Hammond Times, Volume 13, Number 151, Hammond, Lake County, 6 December 1918 — Page 9

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From George Ford. To rnn J. Fovd. 3i3 Indiana avenue, Hammond : Somfwhfw in France, November 4. 1918. My Dear Brother I'an: Your most welcome letter of Sept.

-.' at nantl and believe- me I jar'wui

glad to hear from you. Dan. I.ast night I happened to glance over some "f the oid mail I received from you previously, and I was wondering why I was not receiving any more mail fioin you I thought that something night have happened, for I knowthat you are very prompt in answeritiK my mail or any one's else. After reading; the contents of your letter I can account for your not answering any sooner. I'an you do not know how pood it made me fee to lead your letter, especially when you are out In No Plan's Iand, still I do not .regret being here. with the toys and thank God for being amongst the living. Dan I would like to tell what I have seen and gone through but it is. too numerous to be mentioned for you know thit the censors are nowvery strict and we can never be too careful, or our mail would never (jet aros. I am still at the front line ever since a month after I arrived in France. One thing I am wondering over is fact and as true as I am alive. 5o now Ptin. T am almost positive of re-

turning, tin.- incident I wntild like! to re(,l b. cause it would interest you J I P.rn sure, and' Hint is: One cven.nsi tv 'cks n. . we happened to he en(luijed in the open field i.nd having i no protection whatever. Hut we made ! the best of it and laved over for the i r,i?ht. A French tank happened to j

i roll across n mine that was laved bv I

the Cermfins before they retreated.) The explosion was a most terrible one ! and shook the ground underneath the! entire batter. The damage -concerned

the poor French only. It was two men in the tank that suffered the consequences. All this .happened at the time "f the hip drive. We were only a little distance unav from the tank and if ever I did say any prayers I said them then. Ucfieve me 1 sure thought it was the end of a perfect riay. . The situation here sounds very pood. Turkey has surrendered and you know nil about Bulgaria and Austria. The latest news here about Fritz is the kaiser has abdicated. We sure have them on the run end no one will doubt It. Yes. we intend to keep him on the run until he is clear off the map and only then we return that dirty bum. I. sure, would like to be in reach

of him with my 45 for it is certain that if he had us were we pot him now he sure would make all of us suffer the same fate as Belgium arifl France and we all know that quite

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well. lie wanted war and he will Ht all of it for we are just beginning, for it is a fact that we just Kot interested ini it would b- a shame to leave Germany without destroying It like some of the cities I have passed which look no more than like a dump pile. The more I think of it all the more I feel the same way about it. Pan you mentioned in your letter about Fred's mother not hearing from him for some time, but this I am sure may be due to the loss of mail. It

reaches the states, but if she does not. I wouldl sliRKest that she write to the War Department. It is the best way to trace his whereabouts. Pan. if you only knew how 1 appreciated your attention to that letter. I tried my best to make it interesting. You spoke about having my picture taken. Why. In, there jg not a place of that kind here where I am. The only pictures that are taken are those Fritz quite often takes in his aeroplanes. 1 will close now. Pan. as I have

reported today that S0i0 sacks of Kven you everything of importance.

V. S. mail were sunk off the docks.

Now there's not a single doubt that his mail was on this ship. Worrying is absolutely unnecessary, as I am quite sure that he is as well as ever and I suspect she will Ret a letter from him bv the time this letter

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From Ed. C. Grady. The following letter has been received by Kii C Grady. K. of ". secretary, WhitinK. serving with the American Kx-

puditionary Forces In France: October 21, 1318.

Dear Friend: Acain 1 am favored with a newsy let-

'-ii l ter from you. The puses were many

and as to the two sides, why you can write on the edRes too and I will be satisfied. I hae been sent to the rear, the shell which ftruck our kitchen shattering it.

