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ofFrance this afternoon. What do I like
best? 1t is fine beach. Trees go
and / saw some dandy rocks
Then another started in to explain
to the admiring French who crowded
round how to distinguish the grades
of American army officers.
It's all on the sleeves" said he.
THE idea is climbing to the sky, by
way of fence and some trees. No
bars. on the ground. is second lieu
tenant. He begins climbing. One bar
first rail of the fence, lieutenant, two
bars. on the top rail. captain. Geld
leaf. in the maple tree. major; silver
leaf. in the oak tree, lieutenant colonel.
The colonel has the eagle bird. which
carries him on; and then. above the
colonel. all are in the stars" And the
local French editor put it in the paper.
Where can I send cab1e?" in
CURED another Sammie 1 took him
across the square to the post office.
so-and-so West Berks street, Phila-
delphfa. Am well tsigned) Martin"
1t cost him Sass. IT'S to my mother"
he explained. rs Martin his family
name?" inquired the telegraph girl.
perple xed. Yes" 1 fbbed boldly, saw
ing him 30 cents. AS the family name
is obligatory. that girl thinks now that
his good old mother made second
marriage.
There was a sailors permission train
to Paris. but the mass of soldiers were.
naturally. kept in camp. Only few
enjoyed two days leave Immediately.
Whats the best hotel at N-?" in
quired one of a trio. You can't go
and return tonight" l said. It's
forty miles" "Oh. we have two days"
he said grandly. when does the train
START" Its too late for you" l wor
ried. There is no train till $40.
which will get you into " al 1890.
when. in these war times. you will
find a town all shut up, no hotel and
walk the streets in the dark till morn
ing"
They reflected. They must do some
thing-not go back to camp when on
leave. What's the best hotel in this
town." they blurted out. How take
them to the Metropole. full up with
French and American colonies and i'm
portant civilians. The Oriental. around
the corner. was not bad, and they got
one doubl e bedded room Cthe town is
packed at 30 cents apiece, and the
third boy in a bijou chamber by him
self for s1.20. That first night the
natives. all agog. saw the American
patrols = clank. clank. - round up
Stragglers. fraternizing with French
young folks after curfew. But my
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sent brother and his wife. who accom-
panied him. could possibly get ac-
quainted with this host of close rela-
tives was at a family reunion and dim
ner, and about the OILY place such a
gathering could be held was at Enoch
Hunts place at Oxon Hill. SO. the re-
union was planned and the Hunts to
the third generation assembled Sunday.
July Is, for such family reunion as
the Hunt family never had had before
and possibly never will have again
There were no barbecue features to
the assemblage, though the fatted calf
was killed. fguratively. in the house
hold of every member of the family.
Baskets loaded with fried chicken.
country cured ham, homemade cakes
and pies. homemade jams. jellies. pre-
serves and pickles, homemade bread
and rolls, and all the edibles of blessed
memory that for generations have
featured the feasts that always form
part of family reunions and basket pic
MICS in the middle west or wherever
members of families in which race sui
eide ideas never have gained foothold
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of food products Mrs. Addition has
asked the government for aid and co.
operation, and is also prepared to en-
gage in definite work under the United
States Labor Department in connection
with its employment.buSeau for women
who will be obliged to take the places
of men called to the colors.
Miss Gordon called attention to the
fact that last year the w. c. T. I. took
up the task of characterization" This
is promoted especially through its de-
partment of work among foreign
speaking people. Mrs Ella b. Black of
Beaverdale. Pa. is national superin-
tendent of this department and WORKS
in cooperation with the federal bureau
of immigration and naturalization and
the Americanization committee of the
National Chamber of Commerce. The
part of the w. c. I. L. in the work of
AmericaniZation of aliens, carried on
more intensively than ever by reason of
the war situation, is mainly among
women and children. Mrs. Black is
asking that every white ribboner dc
at least two thingS-estab friendly
relations with at least one alien family,
and induce one non English speaking
woman to speak English.
