Hammond Times, Volume 7, Number 46, Hammond, Lake County, 16 November 1918 — Page 3
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From Peter Elman. Somewhere In France, Oct. S. Dear 'olks and Brothers: I received your letter yesterday and three bundles of news papers yesterday. There were three -cards In the letter. I was glad to hear you were feeling fine and happy. Am feeling fine myself and having a good time and getting plenty to eat and drink. . Mamma, you asked me If I saw lots of dead Germans. I sure did. They sure are getting it. The camps are all full of prisoners here everywhere. Sometimes I take a spill when I try to run over one that Is about dead. But don't worry: they can't get me. I can see the bullets coming but I am not up at the front enough to satisfy me; if you get there once you won't stay there 'All the time. We were all issued two pair of gloves and a big leather vest yesterday. We got one pair of woolen gloves just like the black ones I had, but these are yellow. It snowed a little yesterday but It Is fine weather today again. Was pretty cold last night. I didn't have my picture taken the other day but will pretty soon. I am going to buy you and Coba a Christmas present next pay day, but then you don't want to forget me after that Well, this Is all this time, so good bje. PETE EELMAN. Company E. 407th Bu.. S. C. Am. Ex. Force, France. From Lieut. W. P. Beaubien Paris, Red Cross Hospital No. 3, September 30, 1918. Ify Dear Mother: Well, here I am at the above hospital. Having Deen transierrea irom Base os-
Pita! No. 15 awaiting duty behind thesagaln not that T hav) been s!ck but 'lines, as my classification read 'Tempo-. worge ihn b,lsy. haven-t had any day. .rarily unlit for front line duty", in sixj Vght tQ yjj ,or wceks. Guess the weeks will be examined then for other un leUej. j wrote honle T wfts up at duties. Have had a long enforced rest j th(. front an(I lMVi for the trenches and now am feeling fine, it is true one, to up w,re tfaat t Is kept in a military hospital much: w t wa & longer than in a civilian one. I rode up . , T... , .,,. . . i hot one end I u neer forset it. About here on a hospital train laden with our . . , , v . , . . . midnight cur artillery put ov.-r anothwounded. was a most interesting trip.' . . , . .. , . . , . . , .. er barrage, both aiming at the front, talking with the men who were in tne : , . . , " ti .7t, , . .11 . &n(l we were right n the middle of It St. Mihiel sector, hearing of all sorts ,, of wounds, some very bad. some very a l and e sta,-;ed n- ,t' untl1 funnv and others sad. It would take c..me out alive. I d:dn t seem a too long to write of them. We didn't b!t ared wh.le I was in it. but aflose many men at St. Mihiel but Tersh- 1 ot bal;k nd thought about it. lng surprised them, liberatirg 130 sq. then 3 w n 1 -Wvered. mi. of French territory which had Vn j W - fellow is chased around from under German control since 1914. Thy,'pIr'cft to Place thev soorl so they are gradually giving up; the Hinden-1 don'1 fear alh any more than eatburg line Is no longer a strong hold, ! ln- Ther0 are mAn men on the line over 200,000 prisoners taken since July; that "''d So over the top every hour 18. These prisoners now filling the! !? thy could. roa is back of the lines, there is no I Sot back to our camp about "monkev business" with these Amcri-j 3:30 a. m , and left the next day. I
cans. Well, here I am in Paris again and today being beautiful I, with a' wounded marine rode over the grand ; boulevards and "rues." seeing this won-j derful city. Starting at Hotel Conti-! nental. drove down the Rue De Rivoli Into Place de la Concorde, where wo saw the famous Egyptian Obelisk with Its hieroglyphics close by the beautiful French government buildings, the Chamber of Deputies, etc.. visiting the latter and was pointed out where Victor Hugo sat in the French senate, his desk being marked with & brass plate. This senate Is much more beautiful than ours being In the Luxembourg palace. We drove j down the Champs Llysees to the ramous Napoleon Arc de Triumphes. over Rue Henry Martin, Rue Pres. Wilson, Rue De Boulogne, crossing the Seine over several beautiful stone bridges. I was really very mucn -excuea ana awea wiwii the magnificence and felt very "petite." ; We went over to the Eiffel tower, there, eaw tne Dig uerman tractor ruiier "cannon" taken by the German 4th army near Albert. We saw the Troca.3 i . I c. 1 1 1 V. .