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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-01-03

you and the rest of the family in the
same state.
may tell you that spent Sunday
afternoon with NJ. McAskill and the rest
of the Barre boys who are with him in
his company. found them all looking
and feeling fine. Mack is looking great,
never saw him looking better. l had a
very enjoyable evening with the boys
and enjoyed it very much, as it was the
first time / hadsseen any of them for
long time, or what seemed like a long
time to me. We had lots TO talk about
as some of us have been through hell
since we saw each other last.
Mack is sending his best regards to you
and mother and to the rest of the family.
Well, father, | am going to tell you
little about my trip over here in this let
ter, something that l did not say much
about at the time, as it was against the
rules.
l started from New Haven, Conn. on
Sept. Is, 1917 on my journey and came
all the way up through Vermont, crossed
the line into Canada at Newport and on
to Montreal, where we arrived on the
morning of the 10th and went aboard the
S. s. Canada, which sailed at onco for
Halifax, where we arrived on the 18th.
Here we waited two days and then set
sail for this side along with IA other
ships Some of them were loaded with
troops from New Zealand and Australia.
We had wonderful weather all the way
and | was not bit sick. but some of the
boys were very sick the first few days
out. We landed at Liverpool, England,
on Oct. p. We did not see any subs. or
any signs of them but after we got into
the danger zone we had to Sleep on deck
with our life belts on; everything was in
darkness all the way over; all port holes
were closed and no smoking was allowed
on deck after dark We went from Liv-
erpool to Southampton. We stayed there
two nights and after dark on the third
night we sailed across the channel and
after very rough night of it we landed
in Hayre, France, and from there we
went to our training, also down around
Neufchateau, We stayed there until Jan
p, when we started for the lines, and
went into them about the middle of Feb
ruary, near Scissors. We left there
about March % and on April we went
into the American sector north of Toul,
where we fought our first battle with the
Hun on April 20 at Seichprey, and from
then on it has been one front after an
other
was wounded at Chateau Thierry and
got back from the hospital in time for
the St. Mihiel drive and took part in it.
We took all kinds of prisoners then; our
regiment took lot more prisoners than
our total number of men, including Off
GERS and all. From there we went to the
most famous front of them ALL and the
one that never want to sec again, as T
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-01-03
As TO Vermouters.

The Old Bay state welcomes this morn
ing among the guests for the Inaugural
tion of its new governor, Col. John Cal
vim Coolidge of Plymouth, VT, long
time deputy sheriff of Windsor county.
He derives his title from service on the
staff of Gov Stickney, who is also here
to-day to witness the induction into the
office of his friend and neighbor. The
father Of the wife of the governor is also
here to-day, coming from Burlington,
Vt. Verify, it is a Vermont day.
President Roosevelt once remarked Ia
delegation of visitors at the White
House that the states in the union whicb
were best maintaining the ideas OF
America were Vermont and Iowa. While
we are sorry he did not include Massa.
chusetts. we feel that he made no mis-
take in according the Nermouters a high
degree of civic attainment. Theirs was
long the state of Edmunds and Morrill,
Massachusetts, has drawn much mors
heavily for the replenishment of its citi'
zcnship on Maine and New Hampshire
than on Vermont, whose currents of mi
grafton have generally been toward New
York. One of our senator's to-day is
native of New Hampshire, as have heen
several Of his predecessors, notably Dan
ieI Webster and Henry Wilson And
from Maine we took John A, Andrew and
John D. Long and the Washburn fam
lily, which served several states with dis
tinction. From the north country we
have had so steady an influx of solid
men that the Inauguration of a native
Vermonter again occasions no surprise
Gov. Foss was the last one, and he Left
his impress ON the age and body Of th
time Boston Herald
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-01-03
VAST HOSPITAL PROJECTS
Were Under Consideration BY American
Medical Service.

