The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-09-16
News of the Boys

Leo Brusenbach of Camp Logan
spent Saturday here.
Gerhard Pingel of Great Lakes ma
val training station spent Sunday
here.
John G.. Seefeldt of Camp Grant is
j enjoying a three day furlough with
relatives here and in Milwaukee.
Mr. and Mrs. H. G.. Block have re-
ceived card from their son, William
| H. Block, announcing his safe arrival
overseas.
Wallace Buffmire Of the Great
Lakes training station, and Edward
Buffmire of Camp Grant spent Sunday
with their parents here.
A letter from Walter R. Bandelin
states that he has been appointed ser
geant. He is the youngest of the five
sons of Mr.. and Mrs. August Bande-
lin now in the service of Uncle Sam
/
o.
William Barner, who was called
home owing to the death Of his moth
/ err is one of the tall men in the SER
vice. He measures 6 feet 71a inches
on the street, and feet 6 inches in his
bare feet.
In a letter to Henry Winkler, Pri-
vate Arthur Schmeling of Co. D, 100
M. G. B., who is in France. says he
has been fighting in the trenches in
Alsace, and at the time Of writing was
on the big battle field Of Chateau
Theirry. In the big drive his division,
the 92d, did great work. During the
foe retreat the aeroplanes dropped us
food as we were driving the huns so
| fast the kitchens could not keep up
/ with us. 1 have seen Quentin Roose-
veltS grave near the woods we are
| resting in. Parts of his aeroplane
| were used to decorate his last resting
| place. Our big naval guns are knock
ing hi out of the huns strong bat
tie line. 1t looks as though the war
won't last much longer, if one may
Judge by what we hear and see. Our
| division and the 2Sth have been
praised by the French generals for
the good work we done in Alsace and
| on this front. We had only a few
men wounded in the drive. My COM
pany came out pretty lucky.
Walter NJ Kuester, who is in Nthe
same company and regiment, writes
home that he is well. We have been
whipping the boches the past month
in fine shape. Since July 20 we have
been in the big drive that the marines
began. You should see the shells the
huns left behind in their retreat after
burning stores and ammunition |
could get enough boche helmets to
supply the town, but 1 wouldn't lug
one, they are homely in shape and
weigh about so pounds more or less.
We could pick up enough German
rifles to supply the Home Guards.
They take their dead with them when
they can in an effort to discourage
the Yanks as they advance, but they
had swell chance. We were holding
| a hill against a German" counter at
tack when they spotted us and start
ed to cut loose with their IT'S or 3
4 inch shells. You should have heard
| them hum. We had just finished dig
ging in. Some experience lying on
your face in one-man hole with
mud, stones and shrapnel raining on
to your back. 1 could hear ST. Peter
calling, but l fooled him that trip. We
tore away from that hill mighty
quick and had only five casualties,
three of whom were gassed Saw old
Dirty Legs while moving While going
along who should be lying on the
roadside with the engineers but Sergt.
R. Dink (Archie). 1 am going over to
see him tonight Saw Captain Solliday
today but | was drilling and didn't
get a chance to talk to him.