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He didn't have hysterics, this doughty Man in BIue When he learm'~ that in the tn;nches thel'e was nothing else to'do. He dieln't take to rmn anel drink (the Olle 1 saw at least) And he hadn't started crabbing on how soon he'd be released.

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He \vasn't loud or noisy and he didn't boast. and taunt' AVd he didn't claim. t1~ecredit für the victory, or vaunt. He elidn't art as Olle wM bad been waiting fot Tm: DAY \\ihen upon a given signal he wQuld throw his g,un away. He didn't lose his dignity, his modesty and poise In a burstöf wiid exuberance of ribaldry and noi'se, iDefeating the preqictions of those who knew his race. He didn.t of hiscountry 111akea gort of madhouse place. Rut when the ward a tortnred world hall waited tor through years \Vas scattered to the fourwinds to a world of waiting ears, After an those years of fighting, he just turned andwith an air OI great relief, commented, "C'est jini, düne la guerre;'. . D~tVid DARRAH, AmericanMission.

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IN MEMotÜA.M ARTHlJR JOSEPHBRICKLEY

Arthur J. Briekley, S. S. U. 644, died December 9, 1918after J. jive wecKs ilIness with grippe. Brickley joined the American Field Service in June, 1917and was a member, ot S. s. U. 70, until the time of his enlistment Attgust 31st when he was transferred to f. S. U. 32, nüw 644. He was 24 years of age, a Harvard graduat~and his home was in Charlestown, Massachusetts. Discours prononCi~ sur la tombe du conducteur Brickley, Medecin-l\la,jor

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Au nom du Service de Sante de la Division que Vüus avez si noblement servi, Conclu.ctem Brickley, adieu! Au Chateau-d'Estay-AppilIy, Oise, France: le II decembre 1918.

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de ,la 37° Division d'lnfanterie, en presi;nce du General Commandant la Division, des Gfficiers de la Division, et de la S. '5. U. 644. Mün General, Messieurs, Je ne veux pas laisser se feImet cette tolllbe si prelllaturelllent ouverte saus venir porter, au nom 'dU'Service de Sante de la 37° Divisiün, ,un pieux tellloignage de sympathie et de remercielllent 8 celui' dont le corps repose Ja devant Haus, au conducteur Brickley de .la Section San~taire Americaine 644. NOI1Savons tons con1111et aillle ce jeune Conducteur qui avant llleme la dec1aratiün de la Guerre des Etats-Unis a l' Alle11lagne, abandonnant volontairement ce qui lui Hait le plus eher, familIe, richesses, situation, patri'e, Hait venu spontanement üffrir son cceur, s,es jours, sa vie a la Frauce ,eu peril. Nous avons apprecie sou clevoulllent parfait, son alllabilite charinante des son arrivee dans le Secteur penible de Bezol1vaux, au Poste de Secours cl'Alsace, ou le devoue11len1 des Conducteurs de h Section Americaine tut unanilllelllent rel11arque et publlquement reCOllnu par une belle citation a l'Ordre de Ta Division; pHis dans le Secteurde Vacherauville, pendant les attaqu'es de la C6te 344, eu Lorraine, dans la Solllme, - enfin pendant les attuques et la pou,rsuite de l'ennel11i, du 8 ROllt au II nov,embre, date de la si: gnature de l' Armistice. Partout le Conducteur BricLley s'est signale par sou zele, sou devouement, sou excellentehl1meur, sou sentiment tres eleve du devoir. I1 a He des longte11lps prüpose pom une Citation tres elogieuseet la Croix de Guerre fran(,:aise ne devait pas tarller Eilui etre decernee. I1 n'a quitte le service. que terrasse par la malac1ie qui devait le ravir Eil'estime de ses chefs, Eil'al11itie de ses call1arades, a l'affection de Sa familIe.

