Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-01-08

ger zone.
You will never get me to say one
word about those little wasps Of the
brine. I'll take my hat of. to them
every time. They were here one
minute, there the next. One kept
switching back and forth on our rear
like a dogs tail. Out on the hilltop
something way back and, in about
no time at ALL she would be clear out
Of sight and in about the same time,
maybe here she would come back. on
the morning of October 18th, | was
awakened by a noise that sounded
like they might be ramminG some
heavy machinery down in the en-
CINE room. My partner was awaken
ed about the same time. He thought
II was firing, So out we went In a
hurry and sure enough, off about half
way to the hill one OF the wasps had
something freed down in the water
and he surely was doing business
with the depth bombs Two other
boats were on the way over to help,
Back and forth over the same spot
she would tear as fast as she could
and every trip little mountain OF
water would bounce up. That Is all
| know, except this time q wasp hting
around the spot till we were nearly
out of sight. In about half an hour
another wasp got busy in the same
manner on another quarter do
not know the results, maybe history
will tell some doy. Maybe no one
knows 1t may have been a false
alarm but you see how active our
convoy was. This ended our excite
ment on the water except for the us
ual first sight of land which came
about 200 y. m. October Goth (Sun-
day) 1t surely was a relief when we
steamed into Brest, Indian fashion
with our wasps on either side. Our
boat the Caserta, pulled up along
side dock that night but we did not
| land till 7 a. m. October 2lst.
We marched out to Pontanezen
barracks, distance of about three
miles and took up our abode in what
was called a rest camp, where we did
| everything but rest There was
plenty of water but no way to get it..
J think ! washed my face once in five
days. Here we lived in tents and
slept on the ground. Everything was
wet for it rained all morning we
landed. 1t was cloudy and nothing
dried while we were there,
We bid farewell to Rrcst and VII
entity 5 a. M. October 26th, Officer
| in second class coaches and men in
| second class box cars. There is moth
| ing in America like those ears and the
| English language Is entirely made
| quate to describe those coaches. Four
! days and five nights did we ride Tex
| cept when we stopped) till we reach
ed Langres pronounced bong)
We passed through the followrne
! cities en- route ST, Breuc, Rennes,
! Levol lie Mans. Tours, Bourges, Ne
Vers, Dion, to Langres
| Langres is right on the headwnters
of the Marine. | was out this morn
! ing to the uppermost spring. The
French have canal here known as
the Marine canal. which passes under
| the divide through tunnel and CON
meets with the drainage that goes
south to the Mediterranean There
| is another canal farther north that
connects with the drainage, north
! into the Baltic.
Langres is fortified town built
on point of land between two
| branches of the Marne drainage.
guess we must be 100 to 200 feet
|
| walled and the other side has q moat
/ built across.
| | do not see how 1t ever could have
been taken except by seige by the old
| time war methods and machinery.
| There are a number of forts close
| that are built the same way. I can't
| describe them. We have visited two
of them. We are using both as
schools for the various branches.
| NY company has been divided and
detailed to various places. all work
| ing under the direction of some de-
| partment, as drafting, surveying. and
transportation About all Ihaye to
| do is to keep the records. which isn't
! much. This is headquarters for all
| the mapping and map reproduction
| and | suppose it will be my head
quarters till it is moved. When OF
! where, is only guess work.
I am getting as fat as pig which
goes to prove that this is a healthy
place and that the eats are good
/ cough. 1t rained quite a bit before
the armistice was signed but the sun
hes shown every day since until to-
! day. 1t has rained some this after
| noon
/ Everyone wants to get home now
| When that will be, you are as able
| to say as | am, possibly better The
war is over but | swear I do not be-
! lieve Germany is licked. We will
have to await the peace terms to see
If they will let her have "A chance t
ever cause another mess.
/ guess ] have told Won about al
{, ] know. I will at least call it enough
for one time. Wishing YOU nros
Merry Christmas and a Happy New
Year.