Virginia's war work slogan has been,
"A garden in every back yard and on
every vacant lot" Members have made
a house-to-house canvass. leaving at
each home leahet and government
bulletin. Montana Whlte-rlDDonerS have
been been getting their boys 10 take
up farm work as a patriotic duty, and
teaching new Americans to be loyal
citizens Michigan women are follow
ing suggestions from the state agri-
cultural college and seeking to inter
est women in the rural districts to I'M
dertake the lighter farm tasks and
thus release the men for the heavier
work of the fields. At their request
the superintendent of public instruc-
ton circularized all county school COM
missioners, asking them to instruct the
teachers to fully utilize the facilities
Of the agricultural school course. They
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body over the magnificent arrival of
American forces, we easily persuaded
him to let the boy stay: He is nom
com. officer with four men in third
class" we said. and somebody told him
to come into first" But when the con-
troleur had gone, an old French colonel,
who had been doing in a corner, inter
vened politely.
Your young friend understands SO
little French" he said, sit cannot hurt
his feelings. SO / will expose to you the
situation of American soldiers and sal
Tors with respect to French railroads.
They are assimilated completely to our
own forces in this respect. They enjoy
the same privileges. among others, to
ride free when on duty or permission,
or at one-fourth rates for pleasure. So,
from X to Paris it would have cost
this young man 1920 round trip, third
class, were he a civilian, whereas, actu-
ally, he pays so cents. On the other
hand. permissionaires should travel on
soldiers trains, when there are such,
rot to crowd usual traffic, much re-
duced for military needs. When they
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take an ordinary train, like this one,
the rank and file should travel third
class, petty officers second and only Off
GERS go first-class So, you see, the
conductor was right"
Would you prefer him to go?' 1 be-
gan.
Tut, TUT" he replied. benignantly,
.let the boy enjoy himself. 1 was only
telling you the regulations"
In the first-class dining car (there
was no second three sailors and a
wireless operator sat opposite US. lat
what hotel in Paris shall you stay?" L
inquired of one of these optimists. The
Ritz he answered. calmly (and he
meant it,. l was troubled. Il don't
think you'd like it," / said: full of old
ladies in diamonds. who sniff through
their lorgnette. Try the Chatham. 1t
is almost as dear and you'll see every
one in its cafe"
They wanted champagne with their
dinner. Here was a chance to save
them money, SO l told them the old
American colony tale (Which. doubtless,
never had the slightest base in truth.
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trio. in their hotel. looked down on
all that sort of thing superior. then,
leaning out their bedroom W ndows,
dreamed at the French moon. The
town shuts up Theoretically at $50. ex-
actly like Paris.
Everybody was astonished at their
money. The French Were astonished
by their twenty dollar gold pieces the
first gold they had seen since mob
liZation. Regularly, no soldiers got to
Paris until July 1, hut sailors had
shore leave at once.
Well. on the train back to Paris. an
American petty officer sailor boy got
into our first-class compartment, quite
naturally, as if it were his place. Some
one had procured him a soldiers third
class ticket, but in his gay excitement
he was all oblivious of such distinc-
lions and money was no object He
seemed to have big bills in every pocket
and told us that four men on his ship
had allowances of $500 per month from
their families.
When the French railroad conductor
came, inspecting tickets, he objected.
mildly: Third class ticket, non-com-
missioned officer In first class" But see
ing that he was all a-gog Qike every
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than most of those children. The old
folks weren't much behind 'em, either
for that matter. There were so many
good things to eat. il kind of staggered
a fellow to look at 'em. but nobody was
staggered very long. when the women
folks called us up to that feed nobody
held back, and tie more we ate tho
more il seemed wanted. And
everybody talked at once. and every
body laughed at once. and the old folks
kept saying, Don't YOU remember. Al?'
and Albert kept trying to talk TO a
dozen a once. and-well, If you've ever
been at big family reunion. where
there was somebody that hadn't been
home for more than thirty years. YOU
know what kind of an affair il was"
During the dinner Brother Albert was
given a handsome ring, properly en-
graved in commemoration of the event
while Mrs. HUNT. his wife, received a
set of decorated china.
Mr.. and Mrs. HUNT left last week for
their home in San Francisco. as his
duties are such as to make an ex.
tended absence out of the question.
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With Uncle Sans Fighters Behind the Battle Lin,

qualify as Expert three years in sue
cession."
Il would rather be champion base
ball pitcher" interrupted - of Lin
den Beach. near Babylon, r. l. They
had already been making friends with
certain poilus on permission from the
front. who posted them on European
warfare. and it was astonishing how
many spoke and understood little
French.
