Salt Lake Tribune | 1918-12-19 | Page 6 | Home from France

HOME FROM FRANCE. Big- liners and transports bringing soldiers from France are arriving at the Atlantic ports almost every day, and there is rejoicing all over the land. Some of the men will be able to celebrate cele-brate Christmas with their' families, and their presence will bring more joy to the festive boar.d. Thousands of others will bo upon the high seas during the Yule-tide Yule-tide season, while there will bo hundreds hun-dreds of thousands more in France and Germany. Some have been designated for early retifrn to this country, but the bulk of the American froops will remain re-main until tho peace treaty is signed. But it will be a joyous Christmas for American soldiers on both sides of the Atlantic, for they have taken part in the greatest war in the history of the world and are now wearing tho laurels of victory. The absent ones will not bo forgotten, and some months hence they, too, will be welcomed home. One of tho sad features of the home-coming of the Americans is the fact that many of their comrades met death in battle or died of disease, while many others are being nursed back to health and strength in tho hospitals on botji sides of the ocean. The incoming ships arc carrying largo numbers of the sick and wounded, and it will not be long before all of the hospitals over here will be filled. It is cheering to know that all these men will have the very best of care, and. that Christmas will mean as much to them as to those who were fortunate enough to tro through tho battles from Chateau Thierry to Sedan without getting a scratch. The holiday season in the United States this year finds us all with much to be thankful for, and the fact that the boys are sailing sail-ing homeward adds to our cheerful frame of mind.