Arizona republican., 1918-12-28
W||H IHt WAR OVtR.| CENSOR LETSS SOLDIERS. TELL IF MANY THINGS

4. M. McDole of this city has re- ceived a letter from his son, Guy Me Dole, with the American Expedition ary Force in France. It is different from other letters, in that it is the first received here after the removal of the restrictions of the censorship. Guy McDole entered the service as chemist, for which he had been fitted by scientific training. He wrote:
 Punteaux, Paris, Nov. 24. Dear Father:
 This is the first letter l have written without being censored since l left the states, December 26. 1917. You have doubtless seen the notice in the papers that we are to be allowed this privil ege today. There are many things l might think of to tell you if l were talking with you, but l will try to give you the main points of interest I have not been allowed to tell since coming over.
 In the first place, as you remember l enlisted in the 90th Engineers. This regiment was planned to be the foun dation of what was later the Chemical Welfare Service. They changed the plan of the organization and made the Chemical Section separate and turned the 90th into gas offensive regiment The result was we came over as such, landed at Brest January 10 and pro- ceeded a few days later to a small vil- lage in northern France. called Hell fant, about 20 mines from Calais. We went into special training there and then to the front.
 We had worked with the English Royal Engineers and put in big gas show, as it is called, in front of Lens and on Hill 70. We helped to give Fritz the largest bath of gas he had since the war began. 1 heard later that the show was entirely successful and as a result, Fritz suffered enormous casualties. This happened just before the March offensive the Germans started in the latter part of March. The regiment I was with got out just in time. However. the Canadians were holding the line in front of us and the enemy never made any gains there.
 I was sent to the laboratory which Is located about 31h miles northwest of Paris, and I have been here ever since. We can go to Paris on the rain for three cents or on the tram way for four cents. When I came to this place there was not very much lo NOTh WILL llle UldbeIldlS ndu uOt come from the states. We all worked with what there was at hand and what could be bought in Paris. We were on communication of rations and were eat ing in the French restaurants. After more men were assigned to this place they started the mess. There were a lot who had just come over from the states and had never seen real army life. They picked on me as a mess sergeant, I guess, because l had been through the mill, and I have been at it ever since. When I was at the front we did our work at night a short dist ance back of the front line trenches We had to camouflage everything be- fore we left, to keep Fritz from know ing what was going on. It was a quiet period at that time and 1 was lucky enough to get out without being gassed or scratched. Some of the boys work ing to the south of us got a pretty stiff dose of gas. We had one hit in the arm with a machine gun bullet, and 8 British corporal who was acting as guard was hit in the leg.
 I would not have missed the exper- fence at the front for anything, and wish sometimes that they had let me