The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1918-09-03
Fighting the Hun Has It's
Humorous PhdsesIf Only
3" One Searches For Them

WIS Ou' Nuus, DlR, llLlc ana OthCr.
wise opened up. Then the tanks began
TO nose out and get from sight in the
brush. Then everything was quiet with
the exception OF the little noise made
by 800 cannot sending and 500 coming
, In, Shooting our way.
Work All undone
az burned gasoline up and down the
road till about noon. | coined Some
new cuss words too, while doing it.
Ten thousand trucks, aud what seemed
like $4,000 wagons got in my way and
had to be cussed out of the way. At
4:IO | started with my side car and
TRUCK to the new piece up the road,
some five or six miles. Established an
exchange and looked around a bit. I
got an cyeful,in apfPw, minutes. Cusscd
out q few men trying to get them to
20 to bed or at least cat Started TO
/ 20 TO bed and was chased out by a
, pcsky Hun airman. Washed and shay cd
| and finally got to bed. Slept till six
n. M. and found that all the wires had
! been shot out.
"Spcnt the forenoon putting in an
other exchange or tvo--was chased
across a wheat field by another Hun
airmap-camc into our quarters and
atc--visitcd my lines and went to bed
! was chased out again by visiting
| Hun airplanc-took my bed and went
/ under a truck and told all the Hun air
! planes to go TO H aud went to sleep.
| Thus closed a forty eight hour perfect
day and the Huns still heating it,
Learning Civilization
Zone Of our lieutcnnnts started down
tho road in n side ear and entered some
woods, which were full of Germans
| He was shot in the shoulder; captured
and held there all night The next day
the French took the place and recaptur
ed him. He is now in Paris hospital
Some lucky hombre, CHI, The Germans
dressed his wounds. They arc begin
ming TO get civilized.
~ guess you have had enough of
! this line Of war stuff, but there is really
very little to write about. This town
is about as lively as the Seaside HOte
/ with the bar closed. SO I will ring off
! Let US hear the news from Honolulu
Your letters are fine. | posted the last
one on the company bulletin board as
we have few Elks in our company
and letters are always welcome
are really doing their bit for the fel
lows over here in the way of smokes
I etc, you tell them to take their hat,
off to the Rcd Cross and tho Salvation
Army. Also the tobacco fund people
lots of that stuff get to our boy,
when tobacco is not to be got anywhere
else.
"ThC Salvation Army lassics ar,
about the only ones who can keep W
with the fighting division when i
starts. They have to be chased bach
to keep them from setting up a kitchen
right in front of Hun machine CUR
nest. How they keep from getting Kill
ed is more than can sabe.
LassieS Feed Boys
''Not long ago the doughboys made
! a bunch Of the lassics 60 back from 1
shelled shack. About an hour late
they saw smoke coming out Of chin
ncy Of the same shack. When the boy
crawlcd over to take a look, they founc
!; the girls back on the job. The cOlOnc
cussCd-thc captain asked why the,
did not stay away aud the girls said
The boys must be hungry Just thcr
over came another bunch Of shells, an,
each husky doughboy grabbed a CIR
and ran for it. The men were sweating
with horror-the girls just smiled anC
Strengthened their hair. Can you bca
in
"Thc war ism very nice at times
but it il going our way just now anC
it will 90 our way from now on. Their
] is lot of hard work ahead and man,
a poor boy will lose out over here-bu
is the bunch unhappy He'll, mol"