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A THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLANDS SUNDAY MORNING, JANUARY . 5, 1919 a OREGON MEN GIVE VIVID OF LAST BASE HOSPITAL 46 KEPT BUSY COAST ARTILLERY HAD ITS PART IN BIGGEST BARRAGE A. Blair Paul, Medical Aid, Writes Home Stirring Account of St. Mihiel Drive. Only Surgeon for 28,000 Men t t X at at . ; ' " t . 6 ' t THREE CITATIONS FROM DIFFERENT "1 WSJ. Strain for 24 Hours Terrible 4 IT AND DAY Captain, Karl Swenson of Beaverton who waa the only surgeon with the) 28,000 men for 12 hours at the battle of the Argonne forest ' and . who stuck to his post ministering tj the wounded com rades under the terrible strain and without adequate help, received a com mission as major, on November 22 In recognition of his services. Captain Swenson entered the service as lieu tenant in the ambulance service and was assigned to the. Ninety-first division In April, leaving for France tn June. j His waa the only dressing station lit the advanced areaduring the Argonne forest fight. ; Hia tent was struck, by a bomb, injuring; one of his .lieutenant badly and killing; ' the other, while the major suffered severely from the shock! He operated hastily upon the wounded lieutenant and then followed hours of terrible strain and work Almost beyond human endurance during which he does f ACCOUNTS OF c SOURCES RECEIVED NG Roy E. Carnathan Gives Complete Account of Movement of Or ganization, Mostly Portlanders. OPERATIONS BY THE SCORE Private Roy Young Says Division Earned by Hard .Work All Hon ors They Were Accorded. SANITARY TRAIN ALSO CITED i ":mifi J3 ST not know how many men he cared for. Surgeons Have Worked Occasion ally 24 Hours at a Stretch and Marty Times 12 to T4 Hours. In the srcomranyinf letter Prirste Roy E. C'arnathan of H" Hospital 46. the University I of Oregon medical school unit, which is officered I lurgel, by Portland and Oregon physicians, and manned by Oreeoniana both in its enlinted per sonnel and nurses' corps, eeta forth details in the fHTviee of Hint unit overseas which heretofore rurYS not been published because of the censor ship regulation!. Private Carnathan ia the son of Frank Carnathan of 480-13a t Fiftieth street north. i ''. BazMHes-Sur-Meuse, France, Nov. 24, Hear IiaJ: This Is the day ap pointed throughout the A. E. P. as ' Dads' day, and all of we'uns over here are supposed to pay our respects to the head of the hjouse. To begin with, the news came to us today that censorship rules have been relaxed somewhat, so we are allowed to write a good i deal of news that here tofore has been forbidden. So about the first thine; I want to get off my chest, and which will probably be of Interest to you folks who have been pouring over maps for several months, is our locations Bazoilles, which, ac cording to French pronunciation. Bounds like "Bazwah," 'has been dubbed every thing imaginable. It Is about the size of Linnton, and is three kilometers from N'i'ufchauteau. The latter plSce can be found on the map I believe, but in case you, do not happen to have a ' map handy will say that it is 30 kilo meters west, jand a trifle south of Nancy, and about 120 kilometers east and a little to the south of Paris. We are located in thp Vosges mountains, .which ia known ajs the fothills of the Alps. Our particular location is in a valley, and we are surrounded on all sides with hills. Our hospital is one of seven units which comprises a cen ter. The town proper is located in about the center ; we arc on the north west side of the town, and base hos pital 18 Is next idoor to us. Then across the railraad, and the Meuse river, both of which go through the center of the valljey, are the remain ing units. View Is Beautlfnl Our several trips to Ts'eufchateau takes us up over the hill to the north of us, and then the highway goes to .the east. The whoile valley can be seen from this hill, for.;a distance of about three or -Xour miles. It certainly is a beautiful view, too, and especially at Ttrght when everything is lighted up, and I hope to secure a picture of it be fore jye leave here. It corresponds somewhat to the view you get of Port land from the helfehts. Bazoilles is not much of a place, but there is little use in me trying to- make a description of it now. Keufchateau, 'however, is a pretty fair town, and most of us have been a!J over that place. We are all anxious tosee Paris, but it is al pretty hard proposition to get there, and do not know' whether I will have an opportunity to ;get there before leav ing or not. Charley and I have made application for leave, which should take place December 1. If we get it, we are going to ."ice, which is quite a beautiful city, about 75,000 population. J Major Wright (Drj. Otis Wright) Just re turned from there and says it is a pretty nice place. ' Hope we are not out of luck on our trip, but now. that the war ia over, it is hard to tell Just what the next move