Hammond Times, Volume 13, Number 115, Hammond, Lake County, 24 October 1918 — Page 7

Thursday. October 24. 191S.

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Written to the Home Folks From This Side and the Other Side of the Water

From Irving Chayken. Frano. Sept. 0. 131S. 3ly Dear Parry: Your very interesting letter of August 15 readied mo today and gave rue much rl'-asure. I an assure you. On receipt of ..ur letter I at once started in to inquire of the Hammond boj s in my regiment, and also two other regiments ntar by as to their petting The Times.

I round out in each single instance that J

once in a month oit- or two of our boys et a fe- copies that are three to four

months ,"'ki and can say in my own case that while oti have been sending me j the papers regularly I have only (tot ten ! five copies thus far. The mail servi.-e is I getting to be a gre.it farce. Letters take!

their hoard, there is Just one cure forjllarle and a young fellow by tho name cooties" and that Is "Don't have 'cm." I of Turner who either lives on Indiana In my spare hours 1 have been trying ! avenue or Truman. They are all in to dope out a trap to rat eh them, and i the best of health and are looking twice after many a sleepless hour of worry?! as large as when 1 saw thetn in the I have devised the folowing plan: Go States. to any place in France, whether it Is ' I have also written Tom, Harry and high land or low hind, in the muddy Elmer but as yet I haven't heard from trenches or out of them, rain or shine. I any of them. There ate quite a few

take a new change of clothes and in the course of three to four minutes you will have the kaiser's young army roaming about your tender carcass. . All you have to do is to reach around In almost any place and catch one and with the courage of Daniel In the lion's den, crush him. Curses! While I have never beard Billy Sun-

more fellows from Hammond near here and just as soon as the fellows I have seen round them up they art coming on the ship to see me. I don't know but 1

From M. W. Roberts. To Mrs. H. W. Roberts, 15 Truman street, Hammond, from her on, Frivate M. -VV. ROBERTS, Battery D, 327 Field Artillery. A. E. F. On tho Ship. Dear Mother and All: Just a line to let yott know I am still on my way to help the. boys "over there." We have had good weather for the trip, only a little cool. Believe me, all the water Isn't In Lake Michigan; there is some here. Have seen flying fish and

expect to be home for Xmas for a few Ismail sharks pretty often.

; more days and then back to France J aciin. 1 was in Hammond the 20th of j July and in France Supt. 1st. I guss you can't beat that for speed. Ham-

ilnx- 1 A n, r.lrl thn4 T1IIK- Curwlai? tntn i mond SUTClv hftS SOTIie VPfV fllie lookin

s ,on slx woeKs reaching us. and! 'imrmvm la " , ,-, j soldiers, thev are surely a credit to the

greatest enemy, but take it from me, ; good old l S. A. I. A.. I know that the -cootie" is. and! Well, I hope the censor is a good feiif Billy ever comes over and follows up ' low and lets this letter go home all O. with the Red Triangle he will agree i K.. so I will close hoping I may hear

tn:y a fe.w weeks ago Congressman Isaac Sicel. vi ho wao in Paris, announced to our btave Yanks that our mail was to be speeded up and that letters from home would reach us in three weeks. No doubt Mr. Sicel was sincere in his intrr'.ions, but so far I have yet to run Bcrocs s. Utter that look only three v e .-k in reaching mn. end believe me I get osiough mail to take notice. V'e ver here are banking on f ou back

home to see that something is done to j hurry up our mail, and I believe that j V.'r.shin;jun can remedy the nasty bung- j

ling of mir mail service. The hews

jP-T can help a great deal, and a few j gr.nd sound editorials on this matter will j ri i bably help, and if it doesn't then the j boys over here will take things in their own hands. I appesl to you to write. to j Senators Xew and Watson, and if ever I a Hoosicr statesman has done something 1

gol d they con surely apply their old vim to the subject we are all so wrought up over. I am indeed glnd that The Times readers 1:1' my letters, end were it not for the strict censorship I could write you miny an Interesting; story, but so it goes. Correspondents are allowed to write whatever they wish, while those In active service are barred. Oh, it's great, hut why kik; it's all for the cause. You asked me to write a few lines on the soldiers' life. I think the following will go a long way in making a front pate display. I don't think there Is a

soldier who does not write home that the

' with me. I I am still using this Oerman statloni cry and must say that it Is fit for a ;king. Nothing more to write about at this time. Let me hear from you. P. A., whenever you find a few spare moments.