General Headquarters, American Tx
peditionary Forces, Jan 2 corresponds
ence of the Associated Press).-A vast
expansion of the medical service Of the
American army in France was projected
before the armistice was signed but the
plan was suspended when hostilities
were stopped, In addition to the 2S3, 240
beds then ready for use in camps ard
hospitals, 1922 normal beds and SAL
239 expansion beds were in process Of
construction or procurement in prepare
tion for expected campaigns.
Twenty-one American hospital trains
and twenty borrowed French hospital
trains were in operation while 20 more
hospital trains and 20 sn-called sitting
trains" were under construction.
The consumption of medical supplies
runs into big figures, for there has been
no stint nor scarcity of such material
Bandaees have been issued to total
Of 24C34,000 besides l0,339 200 yard
wide gauze. In addition have been issued
one million ounces of absorbent cotton,
500, 600 first aid packets in addition to
the original issue to each man and of
foot powder, the soldiers best friend on
the march or in the wet, l,54S,O00
pounds.
These are only some of the medical
supplies, Pine and safety pins, sutures
and iodine swabs run into the millions,
soaps, ether, carboic acid and iodine
are totalcd in hundreds of thousands of
pounds
The medical department has paid
probably more than its proportion in cas-
ualties. The roll of killed and wounded
in doctors and nurses and other branches
of .the corps is a long one, testifying to
he devotion and bravery of these non.
,'3mbatants.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-01-03

IN PRES. WILSON
Senator Thomas of Colorado
Thinks He Will Acquit
Himself Well
DEPRECATES ATTEMPT
TO DISCREDIT WILSON
Says His Opponents Should
Have Criticized the IA
Points Earlier

Washington, d. G., Jan. 3.--Senator
Thomas Of Colorado, Democratic member
of the foreign relations committee, pre-
dicted to-day in the Senate that "at this
critical hour in our diplomatic history"
President Wilson would "acquit himself
well before the nations and to the ulti-
mate satisfaction of his countrymen."
Disclaiming any intent to criticize or
condemn senators VINO have recorded
their disagreement with the presidents
outline of peace conditions, Senator
Thomas said he believed that those who
felt otherwise should make public ex-
preston of their views, lest it be gath
cred from their silence "that announce
ments hitherto recorded embody the com
mon sentiment of the American Senate"
The Colorado senator deprecated action
of critics in withholding their condemna-
ton of some of the presidents IA prin-
ciples until after those principles had
been accepted not only by the allies but
by enemy countries as well, saying that
this belated criticism may impair the
prestige or detract from Americas indu-
ence in the congress of nations"
After quoting from letters and opin-
ions by Alexander Hamilton, Thomas
Jefferson and others to show that the
presidents power in negotiating treaties
is made supreme by the constitution,
Senator Thomas discussed the points in
the presidents peace program which
some Republican leaders in the Senate
have urged should not be considered until
after the peace conference.
' The senator endorsed the presidents
demand for 'the removal as far as pos
sible of economic barriers"
As to freedom of the seas" the speak
er said that since the submarine has
come to stay" international regulation
for its use is imperative and that free
dom of navigation in times of war under
laws which belligerents must be made to
respect, becomes a necessity
Referring to establishment of a league
of nations, Senator Thomas said he need
':'only mention the financial burden and
its method of distribution, its inclusion
of the vanquished nations, of bolshevist
Russia and the Vatican" The Difficult
ties of creating such league he said
will tax the patience and the wisdom
of the entente whose immediate and
compelling work is the dictation of peace
to Germany and the organization of the
nations now springing from the ashes of
Turkey and Austria"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-01-03
CRANITEVILLE
Private Alfred Papineau Has Seen Some
Hard Fighting.

