Newark Man in France
Sees Implacement of Big
Gun That Bombed Paris
Sgt. Ben C.Arnold Writes From
Near Ruined City of Chau
teau Thierry, France
Judge M. L. Arnold has re
ceived the following two let
ters from his son, Sergeant Ben
('. Arnold, who is a member of
Ambulance Co. 167 of the fa
mous Rainbow Division of the
U. S. Army now in France.
Somewhere in France.
July 31, 1918.
My Dear Daddy and Mother.
—It has been several days
since I had a chance to write
you, during which time I have
been powerfully busy and had
absolutely no chance to write,
but this is liable to occur most
any time now and you need not
suffer any uneasiness at such
occurence.
We are sure in the fight and
everything is going nicely. I :
cannot possibly give you any 1
adequate idea of what it is like
but I have an idea that if dad
dy will multiply several times
his most exciting experience in
the Civil War, then he will be
gin to have material to imag
ine this big war.
1
we are moving tne ironi
right on back toward Germany
where it should be, and no <
American in the states today 1
has any reason to say anything i
but extraordinary praise for j
boys who are over here. They i
are certainly doing their part i
with valor and courage that
has scarcely been equaled i
since the palmy days of the ;
French soldiers when the I
French went forth at the be- 1
ginning of the war to stop the 1
“husky Huns” in their mad t
rush toward Paris with full in- 1
tentions of looting that fair 1
city. That opportunity has l
passed, however. <
1 he other day as I stood in :
the midst of a hundred wound- 1
ed boys, doing my work, I saw
four men approaching dressed
in civilian clothes. At the first
glance, I had the impression
that they were residents of this
town who had left ahead of
the Hun advance but now fell
that it was safe for them to at
least come back and view the
remains of what had been
their peaceful and beautiful
home. However, as these
men came closer, I could un
each other and knew by tneir
derstand them as they spoae to
accent that they were real
Americans. The first one stop
ped. stuck out his hand and
said, Sergeant, I am Congress
man Chandler from Oklahom
ma." 1 know him very well,
but under the circumstances I
did not recognize him. His
home is Yinita, 14 miles from
Afton, where I taught for two
years. By this time I had got
ten my breath and collected
my senses ready to receive the
second one of the four. He
was Judge Tillman who wras
president of the U. of A. the
first year I was there, but is
now an Arkansas Congressman
I knew him and he said he
knew me. Apparently he was
glad to see me and of course
you can imagine how glad I
was to see a man like that
whom I knew'. The other two
I did not know'. They all came
from tow'ard the front and ac
tually came thru shell fire, so
when they return and begin to
tell their experiences-—what
they saw, heard and went
thru, don’t you doubt them for
a minute. I'm glad to see this
kind < f spirit and if I ever have
the opportunity to support
Jude Tillman I'll sure do it.
Now don’t worry about me,
tho I'll admit I am working
hard, but am all-together and
will continue so if some acci
dent does not befall me. I
don’t expect anything but the
best of luck.
Bushels of Love,
BEN C. ARNOLD,
“Still in the Push”
August 2, 1918.
My Dear Daddy.—The drive
goes on and the Boche are still
retreating. Yesterday morning
they rose real early, about 1 a.
m. and retreated 7 kilometers
before we could catch them to
jive them* a little more impulse
oy which to increase their
speed. Our division has push
'd them now 30 to 40 kilornet
)is and the only reason we
lave not been relieved is the
’act that the division is moving
orward so rapidly that it is a
>it hard to get the relief up
ind in our place without los
ng time in the advance move
nent.
I have been on more than
me sector prior to coming to
his one, and thought I* had
ieen some wonderful sights,
ind I guess I had, but to watch
ir, advancing army in full
■way presents more food for
hcught than I am able to be
rin to comprehend. There are
o many activities going on at
he same time, and the magni
ude of all these activities so
vonderful, that to undertake
o “take them all in’’ mentally
vill only get you confused and
eave you in a state of wonder
nent. If you care to do some
leep thinking and then have
'our figuring end in vain, just
ake a short walk from where
am now located and take a
icsition on the crest of a hill,
tvhere I have stood, and look
he situation over—that is, that
part of the game which you
/an see from this point; it in
• hides practically all except
the infantry action. Then go
a little further up the line
wheie you can see the infantry
advancing through valleys and
up hillsides with the shells
whizzing over head, bursting
close, the machine guns going
at an awful rate, the airplanes
patroling and fighting over
head, litter bearers going here
and there, gathering up the
wounded; doctors working
hard bandging. etc., observa
tion balloons going up and
down, ambulances everywhere
doing their very important
work, etc. etc.
