The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1919-03-21
,AL LIONEL
LOCK-ARDE,

CORPORAL LIONEL SINCLAIR
LOCKARDE,
son Of Mr.. and Mrs. James a. Lock-
erde, formerly of Owings Mills, now
OF near Westminster, of Company M,
S13th United States Infantry. He en-
tered military training at Camp Meade
on November D, 1917, and sailed for
France on the United States Ship
Leviathian, on July III, 1918. Tie was
engaged in active service in the battle
of Montfaucon, Troyon and Mouse,
and was engaged in battle on No
vember Ill, 1918 when the command
to halt was given. For his bravery in
action his name was placed on the
Honor Roll and he spent his seven
days furlough at the Grand Cercle
Casino, AK Les Bains, France. While
attending the Seventy-ninth Division
School on February 5, as the result CT
the explosion Of a trench mortar gun
shell, z OF the men of his company
were killed and 80 we're seriously
wounded of which he was one OF the
number.
Miss Adelaide Gettier received the
following letter from her brother,
Corp George wi. Gettier, Company B,
3O4th Field Signal Battalion, Ameri-
can T.. IT,, A. P. O.. I'll, France:
"Souilly-sur-Meuse, France, near Bar
lie Due.
February 14th, 1919.
MY dear Sister: ..-.
1t has been some time since I have
written you letter, SO during few
leisure moments will write a few
lines. Have written home at least
once each week, since my arrival in
this foreign land, so I know you have
heard about nv location and few of
the experiences.
Am SO glad that you are receiving
mail from me regularly and am in
deed very proud of the mail service
we have here. Mail usually arrives
three or four days each week and only
recently I had letter from home
dated January Goth which is fine.
Mail to this point travels by all
modes of transportation and as far as
| am aware none has as yet gone
astray. Am always glad to hear from
home and we anXiously await the ar
rival of mail. You should see the
smiles and pleasant expressions on
our faces when the mail is given out.
1t is seldom that | am disappointed
and then later on several of them ar
rive.
We are having very nice weather
here just now The sun has been
shining for several days, something
unusual. However, it is quite muddy
and most Of us are wearing boots
daily. We did have about three or
four inches of snow but it has almost
disappeared entirely.
The Battalion is going to have a
go horse show soon and all of the boys
are more or less interested. I am go
ing to take an active part in it and
hope we are one of the winners.
WAS very glad to learn that Law
renee was able to get fifteen day
furlOugh and know that he enjoyed
every single minute while at home.
sis, since my arrival on European
soil have been across France from
Brest to Verdun and from Verdun
south a. far as Lyons, thence to AK
les Bains, an area for soldiers on
leave Perhaps | have not covered
all my travels i'm my numerous letters
SO will 60 over them briefly and re-
late a few incidents. This Company left
Camp Meade, July 9th, 1918, via the
Penna. r. r., for Hoboken On ar
rival there we boarded the Leviathian
formerly the Vaterland, one Of the
largest ships afloat, second only to the
EmperatOr. This ship was a Boche
ship and u very fine one We could
readily notice the alterations made in
order to accommodate the thousands
OF khaki clad men it sheltered With
flags flying, bands playing and all
men aboard on deck we left the great
city OF New York, Monday evening
July Sth. Our voyage across was un.
eventful, but the sailors were on con.
slant lookout for subs, however, theil
vigil proved in vain. Our ship pulled
i'm at Brest harbor on the morning o
July 18th and it was a gala day fo1
us. We embarked that night anC
marched to a camp known a. Caml
Pontanezen, supposed to be a res
camp. After cOnvalescing a few days
from ''sea legs" we took the 40 hommt
8 chevaux route to Chammason SUI
Seine, a small French village, in the
vicinity OF Dion After one weeks
stay there we were taken by trucks t.
another village about fifty kilometers
away, Vaux sous Aubigney, where we
remained until the earlier part o.
September. We all enjoyed being ir
Vaux, while il. was not "a very large
place. probably thousand inhabit.
ants, and W. were not the first troops
that had been billeted there, we were
GALCAuCu AdnJ privileges Hnu LH0 Id
tives were very hospitable- I'm fact
we did not care to leave the village
when orders came unless we were GER
tain that III was for sthes4fr0nt. While
at Vaux / participated In great many
divisional and brigade n1aneuvers, a.
sisted In the construction, maintain
ence and operation of telephone and
telegraph lines and learned the Sig
nal Corps side OF the war game quite
thoroughly We were at Bar lie DUO
for d three day rest, leaving there Oh
July 18th via truck for Jouy en- Ar
COME On September 25th we ad-
vanced to- point and were held all In
readiness for the great drive which
opened On September 26th. had
seen many guns tanks, troops and the
like before but the sight of so much
armOr rather beWildered me and I
failed to comprehend how any force
could resist such a formidable array
ment pf .TPEtWTgRPrial all ready for
action. Re guns of all cali
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