The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1919-03-21
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ZEU9ARDn.

L0GKARDE.
son Of Mr.. and Mrs. james A. Lock
arde. formerly Of OWIngH Mills. nov
Of near Westminster. Of Company II,
sl5th tinted States Infantry He On
tered military training Al Camp Meade
On November ), 1917. and sailed fur
France on the United States Ship
Ieriathian, on July 7, 1913. lie HaB
engaged IN active service in the baltic
Of uontfaueon. Tfoyon and Mouse.
and was engaged n n battle On No
Yameer Il. 1918 when the command
10 hal Waa given Tor his bravery IN
action his name Nas placed On The
Honor toll and he spent his seven
days fur1onRh a. The Grand GereIa
Casino. AZ les Bains. France NnzIa
attending the seYenty=ninfh Division
sehooi On February b. as The result G
the explosion IF 4 trench mortar -
shell. o. the men Of his company
we're killed and 3 were seriously
wounded n which h - one o II
number
Hiss Adelaide Gettfar received he
following erter from her brother.
Corp. George II GaIIier. Company I.
can Z L. /. T. . II, France.
asonilly=sur Henze. France. near nar
10 Dne
February l1th. taf9
Ny dear Sister
It ms hesn some time since ! have
written Yan \ letter. 20 during feR
leisure moments VII write feH
lines. Have written homo II IeaaI
One each week. sInHe ny arrival IN
This foreign land - ! know you have
hoard about nv location md feK q
The experiences
IN 50 glad that You IRE receiving
mai from m regularly and / an IN
iced Tery proud u The mall service
We have here Nail usually arrives
three nr four day eaeh Nesk md only
recently | lad i letter from home
daIed January nth which l. IIna
Ma 10 tn point travels y ii
madsz Of transportation md h faf h
! IN aware none hHs h yef gone
asIray. An always glad 10 Ilear from
home md - anxIousIy await the Ar
riTaI NJ mil YDn should see lie
amifez md pleasant expressions IN
our faces WHEN he mail i given anf.
Il L seldom Ihat I IN disappointed
and lien later N several Of them ar=
rive
We are having Yery-niee weather
here iuat nov The = haa been
shining Tor several days. something
unusual. However Il Is quite muddy
and most pf II are wearing hnnI.
daily. W id have about three or
four inches n snow hut Il has almost
disappeared entirely.
The Battalion i going n haFa \
horse sh0R soon md al Of The boys
are more Or lsss interested | an 60
Ing Ia take N active part IN It and
hope He afe one Of the winners
Va very glad II learn thai Inv
fsnae Has able II gat > fifteen d.
furl0ngh and know thaf h enjoyed
every single minute while n home.
SIS. since ny arrival IN European
soil ! have been across France from
Bresl u Yerdun and from Yerdnn
aonth n far As Lyons. thence 10 Az
les BaInH. m area for soldiers On
leaFe. Perhaps have not covered
al NJ travels IN my numerous letters
80 VII 90 over them briefly and re-
late ; few incidents. This Company LEI
Camp Meade. July Gth. 1913, VIA lie
fenna. i. L. Tor Ioboken On ar
rival there re b0arded the LaNaIhian
formerly the Yaterland, one Of tie
largest ships alioat. second only 10 he
hmneralor. This ship vas Boehe
ship and i 4 very fine one u could
readily notice The alterations made II
order To accommodate The thousands
Of khaki clad men II sheltered With
fags flying. binds playing and al
men aboard On deck We left the great
city Of New York, Monday evening.
July 9Th 0nr voyage across was IN
eyentful, but the sailors were on con
slant lookout for subs. however. Their
vigil proved IN vain. Our ship pulled
IN At Brest harbof on the morning NJ
July 18th and Il was a gala day for
us. We embarked that night and
marched 10 camp known as Gamn
Pontanezen. supposed To be resi-
camp. After eonYaleseing a few days
from sea legs We took the 10 homma
=cheyaux route To Ghammaaon sur
seine small French village. IN the
vicinity Of Dion After one week 5
stay there we were taken by trucks Il
another village about fifty klometers
away. Vaux sous AubIgney. where We
remained until the earlier part ri
September. We all enjoyed being IN
ganx, while It was not 4 very large
place. probably 4 thousand Inhahit=
8AA7I anu as WIFI mol Tic nTHL ITuOnE
TINT had been bilIeted there. we were
extended many privileges and the ma
tiyea we're very hospiIable. N fact
We did not care to leave The Village
when orders came unless We we're Ger
tain thai It was for the front. While
at Yanx ! participated IN a great many
divisional and brigade maneuYerg. as
sisted IN the construction. maintain.
enee and operation Of telephone and
telegraph lines and learned the sIa.
nal Corps side Of the war game quite
thoroughly. We we're At Bar Il Due
for three day rest. leaving there On
July 18th Via truck Tor Jonv IN Ar.
come. On September 25Ih we ad.
Yanoe1 % point and we're held al i
readiness Tor the great drive which
opened On September 18th. | nal
seen many Guns. tanks. troops and tn
Ike before but the sight Of 30 mucI
armor rather beHiIdered me and
failed 10 comprehend how any 1oreI
could resist such formidable array.
menI Of var material. al ready 70
action There we're guns Of al ealI