TIIE SUXDAT OKEGOXTAX, PORTLAND, OCTOBER 27, 1913.
OREGONIAN NEWS MEN IN SERVICE WRITE LETTERS HOME
Major Richeson Writes of
Trip Through France.
Recent Letter Mentions Leslie Tmh(
Killed by Hum Sniper.
N
EWS of the wounding of Major A.
B. Richeson on the western front
while commanding his battalion, which
. was recelTed by Mrs. Richeson in a
cablegram Wednesday from the Major,
makes one of his recent letters received
here of unusual interest. Major Riche
son was In command of a battalion
A
across the channel here. One of , my
sergeants was taken across on a 'joy
ride one day last week. Some time ago
I had a trip across the channel with
Captain James Taylor, whose brother,
by the way, is pastor of a church, Grace
Memorial, I believe. In Portland.
"We see some wonderful flying here,
but that is due to the fact that those
pilots who are instructors here have
put in over three or four years of fight
ing on the front, where they had to
fly through barrages of shell and rifle
fire day after day, fighting and ma
neuvering their machines in a way that
no man ever would risk were it not
for the dire necessities of war. Quite
naturally they think nothing of doing
crasy things. The other day I saw a
pilot take one of the speedy camel
righting planes up In the air and de
liberately 'roll' for a distance of sev
eral hundred yards, going at a speed
of about 100 miles an hour. By 'roll
Ing I mean turning around and around
like a corkscrew. Tou will see pilots
going along at about 100 miles an hour
suddenly lift the noses of their ma
chines In the air, then bank sideways
like a seagull on the wing. This has
the effect of stopping you suddenly In
midair, and more left rudder brings
the machine right back over the same
path of a moment before, with the ma'
chine going In the opposite direction.
"This school which I am affiliated
with is a'finlshing school for British
pilots, teaching co-operation between
aircraft, artillery and infantry.
Bordeaux Is Cosmopolitan
City, Says Oregonian.
Wlllard Shaver Writes ef French
Seaport and Its Characteristics.
WILLARD SHAVER is In France'
with Company F. of the 18th
Engineers Railway. Previous to his j
enlistment he was a member of
the staff, of The Oregonian, where he
came after graduating from the Uni
versity of Oregon. He is sporting ed
itor on the staff of "The Splker" which
Portlander Pictures Life on
South Sea Island.
Fred G. Taylor Tells of Excursion)
aad Hike In Jungle.
RED a. TAYLOR is with the United
States Marine Corps at the Marine I
Barracks. Naval Station, at Guam. He
was appointed by the Governor of tne I
Island as assistant editor of the Guam
News Letter, the monthly newspaper
issued on the island. Previous to his I
enlistment in the marines, he was a I
i. u. n n I codv editor for The Oregonian.
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Ian Cwr Editor. Wenndea Since oomeininK ui tne me ui ...,-.
Wrltlaa- Letter Printed Here. uuam. is given in a letter written u,
uun, wjhcu la uuuicu iicic.
"When the last transport was here
which undoubtedly was in the thick of I T tiari . vtv lntr.atfni) .Tpnminn out I
the fighting, as last week news was re- there on 'official business.' A corporal I w'!'"rd s,,' 'vl',th Engineer la
ceivea nere or tne aeatn in action oi and I wont ahnard to check on the has:-I " -
Lieutenant Leslie O. Tooze. r.r. nf th 'hnmew.rd-hnundars.' and Bllr om lne sl"Mr'"
Mr. Richeson. formerly a member of I then waited for several hours for the
. yJ-i: --TVs!
the news staff of The Oregonian. came captain Quartermaster of the vessel, UB the official publication of the 18th
to Portland several years ago. follow- I who wa8 ashore for some social affair, I .,- ,
lng newspaper work in the Hawaiian to return anl sign the manifest. He ... , . .. ..
Islands, which he took up after being ii.h i .nnoar w a th wllpst An Interesting description of the city
honorably discharged from the Army at I teed aboard and then returned by I of Bordeaux, France, where he is bll
Schof ield Baracks, where he was sta- I launch across the harbor In the moon-1 leted. Is contained in a letter written
tioned several years after seeing serv- iiht and back b auto throusrh the I to his sister. Miss Cora fihaver. of this
cocoanut groves to town. The next I city.
morning we again visited tne vessel,
this time getting our business done
and saying good-bye to our friends on
the ship, bound for the Philippine
Islands and the states.
