THE ' SXJJTDAY" OREGOXIAX, PORTXAND, 'JANUARY ' 19, 1919.
BOYS WRITE OF EXPERIENCES IN BATTLE ZONE OF FRAN CE
All Anxiously Awaiting Orders to Sail for Home Belgians Enthusiastic Over Americans After Armistice Is Signed.
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Heavy Artillery.
RE Teeter, formerly of Portland,
is spending: a 30-day furlough
with h is parents, Mr. and Mrs.
John Teter. near Oregon City, having:
recently returned from France, where
he was in the marine aviation service.
He was one of the first Americans to
land in Beium, and relates that when
the Yankees made their appearance the
Belgians rushed to greet them, embrac
ing and kissing them. One young man
who had gone through four years in a
German prison camp told them that he
had a. 320-acre farm in the United
iStates, but had answered the call of
his country.
He was a student at Benson Polytech
nic several years ago. and also attend
ed the Clinton-Kelly School, of this city.
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Lieutenant J. Douglas McKay, of
Portland, who was severely wounded in
Krance last October, has been returned
from overseas and is now on his way
to Camp Lewis hospital, where he will
remain for the next few months re
covering from his wounds.
Lieutenant McKay was with the 361st
Infantry, 91st Division, and was in some
of the hardest fighting done by the
Americans in. the Argonne forest. He
received six severe wounds from shrap
nel, the same shell instantly killing
his two comrades beside him. He was
taken to base hospital 46, and was cared
for by Portland doctors and his sister-
in-law. Miss Rvelyn Hill, who is a nurse
with that unit, until he was sent to the
United States the latter part of No
vember.
Lieutenant McKay was a prominent
O. A. C. student, graduating in the class
of 1917, and was president of the stu
dent assembly during his senior year.
He is a member of Phi Delta Theta fra
ternity.
"We were all prepared for the final
drive to Berlin when the armistice was
rigned, and all fronts were prepared to
etart on the same day," Chester Eugene
Oast, 364th Field Hospital, 316th Sani
tary Train, wrote to his cousin. Miss
Pansy La Spronce, under date of No
vember 25 from Rudenarde, France.
"Our division was in reserve for the
St. Mihiel drive," he continued, "was in
action in Argonne and also in action in
Flanders, in Belgium. In the Argonne
fight our hospital was set up only two
Tniles back of the trenches and shells
were dropping around us day and night.
The wounded were brought in to us
bo fast that we worked both night and
day.
Young Gast made his home in Port
land before going overseas last July.
"The bird of peace is not a dove. It is
a canary bird," writes John W. Allen,
relating in a letter to his mother, Mrs.
W. D. Allen, of Central Vale, an inci
dent of the morning of the armistice.
"About 8 o'clock in the morning of
the 11th," writes the young man, now
rwith the 65th regiment of Coast Artil
lery, having enlisted while at the Uni
versity of Washington with a coast ar
tillery company of that state's National
Guard, "we received orders to cease fir
ing but to stand by for further orders.
A little bird flitted along, stopped and
rang to us a couple of minutes, and
then it flew down directly into the muz
zle of the gun I was on. When that
bird came out and flew away he left all
of us feeling confident that the Boche
was going to sign that armistice."
According to Mr. Allen's letter, the
63th was in the thick of the battle
toward the last.
"We are anxiously waiting and count
ing the hours until we will start home,"
Claude B. Itudd. master signal electri
cian with the second aid service, has
written.
"We have turned out 400 planes for
the French army, to which we are at
tached. We have nothing to do with
the American side of the aviation ex
cept to draw our pay. I am glad the
war is over, as there are too many fine
Americans being killed to suit me."
Charles R. McCoy has been in some
tiretty tough places in the battle zone,
according to a letter recently received
in Portland by his mother, Mrs. Eliza
McCoy, 700 East Sixty-ninth street
North. Prior to his enlistment Mr. Mc
Coy was employed in the pressroom of
The Oregonian. He is now with the
army of occupation in Germany.
"I have been in every big drive since
July 4, have been in some pretty tough
places and consider myself lucky to get
out whole," he wrote. "Our guns are
the French 155.6 inches and shoot 12
miles. In our last big drive, which
drove the Huns back to where they
came from, one of our guns shot 114
rounds in 40 minutes. Our regiment
has all new trucks, but we still have
our old guns."
