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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-11-15
From FloYd Perkins.

From Private Floyd Perkins. 18th
Field Artillery. Battery c. A. f. F.. to
his mother. Mrs. H ". Perkins of 7ss
Beal avenue. Hammond
Dear Mother:
Well st last, Mother. 7 have found
in opportunity to write to YOU. 1t has
been some time since I wrote any let
ters at all and this is the frst one IN
about two weeks and a half I know
you will be waiting patiently for this
and viii probably think that the Huns
have captured me. but it is not the
case. and I am well and feeling fine at
present
Well, as you will probably guess.
am IN E different part OF the country
than when I wrote last We have
been after Fritz again too. as usual
and gave them another merry chase
and may be they didn't move in a
hurry. ! was on ground and In the
trenches that the Germans have held
for four years. and ] saw some Won
derful sights Mother. believe I have
seen one OF the most wonderful sights
there IS. and also beautiful. even II It
wan IN battle. After we had been out
n the rain all night at the guns firing
at the Huns, ii was the morning just
as It started to get daylight. that the
doushboys went over the top. We were
only 8 few hundred feet in back OF
them. and as the rockets and star
shells burst and flashed we could see
them go after them. 1t was as good
any Fourth OF July fireworks I
have seen. and as flash would come
we could see them running up the hill
n wasn't long after daylight that the
sentries began coming over the hill
with prisoners. They came in punches
and all day they were going by. It is
night I VIII never forget. FOR one
son-that was soaked fro mhead
10 foot. but that IS nothing to US now
FOR We. have been that way before
Well as / said. we were on ground
,hey held for four years and they sure
did live swell in those places. They
lad some dandy dugouts. Several plac-
es were found furnished good. with
cen the luxuries OF pianos and talk
i-a machines. ] saw some big guns
they left. and some big trucks too,
Oh. wei. II started to tell 1t ali, II
would take a dozen sheets and besides
II might not pass the censor. Maybe
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From o. J. Prevo.
France. oct. II.

France. Oct Il.
Dear Mother and Dad:
After a long time finally received
mail today and my spirits rose hun
dred per cent l had been on guard
all night. to give the alarm against
any gas shells Fritz might slip over.
and when I got back to my dugout.
there was the mail. The pictures are
great. especially those taken on the
farm with Nellie on the ladder in her
bare feet. I sure put a wrinkle in my
cheek
l am certainly seeing plenty Of war
on this front and ifssome OF the tight
wads back there could see half that
have seen they wouldn't hesitate a
moment to buy Liberty Bonds This
old war sure is II :, and you can
take Il from me the movies don't ex-
aggerate il bit
You should see the nice company I
have at night Many a time I wake
UP to find the rats playing tag around
my nose. Wouldn't do for any girls
to sleep in a dugout. but I'll take the
rats in preference to the shells
Was down to the river washing the
other morning and Fritz sent some
near but I kept on washing. Finally
one went over my head and If I had
been standing I never would have fin
toned to hearing the shells coming
and YOU can just about guess where
they will land that il If they aren't
coming too fast. but don't worry about
me. the Germans don't make them big
I'll
long now before we will be on our
way home as we have the Huns on
the run on every front The French
and English say the Yanks are the
best fighters that ever put a foot on
the field and I guess they know
am writing you as often as I can
but there are times when I am in a
position that I can't write or receive
any mall. 1 have been over here since
July 10th and have only received four
letters but we have been moving from
one front 10 another so fast that I
haven't much chance to receive any.
Enclosed IS my Christmas label A
fountain pen would be handy and ap-
preciated.
Keep the rest posted about me and
don't worry for we'll all soon be back
with those we love. Write me often
and II YOU don't hear from me a. Of
ten as you would like you will know
that we are busy doing our duty TO
Uncle Sam and the Allies in bringing
this old war to a close
am in the best of health and stout
er than 7 have ever been in spite OF
all the hardships Of war. Haven't ev-
en- got a cold. ] have seen a great
deal OF France. travelling mostly in
box cars and sleeping in dugouts. old
barns and in the open.
must close now, as 1t is time for
taps and then no more lights Good
night.
Your loving son,
O. y PREvO
LIST Battalion Headquarters
f3rd Regiment Artillery. c. A. c.
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lie was driving truck with ammu-
milton for the Doughboys. II You see
his mother tell her 1 saw him and
that he Is in the best of health.
only got TO talk to him for a few min
utes. for he was in a hurry and so
was |. haven't seen any OF the fell
lows from the club yet. but l expect
70 run across some Of them here.
The Germans sure had this place
looking fine. Nice dugouts and they
left them in such a hurry. hal hal
Well. I am living in one Of their
nice dugouts and We are all enjoy
ing the little German stoves. for the
nights are cold and We have quite a
bit or rain. j got couple Of helmets
and bayonet and few other things.
We might be back for Christmas
ming now the Germans are about to
quit that is if the allies agree for we
are the ones who's on top.
Give my regards to the people
know and tell them / am stin in good
health. l suppose Mary and Lillian
are going to school. o. yes. l received
letter from Lillian just before we
left for the front and didn't get q
chance to answer it. I also received
q letter from Leona and Eulalia- Well
! am going to cease for this Is all the
stationery l have and If we write on
both sides there might be something
the censor wants to cut out and then
1t would cut the other side out.
am your loving son.
CHARLES
Battery A sOth Artillery.
American EXP. Forces, France
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From sergt. I. J. Thompson