-"Last Sunday another fellow and I
Ice In the Philippines. One of Mr.
Richeson's latest letters reads, in part
"In France, August 1. My first
breathing spell since I landed In
France! ' So here goes to tell you all
about it. Shall try and write you .reg
ularly hereafter.
"On our first night In France we were
far away, but heard distinctly the
booming of the big guns In Marshal
Foch's great counter offensive and have
had splendid news every day since.
We remained one day at the seaport
"rest camp' and then came here by rail
In two days. Here we are In a peace
ful farming community, the regiment
being billeted In the little towns.
"The conditions among the people
here are exactly as I expected to find
them. Americans are exceedingly pop
ular everywhere, as our troops really
stopped the big Hun drive after they
bad broken through at Chateau Thierry
and we contributed in no small mess-
tire to the grand success that followed.
"At present our division (meaning
undoubtedly the famous Hist, which I
composed of many Oregon and Wash
Ington boys) Is in a so-called training
area. As you easily may guess, the
work has been tremendous. We don't
bother about little things like Sundays,
except to stop and plan the next week's
work.
"We had a car for our own use, but
It burned up the other day. Yesterday
I made quite a hike to maneuvers, tin
hat. gas mask and all. Dog-tired last
night. In the near-future I expect we
will move closer to the front for mora
advanced training. I have gone on
business to the city where our general
headquarters are and where do. you
think they are? and met several old
I
f Yj
"Bordeaux is a, city of rather tin
stable population at the present time,
although its normal population is near
400.000. It is a very cosmopolitan
place, rich In tradition that harks back
to the time of the Ceasars, and contains
in itself and environs, some of the most
historical monuments to ie found any
where in France. It is spread ovef a
great many square miles of territory,
as there are no buildings in the city
of more than five stories. Buildings are
almost universally of soft stone and tile
with slate roofing. Many of the build
ings now inhabited by the small shop
keepers and their families have been
in use for 300 years.
'The main part of the city or Bor
deaux proper, is in" the shape of i
semicircle, with the skirting street ex
tending along the entire curve. That
is. you can take a tram at the river at
the north of the city, and with but one
change, end at the river at the south
side of the city. Radial streets from
this main part converge at a large
place called the 'Quinconces,' which
plana contains two of the most beau
tlful of the many, architectural attrac
tions that the city possesses. Outside
of this semicircle are the different
suburbs of the city, of which there
are many, eacn possessing its town
government."
Sham Battle Is Realistic,
Writes Harry Grayson.
friends among Army officers on the O. Tayler. ex-Copy Editor of Tne
staff. Tours. Richeson." Oregonian, Who Writes of Life ns a
Portland Tooth Now Stationed at
Marine Training; Camp.
Apparently the 91st moved lip near
the front-iine trenches shortly after
Marine la Guam.
rj ARRT GRATSON Is the son of Mr.
i. and Mrs. Mark Grayson, 909
Haight avenue, of this city. At present
he is attending the Marine Officers'
He
this letter was written, for it was re- I took a hike out into the jungles, walk
ported in dispatches a week ago that I ing around one of the beaches and
this division, said to hav been one of climbing out on the coral reef that
the best .trained ever sent' over there, I guards the harbor, at low tide. We Training- Camp at Quantico. Va.
bad been under fire, and it was only took some pictures and started back was formerly assistant SBorts editor
bbi. woc win um ucaiu in avuvu vi I to ton n. Hlier eeeuiic; uuiiie ui me muni I n The Oregonian
lieutenant louio was caoiea to nis i oriiiiantiy colored iisnes ana tne i D . i n ,n
f""'" V""" - strangest ones we nau ever seen. e g tember 15 foHow: A beautiful
In the battalion commanded by Major I took a road that we thought led to I c,..i -i. j .i,t.
Richeson. I the main one back to town, but after I t. u i I .i.i .i
. nuo .u,u .oi J 1 1 " miu i . u t . i
Roscoe Fawcett Sees Airmen
in Perilous Feats.