Clarence A. Bankhead, attached to
the faculty of Columbia University as
instructor in aeronautical motors, was
formerly engaged in business in Port
land as proprietor of the Storage Bat
tery Company, 34S Couch street. He is
a graduate of the United States Naval
Aeronautical Post-Graduate School. Co
lumbia University, and has received a
commission as warrant officer in the
Naval Aviation Corps. Mrs. Bankhead,
formerly Miss Edna Snyder, of Portland,
is en route to New York, where she
will Join her husband.
Three brothers entered the service
from Rose Lodge, Or., and are now
nerving Uncle Sam In various branches
of the Army. They are Clyde w. Leon
1 srd. Ralph R. Leonard and Roy V. Leon
1 rd. Clyde, the youngest. Is but 19
years of age.
Hugh Parks is a Portland boy over
Ralph R Leonard)
of Roae Lodge.
Bert O. Crnlkahank,
Engineer.
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Captain Dana H. Allen,
of Salem, Or.
seas with the 158th Infantry, Company
M. He is known to his comrades by the
rather unedifying nickname of "Bosco,"
Friends write that he has been in the
thick of several engagements.
Sergeant William E. Anderson, son of
Mrs. Anna Anderson, Grand Oak Apart
ments, was training for a commission
in the heavy artillery at Saumur Heavy
Artillery School, Saumur, France, when
the armistice was signed.
Sergeant Anderson was a member of
the 65th Coast Artillery before the
United States entered the war, and he
went overseas with that unit. Extracts
from a letter recently received by his
mother follow:
"I am writiiig this on a little Jap
anese table in the Y. M. C. A. They
have one room all fixed up in Jap
anese style, and it is really wonderf,uL
Some real American girls are coming
down from Tours tomorrow night and
we are going to have a dance here in
the Y. M. We sure have some good
piano players out of this lare collec
tion of men. I have heard there are
2000 students in this school, and about
600 finish each month, so you see a
good many officers wei . tunned out
when they were granting commissions.
I am safe in saying that the French
have developed artillery to a stage
where they have all nations beat. Cap
tain Dreyfus, our Instructor, is sup
posed to be the best authority on
artillery in the world, and I'll tell you,
he is a dandy.
"Don't look for me home until you
see me."
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James H. Green, 22, who enlisted in
the Eighth Company. Coast Artillery
Corps, on March 27, 1917, and left for
France July 31, 1918, is ready to come
home as soon as he gets a chance, ac
cording to a letter he wrote to his
mother, Mrs. George O'Neal, 684 Com
mercial street. Young Green was the
first to enlist after the recruiting of
fice opened. He was stationed at Fort
Stevens 11 months.
"The weather is getting cold," he
writes under date of November 16, "and
I suppose it is in Portland, too. It
looks like we won't get home for some
time, so don't expect me. There are
lots of soldiers here, and they .won't
send them back as fast as they sent
them over. I am ready to go back
pronto,' so when I see the old Statue
of Liberty my hat comes off."
Green now is in the Supply Company
of the 69th Regiment, Coast Artillery
Corps.
After 73 days under shell fire. Pri
Portland Boy Saluted by
King of Belgium.
Vittz James Ranadell Wrltea of Machine-Gun
Operations.
LIEUTENANT VITTZ JAMES RAMS
DELL, son of Mrs. H. D. Ramsdell,
454 Jefferson street, has had the honor
or saluting ana Deing saiuiea Dy ivms
Albert of Belgium, according to a let
ter received by his mother recently.
Lieutenant Ramsdell is a membpr of
the machine gun company of the 361st
Infantry. 91st Division, 'which has been
cited for bravery for its part played
in the battle of the Argonne Forest.
In his regiment of 2800 men there
were but 800 whose names did not later
appear In the casualty lists. Lieutenant
Ramsdell was confined to one of the
American overseas hospitals, but Is
now back with his regiment, "the next
best -thing to being home." he writes.
Descriptive of the great Argonne
campaign Lieutenant Ramsell in let
ters to friends in Portland has written:
"October 5, a very wet day in France:
On the night of the 35th we moved up
In the line and our artillery put a most
terrible barrage. At 5:30 on the next
day It lifted and we went over. '-The
first day was just going ahead with
very little to stop us, but on the sec
ond day we started about ten kilo
meters from the original line and met
hard resistance right away. We went
about a kilometer and were held up by
machine guns on our flank. The divi
sions on our right and left were far
behind us and we couldn t go ahead
until they came up.