Puisse l'hommage public que HaUS lui rendons, apporter quelque attenuation a la douleur de ses patents ! Qu 'il repose en pRix en ce co1n de tel:re fran(,:aise qu,e la Division meme it laquelle il etait attache, a reconquis a Pennemi, pendant que sou ame de pieux ChrHien güllte les joies de l'Hernelle recom-

DANFORTH

BROOKS FEP.GUSON

Daniürth Brook Fe~'guson diecl of pneumonia at the front on Oetoher 20th. 'Ferguso~l served with the Al11erican Field Service in 1915 in Section 2. At the time üf his death he was a private in Battery A, ,pud. ArtilIery, C. A. C. He was 24 years of age, and his home was in Brooklyn, New-York. 'f

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Them's the tratJlp üf tired feet. As the troopscome a-l11arching, Down the crüwded street.

The CitY'$ full of g1.adlless, The bells are pealing gay. From the hause-tops flaKs are flyin&" As when they weHt away. 1

The crowds are hoarse frO"l cheering, And they line along the streets. While the troops cül11e on a-lllarching, Hein, the tread of l11any feet. ' And then illere ca1l1e a shadow, Sudden, dark anddrear. The bells stopped their pealing, The crowds ceas,ed to cheer.

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LEST The WorldWar

WE FORGET

is over,

Them's the tratJlp üf tired feet. As the troopscome a-l11arching, Down the crüwded street.

The CitY'$ full of g1.adlless, The bells are pealing gay. From the hause-tops flaKs are flyin&" As when they weHt away. 1

THE PASSING OF MALLET'S RESERVE

There came a voice from Heaven, It crieel in anguisheel rain. Anel we saw a seconel column, The Dead, come back again..... ÂŤ Tear elow,nyour joyful And hang up sable The sky grew elarker, For the DeadJ were

calors, black. darker, coming

Res~rve Mallet in which many Americans of the old American Field Service did their bit last fall a year aga on the Chemin des Da111esis now only a namc. Conlluandant Mallet its leader, has left the reserve and gone 10 India on a mission fot the French government, and while the organization will still bear his name, to l11any of these in it wbo knew Major Mallet it will hardly be the same Reserve Mallet, with the Major gone. The annouuce1l1eut tbat Major MaUet was to leave was made so11lewhat unexpecteelly Nov. 28. Officers of the Reserve gave a farewell eli1!ner to him in Sedan on that elate anel presented him with a siJv,er loving cup as a testimoliial of tbeir appreciation of his leaelership elurillg the severity and hardsbip which they and all the Reserve have known since last March. Major Mallet saileel from Marseilles December 2, Capt,l Langlois oI theFrcnch anllY is now in command of the Reserve and he will be relieved shortly by Captaiu Pavillon.

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They 'were coming, on ward coming, Ghastly, sael anel slow They were coming, onwarel comil1g, With haul1ting eyes of woe. They came with sunken faces, All crimson wrecks of priele, And their wounels showeel forth in places, That their Khaki couldn't hiele.

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They came now, in thousanels, Their faces all a-gleam. vVe closeel OUt,eyes i,n horror, God ! " twas hut a dream. "

RHEIMS

A thousal1d flags are flying, A thousand bells ring. A thousat'id voices crying, A thousand hearts sing.

On yoneler plains, what are these terms Tbat 100m so dark and high? They are the mighty towers of Rbeims ,

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That crowd ,against the dusky sky.

In the sunllner of 1917, when serving as a volunteer ambulancier in the Frcnch Army I was fĂźr a time in the Httle vil1age of Boulause, same six kilometers from therenowncel city of Rheims. In spite of the fad that the city was constantly under bombardment, I was detennined to visit the crowning place of the French kings. Olle' wann August aftemoon I set forth and after a lang walk over Olle of the great military roads dating back to the time of Caesar, I came suddenly upon the plain and saw before me the great towers of the cathedral. Tbe peaceful Vesle flows near the city and all about the buttressecl towers of the old cathedral were batt'ered walls. They were the former h01l1es of men, ,hut now He shell-torn and in ruins. Ho"\' changed the ti111es, ~ow savage the age in which we live, when contrasted with the accomplish1l1ents of the centuries rast when ll1en unfall1i1iar with modern scientific psychology andinvention

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They came now, in thousanels, Their faces all a-gleam. vVe closeel OUt,eyes i,n horror, God ! " twas hut a dream. "

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A thousal1d flags are flying, A thousand bells ring. A thousat'id voices crying, A thousand hearts sing.

