RACINE TIMES-CALL, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 14, 1928

Tale of Battering Ram Bill; Joined Army, Never Returned Be Former Pride of Battery C, Abducted by Rival Out­ fit, May Have Become Soup Bone or Joined Herd on Plains of Texas

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id Harry Lorenzen (left), and Charles Bush are shown here with Battering Ram Bill, mascot of Battery C, and one of the terrier pups which lived at the camp. i- r- As long as memories of army days of the actual circumstances which last, Racine national guardsmen will surrounded the disappearance of remember Battering Ram Bill, pride Battering Bill, but they proudly strutted in front of C company and mascot of Battery C. P- members. Harry Herzog and Sergt. The story of how Battery P cap­ Joe Oliver, hoth C men, actually is tured Battery C's goat has been peered into the barn where Bill was hidden but failed to find him. Bat­ woven into the traditions of these te tery F boys became alarmed. two Racine units who at one time Faking a telegram from President s- refused to speak to each other be­ Jones of the Elks club, they wired al cause of the rivalry which existed Battery C boys that the goat had ed on his account. been sent to Racine and would be ri- expressed back to camp. The hunt ir- "Bill" battered his way into the was halted. it heart of every man who answered Two days later Battery F got in roll call of Company C. With hard- orders to entrain for Texas. Bill was it, earned army "dust" he had been smuggled into the baggage car. Joe rig Ulicki, Louis Warzybkiewicz, Frank purchased from a Camp Douglas ve Lemanski and Walter Kobierski, >ld farmer soon after the boys were armed with clubs, watched over him ew stationed there. until the time of departure. en No goat in the country could chew Bleats Farewell ;ed tobacco like Bill. His intelligence When the train pulled out, Battery surpassed that of any other goat C men thronged to the station to ids who had ever walked on four hoofs, say farewell to the boys of their Si- Battery C men agreed. His silky brother company. After all, some en white hair was kept immaculate by to of them might not meet again...... special squads detailed to wash him. Besides, Bill was enroute to Camp And Bill was never known to charge is Douglas by express, they believed, at a Battery C soldier or eat the on and would be bothered no more after shirt of a single man from his own :he Battery F departed. Handshakings outfit. iW, were over. The train began to move in Days slipped by, increasing the slowly from the- camp. v pride of Battery C in its mascot. The door of the baggage car was Down the regimental street came opened slowly. "Bill" stuck his head whisperings that Bill must be re­ out of the door to bleat farewell to moved before Battery C men swelled his old comrades. With a roar of too much with their pride of owner­ protest Battery C boys clambered on ship. Then came a roaring defiance the baggage car and almost shoved that every Battery C man would de­ the train over. The engineer, un­ he fend the mascot, war or no war. aware of the commotion, gathered , I Returns Like a Hero speed. Bill went to Texas with the ish One day Bill disappeared. Battery rival battery. ice C scouts found him concealed in a What became of him Is an un­ ich farm-yard five miles from camp. He solved riddle, as far as can be m- was escorted back to the regimental learned. Battery C boys often say ow street like a hero returning from a that they believe he was cooked for "he conquest of foreign fields. After that soup. Others contend that he was nd three guards were detailed to watch turned loose to join the herds of me him every night. sheep and wild goats that roam the rds Texas plains. m- Word came that Battery F would of precede the other unit to Waco, ;he Texas. Precautions were doubled. est Threats that Bill would make the 10 trip with the first unit were rumored or in camp. ire While the Battery C boys kept est vigil, night after night over Bill's on, slumbering form, plots were hatched JW. among the boys of the other street who believed that Bill should be taken south for the winter. om One night Bill's guards failed to ely see Hertel Saugman creep between :he the tents. When the moon came out ate from behind a cloud he flattened out of on the ground and lay inert. When me the guard's back was turned he ran ler until he crept beneath the protecting My folds of a nearby tent. the The minutes lengthened Into in hours. Just as Saugman was fight­ or- ing the sleep from his eyes, his iXt, chance came. One of the thrcifc ro- men was sleeping. A second one iat walked into his tent to get a sweater, ng The third, left alone, tried to light a cigaret but the wind persistently blew it out. He sought to light it in the shelter of a tent. Saugman leaped out into the company street and cut the rope which kept Bill moored to a tree. Fellow conspir­ ators hi Company F street waited with open arms for them. Bill was unceremoniously gagged so he could not bleat and was rushed toward the railroad track just as the alarm was raised in C street. Sleepy-eyed Battery C members be­ came wide awake and ran up and down the street in their pajamas. Saugman hid in the shadow of a tent, with the goat in his arms. When the sentry paused to take a drink from his canteen he slipped through the picket line and ran for a nearby swamp, Traveling in circles, he made his way to Camp Douglas and tired an automobile for $5, and con­ veyed the goat to a farm house where stable accommodations had been arranged. There the goat re­ mained for almost a week. Daylight found Battery C scouts tramping through the country. One detail, nestled on a high bluff, watched the vicinity all day with field glasses, hoping to catch the captor when he returned. But Saug­ man crawled through the woods and returned from a different direction. Exhausted but triumphant, he reached camp in < time for reveille roll call. Few of the Battery F men knew RACINE TIMES-CALL, MONDAY, MARCH 12, 1928