"I had my guns out In front of the
infantry all day nearly, in. some old
ruins' of buildings. We nfanaged to
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Coast Artillery.
vate William E. Pykkonen, of Battery
D, 65th Artillery. C. A. C, wrote from
France that, while he -had hair-raising
experiences himself, he is certain that
he made It just a little warmer for
Fritz. Private Pykkonen is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. Eric Pykkonen, Claskanie,
Or., and he enlisted at the Vancouver
Barracks in April, 1917. later being
transferred to Fort Stevens and the or
ganization in which he is now a mem
ber. "I have seen as much as most any
Yank," he wrote. "We were on the
lines for over three months without
relief and participated in five of the
world's greatest battles. Twice we
were cited for bravery. The five bat
tles to which I refer are St. Mihiel, two
campaigns at Verdun, Grand Pre. in
the Meuse sector, and the Argonne
woods. 1 can't tell you any of my close
calls, but I sure went through some
hair-raising experiences, for, you know,
we were 73 days" under shell fire, so
you can get what we had to go through,
but I am sure we made it much hotter
for Fritz."
Charles George Bartel. well known
in Portland, is at present stationed at
Garden City, Long Island, where, as a
Sergeant (first class) he is a member of
the 339th Aero Squadron.
In a letter recei.ed in Portland re
cently he tells of his Christmas eve in
camp. "Tonight is Christmas eve," he
wrote "somewhat different from 'the
last Christmas eve I spent in San An
tonio. I am quartered in barracks, and
the rain is pouring down on the roof
in buckets. My quarters are very com
fortable a great change to what I have
been accustomed to for the last yearr
"Today I was assigned to air service
aeronautics headquarters for duty. How
long they will need my services is a
question I cannot answer." .
William C. Lahti. son of Mr. and Mrs.
J. Lahti, 927 Superior street, Portland,
died December 19. 1918, from pneumonia
following Spanish lnfluenz. at the age
of 19 years while attending the student
Army training camp at Reed College.
He was graduated from Jefferson High
School in Ju- e, 1918. Death came' to
him while confined to the Sellwood
Hospital, and he was buried at the
Rose City Park Cemetery on December
21, 1918.
The only members of the Marine
Band at Guam, M. I., to escape Spanish
influenza were three Oregon boys, ac
cording to abetter from Harold Mun
den, recently received by his parents.
set fire to an ammunition dump the
Huns had in an old building and it
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were the machine guns and snipers and
we had trouble getting ammunition to
the guns because It had to be brought
over the open. I had two men hit
slightly. '. .
"The third day the division on our
right came up and we all went ahead
for another mile. I was with the Third
Battalion and we, took a ridge, but had
to fall back for protection during the
night. .We dug in on a hill side and
it rained all night. My hole had about
four inches of water in it, but water
is the least " of our troubles.' The next
day I was shifted to tlie'other flank and
In the afternoon we went over again.
"I got my best shooting on this ad
vance. We had laid out with our
glasses and spotted machine gun nests
and when the time came we crawled
out and took position ahead of the In
fantry. W hen they advanced we opened
out on their nests. I have read that
the Hun machine guns always fought
to the last but it didn't work here.' As
soon as we got on a nest with our
guns they would duck in their holes
and when the Infantry got close they
would either run or give up. We con
solidated on this ridge and waited for
our artillery support.
"Then came the worst part of the
fight. We couldn't go ahead because
of the Hun artillery and we couldn't
go back. We dug ourselves in on the
hill and let them shell. Considering
the amount of shell fire our casual
ties were remarkably light- All of our
company officers came back intact.
From then on. I am mixed up on the
days, because each was the same as the
last. It was just a continual shelling
of our position. After eight days we
were relieved, the last outfit to be" re
lieved, and we have made a wonderful
name for ourselves."
Lieutenant J. D. McKay,
M'ouaded and Retorned.
Charlea R. McCoy,
F'leld Artillery.
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Charlea G. Bartcl,
Air Service.
Jones H. Hreen,
Coaat Artillery.
Walter A. Bernard,
Marinea.
Corp.
Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Munden. of Oregon
City. Young Munden enlisted in Jan
uary. 1918, when he was but 15 years
of age.
