Arizona republican., 1919-02-05
CORP. NASH WRITES
 FROM GERMANY

HAYDEN, Feb. 3.-The following letter addressed to L. A. Farmer from Louis Nash should be of interest to the residents of Hayden who were well acquainted with the writer.
 On Active Service With the American
 EXpeditionary Forces.
 Dec. 2, 1918. Dear Dad:
 Well, I am spending this Christmas in old Germany and after participating in all the big battles that the fighting third division. L. $. regulars, was in, l came out lucky without scratch excepting two bad doses of gas. was at Chateau Thierry on the Marne from May 30 until September l in | action. Then we went to the American ! front and wiped out the St Mihiel | salient. Then we went to Nerdun and | stayed in action 40 days in the Argonne | forest and Mouse river, and I was at Sedan when the armstice was signed. 1 l Then the third division was the first American division to enter Germany and l was one of the first 50 Ameri- cans to reach the Rhine. Our former division commander Major General Dickman, now in command of the third army of ocupation has placed the title of the Marne division on the third and we wear a blue square on our left shoulder with three white stripes on | it. The blue stands for the boys of the | third that gave their lives that democ- 1 racy might live. and the three white stripes stand for the three successful l battles the division was in, Chateau | Thierry on the Marne, St. Mihel and
 the Argonne and Mouse, and we are all
 proud of our division as General Persh
 ing has complimented us several times ! When we got in a pinch in the Ar
 gonne forest the truck drivers and our
 six |. $. Engineers went over the
 top and our division took all it's objec- 1 tiVes.
 1 like Germany fine it is so mod
 ern in every way and the people treat
 us like brothers. Our first snow fell
 Christmas eve but it is not so cold here as you would imagine. We are now doing the watch on the Rhine and I have no idea when we will go home but hope it will not be long as I want to see the old statue of liberty soon. l have had a great time talking diff ferent languages since I left Hayden. First in Mexico, then in Canada, then France Lorraine. I.uxemburg, and now Germany. I won't be able to speak any language when I get home now From your friend,
 Corp. Louis Nash, Co. D. 3rd, Supply Train, American P. O., TAO. A. E. F W. B. Nash is improved sufficiently to be up again following his recent ill., k ness.
 Mrs. Charles H. Studley is acting as local chairman in the campaign fol i relief in the Near East. Plans for the campaign are not yet completed. | is hoped that Hayden will do in this drive as in all others, go over the toI in great style.
 Postmaster F. W. Phillips has beer ill at his home on Hill Crest avenue Because of the reduction in tho amount of copper produced, thus de creasing the supply the A. $. & R company has been forced to reduce it. | number of employees more than on hundred.
 Miss Minnie Brown. superintendent of schools in Hayden was called t | Mississippi on Friday to be at the be- side of her aunt who is seriously ill w. E. Oxnam is endeavoring to or ganize a boy scout troop in Hayden E This is a work that is of vast import E anCe anu OIle tHdl lie bOsS VIII dp preciate.
 Miss April Glynn returned on Sun
 day from Tempe and resumed he school work on Monday morning. Rev. F. D. Hernandez a member 0 ' the New Mexico annual conference o the Methodist Episcopal church ar rived in Hayden Sunday. He was ap pointed to the work among the Mexi
 cans in this district. A circuit vii
 be organized among the mining camp nearby with Hayden as the head of tn
 circuit. There are 30 members of tn
 church now living in Hayden. Thes
 will form an organization immediatel
 and a place of worship will be SC
 cured
 Harold Saviers, peter known a
 Bubbles writes that he expects I \ return to Hayden in the near future He was with the A. F.. F. in Franc \ and was wounded six times. He recovered from the effects of thes
 wounds sufficiently to resume his wor \ with the Ray Con.
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