Evening star., 1919-01-24

said the mud reminded them of Brest.
where they spent eighteen days. While
| the stories OF the sufferingS of the
| men in the Brittany camp had been
| overdrawn they said, there was an
abundance of mud This couldn't be
avoided, however, they declared, be-
cause il had rained continuously for
twenty-one days and was raining
when they left.
! Enjoy American Pie.
! For the first time since March 4,
when the squadron sailed for France.
! the boys We're able today to enjoy a
meal in which American made pie fig
ured rs the chief article of diet. They
| said they wanted pie, pie, pie and
more pie.
| A caterer with a was,onioad of mince
pies, apple pies, raisin pies and every
variety of pie, drove mp to the bar
| racks. while the men were hemoaping
! the absence of these delica cies. He
was fairly mobbed by the good-na-
tured, cheering soldiers. They bought
his entire stock before he had time to
describe what he had for sale. They
didn't trouble TO call for plates. but
began to devour them with avidity
where they stood. Some of the boys
had big pie in each hand. They
vowed they wouldn't get enough until
! the entire available supply in the
city had been exhausted.
! "But, say, fellows, where's the ice
cream" said Corp. Fred Grover, who
was employed in the bureau of en-
craving before he Was sent abroad to
! help clean up the boche. You know
/ we haven't had any ice cream since
| we left America" Then the heroes
clubbed their funds and sent for a
mammoth. supply cf ice cream.
Boys. this is great It's the first
! pie I've had in years, it seems to me"
| said Corp. ]. G. Iitchfield, another
| Washington boy. as he tried to jam a
whole pie in his mouth.
means to us boy" said Corp. Litch-
field. why, we have been working
! without any of these delicacies to
buoy us up. You see, we had pecu-
| liar position. We were always in
| front Of our own heavy artillery and
| below the boche. who were continual
I ly sailing over US. But l tell you 1T
| takes some nerve to fight when a fell
/ low has no pie to look forward To"
! Washed in Many Rivers.
| Sergt. George Maxwell of Atlantic
! City. who spent a portion of his boy
!, hood days in Washington. said he was
wearing shirt which had been
| washed in every river but the Rhine.
! MAXWELL mas SOfuc ooutChfiS III tuC
shape of German and French paper
money. He said when he goes broke
he will ask bank to give him some
real American cash in exchange for
his foreign money.
! but there is no money like this, >"
said the sergeant as he took from his
! pocketbook an American dollar bill.
Corn. Grover said the squadron did
| not participate in the actual fighting.
Its services were devoted entirely to
repair and construction work and
! they were always in front of the
many thrills and had many hair
| breadth escapes. The ground was
| often torn up within few feet of
them by boche shell dropped from
the air.
| front of us was continuous and ter
/ rife said the Washington boy.
with the heavy artillery roaring in
the rear and the boche screeching
from UP above, l can tell you we had
a great time. But we got so accus-
J toned to it that when there was a
lull in the noise we thought some
thing had gone wrong. We got SO
that we couldn't sleep when the guns
were silent. War had completely
changed our habits.
Heinie airplanes every night and often
in the daytime. It's the rule to run
for cover into a dugout or some other
place affording protection when the
siren blows warning us that a Heinie
lis above. But we never looked for
shelter We stayed outside and
watched the show. / don't know why
inone of us got hit. Maybe, as one OF
the preachers said, Providence de-
if1ected the shells. But l don't know
that we. are SO much better than other
fellows as to deserve this special pro-
ltection."