The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1919-08-15
x,Sly THE HOT OF 1T.

p,ooks returned home Satur-
hnss nine after serving for II
W se =. France. and of all the boys
s''ns ,.t !, into the army from this vi
so,,ng Brooks shows the most
slV ',rnroyement in physical con-
Hsu ~ has filled out. is we'll set up
eu~, .,,d IA not present a more health
~ 0 arance And yet this Improve
.p has not come to him without
rn' snoeks and a most strenuous
y" '.cs - in the midst of the sever
r lighting in which the Ameriean .s,
y y, ,ook place. James was inducted
r~ ssryice at Camp Lewis and In
y ,;s,ribution of the raw material
various units of the army he
nlace in Co. d, Attn Infantry
I n,y,siOr, and the 4th Division COW
,,self with glory on many a hard
.ssst q field. 1t is claimed that the 4th
4 IN the first at the great pat'ie at
s.,.so rhierry, and Brooks baptism
ras disastrous. Ii was i'll the
y, ~ tsht that he butted into piece
y. |, .,,snnel which lodged in his hip.
SAsn M he was hit he took header into
,hell hole and landed upon and In
!. midst Of four dead Germans. The
'..,,.rs we're anything but pleasant,
y, IN the open the air was too fun
. needing metal to take any chances
I 4, changing locations. Brooks at last
.tbed an aid station. but in the ruck
! ! M fight and the proceedings that
.lloved his Identification tag was
- md II was on that account he was
.,orted as among the missing. 1t
m ha remembered that his folks at
,nme we're kept in a constant state of
,..a,tainty and worry by the con-
aktue reports that were received
mm the war department just a year
N At first he was reported dead,
~ wounded and then missing. We
rssmber that his sister, Mrs. Han
6ss was in this office with POST
urd announcing that her brother
hines Brooks had been wounded, and
: had hardly read the card when the
blwaph operator arrived with a
nu,sge stating that her brother had
,eu captured. 1t was time that tried
- soul. and the Brooks family was
neely tried by the conflicting reports
At reached them until it was finally
hr1ed that the son and brother had
/ ~ but slightly wounded and was
ri 10 bis command. Mr.. Brooks
NM that the members of his COM
~ aid not know what had become
1 elim and his return to the company
n great surprise to his comrades.
q ~ Brooks was in four battles,
f 1lder fire for 22 days in the Ar
plne He saw war in all its phases.
/ the Arg0nne he saw 1900 guns
riding hub to hub belching death
= destruction upon the Huns. Many
4 n tAe hair raising stories that he
III repeat and does repeat in his
tniIy Although he is slow in telling
= apefiences among his acquaint-
Q1G His tough experience, or at
I11k - uroVId onpc;Jar Il nc cnoh n a Il
l2Derience fallen to our lot, was
nd to hand fighting that young
lD had to go through when it
~ necessary to use the bayonet.
- fuck and heat of fight it was
ER set killed and twice he was
70 spit a Hun or get spitted.
- is happy to get back to Amer
4fler the armistice he had seven
- service in Germany on the
IL and discipline was so drastic
1le had little attraction FOR the
~. The division left Coblitz
erica. taking transport at Brest
4 had landed when reaching
n and the Brest the boys left
= great Improvement over the
~ first saw after crossing the
poks lost no time in idleness
3oching home. and has already
~ work at the Dooley p. Wheel