The Holt County sentinel., 1919-07-04

description that can be written any
way, 80 I will let It go at that.
Yet in all the stupenduous UNDER
takings that we saw and inspected
and that we're explained TO US, two
departments were shrouded in a mer-
ciful veil Of silence. The less said
the impression | gained. They were
the mail service and the air service.
BY the air service / do not mean the
officers and men trained and ready
to carry on their hazardous work. The
fault was higher up than that. We
had the men. That was demonstrated
at Coblenz and had been demonstrated
to me every day here at Trier. These
American boys could fly until they
actually put the birds TO shame. As \
matter OF fact I have seen crows como
to earth and hide their heads in shame
after trying TO keep up with the
American flyers. BUT, and here's
the rub. all Of this wonderful flying
was being done and Is being done in
machines turned over by the Germans.
There should be lot Of explaining
done by somebody, before tho public
is asked to swallow the pill Of what
wonderful things the American Air
Service did in the war. They did won
dcrs IA far as they were, in borrowed
machines-the French and English
lending us all Of the paraphernalia for
flying that they possibly could without
endangering their own interests. We
saw boxes and piles Of boxes and
crates, etc, ETC., which we were told
contained "air service property"-but
were rushed by with no chance to
query into matters very deeply.
The mail service was ignored ut
tcrly and completely. With a purpose
! am sure, for that has been handled
in a manner that never can be eN-
planned away, and just who Is to
blame is not known and probably new
or will be known. Sam Blythe, be-
licvc. in recent Ito Us, but probably
long forgotten TO you.D issue Of the
Saturday Evening Post. said the
Government seemed to have a posi-
tive genius for falling down in the
matters that came close to the SOL
dicr." lie was speaking of the mail
service and OF the pay machinery
some soldiers still around here haven't
been paid for months AMI months and
months, and you know that is vital
matter that sticks in fellows craw.
He was promised his pay, so mucn
per month. and he has 10 pay his bills
to the government, promptly, usually
ahead of time. etc, etc, yet that same
government let's him go hang for his
pay. Amt right.
The same mantle of charitable Sc
crccy was drawn over the mail service.
The least said about Il the better. But
the not getting mail and the not get
ting paid will be remembered much
longer than some Of the other things
we did over here, We evidently didn't
have any mail seryice--we all thought
we didn't haye-or had no reason TO
believe that We did hayc-so the plan
of ignoring il, only confirmed the
/ opinions that most OF us had already
formed.
In line with this genius for falling
down on personal matters. IL il being
, followed here in Trier at present.
There are several organization still
4 here. We are one of them. There
, are rumors of moving foot sweet"
4 etc, yet on top OF that they are send
: ing us 600 patients today, the train is
|, due at the station across the way in
, fifteen minutes the telephone boy ju &
said. and ! am TO help receive them.
/ Does that look like we are to be toot
swcetcd home? And in the face Of
our being here, we number around
400, this new lot will bring the pa
tents total number 10 something over
| 1000, and with several other organ
, izations here, principally NJ. p.s-
, We must be n hard lott, the govern
mcnt has ordered the immediate clos
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