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Horatio Murphy Wades Knee Deep
in Mud to Put the Run on
the Run
H F Murphy is in receipt of the
following letter from bis brother
Horatio telling of his participation
in the recent big drive:
In France Oct 4 1918
Dear Brother and Family:
Will drop you a few lines to let
you know that I am fine and dandy
Just returned from the front where
I went through the big drive and
over the top without a scratch and
am sure proud of it Went through
some pretty tight places but Just
kept going Made up my mind that
I would go just as far as I could
and thank God I am still alive and
rarin' to go
Just got a fine warm bath and
into a new suit of clothes which
sure makes a fellow feel like a new
man My uniform was torn into
threads getting through the barb
wire entanglements but we made
the Huns pay dearly for it We
have made them hit the dust tor the
past month I have received lots
of mail during the past month Got
four letters from home last night
and about a dozen while I was at
the front Received six in one day
but never get tired of reading them
tho I can't just find time to answer
all that I get It seems that I can
never catch up with my writing
I wrote several letters yesterday but
received four more last night
Will answer all just as I can find
time and you tell each other about
them as you know we 'have lots of
work to do and must have a certain
amount of rest I haven't received
any of those pictures that I had
taken at Camp Travis and haven't
found any place to get any taken
here However I am sending you a
picture of the first platoon of the
M G company that we had taken
In Liverpool the 4th of July They
just arrived the other day
Am glad to hear that everything
is all right at home and that you
have had plenty of rain to assure
another wheat crop It certainly
rains a plenty here not hard but
just a drlzzel most every day fol-
lowed by bright sunlight We don’t
mind the rain much but the mud is
fierce at times During the big
drive In places we had to wad6
mud knee deep to get at the Huns
but we just laughingly plowed right
through Nothing ' stop ns when
we once get started -
Well as I have several more let
ters to write will close for this
time With love to all at home I
remain your brother who is making
the Kaiser dance
PVT HORATIO B MURPHY
M G Co 358 Inf A E F
With Eastman Kodak Company
Hal Clarke brother of Mrs C H
Baker of this city wbo left here
some weeks ago for the school of
Aerial Photography at Rochester
New York in U S Service writes
home that he has finished bis first
course of work and has been put
in the Eastman Kodak Company
for his further instructions The
government has taken over a part of
the Eastman company and 1300 men
In the service of Uncle Sam are with
them there The work Includes the
srt of taking pictures from aero-
planes Private Clark registered at
Oklahoma City where he has lived
for severs! years
FIGHTING
Horatio Murphy Alfalfa county
soldier sent word home that he has1
been In several big fights but has
come through so far uninjured His
numerous friends about here hope
that bis good luck held until the
fighting ceased Monday He states
in letters home that he enjoys get
ting the Huns on the run and that
be is in excellent health Private
Murphy volunteered for service Ap-
ril 28th of this year and was sent
to Camp Travis He la a member
of the famous 358th Inf regiment
of the 90th division He haa been
In France since July
TO CAMP ZACHARY TAYLOR
W E Forrester formerly County
Agent of this county and well
known all over this section of the
states who haa been in the service
for some months at Camp Pike
Arkansas recently earned bis sec-
ond promotion to the rank of first
sergeant Shortly afterward he was
recommended for the officer's train-
ing Camp at Camp Zachary Taylor
Kentucky and the last word from
him received by friends bere states
that he la now there Sergeant
Forrester went as captain of the
contingent of men wbo left last for
Camp Pike
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News
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FROM WALTER FREY
The following letter written from
France by Walter Frey of Burling-
ton to bis mother will be of inter-
est to his many friends over the
county It is the first letter from
him that has been published since
he landed overseas Private Frey is
a brother of Mrs Lula Ottl of Bur-
lington Somewhere in France
My Dear Mother:
I will drop you a few lines to let
you know that I am still among the
living Did you get my letter I
