Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-11-15

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as it describes the trip over seas, very
little Of which, thus far. has been re-
ceived from the members Of what was
once the Milliken Regiment
October IS, 1915.
z. pluribus unum or in the words Of
the American eagle you stand "at ease
and III mark time."A long cry from
Wadsworth, s. c. to this where's IN
France but at last important over seas
duty got our skeleton Of Maintes n
noculated with the virus Of a dozen
states manhood and we arrived l lad
a particularly mean time arriving. Abb
Solutely poorest sailor that ever skateI
on roller skates and such arguments
Neptune and / did have. His trident
fork won the day and night and if there
| is hungry fish in the Atlantic Ocean,
catch him, for he's a curiosity Let il
catch him, for he's a curiosity Let it he
distinctly understood 1 am not ir.teres,-
ed in the freedom Of the seas" Any
one who wishes those things can have
them with abs olute freedom as far as |
am concerned. But land, Columbus and
! l felt the same about land. He knelt
and kissed the earth and prayed. 1
walked and marched and camped. Only
was grateful beyond expression.
France La belle France. She is a
transplanted New England when it
comes to scenery and Ward Four on the
night of election when it comes to con
versation. You thought you learned 20
phone bac.. in Wadsworth. After
the practice I've had using my hands
III give you days start and finish
one perfect expression in French ahead
of you.
Such wonderful showing up our
classical courses of high school and
college vintage are getting in the way
of linguistic properties. American
schools are receiving some advertise g
and original at that We sail in with
some masterpiece of French expressi N
but find that the Academy never SAM
toned such a thing. However imagina-
ton saves the day, not ours, but Tire
Frenchman's. He can divine our
thoughts like Anne Eva Fay and we
pay an even higher rate. We went 10
rest camp to regain our land legs 1ad
enjoyed our stay there as much as pcs
sible. IT was called a rest camp e.
cause there as no rest there-also 80
camp. The only time there was any
rest there was before the Yanks came
over and the camp is simply gen
eric term sgnifying nothing in pa:ti-
cular but something in general. Hence
to the S. 0. S. to wonderful village to
drill and get our rest. 1t was better
than at the rest camp
In France you travel in cars marked
X ommes 40, Chevaux s. and for com-
plete information consult Empey-we
used the sam, cars he did and-add to
| his description four years Of ripening
age. That. my idea.
At drill camp, a week and then to the
front 10 work. We were "a hours behind
| the big drive and did all we could to pat
transportation through. You may .hlak
you have seen trucks but when there
are some Is divisions in the mess and
each has arouE" 1900 trucks not to men,
ton other kinds Of transportation yvu
can see the problem. As We say now:
quelaue problem and "beaucouo"
everything. We are now encamped on
Hindy's old line. living in his concrete
dug outs, drinking from his water sys-
tenn and trying tn find Mazda lamps to
| fit electric sockets in our shelters Boci.e
was here tn stay as long as he could but
Mr.. Yank said go and he hasn't told
Boche to halt yet. Boche built nome
wonderful structures-elegant reinforced
concrete. nice beds. mirrors, desfs,
chairs. all the comforts OF life even to
pair of lady's silk stockings which we
found in an exceptional shelter Large
| underground shelters that would hold
| two hundred men with hunks all a.
| ranged-too bad they didn't leave some
extra bedding-a water system of 1000
gallons with reservoirs and run by a gas.
oline engine and best of all, gas right
there. so that all you had to do was
pour it in and crank her up and let her
60.
Boche prisoners go by here by the
thousands and they are saying "Krieg
list uber" and glad to be prisoners, al
though at first they expected to be
killed. The air is impresnated with
FINS. this mess can't last long and
then nothing but memories.
KENynDcy rYrrr