Former Span In ar Rditor of The Ore.
gnlan Commands Air Sqnadma
la England.
LIEUTENANT ROSCOE FAWCETT,
sporting editor of The Oregonian
for seven years, attended the second
officers training camp at the Presidio
and received a commission as a First
Lieutenant in the Flying Corps. Later
he was sent to a flying field at San
Diego, Cal.. and went overseas when
he completed his course there.
Following are quotations taken from
several miles found that we had dis
covered a deserted Spanish highway
leading through the jungles and
few minutes were at the Leper colony
at one end of the island before we
knew what had happened.
"There we saw the walls of an old
Spanish prison and looked into the
'Devil's Punch Bowl.' which Is a con
on the ground at breakfast time. I
woke up about 5 o clock this morning
and grabbed the blankets off the bed of
the man next to me. I had six thick
nesses of blankets over me when I
awoke at 7:50. Breakfast on Sunday
mornings at the camp is at 8 o'clock,
allowing us time for a dandy rest- I
have been reading the Philadelphia
traption in the ground about 20 feet Public Ledger, which we receive every
across at the top and bottom, but mornlnir. This afternoon will finish
bulging in the center to about 100 feet UD mv note book for the week and eet
and 160 feet deep. Then we returned busy on tomorrow's lesson."
to town, took some pictures of native in a letter written October 2, Harry
women -collecting 'tody,' the juice of said that he was fireman for the day
the cocoanut tree from which native and -didn't like the Job a bit. "There
liquor Is made and hiked back.
On the way we climbed a cocoanut
tree, plucked a green cocoanut, punc
tured it and drank the refreshing milk.
for we were hot and. thirsty. By the
time we reached the barracks we had
taken a little Jaunt of ten miles in the
hot afternoon sun. We are going in
another direction today."
are two stoves in the bunkhouse, and
some one has to stay in each day and
look after them, and it was my turn
today," he wrote. "The last couple of
Weeks here the weather has been beau
TWENTY -ONE ORE
GONIAN NEWSROOM
MEN NOW SERVING
IN V. S. RANKS.
All letters printed on this page
today are from men tvho left the
, neJPi department of The Orego
nian for military service. Besides
those represented here, others in
service are Walter Giffard, who
resigned as automobile editor to
enter the English army and tvho
ranks as Captain; James Olson,
who is attached to the Medical
Corps at V ancouver. Wash., and
James H. Cassell, tvho recently
enlisted in the Tanfy Corps.
Altogether 2 1 Oregonian news
men are in service,' this number
not including several who had
left The Oregonian shortly before
enlisting. Ii is interesting to note
that all but three of the 21 en
listed voluntarily. Of the three
drafted one voluntarily asked to
be put in class I after being
granted deferred classification.
The letters printed on this
page were written to friends and
relatives in Portland, and the
writers did not noiP that they
were to be published.
Oregon Newspaperman Is
on Stars and Stripes.
Frank Barton Stationed at Bordeaux
for Army Publication.
FRANK BARTON is with the.l8th U.
S. Engineers in France, where he
is on the staff of "The Stars and
Stripes," which is the official A. E. F.
publication. He is also on the staff of
"The Spiker-," which Is the publication
issued by the boys of the 18th En
gineers." While in this city, Mr. Barton
'We'll Return for Christmas,'
Writes George Stoney.
Former Oregonian Copy Editor Now
in Canadian Infantry.
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dieres of the American canteen service
were on deck with cookies and dough
nuts. I have got to stop. I haven't seen
a doughnut for months.
"We had another stop-off at Chey
enne on a Sunday morning. It (the
town) would have looked a little more
lifelike, I think, on a Saturday night.
But we enjoyed our little hike and our
rest under the poplar trees in the city
park.
"We hit the last struggles of a big
rain storm in Iowa and saw enough
rain in the air to give Portland a 60
foot channel to the sea.
"The whole country made us want to
get over there close enough to' take a
swing at 'em for it, and the way the
girls flocked to the O. D. tickled our
vanity. But all of 'the' girls are back
there in Oregon, except the Oregon
girls who are over here.
"We were not in Camp Merritt long
until we boarded the transport for here.