Writing of the inflilenza. he said:
"They had it pretty badly here and the
natives have been dying like rats
52 In one day. It is getting better now.
Every one In the band suffered from
it hut myself. All of the boys in the
band were in the hospital at one time,
except three of us. and we three were
from Oregon. Now we are all together
again and played for a concert last
night."
Since he enlisted in the motor trans
port corps a year ago
.T W Stfrpr '
of Lents, has been promoted from prl-1
vate to First Lieutenant. The Oregon !
officer, who has many friends here, is
a brofher-in-law of J. H. Ainscouprh,
president of the Kelly Tire. Sales Com
pany. -Lieutenant Steiger is stationed
at Camp Holabird, Md.
After a year of active service at the
front, Marcus Haines, a former student
of Hill Military Academy, has returned
and last week gave an informal talk
to his former schoolmates at the
academy. The young man enlisted
when the United Stales entered the
war, though he was but K years of
age. After a few months in training!
camp m this country young Haines was
Bent to France, and he saw service in
many battles. He was cited three times
for -bravery. His home is In Elkton.
In a recent letter to his sister. Mrs.
J. R. Holltster. of 1077 East Fortieth
street. Cloudesley S. Brereton. master
engineer with the 37th United Slates
Engineers, writes.
"Have arrived back to civilization
and found a large bunch of letters
waitin-g for me. Of course you must
know the results of our efforts by this
time, but you cannot imagine how good
it seems not to have any more terrific
shell fire and dropping bombs. I have
been on practically every front, and.
believe me, I have been through many
experiences which are not to be de
scribed on paper, and sometimes 1 won
der If it was only a dream."
Before entering the service Mr.
Brereton- was engaged in educational
work in Portland, being head of the
electrical department- in. the Benson
Polytechnic School.
Captain Dana II. Allen, of Salem. Or.,
was at Nogent in Bassigny, France,
when last heard from.
Captain Allen is the son of R. D.
Cathlamet Youth ' Has Many
Exciting Experiences.
Runnlasr of Submarine-Infested Zone
' Graphically IleserlbedU
CATHLAMET. Wash.. Jan. 18. (Spe
cial.) One of the most interesting
letters that has been received here was
that of Herman Linquiat. of the United
States Navy, and now in service in
foreign waters. The letter was received
by his sister, Mrs. Edward Buol. and
in it he says:
"The word was passed today that our
letters would not be censored any more,
so here goes. I will start In on the
time I went on the Susquehanna (old
Susie.) My time in the Navy before
that was put In in a kid's navy.. I am
In a man's Navy now. On the first
trip across the pond I never worked so
hard in all my life. Not being used to
the heat it was a tough Job in the fire
rooms; sometimes the heat was 140 de
grees. It didn't take long before I got
used to it. At 4 o'clock they would
darken ship, not a light of any kind
aboard ship: imagine what that would
be when there were 3000 troops on the
ship, besides a crew of 600. A fellow
had to feel his way around the ship.
I had bumps all over my body where
t had mixed up with some soldier's feet
or hands. With two meals a day, life
got downright disgusting, but I am
glad that I went through with it all.
"We went Into St. Nazarre and 200
miles out were attacked by submarines.
Our position in the convoy was the out
side ship. In the rear. We were cer
tainly good bait, but thanks to the
good old gun crew, the third shot lit
right in the break of the water the
submarine was making and we didn't
see any more of Frltzy. Nearly every
trip we would be attacked, but the old
i Susie must have had a charmed life.
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Won. If. Andersen,
Field Signal.
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Allen. County Clerk of Marlon County.
He was born In Silverton, Or., in 1885. I
He attended the University of Califor- j
nia and later graduated from the 11-!
lamette Law School at Salem, in 1910.
His military experience began when
he served 44 days in the California Na
tional Guard during the great fire fol
lowing the earthquake of 19ns. He
was a member of the National Guard at
Salem for a number of years. Jn 1914
he was elected to the State legislature
on the Republican ticket, receiving the
highest vote in both primary and gen
eral elections.
He was sent to the Mexican border
during the trouble there and when
war was aeciarect on uermany he was
"1ade First Lieutenant. He left for
r ranee In December. 1917. On October
Jl. 1918, he was made a Captain and
on November 3, Assistant Adjutant. He
took part in the last six days of fight
ing before the armistice was feigned.
Glenn Morgan, who was graduated
from Pacific University in 1917 and is
pharmacist's mate, third class, on the
United States steamer George Washing
ton, has written of the eventful voy
age to France when President Wilson
and his party, wrre the passengers.
