Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-02-01
Overseas Correspondence
BY JAMES II. GIBSON.
(Written for the Capital News

uous. My own mess planned some
thing different-a banquet at one of
the hotels. served at $780, At IL had
an invitation to dine with Colonel Us
mess, and most substantial meal It
was, with all the trimmin's Dinner
that night was a regular affair. Soup.
fish, veal, goose, omelette supreme, pie.
candies and nuts with reasonable
quantities of sparkling water.
/ must speak of that omellette dish.
IT was a real triumph, and hope it
will become common out in sunny Ida
no. They make a rather sweet omelette
(my kingdom for a dictionary-Tve
spelled that word differently three
times and none OF them look right)
serve 1t red hot. with Toe cream in the
center. Naturally( the manipulation Of
such calls for more than ordinary skill.
and as was to be expected. the chef
proved to be French. We all had sec
onds on 1t, and Major c. and the padre
even went In for thirds. Our banquet
cost us 25 francs q plate. for eatables.
and was worth 1t.
December 2s will always DO . mem
orable day In my personal history. I
received wire from Paris that my re-
quest for relief had been granted. that
my successor in the work had been ap-
pointed. and my passage for home
booked on the good ship Lorraine.
which brought me over. and which IL
scheduled to sail Jan. IS. ! wish nat
urally, that all of my affairs were In
such shape that l could stay and 60
back with the boys. but the way things
are, seven months out of my young life
Is all that feel like giving. With the
war over. there are plenty Of men
available. who can take care Of matters
better than /.
We had another succession Of elab-
crate banquets New Years eve. Our
own dinner was served at 1876 aud
lasted until q 80 In the morning. We
had 1t in the same hotel. but most Of
the officers Of the train were present.
and the dining room was well filled.
The decorations. confetti. horns, favors
and SO on, made the affair q pretty
successful imitation Of New Years ev-
ening in a good New York restaurant.
except for the absence Of women, the
affair being confined. Of course, to our
own men. Everyone had a good time in
a decent way, and while speaking of
that, | must compliment the soldiers
OF our division upon their conduct, as
an army of occupation. They are Just
out of a mighty hard campaign, in the
course of which they sustained unusual
hardships and heavy losses. Every
other place over Luxembourg serves
liquor which was absolutely unobtain-
able While we were in action, and yet
haven't seen really intoxicated man
in the whole divisional area, and there
has been absolutely no Drawing or
rough stuff of any sort. The boys are
behaving themselves splendidly, and
America has every reason to be proud
of them. If man ever could be ex-
eused for liquoring up. It's after
hard campaign, and when he's home
sick and the boys over the division
are mighty anxious to get back home
Nine of ten with whom you talk would
be willing to swim home and work six
months for nothing, IL they could only
see dear old America again. That's one
thing the war has done for us-taught
us who came over what a mighty fine
place home is. after all.