-( U Im i 1 H n tr but the Louvre and L'Opera are closed: and sand-bagged and am sorry I will be; unable to see the many world-fafied works of art here. However, I have been . , A , . , . ... fortunately able to visit the Notre ' . . TT . , . T , . . .i,. Jame Cathedral, Hotel De Invalides, the: Luxemborg gardens an(j Palace, the! Tuileres, the opera and many places of which you have read about. It Is remarkable the number of beautiful monuments supporting great figures in sculpture all over the city. It is indeed hard to describe in a letter the eautv of this Kreat place. The cafes have tables right out on sidewalks and, I enjoyed sitting here and watching the crowds going in every direction on the Place de L'Opera. Am now quite familiar with the Paris "metro" (thei subways), and am getting along quite satisfactorily in my French and find it . much easier to get about. In Paris when a shell lands In the streets the. people passing by look in and mutter "Sans flerean," Interpreted, "it can't be helped." I visited the Chateau of Blols. having been the scene of the assassination of the cardinal of Louraine and the Duke cf Guise, this was the rendezvous of four French kings. Francis I. Louis I. III. IV. The walls, fire places and construction are of the Renaissance period, the tapestries, decorations. sculptory nd all furniture very odd and grand. The cathedral at Tours is beautiful, I mounted the circular stairway in one 9f the towers, from the top of which I Dould see for relies the city and the riews along the beautiful Lolse river. When I returned to the. hospital I had the pleasure of meeting Ex-Ambassador Page. I was in conversation ii.ji Jir. rValcott of the states when he came up. fV" had a pleasant chat and Mr. Waltott took your address and will write to you as he is leaving-tomorrow. I rave him a bead necklace I bought tolay for Eleanor which he very kindly flered to send to you on his return. Be- j tore I came here I had a fine trip to bijon In an American truck, a fine city K-ith two wonderful cathedrals, the ride took us over three battlefields of 1870 rhen the Germans Invaded this territory. I stayed over night at the Red ?ross canteen. Many Americans coming and going all the time and real honest to goodness" American girls ire in charge. For dinner we had beef roast, mashed potatoes, wheat bread, relcry salad and a fine Jello pudding, for dessert all this for a franco and a kalf. about 25c. The Red Cross is doing wonderful irork behind the lines as well as In the trenches. Do all you can for the Red Cross and Salvation Army, the latter Is positively doing the great personal frork unheard of till the boys in the trenches were getting hot coffee, doughnuts and pie, right under fire too. From few Salvation Army workers In the beginning they are now thought more pf by the American boys than all Sther organizations put together. They Sid not advertize their plans, had no publicity committee and very little hmrla, but you could not Imagine what
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they have done with their scanty Income It is a word to mouth advertisement from the boys that has spread broadcast. Salvation Army girls work day and night In dugouts making doughnuts and coffee for the front line men and wheel their little canteenettcs right through the trenches. They are not behind the lines in sheltered huts and caves but right up with the boys in the great fight. Give the Salvation Army your best help.. Today I saw five train loads of American nurses pass through going to aid those already here and "beaucoup" trucks constantly passing along with mammoth guns etc. I saw one loaded with observation balloon baskets. The Germans are now finding out what American dash is and these peace moves mean nothing to the allies, except an admission of Germany's defeat. On my return from Dijon I brought back from a Red Cross ware house "beaucoup" scrap books, collected and found by the Woman's League of Dayton, O and believe me were much appreciated by tho convalescents at the hospital. 1 have received my first servi.ee chevron i for six months and am now feeling excellent and feel better still to think I pulled through pneumonia, the dreaded disease over, here. In fact I have been presented, verbally of course, with many Croix De Guerres for bravery In the fight for my life. Write often "you all" for letters are the thing over here. Will write soon again. Affectionately your con. LIEUT. W. P. BEAUBIEX. C A. C. U. S. Army, A. P. O. 717, A. E. F. P. S. Did I write you I met Gen. Fershing in my travels? From Kearnie Denton. w.n ,9St r m fthl(. t. wrltB sure was all in to start with. We Inked mariy miles. Now I am away from the roar of the guns, away back in a pretty little village working on a pretty soft Job compared to righting. The only trouble is long hours and Sunday work. I am writing by candle light. No light allowed q,n account of airplanes. We got this easy Job because our company did such good fighting during our two battles. I was up at the front under fire for fourteen days, day and night, and believe m I consider myself lucky to come out whole dead for sleep and rest was au j have a dandy bunk of hay now to seep on and a rooj jt DeaU mud all to pieces. The American endurance is wonderful and It sure is i besting the Huns. Just a few hours rest and they are ready to go again. Before x -jian-t believe a man could possIbiy stand what T have and iive. but j never feU beUej. ,n my nfe nQV( since I've had a few'nights of sleep. Suppose the people there are Just wild over the latest victories for us. u u b k A j uvit b ntawn aio.