The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-01-29
Route and Details of Trip
Are Graphically Told by
Soldier Writer
FEEDING SHARKS
FAVORITE PASTIME
Now They Are cover
Here" and Ready for
Whatever Comes
(Ry Earle Il. TostsVin0
ecember something or other
- -ov,a mort M. other

IfEEGIIfUGE
AT some port or other
Somewhere in the war zone
which trust Is sufficiently vague
gro satisfy even the keen scrutiny
OF the Honorable Censor.
wa have. after sundry ana oeNl"
o,,a frayelings in some ocean OF
ether. dropped anchor in some mar
hor Of Europe. Where, the captain
,of the ship and the general in charge
~ 4be brigade, have not as Yet IN
formed us. but we of course presume
Ira will know in due time. You see
tnia censorship business is reahty
ssover here and the governments
our own and the allies, are taxing
no chances. -. =,
the transport, and not q chap on s
I1oard but ran the whole gaEnut OF
nSeotions from homesickness and
5raad Of leaving the old shores OF
she n. s. A.. to seasickness' aha
S1or, fear of the submarines TO nope
4hat 3. submarine might end tnelI
misery. Tor sea legs We're round III
nnasession of some and there "eEe
others Like this:
con coshl stop the ship" groaned
the khaki-clad lad.
4set me down on the land once
sDout let let the ship drop. o! when
do we stop, ,,r,
ssAvxupkhl There she goes up
again"
But the boy in blus,just kept-up MS
wnrlo slhs the soldier boys face gave 2
so1,l why ST aid leave all the COM
forts of home. "a,
,srsr1 me, why did ever enlistF
sAEs for the land and away from
the blue ,-.,,v,a
seUvnare / can slosh the mud round
with my feet, - a..
ssy4th all of its cold and all OF It's
~camp Mills would cen be a treat"
sset me down again please on some
desert isle
eohi Jackie. come here, hold my
.4.n aieEer,n hSs Hell and I'm going to
Sp1sase eig, make 'em stop rocking my
bed"
prt the chap in the blue just kept
up his grin.
He'd been there, twas the oIheF
chaps turn
"A western front fight was In prog
ress inside, a,a
And. gosh! How his Stomach "i''
churn.
preutthousand Boches seemed pound
ing his head
Az the sea made her rise up ana
Ana It seemed that his toenails
would scratch out his eyes
AS ne followed the heaYe OF tue
ship.
Rue there was one comfort, he
wasn't alone.
SO he tried not to crab with the say
looking drab.
Ttss only q part Of the game
s,Awrulrph!s ne exclaimed as ne
cIasped at his head
And echoes there were by the score
IT I ever hit land" groaned the boy
in o. d..
'pn never set sail any more.
Perhaps you think that the above
"a an attempt to become facetious.
well hardly. Tt was as much as
rome of our lives were worth, To-
even grin anywhere in the neigh-
horhood OF the boys who were hit
Sbeneath the belt by the dread and
de mere.
We set sail from some port or
pther in the United States at some
dats or other this month, and I'll
was not until the shore lines of thel
good old u. s. A. were hazy in thel
distance that the boys were allow
ed on deck. There was an establish
pd routine followed on board
throughout the trip. Went some-
thing like this:
$3.50 A. M-That is, IL you awak-
nned that early. Go out on the deck
knd get a few whiffs OF fresh airl
and cigaret smoke.
6:3b "A. mr.. to 1880 "A. M.--Talk
with various sailors and receive
their reports as to which part oil
the ocean we were in. We really
travelled q tremendous distance on
The way "over here" as we were
informed that we were, on different
dates. as follows: First day, straight
east Of New York; second day, zoo
miles south Of Cuba; third day. near
the shores Of Labrador; fourth day, |
ia the war zone; fifth day, sailingl
directly east for the straits of Glib
raitar, on the way to Rome, nearing
the war zone: sixth day, nearing the
war zone and north Of Iceland; sew