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Show CAPT. BOB ALEXANDER! ON THE WESTERN j FRONT I iiiiitir.t i.irnmt covins to his HltOTHim, M. IVunniil I.oIiib Nmi Tendinis Their Ifr-nf. Cruw m Harden .Iti-t .i Tlmtmli Tlieiv Wew X War In Hoi Of Hotorolloii II) American, of Their Helmed Mwiv.UtTm.. Max Ah Xiimlrr who ha f..r viarn leui making tin- territory f..r Kahn Hr.n re.eill) had n letter fn-m hi brother, C,ipt. -IM, Alexander nf .Ion, n.. mum white on the western front, that The Hun In h rinltteil to use In part lie ha lalel been pro. muled from a lieutenant) to a iap lullii ) It Ik iIhI.iI I'rnm-e. An Usual," July 12, 191V "Around the flrM f the month wo went tip to the front with one of thi officer who nit Inn an i.niw.y r n iriirk of tuff from hi dearlmelit ' the cpl-tlc be Kln. We Were In n Uve-paJw-nger tar and there were two other officer along ll wu mime trip, and I en Jfi)cd ever) minute, of the time. We left early In the morning and return ed lale at tilghl. We lould havu gnno and returneil muih sooner than n did, but we had to ndjust our -prod to tint of the irurk. Iletween lure and the front cv.mhlng In ho peauful lid quit! that It In hard to hllcv that there In n war waging, and If It were nut for the fait that one im-nen en fliiiientl little town and village that hae btiu bombed Indie, rlmln nleb. olii might cnsllv hellei that them uanu't I ictlalnl mtw eiiuimh lf the Hun Imrlntrlty and eaxagery In hln ludlmrlmlnate ImmblnK In Ml lf) een the miwt iitlltu-ed Main it pline that we f0 through wan iilib n little lolleellnn of peaielill Ml-lagee. Ml-lagee. and et tlnrc wete vpral lioim-n In em It nw of them, the In terlorn of litem blown out and the wall ptandlllK like the winipeil out t -lull of an ee The upward explo- he fone of til iff Immlw I Iremelf ' doll And i t liimblim Inn t alto. ' Kether an -un-iwfiil an It In noliml linen j rnlil to !" dm town we irnnee.) through Imn bii'n Immlwl terrlflenlb ' for noiile lil failory that In nlltwled I there and el een llnumh hoii,e for I hlixkn around him een nhatteriil i and ruliiiMl b the litnb. the fmlor llmdf to thin da reinalnn unlniirlnil. i The town that we went to hd been I iMimbed lilKhtl) for four nlKhln pre- ledlnir our arrival an we4l an man ' tlmiH In Hie pa-t ear and a half. Of ' ' uiurne the reanon for lln -IrateRle ' , Importaine nnml not In- mentioned 1 itianv of the llllle hom-i In till town have beetl hit and ileetroed, but llm 1'nnth M-oplen spirit I undaunle.1 ' IIoum'm lllown In Undo. , "We were, lhi.ru uullu nwhllo no had plenty nf opportunity tu look around. The old women wern lltliiB out In the aunllitiit knlltlnu. llm old mvti MnoklnK the little allowame of to baccn that Krunre Mill given them, while the children went pla)lng In the treeln u though nothing had i happened In many er to dlnturh the. nuletude of thin llttlo HWII, I walked up the ntreet where houne had leeii literally blown to hell b a iKimb the evening prevloun, and mra-fVeneh mra-fVeneh people were looking over the rulnn fur eome belonging that might I be worth aavlng. Hut there wi.nt. murh 1 annure you Their faelal ex prowilon wan not one of norrovv. but Incrlflee llombed an the were they .vere determlneil not m move merel benue of the Hun hnmlm. The gnv eminent might make them l"' ll" ir ehrrl-hiHl home, but fear ..the Hermannever Maw mi. In'' ,' of thin email town had leen burlixl h ,1 over I lilll h)ond. a IiIIkiI t T O rman kul.ur, but ib.lr Jl Ml U m.-broken, m.