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HOW I WENT “OVER THERE” WITH
PERSHING’S DIVISION
By HAZEL CARTER
Mn*. Haxel Carter of Douglae. Aria., is a young woman,
twenty-two, whose young husband. Corporal John J. Carter
of the United 8tates army, was ordered to France with the
Perehlng expedition.
Determined to accompany him, ahe obtained a soldier’s uni
form and fell In as a private on his departure. She was live
days at sea on the transport before discovered through a
chance. After the arrival of the famous division in France
she was returned home against her wishes.
It Is a story of romance, dramatic In Its qualities, full of the soldier color and
■till Is of real news value, since Mrs. Carter Is the first to relate the details of that
voyage and safe arrival first hand—one that made history.
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The case of Private Smlthers reminds
me of an army story.
“You object to your men drinking?”
asked a friend of the colonel of a regi
ment on the border one day. “Why,
Private Kill Jones lias always been a
drinker when on leave, and you say he
Is a fine soldier.”
“Yes, and he's nlways been a pri
vate,” answered the coioneL
This fitted Smithers' case exactly,
lie was a good soldier and a fine fight
er, but cut from the pattern of a pri
vate and always Intended for one.
Pretty soon I noticed him staring at
me closely, and I moved away, al
though I knew Jim Smithers wouldn’t
tip me off. However, I didn’t want
him to get on if I could help it
It seemed risky to go on deck yet, so
I sauntered toward my old stamping
ground, which had been so friendly to
me en route from Douglas—the ship’s
kitchen.
What I really wanted to do was page
my husband, for I hadn't caught a
glimpse of him on the transport—in
fact, had not seen him since the troops
](>tt the trains. No sign of him. I
pvondered a little how he would take
it when he found me still along.
“Thar she blows!” hollered a voice.
We could feel the ship moving under
her own power, and by the glimpses
I caught through the portholes I saw
we had straightened out in the stream.
Then a panic seized me. What if my
husband wag not aboard that ship?
.Suppose he had been transferred to
some other regiment at the last min
ute. They do such thiugs in the army
•without asking the permission of
wives, which makes the husbands
harder to follow. I had no way of
kuowing whether he was aboard
What if- US'
“Hey, there, Joe, heave to and lend
a fellow a hand, will you? What dc
you think this is—a tango tea?"
The speaker was one of the kitchen
crew. When the transport started Its
perilous Journey to “some port in
France” he was hustling crates of food
Into the storehouse down below. Oth
ers of the men were busy with stm""
tasks, getting things ship h. . . »jv.;
bwiueU to be no romance about this
farewell. It was a case of getttnj
down to brass tacks. After a while
stole above. There was no excitement
bo depression now. Everything was a:
usual. Just as if the boat were bounc
for a little sightseeing trip arouac
Manhattan isle. The sentiments
Sammy recovers quickly. Besides, thi
men did not know how many Germai
eyes might be watching their depar
ture, and they wanted to show the eu
emy they meant business. Only whei
they passed the statue of Liberty die
they stop whatever they were dolni
and stand at salute. As one of them
a wiry westerner who went into Mex
ico with Pershing, put it:
“We got to give the old girl the glai
hand as we go.”
Off For ‘‘Some Port In France.”
It was right after midday mesa w
left the pier In Hoboken. Two day
iater we were still anchored out In th
bay. The other transports were a]
around, some of them so close the me:
could call back and forth. No on
knew when wo would depart. I wa
on deck when I saw a couple of th
other transports moving out. It woul
be our turn next. I went below. M
heart was turning all kinds of flipflops
We were leaving for “the port l
France,” and I was still safe. I ha
stayed out of the way of my husbanc
although I hud seen him and knew h
was aboard. He was quartered farthe
forward than I was, with the rest c
K company. If luck stayed with me
few hours more my goal would b
gained. 1 would go to France with m
husband. Five minutes later we wet
on our way. I was too far now fc
them to put me off, and 1 was ver
happy. Still I longed for some linger:
—and a bath.
After leaving port whether we stean
ed directly for France or what we dl
I am not permitted to say. Beside
what 1 could tell wouldn't amount 1
much, because 1 will admit the occa
looked the same to me all over, aud
don’t see how the captain kept fro:
getting lost
That night we settled for the se
and over me was a rookie and unds
me an old timer. It was quite a sam
wlch, although of course neither kne
there was a girl In the bunk betwee
them. Perhaps they would have be<
more careful of their language at flr
If they had.
The men did not undress altogethi
at night but polled off their shoes an
loosened their shirts. If It had be<
QtfcerwlseJ. JtpsJjl hsve,heeq gone (tu
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We never knew when we would be
called for submarine drill, and about
half the time on the way over we had
to get up at half past 3 In the morning
—what for I am not allowed to tell.
The Timid Rookie.
We hud hardly cleared the harbor
when the rookie quartered above me
began to fret about submarines.
“What’s tlie matter?" i hollered up.
“Are you afraid of U boots?"
“Well. I ain’t exactly cheerful about
them," he replied.
The conversation seemed to relieve
the strain, for he talked along continu
ously, for company I guess, until the
old timer down below me broke loose
with some conversation that would
have to be printed on asbestos paper
and concluded:
“Say, Alf, If you’re goin' to got killed
I wish you would go outside and do it
and let some or us guys around here
what needs It get a little good out of
this hay."
The outbreak resulted in a lot more
grumbles from other parts of the bunk
room, and the poor boy bad to toss
about silently and listen to the rest
snore. There were some snorers In
that outfit.