Private Alfred Papineau of battery A,
lO3d field artillery, writes his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Papineau, of being
in action much of the time during the
last few months of the war. He says;
Loisey, France, Dec. Z, 1918.
Dear Mother and Father: Received
| your letter dated Oct. % and was very
| pleased TO hear from you. Hope that
you are well, leaving me the same Now
| that the war is over we are all hoping
that we will be sent home soon. re
ceived letter from Aunt Mary a cou-
pie days after | got yours and she told
me about them losing their baby James.
| feel very sorry for her, it must be
awfully lonesome around the house with
out him. | also got a letter from
Charlie. He sent me along a picture,
taken in his uniform. He looks pretty
good in it. don't you think SOL Well
Ma, il has been one hard task for rue to
do very much writing in the last few
months, as you know we have been in
the lines about all the time and we
couldn't say anything worth while in a
letter, but now things have changed so
and we can say anything. | don't know
how to begin. | would like to tell you
of my experiences over here, but there
isn't paper enough.
1t doesn't seem to me that we have
been over here now little over wear,
and the day we sailed from New York
on the S. S. Baltic bound for Liverpool is
so far away. 1t took us fourteen days
to come across; of course we didn't come
straight across. We were four days in
Halifax. waiting for the other transport
but after we left there the way we
travelled | thought we were covering the
whole ocean We went up around the
north coast of Ireland and came down
the Irish sea and then to Liverpool. We
took train there and crossed England
and landed in town called Southamp-
ton in the southeastern part of Eng
land. We were there four days and then
sailed again for France. We landed in
Havre and then entrained for our train
ing camp, Camp Coetquidan, Guer,
France. We had three months training
there and then we went to our FIST
front at scissors. 1t was pretty tame
there. We were there a little over a
month and then went to the Ioul sector
and there we fought the first American
battle at Seicheprey on April 20 and 81.
We were relieved and sent to the Chat
eau -Thierry drive, or the second battle
of the Marine, and drove the Germans
to the Vesle river and there they made
a stand. We were relieved and sent to
the st, Mihiel sector and started drive
which succeeded and we ended up at
Verdun, the worst we ever struck, We
we're in valley called Death valley.
1t was pretty hot there at times. We
fred our last shot at II o'clock, Nov II.
We were relieved and we are now in this
little town waiting to be sent some
where We have no horses or guns now
so we are doing "doughboy" drill CIV
cry day Well, ! haven't any more to
say for this time, so will close, hoping
to see you all soon in Gods country.
Alfred.
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had enough of it. That was the Yerdut
front. may forget the rest of them in
time but | shall never forget my expo
rience on that front.
That is little light on my travels,
but my experience cannot be written
with pen and ink, any more than ! can
tell about them. They are closed book
for the rest of my life. am alive and
satisfied that /. have done my part in
crushing the Hun
Well, Dad, shall be coming to an end
soon as / am out of any news Of interest
at present.
The weather is fine here a little frosty
in the mornings but it warns up during
the day.
Did you get the picture / sent you in
my last letter? | got one from you
few days ago. 1t was written on Oct 2
Give my best regards to all my friends
aroun dtherec-'
How are mother and the kids getting
along? l hope they are all in the best OF
health Give them my love, Write soon
and give me all the news from there,
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-01-03

chimes were used simply for strategical
reconnaissance, 1t was not until after
the battle of the Aisne, when settled line
warfare was established, that artillery
fire control from the air, and the cruder
forms Of cooperation with the infantry
were practiced and developed
As late as June, 1915, ordinary rifles
with shortened barrels were carried by
British pilots, and hand grenades were
flung at enemy ayiators in the air.
The development of formation fighting
and the evolution of aerial gunnery dates
from this time, when the machine gun
became an essential part of the equip
ment Of fighting pilots and observers
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-01-03
Your Financial Education

commences when you figure the value Of
POUR life and insure it. 10th year. Ma
lional Life Ins. Co., of Vt, Mutual }
s. S. Ballard, general agent, Rialto block,
Montpelier, Vt,
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-01-03
BELFAST OFFERS
CEMETERY PLOT
For the Perpetual Repose of the Bodies
of "a American Soldiers Who
Died Of Influenza.