-broken, They go out and le herd of mill "d -heep In Jh" "" by field-, and do their "'"'"''" ilit they fan, It marveloun ho bZ ui 1 1 fW.I- f hw.t and re Hut r:w"ndegeld!?.rdenn,M: -nl'm.r.rS ihov are nf war they don t want !" r,1;"andf.r--;;('''-"K,',,,04,k i. rJLu,:':: uU.iu. wu.h U'' '"""' ltH .vim) , l..u n",u- "' u.r u twin- ",u"1' v:z o"w w "',u" "l'0"' l . go uilitum lino '- ''" t.ui4 un' tu,lw '..,, ,unuu oi utu l"':uU1w!Uev.oe..V l-.a,..-.lWl.- "',ia llu,. u.l ... mo I ' StoW. W - s :: .ss -'--" ;; ' e,incdll). Such U the manner tho No man like to fight 011 an empty -t.iuiH. h. but keep hh Inner man full of good f.MHl and he I willing lo go through wliatever ma be anked of him On my wav In the front I mnn ed Ihrough on of the old fortified lownn of I'raiMo It In nltiialiil on the top of a hill, and all the matin In all illreellonn .-limit Hie hill In and out nf that limn It In Mitrounded by II -erlen of three big tlllrk Wall wllltll III their da) mut have been allium! Impri gnaltle, but lo the lantionn of IimIm) tin- womt kind or a oke. Won ilnrful what a ntratrgle mmhI"H till town hold. It In the galewn) to IhU imrt of 1'nnne and ilmnlnaiM Hie eiirroiiudlng eounlr for in lien nroiiml We cllmlted up a nleep hill and 1 routed rout-ed a big heovy draw bridge, then la-el through a mrli r thren urehen, all opening In the irle of wall- mentlone.1 In-fore Iletween tho wall are bit iiimU now dry and filled with popple and dal-lo. Thu wnll proj.tl here and there, In abutment, abut-ment, where eannnn and urehur and )e obi time riflemen nmti Htood lo ward off llm enemy nttatk. ISuch inrehway I provblnl with II own draw bridge, whleh rumbled 11 wn wd over II. Ilenlly I felt like one nf the old king of France returning In Mate lo hi eiiMle, B befori. und iH.hlnd 11 were 11 troop of 1'reiieli envalr). Mtcratiin In Wnnliil. 1 Now. when I my the front, don't I Interpret Ihl 11 meaning I wa In the front line Irenihe. I vvann't there, but I waa about ten mile behind the line II wa very nulei the day I wa theie On n few ennnon were fired and Hie) were nlimll plere at that. A niuple of time I heard the crnek of a rifle and the pul-put-pul of the ma. chine gun. Iml nothing nuilde of thai. I hoped lo an aeroplane iHitlle. bill no Hilt ll luck A few holll prevloun lo our coming two Ink hen bad been brought down almut five mltcH further up. but an our iki. W1.r k I no further and we had no iramiuikk or nliel helmet with u we lldiit dii-ni It prudent m go fuither Into what would perhap renull llnelf till ll.elee rlk. lloweVir. I nw never- nl allied aeroplane In Ihe ulr. eVL d.nlly iititlng ulnuit III their dally routine I lerlalnly had fine time. It wan a trip well worth taking. There wa much that I nvv thai of Jccelly 1 munt remuln iinmenllonwl I wl.i 1 could tell oii murh more limn I nl- ready have nald It " ln"kp1 a p,ore Inlen-iliig .lr. but ""' '" ' I onlv ho' lo I prlvilegid lo tell wo muhIi that mil'! now remain un- mltl. la after tomorrow here I a ' M day III IT.", "The a f the 1 llnMlle " There I going to !; llt ' "pHra.b orthel-reijhand theAm- erleai. rnddlem -lallone.1 here. ' ,ie everal eiilertalninenl at the ' Kr..h .amp. The I'reiu h have a le "awn here imIM Cam. I'renblnnl ' j, ll ly I a prell Place. ' in .nrrled out In typleHl 'ren.h ' unid-apc gardening The I'remh I a. enZ..I Ihe art of .ulllvatloil a.i.r ' nl di.rall..i. I fareyouwe II. and ever! tW. the) mm. h M-m M re-f re-f 1,1V. Il-ilf into noiuethlng ver). ry piell). and thin eamp I no -'d.ii. -Thuuk for the muguallia. T hey 1 nrrlvid uk nd were enJo)ml lln- leUl) Aflirwl I l' ' " The V-.ltal - the lH.llel.lN Jh.W would have reiUIng matter lion t 1 LU. providing y." Hrn gW ng , uZJn eLwhere and are llll taking . 11 . m |