The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-12-26

. N#NANs AZ DUNK was way NNM % tN
the hold. and u cure was some trip
We had ia wear life belts an the
way across. even 60 sleep in. and
believe me IL was not very com
Portable Christmas came and we
had some freed. and had half a
turkey myself.
Took 10 Days to Gross
we were four days of the coast
- France when German suiafna.
rlne shot torpedo az us and ws
dropped depth bomb and blox it
up was asleep. myHeif. so ] did
not know t until awoke The
next day We picked up ten destroy.
ers which conveyed un IN TO France.
and. believe me. wc sure were glad
80 see land. as 1t took ~ days 10
eofnc across wis not peasick. al.
tho the majority n the fellows were
We laid In harbur for two days be.
fore wr Eot Oft and when We did
land. there were nice side door ~
Pullmans waiting for Us or. IN 9th.
or words boK cars They put 50 81
uH IN a ear (which was about half
the size 81 an American box carr
and we spent four days and four
nights ia them and We could not
sleep, as there was no room to lie
down. We ate hard tack and coruca
beef All tho time and once In while
we would build fire in "a Tin can
and fry some bacon
We thought We were going 20 the
front. bn, to Our disappointment.
they landed Us in isur iillc we got
there al niTht and IL was showing
and very cold. and We had 20 hike
for five miles in the snow. and we
none had had sleep for so long we
were just about crazy. and I hardly
cared whether | lived or died We
reached the village and had 10 sleep
IN the barn. and tn the morning my
shoes were frozen stiff and ice Ia
ih. bottom Of them At 10 o'clock
that morning we hiked some more
They took up 20 the barracks and
they were fine The next day We
were an taken out and introduced to
..aa pick and shovel. and We worked
there for five long months all thru
the winter, and | sure win never for.
get those five long. weary months.
but onc day the top sergeant called
me in and told me he had a good job
for me and gave me the job Of con
vuying food so the front and that
lasted for two months. Ii WAS sure
great hut AT first the guns made
me a little nervous. bat / got over
that.
Glad to Move
Then. one day wc got orders we
were 20 move. and we sure were all
tickled TO death 20 get out Of that
hole. When we left we had built
the biggest camp IN France, We
went to JaVe. place where the fel.
lows who have to serve over six
months IN prison are sent. and
there they broke up our division.
and the day they broke up our com
pauy they sent an tho privates a.
the front and made us Corporals and
sorgeants stay back, We took up
collection and bought Captain
X fine watch, and when
zee gave it TO him ho gave us fine
tank and Just about cried fhe next
day the bunch left for the front and
we moved TO another town ana start.
cd getting trained. and stayed there
for three weeks and then moved on
to ST Aginau. and then they asked
for volunteer non-com officers to so
to the front and We all volunteered
but they only wanted six, and chose
me. but Captain 4 said that
he wanted me to stay with the rest
of the company, 80 | did not get to
go.
we next moved to St Roman
There were only 30 OF us boys left
IN our company. and we had "a home
We would drili eight hours a day
but we had lots of fun. We played
bah and football and an the officers
were fine ana played the same as
the rest Of us.
Finally we moved from there
and they made us q casual outfit
and put us IN with some more non.
CONS and all we have in our com
pany now are officers. corporals
and sergoants. our job is equipping
the men and training them for
week or so and then sending them
on to the front,
Joins Scout Party
1--WE ship out about 10000 men In
two months ana we have the honor
OF giving tho men the best training