The Oregon Daily Journal from Portland, Oregon • Page 40

2 THK OKJSGON SUNDAY JOURNAL; PORTLAND, SUNDAY MARCH 1919. there. They also have a rreplica of VIVID STORY OF LIFE IN HOSPITAL When the Boys Return ALL (PHASES OF WAR SEEN BY OREGONIANS IN SAN FRANCISCO Agtvecent Triumphant ft). vt' 1 at si JT 1 1 -l i I -'Wit I r- I I -f 'KlXvZZ? xLr (G) r-'f if l'if-'C X' 1 5 i i 4 71 v' 1 CapUJn Eldon C. Blanehard, debarkation officer at Liverpool.

2 Carl Mumpower, with 361st infantry, 91st division, in Belgium 3 Lieutenant-1 Charleton P. Lee, with the marines at Argonae. 4 R. N. Rutquist, in service, on sub-chaser 88.

5 Shirley L. h'irtland, in convoy escorting President Corporal E. T. Pcttersen, with battery 151st field artillery in Germany. 7 Corporal Oren T.

Cosper, with army of occupation in Germany. 8 Corporal Geary V. Ellenburg in Germany with 32d division. Lieutenant II: Q. Oanrord, who returned from France this week.

10 Wallace Wray, in army of occupation at Mayer, Ger- many. 11 Dr. G. E. Humberstone, who has been stationed at Camp Kearny in dental 12 Lieutenant John Wallace McColiom, at base hospital, Camp Lewis.

Impressions marine turkey tasted fine after- It was cooked. We opened It up the next day and. we ate It About the time some soldier has almost 'finished telling his yarn wlth jthe assistance of the lookers-on, someone remembers of someone else who did something that ought to be mentioned In a complete history of the regiment. For example G. W.

MUne of Seattle, of old battery was envied by his buddies for Tils trip with the tractor train. he In turn envied his buddies because they didn't have to go. "It was sure bard wont." he commented, after he had had many suggestions given him as to how to start his narration. "We drove all day and then at night we rolled up. In tarpaulins and slept on the road.

We managed to keep the rain off from above, but we lay in puddles, so- that didn't help much. They sent up 35. tractor men from the Sixty-ninth, from Llbourne to N'antes. We went there in trains. We took, the tractor trains from.

Nantes to the ordnance and quartermaster depots at Oievres. They have a German prison camp there. We went through. Angers, Saumur Toura on the way. The convoy was in six sections-and-each tractor pulled 12 loaded wagons, a Dodge ear and a large truck.

When these trains had their full distance the whole thing was 25 miles long, but they kept it down to seven miles. We passed part of the 163d on the way but didn't see much of them:" Play In Pyrenees This story while It was unusual did not seem to take as well with. the boys as the story of the visit to Cauteret In the Pyrenees mountains right close to the Spanish border, where Jhe American army had a recreation center. The regiment had Just started sending groups 'tor this when ith was ordered home so that only 20 cent had the privilege. Sergeant Eat Crowe I of Portland threw out manyBremarks about the place, but the com pie test story of fcthe -visit: was told by Corporal Walter v.

"The government has taken over the whole town, be said, "and sure treat a man swell there. When, we were being shipped down we thought we were going down to. some billets Just like any other -rest camp. The only thing you rest In rest camp is your stomach, and the. reason for that Is you can't eat the food.

Good old American food for mine. We went to an English rest camp, and they fed us bully, beef, red looking stuff that never had any connection with a cow or a bull either. "But this recreation center wasn't any thing like -that. We arrived there on the train with our full packs, expecting to go ana ciean up some sleeping places. We were met at- the train and shown to hotels, one man to each room, and It's a fine big room with a rocking chair, a lounging chair, a writing table and a few other articles of furniture besides a swell French bed with deep springs and a fine soft mattress and feather comforters.

The government took all the rooms in all the hotels and there were 84 hotels with a total of 3800 rooms. No visitors were allowed there but American soldiers. A Beel Beit- Camp "There wasn't any reveille or any taps, of even any mess calls. We had regular hotel service and were treated Just like guests in any big hotels. We could have breakfast in -bed any time up till 11- o'clock.

