Show Parmelee Enjoys Journey DEG J t D b J D J 0 D 4 J t J t 00 i J th J 0 D 4 J D DO 4 J Visits Important Points on the A A. E E. F F. Press Special April 12 1919 Dear Dave This is a rather queer letter from Crom a n queer fellow rellow but that Is all aU right Any Any- Anyway Anyway wa way I am having the time Ume of or my young life touring the A A. E. E F. F merely merely merely mere mere- ly because of or my former occupation or oras oras as some people would call can it m my former former former for for- mer affliction Anyway just because because I II I was a former newspaper man I am ami I lucky enough to be the guest of the United States government on a trip around the A. A E. E F. F works and believe me we are doing It up in grand style I j Our special train Is thumping along as It is night and I am pounding g on l I j II I this machine but I was just introduced introduced intro intro- to it so please excuse all an mis mis-I mis I I I takes We Ve have a special train made up of or former hospital cars with dandy I chow and real bunks hunks The party of about former news hounds left gay ga- Paris last Monday Mon ay night and amI we have visited the big motor motor mo mo- tor repair shops at Verneuil an and then we went to Brest where I happen to be stationed Then we proceeded proceeded pro pro- to St. St Nazaire an and then to the ga gay city of Bordeaux an and today we have bave been travelling around the central salvage depot and the ordnance ordnance ordnance ord ord- nance depot and the central supply depot depot de de- pot at The kaiser must have been heen peeking to see what they were doing in these places preparing for a I j l I j II I I I I long war because they certainly were well prepared for or a long war and had enough supplies to last a n long time Anyway Anwa he showed good judgment by quitting quilting when he lie did Tomorrow w w wo we o land at the hangout of one General Pershing and the rest restI of the high moguls of the A. A E. E F F. F at Continued to P. P 3 Col 5 I Continued from P. P 1 I Col 5 Chaumont We Ve will hear several of the big generals tell us what the army armr did and what they would have done if the war had continued So far we have heard five generals in as many days but the batting average should Increase increase increase In in- crease quite a bit in the next few days Then we are going on a tour of the battlefields conducted by some of the officers who were in the various vari vari- ous main engagements Then we are going to Coblence where we see the army of occupation Here we will board the boats and float down the Rhine to see the tho Tommies at Cologne And then we will conclude our trip at gay old Paris Paris Paris-a a a nice place to start and end lots of things Instead of being bothered with writers writers writers writ writ- ers cramp or anything of that kind incident with some reporters work we weare weare weare are provided with bulletins reports etc especially prepared in advance by the different camp commanders for our use We Ve are chosen for the trip merely because of our former newspaper newspaper newspaper news news- paper connections and not because of our present or future connections The purpose of the trip is to give us an idea of what the A A. E. E F has done done done- by b- ba a first hand view so that when we get back to the states we can tell the truth from information we gleaned by our own efforts in chasing our guides around Of course our special must run on schedule and have we-have have to run pretty fast to keep up and cover all the ground laid out by us by our of of- There are about on this trip and there will be about the same numbers on the next two specials The only expense is for our meals and we would have to pay for them anyway It is a dandy trip and one that I would not want to miss out on One of the Interesting features of ot it Is that there are many man officers and enlisted enlisted en en- listed men on the trip and they are assigned to the same cars so 50 colonels and bucks s sleep next to each other Oh it is good to have rather free feeling between the men In one car we saw sawbucks sawbucks bucks fading colonels in that little is game of rolling them There Thero only one rule of conduct on the train and that Is that no boo booze e shall be brought on the train in bottles of course course course-a a rule that old newspaper men could never live livo up to Well VeIl I must cease this as ns there Is only one ono of these machines per car carof carof carof of thirty men and I have had my share toda today Write again soon please Give my m- regards to every one around the good old U. U Your ex ex ex-ed ed PARM 1 |