Many thanks for asking as to what I want and can say that a box of sweets

j will be welcome. Messrs. Marshall-

Field & Co. have a scheme whereby one can get a box of goodies through Enstend. Truly, CU.VtKEN'.

from you soon. Your loving son. WALT. Send my mall to 123 2Srd St., Newport News, Va.

From Bryant Smalley. To John I). Smaller from hi3 son, Bryant Smallev:

I Satbonny, Aln. Franca, Sept. iS. J Dear Dad: ! I received my nrst letter from you a j few days ago. I am In the French j School of Motor Transportation on Do-

p. s. Your letter of the 19th was the j tached Service and do not think we will third I have gotten from you. but I am! br! returned to the outfit we came over sure you have written more. I pent you j with. I am enclosing a few pictures of a helmet a month ago and you should ' us at work. I was not lucky enough to have received it by now. ! Pct in them but will send you some of X. B. Harry Jones, who enlisted with j myself later on. The cars in the plcthe original high school crowd and left' ture are called "tractors" over here and on that famous special for Ft. Wayne. ; a re four wheeled drives and are used to is recovering from his wounds received , haul or place big guns. The other Is in the recent battle. I. C. i 'he entire class of Franch and Ameri- . cans here for schooling. "We have about

finished our course of instruction here an dmost of us expect to leave very soon. There is plenty to learn about

jthe running of these tractors and the

placing of big guns and road signals.

From C. Bowman. The following letter is from a soldier; who was formerly a newsboy for the .

Gary Evening Times at Miller. Ind.

Somewhere in France, Sept. 28, 191S.

Editor Times: A few lines from a soldier hoy in

Closest friend tho average Yank has is i France who wants you to know of his;

! We are treated very good and everyone ) is working hard to get the full benefit

of the instructions. I am having some

goo dtimes along with the work here

the 'cootie." Some of tho boys fear the "coot" more than the brutal boche. and words alone cannot describe the ferocious animal. One has to he bitten by a "cootie" to nprrc-ciate his fine qualities. My use of the Hebrew, German. French and Polish languages are limited so I will try and de-scribe him in the plain "moma losshon." The "cootie" Is a small animal I. e. built like centipede, blessed with bulldog tenacity and full of vim and bukoo ambition. He builds his nest in the seams of your government issue O. D. end it takes a Morris Dobson warrant to find him. My Idea of indoor sports Is to sit up all night trying to catch him asleep. Of course you have been vaccinated at one time or another. Well, to describe him to Tho Times readers accurately you can imagine being vaccinated every two minutes for 24H hours a day. On account of the poor mall service we do not receive a great deal of reading matter, and I suppose we don't need it. ss it takes a bit of time to read our shirts. When a battle is over and the boys go in for a rest you will see all the boys sitting in the sun perusing th'ir wearing apparel up and down, inFHle and out. and waiting for some f Higgler to show himself. Some of our Yanks claim that they are shod on all four feet to enable them to get around more easily, and I've been thinking of advocating; hitching them to ammunition wagons and making them pay for

appreciation for the American Red j amJ it js a beautiful place.

Cross. After spending a lew lonesome Sunrlfly t went to Lyon on thirty months here the Red Cross started ' hour leave. It is "some" rlace. nearly hut where we have movies three times a as interesting as Paris. I was only week and all the music and entertain- tnere on a stop-over but It is a wonderment we want every night. The first , fu, c1ty j visited some of the places

movie 1 ever saw since i got on ine boat was last night and believe me it sure was nice. My reason for writing these lines is that I hope you will print them and boost the Red Cross for they sure deserve it as this is not the onlyplace they have been a mother to. They are all over where the soldiers are. Wish you would send mother a copy of

this as she would ltite it very wen. m-r , Allied soldiers stand

address is Mrs. T. Bowman, Box 23. Miller. Ind. I used to be a newsboy for the Gary Evening Times, so this is my reason for picking on you. Hoping for good results. I am. Yours gratefully. CONRAD J. BOWMAN. Camp Hospital No. 4. A. P. O. 702, Am. Ex. F., France.