will be, nori whe,n It will take place. Liable as not.tto come Just about the tlmer-we figure e-n going, and ""' then it will be god night for our trip. I would like to Bee a little of France before going back to the states, how- ever, as we have only seen that portion through which we traveled en route. Strangers In Strange Land Our trip through Franc started at the port of Cherbourg, and from there we fame directly south, circled Paris, and landed here in Bazoilles early In the morning of July 2. Prior to this. our transatlantic voyage brought us Into the harbor1 at Liverpool. From there we traveled through England to Southampton, w&ere we embarked for France. I Our trip through England was very interesting, the main place of Interest being Birmingham, where there are large locomotive; works, and coal fields. Of course, we were able to adapt our selves to the English ways very quickly, as we could understand them and had little difficulty. . But as soon as we hit France we were strangers in a strange land, and there' wasn't a thing we could "savvy" in French. However, since that time, we have Picked up a little here and there, though'most all of our pa tients have beenj Americans, so we have not been mixed Iwlth the French people j very much, and consequently have learned very little of their language. It seems like I anv relating all these details backwards, but after you have read this letters through once, you can start at the end, and read the other way Magic Relief for Bad Stomachs For Indigestion, Gas and Acidity Great stuff! Stomach feels fine! When your meals sour and turn intb acid and gases ; when your food lays like lead refusing to digest then you realize the magic of Pape's Diapepsin. Relief is instant ! No waiting ! Sick, sour, upset stomachs are put in order at once. Truly ! Costs so little Any drug store. s ash aW m : i - RMMOOTnmiMnuiiiniiin ihiihiwihuu; cl ?r& : HE Jill rf f ' ""'-r'ft, y' h $$$$ v jjf ' '""" i ) MfA -x-.rki.: ri CP) I 00 I (19 I Ui 1 Private Le" Roy Young, with ambulance unit in France. 2 Sergeant Clyde R. Burns, at airplane service depot in France. 3 Robert E. Mullen, K. of C. worker who leaves for France this week. 4 Harry R. Kyle, home for the holidays from Bremerton. 5 Sergeant Claude Beckner, with machine gun company in France. 6 A. Blair Paul, wounded at Argonne. 7 Richard Bonty, with 91st division in Belgium. 8 Corporal M. Eee, Bowder, with 47th aero squadron. 9 Harry G. Bowder, with 22 d infantry, Camp Meade. 10 Homer Bowder, with, 65th artillery in, France. 11 William B. Hastie of Mount AngeJ, in France. 12 Sergeant E. L. Ordemann, with the army of occupation in Germany. 13 Sergeant Edward AVillikson, with 162d infantry in France, li George Weston, on the destroyer Ringold. 15 Raymond Weston, on the con- - voy Wisconsin. 1C Edgar L. Roth, stationed in town where Jeanne d'Arc was imprisoned. and then you will have the whole busi ness straight. And now to pet bark to a few recol lections of our, trip through the States we got a great hand all the way to the Atlantic coast, and among the cities of interest that we got a good glimpse of were Jfcluntington. Or., Shoshone, Ida., Pocatello, Ida., Rawlins, Wyo., Chey enne, Wyo.. North Platte. Neb., Omaha. Neb., Ft. Dodge. Ia., Oelwein, Ia., Chi cago, 111., Ft. Wayne. Ind.. Cleveland. Ohio, Erie, Pa. Buffalo, N. Y., Bing ham, N. V., Scranton, Pa., and Pater son, X. J. Then we wound up at Camp Merritt. where we stayed about four days, and then pulled out early one morning and boarded the C. P. 11. trans port steamer Missinabie. Regarding our life on board the boat, I will have to relate when I get home. There was enough happened in that short time June 11 to.24tto fill up several pages. Carpathian Delayed Trip One very unusual thing about our voy age across the Atlantic was that the U. S. S. San Diego was our guide-. Seth Blake is a member of the crew and we did not know he was in the convoy until we had landed In Liverpool. We did not see him. however. According to re ports both the U. S. S. San Diego and the S. S. Missinabie have been torpe doed since then. The Alissinabie has been carrying troops ever since it was launched, and when it carried base 46 across, she was, on her thirty-fourth trip. That fa quite a record. She must have made about 40 trips before going down. The Carpathian was also a member of our convoy across. You will recall the terrible Titanic disaster in 1910 and remember that the Carpathian, was the ship which rescued her survivors. The S. S. Carpathian was the slowest boat in our convoy, and was unable to make better than 10 knots which lengthened our trip across by about two days. She had machinery trouble from the start, and on arrival at Liverpool was put in drydock and repaired. From reports she had scarcely put out to sea, on her return to the States from that trip when she was also torpedoed and went down. One of the prettiest rides in our en tire trip was our leave from Southamp ton, bound for France. We left South- asV ' l.Wlt fl HI MI ft I YOUR FEET m - wniwMWHMMMnmiimMNiiaai : 4 . '' '''? - - .. , ' 'f .