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Newspaper Page Text19 WITH1' MEN FROM OEEdJON COUNTRY WHO ARE IN THE S THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING,, APRIL 21, 1918. ERYICE i inrrcHAMT onvi : I II II 1 1 I1HI1 1 111 1 1 1 I .I.II.WIbMI 1111 IIWII-- TELLS OF THRILLS ABOVE THE CLOUDS Former Member of Portland Po lice Force Now Lieutenant m Aviation Service in France. "SCARED? YOU BET," HE SAYS Starting Sky Trip Is Made With Fiva Others, hut Rovle Is First to Get Back From Tour. Herewith li nrmnted new of bojr nf the Oregon country who are In the nation-, wrTice, rhtch will continue to be a feature of The Journal aa tit war go on. Ietter from camp and cantonment anri rxceti'U therefrom will be u.clud'-d jr. tills column (mm day U day. PORTLANDER SAILS CLOUDS i THK thrills 1 cl of riding .through the clouds In France during a snow storm are vividly described in a letter from First lieutenant William A. ("BIU") Royle, formerly a member of the Portland police detective bureau, to Dan Kellaher. The letter was dated March 16 and. arrived In Portland exactly one month later. The writer says: "Tomorrow Is the seventeenth of Ire land and I suppose that there will be many Irishmen celebrating here as well as at home, I among them. Well. Dan, I suppose you have my last letter telling you I. had finished all my training here and am now a "Pilot Aviator." I wear my wings and am an It. M. A.' (Ue- serve Military Aviator). I went through my tests here like a streak and had lots of thrills doing them. I wrote and told you how on one of my voyages on cross country I got up away above the clouds and got caught In a snow storm. rame down to about 2300 meters and . got In another. I cut and came down J' lower and was then In a fog bank about 250 meters from the ground and , I flew over a big forest about 60 miles from here at 150 meters. Just-out of the fog and no place to land. If you think I wasn't scared ask John Price. ' Dan, there was a time when I thought nothing could scare me, but since I have been over here flying around up -a mile and a half in the air I have changed my mind. Any time you hear anyone, who has been flying, say he has never been scared Just laugh for me, will you? Well. I landed all O. K., Dan, and ,' like a fool I started for home In the fog. I got there alright. There were five other fellows who started with me r that day and I was the only one that got back home. Some of them came ' back to camp and. did not make the . trip, and others got lost and came back iwo unyu later. u is sure lunny up there all alone, Dan ; you can't say hello to anyone while you are up there. Once In a while you see someone Just whiz sing by you like a cannon ball. It Is very nice though, Dan, up above the clouds. Today I went up about 8 p. m and had & little fun chasing clouds. You Just snot a cloud you like and bead Into the wind the way the cloud Is com . ; - j-i sgST rX IT - .. .mi. Miff ' ' 71 4 y t t '' aL h '- fVd-w 1 Bayonets and Artillery. Are Still Chief Factors ' " Great Variety of Big Guns Are Employed in Warfare on Western Front and Experience Is Constantly Making for Changes . and Improvement i n Sizes and Uses. Lieutenant William A. Royle, formerly a member of Portland's police detective bureau, who now is a pilot aviator in France F RENGH COUNTRY WONDERFUL IS TO SEE, WOTES G.L OSBURN Peasants Work Wonders With Limited Machinery, De clares Portlander. FIRE FIGHTING AS IT IS DONE IN FRANCE A PROVES SURPRISE JOURNAL MEN "OVER THERE" RETIRED CHAPLAIN "Am surprised to learn that Wade has trouble dispos ing of his spuds. If he will bring them here I'll find a ready market for them," writes First Sergeant G. L. Os- burn, a Portland 'A?TZk , burn, a Portland rQV'vNS): boy with ths Amer r ' i f '' , ican expeditionary ' v forces in France, JtixS' 1 ' i ln an Infantry regl W'nV T Sami ment, to his moth- Sergeant William J. Costello, For merly of Portland Fire Bureau, Writes Chief Dowell. Kers-eant Oahnrn er. Mrs, S. J. Os burn, of 2005 East Flanders street, Port land, other interesting bits taken from ing ana get. over u ana just aa it passes his letter follow : under you dive like hell for It. Some times you get It. but nearly always you miss It because those clouds go like hell, I can tell you. If you are lucky you get In it and Its all fog. You don't .know whether you are going up or com ing down. AH you can hear is the sing of your motor. You are only there a few seconds and then out you come Into the sun again and look for another one. You have to be careful not to get Into a big