From thenon till afternoon they served dinner in the salle a manger, and in the evening up till 8 o'clock they served supper. Dinner and supper were five course meals. There were hot springs near there, with great big individual, baths and plenty of service. -That was the only thing that you could pay for and it cost a franc (about 9ft fmntml The whole thing "was so' swell i knocked the fellows coockoo. We got seven days there, not counting traveling time.

Every. day the Y. C. A. made up parties to visit places of Interest around there, with guides to tell the history of them.

We saw the famous old town of Lourdes, with Its grotto. It has a fountain that is supposed to have healing waters. Lam6 people go there and bathe In the water and come out well. They have crutches hanging all over the place that people have left Always ask for "Bayer Beware of Counterfeits UNDER ID I Mount calvary there. was a big casino at Cauteret operated by the Y.

M. C. A. They had 13 piece French orchestra, billiard, lounging and reading rooms. It used to be a second Monte Carlo." eixty.nlath Has Wlda RepaUtlon Other men spoke of.

the finereputa-tlon which the Sixty-nlnth had. some explaining that the reputation' was greatest for picking grapes, and others stating that it was for drinking vln Wane, and sUll others maintained that was most famous for its efficiency-in artillery problems. Major Philip p. Marlon ot Seattle, command- nig tne troops, was induced to tell about this, i He waa formerly a member of the Oregon National Guard cosat artillery and was commissioned In Washing- ton as a captain after moving to Seattle In 1914. He received his commission as a major on July 6.

1918, shortly after the regiment formed. "The rea-iment-' ha 40 per cent regular army men, 40 per cent national guard and 20 per cent drafted men. Colonel It. F. Woods took the regiment to France and he was kept over there.

We started for France on July 31. 1918. and sailed from New York on August" 16, going by way of. England. We arrived at Le Havre.

Franc, on September-3. Onfsthe way over we scarcely had a chance to take off our clothes because we had to sleep in life preservers. We went over on the Jason, an old English freighter. There waa some commotion about submarines and the ship fivehours behind us was sunk, but we didn't see anything of tfiem. It seemed to be the general opinion of everybody that when, a soldier had been overseas for a while, he would forever after be satisfied with the good old U.

S. soldier returned from yw yrupoBiuon lor luvci, luuainea uvv eral. 1 "The best welcome and greatest appreciation we ever expect to receive waa ahown us while passing through writes Corporal Oren T. Cosper, now with the army of occupation In1 Germany, "The reason I say the best welcome we ever expect to receive Is because we don't expect to' get back to the states for so long that when we do the people will be all tired out receiving homecoming soldiers and will only say. There come some more of those soldiers from France." Luxemburg didn't have much to aay as we arrived and, of course, Germany Is dead, pne year ago today I first sighted foreign soil In the form of the Irish coast.

At that time I never expected to see so much of France as I have and be this far Into Germany. We are about 14 miles down the Rhine from Coblens, toward Cologne. Although we have the best quarters and best entertainment advantages we have ever had, It la getting mighty monotonous over here. With so many troops going home that never saw the front and no signs of being relieved, the men are getting pretty downhearted and sickness Is Increasing all the time. I have held up pretty well so far, but don't, know whether will make It through the winter or not.

High officers and other men. In making speeches to the men, have repeatedly said that It is a great honor to be in the army of occupation, but my dea Is like most of the other fellows to hell with honor now, send us home. There are only nine divisions In this army which la the Third. I believe forgot to say I was made a corporal In November, jo I guess that Is about as high as will get in this man's war." Corporal Cosper Is the son of Mr. and Mrs.

B. O. Cosper of 621 Leo avenue. I fesa. Eldon C.

Blanehard of Oak Grove ha received his promotion to captaincy, according to a cablegram received by Mrs. E. Blanehard recently. He Js in service with the transportation corps m.mmabIw at MamKAf Af tfeas stiff i k. i a Third Oregon, entering service as a private.

