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PAGE SIX I am able physically and mentally! Apropos. my eyes are quite normal again. Went to Pnri: for glasses, got them. Some American Walk ()wr <hoes. hose to matt-h, also more lum- to match my tan <lmos :tlm tan gloves‘ Took up to Rnignomtx u thousand flu mask< from the Red Cross for the Reg't. (‘oli McClure asked me to get them. Al<o brought some thousands of P‘rnnN n< l t-ns'h- ed personal checks for men and of- ficers. Can't cmh a personal cheek in France except at the bank upon which it is drawn. 1 had the cash- ier wrlte each man's name on :1 bank envelope put the frcs in it. seal it. and write his own name owr the flap, then took them and huttoned them in my pocket. ()nr uniform< have two pockets in the skirt. I WAS glad when I delivered it all mfely to its proper owners. Also bought pillow tops, insignia. hooks, lace. Wit: loaded down like a pack horse. Went on April I]. stayed until the 15th. Went to Dijon that P. 54.. sent two telegrams, two telephone messages, also verbal ones to Baigneux. stayed lh-zir Mum B) lhv nhnvr pin “'1“ mm that I am in Grrnizin)’. in answu' in your lzlimiion l dirl not rmwiw my Xninfi ‘imx‘ l 11m rw-r-vnr rhv- piprr“ from .\ir~‘. 'I‘hurlw-r and ion: <m<--- :wknm‘w lwluwl thwni. 'ilso ‘t‘ltr Flu-in M [mi duly I‘VH‘Html, wiine-swll. >11!“me “NH. th») tl'u' afiwr I'0‘(‘l'l\'lllL' zhvm. Also I will probably slay longer than my war a; the Y i< wry anxious to keep its, workers. I am to hi) in charge of the hut hero in Go-rniany. I helix-v0. as my Sec‘y.. Mr. Guthric. transfers to Scotland; and the (livii- ional Sec‘y. is pleased to think I can run a hut mysLIlf. Sorry to lose Mr. Guthrie us he is an exceptionally flue man. I can't tell how long I will stay or anything about it just now. until I hear more. I love the work and if it were not for home ties. I‘d follow the army for as long as HIT! V h: Xt [NT 'P (1‘ \H\\ l\ SI'IHHI fr uiH hev (mnvlmlr-«l m the 1»! Tlu- 1‘11"» um F. L. Qlluy'w) Hm] Birtrh-h. (‘mrmuny April ‘35. 1919. Mr The Lightest Car on the Road for its Wheelbase v; i h \VY‘iU“ lllghtt‘l‘ \!1 HM @E Wheelbase, 127 inches; Weight, 3,150 pounds Vanadium Steel Springs, 59 inches in rear Red Seal Continental Motor, six cylinder, 31/2X5% cast en bloc New Custom Style All-aluminum Body. . Seventy-five mile Speedometer but “ill \:t_\' that l’vx'~lting rn~\'l(-wml the Div at llnigneux on April 10th. and l hml a how, smile, and salute all to myself . After the reviewing part}~ hfld gone on, the infantry mul other units \u-ht ntt‘ the field, my own 7% Art. going Instr I stayed to see them pAss. (‘01 “dd me to ride back to town on the ut't-:1sion--Cupt. Watkins 01' A Battery sent his or- derly to tell me to get on the last caisson. Of course I did and we started. One horse fell down! They up and we trotted. Then by and by we passed the demounted officers who stood to review the regiment (our own officers) They all cheered arid ,waved at me. Great fun. ear mufflers and a blue veil on my {neeâ€"not a bit too warm. The Thurbors will remember how the white roads of France. especially in the Cote d' Or wind around and be- tween the hills like long tapes or ribbons. up one hill, around its top. down the side, around its base. over and over again. Our route ran from Recy‘sur-Oise north of Dijon. to Chaumont. where there is the three decked bridge, one of the most won- derful pieces of engineering masonry in the world. We rode under it on to Neul'chateau. which took us out of Cote d'Or into Haute Marne. These are Departments. which are subdivid- ed into Canmns. which are subdivid- ed into communes. and again into vnlages. At Neutchateau. Lumnn's qus.. (tho he was at Bourg north Well. to go back “to our muttons." We left Recy at 8 A. M. 