The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1919-05-22

what they shipped us on. Thret
! days rough water on the voyage
made most Of the boys pretty sick
but | escaped.
We were held at Camp Merritt
for about week and were h ere
deloused" and reequipped, and
then were sent to Camp D. A.
Russell, Wyo., where we got our
discharge.
Earl Garvin, 316 Engineers
We went across in convoy Of II
transports, leaving the u. s. on
July 6, 1918. We landed in Liv-
erpool on the 18th, and from there
went to the rest camp Nettie
Ash. After having seen some
thing of Liverpool, we were sent
to Southampton and crossed the
Channel on the night of the Goth,
landing at Cherbourg, France,
and after short stop at a rest
J, camp, we travelled two davs and
nights on a train where the cars
carried eight horses or forty men.
We detrained near Chaumont and
hiked II miles to a small town,
where intensive drilling was CIV
en- us for about month and
where a part Of our road equip
ment was given us. We next
went to Orville, near the lines at
St. Mihiel. Then. after a hike Of
two days. we were in reserve at
st. Mihiel. Then we moved thru
trenches to within a night s hike
of the Argonne front. Here we
were held about five days, inst
back Of the third line trenches.
and then the 361st and the. 563rd
Infantry were sent into the front
line, relieving French commands.
Our company was lined up with
a machine gun battalion, and on
Sept. 25 went into action ahead
Of the infantry in the general at
tack that morning. At J a. m.
the barrage was started and at
4 o'clock the engineers went over,
the infantry following at 5
0 clock. AS the infantry came UP
with them, the engineers dropped
their tools and unslung their
rifles and advanced with the in
fantry. They reached the town
of Very on the second day Of
the attack and held on till Oct.
s, when they were relieved and
sent back to rest camp. After
here a little over a week
they started for the Belgian front.
arriving at Ypres after two days
travel in box cars, and then hik-
ing Is kilometers across no-man's-
land to a point they held four
days.
About Nov. 1 they were sent
to the front lines at the town OF
Audenard and remained here
about 6 days. Then, after 2 days
rest they were returned to Aud
enard and were engaged in bridge
work here when the arnlistice was
signed. After some ten days the
division started for Brussels, and
after travelling some 40 kilcmeters
it was sent back by the hike route
to the town of Wacken and thence
to point in France, where it en-
trained for Nogent LIE True,
France. After being here some
two months the command was
sent to Belgian camp near LIE
Mons, and remained there until
April l. On the first of April the
command entrained for st. LIE
Saire. where it embarked for
New York on April 6, landing in
that city on April 16th-nine
months from the time Garvin S
company took ship for overseas.
The division was sent to Camp
Merritt and there disorganized,
The Idaho and Montana boys be-
ing sent to Camp d. A. Russell.
Wyo., for final discharge. Earl
Garvin received his discharge on
April 90 and arrived at his home
in Nezperce May 2. i
Max B. Turnbow, FIRST Glass
Mate, u. S. N.-He
enlisted at Portland on Nov. Is,
1917, for service in the navy and
was sent to New York, where he
was trained in the technical
school of the Columbia University
in gas engine work, and later was
sent to the submarine school at
New London. Conn, and there
learned the operation of the I'M
der-sea craft. His first submarine
trip was to the Azores Islands in
the North Atlantic. This voyage
covered IA days, and just pricr
to making it the submarine was
submerged for SO hours in testing
it's air and general working con-
ditions With its base in the |
Azores, this submarine flotilla of
eight under-sea boats and a
mother ship, with 300 men in the
formers crews and 800 in the
latter, did scouting duty and
made efforts to capture German
In this latter work,