-. 4 i, ' inr Hi aaainmr'" rtf' J fj" ?: Kf V y- ': I ' -: m i friffinrinMii m mfli ft 1 SI 2 ampton about dusk and for many miles along the coast of England from South ampton to Portsmouth we could see quaint old walls, castles and pretty, green pastures. About thai only thing that equaled this sight was our trip down through the Irish sea. I will never forget the first sight of land. I almost felt like Columbus. I was on guard on the fore side of the starboard from 4 to in the rooming. The sun came up real bright and we could see the dim outlines of the north coast of Scotland, many miles away. It sure felt good toi see it, too. As for our hospital, and what we have seen, 1 could probably write a good many mora pages. But a few details will do now. and I can tell you the rest when we get home. I believe about the most important thing I can mention in this connection is our first convoy .of patients. We had Just received about 30 carloads of medical supplies, and they were not even out of the boxes when along came 300 patients. Well you can imagine how busy we were for about, four weeks. This medical supply. depot was about the busiest place I have 6een in a good many days, and you can imagine what a nice time we had get ting things; in shape, unpacking boxes, keeping records, and taking care of patients, alii at Ihe satne time. Surgeons Kept Busy During the Saint Mihiel drive, when the Americans made such a grand drive, our surgery under ie direction of Major Joyce dm Thomas M. Joyce) per formed 79 operations. They worked for 24 hours straight. There have been other times when they have - had less operations, but have worked from 12 to 14 and 16 hours straight. My work has not brought me in very close touch with the medical or surgical work in the hospital, but even at that I have had an opportunity to see a good many interesting cases. I. have been asked in several letters, if we could hear the noise from the firing' line Well to answer that ques tion honestly, it was not exactly Vat: I thought it would be when we clone over. Prior to our coming to Europe, I had read of occasions where OteTtring could be heard in London. Sovnaturally my expectations were, that we would be able to hear the noise as soon as we SIX BOYS OF v s 4 I s. 1 V ir rmmi VtWS&imiii i iSsrv :B&iaS 1 nsr nrr V'lt sswMMSisWMi Jmitmmm3r Tnirnn mil niiinnifVi Ai s .1 ' , - . l' Left to right Lieutenant Lloyd L. Hoggatt, Carl Hog'gatt, S. A. T. C; Archie Hoggatt, Sergeant Clyde E. Hoggatt, who died of pneumonia All six were bora- In the same town and grew up together. Six boys of the same name who were born in the same town and who grew up together and entered the service at America's call are Corporal Archie Hoggatt.! who served at. the border and later went to Franca; Sergeant Clyde E. Hoggatt,) who died of pneumonia in O-yj.uiimii wiiyjiWjL..J-ry 'W'n'M ' ,v'v' ' ' " T landed in France. Perhaps the most serious situation this year confronted the allies about the tijhe we landed here at our destination. So naVarally the noise was much more distinct dur ing our first few weeks here, and when the offensive opened up on the night of July 18, It certainly sounded like the whole front was within 15 miles of us on all sides. It was not the kind of noise you would expect to hear if you were standing a fev hundred feet from a large cannon, but a noise like a far off blast rumble through space and we could feel the vibrations. As the line moved forward, the noise decreased, and we couid not hear it so distinctly, until it was almost out of hearing when the armistice was signed. Words Are Inadequate We owe a great deal to those 'who made the supreme sacrifice, and we also owe a great deal to those who have de fended the honor of our country and "brought' home the bacon." All the ar ticles you might read whether you be lieve them or not could never con vince you of the hell they have all gone through ; but seeing the suffering is different, and even though we had hardly begun on our proposed drive to Berlin, we must be thankful that our lot of deprivation, economy, loss of life and cripples. Is small, very small, as compared with the allies and our enemies. If we can look forward to this fact with every American, we ought to have prosperity as never be fore and soon have our industries and organizations back to their normal state again. fa Ba Sergeant Claude Beckner, who spent hjs school days in PortlanU, has been in France with a machine gun company during the recent American drives In Belgium. He also served on the Mexican border with the Oregon boys. Since his enlistment, he went first to North Caro lina with the Third Oregon, then to Camp Mills, N. Y.