Captain Blanehard left for overseas aa a lieutenant- In Company O. He has been stationed at Liverpool, where he has been acting as debarkation officer He expects soon to complete the work in hand at Liverpool and will return to hla home In Oak Grove. Private Carl Mum power has been In service with Company 861st infantry, and spent 19 days In the front line trenches at the Argonne drive. Private Mumpower ha since taken an active part in smaller battles and waa finally stationed Belgium over Christmas. No definite word has been received of his return to the States.

Lieutenant" John Wallace McColiom. fn eye, ear and throat specialist of Morran building before enlisting In service with the medical corps. Is at Camp Lewis base hospital, where the Western casuals are arriving from overseas for treatment before being discharged from service. Tablets of Aspirin. ft Some are Talcum! "OLD GLORY" Colds Grippe Influenzal Colds Stiff Neck-Distress Pain! Pain! GonuinoTofabtc 'SURE! I TOLD IN LETTER Walter Lundgren Tells of Methods in Which Wounded, Are v-j- Received and Cared For- DIFFICULTIES ARE GREAT Congested Roads and Bad Weath- er, in Addition to Enemy Shells, Are Things to Be Overcome.

The activities of the 328th field hos pital In caring for more than 8000 casualties from the 2d division and -3000 from other divisions during the Meuse- Argonne offensive between October 7 and 21 are vividly told by WalterXiund-gren, the only Oregon man in the 8 2d division, whowas in service during this period' at the front. The unit was sent to renose on November 2. Youne Lund gren, before enlisting was a member of "Owing to the congestion of roads with ammunition and supply trains we made a. night trip to our position, which was an open field, near a cross roads and about 175 yards from several active batteries of heavy artillery; The ground was strewn with barbed wire entanglements, pitted with shell boles and cut, up with hastily constructed trenches used by the Americans. Three hours later everything was in place with five ward tents anid kitchen, personnel assigned to, the various duties In tha slightly wounded, seriously wounded, shock and evacuation wards.

The first patients began to arrive shortly after 9 o'clock. Cemmnalcatloav DIfftcelt "The constant shelling of enemy guns made lines of communication. "difficult, and patients were delayed In arriving during the first few hours. The shells passed overhead and some burst un comfortably close, but these thrilling moments everyone was most devoted to duty and the incidents were passed up practically unnoticed. "Because of the abundant rains, mud greatly handicapped bur work when the patients began to arrive.

In numbers. It was found impossible for an ambulance to get through from the main highway and litter cases had to be carried about 60 yards to the receiving ward. Litter bearing under favorable conditions is a strenuous task, but handicapped as our men were their efforts throughout the first night were untiring. The following day a road was constructed into the hospital so that ambulances could approach. During the balance of our five days there were received an average of 225 patients a day, mostly slightly wounded.

Mere Steadily Forward "All this time the lines had been moving steadily forward and our position as a triage was practically useless. We received orders to move forward, and" in a short time set up our new station in a former German hospital, situated. In the forest about two kilo meters southwest of Apremont. It was about 200 yards back of the main highway and connected by an excellent road. The signs formerly used by the Ger mans directing traffic were still in place' ana an enemy flag still floated on the breeze.

The hospital comprised nine wooden structures and a large dug-out' and an abandoned ward tent All of these were completely wired for' electricity, and had many modern conveniences. The enemy had evidently been bent on holding the old line forever. was -l disorder, with medi cal supplies strewn about, showing great haste in departure. A complete laboratory and dlspensory was found practically Intact. Many Are Evaeoaled "During the first 24 hours 480 patients were received at the hospital and evacuated without a hitch.

On October 13. field hospital 326 joined to act as a gas hospital functionating under canvas just below a terrain near us. With the exception of three days the two weeks following saw an endless stream of ambulances, trucks and any available transportation to and from the hospital. The task of caring for our wounded was greatly Increased by numerous casu alties irom tne 43d and the 77th divisions. Many times the slientlv wards had long lines of men waiting In line to be cared for.