She was some ship, we'll rise to main
tain. She started carrying Canadians
across when I was wearing a maple leaf
myseii, and she was equipped for the
work.
"We had no dirty weather anywhere
along the way. But for all of that.
some of the boys entered into working
agreements with the porpoises about
the second day out. We were tickled to
see hills on the horizon after many
days."
French Enthusiastic Over
Deeds of Americans.
Newspapers Play T.'B Valor of V, S.
Boys, Says Edgar Piper, Jr.
Fran.: barton r urmer Cftregonian Re
porter, Now Handling Circulation for
"The Stars and Stripes."
GEORGE F. STONEY, who was for
J five years a copy editor with The
Oregonian, is in England with an in
fantry division of the Canadian army.
He went first to a Canadian concen
tration training camp, where he was
placed in the forestry division. Later,
at his request, he was transferred to
the infantry division, and sent to Eng
land.
A letter written from there dated
August 20, follows:
"Time runs along and things seem
to be going well with the allies, so
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was on the local news staff of The
Oregonian.
In a recent letter he- states that they
would not let him stay in Paris, so
they sent him to Bordeaux. A letter
written from Bordeaux is given here
lhey sent me down here to do
little missionary work. I am hand
ling the circulation for 'The Stars and
btripes.' Once in a while when I get
hold of a juicy news item, I send it
tn, just to sort of keep my hand in, you
know.
"The 'flivver' is laid up for repairs
just now. It developed something
wrong with Its Inwards the other day,
It was too much of a problem for me.
so I took it to the shop for overhaul
ing. I haven't heard yet what the re
sults of the autopsy were.
"I have been having a good time
here. There i re plenty of good roads
to try out the flivver on and the
scenery is wonderful, so what more
could you ask?
"I have been pretty lucky too, haven't
killed any Frenchmen nor French dogs
or anything of that sort, and you know.
I was not what you would call an ex
pert chauffeur when I started in. I did
take a colored stevedore on the 'tail
light' one evening when I was driving
out the river road. However, when
he got up he was alive enough to ask
me for 6 francs, which he did not get.
decided that he could not be very
badly hurt, so drove on.
Seth Bailey, wno worked around
The Oregonian office a little and who
ran the jitney paper, is now on the
staff of 'The Stars and Stripes.' He
is in Paris and takes weekly trips to
one of the front lir.e sectors for the
caper.
People have been coming into the
office alt afternoon and I can hardly
keep my thoughts collected enough to
write. First it was a Spaniard looking
for work and then it was a French wo
man. who wanted an Interpreter, and
then it was a naval Intelligence man,
who insisted on telling his stock of
Btories.
Camp Life ' Is Likened to
Newspaper Work.
Jerrold Owen Now Instructor at
Camp Grant. Illinois.
LIEUTENANT EDGAR PIPER, JR.,
is in France with the 1102d Aero
Replacement Squadron. He la a grad
uate of Reed College, later being em
ployed on the local staff of The Ore
gonian. He attended the officers' train
ing school at the Presidio and holds the
rank of First Lieutenant.
"We have just finished reading the
George F Stoney, Who Left Oregonian
Copy Desk for Service With Cana
dians.
Llentenant Rooroe Faweett. Whe Edited
Snorts far The Orraonlnn and Nnw
Commnnds Aero Snuadron.
a letter written during the Summer:
"Ever since arriving in England my
squadron has been affiliated with the
Royal Air Force. I hare been quar
tered with British staff officers and
have enjoyed the sojourn very much.
My men have been employed at a well
known British airdrome, where they
have had a chance to familiarise them
selves with all of the latest British
machines. Machines are leaving and
arriving every day for and from France.
They do not think anything of flying
Arthur Jones Now Serving
as Company Clerk.
Former Oregonian Copy Editor De
scribes Cams Trenches.
SERGEANT ARTHUR N. JONES is
with the 42d Company, of the 166th
Depot Brigade, stationed at Camp
Lewis. Until the time of his enlist
ment, about five months ago, he was
a copy editor for The Oregonian.
