Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-11-14
OUR
SOLDIERS


Gate. Lsaasn. S ". he paper 8 cent
regularly and e Is placed Aas fer
ycur eouvsnishee. Of
Earl Morris Who l. in FrHnce With
L. s uoops. writes his fAthsrs San
Morris. q this city. q his lie during
the last big battle ever there
Mr.. Norris l. = native q Germany
but is q loyal American IN svsry par
neular and has three stars IN his ser
vice flag. One is for Earl. another for
Herbert Morris, who Is also e. The
Western front. and the third i for
Miss Natalie Morris, his daughter,
who is 4 dietieian in an army hospital
in this country.
Earl, in his letter, says among other
things: so Herbert says be Is en-
joying a good Hotel de House and
three square eats q day. Wei be has
nothing on ne as I have been through
the hottest he'll on earth; was in the
trenches once for IS days straight
and also in one Of the largest and
warmest drives Of the var. / slept in
a real French hotel, and ate three
good meals a day. I have slept from
Hotel de Woods and any Hotel de
Place | could find.
There was about a week Of real
hell that I did not have time to SLEEP
much. The truth is that | was toe
busy lodging, fighting and digging-in
l did not are TO stop and get a bite
Believe me, I did not know I was 81
handy and quick with a pick ant
shovel or anything l could dig with
Some times l used my hands and fee
and didn't give n whoop for anything
Il am now entitled to q gold ser
vice stripe having been over here 10
six months and also entitled to a lit
tie gold star on account Of havinl
been in the trenches so long at on
time. You can see by the papers wha
we have been doing. But you don
get the news like we do-right of tn
bat and hot from the pitchers box"
AUDRAIN BOY WOUNDED.
Roy johnson, an Audrain count
boy in service on the Western front !
France, is recovering from wound
! received in a recent battle. Wor
that he was not seriously hurt an
was improving nicely was received b
his family recently.
} Private johnson is a son Of Blu
johnson who resides north Of Mexie
in the Long Branch neighborhood. ]
{ a letter home he wrote that his ca
; had been hurt but gave no particular
: He is a member Of the 18th regimen
{ which was in a recent big action.
! Humphrey Craddock, who is
: training at Barron Field, Everma
Texas. for the U. S. air service, writ
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lee CraI
dock, Of this city Of his first flight
a plane which was with Lieut.. Rhod'
= Jesse, son of Mr.. and Mrs. ]. R. Jess
: Of this city, who is an instructor ther
His letter follows:
: "This is to tell you all about n
first trip up in the air yesterday a
ternoon monday, Nov. ~ 1t W
the most wonderful sensation | ev
enjoyed in my young life. I wish y
to could have seen me-and wish som
n time that you all may, too, experier
the sensation.
he my pilot was Lieut.. Rhodes Je'
Of and he's a regular birdman, too.
az handles the machine with much es
:, and skill. Well, anyhow | borrowed
helmet and goggles from an Off
". friend and jumped into the rear coz
pit Of a Canadian built Curtis ira
ing machine, buckling myself in snI
ly, told Rhodes | was ready and
=. speeded the motor up and we VI
flying across the field.
Before l knew it l looked over
:. side and was surprised to know
were about seventy-fve feet in the
already. 1t seemed but an inst
before we were 200 or 800 feet up,
=; | was all eyes.
ut was beautiful; the roads, r
roads, field and all looked so smot
as clear cut and symetrical as we SIX
med along about eighty-five miles
hour-the wind behind US. Then
circIed aiound and rose higher
s. higher. | simE,y cart tell you
= icc1;rBs Of excitement ana awe I
came to me as / looked out over
long wings of the ship, which loo
so large and then looking down G
house which was so small. but all
time realizing the reversed conditi
"We circled over Camp Bo
which is about seven miles in an
line from here. In a very few m
ents, and made a couple of landing
fields. Also five or six landings
our way back.
"As we neared the field w wer
about 1900 feet, Rhodes became
busy on the outlook for other m
ines flying around to avoid COLI
1t was surely a fine and dandy
ride 1t really did seem funny I
up there with a Mexico boy. but ]
such confidence in Rhodes for
knows his stuff and is certainly
spoken Of here.
"They have just put in the Ga!
system here and Rhodes is an enf
iastic Gasport instructor. He i:
ing to get it fixed SO | may be hi
I pill. Isn't that fine? He said
give me all he had, and it is cert
dandy fine of him to be SO accom-
ing and to offer to aid me so Il
Rhodes was always a dandy felloN
Mr.. and Mrs. George A.. Smit
st. Louis were the guests of rela
in Mexico Friday. Mr.. Smith Il
for Kelly Field, San Antonio T
Monday where he will enter the q
Lieut.. NJ. ]. Sannebeck of this
is one of only fifteen contracting
chasing officers of the army in
country.
Mrs. Sallie Vandeventer Mort
this ciey, has received word of the
arrival overseas of her husband,
John C. Morit.
Lieutenant Ryland Rodes ar
in Mexico Saturday from F