Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1918-08-22

= we we're all at the Y. NJ. c. A. ell
0 joying a program in which some 9
] our men took part. the Colonels ca
r drove up and he came walking II
4 mounted the platform and read
9 telegram announcins that the Fran
I co-American offensive had begun a
) 4.S0 a. m. and at p. m. had ad
, yanced 22 kilometets and taken IS
/ 600 prisoners Maybe you think tn
) crowd didn't yell. They nearly tor
the roof of the building. Love TO al
the home folks.
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|. Pvt C. r. Reed writes to his par
. ents from Somewhere In France
THE company was out to a lecture
this evening and 1t started to rain
so we all had TO come in. The lee.
ture was conducted by a French Of
/ ficer who was in several battles
and just came back from the front,
The lecture was an instructive and
interesting one.
II will be home before long and
will have lots to tell you. certain
ly wouldn't sell the experience I've
received in the last two months. We
have plenty to eat and wear and are
perfectly comfortable. The wealth
e. is surely nice and cool. The day
is usually warm and the night cool.
eve took an eighteen mile hike
the other day and we had quite
time"
Pvt. Reed was stationed at Camp
Funston before going ovedseasL He
says that from the time he landed
in Camp Funston he has learned that
the Red Cross and the Y. M. G. A.
are the two largest and most won
derful organizations in the world.
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Richie Hope, snn of Rev. A. L.
Hope, formerly of Abilene has join
ed the navy at Key West, Fla. as
a wireless operator. He is 20 years
old.
In a letter from Lieut.. France @. |
Wilson. who is an instructor in
aerial gunnery in the U. S. air serv-l
ice in France, to his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. H. w. Wilson. he says:
We are now getting some of the
American made planes and motors
over on this side and now have one
Of them here at this school 1t Just
came in yesterday and l have not
flown it as yet but will shortly. It
seems to be a dandy and hope it |
will continue to keep the reputation
it has made already over here.
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James G. Carlson, who entered |
the navy sometime ago and has been
on board ship for nearly a month,
was given the navy E, the highest
honor for naval gunnery. He has
been an armed guard on ship and
has practised with the tnree-inch
gun. His new location will be Phil
adelphia. Carlson expects to get
furlough soon and so will be home
FOR a visit
RI Va sa
Major Dwight d. Eisenhower, in
A letter to his parents, says that he
expects to go overseas in the spring.
The number of men in the tank
corps at Camp Colt, Gettysburg, Pa,
1as increased from 5000 to $4,000
nen since Major Eisenhower has
been the commanding officer.
pa ~ H
A letter from Corporal Allie Mann
Who Is with the 10th ammunition
rain Somewhere In France, writes
o the Reflector under date Of July
'0-I saw an Issue of the Abilene
Reflector today and it certainly
seemed fine to get the home paper
Is 1t has so much news that the
olks do not tell in letters. Three
If us read the paper and l wish
'ou'd tell all in Abilene hello for us.
Allie Mann, Mervin Stuck and
clarence Ballweg.
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w. w. Gunselman writes to the
reflector under date OF August is.
Il am at present stationed on the
J. S. S. Mayfiower as a yeoman and
ave been here since the Goth of
July, 1917, with the exception Of
b ut nine months, just little va
alton, which spent in a U. S. naval
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