TRANSCRIBED FROM THE LOG CABIN DEMOCRAT DECEMBER 19, 1918 P. 2
It has been some time since I have had opportunity to write you, for we have been very busy for the past week. It would not be very diplomatic to describe to you the places we are billeted in now, for the people over here don’t keep their barns quite as clean as we do ours at home. However, the boys all seem very well contented and enjoying life as much as possible.
On our way to this place I had the unexpected pleasure of meeting John E. Lyon. It was a surprise to him and myself, but it was great to discuss our trips in ‘side-door’ Pullmans and to compliment each other’s whiskers.
This is not a very large place, and is quite different from the village of Pons. I can not tell you the name of this town, but we have traveled a goodly distance from where you last heard from me. Have seen a great deal of France, but now that ‘la guerre finis’ (the war is over), I am quite ready to quit my traveling and start on my way back home.
I shall send you a piece of French money used in the department from which we came. It is worth five cents in our money.
The Y.M.C.A. truck from a nearby town came over today and is having a picture show down the street. Bud (Isaac Anderson) has gone down to see it.
The French people seem very elated over the finishing of the war, and in most instances they are nice to the American soldiers. The old people in whose smoke house we are staying are exceptionally nice to us in the office. You see, we also have our orderly room in here with us. Our biggest job during the day is finding enough brush from the nearby hill to keep our fire going, but we manage to get by.
I shall anxiously await the next few months for our return trip to Hoboken.
NOTES: Oscar Granberry Anderson was born in Powhatan, Arkansas on June 23, 1893 and died on December 2, 1965. He is buried in the Saint Andrews Graveyard in Mount Holly, New Jersey. His military headstone identifies him as an Arkansas Cpl. serving in Hqt. 87th Division.
TRANSCRIBED BY LINDA MATTHEWS
It has been some time since I have had opportunity to write you, for we have been very busy for the past week. It would not be very diplomatic to describe to you the places we are billeted in now, for the people over here don’t keep their barns quite as clean as we do ours at home. However, the boys all seem very well contented and enjoying life as much as possible.
On our way to this place I had the unexpected pleasure of meeting John E. Lyon. It was a surprise to him and myself, but it was great to discuss our trips in ‘side-door’ Pullmans and to compliment each other’s whiskers.
This is not a very large place, and is quite different from the village of Pons. I can not tell you the name of this town, but we have traveled a goodly distance from where you last heard from me. Have seen a great deal of France, but now that ‘la guerre finis’ (the war is over), I am quite ready to quit my traveling and start on my way back home.
I shall send you a piece of French money used in the department from which we came. It is worth five cents in our money.
The Y.M.C.A. truck from a nearby town came over today and is having a picture show down the street. Bud (Isaac Anderson) has gone down to see it.
The French people seem very elated over the finishing of the war, and in most instances they are nice to the American soldiers. The old people in whose smoke house we are staying are exceptionally nice to us in the office. You see, we also have our orderly room in here with us. Our biggest job during the day is finding enough brush from the nearby hill to keep our fire going, but we manage to get by.
I shall anxiously await the next few months for our return trip to Hoboken.
NOTES: Oscar Granberry Anderson was born in Powhatan, Arkansas on June 23, 1893 and died on December 2, 1965. He is buried in the Saint Andrews Graveyard in Mount Holly, New Jersey. His military headstone identifies him as an Arkansas Cpl. serving in Hqt. 87th Division.
TRANSCRIBED BY LINDA MATTHEWS