Winner of Croix de Guerre

Story of Another Racine Man's Adventures Overseas

Death draws its grim division line often, when nations war. Often the composition of a bullet determines whether a wounded sol­ dier shall live or die. Some bullets explode, tearing through flesh and bone. Others penetrate in a sharp, clean Course, sometimes bringing death, sometimes a chance for life. Phillip P. Binks, 712 West Lawn avenue, World war veteran, fought lor his life in a French hospital, winning when the skillful fingers of a surgeon removed a bullet of the latter type which had almost pene­ trated his body. He lived to re­ ceive a citation for bravery and the Croix de Guerre from the grateful government of France. PHILLIP BINKS Binks served with the Third Iowa advanced over ground littered with infantry on the Mexican border and the ravages of war and land that at the outbreak of the World War wag rough and shell torn and nearly was first sergeant of company G of barren. On Oct. 6 we came into that unit, which later became a territory that was heavily' wooded part of the 168th infantry, of the and our division was ordered from Rainbow division. the line to relieve the Second Divi­ Ship Turned Back sion, with orders to drive out the Just as the sun was setting, mak­ enemy from the heights to the north ing black silhouettes of the tall of St. Etienne-a-Arnes, and to push buildings which form the New Tork them back to the Aisne. skyline, members of this infantry "The division accomplished its boarded the President Grant on Oct. mission well, as can be learned from 18, 1917. There were 5,500 men on the citation by General Naulin— board by the time that the lights "the young soldiers of General on harbor wharves and piers cast Smith, rivalling in push and tenacity, shadows across the water. At 11 with the older and valiant regiments p. m. the boys began their journey of General Lejeune, accomplished toward France. For five days the their mission fully. President Grant sailed with the rest of the convoy. The boat was listing "As the batf'e contjnuecl, our badly. Rumors spread rapidly. troops advanced toward the river Then the ship turned around and Aisne. It was during the day of sailed slowly back to New York. Oct. 8 while directing the evacuation of a number of wounded men from "It was great to see New York an old enemy dugout that I was again," Binks comments. wounded. I was carried from the "On Nov. 14 we shipped on the field by two German prisoners and Baltic and 10 days later we were received first aid at the field hospi­ forced into Belfast harbor by a sub­ tal. On my way to the rear it marine. Seventeen days later we started to rain and the Germans boarded a train for Winchester, Eng­ covered me with a blanket." land. Enroute we began to,learn of war. Women were at work in the Binks doesn't recall much of the shipyards, railroad shops and other long ride back to the emergency places. hospital near the village of Somme Suippes. He was placed in a tent "We arrived at Winchester on a itn to await his turn for medical at­ dark, foggy night. W an English tention. A Red Cross nurse, serving soldier guide with each company hot chocolate to the wounded men. we hiked in the mud and wet slush stopped to ask him where he was to a camp outside the city. We wounded. When he told her, he re­ camped here about a week, sleeping ceived no chocolate. Late that night on the floor of the army barracks. the operation was performed and he Our regiment was confined to quar­ was sent to a base h6spital at Or­ ters here because one of the Ala­ leans, France. bama boys who preceded us enroute to France had placed a rope around Three months later, when he re­ the statue of King Albert and al­ turned to his division, he was award­ most tipped it over. The M. P.'s ed the Croix de Guerre by Petain. came along just in time to save it. marshall of France. "From Southampton we shipped The Citation across the English channel—a rough The citation which accompanied trip. We could see the searchlights it declares that "Second Lieutenant along1 the English shore looking for Phillip P. Binks, 141st infantry, an -nemy bombing nlones. We were officer Of great bravery showed dur­ quartered at Le Havre, France, for ing the attack of Oct. 8, 1918, be­ a day after landing. There I met fore St. Etienne-a-Arnes, in spite of a Scotchman who had served four the fire of enemy artillery and ma- years" irFthe army. He had plenty chlmr'gtths,' audacity, valor and tech­ of marks to prove his experience nical knowledge. His example con­ during fighting days, and after I tributed a large part to the success had talked to him I was not so sure of the day." The United States gov­ I was going to like this man's war. ernment acknowledged the con­ ferring of the war cross July 16, "On Dec. 15, we arrived at an 1926. ancient French fortress called Fort "e Peigny, at Langres, sur-Marne. "Let's not forget the soldiers who Tt was poorly heated and the soldiers are still fighting the battle in various began to suffer from contagious hospitals throughout the. United diseases. Emergency rations were States," Binks pleads. :erved as the service of supply was * * * not functioning. There the men Another story Tuesday about Ra­ trained in tactics of warfare. cine men in sjrent war. Entered Trenches "The company boarded trains for the front and arrived at the village Co-eds Presented of Gerberviller, marching from there to Baccarat, 26 kilometers. Some Nice, Free Advice hike. We were billeted there three days. This town had been occu­ pied by the enemy and was partially Men Students Offer List of Rules for destroyed by shell fire. From there Guidance we, went to Badonviller where we entered the trenches for our first By OLIVE ROBERTS BARTON hitch. Historians know that history is "Stories of mud and water of the composed of more than war, the rise trenches have been told many time? and fall of empires, and the discovery ind the battles are all that is terri­ of new continents. ble. We began to realize what war They know that the story of meant. Some of our men died here mankind deals with the constant from shellf're and gas, but losses curiosity of people to find out what were light." they are, why they are, where they Binks remained at the front with came from, and where they are this company until early in April, going. when he was ordered to the army candidates school at Longres to train Very early man began to grope. for a commission., The soldier who He was convinced that there was a took his place as first sergeant of mysterious secret of creation. His the company was killed in action two efforts to discover this secret of a weeks later. higher power have differed in "Another of my buddies paid the character according to the age ir price about the same time," Binks which he has lived. recalls. Mr. James Trunslow Adams writ? "This school at Longres was a an article calling our attention • game of hard work and finally, on the fact that this is a scientific a July 9, I was commissioned a second and intimates that we are apt lieutenant of infantry. On July 4, translates the mystery of God while I wTas on leave to the city, terms of science. someone borrowed my rifle and used But when we have gone as it to celebrate the 4th, and I got as we can go shall we know caught on inspection and was con­ answer, after all? Does scienc fined to quarters for conduct unbe­ he suggests, lead to a blind s coming a soldier. I cannot help attributing the "I was ordered to report to the sufficiency of the younger gene headquarters of the 90th division, to the fact that they thinl- •vi,orP x assisted in training of a have found the answer; an company and expected to go back there is a letting down of o the front again, but on the night for a Deity they have begun ' I was about to leave I was assigned of in terms of chemical equa to Company I, 141st infantry, of the We have discovered too 3 6th division to assist in training too short a time. It's beer that unit. This company was com­ children, I believe. A mirac' posed of Texans, and was a fine means a few strings in a r bunch of fellows. box without the strings. "We were sent to Epernev, France, Nobody thrills over the in the Meuse-Argonne sector. Air­ gician as he used to. G planes were active there and made fish out of the air isn't 1 many night raids. The , enemv dropped a few bombs on a hospital derful as getting a the in Chalons not far from the village— the air, from the othe' and well—it just ceased to be a hos­ World at that! pital. There was nothing quite as The more science exciting to me as to watch the anti­ more blind faith and aircraft guns shoot at the planes. ligion we need. If w When the shells would explode viction that there is t around all sides of the plane they there isn't much d resembled huge creampuffs. It was nation, and as a wt great to see the aces dodge the for. shells; It was also interesting to see • It is interesting our huge observation balloons take Science has neve to the ground when they were Neither have pec lighted by enemy planes. less nor times sc German Prisoners it out for yourseh "Many hundreds of prisoners vere marching to the prison camps FATHER: Are '>ehind the lines and a tired, worn be at the bottc lot they were. Most of them seemed boys. to be glad that they had been cap­ WILLY: It ir tured. FATHER: H "I served with this company at WILLY: Su the front. My last hitch, on Oct. boys in the cU C, 7 and 8 were trying days. We ter. RACINE TIMES-CALL, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 25, 1928 MANY OF CITY'S BEST SOLDIERS STAYED AT HOME DURING WAR

