The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-12-01


soldiers in France is illustrated in a
letter received from member OF
one OF the 56th Division regiments
IN which he enclosed the following
note, written to him from 4 mem
Der OF family with which he was bill
leted: "Aaillevillc lie 28-9-lS. Grand
Brother, Mi to have much recog IL
tion for you, Write machine dis
traction for mi. Village very sad from
parting Panther division. NJ school
Bar-sur-aube Tuesday | work cou;-
ageously. Wish good health. Cool
day iraternal and amicable OF my
parents. Paulette Manoury a Allie
vile par Bar-sur-aube.
The letter was written on a type
writer the soldied had LETT in their
keeping and which she describes
as write machine which resulted
IN her distraction.
Many letters have been received
during the week from overseas in
which the majority refer to the part
the 36th and Goth Divisions PLAYED
in the war during the early part OF
October. Henry Keel, Headquar-
ters Company, Tooth Infantry, Doth
Division, in letter to Mrs. Keel,
stated that he has seen much ac-
tive service, but was unhurt and get
ting along fine The letter was
dated Nov 3. Mrs. Keel lives five
miles north OF Ardmore.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. B. Frame re-
ceived a postal from their son,
lanes Frame. Sind Company, 30rh
Engineers, stating that he had en-
:irely recovered from his wounds
and is now fireman On railroad.
Private Frame was a member OF +
Company, ll1th Engineers, but was
transferred after his illness. His card
was dated Nov. 9.
Lieut.. Nelie c. SuegS. 536th Ma
chine Gun Battalion. S7th Division
in letter dated Nov. I. to Mrs
Suggs, stated that he was alright
and did no. indicate that he eX-
rected to move. It is thought that
his division was not in action at the
time of the signing OF the armis-
tice. The S7th was among the di-
visions designated by General
Pershing, for early return to the
states.
In a letter from Pvt. William P.
Terrell, A Company, 1l1th ANNA
nition Train. 36th Division, dated
Oct. 10, to his father, w. p. Ter
rell he stated ha he, Candy" Rem
tro, Rufus Tyer and other Ardmorc
boys in this regiment, were all we'll
Sergeant Reid's Initiation.
Sergt. Emmitt T. Reid, d Com
pany, 11lth Ammunition Train, in
letter dated Oct. 20, gave the fol-
lowing description OF lis experience
during the month: I'VE have GER
tainly been on the jump and have
seen things such as you have been
reading of for four years and have
been dong our part 10 keep Fritz on
the move toward Germany. About
eleven days ago, | was detached from
the company and put on detail with
"a bunch OF men from another divis-
ion. Arrived at the place late in the
night and slept in what had been, 4
very few days previous, German
trench. There came my initiation
and that particular degree was eX-
citing-for the shells whined and
twhistled over our heads all nigh;
Fand they were 'unfriendly' too
Great bic 'G. |. cans that fairly
ripped holes in the atmosphere as
they travelled, and then-good old
U. S. A. guns took up the melody,
accompanied by the 'basso profundo'
of the French artillery, and our lit
tie trench shook and trembled in
.cadence-'they were to the right OF
,us. to the left of us, in front of us,
behind us; and the racket beat any
Fourth of July celebration you ever
heard. We stayed in that place sew
eral days-dayS of mixed excitement,
heart aches and hard work. Then we
moved forward and went through
the same old thing again-with var
iations. You've seen a baseball player
slide for the base when the play was
close? Well, never played great
deal Of ball, and was never an expert
at going flat on the ground, but I've
had plenty of practice lately, in the
nd where ones longevity depends
on ones ability to slide into hole
when the &c. |. cans are breaking
in the immediate vicinity.
= Panthers Made Name Good.
"One day l was on truck train,
going forward, and on the road We
met hundreds of refugees, pushing
their wheelbarrows containing the
few personal belongings they could
bring with them. Their faces told
of sufferings and horrors, but the
light in their eyes told of the joy
they now felt at being released from
the iron heel OF PrusSianism. The
French. in this part OF the county
especially. have certainly gone
through hell and some that we saw
in concentration stations are facing
some more as a result OF German
'kultur' and German abuses. But
our own division went in and did
much toward avenging their wrongs.
Our boys lived up TO the old divis-
ion name, and gave the Huns they
came in contact with as much or
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