nd to try the new wrinkle.
The French Government has decorated him with the Croix de Guerre for
going over the sacks in every way known to date.

First, he went over with the French infantry in an attack last spring.
Though detailed as an observer, and not required to take too many
chances, the officer was one of the first wave to cross No Man's Land.
He stayed with his unit until the objective was gained, and when it had
to fall back before a heavy counter-attack he fell back fighting with
it.

Some weeks later he went over the top in a tank. He followed that trip a
few days later by an aeroplane observation flight. For the greater part
of an afternoon the plane cruised up and down a German sector watching
the effect of big French shells on concrete defences.

The Boche anti-aircraft guns made it warm for the American flier, but he
was still an enthusiastic aviator when the plane came to a successful
landing on its own field at dusk.

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WHERE HE GETS OFF.
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(A sample letter).

France, January, 1918.

I. Rookum, Gents' Tailor, U. S. A.

"Dear Sir:--

"Your interesting advertisement of
spring styles for young men, knobby
clothes for business wear, and so forth,
just received.

"While I appreciate your thinking of
me, I am glad to say I have changed
my tailor, and will not require your
services until peace is declared.

"U. S. & Co. are now supplying me
with some very nifty suitings of khaki,
which I find best adapted to my present
line of business. They don't get shiny in
the seat of the trousers--for the simple
reason that I never have time to sit
down.

"They are also supplying me with
headwear, their latest in that line being
a derby-like affair with a stiff steel
crown, which affords me better protection
against the elements and the shrapnel
than anything any civilian hatter
has furnished me.

"Thanking you for past favors, and
hoping to see you on the dock when the
transport pulls in a couple of years from
now, I remain,

"Yours truly,
"I. Don't Needum, Pvt., A. E. F."

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