The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1918-02-21
PRAISES FRENCH BRAVERY
Former Kenosha Teacher Declares That
France Has Proven Her Sterling
Worth Ruthless Destruction of
Germans Seen Everywhere.

Praise fOf the bravery and heroism
of France and condemnation for the
ruthless war which Germany is wa
ing is written in every line of a letter
from Lieutenant George L. Ebert,
chief ordinance officer of the American
engineers, in France, to Mr. and Mrs.
A. E. Buckmaster of Exchange street.
the Kenosha High school and his ex-
periences will prove interesting 10 his
many friends in this city. Hen has
added to his previous service in Ameri-
ca actual experiences on the French
firing line where he is studying the
methods of the French engineers. The
letter in part is as follows:
Nearly two months have elapsed since
I sailed from the states, months filed
with constantly new and interesting
experiences, as you can well imagine.
7 have been privileged to have seen
much, particularly during the past
few weeks, a great deal Of which [
cannot write about, but may be able
to tell you sometime.
My work here is much different than
it was in the states, a great deal more
interesting, and much more active. /
have been assigned to the heavy ar
tillery section Of the ordnance depart
ment, and will soon be attached to a
regiment of artillery. I will be work
ing with the repair and maintenance
of the artillery equipment and will be
near enough to see some action, much
better than the character of my
work in the states.
With Lieut.. Gould, I have been MAX
ing study Of the French repair sys-
tenn. This necessitated a trip to the
French front; where we saw a great
deal Of the destruction and devasta-
ton of towns and villages. Moving
pictures give you an idea of the awful
devastation, but one scarcely realizes
what damage guns and ammunition
can do, until you actually see it's re-
suits. We saw a great deal of the
ruthless destruction Of fruit trees, vii
lagos, ETC., by the Bosch in his retreat
The French officers took us for a trip
to the. front, and through communica-
ton trenches, and ever the fields we
went, until we were about one and
one-half miles from the front line
trenches of the French and the Bosch
separated only by narrow stream
The day was a quiet one, however, on
that sector and we were in no danger
I would not have missed that trip fol-
anything. We travelled over about
sixty miles of the French front inspect.
ing repair units of different character
The French officers, with whom we
stayed were most hospitable in spite
of hardships and sufferings they are
outwardly cheerful and spirited The
more I see of real French people, the
more / am convinced that they are the
finest people in the world. Too bad
that we could not have come to their
assistance sooner. One evening they
took us to a theatre in a little French
village, not far from the front where
we saw NauQeV1lle. IneFe was plenty
of good talent in evidence, several
soldiers having been on the stage be.
fore giving their all for their country
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We returned to headquarters the
middle part of the week and received
quite bunch of mail. You can well
imagine how I devoured all of it, the
first news from home and the states
All news is certainly most welcome
particularly when weeks and even
months elapse between letters.
Very soon within few days, we viii
go to the regiment Of artillery, il
| training somewhere in France. AL
though our trip was somewhat hard
travelling by night and out in the colo
and wet, still our real work begin;
now. The American army in France
is going to be an army of the surviva
of the fttest, from past and spresent
evidence. He who is lazy and incap
able must go. Consequently we a.
must work hard