The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-01-18

Sergeant Ivan c. Bunger of Camp
Sheridan, Montgomery, Ala, has re-
turned to camp after spending fur
Tough in the city.
| Word received from Private Earl l..
Mann by the Palladium says that he
has landed in this country from over
seas service.
Arrived December 20, he writes.
WAS sent to Camp Merritt. N. j.,
and since then have been transferred
| to Camp Beade. l expect and certain
| ly hope to be back in Indiana soon.
and am now up for another transfer
to Camp Ben"
| There were one hundred and fifty
leaves here Saturday for homes in
New York, New Jersey and Maryland.
while others have left for other
camps"
| Letters coming into the local Y. M
! C. A. every day from all parts of the
J world where Richmond boys are with
the American Expeditionary forces
included one this week from Paul r.
Overman of the 23rd engineers band.
Overman writes that he has just re-
turned from a two weeks leave from
the regiment at Aix-lesBains.
THE Y. NJ c. A. at Aixles-Bains is
located in the Circle Casino, or to be
| more exact | might say the Casino is
now the "Y." 1t is a wonderfully,
beautiful building and said to be the
most beautiful and probably the larg-
est in the worl outside the one at
Monte Carlo. on the Island of Monaco.
1t has been frequented by many
wealthy Americans during the past,
probably the best known of whom. at
! least around AK, was the late J. Pier
pont Morgan who built and presented
to the people of the district large
and beautiful hospital. They have
named one of the streets after him
Rue de Pierpont Morgan. The casino
was not all built at the same time
but the various additions are so skill
| fully blended in the original that 1t is
almost impossible to tell that it is not
one complete architectural design. The
interior decoration is wonderful. The
| theatre is a modern one in all re-
spects and seats, | should judge. be-
tween two hundred and fifty and three
hundred people A vaudeville of pro-
fessional talent is shown here for the
soldiers every night now. The orig
inal reading and writing rooms are
still used and are well stocked with
American, French and British mag
azines and newspapers furnished by
the Y. M. C. A.
"Then there are tire canteens
where we can purchase tobacco, hot
coffee, chocolate, cookies, bread, fruit
and jam. There are several billiard
tables, games of chess, checkers ETC.,
for those so inclined. Music is fur
nished by military band and Ameri-
can-French orchestra.
"There are many interesting trips
around the town and through the coun-
try. Guided trips through the French
| Alps are planned and the soldiers go
under the guidance of "Y" men or
women. So you can see that the old
Y. NJ G A. is living up to its name at
Aix-les- Bains, and giving our men who
have the privilege of going there an
opportunity for a clean, healthy,
wholesome entertaining vacation.
A message received by Mrs. Mahala
Ridge of Greensboro states that no
word Of her son has come since last
September. He was confined to a
base hospital at that time with a
slight wound.
| Private A. L. Thompson OF Com
pany B. 118th Engineering Corps, A.
f. F., has written recently to the
Y. NJ. C. A. here, saying that he is
well. Charles E. Chapel has also
written from Neiderherschen, Luxem-
berg, saying that they ended their
career in the world war by crossing
the Mouse river"
Carleton A. Scott, son of Mr.. and
| Mrs. Charles Scott of North Seventh
street, arrived home from France last
Tuesday evening. Scott suffered gas
attack and was returned on a ship
with other gassed and wounded vet
Grams.
Mr.. and Mrs. William A. Knoll of
II South West Fifth street, have a
! card from their son Goldie Knoll. writ