Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-06-06


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haitcrics AID scan hear cur runs
ruarinr In eadFnss 70 ortcu Se1e
are near b and scut arr
mere distant TIE Bochc replies rs IN
dcatei By distant familiar sounds
Nor aeruplane pass over. InsGy
Alicd and soen they arr surrounded
by puhs q smoke from the Boehs
anti-sircran rznA Ny chief 81
STAG having an hour q 10 a, and
In order 10 satisfy q natural cures
ity. he ake - d~rru the
ma ne cautiously advances thrcagh
the forest until near the FAR cdCe.
When b. sees the tao lines q lnfan-
try trenches with their communicat-
Ing trenches branching ont 20 the
rear Of eachl and No Mans Land be-
tween. The batteries again open fire
and the shells are flying up there
over his head Coneluding be has had
his natural curiosity satisfied, he
returns and reports hrs adventure.
The next morning, work fin
ished at these Headquarters, we beat
a retreat in our automobile. pass on
TO the north. and reach other Head
quarters in q more advanced position
Here in the woods We found every
body in d~ug-outs, or at least had them
handy 10 use when necessary. One Of
these dug-Outs is near a place which
IS shelled almost daily. Just before
reaching it We read the sign, ALERT
Zone. Carry gas masks in alert posi-
ton" We sling our gas masks as
prescribed, ready to snap them On at
a moments notice. Here in a hOle-in-
background l meet my old classmate,
McCloskey, and take time enough to
talk over sone old times, and to hear
Of some Of his recent experiences in
the woods.
Work finished, we go back over
grounds similar to those described
and head for an advanced supply de-
pot at - Here / find the officer
who sent US the automobile tire two
evenings before, and he cheers me UP
with a drink (of water) and a good,
healthy sandwich.
About 9 p. m. we arrived back
"here" to a cold billet, for they we're
not expecting me, and had no fire for
me. / wa so near ready for a good
sleep, that / didn't wait for one 10 be
built, but soon "hit the hay hard" as
a soldier knows how to do.
Thus ended one trip in France.
| am still hale. hearty. healthy ad
husky-not much Of a Frenchman
yet, but can generally talk enough to
get along. On my official trips, when
that language is involved, l always
take an interpreter along. A French
officer, a good companion, generally
goes with me. He is with the French
Mission attached to these headquar-
tiers Jas an interpreter, so ] often have
the advantage Of listening in" dur
ing their conversation, and, knowing
what they are talking about, am
getting SO | can follow them, even al
the habitual French tongue speed.
Some days ] parley franeais prett!
, well-then other days / can't pull
enough words out Of the whole French
language ,or the dictionary, to say
anything.
On n Of our trips we stopped al
Domremy 1.-THE soldiers call it "Do-re-
mi" - of the scale sol la 81 dol and
went through Joan of Arcs old homt
and birthplace. ! had no interpreter
but learned many things from the old
! French woman who took US through
/ Also from the priest who took vi
through the church, which is built OF
the spot where Jeanne d. Arc had hei
vision. The old woman said that wher
! Jeanne dare was burned at the stalk,
J her heart would not burn, and tha'
was the only thing left. That was thu
a first | had heard Of it, but she shoWeC
me a picture hanging on the wall {,
j prove it. She insisted "Le Couer N
n brulars pas"-"the heart would no
? burn" / asked the priest if he be
n lieved it. He said, "Sure. The sol
diers who witnessed it subscribed t
= it at the time. Why shouldn't | be
. lieve it? 1t is history"
u Love to all.
]. c. JOHNSON,
d Colonel Inspector General.