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WAR LETTERSMotorcycle Riders Go Faston War Service in France.rofpfirul W. H- Vo»i Wrlitii or HowBciyw Have1 •» Low*CORPORA t# W. H. YOST, with th© headquarter* department, Fourth ICncinrer®, now in France, writes tg hi* mother. Mrs. R. M Craddock, of Mas m litre, r. Port la nd, that there are r •' b:-eeiI cops to bother the engineers whit it Op y are to a hurry on their iuo« tor eye led They keep their machine-tuned tip to Hit minute and are readythird feet deep, six feet long andfeet wide. The *hell» were me 11 K, 'h.iv'h explosive). They burs around and over me. Ech on« at the ground until I thought the t would topple over.'The shell* were ffttnlug fragtn all over mo and made several den-: my helmet. Then, to add to ray diet fort, the Boch* had so throw* over flheliar 1 can forgive nearly everyt e!«e, but that !» adding injury to fciilL When the Bor-he started ! counter attack, which didn't get t any where, they ser. t over another rage. This time the she Lin broke tele phono wire In 14 places, w naturally had to he repaired, B iihells or no Roche nil ell?*. In ord* make these repairs 1 had to se amund until I found enough Oer wire to patch up my line. While I standing be bide a big- tree maklt splice a shell hit and exploded n« yards a way on the other aide of tnlt;r. *£5taj|F|PcWThen, to make things wor.ic. or way back 1 lost my way, my tried to rut! away and the Gen shelled my road.”Oregonian TelU ofRattle Seen,BOOK?Sheila RumtlSight,C In Air Is Cnrii but Kffrrllir.-I(orpural W. if. ioM, With Head— qu*r(tri DpparTmrnr. Fourthl-nfiUiftTn, ?toU In Fritter.to depart at an InlltJint'S notice.“it ia hard riding at night and there arc i lot Of ■hellholes to run Into, enyi Corporal VftSt **1 had the best ride of anv whan I went to headquarter*. 147 mil©* -Hatant. They told we to g’t there end back, rind I sure did.I wu telling one of the boys w* would »1l got pinched when wo returned Portland because wo would be riding past a machine on the road and If H had better tire# than we had we would take them off. That is what we do overlid re**\Vo fixed up four machines immt night. We cannot have llifhts, so yousee how nice It is to work. We botVKhtsome Oregon loganberry juice and five dozen effp? at 5 franca a dozen. W e *r-rived in ih«~ wood* curly ortn mtimingand I found nti ex-Oregonian linotypeman ty the name of Hentlernon andHaH Hill In a dngout. They were awfulKind to «lt;•« mo- J gave them pomenun.ed rruit and tobacco and they said Lhry tiui not toeoo »*wsy from thd froitiL«nfce Juno. _ ______ fr**t hav« ecicn enough of thii yrnX W wiutt to mtay until the la *lo**© r I grill* and when the Tankers get through over here tt will be done right. The old Third Oregon nslMJhitie pun company i« all split 111) anti they are ruling for dlf-f err lit. headquarters. I have met tt fewof the boys. The greatest trouble we have in machine* running into sludl-holcw arid getting broken up. 1 brokemy fire mo the other night.**Tlie iftWUa over here? all torn up i*nd look like Frisco did in 1506. They mm do a few direct hit* in my rhop and tore it up, hui 1 moved jlitt twice fast as the shells did.”Amity, or., Oct. s.—3dm Hughtrim has letters written by husband, who is with the engine©! France. He writes that they have constantly on th« move, in ono I he tolls of a gas attack where ho n gas trunk for hours, but th* atwas on cooties,1* he further «xplaIt aornr times ruins and It 1b gone enough to even satisfy an Orego In mo I* r r, r tfj* Writer tells abou enemy j limes“Freddie has been making r*persist on t attempts to land a mowrench on mt* lately, hut 1 move fast for him. It Is a very curious i to .-tfi shi-i Ju bursting Ir Che air ur a Roche phi at- They look likepuffballs and for a long time you gel the? Imp res? sion that they are doing anything, but when you plane crumple up and come hu down In a streak of flame and «ryou change your mind and men mark down another good” Germs “They look harmless, too, eir* around lastly with that peculiar 2ing drone like a gigantic swan been, but when they cut loose w! can of T. N. T. tie re la always u holct left to tell the tale.•‘Otic of our men was curious i' just what one of the holes looked when it vvii# brand new. no he er out to take a look and Freddie dro another In the name spot Rc-subadly neared and very dirty and iWiner man.'r*Lane Youth Pay* Suprei Sacrifice in Battle.John Wesley bihnon Falla \V] i jilting for Drmofrmj.EUCEN K. Dr., Oct. C.— lt;Speck John Wfuliy Citmon, Lane CcCorporal White Under HunFire for Three Days*Portland Man Take* to Cellar W henKnemr fiend* Over Barr* bo.COIII‘ORAL S. CLA RKE WHITH. sonof Mr. and Mrs. Sidney C White.I 120 A Utnedu Drive. who t» enlist f *1with the 15Oth Field Artillery, now in Franc--, hue written the followlnn lu-terenttng letter to hi* pornnt* underthe dntcs r-f July 2? and August 7“July -‘T —^Well, 1 am up here at Inxi.Seven of ui= left th© school for the l-dvia ton. and after wandering around on two front*, at last w* found it. Hadsome rxdUerocnt o« tlife trip; was in onesir raid and junt mi***ed another. In the town where the raid occurred were * lot cf French and American soldiers 2? far a train due In thre- hours.boy. has paid the supreme Mcraccording In a. letter received bj mother, Mrs L, C Shertuan, from tmn Richard N^. Platt, of Compan Third Rat toll on. Fifth RegitV n l ted Stol ee Marl tie ■„ command? iho unit to which Gibbon wiu Inched.Captain Plait tells how a call made for volunteer* to take * ma gun newt. Young Glbm-n wan bi the men who re^ptsntled.The letter. In part, follows:MWhUo with hiM compfttiy. PrGlhson hnd an excell» sit record, wax in all respect* tin- type ant *mpkr of the best Atutrka* ? and action. His death tr. a low* t Marine t'orpw. but It iidda the of a soldier who died doing IllsI ff*rxrlepmly to the (I*t C»f Uio-tare making sacrifice In order freedom may be preserved for theof men, Y”“For your personal low; tb-T-' ho little consolation, but Ou cr» Julco that y*-u have been pertnlttmake this contribution to tht- gri rnu«e for which men can struggle that your brave boy knrw the wot the ciuifi* /?,r which hr fought counted, its dangers e.« nothing if that right might prevail.*'The letter says that Private G wn*y killed on June t» and that hr buried nuar where he fell.Mre. Sherman ha# two other be the service.t
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Portland Sunday Oregonian
Portland, Oregon, US
Sun, Oct 06, 1918
Page 50
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