The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1919-01-16
KENOSHAN SEES
SOME SERVICE
Private Kenneth G. White
Relates His Experience
on Three Fronts
in France.
" HIKING AND FIGHTING"

Kenosha has one man who has
fought on three fronts, st. Mihiel, Yer
dun, and the Argonne Forest. He is
Private Kenneth G. White, son of Mr..
and Mrs. George II. White Of III Eng
lish Court. In the following letter to
his parents he describes his advent
ures in "hilxing' all over France with
out losing his life, not to mention
his good disposition.
eve left the docks of New York on
the 21st of July, but laid over in the
harbor until the next day. We landed
in Liverpool on the 3rd of August and
were sent to South Hampton to a rest
camp for few days. From there we
crossed the English Channel to La
Harve, where we stayed day and a
half. We got on the train there and
went to Sancerre, where we stayed
just thirty days. Then we went to
Achmont by train. The first night we
stayed in an old horse barn after hik-
ing about nine miles, and the next
day we moved ON to camp in the
woods. We were only there one day
and we then started for the frort. The
first front we went TO was in the St.
Mihiel sector. We were only there a
few days and we hiked back to a little
town named Mouthairon and STAYED
there two days. We then started on
never to be forgotten hike. We walked
all night and landed at our point at
about eight O'Clock the next morning.
We liked about twenty-four miles that
night and carried heavy packs and
hundred rounds of shell, besides and
to make matters worse it rained most
of the time. We stayed one night In a
big woods and then the next night we
started out again only to hike out
about five miles and be ordered back
to the same place again. We were not
allowed to leave the woods during the
day for fear the Germans would locate
us. The next night we tore off an
other ten miles.
''Then I was sent about thirty-fve
miles from my company on special duty
which kept me about five days. The
night I returned the big drive in the
Verdun and Argonne Forest sector
started. There were big guns all
around us and they kept up all night
long. There was big thirteen inch
gun about a hundred yards from my.
tent and every time it went off it near
ly threw me out of the tent.
"We then moved up to Avacourt
and put in a road across No-Man Is
Land from Avocourt to Moutfancon,
building it right over trenches, shell
holes and everything. We worked in
the mud up to our knees getting truck
loads of wounded men across that road
and we sure did see some terrible
sights those days.
"From there we went to Choppey,
Charpentry, Bayonville and Bpzancy
and then to Mozart. From Nouart we
went through the southern part of
Belgium straight through Luxembourg,
and we are now right next to Germany
in a little town called Grovenmacher.
From where I am writing, can look
right across the Moselle River into
Germany. The city OF Luxembourg is
beautiful place. It is not so large,
but the buildings are very nice and the
people are all we'll dressed. In day
or so we are going into Germany. Our
first step will be Treves and our final
location will be UP at Coblence The
latter place is right at the junction of
the Rhine and the Moselle rivers. We
have walked all the distance, that is
the regulars have. At M1sson, [ was
made chief runner and given charge of
all the other runners, so now [ ride on
a truck that goes on ahead. I have TO
locate the different outfits and officers
so as to direct the troops as they come
up. We used to be in the fifth army
corps, but now we are transferred in
to the seventh. This is just brief
outline on my trip since I left New
York and hope to write more details
later"