"Here is a story they tell about a
rookie In our company, he wrote
r-oruand inena recently. "It seems
that the shoes they Issue here are
several sizes larger than a man wears
In civil life. The Lieutenant had or
dered the company to right face, and
catching sight of the rookie still faced
in the original direction, he asked why
he did not right face when the com
mand was given. 'I turned, but my
shoes did not.' replied the recruit. You
see they were so large ha turned about
in them.
"Went out to the trenches construct
ed by the 91st Division, which is now
in France, the other day. Boy, you
ought to visit them. You can go down
in the ground 30 feet and find suites
of .rooms underground. They have
plank floors and bunks built into the
walls like on shipboard. The gas was
pretty strong when I was there, but I
managed to get out without being over
come.
"Some of the galleries underground
are just wide enough for a man to get
through and a fellow does not go about
too much, for it's the easiest thing in
the world to become lost. They are
just getting the artillery Into camp
for the 13th Division, which is form
ing, and pretty soon, I expect, we shall
be kept awake nights when the (una
begin to pound." ,
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Harry Grayson, Who Wrote Sports for
The Oregonian, Now In Maria Offl-
Tralnins; Cams.
tlful, although it gets awfully cold at
night.
"We are about through with one-half
of the course, and are down to field
work. I like it very much. Yesterday
we had a big sham battle. We used
dummy cartridges and it seemed realis
tic as the deuce.
"I am getting to be some husky boy
and you will hardly know me when I
Set home.
well indeed that I still hold my original
hope of being home for Christmas.
'I am afraid I have often bored you
with my ideas about the patriotism
and heroism of women. My cousin's
only son, a very promising boy who
had just graduated 'with the highest
engineering honors, the son and grand
son of noted engineers and inventors,
as one of the early war victims. A
very lovable boy. They were all his
laves, you might say. wen, his sister
howed me his study with all his books.
is sabre and war souvenirs, his
sketches made in France, and other
little personal things. Then she showed
e a War Office map with the ceme
tery where he was buried marked
thereon, and the papers that very day
told of fighting over that particular
spot. -
She went through ail or this witn
e. with a smiie on ner iace. n mat
does not need a courageous heart apd
eroic nature, I don t know what does.
It is a thousand times harder than
facing an enemy's guns, and I tell you,
I came away from there with a feeling
of the deepest humility and thanking
the Almighty from my heart that it
may be permitted me to fight in behalf
of such women, of which she is not
an isolated case, but it is perhaps typi
cal of the better class of British.
"There seems to be a lull in the fight
Ins: now, but everything is oh our side.
The Americans have done wonders and
they won't be satisfied to stay quiet
for long. The French and British, too.
are only getting their breath for an
other advance, and it won't take so
very long to get the Boche out of
France: in fact, the Americans have
been on German soil in one place along
the Alsace border fftr some time.
"The morale of the central powers
seems to be badly run down and pris
oners are easier to take than even a
few months ago and manpower is.be
ginning to tell now. If events in Rus
sia develop so that Germany has to
put an army there she will be up
against it properly and may have to
weaken the western front so greatly
that it won't be able to stand the
strain. The reverse is true with the
allies, thanks to America. We are
growing stronger every day and our
shipping is increasing, too. It s all our
way and nearly won."
Experiences of Trip From
Oregon to France Told.
Linton L. Davtes Glad to Get Over
and at Boche Desperadoes.
T&RIVATE LINTON DAVIES, son of
IT Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Da vies, of 73
Greenwood avenue, served for nearly a
year with the Canadian Light Field Ar
tillery, receiving honorable discharge
due to Injuries when, he was run over
by a field gun. When he returned to
this city he enlisted with Base Hospital
46, with which he is now serving in
France. Previous to being called into
service he was on the staff of The Ore
gonian. A letter dated August 10, telling of
his trip overseas. Is as follows:
"All of the letters I have written
since I left Camp Lewis have been
usually, of necessity, fragmentary and
lacking, so I will try to clean up in
this one. Having edited soldiers' war
letters by the score for The Oregonian,
I may be able to avoid some of the
usual stuff and give you as much as I
can of what we never got from the
others over here.