On yoneler plains, what are these terms Tbat 100m so dark and high? They are the mighty towers of Rbeims ,

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of slaughter speilt their lives construc.ting massive monuments to God, tlieir Maker anel Guicle.r Oh thai these times thai trouble meÜ's minds and souls 11laypass a\vay and the spirit of pence' again returl1 UPO!! eartl1. .I paused in 11ly meditation and looked back into other til11es, when Rheil11S first fell tL11derRoyal favor. On Chrisbnas Day 496 Clavis the l'owerful progenitor of the French line of kings and rulet' of all Caul, came under the al1conqnef1ing force and sway üf Roman Christianity, and in his enthusiasm was baptized with great pomp and ceremony by Si. Renigius, Bishop of Rheims, in an ancient cathedral, upon the ruins af which the prescHt struc.ture stands. The very eil used in ibis historic baptism was believed by fhe early Francs to have teen brought from Heaven by a eleve. Eavor after favar was bestowed upon thisanci.ent centerof Roman ci vilization in France. Hs w,ealth was renowned throughout all Europe in the course of the llliddle ages. In the 12th centUl"y tbc F;rench kings chose this city audits great catheelral as the plaGe for their crowning ; we know thai from then to the elays of the gre.lt Napoleou practically the entire line of French kings were crowne:l here anel frequently were anointed by the Pope himself. We entered through the Cardinal's garden; close to the palace nawa heap of ruins, hut 1!1former days tbe rendezvous of kings amI mighty dynasties of church anel state. The yard was pileel high with battered rock amI fallen masünry, a11 of which had teen carefully saved for the restoration af the great catheelral when thc trouble of war ha~ passed away. What curiosity and awe Clavis would have experienced could he have seen us with OUt steel French heImets on, and out g.as masks slung across OUt shoulders aCCOll1panied by French officers and a loquacious guide wandering atout among the ruineel naves anel transepts. As we passed noiselessly frO111cloister to cloister, I gazed at the shattered beauty atout me. Again I saw in panoramic visiün those powerful and stirring events thai bad taken plaGe on iltis very spot, the sack of t~e city in 406 bv the Vandals a.nd the Huns, the baptism of Clavis, the great ooronatiüns, the attack on this great town in 1360, the English taking pos session after the Treaty of Troyes in i420, only Inter to be expelled by Jean of Arc anel used as the crowning place of Charles VII, her king. In my lllusings I thought I heard the great organ, now mute and she11-torn, burst forth into a great triumphal march as the King anel his brilliant retinue entered and proceeded to the altar of .AI,abaster anel gölel. The stapdarel of Fmnce, which like the Maid of

Orleans bore aloft as she led the g-reat throngs, still stands in its .simple splenelor a1llong the ruins. The spot wbere she knelt to ltave the victor'scrown of laureI::; placeel upon her head by the very hands of Charles hi111self is now covereel by fallen eclats and ma. sonry. Great numbers of the paintings of former days have teen rel11Oveel, a few however, sheJl-torn and ba,ttered still remain. The facade above the portals was pierGed by three large windows with magnif.icent rose colorctl glass. In the center was the great rose window more than forty feet in diameter constructed of red anel bIlle glass oE U!e most c1elicate shaeles. W.e were tolc1 the art of this gla;;s lIlaking hael lang sinGe rast with the artists and workmen who developed it.

