The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-09-26
WHEELING BOY
WRITES LETTER
CLAUDE BoNAR, FORMER WRITER
ON THE IETEILIGENCER,
WRITES TO FRIEND.
Tells Some Interesting Things About
the War and Conditions on tho
Other Side.

The following letter from Claude -
Bonar formerly writer on Tho Wheeling
| Intcllgrnccr will nr OF interest 10 ALL
| ms il tolls Of things Of interest about
! Paris and also in various parls oi
; France. IT is written to one Of the mcp-
! bcrs Of the newspaper fraternity ana
| is interesting indeed. Mr.. Ronar is Il
| Marshall county boy. residing near
! Moundsvillc. The letter is rs follows
! September !, I9le.
Dear Friend.
/ Yesterdays mail brought your letter
Of August :. and l need hardly say
! that I was very, very glad to get H. IL
came with the first mail we have had
! from the States in more than TWO
weeks. That seems like a very long
time to wait for word from home.
! Was very sorry TO learn Of the death
of Colonel John Day. The clippings
CARRYING tho account Of his dcaih
brought the first intimation That nc
was not in good health, and 1t was
quite n shock to learn that nc hau u'eu'
admired the colonel very much.
Just last Sunday l learned throuhh
the Official announcement in the news
napcrs here that Eddie Bowman had
been killed in action. but knew mono OF
| the details until l got the clippings
from The Intelligrnccr and News.
know Eddie quite well; so did many OF
tho other fellows in this regiment.
| From his record on the battlcficldS over
here he must have been genuine H'.
| tie hero-rnorc so than his friends. d.
! home can ever rcallzc.
surc will be glad if that package ot
late papers you sent me ever ARMS
! Within tho past month !. have succeed
cd in finding two copies Of Wheeling
uapers-onc AN early June issue or llit
Sunday News. Regardless Of bow Ola
n papcr may be. it is very precious u
us if!it comes from home. l don't tn'Hk
! that a single line escapes IN" eyes o.
mt least one OF the Wheeling Q'stfiI'
boys who is fortunate enough 10 stt
hold of the papor and bring IL INTO
barracks. 4,
The last paragraph of your letter Is
o,i,e interesting in that IL brings the
news Of 4 more thorough determination
ON the part Of the people at HON" 10
paccept no peace until German crimes
have been wiped out. were over neg
10 do the wipIng out. once We SET INC
! chance. and there's plenty ~ DC "'pcu
out. ,,,,.
| Quite in contrast with the cNIrc'hcis
| no; weather you were haVlnE III '"
| August. our weather here in France Inc
nust month more nearly rcScmbled that
If some cool summer resort or ocean
beach. 4 few August days. " COURSE
. ,vrrc rather warm, but nothing ike inc
roasting August heat al home. 1he
| nights, rs a rule, are quite emily teli
! SO much so that u sentry walking P"s'
ut night finds an ovcrcont quite '"'
| Portable and three heavy blankets ar
| none too heavy if ono wants to-~S'.tp
! comfortably warm. rms oate'
first Of September. REMINDS us Oh ~.
sact that autumn is just about at mana
.nd thai before long We will be nav
! inr winter OF the variety that this coun-
try provides.
! within the past three weeks l mao
| the opnortunity Of twice CROSSING az
most the entire width OF Franco aIu
| rn,lized the ideal Of every AHhef!c'n'
soldier who comes to France-a Fislt
IN pnrjs Was in the French caplta'
twice. in fact-onc weekend 10Y
| hours and 30 hours Week la"r.
won't attempt any description OF tat,,
Tho four other soldiers who were WIN
me and nv self realized that we did NOT
I have any minutes 70 lose II We "'tT
~ 500 much Of the city. and at the rave
yo travelled around Paris VIC were tftn
enough ut the end OF 30 hours TO oohla
an express plant ourselves or ~.
cushions and rest the few hours II
took us to conclude the Journey.
In Paris tho Y. NJ. {. n. ana 'I,''
American Soldiers and Sailors cup u"
n great work in providing for the e".tt-
e., ond entertainment of soldiers Wis
ting Paris The Y. NJ. g. y. conc =,
among its institutions. biz hotel i"'
enlisted men only, and II sure Is HIIe
IN liy. there for n day. nc /. Va.
alsn conducts daily sightseeing tou'
(automobilc) about Paris: SUNDAY 'no-
for trips to Versailles and SUNDAY III
tcrnoon boat rides on the seine NV
These provide Z soldier with inc wy
portunity of ut least glimpse OF lne
most interesting points III ana '"ou.
the city. -o,-s.
The American Soldiers and sailors
. r,uh is managed by Chaplain BcekmRn.
former Cnipntown. Pa, Episcopal
rector. who is also pastor OF the nie
American Guterdcnominationap ch"Fch
IN paris. At the club. in addition 10
Gpdinr n taste Of home life again. one
10 ant to meet soldiers from any place
in France. and by looking over inc
membership index ran tell wnat O'''''o
States soldiers hay" visited 'aTlS'
There are number Of women cor
ncctrd with the staff or the rlno. ana
!, did sound good Ia got in there and
| hear feminine vnicrS again Sp"ikhS
tho language which We arc sure We I'M
! dcrstand.
PARIS is indeed all nt the gay l'arH"
that We have been told it was. and one
entering tho city without KNOWING
where he was wo@ld scarcely realize
!. I'm, no was so close 70 the big war
il he did not see So many mon IN me
uniforms Of the United States and our
allies.
ON, uf tho sights wr saw there was
big Austrian gun captured 'y inc
British fourth army. W"ll--th" "utht
that grabs ono Of thos': guns gets S"'''':
prize. 1t is no toy for Kid ny any
means. 1870
Just saw young Mr.. IIclfrr from
wheeling I'm not certain. bur ! think
wr was connected with on" nf the dc'