The- heaviest day were during the period of October to is, wnen the admissions and evacuations averaged one patient every one and one half minutes. During; thla tim emergency personnel were attachea to na were oi great aid to our men. who had been working almost continually from the start. "On the morning of November 2. after consecutive nays, the division was relieved and our departure to- the rear followed." Former Convict Is Now Very Wealthy Louisville.

March t. (L N. Oscar Saundera of Letcher county, on his release from tne Kentucky penitentiary, returned home to find that a railroad had bean built through little farm 'his wife had left him when she died during his Imprisonment. This almost doubled the land But coal had also been found on the land and a coal operator was waiting to pay him $1500 for the mineral rights, with a royalty of 39 cents a ton tor all coal mined, assuring him an income for a long time to come. Evening Phone Calls To Be Discouraged Atlanta, Ga.L March N.

Because the constant ringing of the telephone in the evening disturbs the "tired business man" and takes the Joy out of his life, number' of prominent Atlanta clubwomen have started a movement to" ask every -woman in Atlanta to confine the home phone calls to matters of the utmost Importance and make calls before :30 p. in. Some of the good ladies have adopted the method of having their maids do the phone talking In the evening to dis courage the thoughtless telephoners. HOSPirAt WORK ion Troop Train sBy Clyde Beals SOLDIERS are inclined to be 'bashful and modest. It seems strange that they should-be, for there is no one in the world that can catch, the eye of a beautiful belle like the dashing young hero in O.

D. with bis gold and black and red trimmings. Just at' this tlme.rtoo, the heart of -everyone is 'especially warm toward the soldier and the soldier certainly has had enough people ask him about his experiences to know that everyone is anxious to sit back and listen to him as iong as he will talk and then to admire him for a-while during the silence, The boys of the Sixty-ninth coast artillery were no exception. On their way to Portland from Huntington It was interesting to see them get well acquainted with' the girls at each station in the 10 or 15 minute stops and to observe, also. that whea they found they were talking for publication, they held off for some time before they got well started.

Finally, when several would gather In one of the sections, one fidgeting with a deck of cards, another with the wax as It dripped off candle, a third shining a shoe- on a nearby; seat and edging i an occasional remark' Into the conversation, a fourth quietly- puffing a cigarette and a few others just looking on, they -would pass remarks back and forth until it developed that one had -a particularly good story. He would start his story the end someone would suggest another part to It, and this would' bring him to the beginning, with many cautions to the reporter that this and that must not be printed, until finally the story teller would say simply: "Well, my imagination isn't running- high. You better write It to suit yourself. Strong for the lrls With the girls at le stations it was dlf erent. When the train pulled in at a particularly lively town, such as La Grande, the boys plied off.

Most ot them didn't know anyone there -when the train The boys were Just alongside the train. The girls were back against the station. There was a crowd of town elders in between, as well as many small boys. The troopers would start to circulate through, the crowd; mothers and fathers whose sons had been to war or were still across the Atlantic, would shake their hands and tell them how, happy they were to see the Sixty-ninth on Its way home. That would be the starter.

girls would advance and edge a little way through the mesh of i elders. Some boy would be induced to tell what part of the country he was from, what part of France he was in. whether or not he liked it, whether the French girls were pretty, whether or not he was glad when the armistice was- signed, and. finally, the boy would get started with a little French. One of the least timid of the girls would inquire what that meant.

The artilleryman would carelessly translate thephraae into far western English, which would start a laugh, and that would be all fha Introduction needed. i Helmet Tars the Trjea -About that, time some wise man, with Mm hH fur out window, would try on his helmet, ostensibly so that bis buddy on the other side of tne tram ana a few cars up "could tell whether or not he had It tilted right. This helmet would do the business. "Oh, let me see it. would come a chorus, alto voce, and In the ensuing scramble, the station i house would be deserted and girls and soldiers would be mixed in a close Jam alongside the cars.