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The mallet amI chiseI were surely diligently anel lavishly employed. On the left was the figHte of Christ guised as a humbl-e pilgrim whiJe on the right hand was the holy virgin. Higher near the apex exteneling across the facade were 400 odd figures represcnting the baptism of Clavis whiJe on either siele were lifesize figures of the kings of France. . Chroniclers relate thai in the early c1ays of the revolution when the entire population wellt mac1 allel. pillage ancl sack were every.. c1ay occurrences the sacred vessels were shattereel, bnt fragments ha ve again been pieceel together and restored. The interi.or is far more simple than the ornate exterior ; the gothic framework of the portals is richly embellished withmany niches anel statttes. Ancient tapestries adam the walls while in the nortbern transept ls a dock with mechanical figures dating wen back into tbe 16th century. Belleath ns, we were told, were the äncient vaults of the..chl1rch which contained same most costly reliqu,aries, chl1rch pInte, a chaJice and monstrances of the 12th aud 14th centuries, with many of tbe andellt vessels thai had teen used in the coronatiolls of the French kings.

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Ollce more in the square before the great cathedral I stood anel lookeel upon its majestic facade, its magnificetlt towers, standing therein a deatblike stillness which was only broken by the ocassional shriek of a German shell fwm across the lines and which burst with a crash upon same innocent land mark on the ether siele of the city. OHr French guide to1d us thai ibis time it was not the catheelral' üf Rheil11S which was being shelled hut the old bai Cllla of Notre Dame.

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There befüre me was the superb western facade perhaps the most. beautifulstructure created in the middle ages adürned, with three, exquisite recessed portals, cüvered with a myriadüf statues, many of which bad suffered hüm the ravages üf time even before the great IJ1issles üf Kultur had splinte red them: In the tymphanium of the carved pürtals are crüwded many masterpieces üf early Gothic architecturer'epresenting the last judgment with Christ in t;he act üf benediction, whi1e the vaulting arches anel gables abüve are elaborate1y and profusely adorned with carvings and ,figures j the patient work of 1üving halids now long si'nce dust. ~" The mass~ve buttressed tüwers seem 1..0hold up the heavens, as "Atlas, that anci.tnt god was thought in days üf yüre 1.0 hold 1.h" very heavens .on his shoulders. The hetted work, the rose window) now cracked and broken, hut bespeaks the püwer alld beauty that must have existed in fhe cultured minds üf the ear1y ardÜtects ci ~

Out üf the Deep, Out of the Deep Come those whe watch Their life b1üüd seep. The seeds of vice, they Didn't sO\v, they reap. Out of the Deep, Out üf the Deep.

SOLDIERING I've soldiered along with the D.oughboys Siuce I 1eft the .o1d home in Spokane I-ve teen where they a1ways has snow, boys, In A1aska, I-ve beeil on the, Aisne. ' Pve travelled with Recllegs, you know boys, And Pve teen in the Q. M. corps, And/l've scOl'ched where,the cactuses grüw, boys,

the midd1e ages; The great towers though badly splinterecl still

Where they never was white men betete.

remind one üf the ancient glory of the p1ace. Cülossa1 figures cf saints perfect in symmetry and harmonie accord with the great structure are dustered all about the towers. ' ,

A1ready Olle learbs tbat plans are under way to restore this ancient shriue unequaled architecturely in Europe and 1.01tS düors !uture generations, when on pilgrimage ür trave1 in France, will alwavs turn their foot-sters to the centra1 plains beside the river ,\7es1~ t~ visit tbis shrine. RuSSEU, DAVEYGREENE. (Fürmerly S. S. U. 68).

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"l've paneel round with an kinelsof sinners Süme rüughuecks - a harel bunch of men ; It wasn'tno p1ace für beginner(O, It was kickin' aud cussiu' anel ,then A mO!1th in the guardhouse fot fightin' If you tried, to clean up on a _few. Ther:e wasn't adam thing to brighten Such life 'xcept the fact it was new. . Pve seen a recruit gei a beatin' By a big husky nün-com 01' two, \Vith back turned whi1e he was eatin' They floored him - - What cOiuld he dü? And he had to star all their jawbreakers Cause a pal couldn't h~lp him :a bit For üue of them dirty handshakers Would help tlie nOn-com out üf it. Sü I soldiercd a whi1e in thai .outfit But I didn't gei on hoin thc first. I was hard as the rest, never doubt it, Ihad to be hard as the wQrst But the A1mighy never intendeel 1'0 fill up rounds holes with square So VIllen .my enlistment was eudcel I quit 'eIn and joined the red1egs

