Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-12-11

Some time later | went IN Paris.
where | seized a * e. Kitchen car aud
carried it off TO the front at thery,
THAT was the Thing to do Your enter
tanning with and I'll tell The whole
wide world thai n Tuxedo ar all eve
ming coat would have been rs funny
there as d suit of overallS at he opera,
"You see the car began work al
dawn--ii the summer that means -four
o'clock in France We weren't allowed
10 build Il fire before daE't@hr-~it
might have aided the enemy, We GOT
out of our hunks, Fred Bund~chau
Louis Lasage and l. 81 Il little after
three, started the fires going aS soon
rs We could get permission and then
moved the car to ii point where the
men going out 10 thu trenches and the
men coming back would pass each
other.
"Our greatest pride was that we
were able to serve and did serve 1000
cups of hot chocolate there every
morning. besides giving ont cigarettes
and other supplies IN the soldiers.
And we kept it going. too, every day.
Hard to Get Sugar.
There were difficulties 10 he sur
mounted. The greatest Of these was
to obtain our own supplies of choco-
late and sugar. Many times our trucks
could not ret through because there
was so much artillery and ammunition
on the move We simply had to have
the supplies for the boys. After some
thought "a way was worked out. The
ambulances had been coming mp TO the
front empty. They had right of way
on the roads after the artillery.
''The ambulance men agreed to bring
up our stun on the trips to the firm.
line and they did it. Wasn't that splen- ,
did of them? All through the hours Of
many nights the hospital oars tore up
to our headquarters, dumped our boxes
Of food and cigarettes and then took
on the wounded men.
1--WE stayed with the men Of the
Seventy seventh and moved when they /
of my eye. II did wonderful service
on more than one sector Then when
the march to Sedan began we put the I
car in line and started with the sol
diers. On the way the car broke down.
In war anything that breaks down
you know. is showed off the road. Only .
the active men and active machines
are allowed place on the highways.
Car Was Abandoned. ,...
"Well, the ear had 10 be pushed to
one side and abandoned. almost
cried. Maybe my eyes We're a little
wet at that. .. ,"r /
'Perhaps the greatest day in the his
tory Of that kitchen ear and of the
men with IT was the day first aid was
given to tho men of the Lost Battalion /
when they struggled back to within
our lines. We wouldn't have missed /
that experience Of service for anything
in this world The greatest happiness I
l have now that am home again, is
to meet some of those boys and hear
them cali me Uncle Joe It's great :
"The other night | Went into a res
taurant in New York--one OF those
table d'hote places. Up to me came
q we'll gro0ned, prosperous looking
young chap. He slapped me on the
back and said: -
"'Hello Uncle Joe! It's mighty good
to see you here "
And it was good for me TO see him.
for the last time we had met he was
grimy and exhausted after trench work
In the Argonue.
"The trunk with the Tuxedo coats /
md the evening clothes has arrived
back from France 1 haven't opened II /!
since I packed IT, Somehow, hate |
to think of putting aside my X, Of G. !
uniform for such ordinary garments |
as silk faced Tuycdos and swalowiall
coats" .U . ,..u