Tombstone epitaph., 1918-12-29
FATHER voN GoeTHEM
 TELLS OF EXPERIENCE
 ALONG FRENCH FRONT

 to a Nogales friends will prove of interest to a great many people of Tombstone who knew the father dur ing his brief residence here:
 My Dear Friends:
 Thanks to the long hoped for armis- tice. the arch-enemy of all soldiers. viz. the censor is fallen from grace and power
 We can now let our friends know something of what the A. F.. F. collec- tive,y. and each member thereof in d.vidual,y has been doing some where" in France.
 am since one month wearing two service stripes and my services have have been varied and in many sections of the localities where l worked from November 1. 1917. to June 15, 1918. covering Paris. Brest, St Nabaira. Langres and especially Bordeaux and vicinity. My principal duties consist, ed during the time in visiting A. F.. F. amps and hospitals. which were oc- cupied by our boys upon their arrival Celebrate mass. hearing confessions, preach and give talks" provide K. of C. huts and entertainments. e,c. As l was practically alone in large district until the arrival of more chap lains and secretaries in March. 1917. was exceedingly busy.
 June 5th. at my request, was ap- pointed by our vicar-general. Monsig nor Connolly. to be chaplain of the First division then at the front be- tween Soissons and Rheims IL is this 1 First division which won immortal same al the first real American battle. | fought and won at Cantigny. under the command Of Brigadier General Par 1 ker. This success was the beginning | If the Chateau Th!erry offensive. the turning Of the tide in the fortunes of he Allies, the beginning of the end for the boches got there into the , fray for the first time and but for a short while. but it was fierce while ii lasted. A too, glorious report of my part in action has been published broadcast in the United States papers. I hope did my duty like each and all of cur officers and men did; not more The best of my work was in he field and evacuation hospitals at LangevsL Crepy-envalois and Juilly. While I was al the former hospital 1900 wounded American, French and boche were brought in within 2i hours A Catholic commissioned chap lain relieved me at the end of the month and I left for Paris on one of i three trains, each of 15 ambulance cars, loaded with wounded. and 115 boche prisoners, all officers. It was lquite amusing. and to the boche off cers quite humiliating When upon the train leaving we waved hands to them calling out Mach Paris" They locked daggers at us believe me ! Being relieved from my assignment Q the first division. while awaiting for another appointment had the pleasure of being in Paris on the Fourth of July, until the 18th, dates of the American and of the French independence. You have read of the grand enthusiastic parades in the Champs Elysees and Pdace de la Con. corde. troops of all allied nations talk. ing part with their cOlors and their bands, and receiving a tremendous ovation from the Paris thousands who lined thickiy boulevards and avenues. An infantry regiment of the first di. lvision, A. E. F., fresh from the Can ltigny battle received the lions share of the honors of the Fourth of July The French troos naturally shone on the 14th.
 Who will ever forget the memorable 18th? The boche final offensive at Chateau Thierry had been daily ex. pected and had SO far failed to ma. terialize because the meteorological prophets of the Hun armies waited for favorable weather prognastications.
 At about II o'clock p m. yhen about retiring after a day full of joys and forebodings. the rumbiing of big can none was heard in the distance east.