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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-10-01
The Issues Of the War.

whom thcy nave IL" TiHh' W run w
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shall strong nations h' Tree 10
wrong weak nations ana make thcii
subject 10 their purpose ana interest :
Shall peoples b" ruled and domi-
mated. even in their own INTERNAL al
fairs. by arbitrary and irresponsible
force. or 10y their own will and choice:
shall there bc common standard
Of right and privilege for all peoples
and nations or shall the strong 90 ~
they will and the weak suner Will
out redress:
shall IN" assertion OF rlSh' DC h"P-
haZarded ana by casual aH'i'''' vi
shall there be IL common concert ~
ubliSc the observance oil common
rights?
Must Be Settled Forever.
40 MAN, no group OF men, chose
,hcs. ,o b,. the issues Of the struggle.
.rb,y ara. issucs of il. and they must
J., ,o,,I,.d--t,v no arrangement, or COM
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v.i,b ., f,,Il and uncuuiyocal accept
unr. oT the prlnciplc that the interest
tcrrst of the strongest.
This Is what "" mean .wheh we
speak of permanent peace, IL We
speak sincerely, intclliS"ntly. and with
I.n.,,l..,I,T, and lI e sion
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"Wc are all agreed that there can he
po n.ncc obtained by any kind of bar
gain or compromise with the govern
m.nts of the Central empires, because
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have seen them deal with other gov
crnmcnts that were parties TO this
struggle. at Bres'-Lltovsk ana hucha-
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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-12-19
John TX. 7IENER

and everything that makes up for a
human mind is too frail TO describe it
and l viii tell you about it when l get
home. VIII tell you a few incidents.
Capt. Twyman and I would be jost-
ling our way along among the merry
makers. Present crowd Of Parisien-
nes would spy US and surround US sing
ing French songs. after they finished
we had to kiss every girl and in the
crowd before we were allowed to go
further This happened scores Of times
during the night and was the expert
ence Of every American soldier in Paris
that night All you could hear was
"Vive TAmerique" and all you would
see was French and American flags in
tertwined.
We have been relieved in the line
At the time we left the Germans were
already evacuating. We are now about
ten kilometers back of the lines as they
were on the 18th. This territory has
been occupied since the beginning of
the war and was occupied as late as the
beginning OF October. 1918. when the
Yanks squeezed him out by the capture
of the St. Mihiel salient
am living in one Of the many shacks
built by the boche. The whole hillside
is covered with them. and believe me
they are some quarters This country
is all hills and valleys and the shelter
ed side of each hill is mass of boone
rests. shacks and officers quarters My
shack was formerly occupied by "Ober-
lieutenant" kind. I am enclosing the
card which / tackled on his door You
can see it has been up for sometime.
There are immense quantities of hand
grenades tdonerite) high explosives.
small arms. ammunition. etc. which
Heine Cor as we call him jerry aban-
doned before the smashing Yankee at
tack. You wouldn't believe it unless
you would see the abandoned stores.
Every road in this vicinity is strewn
with machine gun belts. coats. ammuni-
ton. wagons and every conceivable arti-
Gle of war which were abandoned in
very evident haste.
There are no trenches in this vicinity
which is miles beyond the much feared
Hindenburg line. The Americans drove
Jerry out Of his trenches and pushed
him back so fast he had no time to dig
in. so for the past few months it has
been open warfare on the American
front. That's just what beat Jerry. be-
cause the Yanks are past masters at
open warfare.
Now a few words as TO our future.
The dope for the past few days was
that we We're going back but tonight we
hear that we were 10 be part Of the
army of occupation and we were to go
TO Cobenz tout suite So don't be
surprised 10 get letter from the Rhine
real shortly.
Well, folks, will close for this time.
as 1t is near bedtime 1 have a good
bed. soft pine on the floor. Am in great
health. Don't worry.
Yours
list LIEUT.. CLAUDE DREESEN.
Co NJ. 18TH Inf. A. f; F
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-12-19

