Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1917-11-09
Somewhere In France -

So the two men stepped up on the
platform and sang very we'll indeed
cit is not the custom here to stand
up for the national song, but, at a
sign from the colonel, everyone stood
at attention during the song.
"The show was over all too soon
and We came back to camp through
| the dark twisting trenches, out on
/ the crowded road, through the muir
muring city and back in our car
along the crowded road again. ]
shall never FORGET that night.
My letter was interrupted by a
gas alarm. Whenever the wind is
right for Fritz We are perpetually on
the qui yive for gas. When the wind
changes, l hope we worry him as
much as he does us.
I'VE heard the alarm blow for
ready so we all rushed out to our
cars and started them, to be sure
they were working, and the drivers
got out their special masks
Il guess Fritz had only set over a
few gas bombs, as the alarm to put
on masks did not sound and after
about half hour we stopped our
motors and came back into our barn,
where we live.
II rather enjoyed my stay in this
town, as it was very interesting
place before the war. There had
been a wonderful old castle with
meats and dungeons and everything
that is supposed to go with such
place. It was, of course. of no mil
itary value, but as the Boches knew
it was the source of lot of pride TO
France, they did the usual thing
and destroyed it At present the only
thing left standing is the tower over
the inner moat.
By such acts has the German
made himself Hun and placed him
self outside the pale, socially and
morally. After what l have seen
here | will never be able to look up
on a German in the same light as
before.
There was an air raid last night
and it was interesting to watch the
change in the men after just month
at the front. The raid took place al
about 1900 o'clock. Most of the
men were in bed when the warning
sounded to get off the streets. They
use the same warning here for the
air raids as they use at the front
for gas.
"A Claxon horn, blown in long
blasts, started up and Of course we
know that there was no gas here and
supposed that it was some officer
who had a little too much 'penard'
under his belt and was out on Joy
ride
Then an anti-aircraft battery
opened up and We knew what was
going on. The battery was only a
block away and made an awful
racket. If such a thing had hap
pened on our first stop here we
would have all gone down the cellar.
But after just a short month at the
front only three men out of the 40
got up to see the fun The rest
stayed in bed and cursed because
they had been awakened.
u happened to be on guard and
so saw everything from start to
finish. The fuss started when the
Boche dropped a few bombs. They
hit the edge of town and l thought
that it was a LOGON olive coming up
a grade But a dozen or more
searchlights famed up in the sky
and after about five minutes they To-
Gated Fritz. BY that time he was
very close and the sound of the, mot
ors was very audible. Then the
guns started in and they kept up a
fairly steady fire for about five min
utes. Fritz had either accomplished
his mission or was driven off. be-
cause at the end of that time he
left.
He Has Some Luck"