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I TELLS OF MARCH THROUGHf
[ GERMAN TERRITORY ]
Private Robert E. Smith', of Com
pe.ny E, 6th U. S. Engineers, Amerl
can Expeditonary Force, who wai
formerly engaged in mining in Shu
shana district, operating the Surprise
fraction, now with the army of occu
pation, writes from Archtandung, Ger
many, as follows:
Received your letters some time
ago but have been too busy to dc
much writing. I am located now abou
ten or twelve miles from the Rhin<
river, nearly straight west of Coblenz
My regiment, the 6th U. S. Engineers
which is a part of the 3rd Division
which is one of the divisions of th<
third army, or the army of occupation
is located between here and thi
Rhine. We reached the Rhine at Bach
arach nearly a week ago but onl]
staid here a few days. I am not cer
tain but think our march into Ger
many is at end. I do not know how
many miles we marched but know
that it was plenty far enough. Wc
were relieved from the Verdun fronl
about ten days before the armistice
was signed and at that time we were
billctted at a little town named Nan
cor La Petit, about ten miles south
east from Bar Le Due. My company
regiment and division were making
the push up the Meuse river on the
western bank at the town of Mont
fancon, which is about fifteen miles
northwest of Verdun. We were about
four m iles north of Montiancon at
the time we were relieved. There
was certain some fighting done In
there along the Meuse. The country
is rolling along the river and about
half or more covered with timber and
brush. Fritz had held his lines through
there since 1914 and was certainly
ready for action. About a week before
we were relieved the 6th Engineers
took the place of infantry and went
over the top. Our captain was decor
ated for the little stunt we pulled off,
I was assigned to the 6th Engineers
and reached the front on the Marne
■near Chateau Thiorry on the nighl
that Fritz started his last trip to
Paris, July 14. The Engineers did not
mix with Fritz there, but he certainly
mixed us with shell fire and gas. We
were in reserve in the second line as
infantry but didn’t get the satisfac
tion of fighting back. When we were
relieved from the Marne we were sent
to the Toul front and got in a little
work when the Americans pinched
off the St. Mihiel salient. From there
we went to the Verdun front and
opened up new roads and lines of
communication in advance of the re
serve, infantry. Fritz had all roads
under observation so -we cut and built
roads and trails through the bush
for the infantry and machine guns.
We got plenty of action on that last
f'.ont. I can’t write you all we did
but have mentioned the names of
these places thinking you might care
to look them up on the map.
llw lottara urn mnotlv wfittPTl DTI
the installment plan. I’ll try to out
line our trip into Germany, so if you
can get a fairly large map you can
trace it out. We went from Nancoisle
Petit near Barle Dac in trucks to the
town of Billy, which figured in the
St. Mihiel drive. We left Billy the
night of November 16 and marched
to the rear of the front line or more
properly speaking to the edge ol
what was, ‘‘No Man’s Land,” when
the armistice was • signed. Billy is
about ten miles northeast of St.
Mihiel. The first town we occupied
of any size was Couffans and the civil
ians there gave us quite a reception.
They had beeh practically prisoners
for four years. The next town ol
importance was Briey, which is one
of the great mining centers of Europe,
and although it is located in France it
has a large percentage of German
residents. Briey is the only place we
bit where the people showed any dis
respect to an American and that was
done by two little kids. We were
standing in the street below them and
they spat at us and ran inside. We
crossed the line Into German Lorraine
near Briey at 10 a m. November 20.