& a l. take a million dollars for my exper- ' . things we saw, they would go out and " ... 0 .v commit suicide. See the eager young J Ilu wcj uio ucam lor me Americans wnnoui a nincn. There is no driving by officers in our army. Everyone is an officer. That fellow. Jack Ney, from Hammond, who was injured in our first battle Is well and back with the company now. He Just got back today. oly Bone about five weeks He's very proua or nis wound stripe, Maybe Lillian told you about where I am working. In a French general's castle and it s a real castle. The most beautiful place I've seen outside of the Vosges mountains where I've been. It Is surrounded by a high stone wall and miles of vinyards: Inside there are beautiful drives, rose beds,- riding grounds, fountains, everything is wonderful. We work inside the wall and are allowed to go any place we want (mostly the wine cellar for this bunch). The work isn't hard but we work from daylight to dark and every day. Get swell eats here now. There is no "Y" here but they drive to Toul and get candy and sweets for us. I got a can of hard candy tonight for 2V4 francs." or 50c. Sure tastes good, as I have not had any for so long. I didn't finish last night. I had to put my light out. I have a little time In daylight right now. They sent us about ten miles in a truck this morning to get a bath and "de ,ouged.. alao new clotn es. I sure feel better now to get cleaned up and rid of my little companions, "cooties." We got back a little early, so I'll finish now befere dark. I saw some more German prisoners on the way back, so I guess they are still driving on , this front. We can Just barely hear the guns back here. When we were In line for new clothing this morning, one of the fellows started to take the clothes; he looked up and it was his brother handing them to him. They hadn't seen each other for a year. It was some surprise. So far I haven't met a single person I knew before. It is almost winter here, very cold at night We have a little stove here In our billet but can't get much wood. The leaves are falling, also English walnuts and hazelnuts. They are very thick, and grapes are ripe. ' I am full all the time when I can swipe them. But take every thing good over here, put It all together and I'll take old America for .mine every time. In every way we have them outclassed. Today, the 2nd of October is the -day Bulgaria fell through. All the French people are rejoicing. They think it means immediate peace. I do not understand the situation down there but I do here. I know Germany had better lay down soon or there won't be any Germany. It looks very satlsfactory. Wo ars pushing the thing to
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the limit, and they can't stand it long. We sure put new life into the French. They would die any time for an American. Everyone cheers us on the streets and treat us like kings. Suppose it will be worse when we reach America again. I klnda dread to come back (like the dickens I do). I received two letters from Lillian lately and copies of the Times not long ago. I always get about a dozen In one bunch. J saw that piece where Jess and Lil went to Kentucky, also about Ray Peterson being hurt. You sure must have had some hot summer there. We didn't have a hot day here, rained all summer. Guess it will snow all winter. I should worry; I'll be ho'iie Christmas unless they keep us engineers over here to help clean up the mess and tear down the barracks. I think the beginning of the end is In -iKht. It's one-sided fight now. Well, guess you know this anyway. I must close pretty soon. Sorry I did not get a chance to write for so long. I am in the best of health now and I know I can stand anything now since I've; flept in mud for two weeks, wet and cold. I didn't even get a bad cold. Wei. hpe everyone at home is as confident as I am. I know I am coming home safe, even if we do go to Verdun from here. My love to all. KERNIE DENTON. Company A. 7th Engineers. A. E. F. via New York. From Leonard Schramm. France, Ort--.bf-r fi. 1918. Philip Schramm. 