cloud as It is wtiumpy as the devil and thwn Its no fun keeping your machine right side up. Well. Dan, I will quit now. Uegards to all the gang. Write to me often. Awfully sorry to hear of Captain Baty's death. Give his wife, daughter and son my svmpathy. Regards. "BILL." Members of the police department re cently wrote typewritten letters to Mr. Royle and all were pasted in one string. The letter was 12 feet long. Xo blank space was left between the letters, so it was 12 feet of solid reading matter. a to BAKER'S VISIT FEATURED PJane News, Published in French Camp, Is Live Paper. "Plane News." a little paper published at one of the big American camps in France, has been received by Mr. and , Mrs. P. O. Collier. 1900 Division street, from their son Thomas F. Collier of the Thirtieth Aero squadron, now on active service In France. It Is a St. Patrick's day number of the paper printed March 16, and features t the recent- visit to the big camp of Secretary of War Newton D. Raker nri General Pershing, commander-in-chief of me American expeditionary forces. In ths distinguished party were war cor respondents including Wilbur H. Forrest, United Pt ens. and E.-P. brr. Interna 'Uonal News Service; Brigadier General Foulola, chief of the American air wr.. k In; France ;. Lieutenant Colonel Walter jvuner, commanding officer of the post, and their Btafrs received the visi tors. . Aerial entertainment was fur nished, scores of aircraft soaring aloft io amy helarhtx. A a ,.n,.. u-i . . . ....... juajui pa.is ana lieutenants Post and Faunte rJeroy darted into the air in swift "Ch. ,." machines and gave an exhibition of .aerial combat that was thrilltniriv realis tic Secretary Baker gave a short talk ftsrore nia .departure, warmly congratu Jatlng -ths commanding officers for tne tugn standard or efficiency at the post my, our. mat candy was s-nnd writes Robert Simmons of Woodburn, Or., a member of the l2d (Third Ore gon) Infantry, in a letter to his mother. dated March 7, from "somewhere." His letter was begun in January, when he was in tne hospital with mumps. Ex cerpts from the letter follow : -out or tne nospital at last ! Those 2t days that I spent there were sure long ones. I received your package a 4few days ago. It came in good shape. Soma of the boys received parcels that - H .4. 1 vvtq iui ii mi lv piwes. i surety -was glad to get tne package, as there were several things in It that I needed. My, .. ,but that candy was good! You can send me another shipment of it any time you want to. Candy is hard to get "here. "While I was in the. hospital 1 " sent but after candy and got six pieces ifor 1 franc (20 cents).. Cakes and pies j we can't get at all. Kaftp also is very (high. Toilet soap costs 1 franc per bar. 'American tobacco is hard to get. The i quartermaster's department can't keep I up with the" demand. The French to . ibacco is too stout for tne." , , I have just received your letter of February 11 and will answer. Surely some of my letters have gone to the bottom, as I have written often. I am getting along fine, gaining nesn and can speak a few words of French. The ship you mentioned (Tuscanla) was the one I came over on, and she met her fat the next trip across. It seems like losing a friend to think of her go ing down. I ran across a man, whose name escapes me. who use to live in Montavilla. He worked In a garage at the end of the car line. Last Sunday the captain took me riding on the back of his motorcycle and I saw some of the most beautiful country out of doors. The farming here is wonder fully neat, considering the machinery they have to work with. The weather Is splendid and when it rains it knows when to quit. I have acknowledged the receipt of packages, but will repeat as they may have crossed on a leaky boat. You mention meatless days in America, and it brings smiles to the faces of ally soldiers we mingle with, who have been through it all. Keep it up, we don't know how long this will last; we only know we will win in the end that is certain." ; Fighting fires In ' France differs from battling with con ; flagratlons ln Port-. land, ludeine from t? ; a letter received by I -f f, fire cnief B. F. Dowell from Ser- V "ISC?1 - g e a n t William J. - Co8tello form er -fT member of the Portland fir xde- Vv- partment. and now Kami - "s o m e w h e r e ln Sergeant Costello France;" "Believe me, you would get arom "kick" If you could see. the French fire equip ment," writes Sergeant Costello. "Every thing is packed onto one rig, about as big as an American-La France type No. 10 hose wagon. They use