From Walter Trost. Received by Mrs. Jas. E. Trot, 14 Detroit street: V. S. T. West Arrow. Somewhere in France, Sept. 29, 191. My Dear Mother: A few lines to let you know I arrived In France safe and sound. We had a fine trip and are very near ready for our return voyage. I met a few Hammond fellows, among them Coys. McCarthy and Bob Mott and also Tommy

j of interest, attended the opera and had i a very good time. The scenery is beautlful. ; I come in contact with the French so i much that I am picking up the language ! very rapidly and by the time I leave j here I may be able to carry on a small j conversation. The boys are sure making a hit with the French girls and the

off and wonder

how we do it. You talk about cafes, every other door is a restaurant or cafe. We are only a few kilometers from Lyon, the second city of France and I have been on leave a few times over Sunday. It is more lively than Paris and as there are not many American soldiers here we can have a good time. Give my regards to all my friends. Write often and I will do likewise. Did you get the letters I wrote you from Halifax and England? With love. BRYANT. Address B. G. Smalley, 85th R. A. L. "3rd Battery, American Section. Sathonay. A in. France.

The kaiser it at bat. Strike him out by buying War Savings Stamps.

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Well, how are you all feeling? flood, I hope. How Is els getting along? I sure hope she Is feeling better by now. I am enjoying the best of health and am happy, so don't worry. I will soon be with you all and when we come back we will have many interesting things to tell. We have plenty of entertainment and reading matter on ship. Have had several fine programs. I have boxed six times. A few nights ago I boxed a threeround exhibition which was part of a program of entertainment, of which the proceeds went to an orphans' home somewhere "over here." Suppose you are taking good care of Nell. Say, this boat is rocking so much and my fingers are so cold I can hardly write, so of course I'll have to say good-by. Love to all and write often. Give my address to my friends. Letters will be welcome at all times. Don't fall down on. The Times, even though it will be old it will be news from home. PVT. MACE ROBERTS. Battery D. 327 Field Art.. A. E. F.

From Harry Hilbrich. Fort Worth. Texas, Oct. 15. 191S. To George St. John. 161 Indiana ave.. Hammond. Friend George: Having plenty of time to spare and was just thinking of you. I will use by spare moments in writing you a few sheets. Well, old top, I arrived back here in the old home once more in plenty of time. Arrived in camp ten hours ahead of my time. The gang was sure glad to see me back and also seemed good to be with them. When I came In the section of the barracks where I hang my hat the gang all hollered, "the gang is all here now so what the hell do we care." I surely had some stories to tell that night. All the boys that live in Chicago. Gary and Hammond sat on my bynk and each one had ?5 or 50 questions to ask mS. I never felt blue or homesick George until I came back from this trip. I was blue for a week, but It has worn oft now, so It is better sailing. Well, George. I have changed positions, ha, ha, if you would call a job in the army a position. I am now a cook, ha, ha. I can hear you laugh now, but say. its the'only job in the army. I am on duty 4 hours and oft J4 hours, a raise in salary of eight bucks, now making 35 a month. It looks small to you. don't it. but oh how big it loks to us. I will tell you of a few meals I have run up against. When we have biscuits for breakfast we get up at 3 o'clock In the morning and bake 7 to 8 hundred biscuits before seven o'clock beside the other things we have. Last Wednesday night we had friend oysters for supper, had to fry nine hundred of them and each one in corn meal. Friday noon we friend 125 pounds of fish. Now how would you like to be a cook? Today I run up against 1 rounds of boneless hogs' liver, ha, ha; but boy I have picked up part of my 23 pounds I lost. From what I hear the old flu has hit the old burg kind of hard. It has not hit our ramp; very hard. We have but 4t cases and the boys are pulling through it fine. Camp Bowie, the draft camp here, has 16 hundred cases yesterday. They lost 5 boys and turned 90 loose that had pulled through It. Dallas, Texas, which has five thousand cases lost 57 people yesterday. Here at this camp when a fellow feels bad he is shot to the hospital. We take our beds out in the morning and they stay out all day until evening and then are brought back In, but most of the boys got tired doing that so they sleep outside now. Last night It got very cold and the old joy-killer, the bugler, blew his bugle at six o'clock. Y'ou should of heard the gang hollow. Tou would think that it was a buch of wild men Just turned loose. The weather out here Is great just as it was in July. George, I want to tell you about a Liberty Loan we rut over here in camp, the ouota for eleven hundred men that is about all we have, including of