820 Forsythe avenue. Hammond. Dear Brother: Well Phil I received your welcome letter today and sure was glad to hear from yoy. I also got two letters from Mother . I am sorry I had to keep you waiting so long for a letter, for I sure did not have time. This is the first chance I have had to write a letter in three weeks. We sure are on the go over to win this war and very little spare time we get for ourselves. Well, Phil, I suppose you don't know that I am on the front. Well, I am. We have been here 'for two weeks and I like it very much. I want to crct a crack at a couple of those Huns before I get back for they are the fault that we are away from home. Well, I will tell you all about the trip I had from to the front. Well, we went clean across France. We were on the road four days and nights riding in box cars, 40 men to a car, and these cars over here are only half as big as a car in the States, eating cold corn beef and hard tack, a trip I never will forget as long as I live. Oh, I was stiff when I got out. We rode clean around France. We were once forty miles from .Wei! we finally landed at the front, the fourth day. we landed In a village that was being shelled by the German. Well, we got under shelter all right and took a rest the rest of the day and that night we were awakened at two in the morning and hiked to the front. It was nine miles and what I . mean, they were long miles, under shellflre all the time. Well, we kept getting closer to the front all the time and the sound of the guns was getting louder all the time and we finally got right in the thick of It, w-e put in a bridge over a river so the American artillery could advance. The Germans blew the bridge up a day before, so the Americans could not advance so fast, but we built one in a hurry and on the Artillery went In this place. This is where the big drive started last month and what I mean, we were driving them. The Germans held this ground since July. When the drive started Phil, the Germans were piled up dead all around. I saw them bury some. In that ono day we had one killed and eleven injured in my regiment, but the Germans were piled up and there will be more you can bet on that, for the Americans are goins to f nish them. There won't be any more Germany, you can bet on that. They are asking for peace now but I hope they don't get it. for they are a pest to the world. The best is to wipe them off the earth and tr;re will always be pcfc.ee and liberty, and that s what we are going to do. The Americans got orders not to take prisoners
Water Mi AfA and they are not here lately. Kill them air, for they are the cause of us being over here and the hard times in the States. Say, Phil, about that Mulvey that got killed over here. I don't know. I might have known him if I had seen him. Well, It's tough luck. There are
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that get it the same way. If are lucky you will get thro-igh. If you're net you. won't. You can hear the roar of the guns night and day. It never stops. Aeroplanes are like birds. There are so many. I have sen a few airplane battles already. You got to watch them for the beneheads fly on our side sometimes. You can tell them when you see them, for they have a cross marked under their planes and they sound different than ours. He very seldom come over for they know if they come over the trip back is unlikely. He travels high ifi ho comes, sc you can't see him. Well, ho knows the Allies are the kings of the air so he very seldom comes over. I see where they had another registration day in the States. Well, I don't think the war will last to draft many of them, for I think peace is near. Well, J hope so, for the benefit of the people in the States, for there is many a sad mother. There is a man in our company who had a brother killed over here last month and when liU mother heard about It she died from the shock. So, Phil, you want to tell Ma not to. worry about me, for I am safe and I will be home soon, for it won't last much longer now. I hear froom Charl right alon: I am good for a pass next month and I nm going to get the pass. You see when you : n .- ; 1 . : foi,r months you ret a puss foi iau a ays. II-j is abo;:t 73 miioJ from me. Gee, I sure would like to see him and 1 knowhe would liko to see me. Well. Phil, this letter is getting quite long, so I think I will closo with best luck to all. Tell Ma not to worry about us, Phil, for I sure am feeling fine, can't feel better. Show this letter to Ma. Phil, and tell her not to worry for wo will be home soon. Will close, from Your brother, Leonard From Frank Barr. Soomewhere in France, October 13, 1918. Mrs. Keilman. Dyer, Ind. Dear Friend: Know you will excuse this poor looking letter when you learn it is being written on the field. I could wait until we were in rest billets where everything is handy, but am very sick at heart and realizing how you must feel, am anxious to send you this letter of sympathy. No doubt by this time you have rereiced the sad news of your son's death. I have been with him ever
