TAYLOR COUNTY, GA - MILITARY  WWI    Aultman, Ambry T.

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The Butler Herald
Thursday, October 17, 1918
Page Seven


Another Taylor County Boy Writes From France


Somewhere in France
September 16, 1918


Editor Butler Herald
Butler, Ga.


Dear sir:


Having a little spare time I thought I would take the
liberty of dropping you a few lines to let my friends know,
through you, how I am getting along on this side.


My first glimpse of the ocean impressed me very much.  The
trip across was very pleasant - with the exception of two
days of rather bad weather.  Quite a few of the boys, myself
included, had a little touch of seasickness but thank
goodness it was all over in a surprisingly short time.


We landed in some part of England and then we boarded a
train for a rest camp.  Everything here was different from
our dear U.S.  The train coaches were divided into
compartment a squad was assigned to each compartment.  We
then passed thru some of the most beautiful countries of
England.


What struck us as a very funny scene was the girls working
here and there. You have probably heard of them "Woman's
Land Army."  Also saw my first game of cricket while enroute
to rest camp.


Well, we finally arrived so to say rested a few days, and
then prepared for the great event.  We were to parade before
the king and queen in London and can bet every one of us
were on our best, for our regiment was the first fighting
unit to have this honor.  The people sure did welcome us and
the way they treated the "Sammies" sure did win our hearts. 
But our days of enjoyment were limited.  Soon we were
crossing the English channel bound for somewhere in France.


Well, there is not much to tell.  You know what we are all
doing over here. We are having our baptism of fire and are
still smiling, perhaps here and there are faces missing but
we only fight all the harder for that.  The Boche first
misread our smiles but he is now well acquainted with the
"Sammies" fighting grin.


We have our tour of front line trenches, the support and
back to the village to rest and bath and get rid of a few or
more troublesome shirt turtles.


I and all the boys are in the best of health and certainly
hope all my friends back home are enjoying the best of
everything.  Its get a little lonesome here in this "parley
land" when I think of my wife and baby back yonder in
Georgia, but still I am glad to be over here doing my duty
and if by God's will I come back and my baby asks me,"daddy
what did you do in the great war?" I can answer her
unshamed.


Regards to all my friends, with the hope of seeing them
soon, I am


Respectfully,
Private A.T. Aultman


3rd Bn. 325 Draft, A.E.F.

NOTE: Ambry T. Aultman was the son of Frank and Lizzie
Spillers, and appears in 1900 Census as 6 years old. He
married Dorcas Hinton, d/o Henry

Aubrey T. Aultman married Dorcas Hinton 30, March, 1913
Lillian Hinton Dickinson  Jedlhd@aol.com