Arizona republican., 1919-01-27
CENSORSHIP GONE. LOCAL BUY TELLS
 IF VOYAGE ACROSS

An interesting account of the way American troops were being carried overseas and to France before the ar mistice was signed is contained in a letter recently received from Chet E. Morrell. a Phoenix boy now in France wriieetts VI wriieetts the American Expeditionary forces. He is a son of Mrs. N. J. Nor rell, 130 East Moreland street, and ar rived in France after training at Camp Dix, New Jersey. too late to join in the actual fighting before the armistice went into effect. His letter follows:
 "Chitenay, France.
 December l. 191S..
 Dear Mother: Well, I will drop you a few lines to let you know how I am and also, since the censorship has been modified somewhat I will attempt to tell you something of our trip across We left Camp Dix on the night of Oc- tober T and were in New York on the morning of October F, and embarked on the White Star liner Baltic, English owned. It was the ship that brought General Pershing across. We sailed down North River that afternoon, past the Statue of Liberty, and the band started playing the Star Spangled Banner and everybody snapped up to attention and saluted and stood at it till the piece was finished. It sure was az rand old feeling, with the peo- pie on the ferryboats and shores cheer ing, and l guess the only time 1 will feel the same, and even better. since it is over now, is when We return.
 We anchored in the bay that night while the rest of the convoy was being formed and started out next afternoon, Sunday. October 1S. We had 13 trans ports in our convoy and one big tor pedo destroyer and two battleships The battleships and destroyers went clear across with us, but we were es- corted so far out by seaplaneS flying all around US and two battleships with captive balloons flying high in the air, observing everything.
 Well we had very nice voyage nothing exciting at all I volunteered for duty on one of the guns and was on duty at different hours of the day and night We were r days coming across, when in peace times it is only q five to seven days voyage, but you see all the ships kept going on a diff | ferent course. shooting back and forth so as to keep fooling the subs, and ! that is what takes so long.
 We came into England by the North of Ireland, and one day out from the ] Irish coast we were met by sub -chas- 1 CTS, sea planes. battleships and dirigi- l ble balloons. and we got into Liverpool | England. the night of October 23 ant unloaded on the morning of October p and got aboard trains and went cleal 1 across England to Southampton. w<tci lies across the channel from France We got aboard another ship there tn, night of October 26, and the morning l of October 27 we were in the port O l Cherbourg, France. The evening O October 21 We got on train again anC | rode from the northern edge of Franc, to about the southern boundary, righ by Spain at Beautrian, France. on Oc tober 29. We stayed in that place til | November 6, and then we were moved to this place, Chitenay, France. ant got in here on November $. We ar | about 150 miles from Paris, not a larg place. just a little French town. The, sure had a joyful time here on Novem Der II, and 1 guess over there in tn states things were not so quiet either You see. there are American paper . published in Paris and we get the new of the day just the same, and mayb better, than you do over there. bu tHere IS one klnO or paper sure WOul like to have, and that is some of tn home papers now and then so I can ge news of home. don't know how lon we will be here or anything about i and you won't be able to send me a Xmas present, but you can have
 three months subscription to The Ari zona Republican sent over to me, an in case I move it will follow me III and even if l don't get all the issue! what 1 do get will sure be welcome.
 The weather here is nothing like it at home, and taht is one thing I sur miss. as you know we never see ic freeze on water, but over here it is
 little cold, and it has been rainin quite a good deal. When we wer down in the southern end of Franc