Arizona republican., 1919-01-10
THIS LETTER BRINGS MACHINE GUN RATTLE
 AND CONFLICT R0AR

France, carrying with it the crackle of machine guns and the Whiz-bank of the bigger ones, with pictures of the conflict that other correspondents have generally omitted or overlooked, comes from First Lieutenant Marshall Brock way, son of Dr. and Mrs. George M. Broadway. The letter was written to friend in Florence: I've been intending this alarmed epistle for months and now that the work has frightened up l shall try and make the rounds. Suppose that little resume of what we've been doing over here would interest.
 Ours is the 91st division-the Wild West outfit. Our home was Camp Lewis and perhaps you've noticed the occasional WTite-upS about us. Excel lent material, coming from California, Oregon. Washington, Montana and the West generally. Natural outdoor boys, they took to it easily.
 Our first touch was at St. Mihiel in front of Metz. We were in reserve in that salient strengthening affair and, aside from the avion and back area ar- tillery work, it was a rather quiet job for us. We weren't expected to get into strong action-just sort of getting accustomed to the feel of things, such as II. F. and a smell of occasional gas in other words. we were the tenderfeet getting acclimated. It was a hard les son for these boys-to learn to keep l quiet.
 | Next came the Mouse -ArGonne scrap. 1 You remember the big hammerins that | commenced all along the front on Sep tember 26th? Our barrage opened at | h.al la+ in 1 of Epinonville- -Montfoucon- Gesnes. The ! first day was not so very bad-every- one was heads up." As usual Fritz wouldn't stand. but left machine gun nests everywhere. meaning mighty tire some work. They stick until the am- munition is low. GOT they see they're about to be nabbed-then hands up l with all the old kamerad stuff This went on for two or three days. We were making our downs all right, but | we hadn't written our names in the annals of the sport. Time came when we had to take a pesky little town ! called Gesnes. Divisions on our right and left had fallen behind our pace we stuck out like a sore thumb. We were getting raked from both sides and the usual merry party in our front. Then it was that the 91st showed form.
 
 that much--of slope between us and the town and not tree. not a bush on it, for the slope has been raked clean. This particular stretch of Hell was being peppered by everything in the Huns spice box. We were too far ahead to get any help from our own baragc. The word comes and-that ! outfit jumps ahead with a woollY howl. Across that stretch they go. Powder river, q mile wide and an inch deep. Let CT buck" Sour dough, Whoopee. " Ride him boy ride him." The old yeils come back Tasping out of rusty threats They cross that steel-swept stretch like madmen. There arc some Prussian guards in front, but Christ, Katy, you'd never know it when that outfit got through. I tell you it was Spic. Thermopolae, Black Watch, Bal aclava and so on are historic by-words but those loose jointed. bald faced Americans showed a brand of guts that day that has not been topped. A little better than % per cent got across but they stuck, when once there! They stuck, l.. ". as fell as they stuck.
 After a rest-a short one-We came up here on the Lys-S -Scheldt sector and together with tho French pushed the Boche back some 30 kilometres thereby covering the division witf moro glory. and adding another of ficial citation. Then the armistce came asd, one is tempted to say "toop the joy out of life"-we were in sucf a splendid position to kick the whes out of 'cm.
 Mighty funny things happen, L. Y You know Wm. Slavens McNutt ol ? Golfers etc, He was with us in thf Argonne for q time. He told me of { stretcher case he had seen the day . before-a lad with both legs off. Nc Mutt asked him what he was goins to do after he got home The kiC pulled steadily on his smoke for while and then chuckled: I'm goins . Go beat it out to a little burg I know I and get box by stove in the cornei l grocery store The kid waited a mo f mcnt to sec if McNutt was following then his lips twitched as he grinningl! B continued" and after borrowing ( , chew of terbaccer. I'm going to si back and outlie the c. 4. R."
 Don't know when we shall be home , not for months at any rate. I'm al ; propped up in bed with the dangeC l influenza. Yep manage to go througi 2 the whole blamed show and nevel 3 get scratch and to have an ornamen . on ones breast and then, when it's al 2 over, be housed up like an old maideI lady and her camomile tea. Ain that Hell.
 Am at present on motor transpor work with the division and it is welcome change, incidentally. teachin: me another side of the game. Wha do you folks think of the Swiss sys tenn of universal training? Will it b, accepted at home, or are they tot flushed with victory not to have com menced their planning on that?
 Over to Brussels the other day anC the town was drunk with joy Flag from every possible place-people arn and arm swinging down the boule wards, old folk dances and songs in tn middle of the street, cabbies patientl, and exuberantly cussng, but maxim; no attempt to push through, bands an, old world street minstrels everywher and, out of the mouths of childrel German words. for the Huns implanted their hateful tongues in the schools
 We're going back to central Franc for time and while shall write later do you sit down at the machine an, peg out q reply. for write write write Happy New Year to everyone I know
 As ever BROCK. lst It. Marshall F. Broadway,
 3leth J. II. c. NJ. P.
 A. P. Q. 776-Am .Ex. Forces.