leather hose. It Is made in lengths of 100 feet, and riveted and leaks like a sieve. It is about IM inches in diameter. The plugs here are all buried in the sidewalks and they carry a 'plan board' on the wagon so they will be able to find the plugs when there is a fire. "So far I have not seen them work, but I'll bet it will be funny when I do." SOLDIERS CLASSIFIED "I bad the pleasure of seeing General Pershing and Secretary Baker the other day and served on the honor guard about their train." writes Don C. McClallen. a former Journal carrier, under date of Class A Men at Vancouver Barracks Enjoy Privileges The Signal corps has Introduced an innovation in camp discipline at Van couver barracks which is much like an honor system. The men are classified in a, "jj" ana "c divisions and a class "A" man is issued a card which serves as a pass for him to go and come when not required at the camp and en titles him to other special privileges. The memorandum, issued on orders of Lieutenant Colonel Van Way, reads, in part, as follows: Each enlisted man may be issued a special privilege card after he has been in the command 30 days or more, pro vided that his conduct during this pe riod has been such that warrants spe cial consideration ; that is, he has missed no calls, has committed no in fraction of rules, has not received a wntf ni- hv a court and has at all March 17. who is serving in France with ffc" Snd ! kat d "aoldleriv appearance. a machine gun unit. "One of the boys saw Alden Kelly pass through this town several weeks ago. I last saw him at Mineola, L. I. I did meet Fred Lockley yesterday afternoon and had quite a talk with him. He gave me a copy of The Journal to read. We are very busy and are enjoying some splendid weather." FORMER CHAPLAIN FOR FOURTEENTH INFANTRY VVvQ J : V-- ysji4: I - - ii i i r"l - i mi i Major Leslie R. Groves A holder of a special privilege card. not on guard or other duty,-and provid ed he is fully and nemtly uniformed, in regulation clothing, may absent nimseir Irom his organization rrom retreat un til reveille the next morning. Soldiers holding special privilege cards will be listed and known as "Class A." When absent from the cantonment, the special privilege card will always be carried. If. for any reason, the card is for feited, the soldier will be . automatically placed in Class B and will remain in this class, losing all pass privileges, ex cept one each week (at the discretion of his organization commander) until by his good conduct, extending over a pe riod of 30 days or more, he again be comes entitled to special consideration, when he may be piacea in Class A. Soldiers who frequently violate rules and are not wholly amenable to 1 dis cipline will (at the discretion of their organization commander) be placed in Class C. Class C men will be. granted no pass privileges whatsoever. Oood conduct Tor a period of 30 days will automatically place Class C men In Class B. Organization commanders are charged with the responsibility of classification of their men and the keeping of suitable records or same. An interesting letter has just arrived in Portland from John Frainey. who is at the sub-base in New JLiondon, Conn Frainey is employed as a steam fitter around the submarine manufacturing yards and In his letter to Motorcycle Officer John O Halloran he said : "I wouldn't trade my present 'Job for any other Job I ever had before." Frainey was an inspector for the Portland Gas A Coke company for about 15 years. He is a graduate of the old Portland high school, and is a member of the Knights of Columbus. A short time ago he held a membership in the Multnomah club. Word was received from Lieutenant and Mrs. Harold J. Warner is to the effect that they are moving from Aberdeen to Hoquiam, where they will be domiciled nearer Lieutenant Warner's office. Lieutenant Warner Is the son of Mr. nd Mrs. T. C. Warner of Portland and his wife Is a popular Pendleton girL Written br aa Ordnanca Officer for tha Com- aittaa on . Public lotonaauoo. Napoleon .started on his career as an artillerist in a time when it was thought that every decisive military engage ment must be decided by the bayonet He said that the most important element ln the success of any military operation was the strength, and support, of its artillery. In looking over his marvelous military career, the student finds that the domi nating factor In his success was the superiority of his artillery and the ex cellence of the French, artillerist. The Germans In' their preparations for this war followed ln bis ; footsteps. . Their