( and from there to France. To date he has escaped with out a scratch, although he has been in the thick of the fighting. PS PS A letter frpm Angers, France, dated December 5, brings word from Supply Sergeant Fred G. Morae, U. S. engineers, that he hopes soon to start for home. SAME NAME ALL France, both sons of Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Hoggatt, 844 East Thirty-third street Corporal Fred D. Hoggatt, who also en listed ' for service at Mexican border, but was not called, went to "France wtth the Sixty-fifth artillery, and has been over the top a number of times. Lieu SAW SERVICE AT VERDUN te Argonne Engagement Is Declared to Have Been Toughest Troops Were Ever Up Against. A Blair Paul, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank I. Pawl of 536 Sellwood boulevard, Portland, who was wounded while in action, at Verdun, when the Americans made their third drive about Argonne and Verdun, writes a vivid story of the drive. Blair was a Junior at the University of Oregon when he enlisted In the Na tional Guard and finally as medical aid in the Sixty-fifth artillery, C. A. C. He was trained at Fort Stevens at the mouth of the Columbia, during 1917 and 1918. Last April h sailed for France. He served in all ef uie first three drives, St. Mihiel. Argonne-Meuse and Argonne Verdun, when during the last drive he was wounded and taken to the rear. He writes from a hospital In Vichy, France, as follows: "Even if I have been wounded, I have seen the fighting. "The first drive my outfit was in was at St. Mihiel, and we helped to put over the biggest barrage In history. Every thing went fine. The second was in the Argonne-Meuse on the Chapue front. We did not put over as many barrages as in th first drive, as our guns were out of range or the infantry was operat ing. We waitedin case there would be a counter attack" by "Jerry." We may have gotten out of range, as our lines advanced so very fast. Well, after, we were through firing we medical men went into our first aid dugouts .and fried hot-cakes-and potatoes. "Our third drive was in the Argonne at Verdun apd was the toughest job our troops ever went up against.' That was where I got wounded.. The night before the batallloft reached . the city of Ver dun and encamped - some within and some without its walls, .for we were right at the gate. I slept In an old shell-torn building. We reached this about 4 o'clock in the morning after having traveled all night. That after noon the guns were taken about five miles towards the enemy's line and In the evening set up. I was selected' to take charge of one battery as first-aid man, having some other men under me. The next night we left for the posionst reaching these about 9 p. m., and be lieve me, we had some time finding our dugout. We could not Use any lights at all, even smoke was not allowed and of course we never had been in the place Before. The mud was over a foot deep. We waded through it, finally finding the dugout- It was a dry one, almost 50 feet under the ground, having accom modations for 50 men In nice clean bunks. "We went to bed till 3 o'clock In the morning, when the drive started. It was raining heavily and it was bad weather to be in. ' But at 4 o'clock J was out (on duty right at the guns. Everything at that time was silent, the calm before the storm, as it always is before a drive. Suddenly the firing Btarted. Just like clock work. One gun not "far away let loose and soon after there were hundreds of - guns sending their fiery messages to the Huns. We kept it UP until 7. "At 10 o'clock I was standing in front of our first-aid dugout with my pal when a six-inch Hun shell hit about 50 feet away from me and a piece of it went right through my arm. That's when I left the outfit. Fire minutes after I Was hit I was on the way to a hosnital. That was on October 8. To day. November 24.. I am still at the hos nital in Vichy Franc. The outfit finished two more drives after I left, experienceing narrow es capes, but it's all over now. Those days are past now and I don't think I'll have to sleep on the ground in the woods any more. The Sixty-fifth artillery, C. A. C, to which I belonged, had 9.2 inch howit ser guns. They were all motorized. We never marched, but always rode in trucks. The guns were moved by cater pillars. "We have the reputation of being crack shots. We always destroyed everything that was assigned us to fire on. Well. this, short story is only an item. Will have lots to tell when I come home. But I certainly have been in it." AMMONIA TOOK SIX LIVES Tube Drops Into Hatch on Transport and Breaks With Serious Effects. Dad's day brought forth an excellent crop of letters from sons of Portland fathers in France, among the interesting ones of which is that of Sergeant E. G. Willikson of Company C, One Hundred Sixty-second infantry, son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Willikson of 905 Ivanhoe street, part of which is reproduced below. "Two days out from France on board the 'Susquehanna,' a former German