| Show JN I I HER z DUDDY 5 Z Young Salt Lake Lad Receives Promotion I Mr lr and Mrs Ir Louis Loul G. G Harding of or 10 re received rc- rc Kensington apartments yesterday ed cei a n letter lottor tor from Crom their son Kennoth who Is with the tine headquarters S. S O. O S. S M. M I. I T. T c. c at nt Neif Cit Chateau France that he has Just jut been promoted to ho bo sergeant ler- ler ser geant an and that he was S the proudest bo boy in iii ho the command Young Yung Harding i Is just past his majority ma mn- lb It entered the service last last spring and was soon after sent to aCor Franco France and Is now with tho tim arm army of or occupation there Straw Ticks as Soft as l Feathers Vo 0 have straw aw ticks which wo we enJoy enjO enjoy en- en jO Joy about as much as feather beds nt at home writes Private George to his folks In Brigham City CI Vo O 0 arc are arenow now he continues In and it itIs itIs i Is a a. beautiful place situated In Luxemburg Luxem uxem- uxem burg which was In the hands of oC the Germans until a a few days das ago AVo We 0 have crossed tho trenches where our boys bOs wore Were oro fighting when hen the armistice Elder boy had was as signed Tho The Box hal evidently e become detached from Crom his company while In the fl fighting for tor ac accompanying accompanying ac- ac companying the letter leter was sas a letter from Crom a captain In the Ninth Infantry setting forth that yo-rg yo Cardwell who was vas In tho the o service had be become become become be- be come lost from Crom his command and had begged permission of the infantry caplain captain cap cap- lain tain t tc tc go over o tho the top with his company com corn compan go the thc ad advanCe advance advance ad- ad pany pan This was grunte granted during vance and capture Capture of oC Hun Huh ground his conduct a as a soldier was good Yesterday r 1 Tt It Was Vas r War ar Today It Is Peace Jese of ot the tho In Infantry Infantry In- In relatives In Brigham fantry writing to CI City details the close of oC hostilities He lie sa says s 's Well Vell Wel foluks its it's all nI over but the flowers Yesterday It was war hard grueling hideous Today It Is peace Tonight something seems wrong The silence Is almost uncanny Not ot a ashot shot shot not not even en a sl single lo shell shell Ver Very C faintly ln I we e can can l hear n t the tho o mellow mello tones ot of the tue church bell bel In i r i nI 1 I town nn t the tine hill hil far Car to our rear All Allday Allday AJ da day f It has lias been Leen singing Its Is song of t f joy and Ud thanksgiving It I seems symbolical sym sm- of tho the heart of oC this country countr which today Is ringing This morning I formed my m platoon In line lne in the tho woods behind the line lne wh They hoy were The They didn't know w why Just a bunch hunch of or tired tred hard bitten hard mud spa spattered t t e red ron rough and gh gha a n I t U o soldiers standing standing stoically at attention equally ready to KG g over o er the top rebuild a rest bil bil- bil torn shell road or march to a bi- bi shel let At 1045 1 gave Jave the command unload unload unload un load rifles They The didn't know leow wh why and didn't particularly care Then Then Thon- unload pistols pistols' And while they still sti stood rigid and motionless as graven ra en Images 1 I read the order declaring arm- arm and real cessation of ot hostilities ef effective teethe at 11 a 1 And only yesterday we wo started a drive This one while not as extensive as the other one for fo foIs Its Is size sizo Just as aa ashard ashard hard and Just as bloody b From rom sunrise till til night might when hen I was as relieved ed thie the poured everything the they had Into us from the vicious little Austrian Austrian Austrian Aus Aus- trian to the gigantic 38 centimeters centi meters slightly smaller than tho the fa famous ramo ra- ra amo a- a mo s 42 Ono One Ono of or the the tho latter tetter struck within yards of me A group roup or ormen L fifty rf I men standing near where it i fell fel were wiped out out atomized atomized with the exception exception tion of or one ono head which plopped down downIn In lon the mud beside me and ant Ja lay starin staring at atme atme atme me wih with glazing eyes There was a white artilleryman standing beside me When wo we heard the tho shell shel coming we both loth hit hi the tho dirt together but when I got up he didn't didn't The back of ot his head was mashed In InIve InIve Ive I've Ive Ilot got a fragment tra ment that ripped my helmet helmel across the crown like liko a can- can opener it I didn't even part my hair c Delayed In his return home by of official of- of tidal red rM tape despite the fact that Gen J. J J. J Pershing had ordered him mustered out of service J. J Lloyd Llod Weeter Weeter Wee Wee- ter tel son son of oC J. J C. C Veeter of oC the Bransford Bransford Bransford Brans- Brans ford apartments Is back In iii Salt Lake Lalee Ho enlisted with wih the Yalo Yale motor unit In June shortly after his graduation I 1917 shorty In 7 and he saw service on different fronts front A brother Ell Ellis L. L Weeter died rec recently nt s Carl F. F Leaker son of ot Mr r. r and Mrs rs W. W 1 Leaker Tobert Roberta street has hns returned from Mare Iare Island Islan Cal Cal where he was in training as a member of oC the marine marino corps Ho He will resume his studies at a East High school school c Word was received last 1st nl night ht by Mr Ir and Mrs Ir C. C II H. Post 17 1 j S Twelfth I East of the tine safe arrival street tolling al i I In New ew York Yo