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Out üf the Deep, Out of the Deep Come those whe watch Their life b1üüd seep. The seeds of vice, they Didn't sO\v, they reap. Out of the Deep, Out üf the Deep.

the midd1e ages; The great towers though badly splinterecl still

Where they never was white men betete.

remind one üf the ancient glory of the p1ace. Cülossa1 figures cf saints perfect in symmetry and harmonie accord with the great structure are dustered all about the towers. ' ,

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CITATIONS Add three more names too the list of American Field Service men who have won the Croix de guerre. First Lieutenants Frank O. Robinson and Le1'Oy F. Krusi, land Sergeant William Frizzel, of tl1e Mallet Reserve were awarded them in a decoratiün ceremony held in Sedan Saturday December 14. The presentaHon w,as made by C'0mmandant Doumenc head üf the Automobile Service of the French army. All three were in the old camiün service at Jouaignes, and entered the American Army .n Getober 1917,' remaining in the Mallet Reserve. These dtations mako six cr'0ix de .guerre. and one medaille l11Hitaire thai American Field Service mon in the camion service Rest;rve Mallet have won.

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Sü I changed t'0 the M. T. C. corps Andnow 1'm a11 .set, thank the good L'0rd And ,1'11 stick where I am t'0 the end. Von can have all your medals and bright swords, For me, its the last war, my friend. David DARRAH, Mallet Reserve.

" Officier energique. D,!ns la nuit du 2 au 3 juin 1918, au cours d'un dechargement de munitions dans un depot viülemment bombarde par avions 'etpartie11ement en fell, a reussi, grace aux dispositions 'et a sou exemple persünnel, a remplir completement la mission cjui lui etait confiee et a rmnene tOllt sün materiel a l'arriere malgre les ec1atements ele bombes et lesexplosiüns des obus pro\'oques pa.r l'incendie. Second Lieutcnant Frank. B. ROllINsoN,Commandant du Groupe americain dependant de la Mission amerioaine :

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maintes circonsta1ices par sou initiative et sou sang-froid. Le 28 mai 1918, sou convoi ayant He attaque de j'0ur a tres faible hauteur a la mitrailleuse par 7 aviünsennemis, a reussi a le sauver, grike aux habiles dispositions piis'eset en faisant executer un itir par ses c'0nducteurs. " Sergent William FR1ZZEL,Seeti'0n Groupe T. M. 526. " Sous-offic~er technicien .d'une aetivite et d'un devouement absolu. Le 28 mai 1918" Hant sone-file d'un cünvoi a prQximite immedIate et en vue de l'ennen+i, a depannebun .camion SüllS un f-eu intense de mitraHleuses, permettant a sou chef d'accomplir sa mission saus aucune porte de materie!. "

Au Grand Quartier

General, le 17 novembre 1918. ) Le General Commandant en Chef: PE'fA1N.

Condudeur Clayt'0n ELL1S,de la Section silnitaire mnericaine 640 ; '" Conqucteur americain anime d'un splendide c'0urage, volüntaire p'0ur tonics les missiüns perilleuses. A dOline un magnifique ct constant exemple' du dev'0uement le plus "abs'0lu, en particulier en 'juilletI917, a Reims, au cours des b'0mChampagne, en juin bardements de mars et avril 1918 et enfin, au c'0urs de la dernier~ offensive allemande. A He mortellement atteint par un eclat d'übus cn allant chercher un' blesse SüllS un vi'0lent bombardement, le 7 Hout 1918. " An Grand Quartier General, le 4 l1ovel11bre 1918. ~

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Apres approbati'0n du General Col11mandant en Chef, les fOl'ces expediti'0nnaires americaines en France, le General Commandant en Chef les Armees franc:;:aises du N'0rd et du Nord-Est die a Fordre 'du Regiment les militaires americains d'0nt les n'0m5 suivent : Sous-llcutenant pagnie 366 ;

