Show how one veteran looks bade back upon time of conflict 1 ligh high military officer tells of rejoicing A among soldiers at end of warfare rn n an interview printed in the kim as city star Al maggino agazine in III 1 1 1 I I W N hughes Hugli cs former ailef of stuff staff of the rainbow dillon nrc give the fl fid lowing recollections of lie ilie fill of november vember Vo lu in france in fit 1018 1918 N am day eight ON 0 years cura ago a great dieul ml fell upon the llie nvia or of france men ml felt the aniaz lug ing stillness like a sheek k of pain then I 1 lien the realization realisation nine flint klinl it was 8 all over ever and tiny they gave vent to thel r suppressed fe elligs each in III ills hn own nn wity it Is a duie date flint justly thorild be observed of A legal holiday lolli Is ate but let us uh not mule ll it a cart cunial cuni ilal ul occasion caslon we ve liae have our mil national holiday july 4 and armistice adly diy i hoida hoi not be of equal liu im port anve e JUL as kansas city lins has its liberty ill memorial ei norial so every town has some sort of tablet ur or moi norial to its service nen it seems fitting that ceremonies should hould center there we americans americana love loie to but the public Is tired fired of watching I 1 doubt whether it Is worth while for the veterans to us as beible tit in inui wair ching order although by all means they should attend the ceremony societies that prow grew out of the war R and rid those that were arlve during that p period briod should in a pairl otle otic program of 0 speeches and music the american legion churches schools business houses all civic patriotic and religious combine that kehough We Is hough colonel hughes was billeted with lila hl ellmon between metz and sedan ahu ahn the armistice was signed lie he tells liow tow lie anticipated the ces cessation is of hostilities several weeks before the armistice enemy morale shattered the Ger german ritan morale was shattered lie he said 1 I first realized this when we came upon the lie trenches that the on i ann lintl among other things left behind were hundreds bundro ids of llie life soldiers had written tut but apparently never had been able to lo nion me 11 1 I had about fifty such letters trans aid all were of the some same trend the writers promised their wives and mothers they would corne come lionie at the lie first opportunity and that they would try to slip potatoes and oilier ober food through Kl the lines nearly early Ii all bespoke an economic unreal juniest the prisoners captured about this time were frankly elated end and inquired frequently why we americans americana still were lighting fighting when they iliad iad quit alipy the y considered the war ended and siv saw no use in endangering themselves their cause seemed futile and they knew their families were suffering boward the finish of the world war tit the e ermon machine guns still were 1 inthe 1 five but the he artillery fire practically 1 lind ceased we often were not more it it I 1 three it undred hundred yards yarda away f from rom ta t u but bur the danger of lessened jt Is nn an did story ebaugh linw germany ceased being the ag bressor feared further warfare A grapevine report circulated just before the armistice through our ur division that we were to entrain for va ita italy y and fight the austrians Aust lans rians the rumor grew to the proportions of a foregone conclusion I 1 had bad been informed otherwise but was not at liberty libert y to tell hie As we sat in our quarters quarter the night of november 10 col ruby D garrett signal of licer caught a message from a gernian german radio station and we knew then that the light fight was over nver the gernian soldiers and sailors league a communistic organization had seized several of the principal radio station towers and for several days dava hod had been sending messages the operator now how was saying saving that flint a german envoy would appear over the french linen and we cutright tits ills message clearly lie ile asked the allies to observe certain signal lights shoot the plane down 1 I immediately informed gen malin craig chief of staff of the first corps area but the news i already had reached hirm him the next morning we revolved rev elved yord word that hostilities s would cease at 11 one gains the Impress impression foR from born talking with colonel hughes that flint his se ac of lie he news chist have need been casual lie he speaks of it without emotion because its as he says it occasioned no particular surprise naturally I 1 was about its as happy as a man can be he admits but my principal thought was that thai now we would have a chance to clean up it had rained most of the time we were near bedim we knew of course that we would not be able to go home for a while armistice A ritti stice night we kept almost regular discipline although the men were slightly vociferous they were allowed to shoot off pyrotechnics that em blazoned the sky for miles with varl colored lights some of the french an units is fired I 1 heir mortar guns and there were occasional rifle shots our aviators lew flew like hats bata in the dusk sidni ming about looping spiral ling line and foiling failing in steep dives that looked deuth death until the airhea flattened flatt pried nut and soared again deep thought and rejoicing the cla ell all the five canos rose into the night sky olohn IA lie length and breadth of our armies but even eren in the midst of it men had bad long silences thinking bock to things that had passed 1 I walked over to a crossroads cross roads roada billet at dusk and stood a moment in silent ellent reflection from out of the shadows a truck emerged tilled filled with a guy gay crowd intent upon celebration As A I 1 stood aside to let it pass a sentry sent rys challenge rang out iio fie inquired where the trucks lights were 11 11 replied the driver you expect me to put on lights in five minutes when I 1 hd any for two years get outa our way V the sentry grinned ac and stepped aside reminiscences such as these make armistice day a vital throbbing personal occasion colonel hughes la only one of millions wio wao decades decades hence w will ill recall incidents of november NovA iber 11 1018 there were soldiers in the roads of france that night who watched old men boys und women making their way home burdened with luggage coffier soldiers who sat oat at french pianos romped over the keys crashed out chords and led a chorus af 0 men melt who wanted to sing any old song established reestablished re now in their homes these men will recall how Ver Verd duns tins bells tolled victory at the end of tit alia war and how the illumination was waa vis its ible able for many miles around even to the germans collig homeward in the east they will recall how in bated villages carefree buggers buglers bug of marched before shouting dancing columns of fr french ench american senegalese and algerian soldiers mill and civilian celebrants who kept time with the drum bents beats and shouted the mie war Is over overl I 1 fini la in guarrel guerre I 1 vivo la in france I 1 vive I 1 serious recollections recollections their tales may even revert to parts where president Pol received Al marshal arshal foch and premier clenten beau rend the german conditions ot 01 they may center to in any of alie the I 1 jnnny y war wrecked countryside homes whose owners celebrated with haggard terror in contemplating the anniversary one cannot overlook the recollect recollection lone of the civilized world either its titles of the day are of less partisan but bal equally graphic interest I 1 it si luied in its heart eight years ag ago 0 tile soldiers who fought through the piri 0 of f horror and tragedy tor for vic victory torl it will do so BO again this year kansas city Is a ti civery fery very small yar bifi 11 of only one celebrating nation but its voice will be raised in the gen eral acclamation will the cliv city reflect soberly on anthe the occa occasion slob will it reel feel toward the day as colonel hughes does we after the years of wars victory can not yet with 1011 on fidi flance rice appoint the time when we BC inn can celebrate celebia t e peace lie declares we have do done ne better then than europe 11 hah apparently lias has learned little from froin the war but we cannot yet armistice day in a spirit that would make it a national Dat ional event |