You may get chance to do distin-
guished shipping from the trenches
went on, but the latest is gren-
AIDES the shape of eggs. the size of a
base ball. When we get to putting
enemy take notice"
Really, is there not a great deal in
it? Almost every American soldier has
been. more or less. an expert base ball
thrower.
1 know this French seaport town,
quaint. sweet and cordial. Regularly.
YOU can hire a rig or auto at half
Paris prices, but, these days. even the
rickety railroad cabs were requisi-
toned. How get to the camp? United
States Army motor lorries passed con-
tinually. but loaded to the limit with
innumerable crates, packing cases.
canvas sacks. lumber. cartridge boxes,
equipment and food stores-and, cling
ing. high above. stevedores and soldiers
on camp installation duty.
Finally, we found a buxom French
girl, driving fat horse and carryall,
who took four of US steen miles for a
dollar. She dropped US at the bifur-
cation of a lane. somewhere in France,
as she had clients" further on, but as
sured US We would find the American
armies" a few hundred yards "over
there" A long and dusty walk Ameri-
can dispatch bearers on motor cycles
overlook us mice. polite young fell
lows). motor trucks rumbled past US,
and we passed companies of American
diers from some convalescent barracks.
well known round caps-German pris-
oners. The camp!
Side by side. as far as eye can see
from the low lane. are long. narrow.
one-story shacks of iron and wood.
smart. spick-and-span, brand-new
Umpteen hundred German prisoners
built them in steen weeks, and these
particulars were digging mains for
drinking water and electric light ca
bles. For umtsen days they had been
saying to their French guards: "Nein,
nein, Your Americans will not come.
All down, like McGinty. in the bottom
Il was dramatic sight. these Ger
mans, motionless. as struck to stone
by the food of American troops. Their
feldwebel. tght-buttoned- brushed, pa
thetic imitation officer frisen from the
ranks and yet not socially recognized
by tunkers). stood. stiff. naughty. but
tragic perplexity was written on his
worn features
Many descriptions will be made of
these camps. All are alike. even be-
hind the fighting line. Around the long
lines of buildings innumerable tents
are dotted. The shacks are winter
quarters. 1t is like picnicking. with
ha1 L. In, dtv,;r
with Y NJ. C. a. reading rooms. cinema
shows and theatrical troupes from
home
Our return to town was easy. Empty
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friend of the family who. in travels in
the west. had seen or heard of Albert.
Albert HUNT now lives In San Fran
cisco. where he is superintendent of
a steamship lire. He has lived in the
city on the Golden Gate since a year
or so before the earthquake. and was
in San Francisco when that disa
overwhelmed the city. Not even then,
however. did he write to or communi-
cate with his family in the east; at the
time he was too busy. and for weeks
afterward his time was SO fully &C.
cupied that there was no chance to
write.
When he left Prince Georges county
January l. 1886. Albert had no idea
that he was parting from the mem
bers of his family for so long a time
He expected to return, perhaps, in
year or so. However, thirty-three
years passed before he came back, and
twenty-five years of this time elapsed
without any direct communication OF
any kind between the absent one and
any member of the Hunt family.
In his travels Albert lived for longer
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but has done good in its time, so let Il
be excused) of George Gould carrying
home a bottle of six-franc Insane from
a grocery. So they reveled in Insane
Sleeping Car" al s1.20 the quart. the
second pressing of the grapes"
Behind US. in the dining car, an
1rlsh-American marine bandmaster
kept French and Americans in roar.
He got into a discussion about Ber-
naiSe sauce with an English newspaper
correspondent, switched of on to
whales. returned to a comparison of
man-of-warsmen's tailors in the Brit
lsh and American navies. mixed with
the proper way to salute an admiral
The Englfshman was all balled UP.
To change the subject, what's the
argument" inquired the bandmaster,
with bland politeness. You know as
wen as l do that Lloyd George is a
Welshman."
Amid laughter the train rolled
through the twilight toward Paris.
through their tears French widows.
wives and mothers blessed the new ar
rivals STERLING HELLO.
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have uniforms like soldiers he said.
but we put our blue jeans over them
for shore permission"
Foxy Jims! They were convinced
that their foxiness and not their con-
nection with the American troop trans
ports had procured them their cordial
reception in population where every
man, woman and child was in tremor
of joyful Impotence to welcome the
first to land. be they black or white.