wrote Sept 17th? I wrote it on
my birthday and I certainly did
think of home all day I suppose
you all thought of me that day
also You asked me in your letter
how long I was on shipboard We
were on thirteen days and we were
all very glad when we saw the land
loom up over here There were
thirteen thousand men on the ship
and a good many of them were sick
I was only sick three days but-that
was enough I wish you could see
the trains over here they look like
toys that the kids get back home
for Christmas The largest coal
cars will not carry over ten tons
of coal and the same Is true of the
box cars The cars have only four
wheels two on each end You can
Imagine how small they are But we
also have American made trains
and they look like those at borne
and they can certainly travel Rid-
ing on a French train is just like
riding in a wagon and It Is very
rough We rode in box cars while
being transported Mama we came
through a town on our way here
and I saw a church which was built
in the year 1400 long before Co-
lumbus discovered America It
took one hundred and fifty years
to build it and it was all construct-
ed by hand That does not seem
possible but It Is a fact I could
tell you lots more about France
but I will save that until I yet hack
The French people have a very pe
culiar way of farming They farm
only in small patches They sure do
raise fine grapes over here and
they make lots of wine The Weber
boys and Joe Melser and myself are
altogether yet How is papa get-
ting along? Give everybody my
best love I must close for this
time I am praying to God to see
you all soon
Your loving son
PVT WALTER FREY
Co B 132 M G Bn A P O 79
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Notes of Interest From
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Edgar Guest
j"islways fit and ready
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'Kit jie’s everydnch a scrapper And wben fighting drim commences
And-wnefe'er the shells are thickest Hei the first to heea the challenge—
ibucanl eok- fortne Marine For theTiag hefr first to die
Or 2rman of peace and law: r ‘ ‘And a ruined town restore:
In the wild untutored places UnhleSam has never tasked hin
He can teach the savage graces Wiilva job or never asked him
And he’ll build a Yankee scnoolhouse For a special brand of service
Wjth a hammer and a saw That hevasn’t ready
He’s a son of flneTia$iti6hT
Spreadirg freed
Spreading freedom is his
Andoul always find h
Everywhere the Flag is
When the bullets start tolly
And the days are grim ancftr
You can thank the Lord abc
For the USAMarine
SOODIICIKWSIMEM
AKRON OHIO
FROM DANIEL FRIEDEX
Norwlck Engalnd
( October 8 1918
Dear Mother:
I received the message yesterday
It certainly takes letters a long
time to get anywhere and I will
write a few lines to let you know
that I have recovered from tho
Spanish Influenza which resulted in
pneumonia although I am still weak
and not able to talk yet I am get-
ting lots to eat and I can sure get
awny with it
Leaving the hospital in France
i left my gas mask and helmet my
shoes and personal belongings were
piled on the stretcher and an ambu-
lance took us to the station We
left on a Red Cross train about 10
o'clock at night In the morning
we took the boat to England We
arrived in England O K did not
get A bit seasick We were put on
the train again and in the evening
arrived at the Norwick hospital
where I am still in bed but feeling
fine Two Canadian Red Cross
nurses were here yesterday They
presented me a full kit such as
everything that is useful to a sol-
dier I certainly did appreciate
their kindness for I had lost nearly
all my outfit even my shoes All
I have now is a few trinkets a kit
and a suit of pajamas and they be-
long to the hospital but still I am
happy I don’t know how long I
will be in the hospital but just as
soon as I am a little stronger I will
get a trip to Blighty England six
to eight weeks I will get a whole
new uniform and outfit although
mine were new when I left for
France Tell Salome I have not yet
received those pictures from Glas-
gow but whenever I do will sure
send them I will have some taken
as soon as I get well
I have not heard from Jeff for a
long time Wonder where he Is
now
Tell the girls not to forget to
send me one of those kodak pictures
from home
Give my love to dear old daddle
and all the rest Must close Kind
regards and best wishes to all
Write soon
Lovingly your son
DANIEL WESLEY PRIEDEN
2139223 Lakenh&m Mil Hospital
Corporal Alfred Hague of Camp
Pike Arkansas has been here dar-
