The herald and news. (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, January 10, 1919, Page THREE, Image 3
MILLION BOOKS
I SEHT TO FRANCE
No Army in History Ever Read as
. Omniverously as the
|r? Yanks.
I - ,
PREFER DETECTIVE STORIES
Unexpected Demand for Serious Read*
I , ing Surprise to Librarians?TechI
I nical Books Great Aid to the <
A Ambitious Soldier.
I Washington.?More than a million
books have been shipped abroad by
AmAPiran T,ihr? rv asanpintinn fnr
I 3be use of the American expeditionary
r Soiree. The total available was 3,000.'
000, and this will be supplemented by
a united war work campaign contribution
of $3,500,000 out of its total of
:$I70,500,000 for the six allied welfare
Organizations. i
^ About one-half of the area covered
in France by the American expeditionsay
force has received its first sprinkof
books. The distribution is pro !
-seeding rapidly and next July there
"will be established in Paris a central
t ' reference library of 10,000 volumes,
available to any American soldier in
France. Upon application of a hut
secretary any book in the Paris library
will be sent anywhere in France
free of charge.
At every bookshelf the men find a
!>oster which reads: 'These books are
V loaned on the honor system. If yon
fail, it fails. America is far away,
tonnage scarce and books precious.
Play square with the other fellow; he
lias played square with you." i
? Fiction Predominates.
"The books sent to Europe have been
ref two kinds, those contributed and
those purchased by the funds of the
association, which have amounted to
$1,000,000. The variety of contributed
L hooks is astounding and ranges from
I mystery stories to theological treatises,
Irom murder yarns to Milton's poems.
Jlction; of course, predominates.
No army in history ever read so!
omniverously as has the American.
army in France. The men are greedy <
tor books. In the days when the sup- j
ply was inadequate, the demand was
fio great that a doughboy who had
taken over in his barrack bag a copy;
c? O. Henry's 'The Four Million" split!
it into pamphlets, each containing one!
i of the author's short stories. He j
passed the copies, thus, abbreviated,
Alone thp line, and thev literally were !
read to pieces. I
The most insistent call is for detec- \
' -tire thrillers and for tales of the;
ft Rocky mountains. Next comes the def
maud for poetry. Robert W. Service
:is the soldier's favorite poet, with
!Rcdyard Kipling a close second.
Guide books which describe cha-;
leans, cathedrals and points of historic
interest are in great demand, as j
-well as histories of Prance. A recent
'Cable message to this country called
for 500 copits of "Jeanne d'Arc," show- ;
Lng that the Maid of Orleans is as \
^popular as the modern French maid<ens.
i.
L i Demand foi4 Serious Reading. |
V !The librarians have been surprised'
ft| rat the unexpected demand for serfous!
p wading. Many a soldier has evident-1
ly chosen war times to get in a dig:
at some books the reading; of which:
lie has hitherto postponed to a more'
convenient season. With a perfectly
v straight face a doughboy inquired the1
wther day for Boswell's "Life of John- f
jflOL" |j
Of course more than one inapproprl
'ate book has found its way overseas.',
tmocrino tho pmnrions of the VOUntT
? giant who stalked into a "Y" hut, set- ;
tied down for a quiet evening, and
found that the first book staring him 1
in the face was one of the gushiest 1
-and most effervescent of the JElsie <
books. j
Most of the money spent for Jie
;56&000 purchased books has gone for
^ technical volumes designated to aid
P <the ambitious soldier in mastering the !
science of war. Among these are books!
on the psychology of color for the
camouflage corps, the chemistry of j
high explosives, ballistics, sanitary en- i
gineering, hydrostatics, meteorology,
applied geology and other subjects on,
which the modem soWier must be a :
specialist
f^SOLID IVORY" IN THE ARMY
L Ketruit Believed That He Should j
( Carry Out His Orders
Regardless.
Vancouver Barracks, Wash.?Z'er- '
tainty in regard to but one part of his |
| orders on the part of a recruit sentry!
' here nearly caused the woundipg ofj
an officer of the day. The sentry, j
/ armed with a loaded rifle, challenged j
the officer on his approach.
"Halt!" he shouted in best form. |
The officer halted and waited for the j
fe rest of the challenge
"Halt!" shouted the sentry again.j
'l,hA Knaon tr> oThlhif1 infpTPSt. !
JLUC Viuvci vv .
especially as the sentry threw up his
rifle and took careful aim.