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Le' General Commandant PE'fA1N. Pvt. Clayton Ellis was in S.S.V. August 9, 1918 at Reims.

en Chef,

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New-York, November

Swashington, sevcn thousanc1 interviews, aud seven hundred 'applications filled out a,nd fi cd "somewhere in the seventy thousand files in the Capitol" and the Alliedcounter-drive saw me uo nearer the' C01l1111ish'than ever. Then came the organization of a new bral!ch of the Service the Motor Transport Corps. The response to the appeal tor officers in this brauch must have led the. Government to thÜlk thateverybody in the army fonllerly drove ambulantes in France and o.f collrse, as a resu1t, cleserved (?) a comlu,issiou at onee. Tennyrate, after a few more trips to a few 111orecities, my applieation was passed upon, accepted, ancl 10 aud behold, oue fine day reeeived a te1egram, anel various confinuations 1l1aking me a full fledged lieutenant M. T. C. Maintenauee Division. TIüt.

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Editor, American Field Service' Bulletin, 21, rue Raynuuard,

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Per1l1it me as O11eof the " lost, strayed 01' stolen" of old Section 18 (now, whatenell's-the-number) to felieitate you upon the gobd work you are doing to keep up the old spirit anel esprit de corps a1ll0ng the fellows of the A1llerican Field Service that was, and the grea,tcr, llewer orgallization that is - 01'hag beeu since thc day Uncle ~alll'l took thc reius. 'you ask tor llews of former Al11bulaneiers. In this conncctiol1 if you are serious, I have a sad, sad tale to tell you. lt may not beworth priuting, but it is we11worth recountiug. We alllike to get nur troubles off OUt ehest, and info sympathetic ears. When",Old Seetion Dees-Weet went en rcpus befüre tbc. final French' attack at Verdun in August 191i Jour humb1e ,servaut by c1int of c1iligent beating of the tüm-tom aud a grandstand play on tbc piaunissilllo stops securec1 an honorable c1ischarge from the Ä. F. S. (0'1'so it would appeal' from tlIe bit of scrip tendcred me) to beeome the official chauffeur für Frederick W. Palmer, A. E. F. Wen Major iu charge of cellsorship. Acconliug to theevidencei I; the caSt, l was No. 76 toenlist at the olel A. E. F. HQ. at 27 rue Coustantine, as " Cil'ilian Chauffeur", re~Jluneration $100 per, (t cet. That was a11 very weIl. On this job I met that ace-oE-aces, Ec1die Rickenbacker, and dozens of otlIer Sergeant Chauffeurs, a11 piloting staff-cars für nur rapicl1y arriving forces. lncidentally I piloteel General PelletieJ;, a11tl our own God-w;onderful General Pershing on two all-ta-brief occasions. TI.ut that is enough of l11Y story. The sad and tre1llulo part comes nüw:

A few months

of this work and I was sliippeel

to ChaUl11ont, -alld

then given another honorable discharge, tb return horne and try für a commission. Did 50 "taut de suite." Left a dusty trail aeross bally Englanel, amI arrived home in time für Christmas last. At once began operations with view to beeoming General l'ershilig's (~hief understudy. . You may not know the honble, toil anel moil of breaking info the army (when you have two real dependents a.nd the.refore neeel a' real c01l11llission) hut I'd rather choose flivver-driving over the " shelliest-torn-roaels" in France to this job. Seven trips to

That was jagt 21 hours, three minutes .allel five ,seconds beiore the m ueh -celebrated signing-of-the-anllistice-ru1l10r.