DAYS after the signing Of the armistice.
He has met some Of the boys from
Gary and all soldier boys are glorious
in the celebration of victory. His let
ter.
Dear Folks: VIII try and write
you a letter today. 1 am just out OF
the hospital and all together, but not
feeling extraordinary good. am on
my way back TO my company. I am
now in a classification camp. ! have
been here four days l came directly
here from the base hospital. As
write this I suppose you have heard
the war is over and l know you are
glad to hear It. but no more so than
/ am and the rest OF the boys over
here. I will not now have to dodge
shells and machine gun nests any
more and believe me I am sure glad
do not know when they VIII ship me
home but / sure am hoping and pray
ing It will not be long before l am on
my way
We sure did give it to those fiat
head Dutchmen the last days of the
war. They either had to give up or
lose everything they had. We sure
had them where we wanted them.
met a bunch of Company + boys
from Gary over here the other day.
among them being Jack Davidson. a
brother Of Bert Davidson-guess you
remember him. j. Taylor. do not think
Won knew him. and Sergeant-Major
Moe. whose father is the proprietor OF
the Gary theatre building. and belisve
me 1 sure was glad to meet them l
have not gotten any trace of brother
and do not know any more OF him
than you do. I only know he Is In
France. would give anything 70
find In over here, but 1t is ike huhV-
ing for a needle in a hay stack as 70
try to find any one you know over
here, but 1 happened TO pc lueNy
enough to run on to a Few OF the
bows from Gary. about hail ooAen
II all. and it was mighty happy nno'
/ want to tell you
You will never know the a"lui
things that have happened "a TINS war.
Unless YOU were to come over here and
Gee for voursolf. All the ruin and aw-
full things the German armies nave
caused. and II many people that are
left helpless sad homeless by them'
and YOU will never realize how many
lives have been sacrinced IN TINS y g.
var for liberty But let US iorset
the horrors of It and look on me
bright side now that we have won the
greatest victory that there is to De
won.
well. 1 guess 1 Will close, SO good
bve. with lots OF love
Your son,
cIIANDOS S RAGON.
18th Company. sth Marines.
France. via New York
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-12-19
From Henry Leimback.

Boston, MASS DEC -, IL.
Dear Folks
Just a few lines TO let your know
that I am feeling well and have again
landed safe in America. I am trying
to be shipped near Chicago and T
think that I viii be around that
neighborhood by next Saturday and
will be home during the holidays.
Our trip was certainly A rough one
on the "Canopic." coming from Eng
land, as when we were about two days
out storm came up and it was some
storm and lasted six or seven days
and the boys had to shovel coal from
one side Of the boat 10 the other. to
keep the boat aaoat as the wind blew
II on its side and it seemed as though
the boat was riding large hills and
then dropping of all OF a sudden and
it certainly was some ride 1t took
US twelve days to make the trip and
in good weather the boat makes it in
six days.
When we reached Boston every body
was happy and we anchored in the
Bay about a mile from town and two
cruisers came TO meet us and certainly
gave US a welcome. as this is the first
boat that landed in the Boston Harbor
from abroad, and the next morning
when we came in dock all the whis-
ties blew and about a million pso-
pie We're waiting for US and we sure
had some time.
This is about all that I have to say
at the present time. so will close and
hoping this letter will find you all
well as it surely leaves me healthy
and happy and you can look for me
most any time after next Wednesday
as If they send me TO Chicago and
pass Hammond, | will drop off for
few hours as down in England / rode
about a month from one camp to an
other and had a good time. I also
was In France for two days.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-12-19
From Andrew z. Cutler.
Somewhere in France.
November - 1915

