Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-09-18

deceased Is survived by wife, who was
| much devoted to him, two sons, Walter
| and Elwin and a daughter. Mrs A. r.
| Burleigh OF Franklin, n. H., also three
brothers and two sisters. The funeral
was held Wednesday from the home. the
pastor, the Rev. Morton W. Hale Off.
ciatins. Two Of his favorite HYMNS,
Sometime Wen Understand" and viii
There be any Stars In My Crown" we're
sung. Among the numerous floral de-
signs was beautiful pillow bearing the
words From Church and Sunday School"
WATERBURY
Edward Robinson, who has been i'll for
the last three weeks, was taken to ST.
Adams for treatment Sunday.
The Rev. w l., Boicourt, formerly
pastor of the Congregational Church at
Waterbury. now in the service of the
| International Committee of Young
Mems Christian associations at Lyons,
France, writes as follows
| July 2i. 1919.
Here I am on a trip that will take
me across the Rhine as far as Stras-
burg. as the French spell the German
Strassburg. and will give me a chance
\ to see something of the devastated
front before II Is too much repaired.
|
and have arranged for an auto to take
n photographer and myself to the
American cemetery six kilometers
from the town. so that I may secure
a picture of the grave of Perry Aid
rich.
July %. 1919
This morning went with a little
girl who does cleaning at the ~ offices
out to flower garden. where / bought
two francs worth of flowers. and then
went in the automobile to the farm ST.
Sebastopol We found the large group
of hospital buildings absolutely de-
serted. We drove through them. read
ing the signs-"lnen room" for ex-
ample-and noting the roofs of two
or three that had been burned away
by fires from airplane raids in spite
OF the enormous crosses painted on
them. Not a soul in sight: it was iaself
like a cemetery. Farm houses were
in sight nearby. but the road was so
poor and muddy that the photogrs phi n
and I walked up to the house, entered
the large. muddy, manury stable-yard
and found the house at one corrfer of
the encircling stone wall--absolutely
the only entrance. The woman was
very gracious. but told us 1t was in
deed "undamsged" hut we were one
had been dug up by a detachment of
colored labor soldiers and carried to
a big permanent cemetery 30 or more
kilometers toward Verdun. / will try
TO go there tomorrow. The photog-
rapher was very gracious and refuse ed
to accept any pay for the trip. l gave
him the flowers to take home and he
was content. 1t was interesting to see.
as we returned. the deserted aviation
deN and hangers that the Americans
have left and where doubtless Aldrich
had often risen and descended
July 30. 1919. Conhan-Jarny.
Monday morning bright and early
took the train for Thiaucourt or as
near there as one could go. II Is on
a branch railroad. so one has TO walk
seven kilometers after reaching the
end Of the line. Here I saw for the
hrst time the ugly scars of war. Bsrbed
| wire entanglements enough still, if un-
tangled. to tie up the earth in dou-
BILE bow knot; rusty miles of it in tan
giles four feet high and sometimes 10
feet wide stretch across the butchered
landscape like red roads. Trenche s
everywhere and shell-hoies and tree
stumps bravely trying to live. and holes
in the ground with reinforced entrances
for abrs Along the road over which
chicken wire with dead branches hang
ing, the remains of the screen that
had made our boys less easy targets
American electric and telephone wire
bangles from poles and trees On the
way we passed the permanent four
year camp of the idly
built structures along the bed Of a
brook. Their cemeteries are well made
too. and ! noted that instead of the
uncertain wooden crosses. theirs were
low. of heavy cement
81 had, as walking companion A
school superintendent on his way ia
visit the Thiaucourt school Upon our
arrival we engaged dinner at the little
hotel across the street from the pile OF
mountainous debris that was once q
5 church and whose altar still stands
; stained and dirty. under a section OF
the arch holding the cross. two angels
$ and "Laus Deo," and 7 was permitted
to go with my companion to visit the
, two-room schooi-house. Like all the
rest OF the half or less that stand al
all, this building is peck ma rked with
t shrapnel and it's windows replaced witt
I oiled cloth. This substitute for window
, glass is more substantial than the pa
per reinforced with string, which mos
? OF the other windows in town have
III Tue trout WINDOWS OF the hOteI there
+ arc pieces of mica down low. so tina
. one can look out, For the time helms
it is impossible to find enough rlas.
e to replace the windows of ffth O.
, France.
The Americans captured this towr
; at the beginning of the end. Septem
e Der 9. 1918, and the people have warn
{ hearts for the Americans. When tn,
r landlady found out what 7 came for
$ she helped me locate a boy who ownet
a camera-there was no photogra nh e
+ to be found--and set out for TIL,
( cemetery offered me bunch of fel,
flowers she had picked saying "Thi
won't be much, but it is given with ;
bon occur ! lost a son in the war
he is buried in Belgium and canno
go to see his grave" So 7 have in IN,
pocket roll Of films to be develope,
Z when ] get back. | hone they ar,
good. The cemetery has 1900 graves
all marked with the plain white cross
In the center of the enclosure Their
IL flying large. glorious America,
, flag. Needless to say I was profoundl,
moved to stand beside the grave O
I Perry A. Aldrich
5 August 4, 1919 Lyon
Back at my post in the city again
t The Aims are good 7 have seen them
\ and l will be sending the pictures i,
a a few days"
Y Charles Parker Of MONTGOMERY
= one OF the field secretaries 70
/. War Savings. has been working /,
j town for a few days in the interest o