The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1919-01-14

nave got Ine Ffencn lCcn. Dom
luck. They give me some yelloy
grease. l apply that twice day an
don't have to change my underwea
or wash with soap. It saves soap
underclothes and laundry bills. be
of old Hoover would hear about it h
would congratulate me.
| was at town that | never hae
been in before. A pretty nice LITTLE
town. No Sammies there, all Knocks
They are pretty rough bunch. Wei
I guess we all would be if we hae
stayed over here as long as they
Well news is scarce, so | think
will be back by the Fourth of July
Tell Freda we have those things over
here, SO | guess the Xmas box viii
be all right. Will close for this time
AS ever, GUY.
Bay Clark, well known pioneer, is
in receipt of the following letter from
his son, Sergeant Roy H. Clark, who
is with the army in Europe. The
letter follows:
Liffol lie Grande, France,
Nov. 26.
Mr.. Bay Clark and Family,
Potlatch, Idaho.
To one and all: Hello folks, how
is everybody? And what are you
doing for yourselves? / and three
others made trip to Metz last Friday
morning and got back Sunday night.
We put in most of the time on the
way up. We took in Toul, and all
the towns we came to. / haven't any
idea how many miles we covered go
ing through German trenches and
dug-outs but they were many and
we were beancoupe fatiguee when we
got back. That is sure some shot-up
country. we went through several
towns larger than Moscow that had
been bombarded and in which you
couldn't see a wall or anything over
5 or feet above the ground. Other
places would hardly be touched. We
rode in trucks up to the last Is kilo-
meters which we made on a French
troop train The trains had only been
running into Metz for a few days,
but everybody buns rides on trucks
up there. That is the only way there
is to travel unless you go by ham
which takes most of the joy out of
life. We stayed the first night at
Pont au Meuson which is on the
Meuse river. 1t had been shot up
quite bit and bombed from the air
too. We hit for the German main |
line trenches early the next morning |
which were about eight kilometers
north and there the sights began.
After we got thru the fire and to
the main strong points the going was
easy. They sure had things fixed
fine. They occupied those trench
es for more than three years and ev-
erything was op notch. They COW
cred a long range of hills for miles
along the Meuse river. Most of the
Notifications were of cement. Long
underground tunnels and dug-outs re-
inforced concrete, sheathed with rail-
road iron. Large gun emplacements
and machine gun positions every
place. The hills were covered with
heavy brush and small timber and the
position was sure strong. The dug
outs and tunnels We're all electric
lighted and had telephones. The
ground was fairly Uttered with all
sorts of German equipment from
onets, to helmets, and even the spiked
helmets worn by the officers. We
each got a spiked helmet and brought
the captain one. We got out early
and kept rumpaging until about 3
o'clock when we hit for Metz. This {
lines was about 20 kilometers from '
Metz. We landed in Metz about 4:15 ;
and spent the night there The Ger ]
mans had beer gardens and all sorts |
If Injuries right among their trench {
es. We came back by way of Nancy {
where we had dinner. 1t is a town +,
about like Spokane or a little larger {
and has been bombed several times. s
It is snowy place. / have coolies {
If souvenirs, more, / expect than | s
will get home with, but we sure had
/ time and I'll bring them if possible. {
Eighteen of US get to go on seven
lay furlough to place on the English
Channel, by the name of St. Malo. 1t
s sort of a resort / guess. We get
Ill our expenses paid and our time J
IN the road isn't counted out of our t
seven days. We get a stop-over in 6
Paris on the trip. / don't know for
low long but some say it is for about r
8 hours. surely want to see the
ray Paris. Just 10 per cent of us can
cave at time. The others will ,
lave their leave when we get back. r
We drew lots this morning and I was i
me of the lucky ones. Say what do T
you think, run across Moscow T
'aper the other day and found let a
er from myself staring me in the t
ace. l was some surprised, for l
ave never thought of seeing any e
hing like that in print. Well l must
hoke off for now and write to my
title Mrs, SO bye bye and answer h