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11 Letters from Boys Overseas
FROM THE PROVINCE
OF BURGANDY
Chaplain Collins, Who Has Many
Friends Among Monitor Readers
Throughout the Country, Writes
Interesting Fetter to His Class
mate, Raymond J. Knox.
4317 Pennsylvania Avenue,
Kansas City, Mo.,
December 20, 1918.
j My Dear Father Williams:
Enclosed find letter from my friend,
! Rev. Henry M. Collins, who is a
lieutenant-ChapIain with the colors.
You will note that he has received the
! Omaha Monitor I sent and calls it
‘‘the most interesting newspaper,” so
I you see that your newsy paper is read
with a great deal of interest by those
I who are abroad as well as the home
' folks. Your paper has done a great
I deal to enlighten and comfort the boys
‘‘over there” and I know it must have
been a great pleasure to receive your
, paper. If you desire you are at lib
! erty to publish Chaplain Collins’ let
1 ter, for there are many things in it
I think would interest your readers.
With best wishes to you and your fam
ily, I beg to remain your friend,
RAYMOND JEAN KNOX.
Chaplains’ Office, Harry M. Collins,
Lieut. Chaplain, American P. O. No.
712,American Expeditionary Forses,
France,
November 24, 1918.
Mr. Raymond J. Knox, 4317 Pennsyl
vania Ave., Kansas City, Mo.
My Dear Old Classmate:
Your letter came to me a few days
ago. It brought along with it the
* usual good cheer that generally comes
from such a great soul as yours. I
was just as glad to have it as I was
to have you visit while in the west,
for it was typical Ray, in every sense.
I also received a few days after the
' most interesting newspaper, Omaha
Monitor, and in this letter I am send
ing you my thanks. Well, at last we
stand near the birth of peace and the
world’s freedom, and I know you in
the states are having great demon
strations and rejoicing. But Ray, if
you want to see real demonstrations
of the highest carnival type, you
should be in some of the large cities
of France. I never saw such demon
strations in my life. Stores were
closed and all the people gave them
selves over to hilarity of all sort. An
immense crowd thronged every street
and the entife town sang, although
as one great chorus, the Marsailles.
These demonstrations are sites that I
can never forget, and why should not
j poor bleeding France, who has been
! the victim of this great onslaught of
! humanity for more than four years,
rejoice ? The decorations of festoons
of the American, British, Italian and
French flags make most beautiful
sights. I wish you could be here with
me to see some of them.
I am at a city, Is-sur-Tille, in the
Province of Burgandy where many
historical events have been in action.
This is a big base and the Advance
Zone just behind the Toul Sector. This
camp is the largest camp overseas.
] Here all the American Forces pass in
and out. Located in a large city near
here is a Big Base Hospital and here
many terrible sights are seen, but the
greatest heroism that the world has
ever known is also seen here. At the
city, Dijon, where the hospital is lo
cated and where I go and spend two
days each week, there are sights with
great historical settings that I wish
you could behold, for I know you are
a lover of history. By the by, have
you ever seen Sparkling Burgandy?
This is its birthplace. The Province
of Burgandy was located in what is
now called Cote d’or, which means
hills of gold. And upon these hills
beautiful vintage has ever been known
to cluster. The old early Dukes have
made famous, therefore, Sparkling
Burgandy, and until this day through
a number of centuries she has never
lost her grip with the people, and she
could be seen flowing as living water,
ha, ha! But of course the Chaplains
stand and see the stream sparkle as
it goes by them. At this place staifrl
certain parts of the old Castle of Phil
lip the Hardi. It has now been built
into a great Museum, one of the best
in France, and here I have seen some
of the greatest sculpture and art. Oh!
you should see some of these great
paintings of the best European Paint
ers. Here I sat in the chair of Louis
XIII, XIV and XV and have seen
many of their beautiful possessions of
that age. I have beheld the handi
work of the greatest craftsmen that
Europe has possessed. . It has also
been mine to see some of the finest
sculpture and decorations imaginable
and to see some of the ruins as far
back as the third century. Just out
I side the city, Dijon, stands the statue
■ of Garbaldi where he made his last
i stand against the Germans in 1870
when France lost and sacrificed Al
sace Lorraine that she has just won
bark in this war. Have also beheld
the ruins of some of the forts built
by Caesar, and upon landing at Brest
I slept in the barracks of the ever il
lustrious Napoleon. It was here that
I beheld his wonderful prison, cells
and private quarters. Anti yet I am
to see more of the wonders of this
European Civilization. On tomorrow
I leave for my vacation to cities of
the Mediterranean, spending a few
days in the Alps, and shall endeavor
to go to Home; however, this might
be impossible. On my return I shall
visit Lyons, the most famous silk city
in the world, and Paris, as the French
sail it, "Gay Paris.” I know you envy
me in a way for I know how much
we enjoyed this bit of history as we
went through it in our school days.