ing the past two weeks spending a
furlough with his friends and rela-
tives He has been recommended for
the Officers Training school but
does not know what effect the peace
treaty will have on the proposition
I
in the National Service
the Camp and “ Over
MARINE
ission
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oveyou
The following letter written by
3gt James T Vaughn to his fath-
er Rev C F Vaughn of Carmen
a the first of his which this paper
nas been fortunate enough to pro-
cure for publication Sgt Vaughn
Ig probably the only Regular Army
officer from Alfalfa county having
seen service In the Spanish Ameri-
can war Since that time fourteen
years ago he has been a member
of the United States standing army
At the outbreak of this war be
was enabled to get into active ser-
vice at once He has been in France
for the past year and was probably
one among the first of our boys to
be sent over Sgt Vaughn writes
in a very interesting way of his life
on the western front:
In France Sept 22 1918
My Dear Father:
Just a line to assure you that I
am in good health and feeling as
tit as I ever did This battery
played its little part in the first
great all-American offensive of ten
days ago and we have had a few
days in which to rest and ae again
ready and willing to give the Hun
a little more iron mixed with the
necessary engredlents as prescribed
by Uncle Sam's recipe book
It certainly Is interesting to be
able to roam around in territory
which has been In possession of the
Huns for nearly four years The
place where I am writing this let-
ter was until a few days ago oc-
cupied by the Headquarters of a cer-
tain German unit and I can truth-
fully say from what I have seen
that they are more unsanitary and
unclean than any hog that ever
wallowed in a Missouri pen
It the officer commanding the or-
ganization with which I am serving
should find the swill cans as dirty
as the Boche’s cooking utensils he
would no doubt call on our doctors
to make an investigation to deter-
mine the sanity of the entire kitch-
en force Well Dad is is now late
so I will turn in and try to get
some sleep Give my best regards
to all and write often to
Your loving son
1st Sgt James T Vaughn
Btry F 44th Arty (C A C) A
E F
Do your part— enroll In th
Thrift Campalga today Mace
your promise to save for yourstlf
and your nation la the coming year
There ”
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HeS the first to scent the battle
rirst to hear the musRets rattle
colors
defeases
)ting grim commences
S A T C BOY WRITES
Friends of Emil Lambert of Drift-
wood son ' of Mr and Mrs Sam
Lambert and graduate of the C H
S last year will be Interested to
learn chat he is now in the Stu-
dents’ Army Training Corps at
Norman Oklahoma and that he is
very much pleased with his work
In a letter written by him last week
he says in part: '
"This is a great life we will
all come home better men We
work 16 hours a day and are al-
lowed half an hour spare time each
day We will probably be taken out
from under quarantine tomorrow
They got quite a joke on the boys
yesterday We were Instructed to
line up In alphabetical order in
front of the K A house as the
orderly room is In that building
We thought sure we would get our
uniforms but instead each of us
got a dose of epsom salts In a glass
of hot water A new gym Y M
C A Geology Building Library and
conservatory of music building are
all under construction here This
will be a real school when all is
completed and in use We were
Issued three pairs of woolen socks
sweater and towel all Red Cross
goods I am sure grateful to the
organization for my part of the
wearing apparel We were given
our rifles today I am glad to hear
of the fine rain Is all the wheat
In? I must stop and write a few
lines to Prof Howell Be sure and
send me a Republican every week
as I enjoy reading the news from
home Write often”
ALIXE BOY'S WOCXDED
Paul R Harmon son of Mr and
Mrs Q A Harmon of Aline has
been wounded in action on the
western front and is now in a base
hospital near Paris according to
recent Information received by his
parents He received his wound on
the 5 th of October In the big of-
fensive Private Harmon entrained
tor Camp Travis Texas Oct 3rd of
last yesr and is in the machine gun
batalllon of the 132 regiment
Roy Garrison also of Aline Is
suffering from a gas attack while
In active fighting and Is also con-
fined to the hospital Private Gar-
rison was sent to Camp Doniphan
Fort Sill He arrived overseas
sometime during the first of this
year
Order the Oowt Don’t wish you
had!
