The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-08-31

This Is the tenth of a series OF ar
ticles written by Emmett i. Reid Inc
concluding article will appear IN next
Sundays Ardmoreitel.
During the balance Of our stay IN
France, although military discipline
was maintained. We We're allowed more
privileges and freedom Gnd greater
efforts were made TO provide the men
with entertainment. The division kept
in effect drill program which con
sisted for the most part, of field man
ouvers and like problems,
Not Included in Home Bunch
The Ammunition Train Detachment
turned i'm all the trucks. making two
trips across country to Sampigny, near
st. Mihiel. and returning by train
This left US with nothing in the way
of motor transportation except the
Ford which Bailey Wilkerson was
driving, and the captains car,
Next we moved 10 Ervy and felt
nr.tty surc that we were due TO go
home soon, for news from the coast
was To the effect that the min Am
munition Train would sail immediate
~ after the first of March, ana since
we were part of the llith' we
thought we would be put on the san
ing list with the balance OF the resl'
ment.
You can imagine how We felt later
when we learned that the regiment
did sail, and by the time we got thc
news. the latter part of March thes
had gotten their discharges-and there
we were the only two companies vi
the outfit that had seen acton aoihs
IS. q So work.
\ Bitter Pill
or course those other companies oi
the regiment couldn't help IT because
they lad to stay back with the fleld
artillery. on the range near camp
Sosuuedon; neither could they heip
il becaues they had left us in France
hut that didn't help our feelings AT
all.
An of our hopes of getting home
harora the latter part of July vanish
.d for the new sailing lists indicated
that the Both Division would san III
ru,v and we knew that with our reii-
ment gone we would stay till the Ill
vision left.
SO there was nothing for us to DO
bit grin and bear it, but it was bit
ter pill.
Visit Points of Interest
rbraa.dav passes were being grant
od to almost any point in France, and
nearly every man in the detachment
made one or more trips to points Oh
interest. Lyon, Orlean. Reims. and
Paris were the most popular, though
not the only places we visited. To
try TO see Paris in three days is
good deal like trying to learn to SWIM
1, s.,.., h..
ever if was worth while to go, even
if the stay was entirely inadequate.
got to the city a short time before
Easter. kept away from anything that
looked like a military organization
and. by getting acquainted with
Frenchman here and there, who really
knew Paris. managed to see quite
bit of il in a way that was decidedly
more interesting than had l joined the
Y. NJ. c. \. walking tours.
Gay Paree"
1t is impossible to mention very
many of the points of interest in the
city, for the reason that in the snort
time spent there one could hardly De
come sufficiently familiar with them
to describe them inteligently.
The art galleries of the Louvre were
given a hasty once over" as was
also the beautiful little Luxembourg
galleries in the Garden OF Luxembourg.
The Louvre, of course, contains more
of the famous works of art than does
the Luxemburg gallery, but the lat
ter is not visited by the great throngs
that crowd the Louvre, so il is Kept
much cleaner and this is especially
noticeable in the works Of the sculpt' |
ors art.
Replacing Art Treasurers
At the Louvre we found in progress
the work OF replacing the more valu'
able treasures which had been removed
during the war. Venus de Milo had
lust been restored to her throne.
slightly the worse for her experience
II is interesting to note that nearly |
every artist has tried his hand at pro !
ducing Venus-some posed in the
attitude of the original others varying |
according to the whim of the sculptor. /
Probably the Germans were greatly |
disappointed that neither shells from
their 70-mile gun, nor airplane bombs, !
touched the art galleries, and the fact |
should be kept clear in the minds or |
all civilized people that the Huns dld !
do their best to destroy these treas
ures.
NapOleon's Tomb
From the Louvre we visited Napo-
Icons tomb marveled by the wonder
full light effects and wondered If Ma !
poleon's spirit knew of the attempt |
of another conquest mad conqueror |
to conquer the world and Of his ig |
nominious fail. With a haSty glance at
Eiffpl Tower, we strolled along the |
Quay d'Orsay my companion Ia bank
clerk reciting interesting bits Of his. |
tory and pointing out the places where |
such and such happened in the days |
of kings and courts, and saints ana
rascals.
In the evening, with u card of IN |
, PRODUCTION from friends at Davrey'
] made the acquaintance of fine |
French 1lmily who had lived, and !
whose ancestors had lived in Paris. as |