marvelous heavy ordnance Is one of the greatest surprises .of the present struggle. Bayonet Still Factor TymIslv the two dominating factors In the struggle for world supremacy are still the bayonet and heavy, artillery Without the support of either success is Impossible. r Big guns play a major part in deciding battles, now, as ln the day of Napoleon, For this reason it is Interesting to know something about the different kinds of big gun being made for our army ln France. Artillery may be divided Into two classes mobile artillery, which Includes all guns used ln the field, and seacoast artillery, which is used ln fortifications on fixed mounts. It is the mobile artillery which we are vitally interested in at the present time for offensive work on the French front. This mobile artillery Is dlvded into threa distinct types suns, howitz ers and mortars. The first of these are long-range rifles, distinguished by high muszle ve locity and long barrels of from 30 to 50 calibers; that is to say. the length of barrel ranges from 30 to 50 times the diameter of the bore, giving a range of from 6000 to 30,000 yards with a low angle of fire. Mobile Gaas of Maay Sorts These guns are classified as wheel mounts, anti-aircraft (truck mounts), emplacement mounts and railway mounts. The wheel mounts are sub divided as pack artillery (mountain guns transported on pack mules) ; field guns, drawn by horse team and at tached to rumbles ; motorized field guns, drawn by big ammunition trucks ; tractor-drawn guns of large caliber, and the so-called horse artillery, drawn by horses, with all cannoneers mounted, for fast field work ln support of cavalry. The wheel-mount guns include the fa mous French 75 (three inch) and the 4.7-inch guns, which have created such havoc among their German opponents and which have been responsible for breaking down the greatest military of fensives of the Germans in the past three years. The 4.7 are of greater range and' caliber, hut of practically the same type as the 75 millimeter. Next in order, according to size, come the five-inch and six-inch seacoast guns, such as our allies have withdrawn from the fortifications and mounted on improvised wheel mounts, for use as mobile artillery. Xaral Gan Remounted oa Ralls The second class are the anti-aircraft guns, for which purpose 75s and 4.7s are provided, mounted on a carriage i which will allow an elevation of about 85 degrees and a traverse of 360 degrees, setaup on a motor truck. Emplacement mounts are large-caliber guns that are partially mobile. They are taken apart and moved around ln sections in tractors, as need ed, and set up in concrete emplace ments. They are, more strictly speak ing, siege guns. The railway-mount guns are convert ed seacoast and naval long-range rifles of from 8 to 14 Inches caliber. They have a mount consisting of a specially designed carriage on a railway car, and they are operated, due to their extreme range and accuracy, far back from the front lines, over the heads of our own troops. This covers the first class of mobile artillery the long-range rifles. Next In order come the howitzers. The howitzer Is distinguished from the rifle by a low muzzle velocity, rang ing from 1200 to 1900 feet per second, and a short barrel, approximately 18 times the caliber of the gua, developing a range at high-angle fire of from 10,000 to 23,000 yards. Eight-lack Howitzers Common The commonest sizes of howitzers in use are the 155-millimeter, the eight inch, the 240-millimeter, and, of course. the famous 16-inch howitzer, which we have heard so much about ln the early days' of the war, when the Germans, who first used them, created such dread ful havoc, destroying with them the for tifications of Liege. The smaller sizes, such as the 155- millimeter and the eight-inch, are used principally for field work, but also for the bombardment of permanent fortifi cations when necessary. Howitzers have tne advantage of being cheaper to make than guns, and use cheaper ammunition. -Also, the life i i r? --- U mzf - sir'- f i y - !? x .