Hundreds of Women Played Part in Big World Conflict

Some of Racine's best soldiers stayed at home and fought in the ranks of civilian life to help Ameri­ ca win the war—and many hundreds of them were women. Men go to battle to fight for the lives of their wives, children, moth­ ers, sisters and sweethearts, but their own lives often depended on the quick application of a surgical dress­ ing and clothing to keep their bodies from freezing. It was this task Which was relegated largely to Red Cross organizations of the country. 20,000 Worked Heading the Racine branch v/as Mrs. James G. Chandler, still presi­ dent of the Red Cross here. Under her direction, 20,000 women sewed hundreds of thousands of articles and rolled and made perhaps more than a million surgical dressings. Six thousand dressings were made in MRS. CHANDLER Racine daily for several weeks. Racine county more than met its women, Mrs. Arthur Huguenin; mot­ quota for every article asked. The or corps, Mrs. W. H. Reed; foreign Racine chapter was organized Sept. refugee relief, Mrs. John Bafr; con­ 20, 1915, with 12 charter members. servation, Mrs. Ralph Rugh; canteen. Mrs. Chandler was chairman, Mrs. E. L. Wratten; junior auxiliaries, F. A. J. Horllck, vice chairman, Mrs. M. Longanecker. William H. Crosby, secretary, Mal­ Heaviest quota Of surgical dress­ colm Erskine, treasurer. ings asked for at one time Was that Auxiliaries to the Red Cross were 10,000 be made in two weeks. Within formed in many county towns, and seven days the Racine women had among women's organizations in the made 20,000. All kinds of dressings city. Chairmen and sub-chairmen were made, including triangle band­ were appointed, all working under ages, pneumonia jackets, rolls, pads, the general leadership of Mrs. tempons, compresses, abdominal Chandler. . bandages. More than 800 women Yarn, cloth and other materials gave their time to this work. Often were furnished the auxiliaries by the Miss Frances Hanum^ of the city central organization, and rooms were library would read articles on war­ provided where the workers could fare or stories to the women while sew and knit. Few women ventured they worked. During Mrs. Sldley's away from home without their knit­ chairmanship, 58,806 surgical dress­ ting. They could be seen sitting in ings were made, and during Mrs. the street-cars and even in theaters Johnson's 164,788 were made. - with the gray and khaki wool, while Schools Helped needles clicked energetically. Girls from the Junior league co­ Local Chairmen operated and made many comfort Chairmen of the various branches kits for soldiers and sailors. These of the Red Cross here were: Hos­ were leatherette folders'containing pital garment, Miss Bertha C. Kel- many useful articles. ley; surgical dressings, Mrs. John S. Junior auxiliaries of the Red Cross Sidley, 1917, and Mrs. Herbert F. were organized in public and paro­ Johnson, 1918; knitting, Mrs. Otis W. chial schools in 1918, with thousands Johnson; comforts for fighting men, of boys and girls enrolled. / Mrs. Warren J. Davis; civilian relief, All Red Cross supplies were car­ Lieut.-Colonel H. C. Baker: finance, ried to Chicago by the Goodrich Herbert F. Johnson; instruction for Transit company without charge.

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Taps Have Since Been Sounded Over One Brother's Grave—Records of Other Families Cited

Seven sons of Mr. and Mm The county record for service was Theodore Christensen, 218 Frank held by the Corbeil family of Bur­ avenue, served the country of their lington, including Oliver, Arthur, parents' adoption during the war Eric, George, Charles and Elmer. days of 1917-19. The family has now moved to Can­ Taps sounded over the grave of ada. one of them—Carl Christensen, who The 100 per cent record was held died Aug. 4, 192 5. He was 3 8 years by the Mickelson family of Racine. old. The Christensen family held the Mr. Mickelson served in the home record in Racine for family repre­ guard, and his son Roland was in sentation in the World war. One the national army. The other son son, Christ, served in the army pre­ served with the Canadian forces. vious to the war. Two other sons In two Racine families both the were not in the service. husband and wife were enrolled in The picture, from left to right, the service. These were Lieut, and shows: Otto, Charles, Walter, Carl, Mrs. Edward C. Millstead and Lieut, (dead) Henry and John. The lower and Mrs. Arthur Nalied. In several shows Anskar Christensen who was instances sisters boosted the family out of the city when his six brothers service record by enrolling for gov­ posed for the accompanying photo­ ernment work while their brothers graph. crossed the seas.

i By OLIVE ROBERTS BARTON We hear criticisms of women i vi':_ r:j — fi„inir for notoriety, or RACINE TIMES-CALL, FRIDAY, MARCH 16, 1928 POLICEMAN HERE RECALLS WRECK OF TRAIN, INSPIRATION FOR BIG ARMY CELEBRATION

Former Soldier Reveals Story of Flattery Lines Swaying Unsteadily Railroad "Bisaster" Tliat Brought Brought on Investigation—Loot •Toy and Grief to Doughboys Estimated at Thousands of Dollars

