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About The Alliance herald. (Alliance, Box Butte County, Neb.) 1902-1922 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 11, 1919)
IliE ALLIANCE (NEBRASKA) HERALD T..ius:lay, September 11th, 1919 a. BARNE S SAW PLENTY Of ACTION OVERSEAS Alliance Young Mn rne of Many V. H. SMlrr t liir1klto In lU'nl WurfaiT Against Hun If it hd been our pood fort tine to accompany Floyd Se?al Harris, son of Mr. Ir. Ij. W. Curt if, 307 Emer sion Avrmif, tbrouph Enpland, France, Dclphim, ljUieniburg and Germany, we would have seen nouph of the excitement of battle and tbe horrors of war to last a life lime. Floyd left Alliance, bound for Camp FunMon. April 29, 1918. Here lie entered Company O, 355 Infan try. 89th Division, with which com pany he remained until his discharge, June 3, 1919. Company O left Camp Funston on May 22, 1918. and arrived at Camp Wills, N. '., the 25th, where they re mained for over a week. Sailing from New York on the Ualtic". June 4, they arrived at Liverpool twelve days later, poinjt from there by rail to a so-called rest camp at floniBey, England. On June 23 the channel crowing was affected, from .Southampton to Lallavre, France. Mention of the Journey across the Atlantic brought memories to Floyd of sea-sickneis. boat drill, Austral Ian hare, medical examinations and the ever-r resent fish course. Eng land back memories of practice marches, the English people's Eng lish language, more marches, evil tasting English buns, and still more marches. "-ji mi op- M . A? v Comminy G trained at llrerhain ville. France, until August 5, 1918, when they started by truck train to ward the Toul sector. Floyd was fortunate in being a memlHr of this company, for during the later part of July, the Division Inspector, Col. McCoy, gave them the best rating of any company in the tattn!ion. And tn the busy weeks that followed they froved their wor.h and that they fead not been overestimated. Arriving in Ansauville, August 7, the conipanv expected a r-M, but the putting over of a heavy gas attack that night changed heir pUns, and Q Company was detailed to re-enforce the front line-. During this march toward the from, the com pany witnessed for tbe first time a tight that was not altogether heart- Hot Water for Sick Headaches Tails why everyone should drink hot water with phosphate In it before breakfast. inlng ambulance s litcially stuffed with wounded wre hurryii g to the re.r by the dozen. However, their first tiip to the trenches was made without the loss of a. single man, I having made the rellf in broad day i light. August 8. The first casualties resulted from mustard gas. From Floyd's diary we find that he ltor he sent over a heavy barrage i from 4 to 5 A. M.. August 19. and1 ; that "H. (." was killed, ihe first man in the company to meet death. On , the 22nd they were relieved and j went bark to Hehanne Woods for a rest. The time was spent in drill i and maneuvers at nourq. j Company O again entered the ' trenches September 6 and remained there until the beginning of the St. j Mlhiel drive. On the morning of the! 12th thev went "over the top", and kept going, until the St. Mihiel ! salient was a thing of the past. From that time on. the fighting of the 89th , Division was mostly In the open. Floyd tells of an unexpected artillery barrage, beginning at 1 A. M., while the company was marching east on the Flirey road at St. Mihiel. It seemed that the world opened up man competing with nature can non flash agan'.st lightning, a rain of; shells against the oceans of water which fell from the skies, the roar of artillery against the rumble of thun der, and the men thinking an enemy I barrage had opened up. For a while there was great confusion. The officers told them it was their own barrage, but In the awful storm of rain and lead, and with the lightning seemingly striking less than a rod away at every breath, a number of the men "lost their heads". Rom ran Into the barrage, some threw down their packs and guns and some scrambled In the mud, not knowing what to do. Floyd tells of falling in a trench, with his pack and gun, and scrambling on his hands and knees in the deep mud, unable to get up. However, they soon recovered from the excitement of the moment, and Company O, the first day of the drive, captured approximately J0O prisoners. There were thirteen cas ualties in Company O in this drive. Floyd carried back one of his com rades, Henry Keane, who had been killed by machine gun fire. From October 1 to October 7 the company occupied reserve