Bogalusa enterprise and American. (Bogalusa, La.) 1918-19??, 1918-11-21
lack Friends Tells
Of Life on Front
France. October 10. 1918.

~ the way was WTlLIen from the
south central part of France not far
from where Frank Major Guerre and
the rest of the home boys were sta
toned my existence has been more or
less filled with thrills and l have
been bounding around like the pro-
verbal rubber ball having scarcely
time enough to grab three squares a
day or eat the lunches which packed
with me. l endeavored to see Frank
before left but could not locate him.
/ did see Major Guerre however, and
a few of the Bogalusa boys. They
were all looking tip-top and anxious
to get up in the big show.
At present l am in very active
sector, one which has been held by
the Boche since the beginning of the
war. The 18th of this past month
our forces started a big offensive in
this particular section and wer are
still going to it, gradually driving
him and regaining that which he had
undoubtedly come to believe was his
forever. The going is very difficult
here, due to the naturai conditions
of the terrain, and in addition to that
the Hun has organized his positions
in such manner as to maze it doublv
so. Tonight ! am occupying a dug
out which was recently the home of
some German officer. It is built into
the side OF hill, has a concrete front
with sliding glass windows and
carved door. The interior is divided
into three rooms, two sleeping and
one living; the walls are papered and
the rooms are fitted with heat and
light. The lighting system is not in
commission now, one of our shells
put it out of business. There is a
bathroom within short distance.
fitted with hot and cold water, but
this is also out of service for the
same reason as the lights.
l have been up at the front a num-
Der Of times, observing from adj
vanced positions, and few days ago
was there when one of our big drives
was on. In going up l had to pass
a village which was being
shelled by the Germans and there in
an old house, which had been literally
filled full of holes By shells, was i
Red Cross girl serving the boys with
hot chocolate. At present / am just
d few miles behind the line on a 1T
tie piece of engineering, which will
take couple Of days to fin
ish. Rather funny thing happened
5oday. A batch of Boche prisoners
were going by and one of the ser
geants Of our organization recognized
his brother among them.
! am attaching herewith a little
piece of material which may interest
you. This was cut out of a German
sandbag. They use this material for
all sorts Of things such as sandbags
bed sacks containers of all kinds and
even for carrying shells. It is much
more durable than one would mag
inc even though it is made of paper.
More than our share of rain has
fallen and we have had only one on
two sunny days. The nights are cold
with heavy frosts. Last night it was
cold enough to form a thin skim of
ce.
We get the papers quite regularly
md consequently can keep up pretty
veil with what is going on around us
Haven't had a letter though for 5
ong from the States that / have for
gotten what one looks like. !.
At one time / was stationed within
! few miles of c. R. Howard, but un-
fortunately did not get to see him.
IF course you know that he is a cap I
ain now. A while back 1 was in
Paris and while there attempted to
zee Colonel Gillette but could not To-
ate him. / understand he is a cap
ain in the Signal Corps.
The one big topic here now is:
WHAT is Germany going to do re
yarding her next peace move. None
# US can believe that peace is in !
light. The line of demarkation be-
'ween the territory which Germany
las occupied and that which she had
lot is as distinct as day from night |
md blind man could tell when he
ROSES the boundary.
It is impossible for you to realize
he enormous amount OF materials
which are being used over here. l
ave been keeping my eyes open for +
he Bogalusa brand but as vet have