Washington. d. c., Jan. 3,--The city
corporation of Belfast Ireland, has given
to the American nation free of charge
for all time" the section OF the city GENE
terry wherein ere buried * American sol.
diers who died Of influenza The Red
Cross, in making public a cablegram tell
ing of the gift, said it was considering
the erection Of suitable monument and
that the American plot, as the section
will be known, would be especially dee
grated and marked
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-01-03
But He Used a British Ma
chine in Reaching Height
of 10000 Feet
RECORD RECENTLY
HELD BY GERMAN
Capt. Lang and Observer
We're Frost-Bitten
in Flight

London, Jan, 3.--Flying a British air.
plane at Ipswich yesterday, Captain
Lang, an American, established a new
altitude record, reaching a height of so
800 feet Observer Blowers, who accom-
panied him, collapsed when his oxygen
bottle broke, but recovered. Both men
were frost bitten during their flight.
Heinrich Oelerich a German, held the
altitude record that was broken by Cap.
tain Lang, On July IA, 1914, Oelerich
reached height Of 2G246 feet.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-01-03
Sergeant John Murray Tells of Being
Wounded

Sergeant John Murray writes his par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Donald Murray Of
this place, something about his expert
ences in the war, how he was wounded
and how terrible the war was, but he ad.
mits that when it comes to telling the
details of the war it is like a closed book.
He writes as follows:
Here goes a few lines to let you know
that am 0. *. and honinR this will find
The sun., 1919-09-21

There is an old Arab proverb which
says that IL you wish to get your re-
venge on an enemy you have only to
sit down by the roadside and walt.
The day will certainly come when you
will see the. funeral of your dead
enemy passing by.
Something more than twenty-flv
years ago. the Paris papers point out,
a man left Paris with very light bag
gage, starting for America, where he
hoped to earn his daily bread 'as a
teacher That man was Georges
Clemenceau. The exile of Clemenceau
was preceded by a long and bitter
campaign waged against him by
Ernest Judet In the Petit Partsien,
who accused him of playing into the
hands OF the English. And what is
curious, 1t was with the slogan "Aoh
yes" that Clemenceau was van
quished, even as one Of our great mea
was lost by the three RS (Rum.
Romanism and Rebellion), James @.
Blaine.
To-day Clemenceau is at the heis1,t
OF his power and England is the faith
tnl ally OF France. He has only to cit
down and watch the funeral process
sion OF his ancient enemy go by. Judet
never, 1t appears, ceased In the course
OF long career to throw stones at
England, and even since the war has
been on, for every time Clemenceau
made his famous remark about IN.
poches still being at NoyoIr, Judet r.
marked: Yes, and the English ar, a,
Calais"
And what is at the bottom OF this
nate unto death of Judet against
Clemenceau cherchez la femme.
but not in this case In the ordinary
sense OF that term Here 1. the story.
according to some OF the writer's of
the day: Twenty-seven e. or twenty.
eight years ago NJ Ernest Judet had
an intimate friend in thu person OF
Nine. Tola Dorian. separated from
her husband, and who was the mother
OF a charming little daughter, Dora.
that Dora who later became Mime.
AJalbert before becoming the wife OF
Georges Hugo. grandson of the great
Hugo. The family OF Charles Dorian.
husband OF the friend of NJ. Jutiet.
decided to have the guardianship of
little Dora taken away from her
ibShhSas was u ldWbulI, ana
one OF the principal agents against
Nine. Dorian was Georges Glenn
enceau. The child was taken away
from her mother. Thereupon followed
the campaign In the Petit Partsien
against Clemenceau, with the famous
"Aoh yes!" as the pivot of the
struggle. Judet beat his adversary
In the elections in the Var, and Nine.
Dorian, It is said. was fond OF show
ing a despatch which she received
from her friend on that occasion
which ran: "Nous avons IA peau."
eve have his hide) That lady Is
long since passed away, but the
rancune (hate) still exists
This, however, is not supposed 10
have any appreciable influence in the
accusations which have been brought
against Ernest Judet; IL is traced,
rather, to Pierre Lenoir, now in tho
Sante prison under sentence OF death
In connection with the Bonnet Rouge.
or Bolo affaire, and whose father was
an intimate friend OF N. Judet
The sun., 1919-09-21