'I‘hree women and driver in auto. Our s‘uit cases in 11 truck. Trunks come later. We hm! plvnt)~ of wraps. For "H‘St'lrv my new outfit, which is much heavier than the New York uniforms, winter underwear. flannnl blouse, winter coat. raincoat over that, big Y mp0 over that and the black and White steamer rug around my knees and foot. Aim my From-h :u‘tillm‘y cap. 1‘ Fulmd A Ivlu:r;1m (aim :mm' lmv Yel‘s. Dad's. Halmitun‘r, um! hm from Ilumnn your: Lnulmml th»: lvuors from zhw girls and Harry) h-Hing me {0 br‘ packed and haul. In lvuw Sunday 1’. LL fur 111:03',I)1\. qu>.. as we started fur Uvrmamy on Mrmdu} morning by :xutnmnhilv ~Hm! F. tlm women Hf thn- 6th Div. The Divisiun has not yvt startvd. until Friday hm! :um Now I'll go back to my stnry. m rxl ‘ SERVICE STAT“) 13.3 N. SLJohns Av Corner of Elm Pluce Telephone 388 KOON’ M Let Us Demdnstrate This Beautiful Car. \\ May (‘H'HHIL’ whvn UH ”it >Xt‘n~ of (hr rwwin (1 thv nw ("lu'ju :} U‘ cram (415‘ tuft lh Five-passenger “Silhoutte,” Delivered um I‘)‘ AI hum. mm (Ml. lmlvl. }{U any“ hut -{ AI \ (H) HI H\ mh 1 l THE HIGHLAND Alors, St. Mihiel. The region from (‘ommercy on. has all liken under shell fire. The (lermahs almost reached Commercy in 1914;. Some of the houses are shellch-tjostroyed »â€" nll thc villages after that iwm‘e more or less so, generally more: No trees, great shell holes, tho the}; are rap- idly being filled. and by quman pris- (mere; they are also makin$ the roads nil under American Imysfglmy be! The wire entanglements tire still in many places. i could no' think of anything but Robert Ser ice' poem "0n the Wire." All alonglthe route. by the wayside. are the Icemeterieg with white crosses and t e tricolor. or our own banner on the American graves. l confess i sat and wept all along the way to think of all the fine young men lost thru 1 e fiendish greed and ambition of t e Hohcn- zollerns. Then this tal we hear of the “poor Germans." Let those dined poorer )‘t‘[' at a L'Hft', n rol- nier lIK‘C‘T hall. and >[Zly'l1 the night. All the way the l‘tvlllt‘ \ as beautiful. but a tremendous anio nt of waste land. Every available smt is culti- vated. orchards cared for- but every- lllllll.’ in Francw is L'tHllt' with lich- nn and moss; vq'uall) it is infectml. \\'hat ihw l‘nturr of Mir t‘lllllll') it. I i-an't see. The hills wth \K'Ufldl'tl portions, the villages lCSHCd in among.v the hills‘ with tlt‘ church standing like a mother g‘ljarding her \‘llildrt‘ll. the white winding: roads, tiny streams developing into rivers. ancient bridges. all produce :1 won- derfully picturesque effect. The wineâ€" yards. wheat fields a delicate green. poarh. plum or prune trees hreak~ ing to blow. ()h it was 11 lovely sight. Think of being stuck in niParis can- to-en and missing this! l'can newr be thankful enough that {I took the village work. For it hasipersonally given me a tremendous “impetus and made a lot of friends. Alors. Leavâ€" ing Commercy we Went 0!; to St. Miâ€" hlel, going thru Sampigtdâ€"Luman‘s qus while on his salva trip. All along the route we passe hundreds of trueks. cars, camionetes. of all which Luman has salvaged. l sup- pose. all on their way t‘l Neufcha- teau to be overhauled by qu nice Col. Hartz.: he is now commanding offic- er of the Park thereaorlto Bourge to he knocked down and {int togeth- or again. where Luman is‘in charge. I asked some of the drhfors where they were going and they; gave the above answer. f who talk view the hundrcdk of Amer nl' Laugh-s at Y. Ml ( A (ll thv limo,‘ VH- luru‘hvd‘icxm gran PRESS, HIGHLAND PARK, ILLXNOIS thedral, H't'lnt‘lul't‘thy .‘illi'lt‘lil. has :1 holi- in thi- frunt door from n shell: whirh fell in the thihulv. The): are l‘l‘pilll‘lllL' it.,:ilsn one, of the windows! which is slightly shuttered. A shell, passed thru and fell on thr- tiled. tlmvr. huryinc itself in the tnrth he~i neuth. Tiltrt’ is a wonderful niece; of carving: in wood » the oingn loft. i suppose. which had a piece taken: off. We “'t‘lit on thru an absolute: l3: barren country as {or as twes are : converned. Nothing to see but. the shelled villages uninhabited. A mass of ruins. fields growing green. with here and there a lonely grave Stretches of barbed