Arizona republican., 1919-01-12

teen and clerical workers had to do the nursing. When sickness became so serious we stopped all gatherings of every sort and after that gloom settled down over all. We had good weather outside that experienced in Quehcc. We saw icebergs 41d whales as we ap- preached the British Isles and the dangerous submarine one and g. fleet of torpedo boat destroyers joined in and also four battleships. From one of the battleships a balloon flew. It was attached by cable. The destroy CTS were both British and American and the battleships American. The destroyers played around us and across our boys like so many fish. They certainly can go, and the way they pitch about I don't see how any ore can sleep or walk on one of them and I imagine the food must be taken on them from bottles. Sea planes joined us and flew over~and around and all together it made quite picture. When we came close to the shore the motor patrol boats which are about as fast as automobiles also joined us. We landed at Liverpool, England, on thei 18th.
 All of our dead were buried at sea except the Canadian cadet who died | shortly before landing. It was i'm | possible to bring the bodies of the remainder to port. The dead were Captain Larr, who accompanied Col. | Healten and I to our call on Roosevelt, | five soldiers, two Red Cross women l and two Y. M. c. A. women, one Cana dian cadet and one member of the crew. They were dressed for bnrial, seWed in a burlap bag which vas weighted at the feet, the sack was roped and after funeral services tDey were slid off a plank at tn starn of the vessel into the sea. Our chaplain preached some wonderful sermons at these buria1s at sea. I did this much for the sick. 1 gave up my state room which had sleeping accommodations for four and which because Of my rank was instrumental in having other sick I occupied it for three rights with Captain Little who was sick and who was put off the boat at Liverpool 1 was instrumental nhaving other sick moved into better quarters where the ventilation was better. I sat up with the sick and dying and helped in nov ing and caring for the body Of the first girl who died. It was a sp3oky place down in the lower deck and no lights and the old boat rolling and creaking. You know how much I used to be afraid of the dead. We'll I have got ten over practically all of it.
 Liverpool of course, is the greatest l port in the world. England is very beautiful We left the boat for the | trains aHd arrived in Southampton
 While it was getting daylight we | saw wonderful and beautiful country l fr1 1T11n .,E | looked like a big park. I had no idea it was so beautiful and can no. de- | scribe it and do it justice Yet it looked like a dandy place for their | fences for the most part are a sort of
 hedge. In every field is a little fish
 pond or two and surrounded wholly or in part with shrubbery. The soil appeared the richest have ever seen 1 In the town, and they are close to-
 gether, people cheered us heartily. The | big factories were full of women in
 khaki overalls doing all sorts of work and had red cheeks. They are a very
 good looking and sturdy bunch of wo-
 men and practically all are blondes and have ruddy glow to their skins At South Hampton we marched | through streets centuries old. Here
 we were for two days during which we l rested LID and took in the sights of the
 town. Then we embarked for the trip across the channel. Here we were conveyed again. This trip was made at night as the danger of the subs is less at night. Through some mishap our pilot did not meet the convoy and We ran up and down the channel for | five or six hours longer than neces-
 sary waiting for him. And this was
 supposed to be a favorite ground for
 subs.
 We landed at Cherbourg, France,
 and that same day took the train at
 along about ?. m. for Nantes which we reached at night the following day. We were taken by rail from Nantes to Vertow, a village nine miles out Here
 we marched from the railroad to the
 village a mile and Q half and after
 the men were put to sleep we went
 to our billets.
 rance is wonderful. It is a remark
 ably beautiful and fertile country, Nc
 frame buildings. We were at VertoW
 two weeks and then brought here to
 Le Maus which is 130 miles from Paris
 Our regiment and our division, which
 means the troops at Camp Shelby were 4 all broken up here, and used as re-
 placement troops everywhere. I am one
 of the few left and I would now be
 with the S8th division only. they are
 on the march and I am not to be sent
 until they stop.
 The French women have been do-
 ing the work here. They act as brake
 men, freight handlers, baggage mast
 ters on the railroad. They are motor
 women and conducturettes on the
 street cars. Drive the autos, horses
 and push cars and wheelbarrows. Men
 and women surprise you by the hard
 and difficult labor they cheerfully per
 form. They are wonderful.
 The women are beautiful. All have
 red cheeks. young and old. They are
 brunettes, having for the most part jet
 black hair and dark eyes. Their cour-
 age is remarkabl and when we see
 them all in black mourning 99 out of 100 and see the prices of food you car appreciate some of the sacrifices they have made in the war. No wonder that their joy knew no bounds on the day the armistice was signed.
 The most touching thing of all | think was the old men dancing around like children in a delirium of delight It makes our part seem insignificant | when we think of what France ha: | done. Yet France is willing to conced, | to America the victory and to sa, | that she could not have won withou | us. She has given up her all ane | yet she can give us the credit for win
 ming the war. For my own part I dit | not get into a single fight. I knov | I helped to win the war however, fo | the men I trained got into if and pav