ficers and all, was twenty-six thousand j dollars. So we went over the top and j

From John O'Rourke. Mrs. Emma O'Rourke of Hammond has received the following letter from her husband. John: Bompwhere in France, Sept. 25, 1918. Dear Emma: Your ever welcome letters of the month of Aug. received with more than pleasure 1 will answer. This is Sunday. Sept. 9th, -vye haven't anything to do but lay around. I am glad to hear that you are well, as this certainly leaves me. Emma, when I come home you won't know me because I am getting very fat. We are sleeping in a big stone house. it Is more lke a barn. We have lots of hay. we make our bed with the hay on the floor. We rest Just as good as though we had been on feathers. I think that we will be home soon. I would like to see a little active service while I'm over here. My desire wculd he to get a few Huns and bring them back to the good old U. S. A. I just got done washing a shirt. When I come home you will have it easy because I am it very good "wash woman" myself. I can't tell you any war news because we are away out In the big hills. I surely enjoy myself because I always did like the outdoor life. All I hope is that we will soon get into it and end it all so, we can all be home soon. But Emma don't you worry at all. I will write to you often. If I can't bring home the bacon I sure will bring a piece of the Rhine. That's more than I can do unless I get near the Kaiser. By the time you get this letter of mine I may be made a captain. I am studying now to be one and perhaps in my next letter, if my luck stays with me. I will be one. I wish you were over here when the wa trends we could take in some sights.

The scenery It beaitlful. tbe prtticsi homes I ever did se. We can't speak to tho people here at all but wpet lots of wine that is ell. We aie nine miles from the nearest town. None of us have left camp since we arrived. Well, dear, I haven't much more to write this time, but will have more to say later on. Give all of my pals my best regards and tell them this Is ths life. I wish you the best of luck In the world. Take gcod care of yourself. With love and lots of kisses, I remain, as ever. Tour loving husband. JOHN. Address John J. O'Rourke. Pet. U. S. A.. A. E. F.. France. A. P. O. 905.

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put it to fifty-two thousand. I don't see why the people in civilian life should . hold back their loan on account of the I peace news which you have read In the j papers whn the boys that have given : up most everything they have ever had ;

M 1 find then buy bonds for their little thirty !

dollars a month, now don't you think . that is great? j So you have a football team anyway i from what I could see in Thb Times. , hut say boy you should see our field ; team out here. I went out to see them ;

1 practice. We have three teams. In one

33 men. it Is made tip of licu'.enamy. ; cadets and enlisted men and say boy ; they knock 'cm dead. j Gfeorge, I will enclose a ricture of j myself in my cooking outfit. My side j kicker did not have a clean apron or ; cap so he came off the way he was to J work that day. The buiiding In back of j us is part of the mess hall. Well. It j looks like we ought to be on our w-ay home soon. George. I don't blame Wl!- j son for not receiving the terms from j Germany as the suckers know they are In for a trimming and don't want their country destroyed like they did to Be!-1

giuin end France. Tou know we arc only So miles from the old beer river now and boy we will sure put the old foam on it and shake their country for

I them soon.

When I reached nere rrom my rurlough I ran up against an awful shakeup. they moved one squadron to Wichita Falls, Texas, a few men to Dayton. O., and a week later a bunch went to Mineola, N. Y. They are now picking another buch to go lo Mineola and I might have the chance to move with them if they need cooks. Have you folks heard from John or Eddie? What do they say and think about It? Well, George, I must close now and hope this letter finds you all well and in good health. If you have a few

' minutes to spare write me a few lines

as nothing more pleases me than a letter from a friends of mine back home. With best wishes to you, your wlTe and son, As ever.

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