Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-11-14

ters of the Meade bunch. by the way.
and ran into Dick" Robinson.
was tickled to death to see him. IN
Nlted me to his mess and we talked
Tor quite a while. exchanging news.
Sam Fleming must be somewhere
near. but l haven't been able To
locate him as vet. our artillery
brigade is temporarily supporting
that division.
The news we had this morning
October 19l was wonderful. Night
before last we heard a heavy barrase
off our right flank, but didn't know
what ii was: this morning they tel
us the American Army has pushed
forward twelve kilometers on a. front
of thirty kilometers. Not bad, what!
And, at the same time comes the
news that Ostend and Lille have
fallen and that the German army Is
i'm full retreat all along the line.
The news has cheered my battery
up tremendously. They've all been
rather sick lately-weatber's been
rotten-but that news, coupled with
the knowledge that we had a good
part in these recent drives. has just
put them on their feet again.
Under date of October 81, writing
to the home folks, Lieutenant Stack
pole says: "Our lot here continues
to be a happy one-quiet. rest, con-
tentment and regular, well-cooked,
hot food. All this for the first time
in almost two months. The only
thing to crab about is the weather.
which, to be thoroughly consistent
as witness to sunny France, must
perforce pour down buckets all the
time. I'm only hoping that the snow
won't come down in the same whole
sale quantities, not that it matters
very much, for were sure to be out
of the mountains and on the plains
again before it begins.
I'm wondering how the people in
the States are taking the wonderful
news which comes in here day by
day: whether they crowd around the
bulletin boards to devour it and
eagerly buy first editions from the
boys. or whether the continuance of
this sort of news has rendered them
blase and careless of it. | often
wonder, to. if they can visualize the
scenes of these huge advances, and
imagine the toll! But why dwell on
the rotten side of the war when it
has glorious parts and interesting
events to it,"
In this letter the young Harris
burg officer also refers to a meeting
with General Frank Mccoy, of Lew
istown, whose division came into the
Argonne fighting about the time the
letter was written "AS I told you,'
he says, i was up at an infantry
regimental p. c. where he was tenn
porarily stationed, and in my ca
pacity as liaison officer I guided him
and my own colonel out to where my
artillery observation post was To-
cated-at that time on the crest of
the hill, several hundred yards away
from the main infantry line, among
the outposts. We got there safely
and esconced ourselves in the little
two feet deep holes that were our
life e-savers, and then phoned back
for the first battalion to open up.
They did so, and Brother Boche fol-
lowed suit-iust peppered that ridge
of ours with IT'S and 1905. Every
few seconds it would be an express
train shrek and we'd crush ourselves
into little balls. Then a deafening
crash and Jumps of dirt falling all
over us, or the shell would pass
over and explode down the hill. En-
citing enough, but not too pleasant
and awfully bothersome for obser-
walton. The General certainly had
wonderful control and coolness-
didn't bother him a bit"