Once to every man, and especially "Every mother's son who had not to every soldier, comes a day of gone to visit the train wreck was re­ days. membered by a buddy who stowed To hundreds it may have been the away an extra quart or two of cham­ day when a comrade fell in battle or pagne. Staggering, but realizing when death was miraculously avoid­ that the time of reckoning must be ed; to some it may have been the at hand, the soldier held conference day when the war god sheathed his as to the best places to hide the loot. sword and closed forever the annals of the world's greatest conflict. Investigation Ordered But to 4,000.men of the 57th ar­ "Army officials gasped when the tillery brigade, the unforgettable oc­ battery lines wavered as roll was casion came when 50 freight cars, called. They swayed back and forth, loaded with champagne, eggs, sweet unsteadily. And so the investigation chocolate, milk and cookies jumped was ordered. A 'chain' guard was the track near Mauvages, France, detailed to surround the billets while and rolled over into the ditch. a search was ordered. Bottles of the Thousands of soldiers were wait­ amber-colored liquid were found ing, impatiently, for orders to em­ carefully wrapped away in blankets; bark for home. The Allies had won some were discovered concealed be­ the war and the debt to LaFayette OJHUtlSA'EJNSEN tween the walls of billets; others, had been paid. And army pay was of the police department and at that buried under the ground and covered mighty meager when it came to buy­ time, sergeant of the guard. with leaves, remained unfound. But ing delicacies in France. The gov­ "An hour after the wreck, motor the great majority of champagne ernment may have been grateful to truck companies and infantry from was minus the bottles. It was prob­ the Yanks who served their time places as far 'away as Gondrecourt, ably the first time in the history of but few luxuries were served with miles over the hills, had joined the the world that champagne-consum­ army rations. artillery," Christensen recalls. ing soldiers were placed on guard A Standing Joke "Every champagne bottle that was immediately after a 'party'." Trains of France had already be­ not broken was carried to a place of Captain Walter Haight of Racine, come a "standing" joke in the Amer­ alleged 'safety.' Trucks, loaded with who returned to the city before ican army. And this particular eggs, wine, candy, and cookies roar­ many of the other boys, went to a freight train was rolling along to ed down the hillsides to the cover of camp to visit some of the (fellows bring its unusual cargo to the woods and hay mows where they who were awaiting their discharge. French army at Verdun. were carefully stored away against Tales of feasting at the train Just how the wreck occurred no the time of investigation that every wreck were related to "Cap" instead one bothered to inquire, but word of soldier knew was sure to follow. of the stories of fighting and death. the accident reached the billets at Army mules, under the persistent One of the boys recalled with glee Rozieres before the train crew had urging of the "skinners", galloped the morning that he made an ome­ wired the division headquarters for away with wagonloads of the dain­ let with 1,200 eggs in it. It had a wrecking crew. ties. Frenchmen who flocked to the kept several of the cooks busy for Perhaps no one of the many Ra­ scene were given huge baskets of more than an hour breaking eggs cine men who assisted, unofficially, the supplies by soldiers who took and mixing the milk. in salvaging the wreckage, remem­ their names and later reported them Army and government officials bers the occasion better than A. B. to the government authorities for estimated that the "loot" had run (Spike) Christensen, now a member 'stealing.' into many thousands of dollars. Grim Drama Lies Around Corners Your Boy and Your Girl RACINE TIMES-CALL, THURSDAY, APRIL 5, 1928 Stories of Racine Boxer Disprove Theory That War Is Always as Bad as General Sherman Described It

