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Now we are In France. After welanded, another little hike wan In More for us. also another 'Hush('amp.' Finally we entrained. Ofcourse you have heard of the now famous ‘X Chevaim. 4ft 1 femmes' lt;fc horses or 40 meni French Interchangeable half human and half In human freight cars? Well, we rodeIn them, and It was sure some ride.Why. after I rode in our little palace for a while, a simple flat surface of any kind would Ik* bliss to sleep upon. So you can imagine what a time we had. Nevertheless. I would not have missed It. for it was an experience. and otherwise the tripwas wonderfully interesting We passed thru many large French towns and spoke to many French soldiers, and saw many more. Also saw a very great many with medals adorning their uniforms, mostly the ‘Croix de (Juerre/ which Is so often written about. The French soldier is enthused over our boys and thinks them great fighters. We asked many how they liked our soldiers, and their am #er was In their usual excitable manner - Tieaucoup, beau coup, beaucoup.' meaning ‘good,good, very good.' They «re a veryexcitable and temperamental people with very many quec-r customs.
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Seattle Star
Seattle, Washington, US
Thu, Sep 19, 1918
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