Bisbee daily review., 1918-09-08

The following letter was published last week in the Arizona Range News and was from Lieut.. Edward Joyce, a Cochise county youth who went to the officers training camp and was sent overseas. He has quite a number of friends in the Warren district who will be glad of the chance to read what he has to say about what is going on lover there:
 At the Front in France, July 4, 1918.
 Today is the Fourth of July and we in France heard the splash of the ships that were launched in Amer ica today, and we are all glad.
 I have been in the front line trenches for five days. The communi- cation lines became tangled up and was detached from the Radio com pany and sent forward to take com mand of the platOOns from the Out post company which is with the in fantry to straighten things out. It took us just five days Finished this morning and turned it over in excellent shape. Came out to Brig ade headquarters and hurried to the Division headquarters for a change of clothes and a cleanup.
 When I arrived here I found six letters. I was certainly glad to get them. Many times I go without meals and smoke and I don't mind that, but when my letter rations fall short I get lonesome.
 l will tell you what the French have done for us today, the 4th. Captain Fitch and myself are in the same room. The dear old madam here placed a large bouquet of roses in our room, red and white roses tide with a blue ribbon. Outside of the window hang three flags, the stars and stripes in the center and the French tricolOr on either side, while out in the front of the house flowers were arranger on the ground to make out the words Viva Amer ique"
 The captain and l went down to thank her and the poor old souls eyes filled with tears. as she mention ed that three of her boys lie buried somewhere near the trenches in France and her only daughter. a little girl Og eight, was killed by the Huns bombardment. God help those dirty German dogs. Oar men are certainly sore at them. They have shown no mercy and they will get none from us
 was in a very heavy gas attack the other night and after it was over we gave the Huns a session that they will remember for a while. during which l put a nick in my six shooter just for fear that I might never have another chance to get close enough to them. One of our men, a corporal, got right up on the parapet of the trench and shot at them as they were advancing. He was under heavy fire all the time. He has been cited for barvery and will probably receive the war cross.
 The Germans dropped over 600 shells on our positions that night and 1t was sure lively. thought for a while that hell had turned loose. One never thinks of being afraid or getting kill ed. The only thought is to keep the men in the trenches until the proper N--AAS SSAAASes ACs dAA W ant lO BO OhGI the top. The only funny feeling I had was that I wanted to kill every d-m Hun in Germany for making things so uncomfortable for us.
 The Germans sand printed propa- ganda over into our lines by trJ balloons, trying to affect our p.5rale, but if they only knew the effect it has they would never send another over. am sending one I picked up in the trenches.
 (The size of the missive is a 2 1-2 by 1-4 pliable card made of one ply cream colored tag board and the fol- lowing is printed on both sides: Soldiers of the U. s. A. As we hear from your comrades seized by us. your officers say that we kill prisoners of war and do them some other harm. Don't be such green horns. How can you smart Amer jeans believe such a silly thing? -Ed.) For every piece of paper