-t-o- . , of the gun Is longer. Indicative of this. the life of a howitzer of the same cali ber as a gun would be about two-thirds longer. But they are not as accurate and have not as long range as the runs. and consequently are not adapted for all work. The Ufa of .the guns ranges from 8000 rounds for the small field type down to 600- or 00 for the converted seacoast guns. . These figures denote only the actual accuracy fire. It is probable that the guns will be fired up to 50 per cent above these figures before retiring them. By rellnlng the barrels, the life of the gun is practically renewed. Experience Makes for Improvements Mortars are distinguished by even lower muzzle velocity, from about 480 to 2000 feet per second, and by a length of barrel of about 10 calibers, with a range of from 2500 to 15,000 yards. This extreme range is . obtained by a very high angle of elevation. The comraan French type is the 240-mm. mounted on a railway carriage. This practically covers the principal guns which are used by our allies to day and with' which our troops will be equipped in France. The 3 Inch and 4.7 inch guns, U. 8. army model of 1906. are practically the same in general prin ciple as the French 75 and 155, which are of the corresponding caliber. But it must be remembered that our allies have had three years' actual experience with which to perfect many of the minute details which are so important ln the effectiveness of a fleld gun and which are only discovered under actual field conditions 'of long duration. This has led to great Improvements over the guns originally ln use. I f As indicative of the tremendous j will H. Farrow (renter) and Walter F. Cornwell (right) with a comrade amount, or material mat one regiment of 75s comprises, it is interesting to know that there are approximately 300 TO MAKE VISIT AT OLD HOME IN YORK STATE Major Leslie R. Groves Leaves Vancouver Barracks for Vacation in East. "Vancouver. Wash.. April 20. Major Leslie R- Groves, second ranking chap- lain in the regular United States army until he was retired from active service on the sixth of last month, ln company with his wife and daughter Gwen. baa left Vancouver barracks for a visit to . Utlca, New York, where he was born and where he spent most of his life un- til In 1896 when he entered the service in the army, enlisting at Albany, New York. Most of the chaplain's service has been with the Fourteenth infantry. He was stationed at Vancouver barracks from February. 1897. until May. 1898. when he went to Cuba. He returned here In No vember, 1898, and remained until No vember. 1893. In all. about three years and a half of his servloe has been In the local barracks. He received the rank of major on March 25. 1908, and became one of the 15 chaplains in the regular army with that distinguished rang. Chaplain and Mrs. Groves have one son ln the ambulance service at Allentown, Pa., and one son attending West Point. Chaplain Groves Is loyal to this section of the Pacific coast, preferring it even to California, where he owns a beauti ful home. He likes the people of Port-' land and this city and may return here to make his home. SEES BEAUTY PLACES vehicles, exclusive of the actual fight ing material, to each regiment. These vehicles are trailers, tractors and trucks and artillery repair trucks and supply trucks. In the actual fighting material there are 24 guns. 36 caissons. 60 limbers and the reel carts for the field telephone, making a grand total of approximately 430 vehicles to a regiment. Cost Flgnret Are Big The estimated cost of the motorization of the artillery alone of the United States army Is $500,000,000, of which ap proximately $210,000,000 had been ex pended on the first of February. Am munition trucks and vehicles are being completed faster than they can be in their quarters with a field artillery regiment In Franre. Thee two young men left their work with The Journal to Join the rotors with Battery A, Oregon Field Artillery. LEBANON LAD ABOARD SHIP GREAT NORTHERN TELLS OF EXPERIENCE compietea raster man uiey can oe i ... , , 0 . n . -j1' shipped, up to the present time the Sailing the oea at rresent lime sum of $776,000,000 has been expended! , r L. iii..! 18-: ..-, is rraugni nun itioauhuui by the procurement division of the ord nance department . ln the purchase of projectiles. With this sum about 65.- 000,000 projectiles have been purchased, These Include shrapnel, high explosive type. and. gas and anti-aircraft shells 1 for howitzers and guns, weighing from 13 pounds to 1600 or 1700 and costing from about $10 to $125 each, exclusive of the cost of explosives or of loading the complete round. The rapidity with which our ordnance work was accomplished Is marvelous I when one realizes the enormous amount I ' i.1 1 . of preparation that It required. When war came to Europe In 1914 there was not a single manufacturer In the United States properly equipped to turn out large quantities of field artillery. The work was rapidly taken up by our man ufacturers for our present allies. The magnitude of the problem Is indicated by the fact