Ord. Base Depot No. 1,
A P. o. 70I a. z. F., France.
TO Mrs. l. n. Grinoth.
Cor. Logan and Howard Streets,
Hammond, Ind.
On Active Service with American
Expeditionary Force. Somewhere in
France Sept. 81. 1918.
DEAR MOTHER
Your first letter received first, but
the other one was addressed TO Toul
and forwarded to me. so your last letter
reached me first. / just kept track Of
how long it took to get an answer
wrote from here about July 16. and got
an answer to it Sept. Il. OF course
you answered it the same day. so there
was no delay. I am not lucky with my
mail Some Of the boys get their mail
in twenty-four hours. 7 am feeling fine;
am billited with casual company for
quarters and rations.
have but little time to myself-ev-
cry day, Sunday and all, are alike. New
er stop even when rain is pouring down;
II is just the same. This is Sunday
evening. I am writing this letter by
the light Of two candles and they are
burning pretty low down. Down at the
other end Of the shack some Of the boys
are signing. They sing very nice.
They are singing now. Back In Old In
diana"
few more are playing checkers and
others are talking of things that just
happened today and others have gone
to the y NJ c.. A.
Secretary Baker passed within ten
feet of me the other day. I had a large
detail doing things. He looked at the
bows and what we were doing, nodded
his head and smiled. AS he looked at
me I returned a salute which he answer
ed and passed as if well pleased talking
with the high officers with him.
I have met General Pershing and
heard him talk. The man who is in COM
mand of this section of the ordnance
took me aside the other day and per-
sonally thanked me for what had done.
I put together two different types of big
guns. ready for action, without any blue
prints or instructions. They are the
first of many to follow from home and
We ere getting re2dy for train loads OF
them.
am also an expert on the French IA
nous rs NM. cannon. I know it to the
smallest nut and bolt, also the French
1876 gun. which weighs many tons.
would like to tell you lot more OF
things. but cannot. May be the censor
viii cut some Of this out a word
slipped by mistake may mean great
deal to the enemy.
I received the papers o. K. I am
sending you today's paper. I must
close; time I make UP my bunk and get
into bed. as my candle Will be burned
out
Give all my best regards. VIII be
home when we crush the foe.
Your son.
ORD. sERG'T l. J. THOMPSON.
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The following letter was received
from Lawrence Hilbrich to his. friend as
follows:
Notre Dame. Ind, Nov 6.
Dear George:
I surely was glad to receive a letter
from you. Every letter from home is a
kind Of stimulant for our spirits which
naturally become depressed occasional
ly when we think of home and the loved
ones there. But otherwise we have lit
tie to complain Of. Our commander
Lieut.. VIM. williams is a very popular
and esteemed man in the naval unit up
here. The boys all like him. for every
thing he does is in the interest of the
unit and consequently he expects tho
same Of the men. most OF whom do
most willingly respond
The 'fiu" has been entirely obIiterat-
ed and all the boys who were in the To-
cal hospital and isolation house are re-
turning and will be back on duty In
very short time. It sure does seem
good to have these fellows some Of
Whom were declared as hopeIessly sick
short time ago. One Of the boys who
ID now back again, was deIirious for
about two weeks. Only four or fivo
died That is a very small number con-
sidering that the registry of the uni
versity exceeded seventeen hundred
students Roy and I were fortunate
enough to escape that powerful cpl
denic. Nicholas Kuhn had a slight at
tack. but has entirely recovered.
About nifty or more Of the student
soldiers have been sent to the officers.
training camp at Camp Taylor AS vet.
none have been picked from the naval
section. Perhaps you know that this
was the big idea, the making and select
ing of officer material. Doubtless it
will be only short time until some will
b chosen from the naval unit The
bunch that left sure was a happy band.
W. have classes every day and study
period of two hours every evening. A
test or quiz in military law" was ap-
piled last week and I think that we
passed with a fair margin Our classes
are Just as much a part Of our military
discipline es the daily drill or regular
formations. Every class period must be
accounted for When not in class we
must be in barracks studying May not
be seen on the campus during class
hours. We are kept busy every hour
Of the day. except the days reserved for
athletics and amusenents.
am a member Of the Naval Gee
Club" We have membership or about
thirty-five, I sing second tenor (rather
1 holleF second tenor). South Bend is
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From A. S. Klassen.

