The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1918-10-09

perienced, when toward noon the look
out signalled that land was sighted. A
| few minutes we eagerly strained our
eyes; we began to distinguish the Chalk
horizon, then pandemonium of cheers
and EXPLANATIONS broke loose and con-
| tinued until we were anchored in peace
full, almost landlocked 'harbor, surround
| ed by vine clad hills, crowned by the
stately villas of a French city, as beau
| tiful as it is ancient.
Our further movements l have not the
space nor the permission to describe,
more than we expected. Showers of
| flowers and cries of i'Five L'Amerique"
greeted us at every turn, and at every
stop, as we proceeded toward Jeanne
dare country, where we were to make
our camp, and assume our work helping
to make the world safe for Liberty and
Democracy
This work has been almost continu-
GUS, yet, like most all engineering work.
it is very, interesting. Despite our APP
portunity to take several short trips
through this province for the purpose of
sight seeing. an|
If it We're not for the ravages of war,
this would be an entrancingly ideal place
TO i've. 1t is country of beautiful
roads, wide and level, which wind their
way IN graceful curves through stately
groves and blooming fields, and whose
SoAictI uSIlOu llultS VI
Jus Caesar, Charlmagne and Phillip the
Fair; of picturesque landscapes, state
ly old Chateaux around which are paint
ed stories of past martial, grand and
romantic, in which figure such names as
Charles Martel, Jeanne dare, Henry of
Navarro, Louis, the grand monarch, of
the great Napoleon, not to mention hun
dreds Of Others who helped to make
France land of beauty, chivalry and
romance. The people are, brave, clever
and most hospitable, and outside the
great camp, their homes are ever open
to the soldiers, and they cannot do
enough for Monsieur" especially if he
Pour la France" RIO a. - :
Before closing, a word about us Amer
leans and what, we are doing. This is
truly the supreme moment in the life
privilege Of lighting for the grandest of
countries in this the greatest struggle
the world ever knew. Never did the
name American mean so much, never
was there such pride in bearing it. Our
noble allies are sitting up and taking
notice. American railroad yards, the
most commOdious in all the world built
as If by magic. Thousands of American
cars and locomotives running on Ameri-
can railways, convey enormous quanti-
ties or supplies to millions of soldiers
American liners conveying hundreds of
thousands of American troops are land
ing at French ports continually, and are
rapidly unloaded by the most modern of
American machinery. Thousands of air.
planes, flying the Red, White and Blue
insignia, are whirring continually over
head, scouting for enemy craft, or pour
ing a deadly bomb or machine gun fire
into the ranks of his soldiers, and last
but not least We can hear from the
Velse to the Vosges the roar of Ameri- |
can artillery, and the cracking of Amer |
can rifles and machine guns in the vic
torious combat with the enemy's pick |
regiments from Prussia, Bavaria and |
SaXony.
and accomplishment, is it not natural |
that our hopes are very >sanguine of an |
early and complete victory?
1 remain, as ever your friend.
Corp. Omer V. Hawthorne.
Co. A, 515th Engineers,
Amer. r. F., France. ~ 81. 1s.' 90