No need to disguise in blue jeans.
French cafes are not barrooms: and,
later, thousands of American soldiers
and sailors sat openly and honorably
on sidewalk cafe terraces meath the
awnings, with their "coffee-cream" in
high tu1nblers. glasses of light wine or
beer, or orgeat or pomgranate strip
and syphon soda water. What is for
hidden equally to French and American
soldiers and civilians, to everybody. is
.alcoholic drinks (brandy. whisky.
liqueurs and "aromatized wines above
IL degrees"). except at the two princi-
pal meals-and to minors and women
at all times.
On a cafe terrace sat Sammie from
Hartford, Conn. This is a nice place.
and shall hire bike to do little tour
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or briefer periods in Quebec. in Detroit.
in Minneapolis and in other western
cities. finally reaching the end Of his
warderings in San Francisco.
He arrived in Washington Saturday
July Z. and his first task was to get
acquainted again with the surviving
brothers and sisters he had left more than
thirty years ago. and to meet for the
first time the brothers and sisters who
had come into the world in the years
since he went away. Then he met the
children and the grandchildren Of those
who stayed in the east when he
started his wanderings. and that was
some task.
James Henry Hunt. father OF Albert.
and Helen Elizabeth Garner. mother of
the wanderer, were married February
Is. 1864, the first twelve children of
the family resulting from this union.
The first Mrs. Hunt died many years
ago and Mr. Hunt on New Year day,
1885. married Miss Alice X. Sansbury. who
bore him seven children. Mr.. Huiitt died
about twenty years ago.
Sidney G. Hunt. who is the oldest
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these made up the feast that was
spread on the lawn at the home of
Enoch Hunt.
Members of the HUNT family say
that never was there such dinner and
never such a happy, jolly family gath
ering that which helped to stow
away that dinner. To top off the feast
there was ice cream. made in the old
fashioned country style with real cream
and eggs and plenty of sugar.
1t is possible that some member of
the. HUNT family or some of the nu-
merous progeny didn't take their APP
petites with them when they went to
OXon Hill; but if that was the case it
escaped notice.
Nobody ever did have a better time
at any kind of party than we did, re-
marked one of the Hunts, reveling
luxuriously in memories of the feast.
and nobody ever saw children eat
more, enjoy it better and suffer less
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motor trucks dashed past US every
minute. Make the signal of distress
Give us a lift?' we called, ana a
hearty American why. sure" was the
answer.
We came back in automobile.
made. l think. in Wisconsin The
gear is on the front wheels as well as
on the back-and the brakes. too"
say. / could take this truck through
mud and sand up to the hubs. You
ought to see the French chauffeurs
stare at it,"
truck explained how he had won his
stripes and could have qualified for
commission. only I hadn't money Tor
a second lieutenant's OUTFIT and l
wouldn't ask the folks at home-l
ought to send them money.
As we passed an ancient French VII
lage of matched cottages and the cow
visihly lodged, communicate with the
family. while roses climbed all over
the front Re asked: How old is that"
We told him that the little squat stone
home was there with its orchard and
hollyhocks already when Joan OF Arc
recruited her bowmen.
"Stopr called the Chicago sergeant
to his Cincinnati chauffeur. Both stared
at the house where Joan might have
stopped for glass Of milk. 1t Is all
Joan's country down here. An old
peasant dame came out. would the
American messieurs enjoy a glass Of
milk" They thanked her reverently
and stared at each other for a moment.
Back in the town our soldiers and
sailors were All over.
A quartet stopped us.
said. pointing to a cinema poster Of
THE Mask with White Teeth on
wheels Il want to huv that curio to
send home" said another I've 50"
Gt was Limoges enamel. old and
pretty) They wanted to talk with the
natives Isn't there book with
TRANSACTIONS into French of what you
want to say in English?'
Four were buying postcards at l cent
apiece-"Give me this" and "Tll take
this"-so that thew missed the price
of cents per dozen. Finally. 1t
dawned on one that the little French
shopkeener was taking their one-dollar
bills at francs fiat whereas the prop
change was francs so centimes
90 cents loss on each dollar) I'll
tell her. II said. perhaps she'll give
you better: hut in most little shops
YOU must regard the dollar as francs,
because thew ALWAYS Thought. in peace
times, that they ought to take a profit
for handling foreign money. Take your
big bills and gold to the local branch
of the Bank of France, opposite the
Blank Hotel"
us for the Eank of France" ex-
claimed the boy That's what we
want. Say. are you going to put that
in a newspaper? Not a French one
No. don't. 1t might look as If we were
criticising. and the French are in great
trouble now, We must not criticise."