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since he came to Camp Grant. Together we went to Logan and came to France. Since we have been here I
i have been put on special duty with the 1st Battalion Headquarters, but we have always managed to find each other after drill or whenever the time presented itself. I don't think I could tell you what a fine man he is in every way. I never heard him complain of the hardships of army life. He was a far better worker than anyone in the regiment, this is not exaggeration. Ills tent for instance, was put up so much better than any other that the captain of the medical department looked him up and complimented him on its appearance saying he wished the other men In the companies would take as much interest in their living quarters. We went over the top at 5:30 a. m., one morning and Herbert was hit by a machine gun bullet, and we all thought the wound was a slight one, hut to our dismay the news came that he was seriously wounded, and then we learned that he died September 2Sth, if I am not mistaken. We all miss him very much and know you will miss him also.. He often spoke of you. tellir.g me of his home In Dyer, and how much his visits from the store in Hammond to his home on Sunday were enjoyed. You would be surprised to know how often his thoughts turned to his mother. He led a very good life at all times In the army, going to Holy Communion often he always wore the badge of the Sacred Heart and you know the reward promised by our Lord to those honoring the Sacred Heart. He went over the top without a fear. I only hope when my time comes I may meet death as bravely as he did. He died for others Just like Christ died- for others and his reward must be very great. There are many of the old Company V hoys fallen like, he d'd. he was tho fifth that I know r,(. Sometime lsti. I will bo able to tell you more cf Herbert, but it will take time, as everything is confusion right now. I can tell you that the drive we made that morning was a wonderful success, the boys are still driving forward. Write me, Frank Barr. Company A. 132 Inf. My home is in Homewood. 111. I feel at a loss to express my feelings in this case, but know that one blessed with our faith can find comfort in that faith. - Sincerely, FRANK BARR. From Arthur Linseman. To Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Linsenman, 209 Forsythc ave., Hammond: Somewhere in Russia, Sept. 30, 11' 1 5. Dear Mother and Dad: Well at last .we are off the boat. We stopped at two harbors in Japan, that was on Sunday. Sort. 22. but I was un- ! able to leave the boat as I was on guard. It seemed to be a pretty place, population 32.000 and the second stop was a coaling station. Only a few got off here j but we saw tho town from the boat. J
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had good luck by dropping my glasses In the bay Just as we pulled out of the harbor. Just had my chow and it is raining pitch forks. We left Frisco Sept. 2 and we were only the way 20 days. We have day here while you have night. I left my watch Frisco time and it shows 1:30 which of course would be Sunday night and at home you would have it 1:30. Have seen quite a few German prisoners in the few hours I have been here. It is just as green here as you would have it home, but I think the cold weather will soon set in. Suppose you will have my card notifying you of my safe arrival by the time this reaches you. Will write you as often as I have a chance. You cannot very handily send me a large picture but send me some snap shots in your next letter. Another thing dear Mother and Dad, do not worry about my welfare. Tell everybody I am in the best of health and will have lots to toll them about when I again see them. Joe Is with me at this time and you can sort. of keep in touch with his folks in that way have always somo word. It will be impossible for me to write to those I have been writing to. but you can give them the news. So again please do not worry, use the boys' song, "Pack up your troubles In your old kit bag and smile, smile, smile." It Is a very good song to know. Give my best to Herme.n. Bill and Charlies, In fact all my friend.-. Your son, TVT. A. LINSENMAN, A. E. P.. Siberia, Ft. Mason, San Francisco. Care of Quartermaster Depot. Cnli.
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