"Our trip from Camp Lewis was not
particularly eventful, although we made
several stops and interested ourselves
in the scenery and the natives of the
communities we got an eyeful of. The
odd part of it was that we came right
down from camp to Portland, but shot
THIRST LIEUTENANT JERROLD
J? OWEN, formerly a member of Th
Oregonian reportorial staff, was sta'
tioned at Camp Lewis, until recently
ordered to report to Camp Grant, 111.
for duty as a military instructor at the
consolidated training school. For some
time he was an instructor at the fourth
officers' training school at Camp
Lewis. Hereceived a commission at
the officers' training school at th
Presidio.
Parts of a recent letter written from
Camp Grant follow:
"My work begins at 7:15 A. M.
(reveille, 5:45) and continues straigh
through until 9 P. M. About as bad as
working on a newspaper. The two
hours in the evening, 7 to 9, are usual
ly study periods, but instructors must
study themselves those hours by com
pulsion, and usually an hour more by
necessity.
"The system here Is to have the
platoon leaders, of which I am one, do
all of the instructing. No specialists.
I have to handle all drills, all lectures,
everything for my platoon. Quite some
little job.
"Rockford is a pretty town five miles
from here and my wife Is well located
at least, but I can only get away on
Saturday nights, and have to be back
at 5:30 on Sunday nights, so it is not
very pleasant for her.
"Quite an epidemic of Spanish In
f J V s !
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. :: ; eiw.
Llentenant Jerrold Owen, Former Court
house Reporter for The Oregonian,
Who Writes of ' Activities nt Camp
Grant.
fluenza has struck us. Blnce Sunday
there have developed 52 cases in my
company, and two of them are expected
to end fatally at any time. Thus far
I have not caught it, though I have had
to carry into the barracks one of my
men who fell out in ranks.
We have three officers from over
seas as instructors in this company.
Nice fellows. They have had experi
ences which I certainly envy them, but
not one of them wants to get back.
Glad they have been there, but it's not
pleasant."
Oil Under Fingernails Is In
dication of Day.
Glenn Qnlett Writes Interestingly
of Life nt Camp Fremont.
Llentenant Edgar Piper, Jr., Formerly
on The Oregonian News Staff, With
Aero Replacement Squadron.
account of another important military
event and we feel this time a great
deal of pride, for it was mainly by the
efforts of our own American soldiers,"
he says in a recent letter to his mother,
Mrs. Edgar B. Piper. "A long-needed
and highly desirable change has been
effected in the map of Northern
France. I can easily picture the way
this news has been received in Amer
ica with whistles and bells and hats
in the air. And over here perhaps
you don't think anyone appreciates the
Americans. But no, happily, the
French are never lacking in enthusiasm.
and they are all talking about the
ranks more rapidly than ever. The
papers have been keeping us in head
lines for weeks. There isn't much
space in a French Journal only a single
page but they never.omit the articles
which tell of the wonderful things the
Yanks are doing and cartoons of Yanks
cutting the terrible Boche wide open.
They say that at least the war has
started.
'I have seen so many different things
lately and neglected writing about so
many that the job seems hopeless. But
I did intend telling you about the Eng
lishman we met on the train going to
Deanvllle. He was middle-aged and
might be described as a cross between
Dr. Chapman and Jack Herlng. He
had been a sportsman and explorer be
fore the war and had been wandering
around a good deal after his discharge
and seemed to be principally Interested
in a shotgun they were making for
him that he could operate with one
arm. The other arm was lost in the
war and the empty left Bleeve Is pinned
up across his chest where he finds it
convenient as a carrier for his rather
large cigar case.
'I have just spent another week-end
with the family Paulez. They are great.
Everyone talks French and gets very
much excited over the conversation
nearly all of the time, and I feel very
much at home around that place. I
don't possibly see how the cook could
originate, but they never fail in that
direction. These French; they hate to
contemplate the possibility of a parch
ing thirst also, and I don't think that
their cellar will go dry very soon.
"Harold Weeks (formerly Reed Col
lege correspondent of The Oregonian)
is still with the 89th, getting on as an
observer."
Quaint French Customs Are
Interesting to Oregon Boy.
Fred M. White Says Men's Costumes
Ran to Knee Breeches and
Bicycles.
OREGONIAN NEWS MEN IN
SERVICE.
