The Coconino sun., 1918-10-25
SGT. w. R. WEBB SAYS
 BOYS ARE GETTING
 USED. TO FRENCH WAYS

Sgt. Wm. Webb, former advertising manager of the Sun, and well known in Flagstaff, gives an interesting ac- count of the l5Sth (Arizona) regi- ment in France.
 Somewhere in France,
 Sept. 30, 1918. Col. F. s. Breen,
 Flagstaff, Arizona.
 Dear Colonel:
 We have been in France for several weeks now, in fact so long that we find ourselves unconsciously thinking, talking and acting as the natives do. The company Is billeted on large farm CD (12 acres) about two miles from small village where our near est neighbors of American soldiers are located. We have very comforta- ble quarters in the hay loft of the barns and with the cold nights We ap- preciate lots of hay, even with all the things that go with it. My turn came today to read the first American newspaper that we have received from the States since leaving there and it was a copy of the Coconino Sun of Aug. 23rd, sent by Mrs. Keller to Paul Keller. It has passed through the hands of so many of the Flagstaff boys during the last two days that 1t is almost torn up but still readable. Sgt. Stanton Borum, Sgt. Elmer Jackson, Corp. Harry Hibben, Sgt. A. B. Nelson, Corp. l. Sedillo and my self, are all of the Flagstaff bunch left with the company. Sgt. Nelson is still handing out cornbeef and hard tack and other things, while Sgt. Borum has gone into mourning for pie. Sgt. Jackson gains a new home with the fair sex once month regularly and Harry Hibben seems to have lost out with them | otherwise we are all in he best of health with lots of worK Q do all day and some of the nights.
 We had a very pleasant trip across he Atlantic with enough excitement o satisfy all, and after landing in France we, of course, saw many ef- ects of the war. Of special interest we're the German prisoners who pass d us frequently in long lines and the nen always watched them with in- crest, for many had never seen a Iun. In one instance that l noticed
 large number of prisoners were marched through the street where here was a gang of negro soldiers, Tho stared at the Boches with much uriosity. One shouted, Oats de ,ay to do it, get lem by de bunch! m sore myself, cause dey took me rum home." They were a poor lot, Il the captives I saw, dirty and hun ry and many old men and boys of 6 and F among them. 1 was talking vith a French Sergeant yesterday ,ho said the American soldier is ar superior fighter than the French eople had at first believed and they l. ake everything with a smile. He aid, "We French people can't under tand how the American soldier can mile and be so cheerful in battle. wish you could have seen the Amer ,an soldiers go over the top last ,eek and then the men coming back ,ho were lightly wounded, tired, rav- hungry, even dazed from want f. sleep. but smiling and still able Q tell you, with a satisfied nod: Its fine show-we are doing fine-you ught to have seen the beggars run At this writing the sun is shining n a contented army. The days york is not over yet, but 1t is certain hat the night will find our triumph ven greater than we hope for freedom for all.
 Sincerely,
 SGT. w. R. WEBB,
 Co. I, 158th Inf, American Exp. ,a,aoe A D n 72Q France