Putnam patriot., 1927-05-20
POST OF VETERANS
 OF FOREIGN WARS
Movement Under Way to Per. feet Local Organization In
 This City
All Who Served Their Country On
 Foreign Shores Eligible.
(contributed1

fThe Editor of the Putnam Patriot has been kind enough to give space for three articles which have been prepar- cd with the ultimate purpose of start ing Post ef the Veterans cf Foreign Wars here in Putnam Below Is the second article.l
 Veterans Of Foreign Wars:
 April 9th 1917. found some of us at different occupations Some of Us were working Tn mills or shops whilst others were working in banks, stores and various other jobs that we see everyday around Us.
 When the call came We left our jobs and joined forces with Uncle Sam to wipe out autocraey across the sen.
 Perhaps some of Us did not enlist the first week of the war but even tually we found our way into ranks of Uncle Sam's army. navy or ma rine corps and what then?
 You surely can recall the first day you put on your uniform. Re member how your chest expanded at least an inch and the hump m your back suddenly disnppeared2
 You surely can remember whe ! you took your oath as a sailor or a soldier how the cold shivers ran up vaur back. and from that day on you were part of Uncle Sam's great machine that Was to bring des- truetion to the HoheHzollern fami- ly
 Then you went into training with a hard boiled '.topkiek who order ed you around from reyeille until taps. Finally you were ready 10 cross the pond. and get into action it mattered not whtt regiment or division you were in, yours was the best. And when you boarded the transport you were sure that you were coming back. As you left your port of authorization and saw the skyline of the city receding in the distance you wondered wha; was in store for you. Little did you know, eh?
 At The Front
 Finally after numberless inspee tions and drills you suddenly found yourself at the front Gee WAS ut it funny feeling the first time you heard one of "Jerrys' big "2t9's' come whistling thru the air land ing il short distance away with deafoning crash. sending shell splini CTS buzzing past your head, followed by the m ia ta of machine Eurs splitting forth tbeir leaden hall Of death.
 Perhaps some of you were in ths lines in 1917 and the early part If l9tS. when he Americans were holding down the hnes in the foul sector. in front of Mont See. Re member the outpost duty in the trenches at night. how we used to .tanI on duck boards" that were submerged foot in the mud, and keep our eyes on No Mans Land ta ward of surprise attack in the uIsht About midnight, they uss to bring up the chow in bic round cans. The beans was frozen and the coffee was cold but boy il was good just the same
 Do you remember the first gas attack? How they did pound the makeshift alarms we had erected all over the trenches. and boy We never did put our faces in a mug of beer as fast as We did in our old funny French masks But when it was all oyer wasn't it il grand old feeling to breathe nice fresh mir again and g5 hunting for big trench rats with our bayonets2
 And then the nights back in re- serve when we used to hear that hcsitating roar characteristic of the German plane coming over tO give us a demonstration of T. N. T and high explosive bombs. maybe we wouldn't do the disappearing act for