A Santa Marian tells of how he took part in two big drives ? where in France and how he was caught in clouds of poisonous gas and came thro the liquid fire of the enemy unscathed after the American troops had scored a glorious victory, are all told in a ltter to his friends by Virgil Alexander, well known in this city.

He tells how he and his comrades went after the battle in search of souvenirs and how they saw the enemy dead and wounded living all about them.

Corporal Alexander is a range finder for the bug guns in the coast artillery and so far, in spite of the fact that his company has been in two big battles, there have been no casualties among them.

The allied aeroplanes are so thick overhead that they resemble a flock of blackbirds is the way he tells of the fighting of the airmen. He tells of a close call which he had when he first arrived at the front. The Germans attacked so fiercely that they ran the American boys into their dugouts which they held until the enemy were repulsed. At the time this letter was written Corporal Alexander says that the Huns were all on the run and all the boys could foresee a final victory soon and a speedy return home.

Virgil Alexander was born in Union and was formerly a Cove Boy.

Cleve Mercer made a trip to La grande the forepart of the week, intending to enlist in the army, but was informed that he must await the coming draft, and expects, therefore, to be sent to Camp Lewis on the 23rd together with Am. Dalton,Ernest Simonis, Goldman Anthony, Harry Lindley, Chas. Smith and Wibur Robinson.

Sergeant Seth Bailey who has returned from France and is well known here is on the staff as an editorial contributor to the Stars and Stripes, the soldiers' paper printed in Paris. He is also an author of short stories and has recently written one entitled "The Last Zero," which has been accepted by Leslie's Magazine.

Ernest Belfield is home on a thirty day furlough and his sister Mrs. Lee Fugit, is down from Kamela to visit with her brother and their parents.

Dean Olson and Fred Brant are the last two boys to be drafted into the army from here, Bert Richardson goes Sunday and Charlie Harris Monday. Bert McCurry was put in the first class, notified to appear for examination, and failed to pass. Clifford Gilkison has been granted an extention.

Word has been received that Oscar Gorham, Bob. Burdette and B. Denning, who are in the aviation corpse "reached France o.k." about Monday or Tuesday

Russell Butch has accepted a position as typest in the quartermaster's department at Washington D.C., and left Saturday, going as far as Kansas City with a stock train from this place.

Of the 47 men called to entrain July 15th, three are from North Powder; Bob Titus, James Titus, Hartwell York and Arthur Bowen Stone. Clifford Wulf, John Ward, Raymond Cunningham are to go from Telocaset and Emil Miller and Elmer McAllister from Baker Co.

The names of Dot. King, John Dahlstrom and Laurence Simonis should be added the honor roll as recently published.

John Dahlstrom passed thro here Monday morning on the 6:30 train having been assigned to a position in the quartermaster's department at Washington, D.C. A competative examination was taken at Camp Lewis and Mr. Dahlstrom was one out of eighteen chosen from a class of ninety.

Mrs. Dahlstrom and the family went in the car to LaGrande to meet and ride as far as North Powder with the departing soldier. Mr. Dahlstrom has the best wishes of the community, as have all our soldier boys.

North Powder's list of boys who are seeing army service is growing shorter each week as they are gradually being discharged. A few of the remaining ones to come are Norris and Harold Gilkison, Henry Hess, John Dahlstrom, Albert Kron, Theron Maxwell, Chris Johnson Jr., Frank Harris, Emil Hartman, Frank McIntyre, Dick Denning and possibly one or two others.

Corporal Rube Dalton a North Powder boy who was amember of the 302nd Engineers with the expeditionary forces in France with the 77th division, assisted in the burial of Quentin Roosevelt, who was killed while fighting the Huns in the air. Young Roosevelt fell in the German lines and was given a hurried burial by the enemy. A few days after the death of the galant young American, the German lines were forced back and the improvised grave of Quentin was discovered by a member of Corporal Dalton's company. The engineers disinterred and reburied the body and sent a note with a photograph of the grave and marker to Colonel Roosevelt, who ws then in New York.

The note was acknowledged by the late Colonel Roosevelt and addressed to Colonel C.O. Sherill, comanding officer of Corporal Dalton's regiment. An autograph copy of the letter was prepared and presented each man of the regiment and reads:
My Dear Co. Sherrill:

I very much appreciate your letter and the photgraphs, and I ever will appreciate what your regiment did in erecting that little stone to Quentin's memory.

I wish you would thank the regiment for me and for Quentin's mother. With high regard,
Faithfully Yours,
Theodore Roosevelt."

The note to the ex-president, did not contain all the details of the disinterment and re-burial of the body. Thinking to save the feelings of the father the regiment only reported to him that it had marked the grave. That the body was found only partly covered and left among hundreds of other in a like condition was omitted and becomes now a part of the history of the world war which has never been written nor published.

Cleve Mercer made a trip to La Grande the forepart of the week, intending to enlist in the army, but was informed that he must await the coming draft, and expects, therefore, to be sent to Camp Lewis on the 23rd together with Wm. Dalton,Ernest Simonis, Goldman Anthony, Harry Lindley, Chas. Smith and Wibur Robinson.

