The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-02-08
WITH THOSE IN
ARMY and Navy
This column, containing news Of
Richmond and Wayne county SOL
diers and sailors, viii appear daily
In the Palladium. Contributions
will be welcomed.
Captain Benjamin johnson is in the
city, spending furlough with his par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs John H. Johnson.


ents, Mr.. and Mrs. John H. johnson.
Raymond Nolte is home on a ten
days furlough from Camp Jackson.
In letter dated at Gierhofen, Ger
many, Corp. F. C. Gift of battery e,
S22 field artillery, describes to his
father, J. N. Gift, formerly of Rich
mond. the march Of the army Of oc-
cupation from northern France across
the Rhine, relating the events i'm
mediately following the signing of the
armistice and telling OF the ovation
given the American army in Belgium.
Gifts battery was in almost con-
slant action for several months. sew
eral members were wounded and
gassed. He escaped injury.
Gift was bill clerk at the Adams
Express company in Dayton before
entering the service.
How he spent his "day before
Christmas and Christmas day is de-
scribed in a letter from Private II. J.
Bockstette, of All South Tenth street.
"On the oath l drilled all morning,
Bockstette to his sister, Miss Lydia
and helped move the kitchen in the
afternoon. About 4 ao'clock in the aft
ernoon 1t started to rain and has SO
continued. After supper l went over
to the Y. NJ. G.. A. and stood in line
half an hour waiting to buy some real
American candy, as we were paid yes.
terday, l also got some letter paper
1.-The Y M. c. A. has organized a
Bible class which meets every Tues.
day and Friday evening. The chap
lain Is here now so will continue this
tomorrow.
Christmas day:
Last night after Bible class the
chaplain announced that he was pre-
pared to give communion to any one
who wanted it. So about five of us
went down to his billet, and took it
After that we talked about half an
hour then went to bed It stopped
raining about then, so there we are
until Christmas morning. I woke a
little late and had to hurry for re
veille, which was at 1880. After wish
ing us Merry Christmas, the cap
tain dismissed us. We had break
fast at 8 o'clock. spent most of the
IL o'clock Santa Calus came-only he
morning cleaning my gun and self. A,
was dressed in khaki. We got cakes
candy, and cigarettes from the Y. M
C. A. The box was marked thus:
Merry Christmas from the folks al
home through the Y. M. C. A. We
had dinner at 2:30 o'clock Didn't
have big dinner as planned on &C
count of some difficulty in exchanging
large amounts of money We are go
ing to have a regular dinner some
time little later, but we are al salts
fled with what we got-roast beef
mashed potatoes, gravey, jam, biscuits
and cocoa. For supper we had rice
stew, coffee and biscuits. After din
ner the band came over and played
for us about half an hour.
"All the boys in our battalion gave
franc to buy Christmas presents fol
the French children in this village
They had Christmas tree for them
sang songs and so did we, and yor
never saw a happier bunch than those
Private Claude Sourbeer of CamI
Mcclellan, Ala, is home following his
honorable discharge.
1NOIM DIOWu WIlLCS Ill1l uC 10 uOS
on his way back to Cuba on the U
| S. S. Arizona.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Dalbey have !;
letter from their son Herbert Dalbey
a member of the First Division nov
with the Army OF Occupation. Dalbe.
is now in an army hospital at Coo
lentz.
He has been in active service TO
six months, arriving in France, Angus
| 49, He writes that his division neve
retreated and was on the front at tn,
time the last gun was fired at 1875
O'Clock, November II.
Chimneys rising out of the groun,
everywhere is one of the queeres
sights of the remarkable, war torn cit
of Verdun, according to Private Ival
G. Ohmit, who writes in a recent let
| ter that only French and American
soldiers are now seen on the street
] there