Sherman said war was hell, but was perfect. Clickner made up his then, it is seriously open to question mind to go ahead with his plans. whether there were any boxing bouts He crept to the roost, stuck his hand in the Union army, and if so, whether through the opening, grasped a they were not somewhat akin to the chicken about the neck, and ran for heavy breathing exercises of a Heen- home through the drizzling ram, ey-Sharkey match, and therefore not When he got back to the chateau, worth seeing. Pat Hilt was alone in their room. "Sailor" Glenn Clickner, now a "I just swiped a chicken, Pat", Racine policeman, fought a fight said Glenn. back in 1918 which took the hell Hilt was angry. "That Isn't out of war and made it practically enough. You should have got two", a pleasure. It was worth going to said he. see, and a good part- of a division "Well, all right, let's go get another" did. said Glenn. There is also an incident concern­ "All right", said Pat. . . . ing some chickens not so generally They arrived at the chicken roost. known, but at the time just as "I'll stay out here at the end cf important to Clickner as that hot the alley and watch", said Pat. October day when the sailor battered "Why, you son-of-a-gun", said Ted Jamieson to the canvas in the Glenn. "What are you ,?oing to seventh round to win the boxing watch? It's raining like hell, and championship of the 32nd division. there's no one outside but our­ The stories are told in their proper selves". sequence ... "I think I'd better stay out here Clickner and Jamieson met for and watch", said Pat. the first time at Camp Douglas, So Clickner went to the roost him­ where both were in training. self. "I stuck my hand through, Mysterious Emissary and I got one of the chickens by the A certain, mysterious "Rusty tail, and it started flopping around Owen" sent an emissary to challenge and knocking the rest of the chick­ Clickner to meet him. NO BITING IN CLINCHES.— ens off their roosts, and all the time *'Ge", said Clickner to Bobby Here the referee is shown intro­ it was clack-clacking away like a Scanlon—and he was a fine lad—• ducing the two men and telling machine gun, and raising one big "go and find out if 'Rusty Owen' them to play nice, just before the noise generally. Pat Stopped watch­ isn't Ted Jamieson himself". '• gong sent them flying at each oth­ ing right away and started to head Bobby returned. "None other", er's throats. Clickner is at the for home. I could hear him plopping he reported. right. away through the mud and water "Fine", said Glenn. "Arrange it". like a horse. I didn't dare let go because that hen would have raised To grasp the full import of these Clickner had the best of it almost words it is necessary to know that a bigger racket than ever, so I from the start. He worried Jamieson dragged it out, got a strangle-hold in 1916, Jamieson, a Milwaukee boy, for the first three rounds with rip­ had won the world's amateur light- on its throat, and started for home. ping left to the kidneys, and began A Rare Feast heavyweight boxing championship at opening up a little more in the Boston, and ever since had issued fourth. After each round, the two "I got there all right, and Pat hoarse challenges to fellow leather rushed from their corners to man­ had been in long ago. So had the pushers on both sides of the ocean. euver into position so that their rest of the boys, and we stuffed the Well, it was finally arranged, and backs would be to the sun. two chickens in a basket, and told the two boys got together in the The sailor kept playing for Jam­ Jack Huber to cook them and bring ring, and for the first three or four ieson's body, reaching his stomach them back the next day. rounds .mulled about without harm with hard smashes that made the "We had been excused from re­ to either, after the best traditions Milwaukeean back away. Clickner veille, and so the next day there of the after-the-war (1918-1928, in­ could feel him fading. wasn't anyone around to bother us, clusive) heavyweights. In the sixth he shifted hir attack and Jack—Huber-brought the chick­ Both Admit It to the head, catching him in the ens over—they were fried a nice, After those first rounds Jamieson ear with crushing rights, Jamieson juicy brown—and also some potato opened up like a battery of,cannon, went down three times in that round. salad and a lemon pie. And boy, and swarmed, clambered, shinned, In the seventh round Clickner did we have some feast!" soared, hovered, mounted, and climb­ opened up wide, hammering his That night their commanding offi­ ed all over Clickner. Clickner admits opponent with both fists. "And how cer told them that the Goofs had it. So does Jamieson. do you like this, Mr. Jamieson?" he complained that some American Well anyhow, Jamieson won on a asked every time Jamieson rose after soldiers had stolen some of their decision, and gloom spread like a being battered to the canvas. He chickens. He added, however, that pall over the 121st F. A., the sailor's said it five times that round, arid he believed that Frenchmen had unit. then he didn't have to say it any done the deed. The fight was forgotten in the more . . . "These Frenchmen ARE terrible, excitement of moving to Camp Mc- And so Sergeant Glenn Clickner aren't they?" said Pat. Arthur, at Waco, Texas, but as soon of the 121st F. A. was crowned the "Aren't they, though?" said Glenn, as things had settled a bit, interest champion of the 32nd division. picking his teeth. flared up again. The Chicken Story Jamieson's friends claimed the The other thing, that chicken tale, championship of the 32nd division didn't happen until the 121st got for him, but Clickner's pals issued overseas. It was at Veuxhalles, . jww date /A. informal, but pointed communiques France. Clickner, together with to the effect that so far as they non-commissioned officers, was quar­ ^r/)AMERICAN were concerned Jamieson was prac­ tered at a chateau on a hill. The tically a bum, and furthermore, that doughboys called it Chateau Non-i MA/ HI STORY Clickner could lick him with both Com. APRIL 5 hands tied behind his back; which, Fred Maxted, "Dud" Carey, Pat like the report of Mark Twain's 1621—The Mayflower started its v Hilt, and Clickner were all billeted turn trip to England. death, was a slight exaggeration. in the same room. The combination Following upon the heels of these was ideal for high doings. 1862—General McClellan started announcements came more than one It was the day before Thanks­ siege of Yorktown, Va. informal boxing bout. giving. The four had feasted' sumptu­ 1870—Mormons held a protest r There was, of course, nothing else ously on stew, bread, and stew ever ing at Salt Lake City, to be done but to arrange another since they had arrived in France. protesting against f match, and this was done. Clickner "Tomorrow", said Pat, "we will mental interference wi' wanted a 15-round bout, believing have celery, and olives, and brown gamy. that he could wear down Jamieson, gravy, and green onions, turkey—- 189 8—U. S. consuls in Cur but he ftad to be satisfied with ten. with time out for cranberry sauce— 1907-—Carnegie Institute They set the ring in the middle hashed brown potatoes, plum pud­ burgh received t of the drill field, and surrounded it ding, ice cream"—The three others 1914—Use of liquor ir with 10,000 or more doughboys, then in the room moved threateningly, hibited by Sec told the boys in the ring to go but' Pat droned on—"creole sauce, ahead. Camp Logan Red snapper, cake and . Made Him Mad coffee, rolls, cigarets . . ." Mexico Plan? It was a hot October day. The Pat lost an ear and both arms in sun glared on the white canvas, and the scuffle which followed. Army ' beaded the bodies of the two fighters • As for Clickner, he got off into a Mexico City with sweat. "In this corner", the corner by himself and brooded. Then The system of referee had said, "we have Mr. he went out and had an argument chiefs oil the Jamieson. And in this corner, with the proprietor of the Pomme the departm Clickner". De Terre Trite—the Fried Potatoes announced, That had made Glenn mad, that cafe, so named by the doughboys. posts and "Clickner". It had been "Mr. Clickner asked sweetly how it was are to be Jamieson" for the Milwaukee lad, that the Americans were charged Ostensi' but just "Clickner" for the sailor. three times more for everything they the knov In Mr. Clickner's corner was Al- bought at the cafe than were the give the fonse Roberts and a dried up little French. Mr. Goof, the proprietor— of activ man who said the Racine boy re­ also named by the doughboys—re­ observe' minded him more of Sandy Ketchell tained a complete indifference, and the chi than any other fighter he had ever Clickner stalked out in disgust. tem of seen. Perfect Setting vent ii Art Krueger, who managed his Near the cafe was a chicken roost the o affairs, sat among the spectators owned by the Goofs. It was raining, states several rows from the ring. and dark, and gloomy. The netting forme! goveri RACINE TIMES-CALL, FRIDAY, APRIL 6, 1928

•Escaped Death in Air Fights But Was Killed in Auto Accident After War—Leiu- tenant Coleman, Racine Aviator-Hero

