Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1919-02-07


don't see how they stood up Under it.
as they are not physical wonders, by
any means"
WIN Nethercut, under date of Dec.
Y, writes from Chatillon-sur-Seine
France, not far from the boundary of
Switzerland, in which aviation field he
had been located from Nov. Is, 1918.
to Jan. 5, 1919. Hessays, 1T begins. to
look as if we were stuck here while
many other aviation fields are closing
down. We are simply loanng under
more or less comfortable circum.
stances. There has not been a single
mission flown this past week. 1t has
rained and blown almost continuously.
It's gay life reading and sitting
around the stove arguing and I'm try
ing not to weaken, but the lack of
exercise makes me feel rotten. hike
every day in the mud, but that is not
enough, so we are all willing to pack
up our troubles and take the first ship
for home" Dec. q he says: To-day
it cleared up from 10 A. NJ. till 2 p. NJ.
and got in successful photo mis-
sion. Got nine good pictures. !.
The ground was covered with snow,
but forests and roads were just as
easily seen as ever 1t made a pretty
scene" Later he writes, Our orders
to pack for leaving to the returned
to the United States came on Jan. s.
1919, were two days at Paris This
time did most of my sightseeing in
Versailles. Saw the Castle of Louis
XIV" the Hall of Mirrors" where
the peace treaty will be signed and
the table upon which the signing will
probably be done. 1t is all mighty
interesting. At Anglers we get our
records all straight and stay until
there is room for us at the port of
embarkation, Brest or ST Nazaire. l
haven't seen nearly all would like to
see, but am entirely ready to get back
10 the English language, ice cream and
home folks. Vive PAmerique!"
Herbert Currie tells some very in
teresting facts from st. Afghan,
France, under date of Jan. IL: Il am
still at this camp with no prospect of
leaving soon. All / can do is to wait
and let the future take care of itself.
We have a mess line to fall
into for each meal which has six rows
and about two blocks long, so we have
to wait quite a while before we get to
the kitchen where the food is thrown,
not served, at us. | don't mind it un-
less it is raining, then il is not very
nice, to say the least of it. We eat
out in the open, and when it is cold
along with the rain one wishes they
did not have to eat. After eating, we
have to line up again and wash our
dishes in two tubs of water which gets
very greasy toward the last and one
gets more grease on their dishes than
they get off. Everything is done in
our turn, and | imagine it will be that
way until we are mustered out of serv-
ice | will give you an idea how many
boys there are here and the amount of
food consumed. There are five kitch-
ems and $4,000 to feed, using one ton
of beans each day; 20 cattle every
week; $4,000 pounds of bread a day.
These are all the figures l have, but
you can Imagine what it takes and
what it costs. This camp,
which was built to accommodate about
5000 men, now has upward of 10000
men most of the time. These men
are al wounded or otherwise disabled
and they are sleeping in the mud in
squad tents which have no flooring.
They have blankets, but no cots or
mattresses. There are stoves in the
tents in which the men are allowed
to burn only two sticks of wood daily.