The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-01-24
Interesting Letter from
.TemperanceviDe Man

A letter received from Frank Mont
corncrv. son OF Mr.. and Mrs. MiNe
montgomery. Tenpccanceviue. ONO.
unusually interesting. Nj. MONTGOMERY
entered the service At Camp sherman
Ohio some time las, summer
Germany. Uec. -. 19lS.
Dear Cousin: 1 received your letter
q few DAYS ago. but did not have time
10 answer because I belong 20 the army
of INVASION and w" started from the
.Iar5un hattie frGut the day after ;AS
'oo,rnis,ice was signed ard liked uutil
we arc now at our destination. "h'cn >
about 20 li!lomcters east OF IN" hhi!sr'
since war IS Over the censorship rules
have been changed. $" | Will tell Foa
OF some cc my experiences. Oh; don
toll mother. tur it makes her nervous
-nr something. anyhow. WHAT Sae oo''
know won't hart her.
In the first plac". have never o"ea
q baker, That was I lie that l made
~; =, Camp Mills 20 keep ;heTh ir1o
Worrying belong 20 the 1hf'y-Sec-
md division AMI "" wear red arrow
. n, our shoulders. which insignia WAS
conferred on us b: General tfrShiAs.
Thc 'Thir,"-secoud Was At Chatsau
Thi.r-r: scissors. Hill 80. Hess w"'aS'
,E.lic:: woods and Nerdun ana many
;hcr oiaCrS !. = 2 "cry exciting buSi-
n. AR vas full % Sh"(!S. aad many a
inn. [ hays had Ia lie down on the
around ~ avoid dying sn. II Sp';ntrrS'
, One TIM. Wh"n We were :ir!F:hS >i'''''
IN rho Mouse river. was 'i''P'hS III"
Or 4 shal:-. hat. aud Place "t AiSh
,exnlosivr she'll went through II. tear
ing a hole ao"u. three inches long ana
narrowly missing my legs. frrhalS YOU
s,w The pocke, on the map in the pa
,pers that "" drove up N the i't'' '''-
city OF Verdsn.
.. w. were ID in th"re tor month so
far. that W., Her" urd"r shell fire from
1hree sides. 4 have stood in the mess
line there with tn" shells bursting on
.ril sides and many tim" KIND o.
injured whether would "v"r See you
again. When we were relieved ShSEs
BY another division We had 20 nike al.
night under shell fire 10 get back OUT o.
the pocket. X was the worst night We
ever had. We were in position at th2
.5oot Of the famous Dead Mans Hill.
under the forts CO Vnrdun. This hill
: was formerly covered b.? heavy WOODS
hut Is now as barren rs a road. There
is where the Germans got their d"a''l
BLOW and left this bloody hill covered
with their dead. We could stand on
hill where our picket lien was and sec
the shells dropping at regular intervals
unto the city or S"Fuun NUE oaN'N'ioh
lost so many horses at one place thar
we couldn't move our guns. and ""
were demoDilized for two weeks. an
a cannoueer and my position was No.
i at the gun. have pulled the string
that sent many hundred and SIS mill
meter shell az Tho Boche. II IS hard
on the nerves. but didn't have time 30
do afraid. Althea wilson's man has
the CUTS and she ought to feel proud
Of him. Although being I horseshorr
and being back at the horse line all the
tim. he was In almost as much danger
as the cannnneers were at the guns. l.
have seen horses killed by shells while
tied on tho picket line w" helped
throw barrage for eight hours into the
Belieu woods IN order % capture hill
FOR an observation post. There wer"
: 100 guns alongside Of US. and all IN
faction at once. II would almost INT US