No\f start on your way back
to the main ambulance dress*
ing station where you started
from ; there is no telling how
long it will take you to get
back unless by chance you hap
pen to be on an ambulance
which has the right of way
over anything. In most cases
the main road to the line will
be so full of traffic consisting
of troops, ammunition trains,
guns moving up, ambulances
coming up, etc. that you will
have to go back a different
route from that which you
came up—this is what they call
the “one way” road system.
Now, that you are back at the
tiginal starting point, and af
ter noticing your mental •atti
tude as well as physical fatigue
you findycurself in perfect men
tal derangement and you ask
yourself the question “How can
it all be done?’’ This is the
final question that brings you
to complete defeat and anyone
who has ever gone this way
will admit that it is the big
gest thing he ever witnessed.
My hands are up; I’ll admit
that I don’t know anything
about the war. I’m .playing
the most minute part that is
imagineable but it’s all in the
system, and I’m truly glad I’m
here to help do this hard work,
lose these several nights sleep
successively that forthcoming
generations may have restful
rights with their little ones
snugly tucked away, rocked in
the cradle of Democracy and
Freedom. What do you sup
pose the Kaiser is telling the
poor war ridden women and
children of Germany tonight,
while their sons, fathers and
husbands are laying down
their lives trying to stop an ad
vancing army full of inspira
tion, because all knew we are
right?
I don’t care what he tells the
man population, and I don’t
care if they believe in all his
camouflage, for they are most
all the same as he himself, so
let them hold on to any reason
they claim to have for fighting,
and let them go to their death
one by one til the German Em
pire is no more.
But this one thing is certain,
they are just .as good as whip
ped right now; the whole U. S.
seems to be in earnest about
this matter and that means vic
tory.
1 have said all time this war
would be won at home; this is
what the home back in the
states is giving and will give til
this war is won—encourage
ment from fathers and mothers
who have given their sons;
money by the millions to be
spent in the best way possible,
and all the brains and genius
needed. As long as the spirit
of the people is right these
things will be forthcoming and
I'd like to knew what else is
going to be needed to end this
war successfully?
Well, some of the boys have
just corpe in from hospitals
where they have been doing
some evacuating work and
they want supper and seme one
to listen to their wonderful
tales, so I’ll finish this tomor
row.
(The following day)
This has been a very inter
esting day for me, especially
one experience I had. You
have read about the big guns
that the Bcche have tried to
scare the world to death with
by dropping a few shells on
Paris. This is the one famous
gun that the whole world has
read about but none who were
at all practical in their
thoughts ever went into hys
terics over its work or even
considered it seriously, not ev
en these affected, the residents
of Paris. Some five or six kilo
meters from here the remain
ing base of one of these mam
moth guns is in the hands cf
my division and it is a wonder
ful sight to behold. I wish 1
were better informed on me-1
chunks so that I might be able
to appreciate the thing more j
and at the same time be better j
able to give #vou some idea of
how it appears. It is situated
just inside a heavy forest about
one hundred yards from a rail
road track they took on their
drive some three months ago.
The standard guage side-track
leading out to the implace
ment reminds you of the time
you reached the rail road
yards going into Chicago. The
implacement itself has a stan
dard guage rail road on either
side of it, one running directly
through it. You have seen
large rail road turntables, and
this is the best comparison that
I have in mind to give you an
idea of what its base is like.
The immense stell struiture is
appalling. The gun itself is
gone, the Boche having taken
it back by train early in the
present push, but the effects of
its shooting is to be seen and
evidenced by the large trees on
the Paris side of the implace
ment. They have all their
leaves and small limbs burned
off and this it srue for a hun
dred yards from where the gun
sat. The gun must be an enor
mous thing. I got some souve
nirs off of it and will send ye u
one of them.
I’ve been in Chateau Thierry
but it is quite a walk from
here there now. We are con
siderably closer to “Alemande”
too than when we were in
Chateau Thierry.
Well, I tell you daddy. I’ve
about told you all I have in
mind now, except, of course,
that I’m well and dandy. Am
fatter than you ever saw me.
If I were with you I could tell
you many little things of inter
est that I necessarily have to
leave out when writing, but
this combined with what you
have read elsewhere and ac
tually experienced in the civil
war, in addition what you can
picture with your fertile imag
inaton, you have a pretty good
idea of what is gong on “over
here” at present no doubt.
Regards to my friends,
Sgt. BEN C. ARNOLD,
Amb. Co. 167. 117 San. Tr.
A. E. F. France.
NOTICE TO TEACHERS
The 1918 teachers’ institute
for Independence county will
be held at Batesville during the
week beginning Monday, Sep
tember 9th.
Al^ teachers are required by
law to attend. We hope to
make this the most helpful in
stitute ever held in th# county.
You can’t afford to miss a day.
Very respceftully,
SIDNEY PICKENS,__
County Examiner.
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