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TUESDAY, JANVARY 7, 1810.
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plnuned system for leaving France'
economically helpless for years after
the war. ;
In some cases factories aud ma
chinery were entirely destroyed; la
others, parts of machines or whole
machines were confiscated and car
ried off into Germany along with
the other loot.
It is Germany's plan to utilize
these stolen French machines in
manufacturing goods with which to
compete with France In the markets
of the world, or even to sell to
France herself, since it was theGer
manns' crafty scheme to reduce
SOLDIER LETTERS
Albert Allyn Crowes on the "Oriba"
! November 24. 191S
Dear Dad:
The 'Stars and Stripes," the news
paper for the members of the A. K.
F. In France, has named this day
"Father's Day" and each soldier is
supposed to write a Christmas letter
to his dad.
The censorship has been lifted
and we can write just about any
thing we please. The mull authori
ties are going to put forth a special
I AfPni.fr lA rrnt IHaaa liiM.H .1.1! . I
France to' the rank of consumer hv rw.lm.. .
I will try and tell you everything
ARE WE AT WAR?
It Is said the president will re
turn to help engineer the closing of
the present congress and then beat
it to Europe again to help frame the
peace terms, all of which means
that peace is yet many, many weeks'
'distant. Meantime, the Poles and the
Bolsheviks and the Americans In
Russia are continuing tl fight. The
riot of bloodshed and robbery is un
checked.! V ' ' ' 1 i
The withdrawal of thousands of
Japanese troops from Russia is a
mystifying move to we common peo
ple. But all such moves are prob
ably no more mystifying to the com
mon people than to congress itself.
Our law-making body at Washington
is entirely in the dark. With the
possible exception of the president.
Col. House, Secretary Baker, Secre
tary Lane and Postmaster-General
Burleson and Mr. McAdoo, no one
in America knows what is going on.
Even Senator Chamberlain, who is
chairman of the military affairs com
mittee, does not know or at least
says that he does not know what
propositions are to be put before
the peace congress by the president.
It is probably well to keep all such
matters from the general public, but
It would seem that congress, which
body must -ratify any agreements,
ought to have some insight as to the
nature of the proceedings.
Recently one congressman asked,
whether we were at war with Rus
sia. Strange, but no one could tell
him whether we were or not; yet our
soldiers are over there right now
fighting the Russians. It we are not
at war with Russia, why are we
fighting them? If it is the purpose
of America and the allies to eventu
ally squelch the Bolshevik!, why
not do It now and save the "brains
of Russia" which the Bolshevik! are
bent on destroying? It is asserted
that any man in Russia who displays
any culture, dresses neatly and ap
pears prosperous Is instantly marked
for death by the Reds.
Meantime the casualty list of Am
erican dead continues to come in
from the vicinity of Archangel. And
the common people and congress
must resume their waiting game.
wnere sue bad been essentially a
producer. The same plan was fol
lowed to a large extent in Belgium.
There is absolute 'justice in the
French demand for restitution in'
kind, that .Germany be made to re
turn stolen machines and parts, and
replace from her own stock those
destroyed. Such a policy will go fur
ther toward showing Germany the
folly of her plans than any mere
money tax could do.' '
It would be manifestly unfair
that Germany should he free and
unhampered even in her business of
debt-paying while innocent France
struggled toward reconstruction for
years before she could compete in
the markets of the world.
Of all the wicked German policies
there is none more deserving of a
punishment which fits the crime
than her destruction of the materials
of the indnstrles of France and
Belgium.
After getting about six or seven
million of his subjects killed .and
robbing them of $35,000,000, the
former kaiser says he is willing to
return to Berlin and live as a private
citizen, or do anything his people
wish. The majority of his people
probably wish he would hang him
self. It's up to Bill to make good.
that I have done since I left the
states and I may repeat some things
I have told you, but I will tell them
again Just to make a connected
story.