H j help a little. In spit'' of this fact we t, i i continued to serve code to the boys. I

had a slight touch of mustard gas under my arms. 1 ai not injured in any way hut the ot ganizat ion has worked out a plan whereby the "sectys" who have been up to the front are sent back to rest up. where they can sleep and in bed think of it. I am sleeping; in a real bed sheets and blankets and all

that, sitting down to a table and have

I real clean water to wash with. I left

the front ten days ago and am stationed at a seaport where our boys are sent home and where many arrive. The dampness is general in France and of course there is some sickness. I, myself, have a heavy cold but will be O. K. soon. It seems to me that the prrat war is emeriti the fir.al stanes. I hope the

'female sex in America will adopt an ! insignia or mark of mourning for those

loved ones whom they have lost in the war. other than black. A band on the

some other color, as the boys

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over here have seen a ration in black and I feel sure they want to see somethingother than that, as the full mourning over here geta on one's nerves. It may be that this mpvement is under way if not let Whiting take the lead. These rumors that you may hear in America about some of our boys not standing; up to the fight and that the colored soldiers ran and that Marsha) Foch is going to be the King of France are all German lies. All of our boys have stood up and whipped h out of the bodies. Results show the same but the German propaganda works overtime -and the stories are going about France trying to cause friction among our troops, but the boys all know the game and just laugh. 1 met William

enough to be in the Argonne district hen the big battle by that name commenced. We knew by signs that someThing was doing and got ready. The opening bombardment was like a continuous thunder. I got permission to go np to the artillery positions (some of -.hem). Tou have heard a pack of dogs barking. Well, the 75s are like the Utile fox terrier: then the 6-inch with an jgh, ugh, then the larger ones, wow! vow! Then the big ones just bay like a

hound. The echo in the woods when the !

big ones are working alone il is like the fog horn at So. -Chicago, and the American boys directing the fire from aeroplanes, a fellow's blood just tingles and he wants to gTt in the excitement, oh

boy!

ed overland to Fere Fn Tardenois, then moved up to Fismes; then near Soissons; then to the Argonne forest. I traveled all about this territory with my Ford in and out of the battle rone to Rail Head for supplies;. Some times to Toul and Nancy and St. Mihiel and the. towns in between. So all in all I have been fortunate indeed. KDWARD r. CRADV. K. C. Secretary, 16 Place I)c I-aMadcline. Paris. Franca. .

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Driscoll. Whiting brother of Mrs. Mike:et me

Maloney, 322 Cleveland avenue, and who worked for the F... J. and K. lie is a member of the great second division composed of marines, artillery and infantry. They were in all the big battles and have won immortal fame. He !ld about the great comfort the auxiliary orgaization gave the boys where he had been, also the story of Father Duffy who has been decorated by the government for conspicuous bravery. It seems this priest bears a charmed life, as Driscoll told of him lying on his back In a shell hole hearing confessions of both Protestant and Catholic boys who were about to go over the top and of him going about in shell fire comforting and dressing the 'wounded. I met Driscoll in Toul and what a grand day we had. All of Whiting must hear this boy's story when he comes home. He says the American boys charge over the top if indescribable and that the boche fear them. ' I saw our aeroplanes and bombers go-

over m squads anr h;

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Fritz in the shape of a shell. 1 pull

the string and was satisfied I was well paid for my trip indeed. The American people at home may be justly proud of their soldiers. I know

that the people over here think they are! the best ever. Whiting will miss some j boys who won't come back, but the price i the nation is paying in blood cannot be erased jn centuries to come. I hope to J

return to my division as "Iterlin or 1 l 'bust" is the cry with them and I want ClCrKS, S tenOraD hCTS ,

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German beast. I want to repeat what a color:! soldier said to me. I said. "Well, bowgoes it with you. old kid?" He said:

"Well, Mr. K. of C. man. ah com- iv heah to hip (o doe this yeah job and

ah eveh get back I'se gwine to salute

the Statute of Liberty and say. oh gi

I meet you face to face one more, but

If you eveh want to meet me face to face agin you sho will have to turn around." I feel just as he does and so do the boys I am sure. I Impc all are well in Whiting and that our llt of casualties will be very small, lending

I regards to all. I am. j Yours truly. i K. C. GRADY.

P. S. To give the folks at home some idea as to where I have been in France I will describe the territory covered. Left Paris for Bacarat near Alsace-Lorraine, stayed a week or two, then travel-

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