Cited by three countries for brav­ ery during his months of service in an aero squadron during the World war, Lieut. Wallace Coleman, son of Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Coleman, 1024 Park avenue, escaped death in the air a dozen times but was killed in an automobile accident six years ago, after he had returned home. For his gallantry in battle he was awarded the Distinguished Service cross—the highest honor that Amer­ ica can bestow upon her fighting men. This was awarded for heroism at Jaulny, France, in September, 191S. He was cited by the French and British in October, 1918. The Racine man rose from the rank of private to that of lieutenant of the 135th aero squadron. For'11 days he was attached to the Britis1: flying corps. He was with the firs all-American equipped squadron t.«. fly Liberty planes into Germany . Beginning of Air History LIEUT. WALLACE COLEMAN America's air history, as well as that of other nations of the world, began in the early days of 1917. Has­ Pity Youngsters tily constructed, and as yet unprov­ 1 ed, American planes were rushed Of Manhatta overseas to mingle with those of France and England, and to combat in the skies with the German aees»- Word "Circus" Means to Them Excerpts of Coleman's diary tell Collection of Buildings of thrilling days and nights. Partici­ pating in the St. Mihiel offensive, do­ New York. —The circus, ing daylight patrol over enemy lines, New York youngster, is volunteering to find the location of more or less than a vast, ur German infantry, falling 15,000 feet building which covers a were some of the adventures that be­ territory. There is notlr fell him during his many months of smell of damp, fresh, grc service. early morning; nothing citement of lying half "Sept. 12, 1918.—In St. Mihiel of­ 1 fensive—With Lieutenant Belzer fear of oversleeping t went out on daylight patrol for three the circus trains; no • hours. Hun Albatros tackled us ing across fields and about Metz and we shot him down the ground; none of in flames. Got in a fight with a num­ come with the mec' ber of Hun machines. Our -two ma­ of putting the big chines went down. Had a good scrap watching the stak over Eubezen with two single seater ally thrilling to Pfalz. Shot down one which crashed big top rising to time, tremendol in the woods. j, * Sept. 13.—On daylight patrol with Lieutenant Aldrich. Raining very The "bigge hard and we shot up a number of comes amblir German prisoners before we found ing, into Ma; they were under American guard. son. New point. Its Sept. 14.—Belzet volunteered for son ended, a special trip to find out location of quarters f German infantry. Coupled up with a miles froj number of French machines and It's a lo then got into a fight with eight Square C Huns. Three of the French machines New" Yc went down in flames. We were driven ed fro out on account of gun trouble, and shove after fixing our guns wen back and ious d got into a fight with seven enemy the v machines which drove us out. We phan went in a third time and got in a W fight with three more and then went mor home. Our machine was a wreck. It bus? was shot to pieces. mai i;Sept. 15—Climbed 22,000 feet and ed then went on a deep trip behrrid~£ire~ bat lines. No excitement. to "Sept. . 17.—On daylight patrol cir with Belzer. Had arranged for' a ga: dance but lost our mess hall in a to bomb, so had to give it up. bis "Sept. 22. —Took Belzer in my TI. machine, went on long distance pho­ CO tographic trip. Had no trouble going m in but coming out had a fight with a pe number of different formations. Got in one dog fight with two two-seater rumpers and three Hun single-seat­ ers. Crashed one of the rumpers. "Sept. 26—Second American at­ tack on west front. A heavy fog and nearly made a mistake and landed behind the German lines. Recognized some German planes on the ground just in time. Got Seven Huns - "Oct 10.—Nice day and everybody busy. Garrett shot down in flames when coming in to help my patrol m a fight against 19 Huns. We got seven Huns. "Oct. 21.—Took a patrol over at 20,000 feet on a photographic pro­ tection. Had no trouble as the Huns could not get up to us. The thermom­ eter was way below zero. "Oct. 23.—Went over on a regale with Belzer and after we finished the shoot went back and shot up a Ger­ man rest camp. In the evening went to a dance of the 168th squadron. "Oct. 29.—Early patrol with Bel­ zer. Landon and Aldrich volunteered for special mission at noon and came back about 1. They had been in a fight and Aldrich died as soon as ma­ chine landed. Had an explosive bullet in his stomach. Belzer and I volun­ teered for the same mission and left at 2. Went over the lines at 22,000 feet and dropped to 2,000 above the German lines. Got out alright. "Oct. 30.—Early patrol. At noon volunteered for special mission and took Smart and Peck along as pro­ tection. McDonald was with me. Crossed the lines at 20,000 feet and about 15 miles in got in a dog fight with seven machines. We got split up and Smart flew southeast. I start­ ed west for Verdun and they cut my control wires. Fell 15,000 feet and was scared. We got one Hun and Smart got one—both in flames. "Nov. 3.—The German Checker­ board squadron sent over a.wireless daring us to come over and fight. Six of us went over and for an hour it, tried to pick a fight but they wou>d fe not close. Went down and shot up a Tl German rest camp and Freschey air- I'i th dome and then home. CI "Nov. 5.^At noon was recorated by General Patrick with the D. S. C. In the afternoon took Lieutenant Clark, a new fighting gunner, over the lines. Couldn't find a fight before dark.' RACINE TIMES-CALL, SATURDAY, APRIL 28, 1928

When Some One Blundered Tale of How an Error in Russia Caused Confusion in Racine—An Echo of War Days

A blunder at Archangel, Russia, which caused bodies of 2 8 American soldiers to be placed in the wrong caskets resulted in'confusion in Ra­ cine in early fall days ofjX919. During the war bodies of many Racine soldiers and sailors had been returned from camps for burial here. Military funerals were numerous. In October of 1919 it was an­ nounced that bodies of America's sons who slept in foreign lands Would be returned to this country where relatives could pay a last loving trib­ ute to their memory. Bodies of 119 Americans who had died in northern Russia were among those designated to be returned. In this contingent was the body of Lieut. Edmund R. Collins, son of Dr. W. P. Collins of Racine. Killed in Action Young' Collins had been killed in action on the Archangel front in Russia on March 24, 1919, almost two years after he enlisted. When the war department telegraphed that LIEUT. COLLINS his body would arrive here Nov. 12. arrangements were made for a mili­ tary funeral to be held two days IT'S SOLVED! later. ow To Eat Your Cake and When the casket was opened for Keep It, Too, Figuratively identification purposes it was found Speaking that the body bore the name of "Odial", of Carlisle, Ind. Inquiry revealed that the body sent there ins are much like a piece had been buried. It was exhumed ifter you eat it, you wish and found to be that of Frank Sapp it, but you can't eat it of Summitville, Ind. At Summitville too. the body of L. Connors had been Racine businessman, buried by mistake. s he's solved the va­ Dr. Collins learned that the body in a manner that of L. Pelto had been buried there the weeks of long- Under the name of Connors, and the ind the Weeks of casket bearing Pelto's name was still ation is over. He's at Hoboken. It proved to be the ive his vacation body of the gallant Racine lieuten­ , but he's going ant. ". And here's Many Honor His Memory On Nov. 2 8 requiem high mass vo or three was sung in St. Patrick's church for 3's going to Lieutenant Collins. Three hundred eek during former service men in uniform and September. delegations from many of the lead­ irite golf ing civic organizations and veterans Wednes- of the Civil and Spanish-American 'urniture wars gathered to pay tribute to his t bright memory. Soldiers and sailors, led by a band ', says from the Great Lakes naval training three station, marched to the Catholic good cemetery at the head of the funeral back, cortege. and A firing squad from the state my guards fired three volleys over the •eek. grave and a distant bugler Sounded itter taps. RACINE TIMES-CALL, MONDAY, MARCH 19, 1928 DEATH-DEALING TORPEDO WROTE VIVID CHAPTER IN WAR STORY OF RACINE COUNTY SOLDIER

