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Jewels, Signet Rings, Watches, Fountain Pens, Silverware for
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as time passes. And that is why they should endure.
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Tin' interesting story of an Ameri-
'an nnn-conirnissioned ollW-r on fur
ciil;Ii in Fiance is tolil in H letter liy
Set. Van VV. Gladden, of the L'Oth Kn
Hiii' crs, to his brother, (ieu. VV. Glad
ill .i. Sgt. Gladden writes :
"llcteiii lies the true anil unvarnish
e.l tale of my lirst 'permission,' In
peace times it Would have liecu H must
I'liiowible trip, hut now, ill time of
war, to false the trip from an army
i-a.np it's an epoch. To have free
dom for 10 tliis is happiness in itself.
hul when to that is aiiileil a beautiful I
p'liiiny, excellent accommodations and!
plenty of d.-tractions, you can imagine
how we appreciated it.
"1 left here, I'amp Kellogg;, I''rai:ce,
on September 1:1 nt 10 in the morning
and we ue:e taken by camion to li.ix,
w h- re we caught the express for lior
deaux. At iord"inix wo had fr m l p.
tn. until ,-..'!lt. and in that lime we pro
ceeded to see as much of the city as
pissihl... l'.iniieaux is a city of about
the ; of l'ortlantl, and a an old
P- M. full of all sorts of tine monu
ments and statues. Two of us, the
i. th.r chap a corporal in the medical
i 1 1 1 1 1 s , from New York, went oil to
gether to look the (own over, and we
staved together most of the trip after
th-il. We had supper that flight at the
V. M. ('. A., which occupies an excel
le t old building in the heart of the
c I :. and after supper we sat for a
woile m the park outside where Hor
il. a ix calm is nightly I i listen to the
ii. t.-i.- t an excellent American hand.
"I hri.'.iirht away from l!ordcau
I o! ee i in ! essoins w hich seem to Stay
wit:, inc. as impoi taut. One of then;
A ciuni; French otl'n'er and his wife
'.M -e on a i hi coming from the station.
II.- was apparently ju.-t arriving home
on permission, ai-d b th of them were
s,. s i,,i, i,i l liMoi'v that till'V could
haul!-, w H.t' to be by the .1 elves.
ky il"i: th it his wife was t.iy .'iiMl I
nwies awny in.-de:i'l ot a.noil. ! ' iff
' il i tn.-t fiiiiiK taeie was tut palk
w th the niuht ciawil there -rjo
tlu band. The third iniptessii'ii came
t; in a statue, illustjatllitf a .-'oay.
The iantif tiuures in bronze were so
hi. like that 1 ju.-t stooil and stared,
:i d my buddy hud to pull me aw ay.
' At's.:!'.l we assembled at the station
i vpcct'i v; to take a route direct for
I ons. In f;n t we supposed this until
a Vrench couple told us that were not
la aded in that directaai. It was as
f u. ii we hail been tfointf from New
,tk city to St. Louis by way of At
l.mta, tin., but it nil seemed ijUite reg
ular. Tiic direct l.i e was somewhat
ci'.v (led and toe transportation otlicer
i,., I pist sent us on an indirect journey.
T: o 'next morning' we laid over six
Iciiis at Toulouse, where 1 was kept
b ,,y with translations and arguments
w lii the lailwav imployes. Toulouse
is alnm. t a- larsze as lioreilau.x and in
a rich patf of Fiance. Very few
Ainotirans had been tlieie'and the peo
ple were splendidly cordial and enthus
iast!, . We looked over the town, and
n.ot.Pira strange Frenchman, Hskul
(, a .;.tel. He escorted us to one, and
I ns r,.,inested that we In'"
given the best, lie was in civilian
he had pinned a i roix u -his
lueast. 1 guess he had
We spent the afternoon
across to the Meiliterran-
htt e nor I fulled
garb, but
ti.ieire to
seen his.
journeying
fan, arriving
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Cat.. Km mute, e IiHsseU me lamous
foitiessof l"arcas.-on, uud a French
soldier gave me its history and de
scribed its interior. It, is now in as
complete a state of preservation as in
the time of I'easar. It is an enormous
atfair, the largest ancient castle of
France, and is in plain view from the
cars. It will accommodate 10,KK( peo
ple behind its walls.