"Just at 'colors' the band played
The Star-Spangled Banner' and Presi
dent Wilson, with Mrs. Wilson on his
left arm, crossed the canopy -covered
gangway." he wrote. "At 10:15 as
sembly called us on deck high above
the water, the siren screeched, our
whistle blew three deep musical blasts
and with a battery of cameras pointed
our way and a deafening roar of
whistles, we quickly steamed out of the
slip and into midstream. Floating high
up on the main mast we could see a
blue flag with the coat of arms and
four stars of the President. Others
saw that banner, too. and as the giant
Pennsylvania steamed downstream she
pave us the regular salute of 21 guns
fired at five-second intervals, which
was answered- by our own three
pounders." "The 'finis do la guerre" has come at
last. Of course there are two ways to
look at it: one Is to be glad and think
of t'.ie joys of homecoming and the
other is to have that feeling that we
stopped too soon." writes Corporal
Lloyd Bayley. 6oth Coast Artillery
Corps.
"German soil never saw what'Franoe
has seen and suffered In the way of
despoliation. The Boche civilians never
knew what it was to hear the whistle
of shells over their towns nor the foel-
1 was drafted on this boat for 18
months' foreign service. The Lake
Catherine Isn't a very big shin about
a 2000-tonner. We were loaded with
automobiles on dek and oats in the
hold. The autos cot loose and then the
oats sprouted before we got over. After
13 days at sea e pulled within a few
miles of St. Nazarre, and there got or
ders to go to Rochefort. Our quarters
are pretty small and we sleep In bunks.
On the way over, the bunks tore loose
and we were In one big pile, with a
foot of water on deck.
"We stayed in Rochefort about a
week, then headed for Cardiff. They
had no coal there, so we were sent on
to Tyne. All the vay up the coast of
England we had to stop outside of
every port to get a new pilot, to we
could get through the mines. At nlht
we would anchor on account of stray
mines. Germany sure raised Ned with
the English ships. We were hardly
ever out of sight of a sunken ship.
"After Thanksgiving, we started for
France, and the first night anchored
outside of Yarmouth, England. We
couldn't go ashore because 'we sailors
aren't good enough for the "high bugs'
of that city. It's a wealthy city. The
next morning when they were going to
heave anchor, she wouldn't come. They
worked for several hours and the cap
tain got excited and said 'Let her ko,"
and go she did. 45 fathoms of good
chain and an anchor In the North sea.
We couldn't anchor after that: afraid
we would lose the other anchor, so at
night we would spot out a lighthouse
and run around that all night."
Dog Train Jumps Track.
NOME. Alaska. (By Mall.) Nome's
famous dog team railroad, a portion of
which still Is operating, had need of
a wrecking outfit recently when one
of the four-footed "locomotives" bolted
and pulled the car off the track. One
passenger suffered an injury to his
foot. -. The railroad runs from Nome
to nearby creeks.
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Anderses,
Sergeant K. C. Weaver,
Knglaeera.
Ing of terror that the women of
France and Belgium have known. There
Is surely
a big percentage' of the
expeditionary force that
American
think the Boche were let off too easily.
It comes hard to have seen a French
mother snatch up her little ones and
make for a dugout and to know that
Germany has never known such things.
It is all over- now. though, and we can
look forward to seeing the Statue of
Liberty. As you know, the Gt-rmans
were given 30 days to comply with the
terms of the armistice and after that
Is over we can begin to wait for orders
to start for a port of embarkation.
"We had a great celebration as cele
brations go, but were not lucky enough
to be in a city of any size. We are
still in a small village but are expect
ing to move back before long."
Corporal Bayley is a veteran of five
big engagements, the first of which
was in the St. Mihiel sector, where they
were stationed on thi famous ridge
where the Germans were checked by
a bayonet charge.
"As we went through Belgium we
stopped one evening in Arlon. Our
band gave a concert in the town square
and when it played the Belgian na
tional air the people went wild. It was
the first time they had heard it in
four years," writes Private Walter A.
Bernard, medical department of the
First Battalion. U. S. Marines, to his
mother. Mrs. M. E. Bernard. 1846 Wash
burn street, from Moistaff. Luxemburg,
where he is stationed with the Second
Division en route to Coblenz.
"Since we have crossed into Luxem
burg we have not met with enthusiasm
that was showered on us in Belgium.