Honorable Discharge Papers

United States Army
To James N. Davis, 8472

Honorable Discharge from the U.S. Army

To all whom it may concern:
This is to certify that James N. Davis, Identification #3135467, Private—Inf. unassigned, last assigned Co. K. 308th Infantry, The United States Army, as a testimonial of honest and faithful service, is hereby honorably discharged from military service of the United States, by reason of muster out telegram A.G.O. 11/16/18.

Said James N. Davis was born near Union, in the State of Oregon.  When enlisted he was 25-9/12 years of age and by occupation a farmer.  He had grey eyes, brown hair, medium complexion and was 5 feet 4-½ inches in height.

Given under my hand at Camp Lewis, Washington this 22nd day of May, one thousand nine hundred and nineteen.

Entitled to travel pay to LaGrande, Oreg.
American Lake, Washington
Office Camp Supply Depot
Paid Bonus $60.00.  Tel. A.G.O. 2-25-19
Paid in full $129.65
Frank J. Quinn, Major O.M.C.
By Wales M. Signor
R.M. Martin, Major Infantry Commanding

Enlistment Record

Name:       James N. Davis
Grade:       Private
Enlisted or inducted:     June 23, 1918 at LaGrande, Ore
Serving in first enlistment period at date of discharge.
Prior service:      None
Non-Commissioned Officer:    Never
Marksmanship, gunner qualification or rating:  Not qualified
Horsemanship:      Not mounted
Battles, engagements, skirmishes, expeditions:  Meuse Argonne Off.  9/26 - 11/11/18
Knowledge of any vocation:    Farmer
Wounds received in service:    None
Physical condition when discharged:   Good
Typhoid prophylaxis completed:    7/10/18
Parlyphoid prophylaxis completed:   7/10/18
Married or single:     Single
Character:      Excellent
Remarks:      No A.W.O.L. nor Sk.N.

L.D. under G 31-1912 or G. O. 45-1914.  Entitled to travel pay 25th Co. 166 D.B. 6/23/18.  C.G. 158 Inf. 7/12/18. Co. K 308 Inf. 9/20/18.  Served in France.  Left U.S. 8/8/18.  Arr. in U.S. 4/28/19.

Transportation issued:
F.L. Kendall, Captain Infantry
Commanding Disch. Detsh.
166 DePot Brigate
C.K. McCormick, County Clerk
Recorded September 30, 1919, at 11:30 a.m. by Hazel Last, Deputy.

North Powder's list of boys who are seeing army service is growing shorter each week as they are gradually being discharged. A few of the remaining ones to come are Norris and Harold Gilkison, Henry Hess, John Dahlstrom, Albert Kron, Theron Maxwell, Chris Johnson Jr., Frank Harris, Emil Hartman, Frank McIntyre, Dick Denning and possibly one or two others.

Word has been received that Oscar Gorham, Bob. Burdette and B. Denning, who are in the aviation corpse "reached France o.k." about Monday or Tuesday

Frank M. Eckersley, son of Mr. and Mrs. Otho Eckersley, was killed in action in France, Oct. 10. He was born at Cove, Oregon, Feb. 27, 1891, where he lived most of his life and has a host of friends. He also has many friends in Walla Walla and Portland, where he attended school. Entered the service at Camp Lewis, June 25, 1918, and was a member of Co. G. 158th Inf. which helped to fill the incompleted regiment of the 91st division, and sailed for France two weeks after the main division.

As he only entered the service last June, his early death in action comes as an especial shock to his parents, sisters, brother-who has since died-and many friends among whom he was a favorite for his unusual high ideals and strength of character.

Besides his parents he leaves three sisters, Mrs. E.B. Conklin, Ontarioi, ore., Nellie Eckersley, secretary of Whitman Conservatory of Music, Walla Walla, and Harriet Eckersley, of Edwards Co., Portland. Also he was a cousin of Raith E. Williams, a well known man of Portland. M.

All men in the 63d infantry who enlisted or were drafted for the period of the war will be discharged June 15, if possible, General March, chief of staff, says
Orders have been sent to the commanding general of the eastern department to make every effort to discharge these men by that time. Many of the men in this regiment which is divided between Washington, Baltimore and New York, are from Oregon and they have been appealing desperately for their release for several weeks. Privates Elias S. Smith and Theodore M. Fisher are two of the North Powder boys now doing Provost Guard duty in New York, who will probably be effected by this order.

Ted Fisher who has been with the 63rd Infantry arrived home last Saturday. He has been doing Provost guard duty in New York for the past several months, and was on the job during the rioting at Madison Square Garden on May 1st. he reports that a recent order called for the discharge of sixty men and that he was surprised to find at roll call, that he was one of the number. He does not regret his luck, however, and is glad to get back into civilian life.

