Carrizozo outlook. [volume] (Carrizozo, N.M.) 1910-1945, 1919-04-11

and are looking nfter the Belgium and
French refugees In Switzerland. II
was "A dinner. and much appreciated
by one guest, ut least. need not men
ton his name, but he ate 80 much that
he felt ashamed afterward.
/ do not think he got In bad for II,
though, for afterward Mr.. and Mrs.
Mccormick ench gave him n valuable
present. which he needed badly. After
the dinner Mrs. Mccormick made II lit
tie patriotic speech. In which she said
that the Huns would never trample on
the United States Tag, and some other
things TINT made all the Americans
there very proud. especially Mr.. Keene
and myself. So you see l was having
a great time.
But | was having n little trouble, all
the time. for ills reason there were
quite n few Germans informed In Zu-
rich, and they went about In uniform.
Now, when | saw n Of these birds
and remembered what had been hnp-
penlng to me just n short time before
my hands began to itch. Believe me,
It was not good morning t.Int I
said to them. ! enjoyed II all right
they were moi In squads and had no
arms. so II was hand to hand. and pie
for me.
But Mr.. Keene did not like H., 1
guess, for he called me To his office
one morning and bawled me out for n
while, and | promised TO be good.
"You're supposed To be neutral" he
said. And / said, "Yes, and when I
was torpedoed ana taken prisoner, 1
was supposed TO be neutral, too" But
| snid ! would moi look for trouble any
more, and started bnck to the hotel.
But no sooner was | underway than
n Hun private came along and began
to laugh at me. My hands ltched
again, and | could not help but slam
him n few. We went round and round
for n while, and then the Hun re-
vcrsed and went down instead. Mr..
Kecne saw us. or heard about II. so he
told me ] had better go to Borne.
So on ! went. with my passport. But
the same thing happened Ia Berne. |
tried very hard, but | Just could not
keep my hands on the Germans. So |
guess everybody thought II was n good
thing 10 tell me good-by-anyway
was shipped ~intO'France, going direct
To 81. Nazaire and from there to
Brest.
made Il short trip to Hull. England,
with n letter from n man nj Brnnden-
burg to his wife. she was not ut home.
but / left the letter and returned ia
France | was In France altogether
about three weeks, and then went to
Bnrcelonn, Spain.
Then | took pnssnge for the States
on the G. Lopez y Lopez, n Spanish
merchantmen. We had mostly "Splgs'
on board, which Is navy slang for
Spnniards. Almost every one Of them
had n large family NJ children and q
raft OF pets. We sailed down through
Valencia, Almerla, Malaga. Cadiz and
Las pnlmas In the Canary islands
When we left Las Palms we had O
regular menagerie aboard-pnrrots
canary birds. dogs, monkeys md VA
rious beasts. The steernge of that
boat was sopi3 sight, believe me.
We had bout drill all the way across
Of course, and from the way thos'
Splgs rushed about | knew that II
submarine got us the only thing tina
; would be saved would be monkeys. Blu
9 we did not even have II false alarm al
the way over.
J. | arrived In New York during thu
month Of July. 1017-two years and
half from the time / decided TO g
/ abroad to the war zone to get some ex
g element. ! got It. and no mistake
/ New York hRrbor and the old Statue o
4 Liberty looked mighty good to me, yot
can bet.
0 So here I am. and sometimes | hayI
/ To pinch myself TO be sure OF II. / Gel
| tnlnly enjoy the food and warmth
get here. and except for an occasional
pro-Germnn | have no trouble witt
anybody. My wounds break open one
@ In "A while, and | am often bOthereI
d Inside, on account OF the gas | swal
e lowed. They say / cannot get bacI
Into the service. IL Is tough to b.
D knocked out before our own boys &c
k into the scrap.
. But | do not know. / am twenty
= three years old, and probably have
lot TO live for yet. / ought to sci
tie down and be quiet for a while, bu
l. comfortable as ! ann, | thlnk | wi
s have 10 go 10 sen ngnin. ! think OF
y many times, and each time 1t is harde
y to stay ashore.
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