The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-12-04
GeeI But It's Great to
Meet q Guy From Home

formerly with Company B of Fargo,
a well known resident OF the city for
many years, writes entertainingly
from France to S. +. Stone, of his
recent experiences in meeting Fargo
men in the service. Says Sergeant
Peterson:
Life is full of wonderful surprises
and It doesn't always rain in France.
This Is how it happened. had
been on the truck all morning, had
my rations for the day runloaded,
partaken of mess, and mapped out
the eats for the evening, when I de-
cided to take walk to a hospital
which somebody told me was only
four kilometers distant.
1.-THE sun was shining, the woods
We're full of color-it almost seemed
like an Indian summer afternoon in
North Dakota The white road had
as many crooks and turns as the
famous Red river of the north. The
sun sank below the yellow and
russell leaves Of the tree tops. In
my o. D. overcoat was too comfort
able, and 1 sometimes thought !
never would get there, but did, and
would have sworn that 1t was more
than four kilometers. a
"A. Richmond had broken away
from it's mornings, and when I saw
the sign, rDental Surgeon, there
was my goal.
IT went up the steps. A private
led the way-the oficS, the chair, the
apparatus was surprisingly COM
plete, considering it was field equip
ment, not a great distance from the
fighting lines. The private noticed
my North Dakota service medal, and
said there was a man from North
Dakota there, and soon, who should
came in but w. H. White, past worthy
master Of Shiloh lodge, AT. & A. M.
for a long while with the ]. I. Case
company, and later with Stone Piano
company in Fargo. =
THE last ttime ! saw Bill was on
the N. P. platform, Fargo, when the
Lieut.. John Keene and Lieut.. Chase
(now commanding officer of our
company)-stopped for a brief per-
iod. Bill then weighed about 225
pounds, apd here he stood. perhaps
B5 pounds lighter, but rudy ana
healthful looking, and really the last
man I expected to run across over
here. BIZ is a Volunteers buck
private in an evacuation hospital
HE says he is feeling tip-top, and
is indeed thankful to be doing his Bit
and wishes to be remembered to all
his friends. o.. go.
after the private-dentist had done
the trick for me, had the pleasure
of seeing another familiar face OF
shaking hands with another home
town man, Montgomery, for five
years with Fout & Porter1eld-now
White and Monty and I were en-
joying a talkfest, a Minot boy let
himself be known while in the den
lists chair.
"These were the first Fargo boys I
have seen since the village days of
the S. o. r.
"Then. the next day, when at the
ration dump, who should come run
ming up but Corporal Guy Comrie,
a volunteer member Of an aviation
unit. Guy was a. member OF, Com
pany B before border days and is
a brother Of Lieut.. Comrie, who
graduated from the first officers
training camp at Minneapolis, vol
unteered for service in France, and
while on active service here. tried to
stop a shell. and is now conyalescing
in a southern city. ...s.
Guy looked very natural, and says
he is feeling, flne.a .+.a,...., n
Then, today, while on the way for
eats in the big truck, who should pop
out of the woods but Jazz Thomp-
son, a member of Company B on the
border, then volunteer in the state
quartermasters department. and
later, and now, an outside clerk and
rustler, attached to the headquarters
of a. certain division with the ranks
Of a regimentaIS sargeant-major.
"'Jazz' appeared in the pink Of
condition. He said he talked to
Boots Melchior a short while ago.
and mentioned him being still in the
S. O.. r., training recruits.
Believe me, it sure did me good
to see these hometown boys"