Arizona republican., 1918-06-07
ONE PRICE GERMANS
 PAY FUR DRIVE
B. $. Barclay, Formerly the
 Yardmaster upon Arizona
 Eastern, Tells of Great Hun Drive in Picardy

Perhaps the most interesting letter received in this city from anyone il the recent drice in France has come to J. E. Lovejoy, assistant superin. tendent of the Arizona Eastern. iron $. B. Barclay, who is serving as con- ductor on the railways constructed by the American engineers in France MT. Barclay is with the division O American engineers attached to tn, army, once reported over. Whelmed in the March April drive and many of whom were killed. Sev. eral times the track has been blowr up ahead of his train but his division saved all equipment in spite of the rushing hordes of Huns. He is corporal now and will be rememberet here as formerly yardmaster for tn, Arizona Eastern. The letter is a. follows:
 In France, May 5, 1918. J. E. lovejoy, Asst. Supt.,
 Phoenix, Arizona.
 Dear Friend:
 ] received your letter today and was glad to hear from you and also to know that you might come to this country, as we could surely use you in the Twelfth to a good advantage. We have a few very good men, but none, l think have had the experience in the operat- ing department that you have had.
 We are not on the light rail any more, in fact, we evacuated last month in good order and took all our equipment out with us. We have had hard time of it. and ] do not care to go through it any more. We have been in some very tight holes and had some very narrow escapes and our officers were up to the oc casion and got US out all o. ,k It had been rumored that we had been wiped out. We had a 4o- mile forced march, to get up to strategic point and carrying a full pack. It was nearly too much for me but rather than drop, swould wear the skin all off. The English praise us very highly for the eoolness we displayed in talk ing care of our equipment and say that we are indispensable to them. and while we would like to be with our own troops, we are being treated fine.
 if this battle keeps up, don't see where the Germans come from -I personally know that they are losing three to our one and l have seen machine gun mow them down at the rate of Cor 50 a minute, and keep it ur for an hour before they would quit trying to break throu-h. They come over in mass forma mation, as 1t is claimed that they have not the morale to come in a line of skirmish, but they will gc any place with their officers, but if you knock them off. u "v say Mercy comrade' right quick.
 We do not bother much with prisoners-you haven't got the time. had the track blown up ahead of me six or seven times and was in behind the first line at times, and had berun to think that the stuff was all off
 I'm sure that l will be home by the first of the vear-they will have had plenty bv that time. We have been on the front area seven months and have gotten our ser vice stripes and surely deserved them. We had a bad time on the Cambria front last November-got quite reputation.
 We have good bunch of men and officers and they would just as soon fight as railroad and that ! is what we must all do in order to win. # had my way, we would fight altogether. but perhaps can do more where l am.
 would like to tell you lots of things. but they would only be cut out. SO will close.
 Yours sincerely,
 (Signed) B. S. Barclay.