We crossed the line at a little town
called Joenf. That night we slept In
a theatre building that had been used
until the armistice as a Russian
prison billet, in the town of Rosso
lange which is albout six miles nearlj
north from Mets. It .is needless to saj
that we accumulated a good batch ol
cooties there. The next town of 1m
portance we occupied the following
night, the town of ThlonviUe which is
the French name for Dqdenhofen in
Germany. We made a one day march
from there and rested about a weel
in the little village of Boler. We lef
Boler the first day of December am
that night crossed the extreme south
ern point of the little country o
Luxemburg, going through the towj
of Schengen. Here we crossed th(
Moselle river from Luxembuurg inU
Germany and entered the town of Per
sometime in the night or early houri
of December 2, marching to the towi
of Kirf which we reached about flv<
o’clock in the morning. We marchec
about twenty hours in full pack oi
heavy marching order and were near
ly all in. We staid one day at Firf tc
rest up and of course I was unluckj
and had to go on guard. That meant
walk post two hours In every six. We
could not be treated better any place
than the people treated us there. The
next large town we hit was Sarrburf
oh the Sarr river straight east of the
city of Luxemburg. We passec
through there ahput noon on Dec. 4
Our march from there to Simmern oi
a river of the same name, took ue
through country which is mostlj
woods and has nothing but small vil
lages. We passed Simmern Decembei
9 and staid that night at the town o;
Argenthal, which was a day’s marcl
from Bacharach on the Rhine whict
we reached December 10. Bacharact
is a good sized town and is rathei
old. There is an old castle’s ruins oi
the bluff, overlooking the town anc
the ruins of a Church that must have
been fine in its day. There is on<
building, an old tavern, or wirtshaft
as they are called in German, whict
is dated 1374, if I remember correctly
I guess there always was a towr
there. We were billetted in a hote
there and could not be treated bettei
than W'e were. The Germans like the
Americans but certainly have no us(
for the French. I have never hearc
them express their opinion about th(
English. I had always thought tn<
Rhine would open flat but It is Jusi
the opposite. There is only room foi
a railroad and wagon road on eact
side. We marched from Bacharact
the 15th of December and marched
down the Rhine to a small town about
four miles from Coblenz or Coblence
in English language. The sides of the
gulch, it can’t be called a valley, are
all terraced and planted to grapes
from the top to bottom. On several
points that are made by gulches run
ning from the Rhine there are old
castles or the ruins of castles .and
strong points. Around the most of
them there are parts of old stone
walls while some are in good condi
tion yet and others nothing but piles
of broken stone. The 16th of Decem
ber we marched through Coblenz but
as we marched at attention I did not
get much of a chance to look around.
Coblenz is the only real city that 1
have been in on German soil. The
valleys widens out on the slope are
less rugged around Coblenz, caused,
I expect, by the Moselle river which
empties into the Rhine there. After
passing through Coblenz we marched
to this place, Achtandung, which we
reached December 16. The country
here is gently rolling and all under
cultivation. This town is about twelve
miles nearly straight east of Cob
lenz near the town of Mayen. Mysell
and three others are billeted with a
private family, and have a good place.
Well, Billy I’ll have to close for this
time as it is time for retreat. You
will save me a lot of writing by mak
Ink this a kind of community letter
and let those who are interested read
it. 1 do not suppose you will get this
in time but I will wish you a Merry
Christmas and Hlappy New Year any
way. I hope everybody is in good
health and to hear from you again
soon. I may get hack inside of a few
months. So long until the next time.
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Love Adventures of Howard Flentke, Aged 14
EVANSVILLE, IND.—This very'proper little city is ostensibly shocked at the
doings of Howard Flentke, fourteen years old, a fourth-year student in the
Central high school. As to chuckling over the tale—that’s another matter.
Beginning at the end, Policeman John
Pratt In the La Salle street station In
Chicago thought he saw a beautiful,
blue-eyed girl of eighteen, In the latest
i togs and a big black hat framing gol
den curls, sliding down a banister.
Policeman John pinched himself. Po
liceman John has an eye, and it con
vinced him that the slider was a boy.
Then he pinched the lovely masquer
' ader. Judge Arnold sent the young
1 ster to the Juvenile detention home till
i /• his father could come and get him.
L And this is the story Howard tells of Ills adventures:
“I Just decided I was sick of Evangvllle. I wanted a change. I wanted
to get into the movies. I was tired of being a boy. Tuesday night I got
Into Sister Marie’s clothes and took the train for Terre Haute. A soldier
wearing the overseas uniform flirted with me, holding my hand.
"Another soldier—he said he was John Smoltnskl of La Salle, I1L—came
along, and after a quarrel with the first he took his place beside me. He
became very affectionate, finally proposing to me. I accepted him. He
asked me to ride on to. La Salle, and I did, but my ticket only carried me to
Terre Haute, so 1 ‘fixed’ the conductor with a few smiles and a pat on the
hand. It was Wednesday morning when I got off at La Salle with John.
I made an appointment with him for 10:30 Thursday morning to get mar
| rled. Then I went to a hotel and registered as ‘Bonnie Lauder.’ He had
given me some money.
“Thursday I took a train for Chicago. I made perhaps a dozen acquaint
ances; all the men wanted to flirt with me.
“I didn’t know how to find my way around Chicago, so I returned to the
station when I left each of the fellows. There It was that I saw the entranc
ing banister. And that's where ,J got pinched.”
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