The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1917-09-26

long sleep last night and that IN about
oil. This morning 7 had to work and
this afternoon | walked down TO Cha
tssu Thicrry With Stiers. about five
miles from the cantonment here. In
our search for q cafe we Unexpectedly
ran into our French lieutenant who
stopped and told us that the section
had been cited for bravery and that
sort OF thing. We were quite surprised
although Thompson had told us during
Iur last night at the poste that w
were an line for II.
We are TO be decorated at 10: 80 in
the morning. when all the rest u the
croix dc Queries etc. arc 60 be award
ed 20 the division The citation means
that tho section receives q Croix de
Guerro on It's flag. that each 81 our
cars has one painted on It's sides and
that each man gets n certificate OF
citation. Another citation gives us
the privilege of wearing = rope ovcr
the shoulder. incidentally we gct
forty-eiRht hours in Paris Tan unusual
p~rccedurel. | am In the first eight
TO go, 40 am expecting n change OF
life within a day or two.
August Z evening. There l. moth
ing hat I can think OF more impree-
sive in a military way han the award
ing OF military medals. especially IL
IL be to men who are fresh from bat
Tie and IN need % a bit u ribbon here
and there to hold tatters together. The
field 81 the cloth Of gold couldn't have
been more beautiful than the field we
assembled on for the cercmony@it
certainly wasn't az interesting.
After "A commotion Of shoe-poiishing
and arranging In uniforms, we tum-
blcd into a requisitioncd Paris bus
labeled "Ravitallment Niande Fraichc"
a couple OF our voiturcs. and the staff
cars to sing our way to Epieds-a
neighboring town. AZ Epicds we fell
az company formation and marched to
a field perched piotTresquely on the
top OF a long hill. with Il clumn OF
trees az M side and an island ~
them In tho middle, and n beautiful
view of the narrow valley twisting
along TO Chateau Thierry and Epcr-
mas.
We cherish our citation the more
because 80 WAS earned In the shortos,
time OF any sections citation-thero
are five or six others. You see n
came M recognition 81 our first service
Of twenty-one days. " gives ms salts
faction anyway. OF course we ala our
best In the Chemin des Danes sector
and we knew we aid. but To- know that
those In authority appreciated u too.
makes US feel better.
Carry Out Orders.
| wouldn't want you 90 think that
vaa Iuan. YaaufN.al elH- rfFuHf.Ms Fwv
rushing out into a "tir de barrlge" and
lodging here and there among tho
obuses merely for the sake Of being
seen. All that We ala was what any
one else impressed with "A sense - duty
woJld have done. when the medecln
chef said that we had TO 20 down with
a Loaf of hlesses we went down and
got them there. that was ell. But
that was the way our orders read. So
II wasn't 80 much after adjust ear
rying out orders. with a little more dif.
flcuity now and then than We had
expected.
The good news has come. that on
the 18th we move cantonment 10 with
In ten kilometers tbetween six and
seven miles, OF Paris. Unhcard "t'
We are not kicking a biz. We shall
have permission there as we do new
in Chateau Thierry.
The weather. etc. will be fine. Be
fore long il will be necessary even.
Please thank Mrs. shields for her card
and what she knitted for me-. Dorothy
wrote me a most interesting letter and
long | shall answer u In hopes e.
making another catch.
May / make a suggestion or tw,
about something 20 send over a pali
or two 81 golf stockings | could us'
quite effectively. and some Hershey
nut chocolate would be a luxury Nol
can't imagine how pleasantly that jan
Ict Jam and box OF chocolate Cmothci
had placed in his trunkl was con.
sumed.
I have some German souvenirs tho
I took from some prisouers-buttons
gas masK and three helmets are tn
principal once. ! shall store them 10
Paris with the rest Of my stuff.
I hope that the government cam.
at the NJ. =. ~ is a success. J shout,
like "a hear more about II now that .
IL well under way. I have not me
either whitney or Wood but / shaI
look them up AZ soon as get 10 Paris
To find out where they have gone.
Evening Of August 9Th and no light
just back from a dinner party b
Chateau Thicrry with ten Of the fol
lows. Had TO leave early because "
are detached from the GSth division
No Paris The front again soon.
Sincerely.
HiGH McNAGi