The people here seem to realize that
they have got to tolerate us and make
the best of it. We are just an hour's
walk from the German border and ex
pect to cross over into Germany in a
few days.
"I have seen the battle-scarred cities
of Verdun, Grand Pre and Stenay and
all the ground fought over by our
troops. I crossed the Mcuse River
20 minutes after the Hun was driven
back and I will certainly have some
wonderful stories to tell you when I
gel home."
Burt G. Cruikshank. son of Mr. and
Mrs. R. D. Cruikshank. 1171 Ladding
ton Court, having gone through the
great Argonne Woods campaign, is now
in Germany with -the Army of occupa
tion. loung t ruikshank is a wagoner
with the 37th Engineers. He enlisted
Work of 'Human Telephone
Perilous but Important.
Sergeant II. M. Wight Tells f Serv
ice That Won Decoration.
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AGRICULTURAL COL
Corvallis, Jan. 18. (Spe
cial.) Work of the "human telephone"
men in front of the battle lines Is de
scribAat by Sergeant H. M. Wight, of tin
S61st Infantry. Instructor in zoology at
the college, who has been awarded the
distinguished service cross for "extra
ordinary heroism." in a letter to G. F.
Sykes. professor of zoology and physi
ology. "1 have had a line of runners nearly
10 miles' long at one time." he writes
"Messages are carried in relays and
often this is the only means of com
munication. Sometimes word comes in
the middle of the night, and the run
ning is done under very difficult con
ditions. When the shelling is heavy it
means that some of the men are cer
tain to be wiped out and that leaves
a vacancy which must be mended at
once, as the loss of a minute may spell
disaster. The work requires some
!c( and I am a little pleased that my
battalion was supposed to be the best"
"Extraordinary heroism in action
near Gesnes. France." reads the of
ficial announcement of the award of
the cross. "When his battalion with
draw after attacking a hostile position
under heavy fire, Sergeant Wight, in
stead of falling back, organized a party
and in iio face of Inteneo marliine-vun
fire rescued 15 wounded soldiers who
would otherwise have fallen into the
hands of the enemy. He placed the
wounded men in a gravel-pit and re
mained the entire night administering
lust aid. despite the fact that he him
self as nearly exhausted after three
days of fighting."
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Service.
Jarlc Anderaon.
Wounded ear Vtrdoi.
Marcus llaloeo.
of Klkton.
In Portland some eifcrht months ago.
giving up a position with the Oregon
Motor Car Company to see action in
France. Shortly afterward his unit
was sent overseas and letters hava
since followed telling of his experi
ences on the battle front.
. .
The family of Mr. and Mrs. K. An
dersen. 670 Vauphn street, is repre
sented in both the Army and Navy,
there being a son in each and in tho
Coast Guard by a son-in-law. Corporal
William H. Andersen is now in France,
serving with the 32Sd Field Signal Bat
talion. Before being taken through tho
selective service he was repected thre
times as h volunteer because of 9t
nhvuiral defect. He had this remedied
I Kv .tirp.rv- tiMt be mtphl li:ts the lest
He was formerly in the employ of the
Portland Gas & Coke Company us an
accountant.
Harold K. Andersen is a pharmacist's
mate tn the Navy, now second class,
but due to take the examination for
advancement this month. He was mar
ried on Thanksgiving day to Miss Helen
Scovern. of San Francisco, at Oakland.
Cal. The son-in-law in the service ts
Jesse B. Weed, who is a radio instructor
In the United States Coast Guard Acad
emy. New London. Conn. He is also
warrant officer.
Home is the favorite subject of con
versation in France among American
soldiers, according to a letter writteu
last month by Sergeant F. '. Weaver,
of Company F, 318th F.npinecrs, and
received in Portland by Miss Louise
('order, 106 East Eighty-sixth street.
He enlisted a little more than a year
ago.
"Nearly every night we billet in 1.
village, have reveille the next morning
at 5 o'clock, eat breakfast, roll packs
and start out marching." wrote Ser
geant Weaver. In describing his present
life. "We usually make camp between
1 and 4 o'clock in the afternoon, and
have nothing to do until the next morn
ing. We go in heavy marching order.
carrying everything we own on our
backs. There are four divisions on this
march that 1 know of. but where we
are going or what we are going to do
I do not know. About all the boys talk
about is going home or what they will
do when they get home."
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