The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1919-07-10
EARL MALTBY TELLS OF
FRANCE
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appealing to me, for had just come
and had not been accustomed to look
ing upon such sights. A friend and
were fortunate to go through the un-
derground city of Verdun, so built
sixty feet beneath the surface as to
accommodate forty thousand soldiers
with their equipment and food sup
plies. We also visited the battle fields
of Death Valley north of Verdun
where so many lives were lost, and
some bodies were still laying upon the
ground when we were there. We Wis
tied the forts about the city and the
shell-torn buildings within. We spent
two days in and about the city.
The most impressive. and / believe
the most inspiring place / have ever
visited here was the old home of Joan
Of Arc at Doremy, short distance
from Neufchateau. Her original
home still stands and the church she
worshiped in beside it. Upon the
hillside where she saw her vision is
built beautiful church in her re-
membrance. A person could not en-
ter this place with its beautiful paint
ings, and recall all he had read about
the life and devotion of Joan of Arc
without thinking seriously.
/ have just enumerated a few of
the places have been, for would
hardly have space to tell you
about all the happenstances of the
past seven months. will reserve
this until / see you some time after
my return. expect to reach Chateau
Thierry, RHEIMS, Tours and Paris be-
fore we leave; and by this time shall
have seen the greater part of France;
but disseminating all / have seen, l
presume you wonder what I hav'
gained during my year in the army.
/ might incidentally add that l have
gained thirty pounds, for now
weigh one hundred eighty pounds
and can't work it Off AS think of
the past year l cannot discount the
time as having been lost, in fact l
hardly know to what better purpose
l could have spent it. All. that !
have learned the past year has been
practical, and will be of life long val
ue to me, and for this reason / am
mighty glad / enlisted in the medi-
cal department-not that / have any
intentions of becoming a doctor-but
that every person should know the
things the medical department af-
fords him to learn. Not all branches
of the medical department would give
person this opportunity, but con-
slider myself fortunate to have been
in base hospital under the training
Of professor of medical university
of California, who had the best inter-
ests of the men at heart and persist
emily labored to teach us and pre-
pare us for oversee service.
BY the time this letter reaches you
we shall probably be preparing to
leave, so it will be useless for you to
write, much as would like to hear
from you. Although the time has
passed fast, it seems like long time
since / last saw home; and at pres
ent, after nearly three-fourths of the
A. f. F. has left, we cannot think Of
ally tiillS puI HOiuC, dHt al Z OIL
our patience to wait until our turn.
Because of the fact we are last over,
and partly because of our location,
we have been doomed to stay until
last home. l should like to have re-
turned several months ago, but now
that the time is past, l hardly regret
that we stayed longer. We are look
ing forward to our "Homeward
Bound" however, as being the hap
piest time of our lives-with the
exception of the wedding am not
included in this class, however.
The hour of taps is near, so give
my best regards to Mrs. Jones and
Ralph, and I close hoping to see you
soon.
Sincerely. your friend,