READY TO GO
Earle M Simon well-known edu-
cator of this county who taught
last year with such success in the
C H S and who is now in the
service writes an Interesting letter
to hts mother from Heampstead
New York where he with his com-
pany was sent a fortnight ago from
Camp Fremont California All the
Alfalfa county boys from Camp
Fremont have been sent east and
would probably have been on the
high seas by this time but for the
rumors of peace which have been
afloat for several weeks prior to the
writing of the letter The letter
from Private Simon appears in part:
“I was with a detachment of 32
of our company sent with the 23rd
M G Bn so was the only Alfalfa
county boy on the train Our
route led us through Sacremento
the first evening where we were all
treated with refreshments by the
Red Cross women Then to Reno
Nev Ogden Utah Cheyenne Wyo
Omaha Neb Chicago Cleveland
Buffalo N T Scranton Pa Ho-
boken and New York city In Utah
we passed across the Great Salt
Lake but during the night In
Wyoming we were up at a height (
of 9000 feet and then came down
to snow covered Nebraska In Oma-
ha all who bad relatives at the
station were permitted to get off
and visit them for an hour If J
remember rightly it was my "wife”
whom I wag to see Anyway a
bunch of us got a good feed At
Cleveland we had two hours at the
Y M C A for a bath and recre-
ation The scenery on the whole
trip from Wyoming was Just fine
In Iowa an Nebraska it was more
like home than any place else In
the Catskill mountains everything
was magnificent At one place wo
could look down from the car win-
dow on an old town — the most
beautiful scene I ever saw From
the boat on which we were brought
:o camp we could see clearly the
statue of Liberty the Singer Wool-
worth and Metropolitan buildings
Tjie trip from the pacific to the
Atalntlc ‘ was wonderful and one
that I shall never forget
I got out of company street In
camp today and saw a good number
of the boys from home— Perry
Thorndyke John Hoefer G EL
Astley Earl McDonald and ohn
Shatter in the 13th and later
walked about a mile and located
Leo Ford and Clarence Markle
Gib (Forney) Herbert Frizzell anil
Albright of Kiowa were here ahead
of us and occupied the same tents
we have They have gone overseas
Left before we got here 9ome say’
however that they are at Camp
Merritt N J near here waiting
for the rest of us I haven't seen
them for six weeks or so The 13th
leaves at once and we will probably
be gone by the time this reaches
you We are being Issued overseas
stuff today We got our tin hel-
mets with our other stuff this at
ternoon and I say I look great In
It ' It weighs 2 1-4 lbs To test It
I stood up as a target for rock
throwers and found It substantial
Some experience Our regiment is
an old regular army regiment which
did service In the Spanish Ameri-
can war and has also been stationed
at the Phlllipines and Nogalez Arlz
I am sure If we get to France be-
fore the war ends — and that looks
to be soon — we will get into action
early
LATER — I told you that if I was
still here today (Sunday) I would
write again We were scheduled
to embark at ten this morning and
all of us had our packs ready when
an order delayed all troop move-
ments for i24 hours and today a
similar order came I now doubt '
that we will go direct to France
but probably to some training camp
near here I think the delay is due
to the proposed armistice with the
enemy Last night James Cook and
I went to the Y M C A and had
a fine feed the first real eating for
five weeks
Friends here of Harold Gross-
man son of Rev and Mrs A B
Grossman will be sorry to learn
that he is ill in Butte Montana with
Influenza Private Grossman who
enlisted this summer and was sent
to Denver Colo and later to
Washington State was on his way
east with a large contingent of
troops to the Atlantic coast when
he was taken ill while enroute and
was put off at Butte and taken to
the hospital for treatment Accord-
Ing to the last word received by his
parents he is on the road to re-
covery WAR BABY
A litle daughter was born last
week to Mr and Mrs Forest Wars-
helm near Ingersoll Thd father Is
in the service and now stationed at
Kelly Field Texas He waa one of
the first of the Alfalfa county boys
to volunteer for the army
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