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began when we started home.
We were the last car and had
our French friend with, who
proved to be a good sport, and
with plenty of money. He was a
whole sale liqure [liquor] dealer before
the war, and had charge of France's
liqure [liquor] exhibit at the P.P.I.E. (Panama-Pacific International Exposition)
We stoped [stopped] no less than fourty
times from Soisons [Soissons] to camp.
because of the French drivers
stalling their cars and not
being able to crank them.
One car broke a fan belt and
they took the whole fan off to
put a belt on. Two more cars
ran out of oil and ran on
just the same. They were lucky
enough to get back without
their engine freezing, but had
much trouble in getting them
to run. When the cars would