Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1919-01-24
NEWS FROM ACROSS THE SEAS.

Herbert Currie writes home that he
is feeling much improved after his
rest and care at hospital in France.
very near the border line. He has
told that many Of the German prison
ers praise the former Kaiser and he
often gets disguised with their senti-
ments and feels he would like to get
hold of them for moment He is of
course anxious to get home.
Benjamin Tenant, located at Camp
Hunt, in France, writes his mother
under date of Dec. Is, giving his loca-
ton as about 35 miles from Bordeaux
and about miles from Arcachon,
port on the Bay of Biscay. The after
noon he wrote there was to be a big
field meet, but inasmuch as they had
only been raining for. about three
days he did not suppose any records
would be broken. He has to pay so
cents for a quantity of sweet choco-
late which could be purchased here
for 20 cents.
A great deal of the jewelry there is
made of aluminium. He says there is
a creek between the barracks and
their drill field, but he has only fall
en- into it once, SO far. Good for Ben
iaminl
Perry Du Mez, of the 18th Co. 9th
Machine Gun Battalion U. S. Marine
Corps, is in the U. S. Naval Base Hos
pital at Hampton Roads, Va. He was
hit in the right arm above the elbow
by a piece of shrapnel, severing two
nerves and paralyzing his hand. Two
letters, from which we give quotations,
were written with his left hand and
very plainly, too, and show something
of his experiences while across the
waters. In letter to his brother,
Lester, dated Jan. 2, he says judging
from the way things are goi,ig it will
be some time before he gets home
He says Just talked with the head
DR. yesterday and he told me all
about it. There are two nerves cut,
the ulnar and the median. They re-
paired the median last Friday and
now have steel brace holding it in
this position (about right-angle bend
of the elbow. They couldn't fix both
because the arm has to be in differ
ent position for each nerve. 1t will
take about four months for this one
to heal, then they cut again for the
ulnar Then after that it will be Z or
s months before | can do anything.
So you see got quite long vacation.
| was in the last week of Chateau
Thierry whe1 the marines were in re-
serve for the army; was at scissors
in the trenches in Toul sector, at St
Mihiel, and the Champagne where
was hit. l haven't done as much as
some, but | am satisfied that l did
the best l could" Under date of Jan.
Is he writes, Il sure did think / am
lucky even if don't ever get better,
because ! met one of the fellows from
my company, who was hit in the head
by shrapnel and was turned half crazy
by it. didn't know him at first. All
my buddies in the company are killed,
except one, and the doctors don't see
why he is living. A one-pounder went
right through his abdomen. He is
lucky Another of them was blown to
pieces by an S-S shell. A sniper got
another right between the eyes, an
other was killed by machine gun, and
three were killed by the shell that
got me. I've got it soft here, pri-
waite room, my meals brought to me,
etc" Perry certainly has had his try
ing experiences and We will all be
glad to see him in our midst again,
and hope he will be able to come home
much sooner than he anticipated.
Roman Volz, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Jos. R. Volz, Blue Mound Read, is the
only one of our boys SO far as We
know, who is in Russia, having been
sent there directly from England in
July. He is in Co. c., 310th Engi-
neers, and at last report was well. In
his first letter home he spoke of get
ting the Wauwatosa News, the only
paper reaching them from the United
States, and everybody had piece OF
it, reading and re-reading the entire
paper until it was worn out.
Mrs. Raymond Herbeck (nee
Hirsch) is expecting her husband, in
the 311th Regiment. will land at New
port News very soon, the boats being
scheduled to land on next Tuesday,
Jan. %. He is to report at Camp
Grant This means that Benjamin
Tenant is also probably nearing our
shores