Let us not, however, be impatient
over the complexity OF the diet which
We have gradually acquired. II at
first we craved only sweets and meats,
that Is no reason why the ration
should not be extended. There Is rea-
son. According to the testimony OF the
anthropologists, man as he developed
greater brain power had more varied
wants and HIS foods became more COM
pick.
There is no question that the COM
plex diet is always found among the
people OF the highest civilizations The
wonderful cooking OF the French and
the wide variety of our American and
English fare and the coarse food and
drink Of the Germans, all tell their
own story.
When the world was plunged into
the European war and something OF
the primal instincts of savagery re-
turned to man the army ration was
supposed to represent oil that It was
really necessary for the fighting hu-
man being to have. Take a glance
at the rations of our doughboys and
you will flnd indeed a most complex
bill OF fare. Meat and fat must h-
provided by so much bacon or It's
equivalent in canned beef or the fresh
fiesh when obtainable; there must be
plenty of bread a good allowance of
sugar, then pepper and salt and but
ter. and the equivalent OF a glass OF
milk, and numerous other items,
II ono analyses the simplest meals
provided in the home. he will find a
profuse array. indeed. of those viands
which after these millions of years
have been considered needful 10 the
building and repairing OF the human
system. We feed IN calories in these
latter days. We must needs have our
heat units for breakfast, dinner and
supper What an intoisrahle dsal of
The sun., 1919-09-21

bread do we Caucasians eat! It fls-
ures on every menu card. Where II Is
charged for II comes more sparingly
than ii does on the table OF mine host
who would see US eat more bread and
less of his meat. Perhaps We have
not improved our bones so much as
we might by eating all this white -four
loaf, for did not our forebears, with
their ponderous jaws, put good potash
into bones and brain case by chewing
the unmilled and uncooked grain
One lesson which may be drawn
from the Investigations of DR.. Rich
ardson Is the feeding OF children in
accordance with a rational diet which
conforms TO his natural, inherited hu-
man tastes whenever that is possible.
AS the craving OF the child for fruit Ii
universal. there is every reason why
1t should be gratifed, especially as all
ripe fruits contain sugar In a form
in which the child is not likely to eat
to excess.
There ls no reason either why chill
dren should be compelled to drink
milk with their meals against their
natural inclinations. for the reason
N+'NN MANY Va AHGAN AaNR " hNNP aH
aversion TO the lacteal fluid that there
seems to be- no means of overcoming
IT, Milk should be taken whenever
possible without meat. as when It is
assimilated 1t is a perfect food in
itself-for calves. at least, II not al
ways for humans.
The diet Of aboriginal man was the
means, simple as II was, of building
up the rude forefathers OF our race to
wage war against wild beasts and to
brave the tempests. and therefore, al
though DIR. Richardson may be trav-
eiiing far back beyond the beaten
track OF history. he has brought TO
light much which will assist the die
titan OF our own day In evolving
means OF bringing Us all up TO cave
man strength
The sun., 1919-09-21
The Aborigine's Appetite Still Debating Our Diet

The lesson which may be drawn
from the researches OF the Chicago. .ex-
pert is one OF forbearance with the
young person, Don't spank the baby
who cries for sugar piums or complain
II he stretches out his hands for the big
red apple aud insists. on eating it, even
IL It chances to give him the colly-
wobbles. Say rather: my atavistic
young friend, you can help none OF
this. You had ancestors who swung
from trees some seons since, and ate
bananas without stint and followed
each others tails about in merry
fashion"
What we are prone TO consider the
contrariety OF youth may after all be
a primitive food instinct beyond con-
troll.
Z And yet II would not be well to let
the precious young savage In our
home go his own sweet will, There is
need for some parental guidance In
fare, Just as there was In those epochs
when the child went with his mother
to the berry fields or with his father
In quest OF the wild boar or the oyster
|, Primitive peoples to these days will
fnil upon sugar and devour 1t inordi-
-nately, just as children TO the exclu-
sion Of all other diet will consume
more sugar than Is good for them.
Sugar has been accused at the dietary
bar Of causing the decay OF teeth. II
does afford a fertile ground IN the
teeth fer bacteria, but therc need
be no reason for this II there Is plenty
Of roughage eaten TO keep the dental
apparatus always In the best condi-
ton. We Of this present generation
depend moro upon tooth brushes than
We do upon giving our teeth and gums
the proper kind OF exercise on roots
and marrow bones and gristlo. The
monkey and tho savage often excel US
In tho polish and soundness OF their
teeth on this account f4t,