Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-12-21

elderly man asked him what he dic
with same, and he replied that ile took j
home 10 his wife and children, who hadn
had any bread Tor over wear and a half
% YOU can imagine n what 4 state, the
families Of England were at one time
especially the poorer set OF people.
We rode on this train until 3 clock
the next morning. when We detralned al
Winchester, hiked two and half miles tc
a rest camp and went to bed for that day
Got up about noon and took a walk
around to see what the place looked like
tll we could sec were farms and a few
scattered homes The next day we left
this camp and marched once more tC
Winchester. loaded the train and rode TO
the city OF Southampton.
Here we were loaded on board the
Antrim and about o clock that night We
pulled out Talk about YOUR rough rides
this took them all There was hardly
standing room on the boat 10 begin with
for same was very small First ! tried to
sleep living on a bench, but tins was toe
cold Then | curled around one Of those
air tunnels but soon wave nearI V reach
ed me then | crawled inside OI same.
nearly got asleep, when ! came 10 this
conclusion, Suppose / was TO fall asleep,
why might fall down the darn thing, so
out | came and slept standing up the rest
OF the trip
We landed at HavTe. France. where We
were marched through the streets and out
10 the rest camp We had circular tents
IL rteep IN and - to tent but before
nIghtfall, the fellows next 10 Us pulled out
and We occupied their tents for that night,
which saved our lives 1t was an English
camp and they sure handed out pretty
mood raoul. TT.al
and YOU could only get breakfast with the
breakfast slip and this was now they work
ed it. You could either get hot meal or a
cold one The cold meal consisted Of cold
roast beef beans. cheese and quarter
loaf Of bread. while FOR a hot dinner YOU
got hot "Slum gulion, which was darn
good and an egg or some bread OF some
thing similar.
We left our rest camp May 2, and by
train travelled 10 Bai-sur-Auk, passing
through the outskirts of Paris. Here we
detrained and hiked to a little village cal
led Champigncl, 50 small that it Isn t on
the map This was our first real stop, for
here ] stayed until May y. when ! was
sent on detached service with the 18th
NJ. g. I3n Was only with them until
june 3. and they were ~ent on detached
~ervicc with the 26th Division Oh the
Toulc front
w travelled to Lay-~t -Gemv two
EIometcrs from Foug and here We rested
until The 18th Of same month All We did
her, was 81 around and look pleasant
while the battalion went out on he range
and practiced w did do 4 little road
skctching work, but this was about all.
Here we had our first good times, saw
"bcaucoup air battles and saw lots Of
smashed planes pass through One morn
ing We Saw two German planes forced to
the ground and about two hours later, the
same two planes pass on platform truck,
all smashed 10 the dickens. Here also we
saw 4 French woman who had been cap
turcd IN the Germans and sent back,
branded on the breast for life
IN tho evenings here, wc spent our time
along tbc canal OF down at the "Catc dc
BelgE where there MAS nice little
ffcnd, glr who could speak fairly good
English Well, We left this place on the
18Th and came wandering back 70 our
organization We got of the tram at
Epnal and marched right up 10 outside OF
Grrardmcr The night wc landed here, an
other fellow and ] threw our stuff on the
grass and foll asleep, but the next morning
We werc sorry, for il had raincd during the
uight
Ger&Idmcr lies Al the foot Of noun