November l. 1918.
Dear Brother
Well boy. I am long distance
from home now. but guess YOU will
rot be susprised to hear OF il. / have
sure done some travelling since I saw
ou last and have seen a great part
OF this world. and still expect TO see
more. This is great life. boy.
certainly have enjoyed myself all the
time except the trip over the water.
l had good Siege cs seasickness.
when ! never will forget / never
was water dog. or don't think I
ever w.l be. Leslie can have his sail
or life. bat not for me. I have seen
considerable q England. which I
think is very beautiful country. I
would not have any objection to this
country if the sun would shine part
- the time. IT IS a rare thing 10 see
the sun here; most all fog and rain.
Guess We came here IN the rainy seas
on, but nevertheless we are enjoying
1t fine. and have a fine bunch Of Of
fcers. which makes life more enjoy
able
We had a great time at first get
ing used 20 English money. and then
the French You can have a pocket
iuli OF French coins and then not have
much in value. It keeps person
thinking when he is making change.
and American money must be ex-
changed for French before you can
purchase anything here, as some Of
the French people don't know the real
value Of the our money. and win not
accept IT,
Boy. when J get back I will live on
candy for a few days. as we can not
get any at all over here. and I was
was always a great guy for sweets
The only time We get any is when our
cooks make US some doughnuts. or
cake. We are very fortunate in hav-
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ing some very good cooks have
experienced several days ride in this
country in box cars which is a COM
mon thing ever here and enjoyed by
all. The houses over here are all
made Of stone and in some places the
house and barn are all in one. which
looks very queer. You never see a
four wheeled wagon here. all two
wheel carts and very queer farming
machinery. All that I can see the
people raise here is vegetables and
some wheat. The stones are so thick
on the ground I don't see how any
thing can grow. IF you would see
the box cars they have over here you
would think they were hand ears. 1t
takes four Of them to make one Of
ours. and only have four wheels on
them instead Of eight
Have not been able to get any of
the good Wine over here yet. but
viii before 7 get back Some OF the
French children run out when we
march through town and sell when
they claim is wine. but turns out to
be coffee. then the boys do some tall
talking
I suppose you people are ceiebrat-
ing over the good news. which is good
news all over the world. A person
ought to save money over here. as
there is nothing to buy except tobac-
co and cigars. so 1 spend mine for
cigars and am q great smoker. Well.
guess l must ring off as writing pa
per is scarce over here. and viii tell
you more news when l get home. Am
feeling fine. hoping you people are
well. remain.
Your brother.
PVT ANDREW CUTLER
SIS Co. T. c. Corps.
L. s. Army. Am. EXP. Force.
A p. O. ia
Lake County's work is not done
till she has bought more w. s. S.
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From Lieut.. Dresser.
Trance

france
Dear Folks:
1 am going to write you a long letter
TO make up for last time. Have been
50 continually busy and on the move
since we left that l haven't
hardly had time or the place to write
and besides l wanted to write real
honest to goodness letter when l did
write.
Our whole division was broken up at
- and with il Of course Co
L. Johnnie This brother Lieut.. ]. J.
Dresser. jr.). Capt Twyman. myself
and lot ofsother officers of the division
were quartered for few days at a
French artillery arracks.
The last ten days with the company
had been spent in a little French village
near a town where a famous edict was
signed. So the artillery barracks with
its lack of company cares was quite a
change and relief.
Soon came the inevitable order and I
was assigned 20 the sth division. Capt.
Twyman to the End and Johnnie was
unassigned when l left.
Now just a word about the 2sth Div.
1t is an outfit from the old Pennsylvania
y. G.. and has been in the Chateau
Thierry Argonne and ST. Mihiel scraps.
1t has been wiped out five times since
July 4th, so you can imagine how they
can fight. The division has been fight
Ing continuously since July 3rd and /
Joined them in the line.
I was in Paris the night of the 18th
and you viii remember the armistice
was signed that morning / will never
forget that night. As some one
remarked, it was the greatest night in
the history of the world and Paris, the
most wonderful city in which to enjoy
it. The city was a riot of colors. beauti-
full women. jewellers. shouting soldiers.
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From Chandos S. Ragon.

Private Chandos S Ragon, son Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Z. 2. Ragon. Gary. Of the
u S. Marines over there. writes let
ter under date OF November 3. two
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