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YANKEES ARE SHOWING THE
STUFF HEROES ARE MADE OF.
(BY EDWIN L. JAMES.)
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY ON THE MARNE.
July 30.— (By Mail) — Stories of American bravery ant.
disregard of peril in the last week’s fighting are so num
erous that it seems unfair to others to recount their feats,
but there are two or three that seem supreme.
During the fightingo f north Chateau Thierry a well
known physician from West Virginia, a captain, was in
charge of a hospital corps. Word came that behind an em
bankment, sheltered by a line of thin wood, were 14 Ger
mans guarding 40 captured American wounded. This
point was more than one-half mile behind the German
front line.
His stretcher bearers were all busy, so this captain
got eight privates, in charge of a corporal, supplied them
with stretchers, and went to get those American wounded
who had been seven hours without medical aid. The ers
while dignified practitioner, U> years old, crawled on his
stomach, with his squad past our front line, down a big
ditch and drew near the Germans and the wounded cap
ti /es.
KILL EIGHT GERMANS •
Crawling close to the group, the captain stepped bold
ly into the open and demanded the surrender of the Ger
mans.
The enemy began shooting, despite the doctor’s red
cross, whereupon the corporal and his eight privates open
ed fire on the Germans, killing eight. The other six sui
rendered. The Germans and the Americans who could
walk acted as stretcher bearers for the more seriously
wounded. Two slightly wounded Americans insisted on be
ing allowed to carry on a stretcher a wounded German,
saying he had saved their lives. According to the Ameri
cans, the German guards were going to kill them ail, bm.
the wounded German persuaded the guards to agree to
wait until night fall for the execution.
Led by the medical captain the cavalcade, with 40
wounded, waited on the edge of the wood until dark, and
all got back to an American hospital safely. Next day this
doctor was killed by a German sniper, and therefore I am
not permitted to give his name.
1 his is a typical instance of the bravery and devotion
of the American army doctors. No less is to be said for
our chaplins. To illustrate, I will cite one case.
C HA PUN SAVES WOUNDED.
When the Germans crossed the Marne and advanced
against the Americans through Mezy many of our men
were wounded in a brave stand. Two days later an aircv
plane brought word that Americans had been seen lying
in a graveyard in Mezy, presumably wounded..
1 he chaplain with a srpiad of volunteers, went
through the German lines to the graveyard where he
found Private Knight and three wounded Americans. He
stayed theie two days and nights, giving food and water
to the wounded men, with every move placing him in dan
ger of death. The keeper of the mausoleum had conducted
a private hospital until the chaplain came. The wounded
and the rescuing party made their way at night back to
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the American lines.
There is another group of Americaps whose deeds
are heroic, Lut their deeds do not appear in the official
commuiques, I refer to the runners. These lads, when the
line gets too far ahead for telephone communication, risk
their lives carrying messages.
Two days ago a platoon of Americans was cut off in
a narrow strip of woods and were being shot down one bv
one by German machine gunfire. Along about noon the
American’s ammunition ran low. They must have ammuni
tion and reinforcements or all was lost.
GETS HELP, THEN DIES.
The captain started one runner back across an exposed
wheat field, only to see him cut down by the machine gun.
The second, third, fourth and fifth lad undertook the task
willingly and paid the price of the first runner.
To the sixth runner the captain handed the message,
telling him to wait until night fall and try it. This lad dis
obeyed orders and started at once. He crawled through
the machine gun and sniper fire to a shell hole edge. He
lay there a few minutes and like a frog leaped to the next
shell hole.
He kept this up for three hours and a half, crossing
a wheat field a half mile wide by keeping the snipers gues
sing when he would jump to the next hole. He got to the
shelter of the woods and delivered the message. When
guiding reinforcements back to the little dwindling party
in the woods he was killed by a shell. The remen force
ments rescued what was left of the platoon.
HUN CHANGE TIME.
The German newspapers hereto-fore engaged in
scouting the possibility of America’s giving any effective
aid in the war, have changed their views. Commenting on
the beginning of the fifth year of war. The Frankfort Ga
zette acknowledges that no peace is in sight, and for this
blames the United States, “which would not let German;
win.” It says that Europeon sentiment is dead, and that
only America and Japan stand to win in a material sense
It appears to extract some comfort from predicting that
“the Union Jack, in the future, will float far below the
Stars and Stripes.”
The paper also declares that General Foch’s countoi
offensive could never have succeeded to the extent it did
without the direct assistance of American forces.
STAY WITH ALASKA.
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In the endeavor to stop the exodus of people from all
parts of Alaska to the outside the Alaska Bureau of Pub
licity has issued the following poster which has been plac
ed in conspicuous places around Seward.
“Count the Cost. You are in Alaska now and Alaska
is in your system. If you go outside this fall you will be
oack next year. The lure of the north will bring you back
and it is an even bet that vou will come back broke. Stav
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with Alaska the coming winter and by spring you will
have money in every pocket. Get a winter’s job and keep
your eyes open tor something better. You may make it gc
outside: Here you have an immortal cinch. ‘Tis a country
of possibilities and of opportunities. Stay with Alaska. We
have calls for men every day; tell us how we can assist
you.” Write the Alaska Bureau at Juneau, or call on the
local Chamber of Commerce for assistance.
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NAVAL RECRUITS NUMBER HUNDREDS, f
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SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 21— More than 300 officers
who have graduated from the government’s free navigat
ion schools in California in the past 10 months have been
added to the personnel of the American merchant marine,
it was announced recently by Captain Charles W. Saund
ers, chief of the United States shipping Aboard’s recrut
ing service in California.
Half the new officers graduated from the San Fran
cisco school and the remainder were licensed from the Los
Angeles and San Diego schools. \
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HAW AII ANSWERS FIRST DRAFT CALL. $ J
HONOLULU, T.H. Aug. 21— Hawaii’s first draft call
came today. In response to it 4336 men of Class 1-A, Ha
waii’s lighting list, began moving early this morning to
their appointed rendezvous on the various islands to
await transportation to the mobilization camp at Fort
Armstrong, in Honolulu.
The first unit to be moved to the concentration camp
will be from Oahu, numbering 2300 men. They will be ex
amined at the rate of 500 a day. , 4 u / l, j
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