On October 4th, soon after noon
mess, we got orders to roll our packs
and get ready to leave Camp Mills
for the port of embarkation. After
the packs were rolled we had to
clean up .the tents and company
street so that everything would be
left in good condition. When this
was done we had our supper and
then all we could do swas wait until
time to go. We built a big fire out
Of the rpftlflA XL'tk hurl lafft anA
ground it singing and telling stories
until 4 o'clock in the morning. Then
the order came to fall in and we put
on our packs and hiked to the train,
the last real train we were to ride in
for some time. We got to New York
about noon and then took the ferry
ror Hoboken. . There were several
big transports lying at their piers
all camouflaged .with blues and
greens and blacks and whites in all
manner of queer shapes. We had
to wait several hours with our packs
on while certain details were arrang
ed and the Red Cross gave us hot
coffee and buns while we waited. We
finally went up the gang plank and
were assigned io 'C" deck. The top
deck ' was the .boat deck and below
that A, B, C, D and E. Our ship
was the "Orizaba," . rather a small
ship compared with most of the
transports but she could make good
time. We laid at the pier that night
and all the next day and left that
night about 11 o'clock. After the
second day out our platoon had to
do lookout duty as I told you before
I was assigned to the crowsnest
worth seelug. After we had stood at
am-hor for an hour or more, a tug
rumo out to us aud wo were crowded
on and taken to shore and thmi we
Hot our flint idea of French Intnl.
Wo had to hlko up those long hills'
for about tour miles and I hope 1
never have to go through anything
like It again.
We passed through the town and
when we stopped for a rest the kids
would come around selling French
candy, grapes and English walnuts
and we sure gobbled them up. We
finally got to the place where we
wore to spend the night and It cer
tainly was a relief to got those
packs off our backs. It was just a
flat field covered with mud but we
pitched our little shelter tents,
spread our raincoats on the ground
and then our blankets and crawled
I In before It was even dark. Of
! course it had to rain and one end
'of tho tent was oppn and our feet
! sticking out, but we put our over
i ronta over our feet and slept until
morning. When we woke up tho sun
was shining bright and we all felt
much better .
That nfternoon we moved into an
; other field nnd into bigger tents.
holding eight men. We still had to
sleep on tne wet ground, but we
had a little room to move around.
Itrest wag supposed to lui u rent
camp, but we worked harder there
than any other plnro slnco wo have
been In France. We had to ' haul
garbage, tin cans and refuse of all
kinds an dump it, carry lumber
all day for 7r.O new building they
were putting up there besides haul
ing a big water wagon about a mile
and a half through the mud to get
our drinking water. It was so scarce
there was no chance to wash so we
couldn't vveu movC our feet with- all of the llttloltetalU that 1 haven't
out slopping" on somebody and Set
ting cussed, ' We rodu lliul. way fur
two days and a ultthl.iTlw little,
sleeping 1 did was done sitting up
on top of a pack between another
lellows logs. Wo got to l.o Mans
lute In the afteruouu and hiked
about a mile to the rump, 1a Mans
is a classification camp wburo tliey
find out what branch of the service
you aro best fitted for.
It is also n place whuie tho men
who were wounded coiuo uack'trom
the front to recuperate. We also
got all the new equipment wu need
ed at that pluco. We hud good bur
racks to sleep lit there and I lie beds
were made of chicken wire on a
frame uud they fell like feather beds
to us. Ws bad good outs there too
and very little to do so we had a
pretty good rest. Wo only stayed
time. t6 wrltd about.'
I am still feeling as fine n ever
and gutting fuller every day. tilve
my best regards to my friends In the
1'uhh and tell them "Hello frtn
France."
I'VT. ALIIKRT M. ALLYN.
llano Signal H-honl,
1st Depot Division,
American Kx. Forres, France,
A. P. O. 727.
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Continued from I'uge On.
ladder was crowded with sailors re
turning to their ship.
"Hum. Run for your liven,'
shouted I'aoliu't'l, iitriigtillug to rent-It
the duck lieforu the explosion took
place. Ito and lloettl had readied
the deck and ran to lliu stern of tit
i druuduauKlil when a terrific oxplo
lo rent the air ami a column of
I water 3,00 feet likh shot tipwiird,
I Atl ml in I Voiifok It'll attain gave thm
I permission to save themselves, and
J t It - liud lxtt'11 tunning away from
tlin ship five mlniilea when limy
nonru until her eiphmitui una taw
Hint the other bomb which hud been
left adrift had I n carried by the
rum-tit ulontisldn the large Austrian,
liner Winn aud had there eiplodml.
The Vlrlluis lnllls wan then lying
i ou her Hide, but suddenly the hug
ship turned bottom upward and
I Lieutenant I'noltic i saw Admiral
Voiicovlch scramble upward and
stand with folded arms on the keel,
ready lo go down with his vessel.