By Urns the train pulled oufr they would all be the best of friends. And it took only Just a little pouting on the part of the girls and a little blase, reckless, air on the part of the fighters. But the reporter can't pout nicely and he is so very blase that he has stopped showing It. Besides, when a soldier realises that what he Is saying is going down In history in cold print, he feels the heavy responsibility that rests upon him and he doesn like to be naturaL Literally Drag 'Em Oat In the course of an hour or so. how- a rlne that he ever, nut of a franc piece, or a neck lace he bought for his wife or a picture of a pile of human-skulls they av the asms tender feeling for alt of those trinkets.

Then he remembers that i.ft a can of salmon in his uniform when he sent it Into the cooking plant to haVe the cooties baked, and finally a yarn such as this one irom Stoll. one of the sergeants from Port- ifirui. emera-es from the convention; "Haven't- you heard about going through the delousing station yet? We used to call It going uiruuu mo wtfnt throuarh the one at Jennleonte France. Just" before we goton the ship to come home. You can get more clothes In one of those places than you can carry away.

They Just throw em at you- One of the supply sergeants got five blanketa but he couldn't carry tnem bim so he tucked two of them under somebody's bed for some other guy to get. "You get a hair cut after you get through the 'station. They pick the first few men they see as -the battery goes In and tell them to be barbers. We had a cook, a mess sergeant and a mechanic for barbers when we went through, so you can imagine what kind of hair cuts we goC Gelag Throagh ta MIH "It takes about an hour and 10 minutes for one battery to go through. An officer stands at the door and Inspects your clothing as you go In to see that It Is in good condition and that you haven't a lot of Junk In Then they examine your physical condition and your service record and then you go Into a long aisle where you hang your clothes on a cart.

You put all your belongings into a barracks bag and the cart and all goes into the heater and are cooked at a high temperature. you take your little Bed Cross bag, with your valuables In It, and a smile and go into the showers. As you step in some guy plasters a fist full of soft soap on your head. You can stay In the showers as long as you want. You get a towel to dry with and then wrap up in a blanket lke a wild Indian and parade on through to the supply where you are measured for new clothes.

As fast as they measure you they throw yon the clothes, and you put 'em on and go out and can't 'recognise anybody. We were given those long English trousers there because they were out of the regular ones. Then you go down another and your clothes are out of the oven and on the eart waiting for you. We got all fixed up then and were pure and Innocent again. "That can of salmon we call It sub at tt Jt at HAS LIGHTER SIDE Husky Doughboy Tries to Hood- wink Petite Nurse That He Is Wef! Enough tp Go Out on Pass MiNY NAMES OF CELEBRITIES "Achilles" Injured in -Heel? "Sly" Wounded Trying to "Slip One Over" on Machine Gun Crew Ban Francisco.

March When blew into cantonment ward 109 at Let-terman hospital yesterday I found a husky doughboy trying to convince MIbb Zephirine Dupuis as petite and charming as any nurse the boys encountered in France that lie was quite skillful enough to bandage his own foot and ro out on pass. The soldier In question put a'few German down and out at Chateau-Thierry, but he could not put anything, over the smiling and complacent nurse of the breezy cognomen and at that she sent him away In a good humor, Miss Duouls. who has friends among 'the nurses in Portland and Seattle, was born In Canada, trained in New York, and at the time the war broke out was In Honolulu, so she didn't go to France, although she baa more than done her part, In the military service. These boys think we are prettx hard on them sometimes," she smiled, "but we have to get them well so they must obey orders. But they are fine chaps.

See my bulletin board there I have quite a num- kit MUkbltlMi In tafowA if nrm can Judge by names." Achilles Won tided la Heel Sure enough, the cards read like a pace out of ancient history Some of them were first names and others surnames, but among them I found Achilles, Horace, Huxley, Herbert. Alphonse, Fate, Sly. Thyme and Rose. And as Fat would have it, he was In bed No. 1.

just to iinisn on ner gaiaxjr 01 notable names. Miss Dupuis calls her on Chinese patient Confucius. Another coincidence in this collection of patients with, suggestive name Is that Achilles was wounded in the heel: Fate spelled all his name implies to- the Germans, as 'bagged more than any other boy in. ward Sly got his wounds while trying to slip up on a machine gun crew, and- Confucius won't talk he just looks Huxley is the first 'name of an Oregon boy, the son of J. -F.

