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May 13, 1918 - Don Martin goes to Paris to get clothes

 Don Martin diary entry for Monday, May 13, 1918: 
Left Neufchateau at 8 for Paris. On train met Judge Wadhams of N.Y. one of the procession of sightseers U.S. sending over. Arrived Paris 2 p.m. Tried taking pair military breeches to replace pair (my only pair) which has hole in the seat. Couldn’t get them. Put on civilian clothes. They feel very comfortable. Had dinner alone at Chatham Grill (cost $ 4.50) [$79 today] and went to Crillon and to bed at 9. Received 5 boxes candy (including maple sugar) from folks at home.
Quiet on all fronts. German offensive soon to start.
Weather miserable. Downpour in Paris.
     Don Martin’s meeting with Judge William H. Wadhams is the only one recorded in his diary, although he had written two articles about the judge. Judge Wadhams’ tribute written following Don Martin’s death indicated that they had met more times. Don Martin made quite an impression on the judge: -“Don Martin has died in the service of his country. He was doing not only newspaper work, but splendid patriotic work at the front. When I was with our boys it was Don Martin whom I found a centre of cheerfulness and inspiration for all the boys at the posts he visited. He had great capacity for friendship and gave freely of his energy and strength. He was always found where the fighting was the hottest. He was most popular with the men and the officers.
“Don Martin’s work for the New York Herald placed him in the first rank of war correspondents. The boys at the front have lost a friend and the people of America one of their greatest newspaper ambassadors."

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