"Hey! What the blankefy-blank are
you doing?" shouted the officer.
"I got orders to say 'halt' three times
p and then fire," said the sentry.
The officer then explained that this
drastic action was only to be adopted
when the challenged intruder did not
answer as per form, and the sentrj
niuch relieved to learn that he
pHkyould not have to start killing until jhe
^ 7V>t "?-ver there."
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LETTERS FROM FELLERS BROTHEL
.S TO MR. AND MRS. L.
M. FELLERS.
Dec. 15, 191S.
Dearest Mother and Father: I in
tended to write you this past week
but something came up every day that
kept me from writing. It is now Sunday
afternoon and I am in an old
French home using her table, and
everything is quiet, only she is running
an old coffee mill and talking.
Of course it is very little I understand
but I think if I would stay in France
about twelve years I would be able to
speak French.
I returned to my company a few
days ago from Langres, France, where
11 had been attending an officers' training
school. I passed all the examinations
for second lieuteii&nt and after
the armistice was signed orders came
saying not to commision any more
men in the A. E. F., about 12 hours
before I was to receive my commission,
So I am still a sergeant and only
too glad to remain as one for I was
willing to give up anything to see this
war stopped, so therefore I only have
a certificate showing that I am eligible
of being a second lieutenant. We
are having a very nice time now. 1
President Wilson landed in this
country last Friday. He is now in
Paris and yesterday was some celebration
in that town . j
As I told you in my last-letter that'
I had seen Thomas. He is now w^th
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IUC UIVIOIUU. IJiC TV CIO UYC1 IU uu
the night with me several nights ago.
I wish you could see him. He is as
fat as a pig. I don't think I have
gained any but gee! I have been work-'
ing. Thomas is now hauling supplies
for the division, so he is kept
very busy. He said tell you if you
didn't hear from him at the correct
time he was just too busy but would
write first chance. The papers have
sure had some write up about the 27th
and 30th divisions of their fighting.
?v?/v f V* s\*y ovnrv Kit
dliU UCX1CVC lUCf tUUJ UCOti v g ^TV/i j wit
of it for it is all true and I believe it
is the best outfit in France or it was
at one time?but all the outfits that
had to do any fighting are about the
same.
We are having plenty of rain and it
looks as if the sun will never' shine,
but this is the rainy season of France
and I think it will last all winter.
I am patiently waiting for my box
for I know there is something in it
I want. Give George Wicker my best
regards and tell him I often think of'
the good meals I have eaten with him1
and for him to stay on the job for I
coming home real soon. I
Just think, only nine days to Christ
mas and there is no chance of me being
with yoii $>ersonally, but will in
mind and here is hoping you all will
spend a merry Christliias- for I sure 1
think we all have plenty to be thank-;
ful for as we can spend it in peace.
We are now living in a small Freiicii
village and drilling only about seven
hours a day but none of us mind
that for it is far better than to be up
stopping bullets. Are you all having
any cold weather and who have you j
to build your fires.
With lots of love to each and every
one, just heaps for you two.
Your devoted son, *
Johnnie.
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iw/u. j\, iioiu ltu.t uuiu jl/k., a. u. jl . |
Dec. 14, 191S.
Dear Ones at Home: Was so glad
to get Sarah's letter, which I received
iast night. Will try and get one off in
return, that is if I can stay awake
long enough. I am real tired tonight
but I must write home if there is any
rchance at all. I am feeling fine these
days. Do hope it will continue for I
do love to work when I am feeling
good. x
I guess you have heard from Johnnie
by now. Iwas sure glad to see
him. I h&d a load to go close where
he is a few nights ago, so I went by
and spent the night with him. We
talked and talked until we both fell
asleep. He was writing you when I
went in. I told him to tell you I was
0. K. and would write you first chance.
I go to see him every chance I get. It
is not very far where he stays. I can
run by in a few minutes in my truck.
I have seen almost everybody I know
in the division. They are doing fine.
All seem glad to see us as well as we
were them.
Mama, guess who I heard from a
few days ago?Georgie Neel. It was
a surprise but sure was a glad one.
Will write lier when I get a chance,
but we (lon't have much time for such
since we are supplying our division.
i niod f/-? Hn it tliniifrh T know
1 CllU S\J 51UU 1.U iv ~0
you all missed Azile when she left you
for her school. She is so much company.
