The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1919-08-26
RETURNED SOLDIER
TELLS OF FRANCE
r. H. BROWNLOW HAS VARIED
AND INTERESTING EXPERI-
ENCE FOR IL MONTHS

After having served his country
since June of 1918, Ralph H. Brown
low, who was discharged from service
on the 18th of this month, has re-
turned to Moscow and will resume his
position in the employ of the Moscow
Publishing Company Mr.. BroWnlOW
is an expert linotype operator, and
was employed on the Idaho Post before
he went to war.
George Lamphere, proprietor of the
Moscow Publishing Company, now has
in his employ two other returned sol
diers, John Gwinn, who is an expert
enced linotype operator, and Harvey
G. Browne, better known as Jack
Browne. All three men have seen
service in France.
In speaking of his impressions of
army life, Mr.. Brownlow said, 81 am
glad to have been in the service, and
1 surely would not like to have missed
it, but I'd hate to go through that ex-
perience again. I'll tell the world
that
Mr.. Brownlow, who was in France
IL months, went over with the water
tank train. He was in the truck serv-
ice a good deal of the time and had
varied experience. He transported
ammunition and supplies and from Oc-
l.
the Meuse-Argonne sector, taking sup
plies right up to the lines. The last
work which he performed in France
was very disagreeable. He assisted
in bringing the bodies of American SOL
diers from the battle fields and bury
ing them in the Romagne cemetery.
This was a piece of land from 40 to SO
acres in extent, set aside for the AM
erican government. Mr.. BrOwnlow
assisted In the work of burying the
bodies of 5000 American soldiers who
had fallen on the field of battle. Each
grave was marked with a white cross,
lettered in black.
81 got so that L could swear as
well in French as in English" was Mr..
Brownlow's reply to an inquiry as to
whether he felt he had learned a
good deal from his experiences.
He Has No Use For the French.
1.-THE boys that come back and
praise France and the French are
those who happened to be billeted in
some such town as Paris or Mar
seilles. The fellows that were scat
tered in the country and through. the |
smaller towns have no earthly use for
the French. They are very dirty. Their
towns are dirty, and their country is
dirty. L liked the Belgians, and I lik-
O0 tAO S1f1l APOPulotl0h VI OOl IhohJ
OF course, as fighters, the Germans
were an awfully dirty bunch, but in
their towns, they are clean, and they
keep themselves clean. Everything
about the Germans is neat and tidy.
''The Belgians are the same-neat
and pleasing. liked them very much.
is mighty pretty country,
in my opinion. I don't think France
is beautiful at ALL"
Mr.. Brownlow had an interesting ex
perience one day when King Albert
Of Belgium came through the camp in
which Mr.. Brownlow happened at that
time to be. The king was on his way
to meet General Pershing on the oc-
casion of the latter's official visit to
Belgium. He needed some gas and !
same repairs on his car, and Mr.. {
in the absence of the men I
for that work, did the job I
'or him. and sent him on his way. I
he states that the king is a very agree
able man, and pleasant to deal with. d
He says he looks like his pictures, but C
hat the Queen of Belgium is no long r
sr as handsome as her photos, her il
in the war having made t
great ravages in her beauty. t
Mr.. Brownlow with his wife ana y
,hild are staying at the present at
he Inland roOming house. n