of or their son Herman Herman Her Her- man P. P Post I Lieutenant Post was a senior at the I University nt of oC Utah when war wal ar was declared de de- de- de dared cared lie He entered the service ser soon afterwards and received his commission commis I zion sion in tho the balloon baloon section of or the signal sig aig nal reserve ve corps He Ue ha has been overseas since last September September September Sep Sep- and saw two months' months service Inthe Inthe in the tho St. St St Mihiel sector He lie le is expected home short shortly Carl F. F Leal Leaker er sn son of ot Mr 1 and Mrs Irs W. W J. J Leaker HS Roberta street will wi arrive In Salt Lake within a few days as a's according to a message received recel by hy bythe bythe hythe the parents yesterday Private Leaker Iealer has hal been with wih the marines since last October He lie has been stationed at Mare Island where ho attended the school of ot instruction c T Noble oble arum Jr arrived In Ine New e York yesterday accor according nr to td a telegram received b by Postmaster Nobl No No- o. o bl ble Warrum Lieutenant War arum rum has nas been In France for or several months serving In the tho aerial service He lie le viii wl arrive e arri In Salt Sal Lake lake within a few days as a's It Is believed cd b by his parents Ho lie re received i-c- i r- r his his commission at the aerial training school at t Austin u ln Tex lex To sc see ace five companions killed kier outright outright outright out out- right but to escape without a wound I Is tl tho experience of ot Melvin C. C Morna Morris Mor Mor- ris na n of ot Mr Ir und Mrs M. M 1 C. C Morris of ot this this- cl city A letter leler was sas recently received fr from m him stating tating that ho he Is Isnow Isnow II now apart alpart of ot the arm army of or occupation at Del rk Luxemburg He lie has hani been In France since last July ul and saw active act service at St St. Mihiel and anti Argonne wood Irn doos 1005 not know when h hi hI wili wil he be ablo abl II to return to this country country coun coun- I try tl h ho stated In his Is letter leter S I Rudolph Geo gan has hns written heJan h hits is mother Mrs Ir Joseph Geu of QC f Salt Sat Sai Lake that h ho he will vIll wi arrive home borne within a n few Cew days laR Private Geoghegan wasn Franco France for tora fora a year ar and saw con con- J ble C fighting during the summer or of lb division i. 10 was as with wih the Zd At the present time he Is la being held In quarantine at Camp Merritt Trenches which the Germans were forced to vacate were things of oC comi corn com i tort fort a n tr KO go JO according to Capt Hamiton Gardner Gardnor Field artl- artl artil- artil ler lery Captain Gardner has Just ro- ro fi from m Camp Lewis where hl his company was n mustered out Among I tho the trophies brought homo home b tho by cap- cap i tam in n a Vj ba not net of ot the sa Faw Ea edge orlet These Instruments were fre I used d b by Germans the SnIt Salt mon nian In speaking Peking o of tIes tIes' n asted i i- i I so aldI said ald I 1 rode for tw wHoa miles Pr ri COI through French n ih villages cT ot which no two stones stone's Vot wr Were ero le left i standing r- r Not of or life Th rot rot S oven even n a doff dog or cat cat- was Wn visible ThO only liVIng Hying t thing ln wore American t J laborers working on the tho th roads road negro ro inS Tc to make mako them passable Ua Gas and I fire had brought complete destruction CI With candy quoted at 20 per ICI pound Yankee soldiers doing police duty on the tho Rhine long long for the U time and ninth America to wh when n thc they can return once moro more fill CUI their sweet tooth ac accordIng according ne- ne cording to a letter received yesterday h by Mrs Its Emma Mann Inn 9 12 S. S SI Second West est street street The Tho letter leter was front from her herson son soil George e Mann Iann who Is la a private with Ith the Olst division Private wih Is la now stationed on tho banks of or the river nicer near Luxemburg LuxemburG f c Word ord has been heen received h by Henry Mcl McEwan wan cashier of the Utah State Stale National bank that his son Glen haw has arrived at Camp MerrItt and will wil soon soonbo soonbo bo be mustered out of or tho the service The young man did not accompany the thc younS is 1 homo home being dil detailed 10 o a training school at Franco France lie 10 has completed completed com corn his course and will wil soon receive re- re an honorary commission It I is said c c cOver Over the top nine nilo times and never wounded and anti gassed only when shien bearIng bearing bear- bear I Ing a n me message sage to th L a supporting division and not on tho the front lines Private Ray It n. Cannon of the Seventh Infantry Third division has some soma Interesting experiences to relate as ho hu is stationed at Fort Douglas My I home Is at Santa Sant Fe X N. M M. L h he- he said Wednesday a I have havo not heard from my m folks Coles since August 28 23 but hope to get et a n furlough to visit Isit them soon Bolleau Wood Argonne Forest Foret and Chateau Thierry were tho the places where here tho the Third division lost most heavily healy iho tho First being the wor worst t losers In killed and wounded In our arm army Tho The supporting supporting divisions catch a good deal moro more gas lS an and hea heavy barI barrage barrage bar bar- I rage age than the divisions on the front hut but the supports get their food fool more moie regularly regular which helps some Im I'm Im glad Iad to be hack back In tho the United States tates and to see seo Utah |
