Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1919-12-12
Son of United States Senator
Found France No Place for
Classy Clothes.
ESTABLISHED FIRST X. c. HUT
Served 1000 Cups Of Chocolate Every
Mornna--Had Many Difficulties to
Surmount and Encountered
Many Exciting Experiences.

New York-This is the story of
dawn in France; of 1900 cups of hot
chocolate; of the kitchen car that sup
piled the chocolate; Of two Tuxedo
coats and two evening suits and of
"Uncle joe" writes owen Conner In
the New York Herald.
The dawn was not the pink sunrise
Of America-it was the CHASTITY, gray,
grim break of day of gas-befouled and
shell-torn battlefields. The chocolate
was the morning heartener served to
men on their way to face death. The
kitchen car was one of the proud pos
sessions Of Knights of Columbus war
workers. "Uncle Joe" was and Is Jo-
seph f. Herman Of Utica, N. Y, and
the Argonne, X. of @. secretary Of
personal distinction and of enviable
record for service.
There is a new dawn in France, pink
and rosy now. Hot chocolate figures
largely in high cost of living tables.
The kitchen car went down to its
doom on the glorious pathway opened
by the Americans to Sedan, but 1t
didn't fail until just at the very end
after it had done "its duty noble
'Uncle Joe" Is back in America, hale
and hearty, sixty years young, patrol
ling the Bowery looking for and find
Ing soldiers he met on the seething
rims of the cauldron of enemy hate
over there. Oh, yes, by the way, the
two Tuxedo coats and the two evening
suits are here also.
Nicknamed "Uncle joe"
He wasn't Uncle Joe" until after hi
had gone to France. He loves the nick
lame, for 1t was given him by Ameri
can soldlers-in fact he likes 1t better
than any pet name ever bestowed up
on him in the days he spanked the girl!
at old-time dances. However, I prom
lsed not to tell about that.
Mr.. Herman Is the son of Franci
Herman, once United States senate
from New York. He was appointed al
overseas secretary by the Knights o
Columbus in March, 1918. To him fel
the honor Of establishing the first Il
Of G. hut in France, in May, 1915
From the start the possibilities of ser,
Ice of the kitchen car appealed to hi
Imagination and he couldn't be tor
I away from the front where he had
chance to work for the soldiers wit
the kitchen car as base of oper;
: tons. After he had opened several I
( Of G. huts, he went to Paris, took pc.
$ session Of kitchen car and went u
\ to Cherry with it. There the Seyent.
r seventh division was fighting and
D was the men of that division who nicl
q named him "Uncle joe" He insist
!. that full credit must be given to Free
/ erick Bundschau of Louisville, X.
D and to Louis Lasage for the able al
devoted assistance given by ther
Here is his story as he tells it hir
= self:
v when l started for France l w;
!. told there would be considerable 'e
!. tertaining' to be done on the 9TH
v side. l realized very quickly, once
q set foot In France, that the entertai
\ Ing to be done was along entirely di
y ferent lines than those with which
had left New York. For example,
h started out with several trunks. Oh
6 Of them held two Tuxedo coats III
9 two evening suits. On my arrival
y France l promptly forgot all abo
=. that trunk. 1t didn't fit In with Il
o scheme of things as l saw it with II
own eyes. I'll tell you more about Il
J. trunk later.
e. Immediately after landing l went