The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1919-04-07
CONGRESSMAN FRENCH
WAS IN WAR ZONE
WRITES INTERESTING STORY OF
OCEAN VOYAGE-MORE LET
TIERS TO FOLLOW
On Board the Leviathan,
On way to War Zone,
March 1S. 1919.

The Editor The Star Mirror:
For one and one-half years | hav
dreamed of going to the war zone il
northern France and Belgium to Sc
for myself the conditions tina
there exist; to visit our brav
boys at the front; to inspec
hospitals and camps and lea1
at first hand what our countr!
has had to meet and how it has me-
it. l voted for the recognition o.
war with Germany, and with con
scientious fidelity l have given my
earnest support to our president, and
| voted for the expenditure of bill
lions of money for the carrying for
ward of the war | have wanted to
see what we were doing and how we
have met the responsibilities that we
assumed when we resolved that as a
nation we could not hold our heads up
among self-respecting peoples unless
we joined in the Herculean task of
helping to put down the common en-
emy of mankind.
The almost constant session of con-
gress has kept we from going. But
with adjournment, the opportunity
has come, and | can think of no way
that | can better serve my country
and fit myself for the constructive
problems of the next two years than
by making the trip to the war-torn
zone.
in our party are about one dozen
members of the house. We plan to
spend about five weeks in Europe,
and during that time shall for the
most part give our attention to the
serious problems that the world has
met during the last four years and
that we must now meet. Our trip is
not official, though our government
and the governments of the countries
we shal visit will extend to our party
every reasonable courtesy and as
sistance. In addition to myself, our
party includes my collegue Repre-
sentative Smith; Representative
Green and Ramseyer, of Iowa; Baker,
of California; Ashbrook, of Ohio;
Conley and Sumner, of Texas; Hast
ings, of Oklahoma; Chandler, of New
York: Glinn of Connecticut and La
zaro of Louisiana.
Leaving New York.
More than two million splendid
American boys have left the port at
New York and other ports for the
war zone. They left, most of them,
at a time when submarines infested
the seas, and when they were going
to gravest danger amidst such perlls
of the ocean as, prior to the war that
has now ended, mankind had never
dreamed.
AS we left on the afternoon of
March 18th, we were fortunate be-
yond measure that the sea again is
'ree, a circumstance that in unbound
I'd measure we owe to the self-sac-
,ificing devotion of these same brave
)oys.
On board the Leviathan are many !
lotable persons, including the secre- t
ary of the navy, Mr.. Daniels and his
harming wife; Hon. Henry Morgan
hau, the late minister of the United
states to Turkey; Lieutenant General
emile Adolphe Taufflieb, of the
french army, and wife; Rear Ad-
nirals Earl and Griffin of the United
states navy; Commander Foote, OF
he U. S. navy; Col: Russell OF the
J. S. army; Hon. c. P. Anderson,
ate solicitor of the state department
hder President Taft, and the
minent Doctors VIM. H. Welch,
!. Emmett Holt, S. M. Hamill, +
:. B. Talbot, Herman H: Riggs,
nd Edward R. Baldwin, be- I
ides numerous representative of the K
led Cross, Y. M. c. A., K. of c., {
ewish Welfare board and other or K
having to do in a large
ray with meeting the problems of
in this epochal hour of hu- j
ian history. {
The Leviathan is under the immedi-
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