"From Toulouse to Celte and up to
Lyons one is constantly in sight of
vineyards, and at all the small sta
tions, if we stopped, one could see the
Americans out over the fences getting
their mits full of red grapes. These
grapes are a globe of rich red juice,
with two little sieds. and are used in
making the deep red wines of this dis
trict. They ate rathei sour. All the
way up the Rhine every hillside is
covered with terraced vineyards. It
was a plea-ant trip. The train was
pulled by a good engine and the cars
were good. We made but two stops.
I have had more respect for Ftench
railways ever since. Their good lines
are just as good as anything we have
in the States, but we haven't any
thing iis rotten as their rotten lines.
"V hen we arrived at Aix-Les-Hains
we were I ladeil back on the train and
sent on to lhanibeiry, for Aix was
already full of Yanks. FAcrybndy was
feeling good ,4 hat morning over the
news of the ,'Wierican success at. St.
Model. We were checked and then
made absolutely flee. You can have
no conception of what this means un
less you have been under discipline for
many months. Some Y women served
us coffee as we were leav ing for the
hotels and called, 'Don't forget, boys,
to drop around about H'.lin and get
soiipj ice cream.' We, who had up to
this time been in billets or camps and
always in bed by that hour, could
hardly believe it, and we talked about
that ice cream all the way to the
hotel.
"The bunch whs billeted about in
hotels, good hotels, w ith marble stair-
. i ,' . . r a l I l...,l th..
cases anil uae iceu Io in-u.-, mc j
high-posted kind that lequirts a step
ladder wlieii you retire, and so uuuy
are the feather ticks that you mire
lawn, and only jour nosesucks out.
civilian American, going there to-
dav, would have to pay M ot H a day
for the service, which I nele nm fur
nished us as a part of our 'permission. '
The American army has taken care ot
the leaves 'list as it has ot everything
rfse. This isn t any two tut, linll-
haked job the Yanks are engaged in.
Everything that is attempted is done
in a 'sky as the limit' mood, and the
Frenchmen gasp at a lot of the things
that are pulled off.
"Heeause of the long- journey to and
from the leave area, including the
three towns, Aix-les-Bains, t'hamberry
and t'halles les-Aux, our time to re
main tliere was limited to five days.
Aix is the big noise, having formerly
been a winter watering place. The
waiters there speak English fluently.
Four of us went into a cafe, and I, not
knowing the facts, gave a French imi
tation of an older. 1 threw the lingo
for about five minutes, until the gar
con understood and got us what we
wanted. Then his face lighting up he
said m perfect American slang. 'O. K..
Old Top, I've got your uniay.' lie
had btett a waiter m a San Francisco
hotel for f air years. The Y at Aix
w as formerly a casino, one of the fin
est in that "part of France. It is,
known now as the tine.-t and most
beautiful Y building ir the world, and
just as belore, there is ttill under the
one toof almost any game or diversion
that a man cculd want for pleasure.
"About :Jd American Kills work in
the Y, and they dance each evening as
a part ot their duties, although they
really seemed to enjoy it as much as
we did. Of course, they didn't go
round, but in the meantime we danced
with each other. 1 found my medic
corporal a very good imitation as a
partner in a waltz. Every day we had
the choice of innumerable interesting
programs and excursions, one of them
a trip on l.iw Du Boiirget, made fam
ous he the poet Le Martine. And
when i saw it 1 could well see how he
was inspired. It is just a pocket in
the mountains, and the water is the
deepest, richest blue 1 have ever seen.
"I also chose to journey by the little
cogwheel railway up the ialill feet to
the summit of Mt. Kivard, where we
had an excellent view of Mount Wane.
"Perhaps 1 failed to mention that
Aix is still popular as a resort witn
the French, and I saw more class here
than anywhere else in France. One
afertnoon as we sat in front of a cafe
at our little table under the awning
and lazily watched the crowd of gaily
and fashionably dre.-sed people lloat
hv, I wondered if all the classy women
of France were there to parade by and
give us the pleasure of w atcing them.