wire, yards long. yards deep. like ,_ like rows and row< of snake tenet. The wire i‘ instedni Some places it is hing in htaps} “'hei'e‘ihey have cleared. i Other places where, it has beeni found good. it has been rolled up as in the U. S. for further use. I wondered how many poor !ellows lost I their lii'es perhaps on that identical! wire. Exerything that can be sal-E vaged is; much or nearly all of the: work being done by the negros of the i S. O. S. We passed dozens of the: camps. The boys would come outi and hallow ”Hello Girls" as wei waved at them. A c‘urious thing. n-e “I gros from all over the status workâ€"f ing on salvage in France. This wire: etc.. is taken back to factories in‘ France one at St. Laurentin in the: Cote d' Or. an immense one. where all iron “ire and such stuff is jnnkedg \Vw arrived at Verdun. all thvé route just as I have described it.i Verdunuis indescribable. Words can-' not express the terrible havoc here. Masses of stone. bricks. mortar. A whole wall standing, the rest of thei building a heap of ruins and rubbish: It's a big city and all in this condi-l tion. Unless you see it. you can't! imagine the awful desolation. There} were heaps of people viewing the ru-i ins among them General Petain Ad-} miral Beatty and their staffs, Gene-. ral Pershing and Sec y. Baker. i t i i i o i 1 We lunched at the Y. M. C. A. in a shell-ruined house. patched up. The people are coming in and living in the best houses. A few are not all destroyed. Refugees coming back, standing looking at their for- mer homes. tears streaming down their lacesâ€"aged men and women in in blackâ€"oh it is so heartâ€"breaking. i slipped off from the party before lunch and went lhm some of the a]! WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE $2625 Lzuin: mth nut to After lunch we went thru the cita- del. three stories underground. The walls of the citadel reminded me of Queiwc, only they are higher. and are gross or earth covered. The Sht‘HH struck in several places, tear- ing great holes, in the wall. It‘s curious the shape of the hole a shell may makeâ€"as round as a pan. then again I saw triangular holes, square on», o-tt'. In the citadel I talked to the soldiers in halting French. Somebody (we were in the Salle du Soldat) an American. began to sing “America." After they had finished. I started the Marseillaise in French. The Americans hummed and the French and I sang: this in the fam- ous citadel of Verdun. My French cap and citation take me far with the. French. I have an ORIGINAL Verdun medal for Grandpa 'I‘. which I purchased in the citadel from a soldier who ENDURED thru all the fighting‘from 1914. thru the great struggle of 1916. and the rest. He is the only one authorized to sell the original medal. It was struck in honor of the heroes (load and liv» ing of Verdun. I won't send an)- thing as the American Express does not insure any more and many things are lost. So I will bring home all the things I have. Two vases made of 75 shells, beautiful lace collars made in Alsace and Lorraine, medals, some things from the battlefields: a French helmet and gas mask taken from a Rena’ult in Bourron which was at St. Mihiel and Verdun. Some shrapnel picked up on the battle- fields. a clip of American bullets. a French helmet. etc.. some of the wire entanglements. Hoped to get a German helmet. but they are all gone. However. you have the one L. sent. I forgot to tell you that we stopped at Domremy and saw all the relics of Joan. I have n lea! o! tlinnsunil,» (If tiny piN-‘m (mu “H‘i‘l' liznl paintml panrls 0! ('nmuis \x‘liiv'n looked (is if some om had takrn a knife “lid in! the minus i.i sirixw shrapnel. l supposn. I fmiml n rirr'w or swing (in tho (limr nf :1 (l! 'lllf.’ mom will! a hit of it out. but 1 brought it «in. Also SOUN- lilm which woro (lé‘tflt'lfl‘d lying 0n the flour. 1! {llly‘lhlllfâ€"Y nml lirwn left whole. it has Down Iilkl‘ll away by the troops. Our S. 0. 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