run. This sure is a rretty country, but there isn't any place like old U. S. A. They sure like an American soldier over here, for we sure are treated fine by the French people. It is sure funny for one of us talking to a Frenchman and trying to make him understand English and him talking French trying to make us understand it. Sure is comical, both talking and neither one knows what the other is saying. Well, ra, how is your business? I hope good. How- Is Uncle Matt Howard and the rest of the folks getting along? Alright I hope. Give them all my regards. I guess I will have to fcloso for this time, as I have run out of news, but hope to do better the next time, so will close with best regards to all. Ycur son, ALFRED. Alfred Hilbrich, Battery E. 54th Artillery. C. O. C, A. E. F., France, A. r. O. 713.
From Edward J. Weinand.
From Stanley Irvin. Written to his sistr, Mrs. A
Lightfoot, Griffith, Ind. Somewhere in Italy. Dear Folks: Have been quite busy for several days. tut am taking this opportunity to tell you I am somewhere in Italy now. Left our old place Friday night, arriving here Sunday night, having had two days of leisurely travel through the Alps. We rurely had a wonderful trip and saw more of Europe in those two days than we had seen in all the time before. The Alps are all you read of them. It's very hot here now, but even at that many of the peaks are covered with scow. They rise straight up, ba-o rock without a sign of vegetation for hundreds of feet or perhaps they will have a more gentle slope and in that case they'll be cultivated clear to the edge of the rock higher than you'd think
human beings could live. The most in- j teresting thing of all to me. though was I the ruins of ancient castles. Every few j miles we would see these, situated on some commanding hill with a village beside, them the same village probably that held the Knights Vassals back in j the Dark Agijs. For a few days after! arriving here we were billited in a j church and the Inscriptions on the floor
fh"wed that people had been buried there as long ago as 17G5. We could look from our door and see the mountains 40 or 50 miles away. Since then we have changed our quarters and now I'm in a tent. We are very comfortably fixed have a Y. M.
Somewhere In France, Aug. 1313. Dear Folks: Arrived sometime ago, but have been almost unable to write because the mail ).?s been held up by the censor and was not b?ing sent out. Well, I arrived safe across the ocean. I suppose you have been wondering what had become of me. I am feeling fine and in good health. I enjoyed my trip across the sea very much, as I was not seasick. We were not troubled with any submarines as we were well protected by submarine destroyers and battleships. One mine was sighted and blown up by our destroyer. I am now in France on detached service. Expect to make a trip to the battlefront this week on a special duty, which will be about a day. Things look very bright over here for us now. for we have the Germans on the run and they are retreating every day. We are. gaining ground steadily. A lot of Germans are captured, chained right
to the cannons to make them fight. This is an nctual fact. They are so tired of v-ar and do not want to light. I have talked to several German prisoners. They say they are glad to be made captive as they are tired of fighting. France is a very retty country, as nice
as any land I have ever traveled over. England is also very pretty. I have traveled over a great part of these two countries since I have been over here. The people of France are very friendly.
American people ana soldiers are very well liked by them. In other words, we j are right at home with them. How is everything at home? I expect j
i.aA same as always. wen. i am very i
tired. I must be closing, hoping this letter finds you all in good health. Rest regards to you all. ED.
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From J. C. Schoon. Camp A. A. Humphreys, Sept. li. Dear Friend: I will write a .few lines as I received your letter yesterday. I am in the best of heai..i and hope this reaches you all the same. I have been kept busy lately as I Was in the kitchen six days washing dishes, sweeping the floor and other work, "ion may know how it Is for a fellow to work in the kitchen. We work
ed from six in the, morning till about eight at night. V.'e strvj three days but I was lucky to be put on two shifts. I am out drilling again and will take pas
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what ve are lighting for in about six months. ricase excuse this writing, for this uas written on my knee in the trenches, but a letter of any kind is better than nothing-. Ooi 'protect you all. With love. Your son. JOE DELI?IMO.VOE. Co. M. 100th Ind.. A. E. F.
drill this afternoon. The other fellows were in the ftns room yesterday and took their gas masks off and thfti w ilk -d out into the open air. They say it is r.'t bad if you can get your mask on Quick enough. They will not allow nnvone to go in unless he can put his mask on in six seconds. That sounds like a short time but it only takes one breith of gas to kill you. One takes effect risht away. The other one dors not effect you for about two or three works after getting passed. The third is only a tear gas and make the tears run out of the eyes so that you cannot see anything. We hae to go there for seven days before v. e art fit to be sent over. We will not be sent over seas before the first of October. We have not had overseas examination yet but expect it
soon. I only wish they would hurry it j ft A "f'l'ff "f" o littlr- f!-,r send US Over. I V.'J T O Vt W J
My news is about ail. so I think . jt'.
I will close with my regards to all. I T remain nn old f rien i. I
PVTE. JACOB C. SCIIOOX. j IV
Co. I, 3rd Eng. Tr. Keg..
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Christmas. A person don't realize wha
home is until he gets here in France
What do you think abcut that
drive we made? We certainly will give;
these Germans hell while we are her".
How is mother and father? I hepe
that this war don't bother them nw'h. j We w ill be together soon. It w ill be a j
moment of our lives when I come home.
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