"Our live days went by with a hang,
and one afternoon we pulled out on our
way back to the army with a brand
new feeling in us, and a big apprecia
tion of the splendid treatment of the
best government in the world. No
other nation is capable of doing for its
soldiers what the U. S. A. does at
Aix. You may ask, 'How do the hoys
act with all this freedom'.' Don't they
run away with it'." The answer is
most emphatically 'No!' When 1 was
there a.lHKi Yanks were in those three
towns with the privilege of buying all
the booze in Fance if they wished, and
1 never saw a drunk man while 1 was
there. In our own company there
were three or four of our well known
'winos,' and 1 watched them pretty
closely, for I feared they might cut
loose and make fools of themselves.
Hut they were not even lit up. It is
because of the atmosphere of the
place. Everywhere is comfort and de
cency and courtesy, and beginning
with the iittle cups of coffee, served
in real china by the Y women, one
senses the new condition of things. 1
hadn't paid any attention to my clothes
up to my 'permission,' hut every day
while there we all went up to our
rooms before dinner to shave and
spruce up. It came instinctively,
line simply had to live up to the scen
ery. It was a master mind that plan
ned that place, for the job of holding
in check f,(HHi Yanks simply hy ap
pealing to their self respect isn't a
simple one.
At Bordeaux, on our return, we had
a piece of luck which I do not regard
as an anticlimax even of a trip of this
kind. About H in the morning we wete
standing beside the tracks when we
noticed a train there that was a pe
culiar one. It had only four cars and
a batrgage car, and the car to w hich
we were closest was an office rar,
typewriters, desks, phones, etc., such
as we see in the States for railway
officials. We fell to talking about it
and then we noticed that the fae of a
man sitting at a desk and tilling his
briar pipe for an after breakfast
smoke had a familiar look. Gradually
it dawned on us who it was- Secretary
of War Baker. As we looked over the
rest, of the train we noticed an nthcer
with four gold stars on his shoulder,
and you know there is only one man in
the American army who can wear any
thing like that. In a moment the two
gut off the car together, I'ershing and
Baker, and went out through the sta
tion, fid lowed by a group of ollicers,
of which the buck private was a
colonel. "
Mrs. R. L. Thomas, of the Heights,
has two sons,. members of the Hist Di
vision, Roy Thomas with Co. II., .'Mist
Infantry, and Lewis Thomas with the
:'.ti;ird Regiment. Both young men have
been over the top, and the latter has
suffered a slight wound in the knee.
In a letter home Roy Thomas tells of
the death of (iuy Eastman, son of Mr.
and Mis. J. 0. Eastman.
"We had dug ourselves in," he says,
"and (iuy and several of us were under
cover in one of the holes, when shell
exph ded near by. (lay was killed in
sautlv. He was within a few feet of
me."
The letter states that the litilst Reg
iment went over the top on September
2a. Clifford Thomas, an Upper Valley
hoy, member of Co. 11., was wounded
that day, and his comrade had not seen
him since. The two brothers have met
once since arrival in France. They
keep informed of each other through
home letters.
Elliott Staten, who is stationed at a
base spare parts depot in France, in a
letter to his sister. Miss Alberta Sta
ten, tells of a recent seven day fur
lough, part of which was spent in
I'aris.
The Y. M. C. A. regulates every
thing for the soldier in I'aris. Mr.
Staten says that he and companions on
arrival checked their overcoats at a '
hotel and proceeded to take in the
sights. They ate at a restaurant con
ducted by the Y, and where, according
to the letter the food was of the best.
Mr. Staten says one of the most inter
esting sights was a square filled with
big guns, air machines and other war
trophies captured by the French.
"After lunch," Mr. Staten writes,
"we went for another sight seeing
trip. No subway this time, hut a rub
ber neck motor bus served the purpose.
1 saw so manv old and interesting
buildings that 1 forget most all of their
history. We passed Sarah Bernhardt's
opera house and others of international
fame, and the church that was struck
by a German long range shell Easier, j
"Notre Dame Cathedral was a place
of much interest. We saw the famous
Ruse window, built of glass stained in
the Uth century. The colors of that
window were beautiful and wonderful.
The driver next took us down the
famed Champs-Elysees and by the
Eiffel tower."
In a letter to his mother, Mrs. J. C.