I will say good night. Witi
lots of love for all, I am
Your devoted son,
Corp. Thpmas Fellers.
Co. B. 105th Motor Supply Train,
30 Div., A. E. F.
LETTER FROM SON TO FATHER
AND MOTHER.
December 9, 1918.
Dear Father and Mother:
I will write you to let yru hear from
me. These few lines leave me well
!
' and truly hope that these few lines
J will find you all well.
! We have just stopped over in a lit
5 tie town after a 15 days' hike. I have
: been washing myself and clothes. You
' just ought to have seen me before
cleaning up. You would have thought
1 iooiieci liKC scnump. it was some
dirty men, but you couldn't expect
no bet:er hiking in the rain and mud.
I hope I won't, have much more hik'
ins to do. The talk is now that we
will set sail about the middle of next
month. I hope it is true. If it were
left to me I surely would start before
that time. Tell papa to keep both of
j his mules, for if no hard luck, and
the Lord is willing, I will be there to
I plow one of them before plowing time.
I don't know whether you got my last
| letter or not, and if you did I don't
ifcnow whether you could read it ox,
I not, for I W&s 111 the trenches and had
nothiner to write on but mv knee:
but I don't think there will be any!
more Germans to fight. I think they I
have enough fighting, but they were]
about finished before giving up. Chaps j
can't fight men. I hope it is over to i
stay forever. I won't know how tbj
act when I land back in the States, j
I will be so proud; they can't muster
me out any too fast to suit me. .
This is too cold a climate for me.
South Carolina is the best in the
world.
'
Tell Lula that I ran across Collie j
and Hayne Morris about a week ago..
They had just got out of the hos-j
pital from having the mumps. Theyj
were both fat and slick. Tell Bessie
Morris I think the mumps helped Col-1
lie; looks it; or hiking one. I don't I
i
know whether to teli Carrie the boys!
can cook or do anything worth talk-;
ing about, and also *they won't need (
any bed; they learned to do without
any cover.
Ma the first thins: when I get home'
is to get me a chair and put it right j
back of the stove and keep the fire(
burning while you and Lula both cook,;
for I will be able to eat about as fast j
as two can cook for about a week. I
get enough to eat, but I haven't got
Ma to cook it and flavor it up. Theydon't
have milk nor chioken, cake nor
pie in the army. I get a few molasses.
tss. /\rt+ oc* o Aovorv atipd in q !
LU Cdl do a r va j v?w ??? ,
while. I have eaten beef every day j
since the 27th of June. It don't smell j
good any more, besides eating the
stuff. Irish potatoes is my living now. j
I don't think I ever would get tiredj
of them.
Well, Ma, I got my first letter since'
I have been In France from Olin. It!
was written the 26th of August andj
t got it the 18th of November. Tell
papa I was setting in the trenches on
his birthday, cold, with an overcoat
on and a big fire on each side. Tell
Forest to keep the old gun balanced
up so me and him can give the rabbits
trouble when I come home; and
tell Rufus to attend n the stock. You
can tell Asa and Knot is the boys won't
let a rifle stui. I close where I sleep,
for whatever I do in the daytime I
will make a pass at it in my sleep,
until ^omebody wakes me up. Tell
Carrie and Bertha not to get scared
if they happen to look out and see me
coming, but to call Hud and tell him
to bring in the washpot for Jim is
coming, and put Eva to cooking right
away; for I can hide the rations; it
will be so diiferent from what I am
used to I won't know when to stop.
You can tell Dill to go ahead and
get his Ford, for I can learn him how
to run it when I get home. And Anna,;
I guess she is to fat, she couldn't get!
under the steering wheel. Tell George
he might have it on me in weight, but
not on manhood, for if they don't kill
you they will make a man out of you.
Tell Lawrence to keep enough gasoline
to take me for a ride, for I have
walked so much I don't hardly know
tit in an nntnmnbile. I used
11U? IV/ Uib *** MM ?v.-^
to walk with about 75 pounds on ray
back and not to worry about seeing
France. I have seen enough of it to
do us all. There is nothing over here
enticing for anybody to see.
TM1 Fred's folks hello for me. I
will have to quite writing and repair
for inspection, after 30 days hiking
with four days' rest it will be a good _
one you know.