The gods of war wrote the names of 55 men of Company B, 5Sth in­ fantry, into their records on th? night that a German torpedo crashed through the side of the steamer Mol­ davia as it crossed the English channel to bring American troops to France. Among those who survived, after fighting desperately on the icy waters, was Corporal Rennie Dexter of Rochester, one of the few Racine county men to undergo a similar experience. Dexter recalls the sinking of the Moldavia as his most thrilling ex­ perience during 16 months of Rnrvlf«f>. He left Camp Greene, N. C, with the 5Sth infantry of the Fourth Divi- lion in April, 1918, for overseas serv­ ice. On May 5 the troops sailed for France on the Moldavia, an Eng­ lish ship manned bv an English crew. It stopped at Halifax, Canada, to join the rest of the convoy. Com­ panies A and B were aboard. The voyage across the Atlantic CORPORAL RENNIE DEXTER was uneventful. The ship zig­ zagged itg course over the Atlantic, deck I went to my life boat station. protected by convoy ships. The Our life boat drills proved their German navy, however, had laid worth, for there was no trouble or 'ts mines In raanv strnt"Tic nltiCS in confusion. Every man found his the channel, and concentrated its •ilace. Everyone was calm and submarine warfare there to prevent quiet and obeyed orders. troops from landing in France. Pre­ "Our boat limped along for about paring for any emergency, the men 20 minutes, then it began to settle were drilled each day to find their it the bow. We stopped them, and Ufe boat stations and trained in the the lifeboats were lowered. Rope art of lowering life boats success­ ladders were dropped and we climb­ fully. ed down, silently, in the darkness. The Torpedo Strikes After floating about for 30 minutes Dexter was three decks down, and we were taken on board the destroy­ deeping soundly in his hammock. ers which were accompanying us "It never occurred to me that cross the channel. there was any danger in crossing," Watched Ship Disappear he recalls. "It sure was some sur­ "Meanwhile the Moldavia had al­ prise to me when I woke up and most gone under. We watched it I'ound myself in water nearly up to disappear under the waves, and as my waist. The explosion had It went under we gave three cheers— awakened every man on the boat. the soldiers' salute, for the ship and "Out of the darkness I could hear the buddies who went down with her. Rome of the boys groan and no«i Then we sailed to Dover on the de­ They had been hurt by the terrific stroyer. explosion. One of the fellows called "We had little clothing. I had. an out 'for God's sake help me.' I tried o.d. shirt and a pair of breecf-ies, my best to find him. but everything •shoes and stockings. When we land­ was dark, so there was nothing for ed in Dover the companies were me to do but try to fight for myself. lined up and we found that 5 5 men T grabbed for several pieces of from our company and one man of board, but everything was floating Company A had gone down. The in water. Red Cross was there, ready, as ever, "Suddenly I saw a ' glimpse of to help." !ight through the headlights. All of 'he stairways had fallen down when Every Racine man who served the explosion occurred, so we had in any branch of the army, navy, to climb from beam to beam until marines, aviat'on corps, is urged ome of the men on deck could help to communicate with the Times- us up. Call if he has a story lie would "As soon as I reached the top like to have published.

Ynnr Kr\xT anrl YmiY* (iiVl RACINE TIMES-CALL, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 28, 1928 DIVE INTO ICY WATERS GAVE r- er CITATION TO RACINE SAILOR Local Musician Tells of Chasing Torpedoes Dur­ ing World War

'.St Plunging into icy waters of New­ port Bay to save a shipmate from or drowning won a citation for bravery of for W- Clayton Dow of Racine during his career in the navy during the World war. Dow is known to hundreds in Ra­ cine for his orchestra work. He resides on Taylor avenue and is employed by the Nash Motors com­ pany here. War days found the Racine musician aboard the U. S S. Vesu­ vius, a torpedo boat. Early in January the ship lay at anchor in Newport Bay, Rhode Island.. One noon Dow had just returned to the chart room after being on deck duty, He heard a cry for help and Fools and/ saw that one of boys from the ship A Mode/ had slipped from the deck into the By OLIVE RO> icy waters. The The tale of flc Racine man, heav­ woven into the ily clothed, dived tragedy of the into the water and Nature has ' caught the sailor on man for f as he was coming children, the/' •to the top for the Robert W third time. article on r< Dow was an ex­ could be - cellent swimmer word. Bu *nd swam with the quote a fe unconscious man "It tak/ to the nearest dock, which was 50 grow a w feet away. Secretary of the Navy ass ten 7 nd Josephus Daniels awarded the cita­ "It r tion to Mr. Dow. a moM fool aj/ ;oo "Life aboard the torpedo boat was and g/ 3b. interesting, even if no oversea trips an were made", Dow asserts. "The "NQj di- Vesuvius was detailed to search for us ha; nd submarines along the coast from mote/ our ( se. New York to Maine. It was also gene, used as a training ship for torpedo gunners at Newport. W stat "Chasing torpedoes was perhaps lug,i one of the most exciting phases of for the work. The boats worked in abf he groups of tens. As soon as a torpedo wli 1 ro- was discharged, it was chased by a to. ' he gasoline boat, about 40 feet long. br: Lve Its course was marked by a thin rst wisp of smoke which curled up from Cj lat the water. The torpedoes were of si| ing various sizes, ranging from 10 to 30 feet in length. Pf but "After the torpedo was discharged, red and had spent its energy, it floated on ms, the water for a short time before in- sinking. It was our job to follow it ere and pull it back to the destroyer. un- If it sank it meant a loss of from 1. $10,000 to $15,000 to the navy. I ;em helped to chase hundreds of tor­ Eect pedoes, but we never lost a single nee one". Can When Mr. Dow received his dis­ we charge he held the rank of coxswain. t it TOMORROW—A confession from a conscience-stricken soldier, re­ garding what happened to "Batter­ ing Ram Bill." RACINE TIMES-CALL, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 4, 1928 D With "Eyes of the Army" Racine Man Tells of Service in Intelligence Division

