Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1930-11-13

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are very %unsanitary.
Bayonets Mark Graves
I'm 1916 there were about rs or SO
French soldiers in a trench without
ammunition. They were going to
make a stand with bayonets. a Ger
mar she'll came and buried them
alive. They are there yet, the bayo-
nets sticking up through the ground.
An American, Mr.. Rand, built a mon
ument over the place.
"The French make loaves of bread
about three feet long and six inches
around. 1t is never wrapped, and
men. women and children carry it
under their arms like a stick of wood.
On the road to Verdun we met a
woman with a little burro hitched to
a cart, in which she had a load of
bread, thrown in like wood. The bur-
70 was afraid of the buss, and tried
to back up. The woman took one of
the loaves and used it for a club. That
brought him to time! Don't know
whether | got any Of that bread or
not, | was going one way. she the
other.
when we got to the cemetery. we
all received a wreath from the gov
eminent to lay on our graves. We
went every day, rain or shine. for
four days. Thursday noon we left the
cemetery and started for Rheims,
where we stayed all night and until
afternoon the next day.
Still Repairing Cathedral
"We saw the cathedral which was
damaged so badly during the war.
They are still doing repair work on
it. All the kings of France were
crowned in that Cathedral. We went
from there to Chateau Thierry. where
we stopped for refreshments, then on
through Belleau Wood. There still
are remains in Belleau wood which
were never found. They are still
searching for them. l think it is
Americans that are furnishing the
money for this work.
"We were taken all over the bat
t~le-ground as much as possible, saw
the German dugouts, machine gun
nests, no man. land and Argonne for
est. The young trees have grown
up and covered a lot of the ground;
the old trees were killed with poison
gas.
"Got back to Paris, Friday night.
Saturday was shopping day. Our
guide took any one that wanted to
go. I didn't go, thought it was too
much walking. Sunday we were ia
ken to church. The Catholic women
went to Madeline church. In this there
are no windows. The light ZONES from
the roof. They have chairs to sit III,
and lower chairs to kneel in. They
They are not just the thing for me.
Think I like our American churches
best.
Visit Fontainebleau
Monday we went to Fontaine-
bleau, a wonderful place, where all
the kings had lived, and they keep
it just as it was in those former days.
Tuesday we went to the museum.
Didn't think much of that.
went to Napoleon's tomb next.
The French worship him now. They
are fixing a place near him for Mar
shall Foch. Don't suppose it will make
any difference where his body is laid.
but I don't think it will be much of
an honor to be laid with Napoleon.
went to Notre Dame cathedral.
The building was started in the year
100 and finished in 1900. The tower
is 260 feet high.
left Paris about 2 o'clock on
Thursday and got to Cherbourg about
s. We went on board the President
Harding at 9 o'clock. We struck a
storm hat night and we were all
sick. Out of 278 only Is were able to
go to the dining room. The nurses
and stewards took good arr of us.
Don't know what I would have done
without him.
Landed on Friday
81 didn't feel good until the next
Thursday and we had to land on Fri
day. I would like to have stayed on
a few days more.
"The mothers had a masquerade
the night before we landed, dancing
until after IL o'clock. One old lady
rs, danced with them and danced
every time she heard the music, but
when we we've getting off the boat
she said she had such a sore corn she
must have a wheelchair. OF course
she got one. She held her coat in her
lap, and in the sleeves she had a
couple of bottles. Couldn't swear as
to what was in them. There are tricks
in all trades"