that thousands of duplicate gauges had to be made to equip machin ists for large quantity production. First, there jnust be made what are known as grandmaster gauges, flawless in their dimensions. The grandmaster gauge is only used to check up a num ber of master gauges, and these master gauges in turn are relied upon to keep a large number of actual working gauges up to standard. Not only are tens of thousands of gauges required to equip a factory for the production of arms and .artillery but the gauges must be regularly replaced. Nearly a year iiwnt bv nrlv&te manufacturers in of Danger. r ' J PORTLAND LAD MADE CORPORAL OF AERO SQUADRON FRANCE Robert D. Elliott Writes of Hav ing Receive His Promotion in Chosen Service. Lebanon. Or.. April 1 1$. Following are . exxracis irom m ren ter received by Mrs. . Alblew Pewtherer. "; an invalid widow of i this city, from her son, Macy. who is -i serving under the Stars and Stripes on board the U. S. S. Great Northern as second gunner. He was born and reared in Portland and has Maey Pewtherer served five years in the naval militia and six months on the Mexican border with Company H of the Third Oregon. His letter follows: "Somewhere in France, March 23, 1918. Dear Mother: Well, here I am again in New York, although writing this in France. The "Subs" did not get us this trip, anyway. I hope you got the $30 this month alright. I have had no sleep for 68 hours. Tou should see me now I have boots, a blanket, coat, large fur hood, a canteen full of water and a life preserver strapped on, and we don't dare take them off till we reach New York. "I can talk a little French now, just a few words. Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Elliott of 104 Ma son street. Port land, have received a letter from their sen in France dated March 23. He Is Corporal Robert D. Flllott. No. 20992 Thirty-first Aero Squadron, having just received his stripes as a corpor al. He writes that they are enjoying Corporal Elliott splendid weather and states that there are a number of boys from Portland and hereabouts ln his squadron. GAS PRACTICE DESCRIBED Lieutenant F. R. Pattison Declare- - Respect for Gas Mask., Lieutenant F. R. Pattison. who left Portland with Battery A of the Oregon field artillery, now in France, has writ ten a letter to his father. W. B. Patti son of Portland, from which the follow ing excerpts are taken : "This morning I had my first expert "Can't think of any more that I am chine tools for arms for Great Britain, allowed to write, but am keeping a France and Russia. Even after produc- j diary till I get home. I am fine; tion had been started, various adjust- ! couldn't feel better, so will close and get ments had to be made to keep up with I little sleep. Your loving son. the evolution of their guns into the present types. Gan Prodaetloa Greatly Increased Both the allies and thi Germans are constantly improving on various parts clarence ln the construction or their heavy ord nance, with the result that the stand ard type today may be changed before the dies have been made to carry on the work. We. for our part, had to train the man to use- the guns as well as make the guns themselves, and we de pended upon our allies to hold the forces of the enemy in check until such time as we could be adequately equipped, to take the field. As the result of the ef forts of our observers at the front and the ordnance office at home, we have today reached a production of field ar tillery which Is equal to 60 per cent of that of France. "MACY PEWTHERER." CONVOY DESTROYERS DARING THREfc CHUMS IN SERVICE K-'X:' ff?'ff (Je-y r life " "r4 Left to right Douglas Beeker, Corlls Valentine and Daniel Flamm, three Portland boys who are together In France. Douglas Becker, Cortis Valentine and Daniel Flamm are three Portland boys, "chums" of 19 years of age, who have recentbr written their safe arrival in France. They are wkh artillery, having left here September C for Camp Greene, N. C. They have been in France about six weeks, having narrowly missed pas- Hickoek of McMlnnrilie Tells of Army Life Clarence Hickock of McMinnvtlle has written his mother at that place, telling of his safe arrival "over there." He is now at a rest camp in England. He gives an Interesting account of the dar ing of the United States destroyers In the convoy which carried him-over and also an enlightening sidelight on food conservation in England. ' Excerpts fol low from the letter, which is dated March 9: "I have seen practically no wounded here. I don't know what they have done with them. In Canada there were so