Galbraith, who formerly was editor of the Grants Pass Observer. Young Galbralth's home Is; now In Woodburn, and he has lived lnt Portland. From the Third Oregon he waa transferred to the First division. Company C. Twenty-eighth Infantry, and once In France he covered ground like a Cook's tour and apparently did not miss anything worth seeing or hearing.

He went overseas in December, 1917, and before being transferred to the First Ul vision was on military police duty in St. Lalzare, Bordeaux and other points, and In the replacement camp at Coutres, Once with the Twenty-eighth infantry, Galbraith had the privilege of participating in the first American bat- tie at Cantigny and was In the company that was first over the top in this memorable charge. "What did we do? Why. we took the town and dug in and in 72 hours stood off seven counter attacks that's what we did." Galbraith says he has heard that movies were shown here at home with troops purporting to be the Rainbow division carrying the day at Cantigny; also that tho marines won this battle. 'If the Rainbows were there I didn't see anything of them, and as to the marines you know there were only two regiments in the army, and they were in the Second division.

One would judge from the questions asked that the public thinks the two regiments of marines held back the whole German army. I'll take my hat off to the marines any daythey are a fine lot but the infantry had a little, hand in this fight, and don't you forget Jn "Is SOISSOBS After going through the fight at Can tigny without, mishap, Galbraith got to Soissons for the big drive in July, and one the second night. July 19, went down and out. A rifle bullet shattered his left arm and a rib as it made its way under his chest. Bone has been grafted Into the arm and paralysis that resulted Is gradually being overcome and he is on the rood to complete recovery.

"1 Just elf fine," he declared, "and am -coming out as good as new." This boy has brought home two pleas-, ant memories from France. One is the splendid treatment the Yanks received from the French people and the other Is the surpassing wonder of the Red Cross service. French home -were always open to our boys, he says, and if wounded boys wanted to go anywhere, they had only to say so to have charming and delightful persons appear on the scene to escort them. "But the Red Cross -there was never anything- like --When it has been called the organized heart of America, it as not over estimating the spirit behind the I "In fact, there are no words at my command to express just what -that spirit and service meant to our boys. The doctors and surgeons, the nurses, officers and men and women workers -wnjv ine actual, iignters ma not.

serve A CLEAR COMPLEXION RuddyCheeks SparklingEyes Most Women Can Have enisssasasssBss- Says Dr. Edward3, a WeH-Known Ohio Physician Dr.F. ICLEdwarda for 17years treated scores of women for liver and bowel ail--- joents. During these years he gave to his patients a prescription made of a few well-known vegetable ingredients mixed with olive oil, naming them Dr. Edwards' Olive Tablets.

You will know them by their olive color. These tablets are wonder-workers on the liver and bowel a. which cause a normal action, carrying off the waste and poisonous matter in one's system. If you have a pale face, sallow look, dull eyes, pimples, coated tongue, headaches, a listless, no-good feeling, all out of sorts, inactive bowels, you take one of Dr. Edwards' Olive Tablets nightly for a time and note the pleasing results.

Thousands of women as well as men take Dr. Edward's Olive Tablets the successful substitute for calomel now and then just tokeepinthepinkof condi tinn. 10c and 25c per box. All druggists. to me.

disobeyed orders and took a sergeant with me and we crawled down toward them. When we got near enough we saw they were Yanks, and we beat it back to report, but if they'd been Huns The young lieutenant smiled meaningly. At another time small French town was about to be lost (for the fourth time to tho Germans. The marines with their machine guns went in to help the French, "It was hard work and I counted 60 dead Germans in front of our 4 machine guns, but we held that little town." said Lieutenant Lee. With his regiment, young Lee spent two months in' the trenches at Verdun and then followed the 19 days' battle at the Bois de Belleau.

when the Sixth regiment distinguished Itself and received special citation for service. They spent two days at the front in Soissons and were in the trenches at Pont au Mous-ton. The regimnet was in the St. Mlhiel drive and on tha Champagne front, after which they were sent back to the Verdun sector and thence to the Argonne, where Lieutenant Lee was wounded and sent to a hospital. He received his first wound on St.

