Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1925-11-11
RECOLLECT ARMISTICE
Villas County Veterans of
Great War Tell of Their
Thoughts and Sensations
When Guns Grew Silent.

When Guns Grew Silent.
Villas County buddies had their
memorable share of the war, tast-
inc both its merriments and its
miseries to the full. Armistice
Day, 1918, was greeted by them
with mingled feelings, and at III
o'clock precise experienced sensa-
tions that words are not adequate
TO describe. Nevertheless, all the
veterans of these parts locatable
Wen, this week asked to tell
through the News as we'll as they
could just what these sensations
were They did, and succeeded
we'll in giving some vivid details.
Ed. Paul was a newcomer at
Brast when the guns were stilled.
He tells: 1--WE had only arrived in
France two days Lefore. The war
was a thing of the future for us,
not al actual experience. 1t was a
great relief but at the same time a
GREAT worry to have the war called
off. There was a disquieting rumor
that we were going to be shipped
to a labor battalion, and you know
what that meant. Not so good"
Milford Marley at Terriers with
the S. S. U. $50 american Ambu-
lance attached to the French
Army declares: 81 can't say that
we were disappointed to have the
war end but at the same time most
of us looked forward to some ac-
tive service with the French. We
felt rather cheated after having
gone through so much"
Fred Friese, of the u. S. S. Per-
kins, on duty off New York, hav-
ing returned from convoy duty in
the Irish Sea, said: Greatest day
in my life. | don't think | could
stand living through another one
SO Joyous. am sure my pocket
book couldn't"
Ben Sorges, who served on Sub
Chaser 43, two hundred miles off
Fire Island thought armistice news
exquisite news: 1--WE didn't get the
news until s o'clock in the evening.
Immediately we headed in and
joined the celebration in New
York which was some celebration.
There will never be another day
like that. | can't say how | felt,
for who can register his sensations
on day like the first Armistice
Day"
Charles Zehner, with the 311th |
Engineers at Limoges, said: Never
saw the front lines, but then you
know that an engineers life at the
front isn't anything to look for
ward to. | wasn't sorry to see the
finish"
Wallace Fitzgerald, of S. S. u. !
30 on leave at LaBourboule. He |
tells Of his buddy: "The first thing
my buddy said was My God Fitz,
J Just think, we won't have to hear
those damn things whistle any
more. 1t did seem a relief to think |
that when our leave was up we
wouldn't have to buck the line
again"
John Foley of the Bird Aero
9quadron, was on board ship at |
Philadelphia and now remarks wit
lily: We had embarked early the
morning of the eleventh. 1t was
rather Disappointing to find that |
aIJer two years training, the war
was called off just when things
were gong to happen. On a second
Hought it wasn't so Disappointing
either. Id like to live through
another such disappointment, but
"oJ through another war;"
=, j. Roderick was on the way to
IeAas when the cables and tele-
graph wires began buying with
Ne great news from "aefoss." He
and his crew were halted at Monico
twenty miles from home. Here
was fought one of the least known
o yy hardest battles of the war:
Ihey called the war off when they
re'ro we We're coming. The Kaiser
anew the jig was up. Our last
usually was suffered between the
syPot and Jimmy Murphy's; some
TTO'y S nose stopped somebody's fist.
Ant I'e war was a huge success and
~e Battle Of Monico complete
victory Hope it wasn't Roder-
icks nose.
Herb Bowker, at Portland, Ore,
gy Tins way about it: The Arm
SSuce was such a great success that