Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1919-07-11
. AS THEY SEE
Extracts From Letters Received From
Overseas By R.-C. Campbell, Chair.
man of Fulton County War Savings
Committee
Continued from last week.

Howard Dolf writes from Obermen-
gid, Germany.
You are part of the great wheel
Whlca is turning this word from the
horrors OF war to a grand world of
peace and freedom. | hope that the
part which | have played in the word
var viii be consolation to the mem
oers of the club sufficient to convince
them that they have used the name
of one who has done his little bit as
only true hearted American can do
and also will continue to defend the
cause for which he fought.
81 joined the "Rock of the Marnen
infantry or the 38th in July (19lSl
andwas in the thick of the fight until
he signing of the armistice.
| was a member of the Battalion
Intelligence Section during the
,-Argonne battles and acted as
cout and observer. The experiences
IF the scout are numerous and excit-
ing. A comrade and myself have the
nonor OF going over the top after our
outfit went over for the last time:
We acted as scouts with the division
ahat relieved us and continually sent
back reports of valuable information.
We beat the Kaiser at his own
game and are now treading his own
soil along his beautiful Rhine River.
From Weissenthurn, Germany, Cor
poral Newton E. Smith of the 462
Aero Squadron writes under date of
June 1st:
This has been one big experience
all the way through; a man doesn't
know what he can go through until
he has gone through little war ex-
perience: We have gone through very
little as compared to France and En-
gland One gets so that no matter
what comes up before him it does not
seem to great to tackle; he will do
anything even if it costs him his life.
As to getting back, it is hard to say:
Three weeks ago to-day we received
orders to go; on the following Mon
day these orders were cancelled. We
are the only outfit of our kind left
in the Army of Occupation and soon
we will be the only one left in the
A. E. F. as all other outfits of our
kind will soon sail. So I don't see
any chance for this outfit until peace
is signed. This seems to be hard
luck" outfit when it comes to staying
on this side One of our fellows is
sure enough "hard luck" fellow;
everytime he gets into a touring car
they have a wreck and yesterday he
was on a truck, the engine stopped
and they ran into a house-he is a
Jonah all right.
I was up to Cologne last Friday:
| : &ha INV
going around the city in cab; there
were three of us and the total cost
was only 20 marks. Went to the top
Of the large cathedral which is 5l2
feet high; we could only go up 400
feet but we could get fine view OF
se city, so took a couple of snap
shots. I also took some pictures
from an air plane when | was up. II
is a great sensation to go up in plane
and when you come down you WaIl
to go right up again. Will have e
/ 1ring this to close as Leroy Donat
came over little while ago and il
going to stay with me tonight"
And here is a message from Corpl
/ Walter 4. Biddle of Evacuation Hos
oital No. 27, Cobienz, Germany.
i >"Our unit was not fortunate enough
to get here in time to take an active
part in the fighting, as we landed IL
France the day the armistice wal
signed; so l haven't any thrilling wal
1 tales to tell; l will leave the stor!
telling to the "Doughboys" who hav'
been on the front lines. But the fac
that the war was over when we arriv
ed did not deprive US of the chanc
to help our country, as we have pee
: busy taking care of the sick and in
, iured soldiers of the A. E. F.
We are at present operating a hos
ptal in Coblenz which is Gained t
be the best hospital in the Army o
Occupation; we are busy caring TO
{ the sick and injured boys here, unit
;ime for US to go back home agar
We have a beautiful place and til
!, Y. M. C. A., K. of c. and numerou
' ,ther organizations are operatlnIl
! shows. canteens, etc. So aitnougl
we are all very ANXIOUS to get hom
E the time passes very fast, and W
howe some pretty good times.