The Rifle Range is one Of the places
That we oCss do not like;
Because Il is 80 far away.
And we get there BY a hike.
Two sandwiches make up our dinner.
One egg and one Swiss cheese;
To get them into our mess kits the
Insides We must squeeze.
And BY the time we get to eat them
They're dry as dry can be-
The eggs and cheese nave vanished;
Bread is al that YOU can see;
The packs and guns that seemed SO
light get heavier each mile;
And ey the time we reach the place.
We sure do carry pile.
We then put UP our shelter tents and
Creep into them like dogs
And by the time this thing is over.
We sure do look like hogs
We eat our chow-chow pom the ground
And get it fun Of sand.
The worms and ants that creep around
Make the meal taste very grand.
We shoot from morning uphill night
And only stop 10 eat;
lis rapid fire. kneeIing down
And standing on your feet
And when we go TO sleep we find
The ground is very hard;
Tac blankets do not help a bit.
our whole nights sleep is married.
And after turning from side to side,
4 soft spot we found, no doubt,
We make ourselves ready 20 fall asleep
But the serg eant yelis. pit detail.
fall out"
We put the target in their place,
And make ourselves all ready;
We paste them iup and pun them down,
It's work all day and steady.
We try to figure out each shot.
And see that we mark them right
Wake up. you're slow," Is all we get,
And we havnt slept all night
And when we get back to the camp.
OF the tents we think whole lot.
We know they're not so very bad,
We appreciate our cot.
We didn't know what's good. what's
bad
We were very much spoiled.
We've been at the Rife Range and
we know.
The camp is not the worst place
in the world
PRT. ANTo S. KLAsSEN.
Co c. IS Infantry.
Camp Sheridan, Ala.
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still under quarantine, but the rumor
is that it will be lifted by Friday night.
That viii mean a rare liberty for which
every sailor and soldier has been earn
estly hoping for the last two or three
weeks
Have you any news from any of the
other boys in camp or over there?
Ny old pal Carl L. Friedrich is leaving
for France. He sent me a hasty note
informing me of his expected departure.
Also received a letter from 'Isib''
Chenard. He is getting along nicely
now, but says that he will have to re-
main in the cast for several weeks be-
fore his bones are strong enough again
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From Harry Graves.

