Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1919-03-13
RECEIVES Letter
FROM SON

an awful trip back. The whole tril
was one fight and struggle, roll an'
pitch, up and down against an ever
lasting western wind with one rea
storm which lasted two days
During the storm we had to chang'
ourseourse in order to keep out of thi
* II of the sea. 1t was accom-
panisd by rain, hail and sleet so thick
that we had to keep the fog horn go
ing continually. You can imagine
how pleasant it was with the wind
blowing between ninety and one hum
dred miles per hour. 1t made an
Idaho dust storm seem like gentle
+. breeze in comparison only this lasted
two days instead of few minutes.
At the end of the second day the sea
was running so high that we could
. look up at the crest of the waves and
when you realize that the bridge is
so feet above the water you can i'm
agine how high they were, about 10
feet. For about a week we had at
least a dozen squalls during each
watch and they were always full Of
hail and sleet.
Anyway | was not sick one minute
and the old ship was rolling and pitch
ing continually. What alwasy struck
me funny was to see the tooth brush
es, paste etc. fall into the wash bowl
and then the ship would roll and tip
them out on the deck. While eating
ig! the mess hall we always had to
I'D our plates in our hands and If
Surely seemed funny to eat soup with
the soup dish in perpendicular posi-
ton. / used to laugh my head off at
every meal. Eat, good gracious my
brick yard appetite was not in it. My
feed bill for the month was $500 and
believe me they lost money on me- II
ate all my share and called for sec
ond and as three or four of the other
fellows were sick | ate TIERS, es-i
pecially their pie / do not like the
sea and would not consider it for life
work but it surely does agree with
me. Carol says | have a regular
Idaho tan.
We had four army officers aboard
as passengers on the way back, col /!
orel, ltsr and two captains. The
ccione' hnl(ssyajor were sick all the
way, gee but they We're glad to get
back.
saw quite bit of France while |
there. l made trtMto Nantes and
was also in Paris couple of days.
We saw esNotre Dame, Arch of Tri.
umph, Effei Tower, The Bastil also
the Palace De Concord with the cap
tured German cannons, the Seine riv-
er and several notorious boulevards, |
also the Pantheon. We visited one
of the largest stores of the city La
Magasin De Louvre, rode on the street
cars and busses, also on the elaborate
subways, took in theatre which was
grand with an so piece orchestra
The fellow whom l was with, an en-
gineering officer and a graduate of
Boston Tech. could talk French flu
emily and, it was mighty interesting to
talk with French people and many of
army officers. They have a whole
some respect for the Americans, no
doubt Paris and France is literally
filleT eb American officers and men.
We sas. soldiers every place in all the
small towns, Americans as well as
E<nnch The French are being re-
i I'd at the rate of 10000 per day
but they still have the finest army in
tie world at the front. The French
have no faith in the German people
and we were told by several French
officers that they could not help bit
believe that within the generation
they will again have to fight Ger
many It is their deepest regret that
Germany was not completely crushed
and | Go not wonder that they insist
upon complete disarmament Of Ger !
many for years to come. | suppose i
tfat this being in opposition to Pres
ident Wilson's idea that he does not
want to Unnecessarily cripple the de-
feated enemy" will cause trouble at
the peace conference.
l was mighty glad to get chance I
TO render a salute to general Perish
ing while he was in ST. Nazaire in
specting the army camps at that
place.
Gee but was glad to get back.
When saw the statue of Liberty /
felt like stageing something new in
The dance line, New York surely