You who can help; . t road might draw the Ger-man fire, which would be pretty hard on [ 207 ] You Who Can Help the poor poilus who were in that sectorafter we had scooted by. From Roupy we went to Ham, and as Major P at Compiegne had given me a letter to an American aviator in theLafayette Escadrille, we went to the avia-tion field and examined the various typesof planes, and incidentally had a delightfultime. Ham is another large city; it is practi-cally demolished, but they have cleaned thestreets of the debris very nicely, and onecan get through anywhere in a there we came down t
You who can help; . t road might draw the Ger-man fire, which would be pretty hard on [ 207 ] You Who Can Help the poor poilus who were in that sectorafter we had scooted by. From Roupy we went to Ham, and as Major P at Compiegne had given me a letter to an American aviator in theLafayette Escadrille, we went to the avia-tion field and examined the various typesof planes, and incidentally had a delightfultime. Ham is another large city; it is practi-cally demolished, but they have cleaned thestreets of the debris very nicely, and onecan get through anywhere in a there we came down through Guis-card, Noyon, Cuts to Vic-sur-Aisne, wherethese nice French officers urged us to dineat their mess, for it was nearly eight oclockwhen we reached there. But as we had toreach Paris that night, we had to declineand bid farewell to the officer who hadmade this trip with us. So we continuedon our way, arriving in Paris at midnight,having had three memorable days, and anexperience few others have had. [ 208 ]. On thk way from Serancourt to Roupy From here on was the terrible destruction of the fruit trees,all cut and neatly cut, and so systematically that none escaped. See page 207. Paris, June 4, 1917. We unexpectedly received letters fromeach of you yesterday, and a great surpriseit was, for there has not been a Frenchboat in, so they must have wandered inthrough England. I cant tell you howwelcome they were and I was so glad youhad been to see Joffre. Day before yesterday Marlborough had, with Major L , a private interview with Joffre. He sent for them to talk overthe situation, and he is extravagant in hispraises of America. Apparently the dearold man had the time of his life. Yesterday Marlborough came into theAlcazar about five oclock and said that hewas leaving for London at eleven. Cap-tain D came home to dinner with him, and they left for Bologne at were to cross the Channel on atransport this morning, and their mis-sion is to meet, as the world will
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