The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-01-30
ECHO POINT BOY
WRITES HOME
FROM FRANCE

ElIUlv | IIHIVUL
Priyui" John V. Th"ncn. connected
wi'h Company f.. Three hundred ana
Fuurr"c infantry. II a letter to nus
mother. Mrs Julia Th"n"n. gives som"
Interesting data relative to hS expert
.ncc with tn" American cXp"ditlonary
forces Ills last letter. written from
AK les Rains. covers 4 field that IS eli
,Ir"ly foreign 10 IN" usual run OF SOL
I ,irr's communications home. TIC l't-
ter follows:
AK Les Hains. Jan. ;. 1919.
Dear Mother: After nu cv"ntful uip
lnd myself nero IN AK LIS lainS:
! Thus plac" waS. hrfor" tn" war. on" 81
ihr lra,iin- half-drE"n health resorts
- rhr world and is now on" Of TIC
: l.,v" r"nIors Of lh" American army.
. 'rh.. town - situated in beautiful val
/. l,v in III" French Alps nnd Is iIl''u
! xiin interesting features. both AncIcnt
/ .Ilid rnudrrn especially ancient. TN"
. valley that his hotel nYcrluOks was. ""
are told by The !. NJ guild. N his Hl"St
solemn nI:tnn"r. once III" scene o.
| Caesars operation. and even HANNIBAL
| with his elephants. passed through h"r"
From Tia, frs, our "Trip was Il series or
! mishapS.' You will understand that ""
worr sim in tn" iIGhting area ana nnout
I !" miles from :: railroad. Trucks ~er"
! To have taken US To- Nrrdun. wh"r" ""
wnr. ~ get The sp"cial l";tv" train fer
! his placc, hui RI" trucks were late and
: ~, missed tn" train and had to stay MI
! night III NcrIun in jhns" Sh"llcd build
! !ugS.
! could write = whole letter abnu'
! thai, city: about its four miles ana Il
) half At underground passages. of ~
! eat h"dral. begun in The sixth century IN
! Knrnan Style and partially destroyed
! and repaired eight THINGS >inc" th"n am!
! "nch tam" Repaired m q different StH,S
: OF architecture. So that now II Is u
! most an Example 0t all tn" different
/ ri yl,!s ur architecture. and Of til" mug"
| walls ard 'n"1ts around IN" ri'E. 'I,h
| Ia draw hriLG"s. l!ut have not INV
! nm. or ability 20 WRIT. Of i; - II
! should ~ written.
| ON tn" next da! "" caught th' nIr-
! ruw-guasr train from N"rdun 4" Ear
! ir-uur. whcr We wcrr given IN" ch"ic"
Of w" routes. either by way al Nan !
| wa% w.. ch"s" :" y" bought tickets
| 20 rarIs, and I"ft that night and g.
! there ia" next morning III "rioLE'
! Now. W., had IL h"nrS In iarIS: as nv
,!jd not lcalr until that night: :"
wc 90 Ia III. y. NJ 10 cheek our i'arNH
uuI found 50 many there for tho SatrH
! rIrpos, ihn; u bunch or us wont 10
| hotel and hired a room anu Ter gu"
| pack.; ih"r" Will" w., SAW TN" "iiE.
| And = wnu,i"rful tim" VIZ had S""nS
! it, 100. In tn" morning "" went ''i
our own hook. as dinner tin" was !l"s";
! br;t in the afternoon ! and n iric';i
who have been sticking together ~
this tour took IN Metro trir that IS
! rnEru ont each day ny Il Y. u. guide.
! Metro being French Tor subway
In these cites nj more shan passing
! interest or whrr. th'ry arr NOR" man
dirrs. tn. Y. M. has sight-s"ri1r par
ties with y. NJ. man &c guid".
So "" started ont /" viSir III" Places
about which had read :" much.
! FrSt VIZ wrU; Ia thu Pantheon ~
C;u"rrn. where "" saw III" must r.
markabic painting 'yymr saw II my
| If. rr "xp"c, 1" $40. This pir'"r" &C
rupicS nm entire building I" itself ara
| i required tli" efforts "f "lSht Of ~"
| most eminent artists IL Fr"nr" for a
unr,nd If four years =" accomplish il.
'rh!" picture is circular. that -. like 4
panorama phN"G'rarh With III" ends
! joined. only II Tins Ir*' - mad no l"fhl.
! II was = Srrir< ~ 2r"uIs. If winch
caci, uf III" allied countries had on aAd
! 'h'ir most famous ,IE"n W"r, SHOWN ~
! their rrSp'c;flr groups. The central
! they We" Portraits TOO. not &m"arS "r
! paint ~ Tor ihr painting 81 work /
Mas WONDERFUL Th"r" w"r" som" iiT"r"S
! that uu. would say. w"r" not ON IN"
sam. canvas. bat the w"ro. jus. Ia"
sam" Yl,I mover finrac't that ri"luiH.
From ,h"r,. W.. went /" IN. -. d's
Tmyal,Lr*. fs"rn which Nnp"l"on and
! som" uf III" Louis used !" review their
troops and whrr" Tie. present IL rrpi,-
ccni.rl bv roui,. German trophies. Il "a
thor. that they hay" IN" plan" that liz"
famous aviator ';uyn"nlrr brought d0Mh
- G"rmHn planes WITH. y IS = NY
! hin. and seems too small - l." ALL" ~
fly itself lrt alone with n man ana a
machirr gun.
C"uc"rd". which was "a" seen" If ST"