The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-02-12

Mrs. A. E, Kittler of 102 North Third
street has received word from her
son, Private Frank Kilgus, written on
January IA, saying he is with the army
Of occupation in Germany.
Mrs. Kittler wrote recently to the
adjutant general in Washington, ask
ing him for information concerning
her SO, as she had not heard from
him for several months until the let
ter which arrived this week. Infor-
nation was returned to her from
Washington stating that Kilgus was
in hospital suffering with shot
wound in the head and another in
the neck. He was discharged Oct.
q, the message said.
Elmer c. Williams in a letter to the
Palladium says:
"We were in the Argonne Forest
when the big news broke last No
vember. We knew about 1880 that
all firing would stop at 1900 o'clock.
Now what we want to know Is that
things are all fixed up and we are
homeward bound"
Lieutenant Joseph Connor, who has
been in France and England for some
time, arrived in Richmond this week.
"It's a long tale to tell Of my wan
behring's from Purdue university to
Stenay-Meuse, France" writes Wagon
er Walter Brooke Miller OF 315th
Ammunition Train, headquarters de-
tachment, motor battalion, land now
we all want to be back In the Land
of the Free and the home Of the Ford
automobile"
From the time we were doing quick
cadences at Camp Mills until we land
cd at Liverpool on July II, things were
continually happening, slight sub
scares, etc. We were in Romsey,
South Hampton, Derby. and on our
way across the channel saw the Isle
OF Wight and the castle quite plainly.
Landed in Cherburg in France, and
then after some wandering stopped at
LaFeste, which is on the coast about
two miles from Camp Hunt. Stayed
there until the middle of October. It
was also near LeCoineau, a French
winter resort, and we were given
passes there once in a while. / was
on mail truck which ran to Bordeaux
every day. I went to Bordeaux one
day and LeCoineau the next all the
time l was at Camp Hunt.
'In Bordeaux, which is the second
largest city in France, visited some
of the historical buildings. The dwell
ings are all low, old and on exceed
ingly narrow streets. Some of the
streets are so narrow that trucks
were not allowed to go through them.
Visited couple of cathedrals, st. Mi
hiel, and st. Andre. They were won
derful structures and full Of beautiful
pictres and statary. / went throgh
an old chrch built in 1902; but at Rom
sey, England, we saw an aid church
which was built in 936.
Ernest Brunson, brother Of Orville
Brunson, of the Y. M. G. A., Is ex-
pected to arrive in the city today for
visit with Mr. and Mrs. Brunson at
their home on South Seventh street.
He landed in America December /,
and was sent to the Army Hospital
at Camp Taylor from which he was
not released until January IA. Brun-
son was suffering from a slight gas
attack when he arrived in this coun-
try, but has recovered.
A description of the billions of tons
of food, ammunition and clothing
stacked in the warehouses OF Montair,
France. is given in a recent letter
from Private Arthur G. Davis, 18th
Company Transport corps, now at
Camp Granville NJ. Dodge, France. to
Mr.. and Mrs. l.. M. Tucker of this
city.
Il had an opportunity a few days
ago to go to Montair and view these
great warehouses;" he writes. There
are miles and miles of them, each
building constructed with structural
steel frames, and galvanized roofs and
sides. Each one is about 200 feet
long, by 60 feet wide and 80 feet high.
All are loaded to the roof with food,
clothing, guns, ammunition and other
supplies that were and are needed for
the army over here. Millions of tons
of stuff are used up by the A. e. F.
every month. One can not realize how
great the American a rmv in Frapoo