Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-10-27

In the gccOnd letter rs shown a
spirit that. is fast evincing itself
among American boys At the front.
Sergeant Brown writes In an entirely
different strain from Private Smith,
and his letterssdeals more with con
temptation OF the horrors OF war
fare az they appeal 10 the man with
"A. sentative organization Both arc
wonderful letters and more than
worth the readers time, from the
descriptive matter they contain
From n ClVillRn 10 This In 10 Days
September l2--And II has started
the great drive OF 81. Mihicl The
muttcTlnEs and tho rumOra OF the
last three weeks about something
big cOmmcnc soon have at last
beComA A reality Al 80 last night
tho boom OF countless guns com
nenced and continued with incress-
ing velocity throughout the night
until this morning 1t II one continu-
oUH menaCinK and ominOus roar. At
b'25 this morning Just before dawn,
the first Of our planes came flying
low overhead with roar Of engine
and propelleTs that could he heard
above the din Of battle to take hp
tho duties ~ the day ton
Rain has been failing all night and
at times IL WAS almost y dOwnpQur.
You can tell the strain of the long
night has been terrific on the gun
n-rs as you nOte their tenSe. hard
features outlined for an instant In
the flash from one Of the big guns.
Iut the sound OF this machine hrav-
ing the darkness and storm 10 be
ready at the first ray Of light sent \
mighty thrill through all,
Not word was spoken but the re-
lAxation was felt by all and was so
noticeable by the quickened move
msnts OF the shell passers the
vicious slam Of "A brcech block or the
low mutter Of satisfaction uttered
by the gunner as he jerks lever
and sends a huge shell speeding on
itg way home to the Boche and by
the grim remarks as a shell from
Heinie happens to strike too close
to us to be real comfortable. IT Is
now n little lighter and the very
ground Is trembling from the con-
Cussions ~ our cannon More ma
chimes are arriving every minute 10
take up the days work; large slow
bombers, scouts and fighters. the
latter vieing with tho speed Of tho
low shaggy clouds. Darling In them,
above and all around them but al
ways on the alert to give an account
Of themselves should the BoChe get
II in his head to get inqulsItive as
TO Our positions lie already knows
what we are doing so II promises to
be some day
September 10, and Friday. Am
glad that am not superstitloua
Mount Sect, one OF our initial OBJ
jectives was reached at S:a5 yester-
day morning when they (the dough-
boys) rested until the artillery and
supplies could catch up The Roche
evidently realizes Is time is near at
hand as he IL throwing away every
thing ne has while he runs and our
observers report that Metz Is burn
ing. They must have set fire to the
whole town at once. Thelreflcction
on the low, clouds could be seen for
many miles and at times light
enough to cast dim outlines OF
shadow. II continues TO rain every
little bit and is cold and diEa gree
able. salvaRed two new stoves at
noon today and intend to have one
real warming and drying out tonight
REGARDLESS Our aViators have been
busy all day. and you sure have TO
hand It to these bombers. As soon
as they finish dropping one load on
Heinie back they come aften an
other, It makes no difference, rain.
wind or shine. right through It they
come or 20 as II they had Just so
much to do and were working on
union schedule. ! sometimes feel
sorry for them for they have no
handy dug out or other shelter to
run into when II rains (Oometimes
other things than water) as We do.
neither can they 60 almost straight
up and be above the rain In an In
slant az the scouts do. II would he
hard for me to decide which I ad-
mIre the most the pretty little scout
with his grace and speed or the
slow humble. but methodical, bomb