Forrest L. Foster, a former North Powder boy, is gaining distinction in the overseas military sarvice and had an article on that branch of the service and his picture in a recent issue of the Portland Telegram. He says: "I've done everything from stringing barbed wire, digging trenches, making dugouts and mending roads to cutting lumber and salavage equipment. Between times we take our turns in reserve trenches and 'fall to' for alerts. I have spent quite a lot of time in observation posts and have seen the boche many times, both at work and on the march. I saw one whole train of artillery going up towards the front on the sector south of us one day, but they were just out of range of our guns, so we had to sit tight and watch them. Finally the French guns opened up on them at long range and I could see them scatter in every direction.

"Our postoffice is similar to an outside postoffice in many ways, but we move so much that there is great irregularity in the receiving and dispatch of mails. Seven army men, including myself, and two civilians, the latter railway postoffice experts, constitute the staff. We handle all the mall for the division, and it is some mail at times-whenever we stop long enough for the boys to write letters. All of them were sending boche helmets and souvenirs home after the last battle."

Joseph R. Gardner, who left July 8, for training camp at San Diego, Cal., is now at Camp Eustis, Virginia, after a much enjoyed trip across the continent. Address Bat. B Trench Motor.

Harold Gilkison, Ernest Simonis and Cleve Mercer are presumably on their way across tho it is just nine weeks tomorrow, Sunday, Since they left here.

Harold Gilkison returned Thursday from Camp Lewis where he received his discharge since returning from Germany and France.

North Powder's list of boys who are seeing army service is growing shorter each week as they are gradually being discharged. A few of the remaining ones to come are Norris and Harold Gilkison, Henry Hess, John Dahlstrom, Albert Kron, Theron Maxwell, Chris Johnson Jr., Frank Harris, Emil Hartman, Frank McIntyre, Dick Denning and possibly one or two others.

North Powder's list of boys who are seeing army service is growing shorter each week as they are gradually being discharged. A few of the remaining ones to come are Norris and Harold Gilkison, Henry Hess, John Dahlstrom, Albert Kron, Theron Maxwell, Chris Johnson Jr., Frank Harris, Emil Hartman, Frank McIntyre, Dick Denning and possibly one or two others.

Word has been received that Oscar Gorham, Bob. Burdette and B. Denning, who are in the aviation corpse "reached France o.k." about Monday or Tuesday

Myron Grout writes from France that he is in charge of a logging crew, and that he is in town getting harness made. He has been there several weeks, he says, and the only thing he hates about it is none of them there talk any English, and he is no Frenchman yet.

The special train on which were 270 men of the 20th Engineers, passed through North Powder on their way to Camp Lewis, at 9:45 Tuesday evening. This contingent is composed of all oversease men and in the train was James Hallgarth of Elgin, a nephew of Ben F. Evans, and Ed Hollinger of this city.

The 20th Engineers witnessed the big scenes abroud and were on the ill-fated Tuscania when that vessel was sunk and at the time Terry Tuttle an Elgin boy was drowned.

Dean Olson and Fred Brant are the last two boys to be drafted into the army from here, Bert Richardson goes Sunday and Charlie Harris Monday. Bert McCurry was put in the first class, notified to appear for examination, and failed to pass. Clifford Gilkison has been granted an extention.

North Powder's list of boys who are seeing army service is growing shorter each week as they are gradually being discharged. A few of the remaining ones to come are Norris and Harold Gilkison, Henry Hess, John Dahlstrom, Albert Kron, Theron Maxwell, Chris Johnson Jr., Frank Harris, Emil Hartman, Frank McIntyre, Dick Denning and possibly one or two others.

Ed Hollinger's last address is Co. D, 6th Batallion 20th Engineers Washington, D.C. American University. On their way back east they passed through Kentucky, Mr. Holliger writes, and were amazed at the poverty of the people there. Mr. Hollinger writes, The boys on the troop trains passed out whatever they could gather up to the eager,waiting children.

The special train on which were 270 men of the 20th Engineers, passed through North Powder on their way to Camp Lewis, at 9:45 Tuesday evening. This contingent is composed of all oversease men and in the train was James Hallgarth of Elgin, a nephew of Ben F. Evans, and Ed Hollinger of this city.

The 20th Engineers witnessed the big scenes abroud and were on the ill-fated Tuscania when that vessel was sunk and at the time Terry Tuttle an Elgin boy was drowned.

Tuscania Survivor Home Ed Hollinger one of the survivors of the Tuscania, and who did his bit in France, arrived in North Powder last Saturday. Ed was one of eighty who escaped from the Tuscania in a boat which was later picked up with only eighteen of the eighty still living.

Oscar Jacobson, Earl O'Bryant and Roy Stotts returned from Camp Lewis following the honorable discharge of each, and are busy greeting friends and the "girls they left behind them."

North Powder's list of boys who are seeing army service is growing shorter each week as they are gradually being discharged. A few of the remaining ones to come are Norris and Harold Gilkison, Henry Hess, John Dahlstrom, Albert Kron, Theron Maxwell, Chris Johnson Jr., Frank Harris, Emil Hartman, Frank McIntyre, Dick Denning and possibly one or two others.