terribly many that I know there must 'be unlimited numbers of them here, but I haven't seen them. Just at present we are being fed by the Brit' 4sh, and are consequently eating Brit' ish rations. Those to which we are ac customed are much better. "Women, children and old men make up England population. Hundreds of women are In the army service and civ Ulan 'trades as well. I have been quite fortunate in seeing a large part of England in the few days we have been here. There Is to bs a formation soon. It will probably take the form of route march through some of the preW fleet country in the world. "It Is a court martial offense to buy a meal at a .restaurant unless on a 1 24 hour or more pass. It would be criml nal to eat food just to please a foolish American made appetite when your ra tlons suffice." C. W. H It would take a whole lot to get me back to Portland before the big show Is over, although I'd like to drop In and say "hello' to The Journal family." writes Leland Thlbert. who waa a Journal staff photographer when the Oregon field mr- tillery batteries were mobilized. We are located In a pleasant place and for comforts the camp Is better than we had at times in the states. It's a (0-60 game with me at present with drill In i the morning and office work in the aft sage on tne I uscanla on ner last trip, j ernoon." Douglas Becker was attending the Ben- lea, Jen, son Polytechnic school before hia enlist- Johnstone Wilson of Portland has ment. He is the son of Mrs. Laura been appointed to the ordnance school Ward. 'Cortis Valentine was employed at Eugene to begin In May. Mr. Wilson in Portland and his mother resides hesev la of an old Portland family. At Prince Daniel Flamm was graduated from Un- j tort he was one. of the honor men. .He coin high school and Is the eon of Mrs. I later took post graduate work at'-Har- u. riamm or 1441 1100a street. ; vara,' : ence with poison gas. It sure Is fine stuff with a mask on, and believe me I have a whole lot of respect for a mask, but I did "not use it for the tear gas and I cried like a baby. The tears just rolled out of ray eyes and I could not see a thing. Also saw a great exhibition of liquid fire. It Is the worst stuff you can-think of. A regular hell coming out of a know hole for 25 yards. It sure gave me the creeps. - I am still adjutant of the battalion. This job carries with It the duties of provost marshal and chief of police in the town where we are located. "We have quite a few boys., reserve officers, from Portland taking the course here. We get The Journal regularly. I do not know what we would do without it. as it seems to put us back home every time we receive a copy. - .-. Thta has been an awful busy week for us. I had the great honor of meettVig General Pershing and the secretary of war. who is touring France. -The gen eral certainly la a wonderfol ;man. "Tonight I had the finest dinner pos sible to have, which was put up by our cooks. The dinner was for our French Instructors, who are the finest men' you ceuld wish to meet. They are leaving the battalion now for service at home In giving instructions. Today we won our second big ball game and let me tell you we are letting the world know that Old battery A Is right on the map. We have write ops very day in the French papers here. I am sending pictures of Captain Clayton. Lieutenant Loughlin and my self. We cannot send any of the pic- tares of the scenery around here so you will have to be satisfied with , back grounds same as in this picture. It is one of our barracka of which we have 10, one story high, painted red outside and white In, holding 20 men to a build ing." ' "The American soldiers in France are going to be given seven days vacation every four months,' writes Corporal Wallace G. Potter of Iortland. now overseas with an Infantry regiment. "I think If I am entitled to one that I win go to the 'American City. since time re quired to reach that place and return is not Included in the seven days' leave and one receives pay, $1 a day for rations and Is furnished hotel accommodations. Have met some drafted men from Camp Lewis, a few of whom are from Port land" I -I . . Lieutenant- C IL knowles has sent word to his wife In Portland of his safe arrival In France. .He is with an en gineering regiment and was fermerrjr assistant county road Inspector;' Corporal Lawrence DInneen Write of "Palm Beach" of Frane. "Nice is the Palm Beachof Europe,, ' writes Corporal Lawrence DInneen. in an Interesting letter to his sister In Port land while on a short leave In Southern France. He left here with