The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1919-02-13
American Soldier Thinks
Of DAD while Fighting
''for ''Old Glory
Over There
Sergeant Clarence DuBos Writes
Father of Adventures in
France and on
the Front
Continued from yesterday

Well the first night that was
there, Jerry (Germans) came over
and dropped some eggs (bombs) not
far from US, and say talk about loud
explosions. it's about the creepiest
feeling you can have. You can cas-
ily tell his planes from ours. Ours
have a continual throb while his has
double grooming found, we'll you
can hear him flying bver you and you
are Just waiting for him to drop his
bombs and you can never tell where
its going to land When it does fall,
why it just plays He'll one bomb will
destroy a large building, leveling it
to the ground Then they have search
lights on the planes and we shoot an
ii aircraft guns at them. The best
thing tho is to see German Boche
plane shot down every one yells and
runs over to it to get part of the ma.
chine as a souvenir. We did not stay
at Huppy very long. We moved fur.
Their back from the lines then, We
were about twenty miles from the
front, moving back to the city of Eu,
(its just little south of Calais its
a mile from the seashores, from the
town of leTreport and also Mers.
All three towns are right close to
each other and street Gar connects
the three of them. From Eu to Ire
port, it was about a mile and half,
and it cost two cents to go over on
the street car which they call tram
over there. Eu was delightful lit
tie place, there being nothing like
war there. We had fine place to
stay, living in beautiful home right
in the center of the town. Well the
Division went to the front after be-
ing there week, but the office was
left back at Eu for about ten weeks.
Well we had wonderful time. Every
evening we would go TO 1eTreport,
which was a summer resort for peo-
pie from Paris and there was a very
large hospital there with American,
English and Canadian nurses. En-
glish girl ambulance drivers and En-
glish working girls. 1t was just like
being at home. Used to go in bath
ing at this place. Something like Gal
weston. | used to play tennis nearly
every evening on the beach with some
French girls. Had some who used to
make me chocolate. While | was up
here. | was put in charge of the bill
lets, that is, getting places for SOL
diers to stay in homes of the people
When an officer would come to town,
why he would report to our office,
then | would take him to the Mayor
of the town. who would give me a
slip of paper to certain family, who
would have to provide room for the
officer. That way ! knew nearly
everyone in town. l had some where
to go nearly every night. While here,
were sleeping in room back of the
office. / had mattress on the floor,
which was cnsidered the-Peas-.I
This is an expression used by Amer
leans, which means you have it pref
ty soft. Well one day while 1 was
out billetting an officer, and elderly
woman who was a caretaker for a
large home asked me where I was
staying and | told her, and when she
asked if | had a bed and l said no.
she said that she thought she could
fix me UP. l told another friend |
about it, and we went around to her
place and we both got rooms, one
room each, with a real bee, two mat.
tresses, fine clean sheets, carpet on
the floor in one of the finest houses
Of the city. 1t was the home of rich |
bachelor who was at the front. There
were two maids and the old LADY,
there and they treated us like Lords, |
had pretty flowers in OR room all
the time, fresh water and cider in our
room every day. By the way there is /
very little drinking water in France.
Every ne drinks wine here. Gee
there have been times when | would
give ten dollar bill for a drink of |
water. Well all we paid for ou,
rooms was five dollars month. what
DO you think of that.
On August 18th, we received orders
that we would move to the front too
and we left the next morning and say