Little did I then think I would so soon
be here to see the wonders of this
great continent. Before my return I
hope to see much more and thus be
come a student of the world.
None of us know when we shall re
turn home, but rest assured that our
great government, the most potent
factor in this great crisis for the cause
of Democracy is well taking care of
her sons who have been willing, in
this great world’s crisis, to leave
their homes and their dear ones be
hind to follow after that great FLAG
that has never known defeat nor
trailed in the dust. Now life is enjoy
able as no longer do we fear the flight
of the bird-men, nor the hoarse voice
of the great cannon that often brought
terror to us in these parts, poubt
less, however, some of the boys will
be coming home very soon. I will be
glad to get back home once more to
the friends I love and to my dear
family. Will endeavor to sejtd you
some sort of souvenir in the near fu
ture.
With best wishes to yourself and
family for the best there is in the
way of health, enjoyment and pros
perity, I am
Very truly yours with the colors on
French soil, H. M. COLLINS.
Merry Xmas, Happy New Year.
Yankee Negroes
Great Fighters
Harry Trimble, “Y” Worker, Pays
Tribute to American Colored Boys.
Relates Tales of Heroism Among
Black Men in Argonne Offensive.
No more heroic chapter of Amer
ica’s part in the world war will ever
bo written than that of the American
Negro troops of the Ninety-second di
vision, in the battle of the Argonne
forest,” said Harry Trimble, returned
Young Men’s Christian association
worker, who spoke last night to a
large audience at the First Christian
church on “My Experiences Over
There.”
The Ninety-second division is made
up of Negro troops and Colored and
white officers. Several hundred Ne
braska men, including many Omaha
Negroes, are with this division.
“The American Colored troops did
not get their chance until late in the
war, but when their time came they
did themselves proud.
“Negro troops were regarded with
more or less skepticism by the
French commander, because of the
fact that French Colored troops had
fled under shell fire,” Mr. Trimble
said. “They were as brave as any
as long as they could go over the top
and fight with their trench knives in
stead of bayonets, but they threw
down their guns and ran under artil
; lery fire.
Fought Like Demons.
“No so with the American Ne
groes. When ordered to charge they
went at those Huns like demons, in
the face of the deadliest machine gun
fire, putting terror into the hearts
of the enemy, many of whom threw
down their guns and shouted ‘Ka
I me rad.'
“The Germans had been firmly in
I trenched in the mountain fastnesses
1 of the Argonne forest for more than
three years. They had evidently
counted on spending another winter
there, for they had fixed up their
dugouts as comfortably as a city flat.
Many of them had three or four
rooms with tiled floors, bath tubs,
electric lights and built-in stone seats.
Barbed wire entanglements were ev
erywhere, making their retreat almost
impregnable.
"When those Negro troops were
ordered to take the forest at all costs
they went into it, some of them sing
! ing, some cursing and other pray
ing, but with a wash and courage
that surprised their commanders. In
spite of one of the most terrific bar
rages of the war, which continued
unabated for seventy-two hours, they
fought their way foot by foot through
the maze of barbed wire. Many of
them when hit in the legs by ma
chine gun bullets, dropped upon their
stomachs and crawled toward the
enemy, pumping their rifles with
deadly effect.
Hun Officer Compliments
“One soldier who had been hit nine
times and whom I was helping carry
on a litter , was so anxious to get
back into the fight that he jumped
off the stretcher three times and
started hack. When he realized that
he couldn’t get back, he was one of
the most disappointed men I ever
saw. His courage was typical of all
the rest of that division. ,
“ One of the most touching experi
ences I had was when some of those
boys, just before they wCnt into the
fight, asked me to take their watch
or trinkets and send it to the folks
at home,
“We’re going in, anti we never ex
pect to come back,’ were the words
of many of them. Of course I cheered
them up the best I could, but many
of those brave boys had guessed right,
for they never came back.
“A Geiman officer who had fought
against all of the different allied
troops told me that the Americans
were the fiercest fighters of all.”
Trimble spent several months at
the front, where he was transporta
tion director for the Ninety-second
division.
GEN. PERSHING DESIGNATES
MORE I MTS TO RETl 'RN HOME
Washington, D. C„ Dec. 31.—Addi
tional organizations designated by
General Pershing for early return
home were announced by the war de
partment as follows:
Meterological section, signal corps.
