The Republican journal., 1918-12-26

Emery E. Mayo and family have moves
from the Griffin farm, so-called, to tn
Jeffords house on Charles street.
Fred W. Hart of Boston has been il
town the last few days the guest of hi
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Byron A. Hart,
The forty-nine enlisted men of tn,
9th Battalion, United States Guards
who have been on duty at Standpoint
Me-, during the past summer, have beer
ordered to Fort Williams in Portlan,
Harbor to demobilize. The two officer
accompanying them will be sent to CAM
Devens. The men have been ill with in.
fluenza and physician and trained
nurses have been with them in the las
| of their stay there.
Coxswain Harry Brown of the u S
NJ, who came home recently for ter
days furlough, has been given 20 add.
] tlonal days, owing to an order that al
! men in overseas service for a year OF
more have 80 days furlough. Mr.
Brown is wearing two gold service stripes
on his left sleeve for foreign service He
has been on a converted yacht for the
/ greater part of the time, and cruised
along the Mediterranean. He is at pres
ent attached to receiving ship in New
York. He has two and half years more
to serve and is glad for the experiences
he has had in the past year and a half
Mr.. and Mrs. Louis F. Cannon of AL
bion, formerly of Belfast, have received
letter from their son, Corp Eugene E.
Cannon, under date of Nov. 25th, and
were happy to know that he was all
right. He is with the army of occupa-
ton, and was in Luxembourg when he
wrote He took part in the drive on the
Marne and also at St. Mihiel. The fol-
lowing is his letter of Nov. 9th:
We are now 10 kilometers ahead.
of where | started this letter and still
going strong. We were the first Artillery
to cross the Marine at Chateau Thierry,
and we duplicated the same stunt on an
other important river few days ago
guess they will keep us on the line until
the war is over, but don't mind if they
get it over soon enough. Hoping you are
all well as myself, am
Your ever loving son,
Corp. Eugene E Cannon,
Headquarters Co. 10th Field Art.
American Expeditionary Forces
Edward Robinson, U. S. N, of Belfast
witnessed one of the greatest spectacles
in connection with the closing of the
war with Germany, being member of
the crew of the battleship Florida. which
was in the fleet that received the surren-
der of the German war vessels. He is
assistant to the chief gunner, and writes
home to his mother, Mrs. Eta Robinson,
that the American war ships were select
ed to lead the British ships in accepting
the surrender of the German craft, the
American ships flying battle flags and
being cleared for action, not taking any
chances of treachery In his last letter
he wrote as follows: 'Tt was big time
here when they got the news that the
lighting had stopped. | wish you could
have seen them. The people just went
wild with Joy. The greatest day of all
for me was when the Germans brought
their ships out in the North Sea and
turned them over to the allies. 1t was
some sight. | never thought they would
give up so easily They had some big
ships and good ones, too, and they could
have put up a good fight if they had
wanted to. | am glad that it is all over,
and hope when we get back to the States
that we will all get good long furlough,
for think we need it, for we have put
in some hard times over here" Mr..
Robinson has been in the service for
about two years, and has been stationed
there. AS is we'll known, the Florida
was one of the leading ships of the escort
to the Presidents ship, and in his letter
he wrote about the preparations that
were being made to place it in gala dress
for the occasion. About two months be-
fore the signing of the armistice Mr.. Rob-
inson was in London on furlough, and dur
ing his stay the city was raided by five
big Zeppelins. He was in the hotel when
a bomb struck in the courtyard, having
had a very narrow escape, and he saw
the wreckage caused in various parts of
the city.