The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1919-02-06
Sergt. Joseph BartoI Gives
Detailed Account of Tri-
ulnphal March of Keno
sha Soldiers.
"HONOR TO LIDERATORs"
German Cities Brilliant With the Flags
of the Allies, Greet the Army of
Occupation Prices in Germany
are Still Exorbitant.

At eleven fifteen clock on the morn
ing of the thirteenth of December, sew
eral Kenosha soldiers, all members Of
old Company I'M" were accomplishing
the thing for which they left their
families and friends and volunteered to
serve cold Glory They were actu-
ally crossing the Rhine as members of
the Army Of Occupation. This inter
esting bit of information is one of the
remarkable things revealed about the
experiences of the Kenosha soldiers in a
recent letter from Sergt. Joseph Bartol.
The letter gives a brief account of
what our members of the 10th Supply
Train did each day from the TIME that
they landed in England after the ter
rible experience of the Tuscaniao
until as victors they ate their Christmas
pudding in the city of Mariensburg,
Germany. The~lette contains the first
continuous account Of their march
which has yet reached Kenosha. In
the company with Serg.t Bartol were
Capt. Asbury Vale and a score of
other Kenoshans, who shared the glory
of the triumph.
Here is the daily dairy sent back
home by the Kenosha soldier:
.We went from England to France
on the 9th of March, arrived in lit
tie town called Montejohn. We were
there about week and left for the
coast to get our trucks. We drove the
trucks back, and started to work, and
believe me, we have been on the job
ever since. We left for Alsace Lor-
raine ON the 18th Of May, and were
stationed at Fontaine, and remained
there until the 23rd of July and then
left for Chateau-Thierry and got into
the "big noiseo; were there until the
3rd Of September, and then left for
SCISSORS and were there until October
18th; then left for town in the back
area named Chevillion. We left this
town on October 10th for the Argonne
Sector, and were there when the noise
was over on that never to be forgot
ten 18th of November. We almost i'm
mediately began our march 60 the
Rhine. Our first stop was at Dim and
the next was Songey. On November
25th we arrived in Beck. We left on
December LIST for Moetsch. The Sec
ond we preceded to Grosslittgen; on
the third to Gilzem; on the fourth we
rested; on the fifth to Eichen; on the
sixth to Humerbech; on the seventh to
Moureal; on the eighth we rested; on
the ninth to Medermendig; on the tenth
to Eich; on the eleventh we rested; on
the twelfth to Meisenheim on the thir-
teenth to Romnersdorf. We crossed the
Rhine at 11:15 a. M, and arrived at
Romnersdorf, Oberhomnerfeld on the
night Of the fourteenth; on the fifteenth
we went to Hartered; the sixteenth to
Rauback. We remained there till the
eighteenth, and then came to Maren-
hansen, where we are now stationed. =
Sergt. Bartol also tells how Germany
has greeted the Armies OF Occupation
not as invaders but as iberators. Gin
Lrxemburg-and in every town we
came to, as well--they had arches across
the streets, from which hung the flags
of the allies and beneath them large
banners reading "Honor to our liberia
tors. Even here in the center of
Germany most Of the Germans seem
to think great deal of the Ameri-
can soldiers
In writing of the conditions in Ger
many the Kenosha sergeant says that
there seems to be enough to eat but that
prices are exorbitant. "Can you imag.
inc a pair of common shoes costing
$4,000 in good American moneyg0 he
writes. The ever present question of
"When do we get home?'' has been
bothering the Kenosha soldier but he
admits that the chances are very poor
for the members of this unit seeing the
Statue of Liberty until after Easter.
We must stay he writes in conclu-
sion, s'untn Germany has a settled
government. Then we may go home but
that may be long time YETI