freighter, we were met by 18 destroyers who joined us and we were told by sail or on entering the Bay of Biscay, that this was the kaiser's borieyard, although we saw no 'subs.' Then we entered the IN SERVICE Corporal Fred D. Hoggatt, Corporal in France; Sergeant Glean H. Hoggatt. tenant Lloyd L. Hoggatt and Sergeant Glenn H. Hoggatt. cousins of the first mentioned boys, have been in ihe avia tion service at Ellington field, Houston, Texas, but were not sent to France. Carl Hoggatt- enlisted and entered the S. A. T. C. at Corvallis, where he was second bugler with company B . Soldier in France Writes To Sister Letter in Verse. Forrest F. Brackett. son of iMrs. Ida M. Brackett, 15 East Twenty-second street, who is with the 157th aero squad ron In France,- wrote the following In teresting letter In verse to his Bister, Miss Beryl Brackett. Mr. Brackett -has made quite a reputation among the American soldiers by writing numerous verses in the same vein for soldiers' papers in France. Hear kid sis, I got your let' Jus' now che'a make ma glad you bet, Bccaate she's from my little ra De end she's come too soon to this. IM enrelopes an' paper's blue Before they come, I'm this way. too: But de let' is bright jus' like de sun. He's make me smile an' laugh like fan. I'm here in sunny France jus' now. To see jus' wliat is make dis row. But when de fus is finish brown I'm gone head quick for Portland town. - You ask me If I'm near my pal. Bob Grey ds blonde from sunny. Cel., Ue informash' I get by chance. He's long ways way Somewhere in France I guess kid Jones mus break bis pen, He don't write now since long time when; Rut anyway de mail she's bum. So bimeby maybe let' she's come. harbor and In perfectly smooth water, the first fun began, for we were attacked by three' 'subs. After sending two tor pedoes at us. which didn't hit, the de stroyers went after them with depth bombs and got two of them. Where the other went I don't know, but we saw no more of them. That was on Christmas day and we had corned beef and cabbage for Christmas. "In unloading the ship the stevedores dropped a slingload down a hatch at 4 o'clock In the morning and broke open a tube of ammonia. You can imagine how hard the fellows were hit for there were about 1000 soldiers asleep down there. Nearly all of them were affected and two .soldiers, two sailors and" two negro stevedores were killed. Our com pany was In another hatch and we were not touched." lea Mi Private Richard Bonty, son of Frank Bonty of 1190 Mixter street, is one of Portland's boys who has been through the Argonne forest battle and the last big American drive In Belgium and come out of it unhurt. Private Bonty volunteered In an ambulance unit in 19!7r He received some training at Hill Military school after hours of work and later was sent to Camp Lewis, where he was assigned to the 363d am bulance -company, 316 sanitary train Ninety-first division, with which he left for France in June. After arriving in France he spent one month at St Nazaire, and thence to the front. Private Bonty took part in the three big drives In which he said .the Ameri cans fought like tigers at Argtmne After nine days on the Argonne front they were sent to a rest camp and then to Belgium for further active service. where . they were engaged up until the last moment of the fighting. He is now stationed at Audenarde, Belgium. Mr. and Mrs. O. L. Bowder of 6725. Sixteenth avenue have three sons In the service, two overseas and one at Camp Meade, Md. Corporal M. Lee Bowder, with the Forty-seventh aero squadron in France, was in two towns Just evacuated by the Germans and reached the front lines Just a few days before the signing of the armistice. He Is known in Portland as one of the salesmen in Jones' mar ket, where he was employed for six years. Homer Bowder, who was for some time with Doernbecher Furniture com pany, has been with Battery C of the Sixty-fifth artillery and was In. the front line trenches. He reports col lecting souvenirs from Boche prisoners and expects to come home with a load of Interesting spoil. The third son, Harry d. Bowder. who was with the Oregon Motor company in Portland, enlisted with the Sixty-third infantry and has been stationed at Camp Meade. Md. Robert E. Mullen, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles M. Mullen of 1112 East Washington street, left Saturday for a point of embarkation to report In Paris: for duty ass Knights of Columbus sec retary. He has been stationed at Camp Lewis for some months at the base hos pital tributary to K. of C. hall No. f. Ever since he was accepted for service In the K. of C. work, he has been un ravelling the red tape necessary to re lease him for overseas 'duty. After the signing of the armistice It was found that his services might still be needed and he Is wearing a particularly broad smile nov that he has actually gotten possession of the required passport. Mr. Mullen hopes to have