Tell J. B. Conneliy to keep the girls
company until I get there to help him
out. I hope by the time this letter
reaches you I will be in the States
or ready to start.
won mo t hovon't drawn anv money
Tt V/H AfXU A. Iau. f v ? v
yet. I hope they won't send me any
now until I land at New York, for
there is nothing in France I need.
They grumble about high priced stuff
in the States, but they are quite cheap
compared with what they are over
here. Cigarettes are the cheapest
thing that a soldier can get, but the
government furnishes them. Tell all
the rest hello for me, and give my
love and best regards, for I still am
in hopes of starting back before much
* *1!-- iL.i it. fo.
longer. Alice sam uiai uie uauj iavored
me. and if it does it is good
looking. I have lost nearly all of my
hair. I guess it has frozen out. After
a man serves awhile in France he gets
where he don't care for anything. All
I care for is getting home now. If
nothing takes place I don't think it
will be long before I will be home. I
will close by saying that I hope this
letter will reach you soon. Answer
soon; I might be lucky in getting it.
With love to one and all and with a
kiss, and hoping to be home soon,
Your son,
Pvt. James A. Cromer,
Co. G, 53rd Inf., Sixth Division, Second
Battalion, A. E. F.
On Active Service with the American
FVvnprlitinnnrv F"nrpp Ont. 24 1918.
I " J
.Dear Father:
Thought I would write you a few
lines this afternoon and tell you of my
life in France. Leaving New York we,
loaded on the Arcania, a British ship,
sailed t8 Halifax, from there to Livar-'
pool, crossed England to Dover, then
across the English Channel to Calais,
France. We were on the way 22 days.
We had lots of fun on the way over^
Very few got seasick. I didn't get
sick at all. We had little excitement
one night about 1 o'clock when a German
submarine armeared H^ht near
the fleet, but the chasers were on the
job and everything passed off all
right.
The first night after we landed in
France there was a big air raid in the
town where we were, and it sure did
scare some of the boys, because we
didn't know what it was.
The time tfiings began to look like
war was the fourth day of July. We
reached the Flanders section; that is
close to Ypres, in Belgium; we stayed
there under shell fire for about three
months with the exception of about
two weeks we were in the1 front line.
About the first of August we moved
further south; on the 22nd of September
we went into the front lines right
near St. Quentin. This was a strong
point on the Hendinburg line. On
the 29th of September we went over
the top there, and I was wounded
about nine o'clock in the morning, so
I don't know anything else of the next
two weeks.
After the Americans broke the Hindenburg
line they captured a tunnel:
where the Germans were making
out of the bodies of the dead men.
They had pots with boiling water and
the bodies were cut up just ready to
put in. !
You have never seen the like of barb
wire in your life as it is in some
places. The Germans had wire i hundred
yards deep in some p.Lees, and
the way the American engineers laid
elwood wire for them to walk across
on. .
After ail of that We have all had a
good time; it seems awful hard sometimes
the way we had to live. I have
walked all day and whoa we would
get to our biilets would l::ive t.) wait
on the outside until they could rui.
the hogs out. j
The houses and barns are all buiU
together, the house and then an ell
built off for the barn and chicken
houses; in other "?fjrds everything
under one roof.
Well, I guess this is all of the war
that I can think of now, and we
haven't any other news over here. All
of we boys from Newberry are get-j
ting along fine, or was when I left the I
rnnnnv T am in CTimecv. France,'
- , J
now going to school- I will be here!
until Christmas.
Well, guess I have written all the;
news; I will close for this time.
Yours Son. j
SCIENCE RISGRACED
BY GERMANY'S ACT
Wilson Tells Italian Academy of Lincei
Nation Put Science to Dis-honorable
Uses in War.
I
Rome, Jan. 4.?Denunciation of th^;
"disgrace" and "shame" to which
science has been put by the Germans; j
and regret that "science should in a(
nation which has made science itr
boast, have been put to such dishonorable
uses in the present war," were;
voiced by President Wilson today in'
accepting membership in the famous j
Academy of Lincei. Italy's great or->
ganization of scientists.
The president, declaring that he j
could not rightfully claim to be a manI
of science, explained that his life j
studies have been in the field of poli-j
tics and government. But ne aaciea j
that "while perhaps there is no!
science of government, there ought j
to be."
At the ceremony today. President j
and Mrs. Wilson were seated between j
the king and queen of Italy. Those j
present included American Ambassa-j
dor Page, other members of the diplo- !
matic corps, and many distinguished
Italian officials and scientists.
