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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1918
Page
7
Albert N. Depew, author of the story, recalls his United States Navy service, attaining rank of chief petty officer first class gunner. He leaves for France with plans to enlist as World War I begins after his discharge.
The narrator describes enlisting in the Foreign Legion at St Nazaire after difficulty with identification. He passes a French examination and becomes a gunner with a commission dated January 1, 1915. He details life aboard the Cassard, interactions with Murray and Brown, differences with French Navy customs, and a voyage to Spezia. He earns three bars for gunnery and notes food shortages during Italian quarantine. The piece ends with a moral appeal about sending mothers a hopeful smile from home.
The narrator recalls leaving Brest for the Flanders front with a legion detachment. They traveled by rail to Bergues and by truck to Dixmude, camping without rations while meals were found at stations. French girls at stations fed the Poilus with special care for the “strangers,” the legion troops.
Report describes President Woodrow Wilson departing New York aboard the George Washington bound for France to attend the postwar peace conference. The voyage draws immense public cheers as a large convoy accompanies the president, with preparations in London Paris and Rome for his arrival and reception.
Depew recalls his initial front line duty at Dixmude and learns how the British soldiers carry on under fire. The account previews the next installment in his war diary.
A child explains earning a penny after Carter called her a bad girl and prepared to fight. She stood her ground, offering to refrain from fighting in exchange for the coin, which Carter granted.
Washington reports that brewing of beer and other malt beverages was halted at midnight Saturday across the United States. A special presidential committee, which proposed the wartime conservation measure, has decided not to urge the President to rescind the proclamation despite the armistice.
Mrs. Dellora R. Gates widow of John W. Gates died Thursday in New York City following apoplexy. She was the last Gates survivor after her husband founder of Port Arthur Texas died in Paris August 9 1911 and their son Charles died in Wyoming in November 1918.
New York reports that bequests exceeding 700000 were left to near relatives in the will of Mrs. Dellora R. Gates widow of John W. Gates who died last Thursday in New York City.
Washington. Under order issued Friday by Postmaster General Burleson no mail will be accepted for delivery to American expeditionary forces without a return address on the envelope.
Harwich reports 122 German submarines surrendered to Allied forces after another Sunday surrender.
Mrs. O. S. Johnson of Ellensburg credits Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with relief from years of illness and says she now has a child. The ad touts the remedy for functional disorders affecting fertility and invites requests for advice from the Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co., Lynn, Massachusetts.
The federation for the promotion of free libraries in Italy has established over 2,000 libraries since its first national convention in Rome in 1908. It mirrors Milan's Society of Popular Libraries, aims to foster circulating libraries, offers cost supplies, publishes manuals and catalogs, and runs a federal bindery and technical advice service. It also organized soldier libraries in Thailand war zones to provide accessible reading amid conflict.
Two earp of 18 pounds and P1 pounds five ounces have been caught at Ches hunt reservoir England by WF dimes and W Barnes members of the Rea Spinner Angling society.
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