What-to-do? 1'0 go to Swashingtou and hold down a fine young (and ,expensive) swivel-chair job, 01' to, go to Russia and loeate Bolshivist-parts of shell-shoeked Juotor cars? That 'was the question. 1'he answer was tliat I ~leclineel the nomination - with thanks. So rar as I know, as I write .this, c01llmissions were presented a lot of us (I wasn't the ouly oIJe to get his papers the clay peace was deela,reel) as a gort of "sop to Cerebils" whatever that iso Rnt the eviclence does lüok nice fra1lled on the mantlepiece behind the clock. Since returning I've learned of the d~ath of nur own Chef, Pani Kurtz, aud of the passing of Leaeh amI Gf Gorelon Stewart, than whom there wert no finer. l've learued how Wright and otlIers of the Sedi011 became German p~'isoners. I hore they're &afe home ere this. l've heard that Chap1l1an, former Sectiön 18 man is ill with tnherculosis herein New York, that Brown is out west somewhere anel Gavit is in Chicago, while TIoyd, later sous-chef of No. 18 is fiapping his aeroplalle wiVgs somewhere in Texas, 01' is it Ohio? If it's any interest to you to know it, I'vc written aseries of storfes about No. 18 tlwt appeal'ed, and are appearing in Farm and Firesidc (elon't laugh). Also have written same stuff tor th.e Packarel Magazine, Timken Magazine,Century anel other publications. But I still claim the clistiuction of being tlIe only 'A. i. S. driver who returned without writing a bank. Selah.

New-York, November

20 th., '18.

Editor, American Field Service' Bulletin, 21, rue Raynuuard,

Paris.

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of this work and I was sliippeel

to ChaUl11ont, -alld

That was jagt 21 hours, three minutes .allel five ,seconds beiore the m ueh -celebrated signing-of-the-anllistice-ru1l10r.

Anct now, if yöu wil1 a.ccept the cover the cast of the Bulleti~l, für mailings, I will appreciate looking appear. More ~checks if necessary "Peace on Earth-Good will to

American Field Service.

enclosed "scrap 0; paper I;, to as lang as this will defray its at the post-war issues as they to keep thE; gODel,work goi,ng. men" - and Long Live the

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.Paul 1'ison, T.M.U. 526, ]ater in Civilian Aviation, saileel on Dece1l1ber 23rd for the Uniteel StafelS. Robert Alexander Cunningham (S.S.U. 66) anel Harry L. Wi11iams (S.S.U. 26) later -serv,ing with the A!)1erican Red Cross in Italy, sailed at the same time.

C'est fiui (or waIds to thai effect). Roi Cond~lcteJ.u

Bronson

WOOLLEY,

S.S,U.

18 (as was).

Base Hospital 76, Vichy. December 14, 1918.

Lawrellce C. Ames (S.S.U. 68) 2nel Lieut. Air Service; B. H. 1'racy (S.S.U. 8 and 3) Ist Ueut. Air Service ;ß. J. Dw)sosott (T.M, U. 526) U. S. Avi atioll , anel Philip T. Sprague (S.S.U. 8) 2nd Lieut. Chemical Warfare Service have received i1;1structions to return to the U. S. A.

American Fjeld Service Headquarters, 21, rue Raynouard,

Paris,.

Dear Sirs: At last I have been repatriated to Fmnce, after a six month captivityin Germany. I want. to thank you exceedingly tor the three parcels I received from YOllduring the tim'e I was a prisoner. Both the food and the tobacco wert more than acceptable, anel I can not exprl"ss my appredation sufficiently. Wm. Jenks WRIGHT. PRIZE OF PIFTY

In response to 1l1any inquiries the Bulletin ?tates on official information receivedf, om the French Ministry that there is 110aulhorised volunter ribbon für service ,in or with the Frellch Anny.

Eelward LY1l1an Bill, fonnerly S. S. U. 4, now Eleve Aspirant with the Freilch Ar1l1Ywas with the first allied traops thai crossed the 'line info Alsace.

FRANCS

In refen"llce to the pri~e of fifty francs off:E;redin Bulletin No. 74, December 7th, for the best poem or article descriptive o{ the last day of the GreatWar, the time limit has been exterided. 1'he time required für the Bulletinnotice to reach its drele of contributors anel {or' articles to be delivered in response made it impossib1'e to gei all the many experiences thai we are sure can be related. 1'his" Armistice" number should be Olle of th~ 'best we have had.

