The Holt County sentinel., 1919-07-04

kept thousands of extra parts" for
every make of car that was used in
the A. Z. F. Mehun sur Yvre, or
something like that was the last stop
for the day. There were the ordnance
depots, and all sorts Of ordnance
American, French, German, ETC., was
gathered there.
Now I fear that I am getting q lit
tie bit lost in the maze for II seems
that we also visited Gievres that day,
and | think IL was-you have my
notes" so I can't determine for GER
tain. At any rate We visited It about
that time-the huge camp that men,
toned in a letter home q long time
ago. II is seven miles one way and
from three to four and five another.
/ You can imagine IL takes a sizeable
force to man the place, and something
like 5000 soldiers are employed
there. II Is the ration storehouse, or
food storehouse and a huge refriger-
ating plant also Is located there.
i Again we used "box car special
flat car, rather" TO tour the place,
the tour being confined mainly to
rides up and down the several hun
dred miles Of railroad tracks in the
camp and n hasty dip into the meat
freezing plant.
| From there We went to Is.sur-Tillc,
one Of the big regulating stations
for the A. T.. r. There they, also have
miles of tracks and there trains were
sent from Gicvres to be shunted on
railroads held BY the Americans.
There also Is n huge camp, but to my
way Of thinking Il is q dreary sort Of
place, out on a flat, with no town Of
any size near, so there elaborate
amusement facilities were provided
by the various welfare organizations
, There also were the central bakeries
for the A. T.. f., where 100000 lbs
Of bread could be baked and shipped
out each day. We were guests Mt d
special theatrical performance the
evening we were there, and saw the
| first real girls across the footlights
that We had seen on any stage Of III,
/ A. r.. r.. paris is not A. T.. f., you
know. Needless 10 say they made
one grand hit, and were really yer,
good. one poor lone man with all III,
aggregation Of entertainers wasn't al
lowed to deliver his goods ut al. II,
was hOwled down and the girls had 4
give the entertainment. At 1s-sur.
Tile there also Is "rest camp
where they ever got the name "rcs'
camps" for some Of these wnysid,
stations IL past human comprehension
Yet at that place Il is not bad CAM
at all. There leave men are "rcgu
lated"-that Is. distributed 10 tn,
4 leave areas that are open, and th,
. eats are fine. the best nj any camp IL
France.
Chaumont. the capital Of the A. =.
f., then attracted US for two days
Besides giving our minds "a treat will
. well prepared lectures and talks OF
! the u. 5. In the war. We could ais,
, treat our bodies-to a bath-as II
' travelling around the way We ha,
been dong bathing time was rathe
= limited. And while we had time I,
battle at several places where We has
stopped and some Of US did, tn,
;. Preach public bath house Is not con
Quoted on the plan Of those In Amer
u ica--they move slower than we ar
accustomed to doing, and In othc
: ways do not come up TO our standard
Chaumont Is not much Of n town
, 30 t"NHs kot s'b " 10 Hutiht w
: place, famous for its castle Of the oil,
Duke de Champaign, etc, and yer,
: wonderful railroad viaduct which i
said 10 be one OF the largest In Eu
rope. II Is marvel of the stone
7 mason's art, and carries trains GU
o over u most beautiful valley. The tow
Is quite American in many ways o
g course, yet ! was surprised TO So,
G how little attention was paid to livinJ
:, quarters of the men stationed there
!. They were comfortably housed, %
i course, but had only dirt floors. and
Q they said, little or no fires during Tn
u winter, and in various other way
G their accommodations were not wha
l. one would expect TO find at head
l. quarters, In fact, the more saw o
y how other soldiers Nivcd the bette
e satisfied | was with my own livini
conditions. Here we are quartcrc,
Is better and have everything bette
II than the officers had with Us .
IS Limoges.
ri So ended the tour Of the Services u
y Supply. Much refreshed, we starto
u for the battle front, making the frs
II stop at Chateau Thierry. There
'e convoy Of 80 Cadillac Fights waite
} the party and we drove over the Who'll
Ie Of the battlefield made famous by In
n Americans. VauX, Bellcau Woo,
z Fismes, etc, etc., winding up that cv,
l. ming at Scissors, where the train va
re waiting us. The speedometers shove
= We had covered 92la miles that da!
The roads were wonderful--in man
places that Is about all Of the wor
that has been done. The battlefield
are practically as they were left who
the Armistice was signed. And sol
venir hunting is rather a dangerol
business. You're liable to get or
that will break your anatomy up in'
souvenirs for later corners.
The battles around there must ha,
been furious. Belleau Wood is to,
and shattered, and the ground full (
holes. Discarded clothing still liz
here and there, caught in the shatte
ed trees, while walking is done on
with great difficulty. What II mu