The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1918-04-05


== from his cheerful an
busy tea plantation in CeylOn to chin'
where he superintendcd the armins Of
passenger ship transformed into an suxi'
iary cruiser, This vessel went out Il
search Of the enemy, and after all tn
Germans in that section of the globe Ia,
BEEN Destroyed or captured be was ordcrc,
TO report to the Admiralty.
Two days after reaching the Enslisl
metropolis he was bound north. and frou,
then on he hunted Submarines and took
part in one Of the significant naval en-
eagcmcn;s The war had run FOR thru
years when he obtained leave. not to eo
tome. not to spend q few days In Lon,
don. hut TO look over the war on land
II appealed to him as marvellous-soms
Of the things these fellows did. He had
scen the naval guns at sea in action. but
he was extremely keen to pun the trigger
or the string Of = big land gun and send
shell over to the Huns
met him outside the Admiralty in
Whitehall, London. and be then informed
me that he had four days leave. and that
as was going to the front. I might .c-
company him and we would see this land
fighting, His eagernesS prevented me
from obtaining any attire with which m
travel. He did not even have an over.
coat. and off we bowled in a high powered
automobile for British cas-, coast Dor,
Beyond the scattered soldiers there wss
little to remind us Of war as We spra
along the first stretch of country road,
except the many busy women and aged
men in the farms and alloiments. Finally
we came to a mobile air station. II wsSl
a touch one might never have seen in
peace time, something that made one
think Of the war
Aboard the railroad car was an aero
plane, its wings folded. like bird wMeA
had settled. but ready TO soar IN te thel
skias at short notice in the event az an
enemy air raid Then we passed camps
with officers shouting oriers. ard Yald
not help observing that there wRs a set |
expression on the face Of every nRu. as II !
the country's freedom de- ended upon him
Aetriip on the Coast. I
In the east coast port. however. there
vas military activity verywhere-civilians
seemed TO have disappeared We looked
cut at sea. a sea which one believes 1
stripped Of vessels because of the Germans
Before us were scores Of vessels. appar-
entity taking their time. and in my mind
there arose fear that any second one oil
these craft might be blown up by mine
Or torpedo. There were large vessels /
toe. and the sight fascinated me- II
Ar the dock railroad station soldiers we're
marching with regul-r steps singing ,
Scotch songs. There we're thousands oil
them. all bound for France. some who
cad bee on leave, others going over for q
the first time A couple of thousand of I
eAese men belonged to the Scotch Labor r
Battalion, who were going over to a for
esrn country to make roads passable with +,
pirk anil shovel They chasted and sang
@Lo~h Tomond" and JDck'd and Donald c
when they bad ended their singing and I
swung mp the ganEway Of the little vessel t
i saw generals and other high officers b
with the insignia of the General Staff on v
their tunic lapels. young ncutenants whoI
looked bored with the war, and others in Il
tensely enthusiastic about it. II
The boat was packed. There was no "