Batteries A, B, C, D, E and F, head
quarters company, supply company
and headquarters of the Fortieth
regiment coast artillery corps; First
battalion 814th pioneer infantry (Col
ored) ; 172d and 174th aero squadrons;
116th, 301st and 316th trench mortar
batteries.
SEX DOES NOT SAVE THEM
Mobile, Ala., Dec. 31.—Four Ne
groes, two of them women, accused of
the murder of Dr. E. L. Johnston here
last week, were taken from the jail at
Shubuta, Miss., tonight and lynched,
according to information received in
Mobile. All four were reported to
have been hanged to the girders of a
bridge spanning the Chickasawhay
river.
BROOKLYN HAS NEW
COLORED THEATER
Brooklyn, N. Y., Jan. 1.—The Put
nam theater of Brooklyn opened Sat
urday night with great success. The
house was packed to the utmost. The
orchestra was personally conducted by
Miss Marie Lucas and the vaudeville
was under the direction of Mrs. Mae
Kemp. The president of the borough
of Brooklyn, Hon. Edward Ridgclman,
was present and made an opening
speech. There were also motion pic
tures. Brooklyn should be very proud
of this enterprise and attend this
play house instead of others in Brook
lyn.
LA GRANGE, TEXAS
H. L. Vincent, Agent
Rev. I. D. Coffey, P. C. of A. M.
K. church here, returned from a visit
to Bellville and held regular serv
ices at St. John’s A. M. E. church
Sunday.
Rev. S. A. Tillman was on hand
and held services at Ebenezer Baptist
church Sunday morning and night.
Rev. ami Mrs. William White, P.
C. M. E. church, worshipped at the
Ebenezer Baptist church last Sunday
morning.
Revs. William White, La Grange,
and D. F. Vance, Oakland, left here
last Monday night to attend the ses
sion of the annual conference of the
M. E. (hurch at Fort Worth.
Mr. Willis Henderson and wife, old
citizens of Fayette county, left here
last Saturday to make their future
home in Mexia, Texas.
Mrs. Adeline Henry, daughter of
Mr. Richard Logon, was married last
Wednesday night to Mr. Alexander
Alley, Columbus, Tex., at the bride’s
home near here. They will reside in
Columbus in the future.
Miss Nettie Phearse arrived from
Hillsboro last .Sunday morning to
spend the holiday vacation with rela
tives.
Friday evening Mr. John Beaumont,
the oldest citizen of Fayette county,
being considerably over 100 years old,
had lost his way and was found very
near the river and was brought back
by officers and after being pro
nounced insane, was carried to live
at the poor house.
Sick: Mesdames Mollie Vaughn,
Julia King, Cornelia Dobbin.
Miss Josie Mitchell and father, Mr.
Ben Mitchell left Sunday for Waco
to spend the holidays with relatives.
The Red Cross Christmas roll call
pushed by Prof. G. . Randolph and his
able assistants bide fair to round up a
very creditable membership.
PALESTINE, TEXAS
A. G. Howard, Agent
The National Trading company is a
genuine Negro concern and has about
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five stores in and around Palestine.
It is doing good business and has
stores in Oakwood, Fairfield and ,
Crockett. Mr. F. A. Scott is general
manager.
Heal cold weather has hit us at
Christmas time and is generally wel
comed by the kiddies.
Spanish influenza is still raging
and caused the deaths this week of
Mrs. Lucy Phillips and Will McKin
ney.
Mrs. Ella Booker says she couldn’t
get along without The Monitor.
Mrs. Martha Garland has accepted
the position as bookkeeper with I. H.
Bland, the popular undertaker.
J. S. Christian, the well-known
evangelist, was a caller at our office
today. He represents the Church of
the Living God.
A. S. Davis was a visitor here this
week.
Mt. Vernon church is preparing to
give their pastor a pound supper to
night.
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wanting a nice place to stop, call Ma
jor Moore, Phone L-5486; residence,
2226 O street.
Mrs. Laura Johnson departed last
Tuesday for Chicago, where she will
spend the holidays with relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. Patterson and son
Cecil left Friday evening for Great
Bend, Kan., where they will spend
Christmas with Mrs. Patterson’s
mother.
Mrs. Paul Moore left Tuesday for
Weeping Water, where she will spend
Christmas with relatives.
Mrs. Desheares of St. Joseph ar
rived in the city Saturday evening to
sepdn the holidays with Miss Freda
Cooley.
Mrs. Perry Williams left Tuesday
evening for Kansas City, where she
will spend the holidays with friends. y
Miss Freda Cooley entertained in
formally Monday afternoon in honor
of her guest, Mrs. Desheares.
Mrs. George Maston is now in
charge of the hairdressing parlor at
Miller & Paine’s store.
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