Major llossettl and Lieutenant
didn't wash. We stayed In Brest for again because I have done that pret-' ''""I"""'. ml
about three days and then we were 'y thoroughly already and my letter
loaded in box cars and sent to Iji getting too long.
Mans. The French box cars are Just We are going to leave here hoiiio-
about half as long, as the American time tomorrow although we have
'cars. On the outside of each one Is only been here four weeks. I
I a sign "40 Hommes, 8 Cheveux." haven't any idea wh..r .
which means they are to bo loaded ing, possibly Into Germany and pos
wlth 40 men or 8 horses and that Is slbly it is our first step toward home
Just the way we were loaded, -40 though I doubt II
in one of those little cars besides our I hope you all have a very Merrv
big packs and rifles and our rations chrlstm.. L 1 v. . X
. . un v-'iinsima ana a hippy and sucrem-
ed our packs uguln and were sent
to Snlnt Algnn where we are now.
It was Just u day's ride ami we
traveled In t.eeoud class French
couches, eight men lo a compart
ment, so were much inure ' com
fortable. The first night e were
billeted out In burns, sheds, etc. .and
slept on the floor, but the next n I, '.lit
wo hud good beds In burrucks. That
was another clnslticntloii camp and'
froih there we were assigned to tlilsi
school.
i ant camp is amy about hair a
mllo from here. About 10,000 men J
are sent through there every day'
after bolng assigned to new com-!
pnnies and divisions. We staved
there three or four days nnd then
came over hero to school. The j
course hero lasts six weeks and after I
thut we aro sent to tho front. I anil
not going to describe the sehool
on board another Austrian warship,
where they were kept prisoners tin
til the armlstlte wns signed and an
Italian warship entered the harbor.
Then a launch was sent for the two
heroes ami they were sent on a des
troyer to Venice where tho people
gave them a vociferous welcome.
Illltli LAW INVALID
Washington, Jun. 7. --The federal
migratory bird law was today de
clared Invalid by the supremo court.
J.
That was a sad awakening that
struck thousands of shipyard work
ers when ship contracts were can
celled and big wages took wings,
And winter is here for many weeks pwith a lieutenant and another prl
yet.
"Higher shoes and shorter skirts"
are bound to come, says the shoe
travelers' association. Oh, well, the
American public has witnessed some
trying specta"les lately and ought to
be able to stand most anything now.
The fighting boys of the famous
91st will soon be home. They
should receive a rousing welcome.
RESTITUTION IN KIND
It is stated by higli French au
thorities i hi t Frirce will iot only
demand restitution from Germany,
, but she will demand restitution in
kind.
' ' The destruction wrought by the
Germans in northern ' France was
"not simply the rude rengance of
war, but formed part of a carefully
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Christiana, Jan. 7. To strengthen
the business reations between Nor
way and the United States, a move
ment has been set on toot here for
an exhibition of Norwegian and Am
erican mercantile products to be
held in Norway during the autumn
of 1919. It is being backed by a
large number of corporations having
business relations with America.
OHIO LINES VP WITH DHY8
Columbus, Ohio, Jan. 7. The
Ohio legislature today voted for the
national prohibition amendment.
vate. We would be on duty for one
hour and off two for 24 hours and
the next 24 we would be oft duty.
We all had to wear life belts every
minute of the day and night but they
were made Just like a coat so they
were not bothersome.
Every morning at a little before
daybreak and every evening Just be
fore It got dark everybody would
have to get out on the upper decks
and stay there until It got light or
dark, as that was the time when the
submarines got in their dirty work,
but we were very lucky and didn't
see a sign of a submarine, although
the first night I was on lookout
duty I imagined I saw one In every
wave. Wo had two other transports
and one destroyer in'our convoy un
til we got a day out from our desti
nation. Then we wero met by six
other destroyers so that we were
pretty well protected. On the morn
ing of the ninth day, Just before day
break, the lieutenant with me in the
crows nest saw a lighthouse and a
few minutes later I saw another and
the other fellow saw a hill and
we all heaved a sigh of relief because
we knew we would be on land again
pretty soon. Just about noon we
dropped anchor In the harbor of
Brest on the western coast of France
and I never saw such a sight.. There
were 85 transports In the harbor be
sides all the other craft. In the dis
tance up on the hill was the city
with its white .buildings and green
fields and it made a scene well
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