The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1919-05-22

cort US across the pond We sale,
from Hoboken the 18th Of December
After we had been out at sea for two
or three days there we're quite q
number OF the fellows that got seq
sick. As luck would have IL '.vei
got sick We had been at sea clever
days when we spotted a submarine
chasing Us. so we opened fire on
hem and one Of the destroyer. that
was with Us sunk H. On board this
snip, which was one Of the German boz
termed ships. the Eitel Friedrich. wc
had what they call abandon ship drill
where everyone has come up on deck
with a life preserver on Next VIC
landed in 81 Naza.re France. on the
26th day Of December, 1917 After
landing at ST. Nazaire, we went
aboard one Of those fast French
trains and went up into the Alsace
Lorraine sector, where We drilled Tor
two months and half We were
billeted in a small French town. When
we got there II was showing and the
snow was about six or seven inches
deep. II had been raining for God
only knows how long before il snow
ed for the mud was almost shoe
mouth deep When the snow melted
off we had TO hike from 10 to 20
miles day on preliminary hikes. II
rained or showed there every day.
On March 18th, which was 81 Pat
ricks day, we went aboard train
and moved again 10 a different part
Of the sector There We went into
the trenches where the cooties and
big rats were We enjoyed their
company until the latter part Of May
1918. They then started Us on
long hike We liked for about seven
days at an average Of twenty-seven
miles day We moved somewhere
near a hundred and ninety or ninety
five miles. We were west Of Paris.
about IS or 80 miles We arrived
there on the 9th day Of May, 1918.
and were to get months rest. but
on the Both day Of May. 1913, we re-
ceived orders to stand by TO 90 10 the
lines. that the Germans were making
bit Of Roadway on the French and
English. On the morning Of the 3ist
Of May. 1918. we went aboard train
and started but no one knew where
except the brigade commander We
were on these trucks from six O'Clock
Of the morning Of the 3lst until four
the afternoon Of the LIST When we
unloaded off the trucks we were on
the battle lines ready to fight. We
took our positions for the first time
on the firing line on the Chateau
Thierry sector We hadn't much
more than got into our positions
when the French retreated through
our lines and told US to retreat, that
the Germans were coming seven to
our one. and ore Of our commanders
told the French Colonel. "hell no. we
won't retreat. for that has never
been in the American Army Regula-
tions in training" and that We were
going to hold the lines II II cost Us
every man we had That was the
beginning Of the Americans In bat
tie against the Germans. For the
first -four or five days We had moth
ing to eat except the reserve rations
We carried on our backs In our
packs and that wasn't. very much az
you may well know There Ia the
place that the American boy suffer.
ed for the want Of food and water.
also for sleep and rest We were
moved from place 10 place on the
lines whsre We were needed most.
were among the dead u both sides,
and believe ma Il Was not sery pleas.
ant Tor any psnoa on course ln
time No sel used % a until u dldp't /
haIhsf us very much We stayed an
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