Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1919-01-17

u,
13 located at Limoges, France is man
ed by the Chicago Presbyterian Hos
pital unit, unit that includes in it's
personel Serg't. c. E. Standish of
Wauseon and thereby has a claim on
the interest of readers of the Tribune.
This unit got into active service in
uncompieted barracks in the center
of the city of Limoges some time in
July 1913 and they have been active
ever since: Before July was passed
they had 1900 beds filled and since
that time they have never had less
chAn 100 beds filled, up to the month
of December. A correspondent of
the Chicago Tribune writes of this
Hospital as one Of the best managed
in France.
A double row of wooden barracks
down the center of the main square or
park OF the city of Limoges, famous
as the home of the Haviland China
ware. the whole camp surrounded by
fence of chicken wire surmounted
with barbed wire; this is the scene of
active service for at least one of our
Wauseon boys, Clement E. Standisn,
and the following extracts from let
GERS to his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. o.
C. Standish, will be of interest to his
many friends here: In a letter
written November 18th he gives a
graphic account of how the news of
the signing of the Armistice was re-
ceived in Limoges:
"Armistice signed yesterday at six
a. m; we began to get rumors of it
as early as eight. but nothing official
Ill eleven: Immediately the schools,
stores and factories poured forth; no
more work for them! Everybody
went for the streets where they form
ed long and massive mobs and started
/ singing. Flags started coming out
and immense stores of little lapel de-
corations and flags were unearthed;
they had been patiently saving them
for that day.
Everybody put on their best and
sallied 1ortn to embrace anybody and
everybody. At 80 we had out all
our small flags thruout the camp and
along the high wire fence that sur
rounds it. The carpenters commenc-
ed working on high fiag-pole which
had to be erected by 400 p. m. The
crowds kept surging around the gate
and shouting, 'Vive la Amerique!
Vive Les Allies!" etc. until they were
hoarse. Our Colonel came out on the
office steps, which face the main gate
and fastened up the Tricelog. Stars
and Stripes and Red Cross Emblem
All our boys, patients, nurses and
officers massed around and began
nging and shouting; Gene Rouse got
out and led in some good old fashioned
cheers and yells and a "peppy" song
or two. We began shouting fol
speeches and Col. Robbins came out
I'd in few well chosen phrases paid
a beautiful tribute to the American
boys who have fought, bled and died
or have come back here, to make this
day possible; a day which the worlc
has never seen before and can never
see again.
In the afternoon was lucky enough
to get a pass and go down town. Il
was great! The narrow streets were
massed with humanity and one coulc
only go in the same direction in which
the throng was moving. Workmer
were hastily attaching lights to thu
cornces of all the big buildings anc
l hanging bunting from all the windows
, and across the streets. Everyone
( was stepping on clouds and thinking
: of nothing but the most glorious day
for which they have been waiting 81
long. Groups of students, bankers
factory workers and matrons wer'
l arm in arm singing and marching
: the children had little flags and wer'
? N wild ecstacies of delight, lost from
their mothers but not caring, TO
their fathers were coming back
: perhaps!
About three o'clock we noticed tn
2 crowd moving toward the Place d.
Publique; we followed and saw an i'm
mense procession forming headed b,
r group of students with their banne
and music and starting down tn
4 Avenue de Juliet for our camp.
hastened down as fast as the peop
7 on the walk would let me, to see tn
t fun. The guards at the gate tried &
l stop them, but such a thing was i'm
r possible, they just good naturedl
pushed in; hundreds of them. The
e made themselves at home and i'm
y mediately thronged the streets; mos
4 of them of course had never seen any
Y thing like it. 1t was signifcan
: fact that the biggest mob was aroun
: the kitchen. Our white dresse
n cooks, the coal, the stoves and abov
: all the barrels of white flour and sack
: of white sugar.
n The fiag-pole was about finishe
o and they all thronged back to see u
t hoist our flag given by the people O
: Chicago and not seen very much ii
i then ait promptly A. everything wa
SET and the bugle sounded off; we a
Nsaluted and the old Stars and Stripe
went shooting up to the top. Every
. body cheered themselves hoarse an
9 the hand shaking and kissing starte
: anew. 1t was funny to see tn
., d" petites" who are Of the best famil G
?. and usually not allowed to speak
: strangers unless properly introduce
o. in the home, take advantage of tn
2 oppoYtunity; they did their bit by u
We had our A O'Clock inspection an
! thon kindly but firmly got them a
;, out.
:, If YOU think that the people ha
reached the climax of enthusiast
Il before YOU are mistaken: By
- o'c'ock the public places were a soil
- mass of shouting, singing or smilin
: faces: going nowhere and carin
= ahout nothing except that it was til
- dav when fighting ceased: Fightin
!, that had taken their sons. lovers an
= fathers: fphting that had all b.
a hrokpn their spirit For four veal
~ thev had hardly dared to think of tt
- future and indeed in those dark day
lust before the hosts of American
v arrived, they were all but beaten