The Holt County sentinel., 1918-12-13
HEARING FROM THE BOYS.

/ NN't ihN'i w bNF w
listmcn,. was Maitland's popular bar
her, and constitutionally an all-round
good fellow; he joined the G'h Marines
in May. 1917. and landed in France
in November. He has been back to
Maitland on furlough. and this i
what the Maitland Herald pumped
out Of him:
Passing through the winter of u
with varied experience he ncNt ,Inds
himself with his comrades going into
the awful scrap nj Ncrir'n. Jack was
marching by transport, when 'afgc
shell struck the front Of the wagon,
the bursting shell scattered death
and destruction to his comrades. while
he was severely wounded by several Of
the flying missiles. and he spent sew
oral weeks IN u Paris hospital and got
patched up IN time to join his COM
radcs in that awful scrap at Chautcu
ihicrry, and here Is whore our dough
boys and marines stacked up with the
famous prussian Guards and licked
hell out of them In the fight that Was
conceded the turning point Of the
'War. Il was here and while having
u little hand.,o'hand bayonct nrgI.
mon, with licinic IN the Daliicil
Woods that he was again knocked out
( by high explosive she'll also badly
gassed, and woke up 20 miles away in
a hospital 10 badly musscd up that
he was ou, Of the fight forever. His
company went into the Woods $50
strong and after the fight there were
| IL to answer roll call.
"llc wears two service stripes and
two wound stripes ON his sleeves. and
u French decoration on his left blouse
lapel. lie was ut Brcst when the ar
misucc was signed and started for
home a few days lat.r--trcated 10 u
Thanksgiving dinner at Hotel AStor.
New York. After n 30 days visit he
will report back to the hospital at
Brooklyn, where the surgeons will re-.
move the shrapncl. and when able he
will return home 80 Maitland, the
best town in the world"
W. s. Clifford and wife. Of ST. 10.
seph, send Us the following letter from
their son, Cort, who Is "a member Of
! the Third Military Detachment. Agri-
cultural College, Starkville, Miss.
4 Friday. Nov. 20. 1918.
Dear Mama and All: Received
your letter yesterday. Have not been
doing much today 40 will write some.
| They had turkey dinner here yes
tcrday for the boys and II made them
sick, so we are not drilling today.
They killed the turkeys Monday
suppose they were somewhat spoiled.
! wasn't here SO didn't get any of IL.
Went over to Columbus, Wednesday
Evening, and stayed all night. That
Is about thirty miles east of here and
Is u good town of ten or fifteen tnou-
sand population. There IL couple of
gis|s' colleges, so of course, its q very
attractive place. From there We went
TO West Point, where Payne's Avia-
ton Field Is situated, and spent the
day. They had program prepared
for all day, All kinds of stunts in
planes. Races, battles, and at the
close had victory formation with
over sixty machines. They were all
above at once and spelled the word
"Victory."
II sure was a great sight to see 50
many and one cant imagine the
ntunts they can do without seeing
them. ] tried to get ride in ono,
but couldn't get hold of the right man,
as you have to get pull to get to go
up, and ! wasn't there long enough
to find out who was who. They went
up five thousand feet in one and o
man jumped out with a parachute and
was killed as the parachute didn't
open. ] didn't see that as our tram
left just before time for it.
\ Don't know how much longer we
will be here az we haven't had any
orders Of any kind so far. Well, !
guess this is about all the news.
With love. CORT.
Richard, son of Herman Bayha, Of
Company l., l39th Infantry, is report
ed missing since Sept. 20.
Will Msrkt on Monday received a
card from his son, Fred, stating that
he had safely arrived overseas. Fred,
In company with Frank Castle, Claud
Markt, and John Townsend, left here
June II, for the State University for
mechanical training, and II Isl pre-
sumed that oil Of this contingent is
now over on the other side. II q pre-.
sumed thsy will soon be homsward
bound.
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