The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-05-11

EDITOR sNorE-ovns 70 th. 'o.,
4. ~. mails OF five insNilnenu Q,
'Nsmoirs OF the Tulsa Ambnlshe"
-, 'g.t pfior TO the departure OF toe
.ny s' from German territory, there
brssk in the series. Sergeant
I'D Ter reaching Camp Merritt, mas
.r,ttsn the lost manuscriops And thers
I'll n. moi further delay in their puoH
sIuoG.
SAINT BLIN.
r,o ,hrce-day hike to st Bin was
,ho f.rst really severe test OF ehuut
Wv a,sr NM IN 10 the ambulanoerS:
,,,r,uce OF Will as well az OF physi-
guy strrugih OF the later we had
,Senfv A. seemed, for not man but
sayed with II TO the end
In he matter OF physical stamina.
u,torfunately, we were not so nearly
sa,fsci This was caused partly by
he moor food which was al That ume
bslpg served out TO the then expert
,n,opsl A. h. u. And partly IL was
due 10 the fact thai the ieniency OF
nbysical requirements at he enpst-
yrnt examination had permitted
men 10 become members OF the com
many who could not possibly cope
Win the hardshlps that military NE
carried WIN u.
ioned the thronB from tho DIVISION
mai we're sent TO hospitals. At his
,,ms We lost Newcomb, who never re-
gained physical strength while In
! Europe half IA dozen others were
ios, from the company temporarily.
rom sickness caused by the hike.
otber companies OF the train, less
fortunatc. suffered their first fatal
casualties. pneumonia claiming sew
,ral victims The rest of us, for the
fIrst ume in the regulation French
barracks. settled down 10 make the
best OF the impending Christmastide.
These sanIo buildings were OF hy-
brid design, apparently owing origin
,aually to the Iroquols long house
and the common kitchen variety OF
sieve.
Looking backward from COM
pleted experience, st seems reason
Able TO say that the very draughu-
ness and the cold and damp of these
airy midwinter billets kept us clear
from the flu and pneumonia wave,
But at the time OF living through 1t
We all hated the sight of the long.
leaky, squat shelters.
And Christmas was upon ua II
found Us gloomy. Thousands OF miles
separated us from our homes; rigor-
Gus censorship (Which afterward be-
came a mere formality) made writ
ing little pleasure. and an unusually
severe snowy winter of the Langres
plateau had BEL in.
Saint Bin the desolate, muddy
and dirty took on n funeral appear
snce with its red rooted broad stone
houses all monotonous under deep
blanket OF snow We sought out
farm house barns. which are the
"other part" OF almost every village
house in France. There we paid one
or two francs each for enough straw
10 cover the wooden stats OF our
bunkA These were in rickety tiers
and occupied the whole OF the in
terror space OF the barracks except
\ the two ends where huddled small
4 vood-burning stoves.
I One cf our first casualties was
due to the inferior construction OF
these hunks. Lawrence Woods fell
through his bunk on the top Of a
section, sustaining injuries TO his
knee that kept him from duty from
December till May. when. after mill
Ing through large number OF cas-
and rejoined us just before we left
the Baccarat sector for the Cham
payne.
For the glorificatlon OF the Yule-
tide, parties from the company went
10 the neighboring forest on Christ
mas eve, returning laden with mis-
Sletoe and holly and cedar boughs.
with these they decorated profusely
the barracks and the big dining hall
after they had been rescued from
irate Frenchmen who would have
arrested them for destroying the
forests tAll shrubs and trees sre
sacred in France.)
Inc cooks. with the aid OF turkey
and eranberries and fruits for pies
made their supreme effort, and
lIrned out a Christmas day dinner
which we pounced on and devoured
iolously 10 capacity limit. For we
h~d had an unusually severe dieting
on ccned beef, tomatoes and hard
Nek IN The weeks preceding.
Timed almost TO the minute there
enhe also 10 cap our celebration
steat bags OF mall from the folks al
uome-the Christmas mall Not only
Nt'er, but boxes laden with fruit
'"Ae' candies, nuts. every one OF