Patrick's day, but -in speaking of his 16 months overseas he says it was the best fun he ever had in his life. Lieutenant Lee is the -'an of Robert C. Lee of Haines, and tha brother of H. A. Lee of 696 East Forty-first street north.

One of Portland's boys who has had. the honor of being in the convoy which went overseas with President Wilson Is Ensign Shirley L. Klrkland, son 'of Mrs. Lucy Gregor of 1495 Boston avenue. Ensign Klrkland entered service in the navy, enlisting as second class fireman.

During. May and June he was in service on a submarine chaser in the Mediterranean sea and along the West Indies and American coast. He was transferred to the battleship Kentucky and then sent to a naval training school at Philadelphia, where he passed his examinations with success and was picked from the school to go on the IX. S. S.

Yarnell in the convoy which accompanied the pres ident overseas. During his early ex perlence in the service he was seriously injured and while In the hospital wrote a song, "You Remind Me of My He is now stationed on the TJ. S. S. Yarnell, after having been in Paris at the time of the president's arrival there tt ft H.

M. Rutquist, a Portland boy. has been In service on subchaser 88 as a marine engineer. Prior to the signing of the armistice, subchaser 88 bad been used in convoy duty to escort ships out of New York harbor. Young Rutquist was also with the rescue force which helped in taking off the wounded from the stranded Northern Pacific, which was hazardous because of the heavy seas.

He enlisted in the navy In May. 1918, attended Columbia university, tak ing special work, in gas engine mechan ics. Since bis release from service be has taken a position with a large steamship company and is now located in New more faithfully or more earnestly. For Instance, take the hospital trains. Every possible want or desire was antici pated.

Actually there was nothing left to ask for: If there was anything In the world that could have taken the place of home and mother during those days and nights over there. It was the Red Cross. I wish you would boost the organization for me I'm for It heart and soul." The Knights of Columbus and the Salvation Army also 'were lauded by Galbraith and he said one of his hap piest moments on the other aide was when he met Father Moran of Portland in Paris. At Camp May, N. where he was in hospital 11 for a -time, he met a Portland newspaper man.

Representing GaJbraith's memory of the French people Is a picture of dainty little Ann Marie, and his memento of the Red Cross service la a picture of an all- American burse. Somehow I think the American girl scores the higher. Cigarettes have been an important fac tor in this war. but of the billions that went up In smoke' Howard E. Norwood, whose home Is at 1065 East Taylor street, Portland, thinks there was just one too many.

On; night in the Ar-gonne wood tho platoon Norwood was with stationed a gas guard and curled up in the bushes to get a. few hours' sleep The guard could not resist his cig arette, although it was strictly against orders, and the tiny pin point of light it made in the darkness revealed their position to a Hun plane. The bomb that dropped as a consequence killed 28 men literally blew them to pieces. They were all friends and bunkies of the Portland boy. though none of them was from Oregon.

"That is the most hideous memory I have of the war the sight that greeted my eyes in the morning. The mutilated remains scattered all about, even hang ing in the trees was a -hideous Bight and one I wish I could forget." Was If ortheru Pacific After serving with the Third Oregon on the border, Norwood was drafted last May and became a member of Company 309th Infantry. He. went through Camp Lewis, Camp Kearney and Camp Miles and got into the front lines at "Verdun in three months. He was In the big drive of September 28 at Argonne, where he lasted eight days before the machine gun bullets got him.

