The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-09-12

ny order OF President Wilson.
hill. II was long slope, clean OF trees
except at the top which was densely
covered. The artillery were throwing
shells into this woods, throwing trees
and debris every which way. Some.
times a large tree would be entirely
uprooted and thrown high into the
air. The South Carolina company
started mp the hin in the face OF
heavy rife and machine gun fire. We
all watched from the bottom holding
our breaths as TO what they would do
when they reached the woods. But
they never so much as hesitate and
right on through they went. left the
next day after this and understood
Co. II was sent 10 j, st billets and they
surely needed it after months OF
front lines.
You folks at home do not need to
worry about the boys doing their part
as this has already been demonstrat-
ed. And the most help YOU can do is.
to put over this 4th Liberty Loan in
record time. The Rainbow division is
made up of men from 26 states and
Growing when we heard how Iowa and
Mahaska county beat them all over on
the Third one
Noble Workers.
AS TO the Red Cross, Salvation Ar
my and other relief organizations too
much cannot be said. They are all do
ing work that would go undone if not
for them. II you could only see the
conditions of the country in northern
Flanders. Not tree, not fence post,
not building or anything One shell
hole after another ranging from two
feet in diameter 10 forty feet and as
thick as bricks in the pavement. was
in a dugout' I'm the front line with an
English officer one day and noticed II
was an old cellar. | asked him If there
had been house here and he replied
that large city he'd previously been
situated on this spot. Now II was a
field of mud. And there are no roads
of any description in this part of Bel
GUM
when person sees these things
impossible TO IMAGINE" said Lieuten-
ant Hoar in closing, you begin to
realize how lucky we are that we are
not compelled TO fight the Hun in our
own country"
He'll Breaks Lose.
AT last" continued Pete 1--WE were
pulled out and decided that we were
headed for Paris fer long rest which
we thought we needed. But 1t was not
long until we found out we would be
part of the performers at big show
to be staged on large hill called
Chateau Thierry. We moved back only
short ways and were halted. The
next day being the Fourth of July
we were sure we would be permitted
to rest on our national holiday. But
at IL so on the night of the third we
received orders to be on the road in
side of an hour. This time we went
ND into the Reims district where we
discovered the Germans were eoncen-
trating men and materials in prepare
ton for the 9Th great offensive. Every
| thing was as quiet as could be when
all of n sudden all hell broke loose.
| Take a piece of galvanized iron and
! holding il by one end, wave ii up and
dowA Then magnify this noise So
billion times and you will have an
| idea how this bombardment sounded.
And our own gems were making most
OF the noise. II was just "a hours after
the FIRST gun OF the offensive was ITed
that the last one stopped and the
great drive began on Chateau Thierry
Germans Moved Out.
I'VE were pulled from this sector
and shipped into Paris but transferred
and right out with no chance to stop
We then knew we were at last head
ed for the big show. We went by train
as far as the tracks went and were
then loaded into trucks manned by
JapaneseI Hiding in these trucks gave
me the same feeling as A COW has
on COW has feelings) when ii is load
ed in stock car headed for a pack
ing house in Chicago. When we reach
ed Chateau Thierry the Germans had
moved out because OF the fact tha
the 26th division had moved in. WI
relieved the 26th and moved the Ger
mans IA more miles toward the Rhine
And when we left they were still head
ed that way.