Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1919-03-06

pink stock. 1t looks good and III
news Is well written and interestin.
Emporia Gazette.
Sergeant Lowther is the brother n
Miss Kathleen Lowther. a member o
the high school faculty here.
N - -
Mrs. w. H. Hutchinson receive,
the following letter Of Jan. 1S, from
her brother Ray Smith in the s0tl
Division ! received your much ap
prcclatcd letter Of Nov. 20, yester.
day. have received quite few let
tiers lately. ! think | acknowledged
receipt Of your other letter written
Dee. 10 ana Dec. 20, IN another
letter Yes | suspect you folks had
quite bit of anxiety wondering
what my fate was. l am mighty
thankful / am still among the liv-
ing Things were SO much different
than thought they would be on the
front The huns did so much flank
with machine guns that II
was a surprise to me at first. At
times ! would lay fiat on the ground
head straight toward the line so
they would be going over me length
wise and cut the weeds and grass
by my sides and all at once some
would come from the flank Chat is
when they would pass otter me from
he right shoulder to the left hip or
eft shoulder to the right hip they
say. ling. zing. zing, zing, as they
20 by | would law there at times
With my check stuck In the ground /
III the burst of bullets would let up
md then look to see how the other
,oys were and If we were alright
Ne would jump up and hike forward /
bout thirty or forty yards and then
Top again, we could find one, as they !
re great protection. didn't see
o much Of that running stuff by the
Iuns ! have heard is written. They |
lsually sat or lay by their old ma
hine guns and kept them going till
We would get up on them, and could
brow hand grenades, shoot rifle gre
lades, one pound cannon, automatic
rench mortar rifle, ordinary rife, or
or machine gun or pistol.
The above describes what all goes
yer in the attacking waves.) Be
ieve me It gets up to them, and
.ets them too. OF course we would
lways follow our artillery barrage.
see, our shells would be lighting a |
couple hundred yards or more ahead
II us, all the time and thus be doing |
lot OF the business for us. As
We would advance our artillery |
would raise and thus our shells would |
light farther on, the flying pieces Of
ur shells and shrapnel would cut
hunks and cut narrow gauge rail-
Dad rails also, so you can imagine
What 1t did to the Huns steel he'll
nets, and heads. o! 1t made many
orribe sights to behold, but | would
lways think "well II he had come
cross yesterday with his hands up
c would have been saved very like
-, guess this is battle enough.
There Is two fifths of an army
akery here There are six ovens,
ach oven holds Is pans If | remem-
er rglth, and each pan holds @
,aves, about s inches wide, 6 inches
lick and foot long, they fill the ,
vens ana bake II times In "a hours.
guess that would be 1892 loaves .
er day. We have been having
)me great bread the last few days
carer like homemade than / have
nd since in the army. We have had
irly good bread all the time. Have /,
item quite lot of hard tack tho. !,
Is marked hard bread in the boxes, /,
me Of 1t lasts like crackers with
1t salt or soda, others Is ute a bit
re home made bread biscuits :,
oroughly dried out. They have
sted mighty good at times, tho l
ink | owuld have had wonderful :.
nner If / had been at your place
lrlstmas day.
Showed about an inch last night n
re ut Prum. l went through a
ally about three O'clock in the L
Orning on Nov. 4. You can find 1t LII
you look on big map, its about |,
miles northeast Of Grandpre. Our is
vision had field hospital there. f
IS | still eat out Of my mess kit,
/ we sleep In beds and at this o.
use we have electric lights, the n
Ills are nicely papered and have 8
etures and mirrors. 1t seems al G
)st Ike a dream to be in such a 9,
ice after having lived like a wild
imal, that is being in holes in the
Ound to keep from getting hit with ;,
,ces Of shells, etc. Am enclosing !.
sprig Of arbar vita this is what
Mrs. Frank Timmons received u