The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1919-04-03
HANKS CRIED: GO GET THE
HUNS - WE'LL TAKE CARE
OF QUE SELY ES"
Pvt. Earl G. Marden Tells of the Great
Fight in the Argonne Woods with
Death Staring Him in the Face
Every where.

! Private Earl G.. Marden. Co. r.
l39th U. s. Infantry, 35th Division,
formerly railway postal clerk run
ming out Of Minot, recently returned
from the front, gives the following ac
count OF his services. He states he ran
across the following Minot boys in his
division, but in different companies
Grover Foster, Dan Hines, William
Addleman and George New. All the
above mentioned boys came out of the
| ArgOnne drive o. k. with the exception
Of George New, who was wounded in
the drive and sent to the hospital,
This was the last he saw of him.
Services Of Private Earl C. Mard-
en-, Co. F, 139th U. s. Inf, 35th Div.
Left Minot, N. D., about l1:3O D.
m. March Goth, 1918, for Camp Dodge
| Iowa. Arrived at Camp Dodge Easter
7; Sunday. Left Camp Dodge April 27j
! via Niagara Falls, and arrived at
Camp Mills. New York, April goth.
Left Camp Mills on May 1st for Port
of Hoboken and loaded on English
boat Carpathia and set sail in the
early morning of May End. Had a
| very calm sea all the way across, was
escorted by 16 other transports, one
OIL freighter and one battle ship. The
battle ship left us when we were three
days out of port. Here we were met
by three submarine chasers and es
corted to the port of Liverpool, Eng.
Arriving here the evening of Nav 16
and unloading on the morning of the
18th, and loaded on train and went to
Winchester, and in afternoon about 4
O'Clock we marched out to camp about
four or five miles, with full packs, and
winter overcoats on, about 80 in the
shade. Never will forget it. Stayed
here that night and took a train the
next morning for Southampton,
stayed there the rest of the day May
18th, and crossed the English channel
that night, packed in boats like sar-
dimes, room for only part to lie down.
Arriving at lie Havre, France, the
morning of the Goth. On the evening
of the 22nd took a train for Eau and
unloaded there the morning of the
23rd, marched about six miles to
Muchy, France where we were assign
ed to the different companies.
l was assigned to Co. F, both U. s.
Infantry, 33th Division. Captain Dale.
General Marion. Brigaded here with
the British. We drilled here until the
5th of June. Was then sent to Brit
ish hospital with tonsilities, near Tree
port, France. The regiment left the
next morning on six day hike where
they took train to
Was in hospital about ten days
when l took train at Treeport and
came down thru Paris. Was in Paris
about two hours, and took train to
where / joined casualty COM
pany. Was there about week when
we took train, namely box cars
labeled s Cheauve or 40 Hommes.
rode that day and night to -.
Arrived there the day after our bat
tallion had left there for the trenches
near Meausch. So was attached tot
the Third Battalion for about two
weeks and went with them to Meusch,
where the rest Of the division was.
Was there about two weeks longer,
when our battalion came out and
Joined them at La Bresse near Corn
nimount. Was billeted in an oldsfinen
factory which was run by water pow
err. This was about July LIST. We
drilled here for open warfare for
about two weeks, when we went into
the trenches above Ruth, hike of
about % kilometers up the MOUNTAINS.
Was in these trenches about II days.
could see. the Rhine from this point. t
Was relieved here about Aug. LIST by {
the First Battalion. While in these I
trenches l had my first baptism to :
what is known as a barrage and {
sure thot the world was coming to an ,
end From here we went to Film I
gren, was there about two weeks
training for open warfare. It was at /,
this place / got my first pay, 1874 s
Francs. From here we went up into !
the trenches just to the left of where {
we were before, relieving the Srd bat