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We landed in France this a. m Everybody was sea sick, the waves carrje• dear over the top of the ship. We ltave here tonight, nobody knows where, whether it is south or north. I hope north. It will be a long: trip is all ihat I can find out. 8 p. m.; We ha\e’ *J 5 • .A' «T j ■ ,r y ^ * * Ivy» ; ^ - • r#( lt;;• - ’been here all day. A fine French town, one of their largest sea ports. All the dTRcers got passes for the day. We had»|Kia great Time making change. We had to change our money again from English to French. The prices here aremuch cheaper than in England We were certainly robbed in England I bpught a Henry Clay cigar, the onlyAmerican made one T could find and it• jost me two shillings (45 cents). Cigarettes. fifty to t0 cents per packageThe only cheap place to buy things isthe Y. M. C. A, Everything is Ameri-•»n prices, candy can’t hardly be bought and it is out of sight—one-half dhke of chocolate, thirty-five cents: Aothcs about the same price. It is iHuch different than 1 expectedfar we can t see much signs of #ar only at the ports. The people feed K The only thing you never see men in Chilian • lothes between the •Iges of 18 and 45. Hundreds of men acting as guards o\er 55 vears old..j. ^ PI V ■ ^ ■- m W, : w,„The railroads are different from ours■yid are not nearly so good. The coaches rye made in separate compartments, $ght men to each room, and they only about thirty miles an hour. Stop ^ ery fix e oi six hours at coffee houses ^nd gvt fed coffee and rolls. The English people treated us fine. Thousands ¥ them were out as we marehed along *4ie streets. They think a lot of the l.\ b. .'Oldiers The French are much dif-
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Kokomo Daily Tribune
Kokomo, Indiana, US
Sat, Dec 07, 1918
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