Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-09-06

In the early morning Of November
15 h Huns attempted another raid
and were .repulsed. The Germans
moved several machine guns into No
Mans Land and swept : our COM
nlunicating trenches with q heavy
At tho some instant American flares
disclosed the raiders and the French
and Yankee batteries dropped a grill
ing barraSe in the midet OF the foe.
The Huns %retreated. suffering several
casualties.
And all the while the Yankee boys
were fighting coolies as we'll us Ger
mans. These little, pests are certain
~ thesbane Of the life of the soldier.
, Sometimes. ! think that eventually
they viii gobble up all OF the Ger
war out between themselves.
When the boys got leave from the
trenches the first thing they did was
to go back of the lines and take a
gasoline bath. This rid them of the
lice. Then they would put on new
underclothing and fresh uniforms and
feel like men again.
The American soldier on leave
from the trenches has the time Of
his life. His Uncle Sammy. has seen
to that. The American government
f4AoO @AAOu OVGI CIl0 1alAOuS WdI6ElIUE
place. Aix-les-Blains, on the borders
of the Alps. and turned the place INTO
a paradise for Yankee soldiers. For
SO. cents a day the American dough
boy II allotted a room which million
aires in ante-bellum days were glad
to secure for $50 a day. The Y. M.
c. A.. and other organizations are
spending vast sums at Aix-les-Bains
for the entertainment of American
EnlntArA m 1NQVa- - lL. ~ "-'
Sergeant Marsh spent two months
in the front line trenches and then
one morning at " o'clock, he was
put out Of commission in a boche
gas attack. He Was taken to a hos
pital and remained there until he
was selected with others of PERISH
ipg's forces to return to America and
aid in the third Liberty Loan cam
paign.
will now resume the story of my
experiences with Battery G, Sixth
United States Field Artillery.
After sur battery had. fired the
improving the position back Of the
Yankee first line, we groaned with
disappointment when the order came
to move to winter quarters. Every
n1an-jack of US considered it pretty
tough to be yanked out of tho scrap
just aIter we mac poked our nose into
1t and We're beginning to warm up.
But orders are orders, and of course
we had to submit.
So very sorrowfully we began a
three, days hike for the winter bill
let's many miles back Of the line.
The village which had been wished
on to use for wintep quarters was far
from being a spotless town or a mod
Ell community. If that town had been
located in America it would have
rad the board of health down on It
in short order. And the board Of
health would have had to put in
some hard work to bring the place
up to the American standard of san.
itation.
After we had been in the village
five minutes w decided that we had
an important duty to perform and
that duty was to clean the place up.
There were evidences that we would
have to educate the people before we
could bring this about, but we de-
termined we would do hat if it was
necessary.
The little village was strong on the
map, not because Of its commercial
or agricultural Importance, but prin-
cipally because OF its astonishing var
iety Of odors. You could smell that