Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-09-04
SOLDIER LETTERS
4ooth Aero squadron
August s, 1918

Mn, ], ]. Morton.
0rants PAss. Oregon.
Dear folks At home;
Sunday evening arrived at the
home camp and again assumed my
duties with the squadron. after hav-
ing been away Is days on furioush.
There were a number Of letters and
papers from all OF you awaiting me.
and Of course the first thing l did
was to read all OF them. This morn
Ing 1 had to read the letters again
to thoroughly impress everything on
my mind. Now for description OF
our trip.
There we're six Of us In the party
who stayed together about all OF
the time. 10 We had jolly little
crowd. We had to change trains In
Paris. 30 naturally took the oppor-
tunity to make little stay there
both going and coming. While there
We stayed at the Y. NJ. G. A. hotel
which IL well located and gives quite
good accommodations, We bought
q map and guide Of Paris. and as |
speak the most French was elected
to pilot the bunch. Although our
time was very limited we were able
to make hasty visit to most OF the
interesting historic places. However
ali OF the finest pieces OF statuary
and works of art are covered with
sandbags for protection against. air
raids. Nevertheless It Is a beautiful
city even now and the people are
quite animated. so can imagine 1t
must be wonderful place in peace
times.
We made circle somewhat as fol-
lows. am strong for panoramic
views. especially when I want to get
my bearings In strange place. So
the first thing we did was to climb
the highest hill in Paris on which
stands the beautiful. modern Church
I. Of the Sacred Heart tL'Egiise de la
Sacre-Coeur). From there we de-
scended to the Madeleine, a fine old
church Of the Grecian type of ar
chitecture, and then we passed the
world famous Opera on our way to
the Palace de Ia Concorde. From
there We rode out the magnificent
Avenue des Champs-Elysees to the
Arc de Triomphe de L'Etoille'
through which We all want to march
after the victory, as did the troops
Of Napoleon more than 100 years
aro. From the Arch we went down
through the Trocadero and gardens
and crossed the river Seine to the
foot OF the Eiffel Tower. At the
Hotel Des Invalides we examined the
fine collection of war relics Of all
kinds. ancient and modern. and near
bv We saw the tomb OF Napoleon !.
BACK across the Seine by the beauti-
ful Pont (bridge) Alexander III. past
the Little and Grand Palaces
through the Garden Of the Tuileries
10 the Palace Of the Louvre, from
which most Of the exhibits have been
removed. Then we went to the Pal.
ace Of the Luxembourg, the Odeon'
the Pantheon, the famous and grand
old Cathedral de Norte Dame (Our
Lady, Then past the Palace Of
Justice, the Hotel De Vile ,the
name OF the municipal adminlstra.
tive buildings in every French town
to the Palace OF the Bastille. where
the French asserted their independ
ence in 1889, then to the Palace d.
la RepubIique whereon is the fine
monument OF the same name, ant
later to other places Of less interest
too numerous to mention. gave 6
French dealer money to send you {
small book Of colored views of Paris
let me know II you do not receive II
From Paris to Lyons the trip wa
tiresome The train was packed S,
there was barely standing room.
travelled slowly, and because Of tn,