Senator D'Onidio, president of the
academy, hailed President Wilson as'
the worthy representative of the cul-:
ture of the new world which now re- j
vivifies the ancient culture of the old
world.
In reply President Wilson said:
"Your Majesty, Mr. President and Gentlemen
of the Academy:
"I have listened, sir, with profoundest
appreciation to the beautiful address
which you have been kind;
enough to deliver and I want to say j
how deeply I appreciate the honor j
you have conferred upon me in per-j
| mitting n*e to become a member o
| the great academy, because ther is ;
; sense in which the continuity of hu
:man thought is in the care of bodies
like this. There is a serenity, a Ions
view on the part of science, whiclseems
to be of no age, but to carry hu
man thought along from generatior
to generation, freed from the ele
ments of passion. Therefore it is, 1
uaif &cty, w 1 lii an men ui science a
matter of profound regret and shame
that science should in a nation which
had made science its boast, have been
put to such dishonorable uses in the
recent war.
"Every just mind must condemn
them who so debased the studies of
men of science as to use them against
humanity, and therefore it is part of
your task and of ours to reclaim
cnionro frnm tbic HiccrMPD- tn chnw
uviv**vv via* uaw^iuvV) vv ouv n
that she is devoted to the advancement
and interest of humanity and
not to its embarrassments and destructions.
"I wish very much sir, that I could
believe that I was in some sense a
worthy representative of the men of
science of the United States. I cannot
claim to be in any proper sense
a man of science. My studies have
been in the field of politics all my life
and, while politics may by courtesy
be called a science, it is a science
which is often practiced without rule
and is very hard to set up standards
for, so that one can be sure that one
is steering the right course. At the
same time, while perhaps there is no
science of government, there ought to
be. I dare say in government itself
there is a spirit of science, that is to
say, the spirit of disinterestedness,
the spirit of seeking after the truth
so far as the truth is ready to be applied
to human circumstances. Because
after all, the problem of politics
is to satisfy men in the arrangement
of their lives, is to realize for
them, so far as possible, the objects
which they have entertained generaI
RI ANK
H Open the New Year u
U I have a stock of Le
I Books, Day Books, I\
ceipt Books. ;
I Mayes' Book ^
\
"More Courtec
and B
"Jones. I iike that t
ways being ready to ta
phone calls from you.
"If there is anythin;
in the course of a busj
office boy or girl call
and then ask me to ^
minutes, as the case m
know ' telephone calk
me.
"I believe it is the
1 * 4.
man wno is cuuwg u
soon as his party answ
"We should never
ing friends or business
taring anyone we call
"If ,-c nnf nnlv mnir#
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business practice, to h
party answers, but I b(
SAVES TIME."
SOUTHERN BELL 1
AND TELEGRAPH
f tion after generation and have seen
i so often postponed. Therefore, I hare
- often thought that the universities
5 and the academies of science haY?
j their part in simplifying the prob1;
lems of politics and therefore assist-1
ing to advance human life along the
i j lines of political structure and politi-!
cal action.
. I
"It is very delightful to draw apart
for a little while into this quiet place
and feel again that familiar touch of
tought and of knowledge which it has
been my privilege to know familiarly
through so great a part of my life. If
I have come out on a more adventur,
ous and disordered stage, I hope that
I have not lost the recollection and
may in some sense be assisted by
I councils such as yours."
ROBERT FRANKLIN McDONALD.
Died at Oakvale, Greenville county,
December 25, 1918, and was buried at
j Hodges, S. C. He was ill only a short
time, having had influenza and pneumonia.
He was born January 21,1890,
at Hodges, but most of his life was
spent at Kibler, with his parents, WTr..
and Mrs. R. H. McDonald. About a
year ago he went to Oakdale, where
he has been a section foreman for the
Southern railway. He was a member
of the Prosperity Order of Red Men..
He is survived by his parents, Mr. j
and Mrs. R. H. McDonald, and t^o
/ brothers, W. Arthur McDonald of
! Hodges, S. C'., and Private Julius H.
; McDonald, U. S. army, Baltimore, Md.
His many friends grieve and sympathize
with his family.
"A precious one from us is gone,
A voice we loved is stilled; x
yidue Jo vductiiL 111 uui uuiue
Which never can be filled."
"God in his wisdom has recalled
The boon his love has given,
And though the body slumbers here,
i The soul is safe in Heaven."
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