Johnsen, Sgt. Joe M. Johnsen, who is
a member of the Gas and Flame Unit,
says that one of his occupations before
the armistice was signed was "read
ing his shirt every night before candle
liuht for cooties and fleas."
"Some of them are colonels, gener
als and captains,", the letter states,
"and once in a while I find a private,
lie is a little one."
Sgt. Johnsen writes that he has been
over the top twice.
Writing to his mother, Mrs. Willis
Van Horn, from a dugout, Capt. Ned
Van Horn tells cf the trying times of
artillerymen just before the armistice.
Capt. Van Horn writes :
"We have been grabbing our sleep
and something to eat wherever we can
and as often as we can, for when we
are out we never know just when we
will be able to eat or sleep again. My
recent duties have been in taking: am
munition from the dump up to the bat
tery. It is interesting work when the
hoche is shelling your road and the
dump. 1 have learned to judge a shell
pretty well, and if it looks as though
it, would light close, I throw myself
face downward as quickly as possible.
A fellow otlicer did this the other
night. The shell struck la feet from
where he lay, bul did not explode. It
v.as the luckiest thing- that ever hap
pened for him."
In his letter Capt. Van Horn said a
fair coniprt hension of the relative pos
itions of his regiment and the Germans
might lie had by imagining the latter
at the gravel pit on the East Side and
the American battery on Van Horn's
Butte, with infantry in between.
According to letters receive! here
from Sgt. VV. J. A. Baker, who was
recently transferred from Fort Stevens
to Camp Eustace, where a new ('oast
Artillery regiment w as being assem
bled, the contingent sent from the Co
lumbia fortification is now en route to
Camp Lewis for demobilization. Other
Hood River men in this unit are:
Lieuts. Bliss Clark and Harold Black
man, Sgts. Fred Coshow, W. L. Hodg
es ami Hubert Bragg.
Sgt. Baker, who held a first ser
geaney and who had won a reputation
for his work in drilling recruits, had
recently been recommended for a com
mission of infantry or for instruction
at an artillery training camp for ollic
ers at Fortress Monroe, V.
H. H. Langille, for the past several
years connected with the mechanical
engineering department at the Uni
versity of California, but who was
commissioned as a first lieutenant in
the naval reserve corps last vear. has
been appointed commandant of the na
val unit, students' army training
corps, at the University of Southern
California at Los Angeles.
Until his appointment as command
ant, Mr. Langille was stationed at the
San Pedro submarine base.
In a letter to his parents, Mr. and
.Mrs. Then. Haas, Henry Haas, who
had left Fort Worden for a pott of em
barkation, having been detailed lor
overseas duty, writes that he has been
nturneil to Camp Grant, III. Mr.
Haas, who was with the sanitary de
partment of the IllHIi Artillery, reached
: Long Island, N. Y., before being
turned back.
lie writes that he expects to take
Christmas dinner in Hood River. His
mother and sister. Miss Rose Haas,
visited him at Camp Lewis just before
his departure east.
! Mr. and Mrs. E. .1. Slutz have re-
ceived a letter from their son, Delbert,
truck driver with Battery E, tiuth Ar-
tillery, w ho says he was offered a posi
tion by the French government as soon
! as peace came. The letter was writ-
ten several days before the armistice,
j Mr. Slutz, who received a letter of
commendation for his bravery in tak-
nig up amunition under tire, says:
i "They offer me $7ad for six months'
I work, but, oh, those six months will be
; aw 'fully long ones."
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"We expect to hp among the last
units demobilized, ' sy Lieut. J. B.
; Canlield, who is stationed with a san
i itary corps at Cti mp Custer, Mich., to
i his parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. Cantield.
j Mr. Cantield, who was originally
with a field hospital at Lamp Lewis,
was transferred about this time last
year to Camp Fremont, Calif., where
lie was located when he received a
commission.
Martin I'logwas home over the week
end on a leave from Camp l-ewis, vis
iting relatives and friends.
Mr. and Mrs. F. H. Blagg have re
ceived from their foster son, Roselle
Crone, the case of a German three
inch shell. The trophy, 11 inches long,
was mailed the day before the armis
tice waa signed.
Henry Blagg is a member of the
Gas and Flame unit, Hdth Ensineers,
and was in action for several months
before peace came.
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