VISITORS

NOTES )

Edwin B. Ackerman (S.S.tJ. 32), Robert L. Stinson (T.M.tJ. 133) allel Malcolm Graetlle O1son (1'.M.U. 184), who later served with the American Red Cross in Italy, ha\'e recently tcturned to the Uniteel StafelS via Englanel.

Edward H. De Neveu who joined the American Field Servdce in

!uly I8I6,serving at Saloniql1e with S.S.U. 3 until the section was disbanded and who since that rtme hag beeil acting as illlerpreter at American Headquarters, hag received his. discharge.

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Laurence Ames (S.S.U. 68) West Newton, Mass. ; E. G. Brown (S.S.U. 4) U. S. N. H. ; Frank E. Barton (T.M.U. 397) Reserve Mallet, M. T. D. ; Willialll 1'1. Ba1;ber (S.S.U. 3) Aspirant, French Artillery ; G. Hinman BarreU (S.S.U. 32) Ist Lieut. U.S.A.A.S. ; Leonarel L. Bleeker (S.S.U. 33) U. S. A. A. S. ; Donald F. Bigelow (T.M.U. 133) Ist Lieut. C. A. C. William F. Anelerson (S.S.U. 8) Detacheel Service Ä. R. ,C.; W. D. Champlin (1'.M.U. 133) Motor 1'ra.nsport School No. I ; Henry N. Cooper, Jr. (S.S.U. 65) 2nel Lt. F. A.; Pani F. Cadman (S.S.U. 8 and 1'.M.U. 133) Capt. F. A., 2nd Arllly; John H. Chipman (T.M.U. 184) Aspira.nt, 25" 232" R. A. C.; Philip S. Davis (T.M.U. 184) 2nd Lieut. Q. M. C. ; Edward H. De Neveu (S.S.U. 3)

Anct now, if yöu wil1 a.ccept the cover the cast of the Bulleti~l, für mailings, I will appreciate looking appear. More ~checks if necessary "Peace on Earth-Good will to

American Field Service.

enclosed "scrap 0; paper I;, to as lang as this will defray its at the post-war issues as they to keep thE; gODel,work goi,ng. men" - and Long Live the

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C'est fiui (or waIds to thai effect). Roi Cond~lcteJ.u

Bronson

WOOLLEY,

S.S,U.

18 (as was).

Base Hospital 76, Vichy. December 14, 1918.

American Fjeld Service Headquarters, 21, rue Raynouard,

Paris,.

In response to 1l1any inquiries the Bulletin ?tates on official information receivedf, om the French Ministry that there is 110aulhorised volunter ribbon für service ,in or with the Frellch Anny.

Eelward LY1l1an Bill, fonnerly S. S. U. 4, now Eleve Aspirant with the Freilch Ar1l1Ywas with the first allied traops thai crossed the 'line info Alsace.

FRANCS

VISITORS

NOTES )

Edward H. De Neveu who joined the American Field Servdce in

!uly I8I6,serving at Saloniql1e with S.S.U. 3 until the section was disbanded and who since that rtme hag beeil acting as illlerpreter at American Headquarters, hag received his. discharge.

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F. J. Dussosoit (TJ.\I.U'526) U .S. Aviavtion;, Nathan A. Farwell (S.S.U. 15) U. S. A. A. S. ; Waltet J. Gores (S.S.U. 18) Ist Lieut. U. S. A. A. S: ; James W. lIade (S.S.U. 10) Sgt. U. S. A. A. S. ; Ra"ymond H. Fussell (T.M.U. 397) Aspirant, French Artillery; Tholllas R. Ravey, Jr. T. M. U. 184) 2nd Lieut. A. S.; John F. Rowe (T.M.U. 133) Aspirant, Freneh Artillery; Rayitlond T. Ranks (T.M.U. 133) Eleve Aspirant; Ira M. Kaufman (T.M.U. 397) Reserve- Malfet; Rorton P. Kennedy (T.M.U. 526) Ist Lieut. Motor Transport Seheo] No. I; Joseph S. Moss ~

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