American Red Cross Headquar-
tiers. Liverpool. Eng. Oct. Is. 1918.
Dear Mother;
I often told you how many new ex-
periences we have in the army Well.
! am just passing through a new one
and am in the hospital But don't get
excited. as I am up and around again
and viii soon leave here
It all started with pIeurisy and a
cough. while on shipboard. and you
know pleurisy with cough and the
rocking OF the ship was no pleasant
experience. When we debarked. a num-
Der Of us were sent to the Red Cross
hospital where they decided I had
bronchial pneumonia and I am still
connected to the cough. Well, was
in bed about two weeks waiting for
my temperature to get down to nor
nal and last night they let me get up
and now Will be all Q. X. again in a
few days. so don't worry.
Our voyage over was splendid Think
We sew most OF the northern Atlantic
ocean. Went clean north of New
fourdland. saw all kinds OF ice pergs
and didn't have a stormy day. nor was
J sick ct all 1t was tiresorne at last
and we We're all rojoiced to get on
land agein Have not been out much
Yet. consequently have not formed any
opinion about England. but hope to see
more OF i soon. There are or s Of
our boys here but we have no idea
where our company Is at this time
II could only know where they are
and when / will get to join them. and
then get some letters from home.
would be happy. our eats here are
just about what you would get any
where and to all outward appearances
YOU wouldn't know there is a war
Well. mother. I do not think OF any
thing else just now that would psss
the censor. SO will ring of for this
time. Good bye. don't worry
As ever.
HARRY r. GRAVES
81 Sanitary Train.
Ambulance Co. 341.
American Expeditionary Forces.
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time and believe me most of them are
written by the light of We olden candle.
am getting some practical army engi-
neering now. / am on survey detail
and at present we are running a traverse
between the various small towns in the
vicinity of the camp. We leave in the
morning and return to camp at night.
We usually travel about twenty miles in
each day
Talking about being regular warriors.
Johnnie has nothing me. because l
have my gas mask and steel helmet.
These two articles sure add TO the
weight which We have to carry. We
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see many curious sights in this country.
namely. one-handled plows pulled by
either COWS or oxen and ox-carts with
wheels SIX or eight feet in diameter.
Most OF the people here wear wooden
shoes with leather uppers. Everybody
works here the old as well as the young.
Yesterday ! saw an old couple telling
trees ana saving them up into post
lengths. 1 am well and happy as ever.
With love to all,
PVTE RICHARD NAEF.
Co. A. 800 Eng. Il. p. o. COS.
A. E r., France.
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to allow him freedom.
Well.,I will close with best wishes
and regards, to you and all the folks. I
am
Your friend,
Law RENEE W. HILBRICH
Naval Earracks. Notre Dame Uni.
Notre Dame. Ind.
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From Ned Naef.

Somewhere in France. Oct. Is, 1915
Dearest Mother and Dad:
1t will probably be sometime before
you receive this letter. We have to
write all of our letters during our spare
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HARRY r GRAVES

81 Sanitary Train.
Ambulance Co. 341.
American Expeditionary Forces.
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From Charles Duff.

Mr. and Mrs. B. Duff Of 297 Logan
street. received the following letter
from their son. Charles. somewhere
at the front.
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The Government has fixed this sum at
$l70,5oo,000.
BY giving to these seven organizations al
at once, the cost and effort OF SIX additional
campaigns is saved
Unless Americans do give twice as much
as ever before, our soldiers and sailors may
not enjoy during 1919 their
$500 Recreation Buildings
1000 Miles os Movie Film
100 Leading Stage Stars
1000 Athletic Directors
250o Libraries supplying 5000, 900 books
IS Hostess Houses
$4,000 Big-brother secretaries"
Millions of dollars of home comforts
When you give double, you make sure
that every fighter has the cheer and COM
forts of these seven organizations every step
of the way from horne TO the front and back
again. You provide him with church. a
theatre, cheerful home, store, school.
club and an athletic field-and a knowledge
that the folks back home are with him,
heart and soul
You have loaned your money to supply
their physical needs.
Now give to maintain the Morale that
is winning the wari
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From L. Hilbrich.

