East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-12-04

his place fixed up for business For a
couple OF DAYS more so / will get a
good rest.
We are not running them back here
like we did no the other fronts / have
been on. They have lots of troops
and lots of guns here but we are
surely but slowly pushing them back
towards Hunland.
You folks at home have the same
spirit that we have over here and
no one can crush it. We listen to all
their peace talk and meanwhile we
Keep right on sending them our re-
CARDS in the shape of six inch shells
and about ten TO every one they send
our way,
We never knew what war was un.
I'll we came to this front. At Cha
tean Thierry it was more like foot
bali race than any thing else. At ST,
Mthtel it was a cinch. But here they
are putting up a good, lively fight,
and the weather is in their favor For
you can't do much when the roads
are in bad shape. 1t is raining all
the time. We go around in hip boots
and slickers night and day.
The other night l had my bed
made in an old German trench.
picked it out for a sleeping place be-
cause we just got run out of our other
sleeping place about an hour befoIN
by boche shells. 1 got my bed fixed
up and crawled in shoes and all.
had just got to sleep when all the gas
gongs in the country started to ring
ing' l grabbed that instrument of
torture and put it on and laid back
down for while. Then it started to
pour down more of that damn rain
and down the trench came a whole
river of 1t. 1t sure was a fright. You
know in the daylight you can't see
any too well out Of them gas masks
and that night it was as dark as a
bunch of Virginia niggers, My blan-
kets all got soaked and / got wet
through but won the "battle" any
way.
Uncle" is sure putting lots of air
planes on the different fronts now.
L saw the prettiest sight the other
night 1 ever saw. There were one hum
dred and eighty machines in one
bunch. They flew right towards the
boche lines in battle formation. You
have seen a big bunch of ducks fly
into battle. The leader is out in
front and the rest make V-shape
behind him.
They flew right over the Hun lines
just as if they were on a joy ride.
Then they unloaded their bombs and
came right straight back and away be-
hind them came one lonely Dutch-
man. pumping his machine gun for
all he was worth. The Huns don't
come out much, only at night. Then
they sneak over and bomb a hospital
or something that nobody but a Ger
man could do. Their day is coming
and think it is very near and for the
things they have done every man in
Germany should be made to pay
dearly. ytlq1 4R
So little Joe Despair is still alive
and after them. Good for him. and
may he be there at the finish un-
derstand that he is a hand grenade
thrower. That is about as dangerous
a sport as there is fn any Of it. You
hold that little thing in your hand
and push in a spring. then throw it.
You wan6 to get rid of it when you
push that spring If you don't it means
good night. The. other day a shell
hit right in, among bunch of them
right behind our gun. 1t would have
done you good to see me tear over
the hill. l lost my tin hat and tore
down about. half the camouflage
around the gun getting out of there. |
So they had a good crowd at the !
Round Up this year. l heard that all |
the mnoey they took in went to the |
Red Cross That's fine and dandy |
The Red Cross is sure a great thing
You sure did do fine off the Round
up and / hope you have the same /
success every year. Ward is work.
ng in the mill Does he think he win
ever do any more teaming? I sure
would like to see all of you. Some-
how every time / think of Pendleton
always think of you people, who
have been so good to me and some
day / am coming back there and
viii have some wonderful things to
tell you. I expect / had better quit
Tor this time for Fritz is liable to oe .