He was advancing on a nest at the time and, suffered a flesh wound in the left leg. and I bullet tore through his knuckles frotri Bide to side. Is back In Letterman after a furlough and says the massage he gets In that hand every day vhurta a lot worse- than the original wound-s-but it will eventually give him me use or his hand. As a finishing touch to his war ex periences, Norwood had the prospect of being lost at sea- after reaching the American shore line, as he was on the steamer Northern Pacific. grounded on Fire island.

"It was a pretty tough prospect, we thought seemed like the whole world was against us. But. after tha first day and night tha boys got used to it and finally the sub chasers got alongside on the third day and we all got off Donald Telfer. son of Oeonce Telf er of Ash wood, might have been in Europe yet with Company, Eighth Infantry. If Jt hadn't been for General Pneumonia.

He arrived overseas with his company just two days before the armistice was signed, spent seven weeks in a hospital In France and got another ride across the Atlantic. He is In Letterman hospital1 and as soon as the doctors think he is sufficiently recovered will get his discharge and go back to ranching at Ash wood. "Whtrv-1 see the condition some of the boys came home "In. I think maybe I wasn't so unlucky after alU la the way Telfer views the trick fata played on him. "The people of Germany have absolutely- no use for the kaiser now and Wood row Wilson is the.

man of the hour," writes Wallace Wray, in. lha army of occupation stationed at Mayen, Germany, with company K. 405th telephone battalion. "I cannot help being suspicious of these people and refraining from having full confidence In them as It seems so queer to mingle, with those who a short time ago were ready to cut roar throat if they but had the chance. Things like that are hard to forget In so short -a time.

Most of the people, however, concede that they were wrong and are glad the war Is over. A German preacher said that Gott is still mit em, and that Germany dutch," or words to that effect, and consequently "Gott" saw to it that they got licked. There are many beer shops here, small cabarets, as it were. The girls seem to like the American soldiers very much. I haven't fallen yet, but may at any minute, for some of them are "swell lookers." If a fellow could only talk their lingo he'd be in soft.

I was Just getting along when, presto we landed In Germany, and the only German I can speak is beer. Since writing this letter I have bad a chance to see a lot more of Mayen. We were In quest of some gravel for our kitchen floor and started out in our Packard truck, driving around at random till we finally ran Into an old bunker and got our load of rock. There Is a lot of mud and corruption around the kitchen, so we got our rocks to put on Jlop. Christmas trees are for sale in vacant lots just the same as at' home, and the windows are full of cheap imitation Christmas trappings.

I have a lot of souvenirs, including a German belt and buckle (a Gott mit uns kind), an iron cross, two other medals, a- pair of German officers field glasses and other little things. Germany is rich in scenery, especially so along the Rhine. We have traveled for 30 kilometers along a perfect The towns merge into each other in one great winding city. The river is walled in on both sides by great cliffs, and no matter which cliff you may choose to look at you wiU see a great ol castle or an ancient fortress still standing guard over the town that will be found at its base. The river seems to be an artery of industry with many little boats plying up and down and each one loaded.

Twice wounded in action, a veteran of seven drives and still smiling. Lieutenant Charles P. Lee returned to Portland last week after IT months active service with the regimental machine gun company. Sixth regiment of marines. Second division.

When questioned about the distinguished service cross which he has received. Lieutenant Lee modestly declared that he really, didn't do a thing and that anybody would have done the same thing under the circumstances. "We were on a hillside, you see." he finally began. "The order had come to open up with our machine gun on the enemy, but they didn't look like Hum VISITED HOME FOLKS ON WAY TO CAMP LEWIS Private Bert F. Strange Private Bert Stranger son of Mr.

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Dockery of 1014 East Eighth street north. "As far as we know now we will be on our way home by March 1," writes Geary. W. Ellenburg from Gladbach, Germany, where he is stationed with company C. 126th infantry, 3 2d division.

"It is far too cold to rill ere but next week I begin a special course of -tshooting and will spend a week on the range. We hope to go down the Rhine to Rotterdam, Holland, and I do hope so, as. it will mean one more country which I have seen, and I have been in 11 different countries so far. and that's pretty good for three years' time. Private Ellenburg nas a brother, Liuetenant Herschel Ellenburg.

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