The following letter was received
from Lawrence Hilbrich to his friend as
follows:
Notre Dame. Ind, Nov. 6.
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of
packed together Outsi
Soldiers Cheer
wounded the the
the schoo wherever is room
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Ord. Base Depot. No. I,
A. P o. 701, a. E. +. France.
To Mrs. L. N Griffith.
Cor. Logan and Howard Streets,
The Cordova daily times., 1918-12-19
ALASKA SAVES SEATTLE
 FROM CRANBERRY FAMINE

Ships to the rescue" of Saattle's cranberry market. which is threat ened with an acute shortage and soar ing prices just before Christmas. the power schooners Apokak and EuniCe Of the Kuskokwim Fishing and Trad ing Company are racing to Seattle with big shipments of the rich and red berries of the Kuskokwim River flats
 Seattle has been threatened with many CatastrOphes but nothing as dis astrous as a cranberry famine at Christmas time and Captain Louis Knnflich. president of the KuskOkwim Fishing and Transnortation Companv, was hailed as a deliverer from dire things all along the water front Throurh the far-siphtcdnoss of Cont Knatlich there is little danger of a lack of the tart appetizer to go with tho Christmas turkey, at least in Sc attlc.
 When Captain Knahich was in ADo- kak. near tho mouth of the Kusko- kwim rivcr. thero were in tn" village rctwccn 800 and GoO hqrrola of cran. hcrrics which had been picked in the KuskOdwim flats hv the natives He realized that thcr" was d1ngo~ of shortage of the berries in Seattle and decided to go 10 the rescue Of tho cranberry market with both feet, or rather with both vessels operating un- dC~ his managcmcnt The schooncrs ADol-Hk and Funicc were in NpOkaf al the time so he loaded both ves- sells with Cranberries and started for Seattle The Apokak and Funice nut into Seward, in Southwestern Alaska, during the homeward voyage. and Cantain Knaflich left the vessels there coming to Seattle hy ste0mship
 Captain Knafich has saved the cranberry market, say commission men, and will be praised for years to come hv housewives all along the coast.-Seattle Times.
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FINE RECORD OF SOLDIERS
 AND SAILORS

WASHINGTON. Dee. 1S.- The navy lived I'D to its best traditions daring the war. and sailors almost invariably conducted themselves better than in r"aor times. Despite the larger mum her uI men iuductcd into service from civil life. which increased the naval fore" l34 per cent, there were fewer violations of navy regulations The percentage of courts-martial decreased from 1.75 to l.11 in tho navy and from 2.72 to I20 in the marine corps
 This fine record of the sailors be hayior was revealed today in the an nUal report of Captain George k. Clark. judge advocate general, who also took occasion 10 commend the improved conditions in naval prisons. which he attributed largely to the ef- forts of the Welfare League. In re fcrrinC to excellent conditions at the Portsmouth, x. II. yard, the judge advocate general a&id the system there was initiated by Thomas Mott Ds- borne. former superintendent Of the Now York state prison.
 Less promising results were noted of the probation system, only 59 per cent of the men so released COmDlet ing the period of probation, against T in tho preceding year.
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CROWDER A MISSOURI BOY

Five miles west of Trenton, Grun- dy county, Missouri, stands village called Edinburgh, which was one" q tlourShing town. but is now rapidly passing away. Here Enoch Herbert Crowder, now provost marshal general of the United States army was born April II, 1S59 His birthplace was a log cabin similar to the two or thr"" still standing in Il more or less dilapt- dated condition just to the west of tn" village. His parents, John II. and Mary c. Crowder, were in humble cir Cumstances at that time, but they were of strong and sturdy stock and they In stilled into their son those qualities of manhood that have enabled him to rise to one of the most responsible posi- tions in the army of the nation.
 General Crowder's early education was received at m institution at Edln- burgh called Grand River college, at that time the most prominent educa- tIonnl institution In north central
The Cordova daily times., 1918-12-19
ALASKA'SLEAD IN BOND SALES
 IS VERIFIED

The official total of sub f2riptions in the Twelfth Federal Reserve district for the Fourth Liberty loan were $4G2. .25O0O0, or $3.25oOO0 more than cEnounced unotIici&lly q few days ago Alterations to this district from railroad subscriptions provided the in crease.
 Alaska ranks first among the major divisions of this district. wi.h 232 per cent, which is believed to be record for the Fourth locn in tte United States
 Following are the official records of the ten major divisions of this dis trict
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Military academy Point September lH'7 Henry NJ Pollard  seconi O.. his appointment He military wit distinction
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