the pleasure of following the American boys of the army of occupation into Germany, or else he will be detailed for reconstruction and war relief work. William B. Hastie c?Vfount Angel has returned to. his post of duty after an extended furlough occasioned by the seri ous illness of his mother, Mrs. P. B. Hastie. . Mr. Hastie Is with the radio electricians stationed at Mare Island. Cal and was the first young man of the community to answer his country's. call. Mr. Hastie enlistedm January, 1917. tea Harry R. Kyle is stationed at Bremer ton in the Puget Sound naval training school. He spent his holidays with his parents in Portland and is proud of his brother, Ernest C.yle, who received a citation for distinguished service with 116th ambulance corps. 104th sanitary train, in France. Harry Kyle was grad uated from the High School of Com merce of Portland. A b Edgar L. Roth, clerk of the Fifth company ordnance,, has been stationed at Mehun, France, sine? September. H Is the son of Mrs. and Dr. J. B. Roth of 1108 East Main street He was "born in Portland and Is a craduate of Wash ington high school. He entered the Ben son Polytechnic school 'last June In the electrical department. After comple tion of the course he was sent to Camp Hancock, Ga., whence he was sent across to his present location. In a recent letter home he said that Mehun was a small town where .the Jus now I'm work on tcel garage. She's paint all green for camouflage, I'm work on roof bee' up long ways, Dis is de way I get my raise. IA week I build T. M. C. A.. I'm out ,wid pick and shov nex' day. But army life he's pretty queer. As' many tings I do dis year. One time I'm out and drlie car, An' nex' I'm acting cook, by gar, De only ting I mis I swear. Is knitting sox for troops to wear. I'm wash de dish I'm work in rain, I'm eren clean off airplane. An' drive a nail an' break de rock, 'An now I got my wash in bockl But while de -food we got a heap. An' good barracks wid bed to sleep, le war can last so long be like, I'm Bure til he is done sure Mike. But in de meantime what you do, - You write so often I write you. For letters from back home are rare; I like to kno' what's da' back there. An" furthermore I love you, too. For sisters what I got is few. Wid dose we got we no should tight. So sate us haini row you write. chateau de Charles VII is located, and in which Jeanne d'Arc was imprisoned. It is in a good state of preservation. All the towns he has seen so far in France A . . . Bare very ancient in appearance, are su full of historic interest and romance. They cannot in any way be compared to the cities of the good United States, which Is the only country to live Iff. ) Mr. . and Mrs. C. , E. Weston of 815 Haight street have' four boys in the services The oldest son, Alvah, is with the Ninety-first division in France, El wyn is in the navy in submarine sery- " zvisK it was possible suffers from constipation to know about Dr. Caldwelfs Syrup Pepsin. It is pleasant to the taste, does' Moi gripe, and the result is sure!' (From a letter to Dr. Caldweli writ ten by Mr. R. Laneyy Alexandria, La. 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Give harmless Cascarets to jchildren one year old and upwards. Each ten- cent box contains full directions. Corps Comrnander Confers, Addi tional Mark of Reward on 357th Field Hospital. "The French are moving back to their home and seem to be very happy," writes Private ho Roy Young with 357 th field hospital, J15th sanitary train, from E'rance,. under: date of November 21. "We've Just moved to a place which has been recently . vacated by the Germans before-we ran therri out. Fine barracks here all plastered and .with , concrete walks around the buildings. Most of the prisoners who are now returning to-thclr homes wear I an assortment of clothes, mostly German, and they seem to want to show us that they appreciate what we have done for them. "Our division received , three citations from different sources and we are now wearing a distinction mark on our shoulder denoting our division. The sanitary trains were also cited by. our corps commander. Everybody in the division worked hard and deserved all they pot and could take a little more. From the latest reports we are . to go Into Germany. It will -. be an honor to KO with the army of occupation and I hope we will go to some big town for al change. Maybe we'll get a chance to Lskate on the Rhine this winter. ip'We are, across the Meuse now and the country is very pretty. The Huns had it all under cultivation and we are enjoying fresh "spuds," parsnips and carrots. The : beets grow as big as a rain barrel."-! ice, George Weston is In service on the destroyer Ringold and Raymond Weston ia on the convoy Wisconsin and has crossed the Atlantic a number of times. for everyone who sin work" every time., A poison which is keepingyour little 11 Pep Children love .Cascarets, because to "Cascarets act better than castor oil.