The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-12-18
FED TIE FISH
But LANDED
IN SAFE TY
PRIVATE MAXWELL WRITES LET
TER HOME GIVING DETAILS
OF TRIP OVERSEAS.
Went Through without Scfatcn anu
Escaped Uual "Coottc Vis1'oiS
Is Having Einc Time.

! Th" Following letter received by s +
Maxwell Of Trind"lI'hiA from ms H".',
= H. Maxwell. .Ir.. wh" went /" France
carly in September. after Il lhr"r-m"n'hS
$;a% at Camp M"ad:. - ol more IMAM
li%t:;h interest: mo
"Clrr"momt. France, Nov. "a; l9lS.
Dear Pad: Wrll. this IS The .hrSt
timer in which ! hay. b"cu able TO tell
yuu wha, we are H",rS and where
'nm located.
Il landed in liverpool. England, ana
bearded i IRAN. W" rode al uaS : :Tnm
part a.: tn" might a'ruSS f-'Sihi'u. 1HG =:
scenery certainly wrS great we E"' on
,;h" train ut Southampton late III me
im,phr and boarded Il Tc$S"! anu crosH.n
til" chanurI t" France" We had Il s'''oo'"
rid" across the channel. 'r.,,,
The "trip thu pond was h"lul ~!
rough. Waves swept Clrar over thc YES
,"l | could feel the vessel rock l"r
week att@rwaris TN IN" WH"r - un!.
The vessel WAS too large Tor IN" W., 'Ia
over L. cause il In sink. nut IL maui
things miserable and Il fellow Iced inc
.iiShCS. liza, LA,
After we crossed The channel We
hllrd to Il rest camp al Ih,rlH,"' -
Franco. and STAYED thcr. 10 or l. days.
There we boarded !, train. rode 10 lie
Mans, then to Tours; got OFT the ''Ail
thnX carSl then To d.. ions. HH Sot our
trucks across France To camp WILSON,
IhHu on TO LANCER anu from lheiu W
cot gasoline and went 10 81. DIJicrS ihr
biz gunA certainly made it bad Tor
sleeping. l laid awake three or 1ouT
hours of tho night listening 10 mem.
finally went Ia sleep. anu was Nv aNcn. nc.
nat $50. got on my truck. and SIX OF US
viii three trucks. started Tor Some.
where toward the front - We did not
know whrc. My assistant urlScr
! Worried hut | did not care somehow we
drove for about SIX hours. We got 10
| \cu1yillr. whore they brought |" gar
! lon cans back from the lines anu MICA
] them from the trucks. SiaS'u In,to
| all day and night waiting Tor cans We
rrawlcd into an old barn ru'l "t nay
that sector that might and | slept we'll
| y got tho truck unl"adrd the next
day al about / o'clock and started 70
| rlcury for another tank OF gas. mn
| | got thcr" orders wrr' '"r US =" ." ~
| C1rrmunt 10 the water tank quarters
| with ih,, truck They wcr" not uScu
| for watrr-;ankS. ST. ~" did n"l 20 l" IN"
! lines with water. sum" OF inc ntH'l
] commands were between IN" aFtitcFE
| and Tho infantry wErrc III" big drive
! ,',,. ,,n IIallow,.'cn uicht "" could So"
| .hn flashes al the guns n III" SKY: cpulI
| hcar ,hr NOISE also. "" w"r" expecting
! ,hr trucks /" come 10 us. IN Il coupe
| nr ,lavs the war was said In haV" ceased
hit tine guns roarCd on. hut we SOt ho
more trucks and turned ours over 10
/ another outfit TO haul EaS.
| : we have been her" ut ElHr"m"nt cHr'
| since, rhoppinT wood. doing Eharu' urn
| INK and eating. Tho nIEhi IN" ~ w. W
! The war being over WAS brought pack
| runs wrr. fired a,.d | never heard II.
1 'Wru | consider W. certainly Wrr"
lucky. although thor" was not SinE'"
! fellow lost out of this "utiiii.
| =. Some OF The fellows are "rlTlns
i,rucks hauling hack pipe and AL kinds
;nt stuff. The night | WAS AT ",HNNl''':
| n,,d r,r,c "a Ilrr,nnoni. Nimr"d "alnr
Into our quarters asking for M" iir
| wns worried. for | had been E'n" for ~
hours and he did not Know Mme' ' %,.
Er;tx n; -. Differs shook things up, but
( did no damage. - ~ :; .,
| ia hospital the only h;:ildlnE that ~
/ IN good shape. We have good iIr" ana ,,
! r.rh;. in better health than ever. aho
| yy,ich: more W. expect ~ !" pas |"
!, ranIing from Germany any day: n'il W"
| ,lo not know. We may start i"r n"im'
! ana. a1y ar NAV H., her" SrI"rtl m"rIhS
4 w, certainly ar" having AN easy I'm"
rnyr for W.. know IN" danger - "f'r'
; w. orr JUS, as ~af" h." as al Dome
/ only "" might Set coolies. 'N'>'' ="
! any yc;. a., ,.,,
! .rlrl 'rh,, WEATHER E"T" : IKE S;n'
,c,nhcr 4: h"rm". I want |" COG Il! =
before come l"Irk. Il an one 'n,nh
there will H." n" danger oil Su''S VI n'i'
| hing clrr. coming home. nay" n"N"'
!; t"i ,h,n,.. 10 see any IN" I know yet
n n,,T . our ', own hoys. The tim" goes SLOW
I 20; paid for TWO month: tn" "I ,i;.I
j n,rh, IN French money. whFh l""ES Ilk'
i wallpaper So | hay" plenty "l n"h NY
Il md ON, NOR" months pay almost "u,'
< ", Gan hay candy and chewing gum. ~
= though il IS h'El . ,,,i,,rs
! "Thrrn c"r:ani! n" ","n' ne" ,h'hsS
/ h.rr rcr souvenirs. hut Il I"!!"W 'a'
I hardly carry ?nTtl,iHg w.ih"9t '"sI"t 49,
nm, wen. will writ" whenever
can. I."r ne knew + yrn e., THIS 10y
|! ,.,r have not got AIRY mail 'or s'\
1 crnl days. - r,cr,>
II ,rri,,,,,.,. ard y l.ppv \"w Year.
PROM your son i'll Fra"""' 'With ''N'
n and hes; wjshrS /" all.
"PNT. GEAE';E \. MANN i'''!:
400. r. rhri"jh Water TANK TIL