sectors around Doullonville. From there they went to the Argonne sector. The 89th Division relieved the 32nd Division near Komagne and proceed ed to clean up the Bois de Banthe vllle. These woods were soon clear ed by two battalions, one of which contained Company G. German whlzbangB and light artillery was the cause of heavy casualties In G Com pany and sneezing gas also caused considerable Inconvenience. The company then went to the support of positions near Epionwille, on October 22, where they remained until the 3 1 st. On Halowe'en night they started the shove that lasted until the armistice was signed, at 11 o'clock on the 11th day of the 11th month. OnNovember 9, a patrol from G Company swam the Meuse River, only nine of the seventeen men returning. Company G was on the Meuse when the armistice was signed, and Floyd thinks they never would have gotten across, so deadly was the enemy fire. In the few days, however, 'hey be gan a- st.i-cession f inarches uii through Belgium, Luxemburg, and Germany, find linally arrived at Auw, Germany, on Iieeember 19. From Auw, Floyd marched to Schwelch, and from th're to Saarburg. He re mained at irnarburg and at Beurig, across -.he river, until April 3, 1919, when he was sent on a detail with 50 other men to Dijon, France. They accompanied a convoy ot trucks to Coblenz, and finally rejoined the company at Crutweiler. On May 8, the start for the V. S. A. began, first by trucks to Trier, and from '.hre to Brest on American box cars. They boarded the 'Levia than", with 11.000 other troops, on May 15, and on the 22nd landed in Hoboken, Just a year from the time they left Funston. The 27th of May saw then entrain for Funston, at which place they arrived, after stop ping over In Omaha and Lincoln on Memorial Day where they were roy ally welcomed and fed. The day they all looked forward to finally come, and on June 3 they received their discharge papers, conscious of work well done, glad that they had seen what they had seen but firm ly determined "never again" to un dergo the same experiences until absolutely necessary. Floyd is to be congratulated on having been a member of euch a deserving com pany, and Company G, 355th Infan try, made J' record through the faithful work of such men as Mr. Barnes proved himself to be. Possesion J.cets Ufslre. A man doesn't really kn..-.v whnt money will do for him r.ntil he lu. a lot of It. That is why tmn wnnt more ns they get more. The same I true ff ktiowledge, or fuiuo, or friends, or religion. Our Character. Tccpl" se m not tti see that their opinion i t the world Is also a con fession of i Imrncter. We enn only se wl.al w ,n, and. If we misbe have, vc 'iivptct others.- Emerson. SAGE TEA BEAUTIFIES AND DARKENS Hi Don't Stay Gray! It Darkens So Naturally that No body can Tell. 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The kidneys do their utmost to rre the blood of this irritating acid, but become weaJc from the overwork; they get alugpsh; the eliminative tissues clog ud thus tbe waste is retained in tbe blood to poison tbe entire system, When your kidneys ache and feel like lumps of lead, and you have stinging pains in the back or the urine is cloudy, full of sediment, or tbe bladder is irri table, obliging you to seek relief during tie night; when you bare sere re head aches, nervous and dizzy spells, sleepless ness, acid stomach or rheumatism in bad weather, get from your pharmacist about four ounces of Jad Salts; take a tableepoonful in a glass of water before breakfast each morning and in a few days your kidneys will act fine. This famous salts ia made from the acid of grapes and lemon juice, combined with lithia, and has been used for generations to flush and stimulate clogged kidneys, to neutralize the acids in urine so it is no longer a source of irritation, thus ending urinary and bladder disorders. Jad Baits is inexpensive and cannot injure; makes a delightful effervescent lithia-water drink, and nobody can maka a mistake by taking a little occasionally to keep the kidneys dean and active. lfH(filllWS Headache of any kind. Is caused by nto intoxication which means self poisoning. Llvei and bowel poisons aaUed toxins, sucaed Into the blood. through the lymph ducts, excite the fceart which pumps the blood so fast that it congests In the smaller arteries and veins of the head producing vio lent, throbbing pain and distress, called Jheaiiache. You become nervous, de fpondeot, sick, feverish and miserable' four meals sour and almost nauaeata you. 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