It wasn't long afterward that this
rookie ubove me cot seasick -about as
seasick as anybody can become, T
reckon. Then he was afraid wo
wouldn’t meet a submarine or that the
torpedo might miss us.
"I don't care what it is,” he com
plained, “so long as it stops this ship.
Even a rock might do.”
1 felt sorry for the boy and would
have liked to mother him, but didn’t
dare. He bad only been in the array
about three weeks. He was homesick
and seasick and everything else—a sad
looking Sammy.
Most of the soldiers were seasick,
and there was a lot of kidding from
those who were not. However, a few
got boastful at first only to keel over
finally, and they caught It the hardest.
It was about this time Private Smith
ers played Cupid for pro. I hadn’t
(itu.k'i-'-' —- ^ T.Vi. T sr.
I'.v.v‘>-aaiuuul private, ap
proaching me. It was the first day
out. I started to duck, but without
attracting attention he stopped me.
secs ncr nusoana again.
"Say,” he said. “I'm on, but I’m not
I going to tip you off. Don’t worry. I
, Just saw your old man, and he knows
, you’re aboard now. A. few of us old
L fellows In the regiment are In the
. know, and we’ll cover you up. But
. look out for these kids. I’ll swap
t bunks with you tonight, and you can
l rsueak up to mine after lights are out.
, Your old man is bunking right above
me.”
[ So far I had kept out of my hus
band's way because I was afraid he
I might order me to report myself. Since
I knew his duties pretty well and
where he would have to be at certain
times I could easily do this. Of course
, at home I gave the orders, but the dls
, cipline In the army is different, and X
s realized his soldier training might
! force him to do what he didn't want
! to. However, when Private Smlthers
5 brought me this message I could hardly
j wait for “lights out” so I could sneak
3 forward to see and talk 1:0 him.
1 -
1 CHAPTEK HI.
i “Spotted” by a Bluejacket.
1 /“'vF course we ran at night with al
• II our portholes masked, and uc
a smoking was permitted either on
r deck or below after dark. If the guard
*■ caught a soldier sneaking a “fag” he
I tagged him and forced him to do guari
e duty until be in turn caught another ui
^ it. The system worked pretty well
e The boys could smoke all they wanted
r to on deck in the daytime. After tb*
V lights were out our sleeping quarter
e were absolutely dark, and there was t
severe penalty for lighting even i
‘ match. The portholes were open t<
II keep the men from suffocating.
’• Before dark 1 carefully located m;
d husband’s bunk since I knew 1 woult
u have to travel by dead reckoning, am
1 I couldn’t afford to stumble over some
Q thing, because that would get Smlther
and my husband in bad and lead to m;
li discovery. Before going to bed I tool
r off my heavy shoes and carefully hi<
l' them. I was going to make the trip li
N my stocking feet.
n Shortly after lights out I felt a gen
n tie push on my arm, and Smlther
lt whispered:
“All right, kiddle. Go up forward.”
,r I sneaked out of the bunk am
d reached my husband's berth wlthou
n mishap. He was glad to see me, am
* for awyje jflJocgoi the ship andjtfc
"I've got to report yon. kiddle,” he
said. "You can't go on or you will get
us all In had.”
I pleaded with him. lie Insisted that
he owed It to his country and his uni
form to report me.
“Forget you have seen me,” I urged,
"and let me go along. I will Join the
Ited Cross us soon as I get ashore in
France."
Alarm Interrupt* Talk.
He finally agreed ho would not re
port me until just before we arrived,
if 1 got away with It that long, but he
Insisted ho must do It then. Uowever,
we agreed to see each other the next
night to have another talk, and I
thought, with the whole Atlantic be
tween us and France. I could persuade
him in the meantime. Just as I was
getting ready to go hack the submarine
alarm sounded which broke all the boys
out of their hunks, seasick as most of
them were.
I ran back to my place Just In time
to hear the rookie quartered over me
arguing with the sergeant.
“Get up out of there!" shouted the
non com. "That's the TJ boat alarm."
"I don't care whether wo sink or
not," answered the poor hoy. "I hope
she does. Don't bother me."
The sergeant routed out the rookie
without much ceremony, and I follow
ed along to a place assigned to me on
a life raft, putting on my life belt ns I
went. All the men had orders to don
their life preservers first and then go
in an orderly manner to their places.
Already there had been two or three
drills in the daytime, and the disci
plined man soon catches on.
M hen 1 rent'bed the deck there was
no confusion and no excitement In the
pitch black darkness. The men were
proceeding quietly to their places, fas
tening on their life belts, although most
of them had been wakened out of snor
ing sleeps, and I was proud of the be
havior of the soldiers Uncle Sam was
sending to the trenches.
If all our hoys who aie going to
France obey Instructions as well as
that shipload did there will he no ex
cuse for the loss of a life. It all moved
like clockwork. No one lost his head.
My seasick rookie, however, climbed
Into the wrong boat and got a call from
tlie corporal.
"Don’t you know," hollowed the cor
poral, “that lifeboat Is reserved for of
ficers? Get out of there!"
“I don't think this is a very demo
cratic army,” grumbled the youngster,
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SI FUNSTON
CAMP
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 5. — An in
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three miles from Fort Riley, Kansas,
is given in a t«tter from Lieutenant
fames r. Lockhart, Q. M. C. Lieu
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of the first draft. We have been busy
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structures, similar in design and size,
light, well ventilated and thoroughly
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hours marks definite extension of the
camp. Corresponding to the growth 01
housing facilities demands increase.”
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