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Show Former Lehi Resident Returns Form Germany liigus II. (llliMin Tells of Ititeicsltitirl i:peilences Hail In (.'citing Out of i:iiroipiiu Wnr one. i ngus II Gibson returned thisweelc from Cetnuiny, whole ho went to in-, stell some crulrirugnl'evneiiators In lie Gorman sugar factories, uml In-vi.iil'jn In-vi.iil'jn perfected by liimiwlf and Ku.elie Roberts whlls they were cm-l)lned cm-l)lned in the l.ehl taotory. Tho two hi. n have boon In nil pnrtB or the world Inatalllnjf their innchlneH. ' h booh us the war b'oko out every man in tho suKiir raotory was taken Tor army service," said Mr. Gib. son tliW moiulng. "I wan put in an automobile and started "tor Cologne. Seven miles out or Cologne I met Get man army ofllcors who needed the machine. They took It away from me mul I hud to walk Into Cologne That was on Friday, July 3L. Snt-urilay Snt-urilay I was imnblo to see the American Am-erican consul and could not got my passport until Monday. "I lived In n hotel In Cologne owu-il owu-il by a German unity officer, whom I eamo to know very well. Tho day I left he was in uniform, ready to liavo for the rtoiil. He told me that ormany then hud nn nrmy ot 4,000, 000 men In tho field. Ho said that .hd nil the resorvoB weio called out Gerinnny would linvo nn nrmy of tl.ouo.oou (mined soldiers. "Troop tnoomont begnit on July 2S 'liiween then and (ho day I loft . ologne, Monday, August 3, 1 saw (.000,000 soldiers pass through Co-logno Co-logno on tho way to the trout. It as the most wonderful thing 1 have ever witnessed. "Every train, track, onglno and I other piece or railroad equipment was tuken over tor transportation of. the urmy. All commercial traffic was bub-peudeil. bub-peudeil. And In those six dnyB t.000,000 men, with lill oiiulpmont, ur-lilory ur-lilory and everything otso, went Jiiough Cologne 1 never saw anything any-thing like it. It opened my eyes to the .norvclous organization or tho Gorman Gor-man -army.,,. Later, ,ln England, wo ajtw part or the mobilization opern- lons or the English army. It was a Joko compared to tho German organisation. or-ganisation. In comparison it looked like the giithorlng or n lot or joys, or or tin soldiers. ' We left Cologne, bound for Ant- .ni by Hie way or ilrussels. At uldnlght on August C, we reached the jutaklrts. of the boslegod city U Liege there wus n battle lino thero twenty ailes long, 'lhe beautiful city wns in Names. It was an awful sight, one u'vor to bo forgotten. "Our train wns halted and wo woro ocked lu tho Btuitou Tor Tour hours. ''hen we were loaded Into cnttlo cars aid turned around. On account or uo fighting wo were not allowed to ,juso through Llogo and on to Urus-3ols. Urus-3ols. Wo woro bbiu back and through lollaud to Rotterdam, where we ar- I'.ed August 0. "At 5:45 o'clock that evening I was jiiMimte enough to be ono or those o loavo on tho steamer llhttorvlor ror )iidcn. Thoio was slxty-covon or us ho had no other bod on board than os of ropes on tho deck. Hut wo onsldored ourcolvos mighty fortunato j get oven those accomodations. "Going up tho English channel, wo :et sixteen or the br.ttlo ships ot tho 'uglish navy One or tin br.ttle ships nailo lu step and run up our Dutch lag. Off'.cors came aboard anil toro anny the entlio wireless apparatus r tho ship, so that It eon id send no liolua messages Into the air to In- "'fere with the wireless operations r tho English Fleet "I arrived in London on Friday, - i.pust 7, and v cut ti I Ivirpool, ar- i lug thero Saturday. 'I was fortunate enough to got ae-"ommodr.tloni ae-"ommodr.tloni oe the I acorla Balling "in I Iverpool that ovi lug It hu,l 1C00 on board. Is regular ncomodn- lions being for 1200. Thoro were Am-lerlcan Am-lerlcan mllllonnlrfl In tho Bteorngo, 1 lr-i to get oven that passngo " t..r Gibson saltl thnt ho rocelvod most courteous treatment in (lermnny. ,te said thoro was no trouble for Americans Am-ericans In gotting out of the coutitr It thpy carried "thcflr passports. |