The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1919-04-03

the soldier.
As a result Of Mr.. CLARK : sugges-
tiOn, George Jester. a Salem. y J
man. who enlisted from Utah with
Canadian regiment, arrived here Fri
day for visit with Mrs. Clark. The
latter on receipt of her husband : let
ter reported his suggestion at a meet
ing Of the Aloha club. d Pine Grove
social organization. Mrs. Z. T.. House
had Just organized the Sunshine Girls,
club dedicated To war work The
young women Immediately began writ
ing Mr.. Jester.
The returned Canadian soldier was
wounded three times. Was gassed and
sustained shell shock. On one occasion,
he says. the transfer Of his identihca-
tion disk from the chain around his
neck to his suspender saved his life.
Il was annoyed by the tickling of
the disk. she says. ''for il made me
think the cooties were after me when
they weren't. | put 1t on my suspen-
der. A piece of shrapnel, if it had not
been detected by the metal disk, would
surely have killed me. have piece
of the identification tag that was re-
moved from my chest by the surgeon.
Mr.. Jester says the letters written
by the Pine Grove girls kept body and
soul together during his moments of
despondency. On one occasion he was
very ill, suffering from wounds, in
hospital when eight letters from the
Sunshine Girls arrived The young
man enlisted in the Canadian army in
order that he might get into action the
quicker. He enlisted in December.
1916, and in April of 1917 was in the
trenches.
MIR. Clark. who has been i'll at an
English hospital, has not yet returned
home.
The only Oregon boy who was
member of the 307th Trench Mortar
Battery Arthur q. Lewis. Jr., has re-
turned home. The next day after his
arrival he DOTTED his uniform. and
wearing overalls, took up the task of
spraying East Side orchards.
Mr.. Lewis and his contingent landed
in Brest the day the armistice was
signed. Not knowing what the dem
onstration was all about they at first
thought the Germans had pushed down
to the port and that fighting was TAX
months Intervening from the time Mr.
Lewis left Fort Stevens until he re-
turned home, he received single let.
ter from home. He is now receiving
his delayed mail. Five letters that
should have reached him in France ar
rived here on one mail.
Il do not know SO much about the
reports that have been made of condi-
tions at Brest, says Mr.. Lewis, but
| feel that however bad those reports
may have been they could not have
been exaggeration. Understand, | am
not complaining, | am stating facts.
The embark alton of thousands of troops
there was a huge undertaking, but it
was most terrible for the soldiers.
have seen as many as 1000 soldiers
lined up in the mud awaiting their
turn at mess hall. You can imagine
what the tail end of the line had to
eat.
young woman friend Of the soldier
Friday spoiled a surprise for N. W.
Mays, whose brother Clyde B. Mays,
who has been overseas with the 3l3th
Infantry regiment, was mustered out
at Camp Lewis the past week. The
local man had recently been informed
that his brother along with his contin.
gent had been placed in the army of
occupation. The soldier was not eX.
pected home until June. AS result
of illness, however, young Mays was
transferred to company of casuals
and sent home. He had not informed
his brother and was expecting to ar
rive here Saturday night to surpise
him. The young woman, however,
could not keep the secret
Although he was in France for / /
months, three of them spent on the
front, and returned home without a
scratch, John W. Allen, member of
the 65th Artillery, sustained casual
ty last Friday after two days work on
the East Fork Irrigation system. The
returned soldier, was lifting heavy
stones from the irrigation ditch Wher
one slipped, straining his arm. Liga
ments we're torn loose, making pain
full injury.
Mr.. Allen was in the city Friday at.
fernoon visiting physician, who
placed the arm in splints. The injury,
it is expected, will soon be we'll enough
for him to return to work,
Just mustered out at Bay Ridge ma
val station, New York, Karl Vonde
Abe, son of Mrs. Minnie j. Vonoel
Abe, arrived home Tuesday, accom-
panying H. F. Davidson from the east
Mr.. Wonder Abe was stationed unit
last fall at Goat Island. He sailet
no No
York city aboard the destroyer Chew
built in San Franciso. He is undecided
as to whether he will take post grad
uate course at the high school H
will enter either the Colorado Schoo
of Mines or the Oregon Agriculture
College next fall.
= Sgt Ellis Morse, of the 18th Aer
Squadron, stationed at Cobenz, write
his mother. Mrs Phoebe Morse, tina
he has recently been skating on tn
Rhine and Moselle rivers. America
soldiers also, he says, find diversion i
journeying up and down the Rhine o
excursion boats. In part his letter
as follows
Il saw Gen. Pershing and Ger
Foch Thanksgiving. The Prince Q
Wales visited this field and took a rid
with Gen. Mitchell have visite
Toul, Luxembourg, Metz and Nancy
st. Mihiel, Verdun and otter points.
Sgt. Morse has recently been In tn
hospital for a minor operation.
Although apples here are numbere
by the scores Of boXes-all that is lei
of the |, l00,0 box crop harveste
last fall, the Canteen committee wa
able last Thursday to provide New
towns for the members of the 48t
Artillery who passed through en- rout
to Portland.
A single Hood River man, Leonar
S. Howard. was aboard the train.
Harry Farrell, who has been st;
toned for the past year at Camp Lew
is. returned Saturday. Mr.. Farrell
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