Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 43, Number 340, 16 December 1918 — Page 16

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THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM MONDAY, DEC. 16, 1918.

The following is an excerpt from Earl A. Clark's letter written to hl3 mother. Mrs. J. M. Clark: Le Mons, France, Nov. 20, 19 IS. ' My Dear Mother: I Just returned from my first trip to Paris. I wont up on a business trip but happened to be there on Sunday, the 17th, when they had the great celebration and Jubilation over the return to France of the territory of Alsace-Lorraine. It was the greatest celebration I have ever witnessed. I was only there for two days but I enjoyed it very much. We have Just heard the news that a part of the 84th Division la to return to the States at once but am not sure whether that is to include the headquarters detachment or not. EARL A. CLAItK. A recital of his recovery and return to the front in France before the armistice was signed is contained in a letter of Otto r. Iliatt to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Hlat. He says: "Well, I'm back with my outfit once more and nure glad that I am. When I went to the office the clerk handed me sixty-two letters, and maybe you think that didn't please me. It had seemed like ages since I heard any news from home. "I guess the war. is about over, the fighting part of it is any way. Vhe , soldiers are surely glad to see it over l as well as you folks back in the ; States. They certainly have gone through many hardships the last three j or four months things almost unbeI llevable. But now it is all over, and I hope to be home soon, and telling you of all my experiences fighting the i Hun. I may tell you some things that seem impossible so be prepared. "My division, the 2nd, has gained a wonderful reputation since it came overseas. You probably have read about them many times. I do not know what we are going to do now. Some say we are going to do police duty In Germany, and others that we are coming back to the States among the first "At present wo are still at the front Just where we ceased firing. The guns are Just as they were when the last shot was fired.. I look toward staying here a few days longer and then toward Germany or homeward bound. It is needless to say which I would rather do, but I will follow the division. "Must close now and get to bed. I have made my bed right by an old German cabbage patch. It gets quite cold at night but I guess it won't last long. Hope you are all well and happy." i Robert Dickerson, 112 Infantry, 28 Division, in a letter to his parents who live on Rural Route D, says that he is In good condition and has seen some hot fighting. He ia on his way to, Germany with the army of occupation, j

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men. He was not much hurt though, Just a bruise. "Often back here where we are stationed we can hear the guns boom all night "We were paid today and are having a great time figuring out this French money. On October 10 Dilks wrote that his battalion had been moved and that he had been drafting for two weeks quite near the front, and had seen a battlefield after a fight-. "Having been living in dugouts, puptents, and at present am in a shack built at the bottom of a shell crater. All that can be seen here are barbed wire, woods shot to pieces and ruined towns. "You ask if I can keep track of the war? Well, for the last two weeks while near the front I have seen only two papers. What late news we do get Is from the truck drivers, signal corps and men and infantry men, all of whom are hard to believe. The last bit of news we had they said Germany had agreed to President Wilson's 14 articles to withdraw from France and

Belgium, etc., but while I am writing I hear the artillery booming away so tat one cannot tell one country's explosion from another. By this time I know some doughboys are going over the top. The shooting continues night and day, only not so heavy at times, so I don't know whether the news is true or not. "All of us are speculating as to when the war will be over; some eay Thanksgiving; others the first of the year, and some sooner. All will be glad to see the Liberty States again."

Edwin Cossmari of the torpedo station at Newport, R. I., has arrived in Richmond to spend a furlough with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Cossman of the Abington Pike.

Word has been received from Charles Lock of Cambridge City, saying he has been released from a German prison and is now in England. He said he expected to arrive in the States before long. Mechanic Charles J. Donner, who has been stationed at F. Moultrie, South Carolina, in the Sth T. M. Battalion, Coast Artillery, Battery A., has arrived in Richmond following his honorable discharge.

Word has been received here by relatives of Sergt. Clarence Berg, who has been stationed with headquarters company in New York that he has been transferred to Camp Grant, 111. He will recefve his discharge at Camp Grant, and expects to be home in a short time.

Cuptain L. M. Gentle has arrived home from Camp Shelby, having been mustered out.

"Yesterday was my birthday and we decided to take a trip up to the front to celebrate," wrote Harold W. Dilks in a letter to his mother on September Ifi. The letter did not reach Richmond until last week. "By hopping trucks and trains we made abut 25 milts, but had 15 more to make and no time to finish the trip, so we took a freight train bnck. Several of the boys got to the front and back with Iioche helmets, pieces of uniform, etc. We saw some German trenches made in concrete. While we were nearer the front could see the German observation balloons and a few Hun planes. One plane which was just above us started to firing and some of the shrapnel hit one of our

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