Another. with good laugh, said:
We're spending all our money to help
them along"
The cashier lady at the cafe began
changing the dollar at francs SO. Just
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brother and who is building inspector
for the District of Columbia, has two
children and one grandchild.
George Enoch HUNT has two chill
dren. There are three children of a
deceased brother. James H. Hunt. Will
liam Arthur Hunt has four children.
Edward Lee HUNT has four children
and one grandchild. Michael f. Hunt
has five children. Mrs. Mary E. Hunt
Mcdaniel is the mother of two chill
dren. Robert Ernest Hunt has four
children. Riley Alphonso HUNT is
the father of two. Mrs. Edith Helen
HUNT Gottwals has three children, and
Guy HUNT is the father of two.
OF the half brothers and sisters,
Henry Sansbury Hunt has one child:
Wallace and Alice X. Hunt. twins,
have died: Mrs Doris Belle Hunt
Crow has two children, and Mrs. AL
berta Bayne Hunt Ellison has one.
Two other half-sisters, Eta X. and
Alice E.. are not married
The only way in which the long abb
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mufflers, wristlets. etc: what to send
in the way of reading matter furnish
ed to forts and camps. Under the
slogan. Home Papers for Home
Troops" the w. c. T. L. will see to it
that the enlisted men hear from home.
Miss Luella NJ. SewAll of Boston. ma
tional superintendent of relief work,
furnishes plans for general relief
among the families of enlisted men. In
the labor department of the order Mrs.
Lucia Addition of Portland, Ore, ma
tional superintendent. urges the for
nation of canning clubs and poultry
clubs to conserve and increase the food
supply. In the interest of conservation
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Special Correspondence Of The Star.
A FRENCH PORT. July Is, 1917.
a HAVE seen the arrival of the first
III American troops.
Ill The glorious sight,
- From transports to docks, from
- docks to camp. stevedores hustled.
motor trucks rushed Off and made room
for others. and regiments marched. at
regular intervals, through French
streets gay with flags and cheering
natives. while the vessels in the harbor
screeched a greeting.
In the shade of a vast dock shed, the
boys waited at ease Many wore a rib
bon decoration which excited French
interest yellow blue yellow biue-yel-
low. The combatants of the Spanish
American war;" explained one. "Origi-
nal1y. 1t was blue-red-yellow- but
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a shade below the bank rate. Crowds
sat on the terrace.
American soldier boys in French
cafes! Mothers do not worry. The first
Of our forces which I saw in France
were two extremely dusky Baltimore
stevedores in blue jeans. just beaming
over their beautiful equal-rights treat
ment by the French. These French
cafes are fine" they boosted. land
were the boys at SIS per month and
all found. including clothes" q think
he exaggerated). Cautiously unbutton-
ing flap of his blue jumper. he showed
a glimpse of khaki underneath. I'VE
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00 7HEN Joseph Albert HUNT left
NAX the Hunt family home in
WV PRINCE zee. Georges gorge g, county ,s:s Nd ID:
family consisted of his father and mother
and eleven brothers and sisters These
were all the relatives he had in the
world. so far as was known.
When he returned to Washington for
the first time in all those years. a couple
-of weeks ago. he found five brothers and
sisters he had never seen. and in addition
Q host Of nephews. nieces, grandnephews
and grandnieces big enough to populate
q small village.
When the brothers, sisters and their
children and grandchildren gathered on
Sunday. July Is, for a picnic dinner and
family reunion at the home of Sidney G.
HUNT at Oxon Hill, Nd. nearly seventy
i've members of the family, old and young,
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the Spanish objected that we were
taking their flag between blue edges,
80 we changed II by politeness."
Many wore metal badges of the words
sMarksmen" or "Sharpshooter" Il
got mine by doing 2O2 in 300 on the
range" said a soldier of Omaha
Sharpshooter' means 23s In 400, then
comes Expert 253 in 300. Highest
Of all is Distinguished Marksman,' who
must make 800 bulrs-eyes, or else