World War I Collection

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I had a wonderful trip up here. Stopped over night in the fortified town of Langre where we were stationed last winter. Past over the old battle grounds, Thru Metz in Lorraine; Luxembourg; Traveled along the Rhine, thru [Co stz] The Rhine scenery is wonderful, every once in a while I could see, on the top of a high mountain, one of the famous old castles.

I will send you some postals of some of the beauty spots around here.

We are guading the towns, roads and railways. Also doing a little drilling to keep from getting rusty.

We also go to school. Various college men of the regiment teach. We have classes in mathematics, French German, English and etc.

Home Sunday 3pm Jan'y 12th 1919

My dear old Snedward:

We got two letters from you about two weeks ago from Luxembourg, on your way to Coblenz! I had copies made as usual and sent one to Dick and one to Nor. I have not written you for some time, as on the Monday before Xmas I came home from the office with a bad cold, and went to bed. The next day Mother staid in bed also with a bad cold. Jos & Les looked after us, otherwise we would have been helpless.

A day or two after we got up, but I did not go to the office until last Monday Jan 6th as I did not feel well enough. After I had been out of bed two or three days, I asked Dr. Reynolds to come and examine me. He said both Mother and I had had a touch of the "flu." On Dec 31st Jos went to Los Angeles with the Lindermans in their car. He was taken sick on the way down, and when they reached Los Ang, they put him to bed at the Alexandria Hotel and sent for a Dr. He pronounced it the grippe, but it was really the "flu." On Sunday the 5th, Frederick Linderman wired me that Jos was ill, that they had to return, and he could not be left

though saying 32nd Division. Your letters are wonderfully interesting — telling of that march through Luxembourg & to Coblenz and the White Christmas with all its beautiful snow covered trees etc.

Keep well dearest we shall be most anxious to hear from you as to how your jaundice turns out & when you can come home or whether you will go to Nice instead — well we hope you will come home dearie for you have been away so long now & so much has happened —

Father is still rather weak from the Flue — heart weak etc — but all the rest are well — Worlds of love from each of us — Mother.

[left margin] We got four nice letters from you all arrive last Friday one to Joc dated Dec 4th & two for me Dec 25 & 26th & some cards from Luxembourg

I am young and healthy.

I note in a post card just received that you sign yourself croix de guerre with palms. Which I take to mean that you have, at last, been decorated by the French. This is delightful – and I am proud that you are my brother – you have shown the world what I would have done had I been in your place – the only difference is that you have the "baby face" as that French officer at Camp Kearney said whereas I have a most unlucky one – hence I should now have probably been in Davy Jones locker instead of the hero that you are. Now for the D. S. C.

The letters which you have written home regarding your trip thru Luxembourg are very interesting indeed. That certainly was a very historical march and it was a very great honor