an Infantry regiment and has been ln France since early fall. Mr. DInneen waa a former -member of The Journal staff. Ills let ter in part follows: "My, you cannot understand how much we (I mean the boys who are with me) appreciate this candy. One of the boys got a package this morning, and it, too, had a little candy. "I have been to Monte Carlo and Mo naco, and La Turble. a little village 1000 feet above Monte Carlo. From La Tur ble there la a wonderful view of the Mediterranean. At Mentone, just a lit tle ways from Monte Carlo, la the Italian border. On my nest trip I am golnr over the border and mall a postal noma. There are many other Interesting trips hereabouts. I shall take them as I have time. "Nice is the Palm Beach of Europe. Here there are beautiful villas and chat eaux belonging to rich civilians and royal persona (I wonder If the kaiser and Nick of Russia, who have places here, wouldn't like to have the years) rolled back to about 1912. and come here again. In peace I wonder.) "Nice is a very clean city, that is the -. modern Nice. But there Is another Nice, Old Town. That Is very, very dirty, and Its interest is in direct ratio to Its dirt. In Old Town you really do 'step across the street. It Is just on step. "Flowers, birds, fruit, sunshine ln February and Maiyrh these things are -old-timers in Nice. "I live with or at. rather, the house of an Irishwoman from Dublin, Mrs. Keogh. She runs the Riviera Tea Room and I have my meals and my room at her place. Just fancy I am sleeping In a real bed. with sheet, spread, etc. Just at the head of the bed la the electric switch. There Is a pretty balcony. Just outside my door is the door to the toilet -and bathroom. Just imagine again hot and cold water, patent watercloset and big bathtub ! The boys said on the road here two weeks ago. 'It's better to be born lucky than rich.' Captain Peter F. Connelly of Clinton, Mass., is my su perior officer. "As I write this, two little daughter of France are serenading me at the office door. Maybe they see the candy which I have opened and spread on the office table. "I shall write you soon again and hope next time to have more news to tell you. I am digging away at my French In my few spare moments. I'll parley Franca is with you alright when I return. I met Major John 'B. Murphy, whose home Is In Portland, the other day here. I'm Pattullo of the Post. said a well-dressed, man to me on the street here tha other morning. I was glad to meet the roan, who bad written "Tips to His Bunkle" and many other things In the Poet which are of interest to Ameri cana Pattullo Is here to write special war dope for the Post. -' ' ' -Met Hoy Faubion. a boy who entered the. University f Oregon the .year X leff.i :."- ; ' - ' i " . "Was down town this afternoon and got-so Interested In talking with one of this country's blondes that I forgot what time it waa and missad retreat," .writes Fernald Cornweir, a former Journal car rier, who Is now In France with a field artillery battery. "Now I suppose I will " have lots of time to write, as will prob ably get a couple of weeks' confine ment. Am learning quite a little French. Can carry "on a conversation, though have difficulty In understanding. I find that Latin has been a wonderful help to me. The weather Is warm. Today (March 21) It Is almost too warm to- be comfortable, we -ire learning some very Interesting and new things." ' t. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Kimball of Hood River have received word from Franc of the safe arrival there of their son. Ford ham Kimball. Mr. 'Kimball has been ln training in Texas In artillery and has now been assigned to special training In France. Another son. St Dart Ktmbair. will bo drawn In the selective draft this week and expects to report at Camp Lewis shortly. ' Fordham Kimball Is the fiance of Miss Alice Gilman of Portland, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L, C. Gilman. Miss Gilman is tsklng a course st Reed col lege In reconstruction aid which em braces a three moaths hospital course and will fit her for service In Franoe. Four trips across the Atlantic with out sighting an enemy submarine Is the experience of E- O. Rauffman. former member of fire engine Company No. IS of Portland, who is now tn the navy. In a letter to Fire Chief "Dowell Mr, Rauffman tells of the pleasures and some of the discomforts In the dally life of the sailor. On week we are in the land where dates are ripe and the next week we are chopping ice on the decks. Bnt It's a great life and X enjoy every minute of tt," he writes. , .