George F. Stoney Fred G. Taylor
Harry Grayson Roscoe Fawcett
Lv L. Da vies
Jerrold Owen
Frank Barton
J. H. Cellars
C. P. Ford
Willard Shaver
A. B. Richeson
Earl R. Goodwin James Olson
Maurice H. Hyde
F. M. White
Edgar Piper, Jr.
L. J. Malarkey
Glen Quiet
A. N. Jones
Walter Gif ford
James H. Cassell
Linton I.. Davis, Former Oregonlaa Re
porter, Who Writes of Trip to War
Zone.
away East without getting into town.
We struck the .main O.-W. track at
Troutdale. '
"Hood River and The Dalles had been
notified of our coming, and were at the
station with flowers and postcards and
a regular Oregon welcome and good
bye. 'We cant forget the smile they
sent us away with.
The same experience was ours at
Glenns Ferry, Idaho, where we de
trained for a three-mile hike. Vlvau-
f LENN C. QUIETT Is with Company
LI B, of the 24th Machine Gun Bat
talion, stationed at Camp Fremont. He
was a student at Reed College for some
time. Previous to his enlistment, he
was a member of The Staff of The Or
egonian.
"Don't know the date but 'tis Sat
urday in the .morning, and I'll let it
go at that," is the way he begins
recent letter to friends in this city.
know it's Saturday by the sapolio grit
on my hands, the oil under my finger.
nails, and the kink in my back. These
lesser evidences let pas's. Behold the
well-scrubbed floor of our tent, and
the mess kits shining fit for shaving
mirrors. If you have followed me this
far, you will conclude that there must
be a special reason lor tnis overac
tivity. There is. On Saturday we are
Inspected, or rather, in Army parlance,
we 'stand Inspection,' and everything
has to be shipshape, with no dirt in
the 'cracks.
"Newspaper training is ruinous for a
rookie. Instead of throwing papers
n the floor, we have to pick 'em up.
Not only papers, but straws, apple cores
and cigarette butts. Just think of it.
'snipes. At 0:45 each morning we flock
down the company street like a plague
of locusts, picking everything clean be
fore us. Even when I am in San Fran
Cisco, my fingers twitch every time I
lamp a cigarette butt and I want to
police the hotel corridor and adjure
thoughtless persons to quit throwing
their candy bags and chewing gum cuds
on the sidewalks.
Now they even make us go out on
the parade ground and pick up all of
the leaves. The way these trees shed!
think they have the mange. The
only thing we can do is to pray for a
strong wind to blow them down to
some other company's area."
May in Health Service.
Besides The Oregonian news men
actually in military service, Walter W.
R. May, ex-assistant city editor, is now
in the public health Bervice. Mr. May
s conducting a campaign or education
in industrial plants for the division of
venereal diseases of the public health
bureau, with headquarters at Washing
ton, D. C. There are in military serv-
PRIVATE FRED M. WHITE Is In
France with Base Hospital 46. He
was a student at Reed College for some
time, later being employed by The Ore
gonian as "police reporter.
Interesting descriptions of the French1
people have been given in letters writ
ten to Portland folk, some of which are
given here:
"You should see the costumes. The
old women are all dressed in black and
wear white caps and funny little lateral
wings that bow out over the ears and
bend back to the crown. The most
striking feature of the dress of th
younger and more fashionable women
Is low shoes with wide flaring bows
that stick out like the fins on a cat
fish. Men's styles seem to run to knee
pants and bicycles, and also funny
headgear. Some wear the large, ehape-
f ; " ' "
w ' aw? gjr
Fred M. White, Who Resigned as Ore
gonian Reporter to Knter liase Hos
pital Unit.
less affairs that Bohemian artists wear
in pictures in the Cosmopolitan, some
affect the large cap worn in the
'Apaches of Paris",' and still others wear
wide-brimmed flat hats with long -rib
bons streaming behind that must have
een handed down from father to son
nee the time of Dumas heroes.
Wooden shoes seem to be the regular
thing for fatigue wear among the clvil-
.i r,i. I Ian population. . All civilian men wear
of The Oregonian who had left this pa- whiskers, all young or middle-aged men
per a short time before enlisting, ' J .(Concluded on Pace &.