—Battled for Life in Overseas Hospital Jin

Establishing listening posts in No | Man's land, carrying messages and orders through shell-swept areas 1 stei and endeavoring to learn important for information regarding the enemy are unt some of the duties that fall to the Am pea intelligence division of the army the It was with such an organization I that Julius Feiges, now treasurer of arr a q the Racine Cloak company served not during the World war. During one poc of the days that the Americans flas suffered their heaviest losses Feiges to i a " was wounded and battled for his life goo for several days in an overseas hos­ whi pital. and a n Feiges unlisted June 8, 1917, in the Battery C and served with this outfit bell during its encampment at Camp But Douglas. After training at Waco he i-i-a was transferred to Company C, 127th !ate infantry, and was detailed for over­ JULIUS IEIGI the seas duty early in January. turi His memoirs of his service days livered the message. The 128th had plei follow. entered with an almost complete C Helped Publish Paper quota of men and only a handful tun "While sailing over on the U. S. remained. sur S. George Washington, I was given "On the way back the lieutenant top- T charge of the composing rocm of with me was mortally w ounded, and con the ship paper, 'George Washing­ I reached the company at 2.30 that Foi ton', which was published every morning. I had no more than slid aeh morning and related different experi­ down the hill to the road, landing insi per ences of boys aboard the ship, and on Company L, than we received a tun also all wireless information received full blast of enemy fire. I was sent enroute. This paper was made of 12 down to Company K to see why the pages, and contained plenty of humor boys were yelling. The turmoil was I* and cartoons. It was made entirely terrible. When I reached there I am by men aboard the ship and 14,000 to i copies were printed daily. "fol mal "I landed in Brest, March 1, and NIGHT LIFE and the it was there that I was initiated to win the mud and rain of 'sunny' France. YOUR HEALTH arri We were then sent to Bordeaux, and tens then to San-Sul-Priece, a small town ter which afterwards proved to be the By OLIVE ROBERTS BARTON the distributing base for the A. E. F. An old man of 9 0, whose family is ing This town was the direct line for ill, is doing the cooking, washing The food commodities and equipment the dishes, keeping the house test throughout the war. After spending straight, dressing his small grand­ viva 10 days there I was sent to school children for school and looking after turn and after passing my examination things generally. is tl was transferred to the headquarters He resents it greatly if anyone re­ Yor company under Captain West, who marks about it being a fine thing for com had charge of the intelligence sec­ him to do, or to express surprise hun the tion for the 127th infantry. that he is able to do it. "Why not?" leas he demands sharply. "You think all "The intelligence section consisted city 9 0's so old! But it isn't old! I can of 8 men, 3 officers and 3 non-com­ not eat all the rest of them under the missioned officers, and 2 first-class but privates, who did scouting, patrolling, table every time—15 buckwheat mer sniping, map-drawing, and its c.hief cakes big enough to cover a dinner duty was to acquaint itself with No plate at one sitting and then some. I Man's land and to learn what was That's why I like to do the cooking. going on behind the enemy infantry I can eat all I want without having is n lines. Every time a company was them all say, 'Now, grandpa, you'd feat detailed to the front two of the better be careful!' " or Clin section were detailed with it to Those who know the old man say brol acquaint them with positions, to that he is strong because he was agai establish listening posts and to lead born in the country and was a farm­ not patrols. One of our men was ivith er for 5 0 years. Fresh air! "Fresh mur Sergeant Apple, first man of the air and hard work. That's what eviji 32nd division to be killed in service, does it," they say wisely and wag gree at the time that he died. their heads. If "Our section was sent to the front But grandpa will tell you it was thej long in advance of the regiment, to early to bed that did it. "Never to I acquaint itself with conditions. When went to bed after 8," he says. "Bert hib-: the 127th infantry finally was de­ at 8 and up at 5. That's nine hours' seer tailed to the front, our section met. sleep. Sometimes in winter it was kne them at Belfort, and from then on 6 before we got up, so that's 10. And star actual front line work began in any man can stay well on 9 or 10 Few earnest, but in a quiet way. Both hours sleep." ceec sides did a little sniping and patrol­ He is entirely right. Most people thej ling and made a few raids, but in do sleep too little. Americans have mor general this sector was a training gone off a little on the subject of the ground to prepare us for the big night life. Witness the night-club, that work which was to come. midnight shows, the all-night dance, and sam At Chateau Thierry with breakfast at an ail-night res­ taurant! Ti "From Alsace-Lorraine we were that It's all right for girls who can sent to the Chateau-Thierry sector, whe sleep most of the next day, but how relieving the Fourth division. Im­ tan about men who must be at the office mediately upon our arrival we began the at 9 o'clock? And how about the a constant move forward, until we and girls who must be there, too? A were stopped at the Veile river before cept young person of 18, 20, or 22 may taking Fismet. Enroute we had real stand it for a short time without some hand-to-hand fighting, especi­ is t> feeling the effect. But time will ally at Reddy and Bellview farms. feve tell, even in the young. face "At Hill 212, after leaving Reddy Really it is amazing how well we unk: farm, our regiment encountered op­ do stand up under abuse! The hu­ muc position, not from the enemy, but man body is surely the greatest vic­ of s from our own artillery fire, and by tim of our folly. And we wonder horn a sniper in a church steeple at why that disease is so steadily on muc Ciergieg, located directly at the foot the increase. There are none so of a hill wnich we were climbing. blind as those who won't see. Cop He was finally dislodged by one of our guns after a number of our runners had been wounded or killed while trying to locate our own bat­ AMERICANS MONF tery, which was firing at our men. When we reached the top of the SAYS FAMOUS F hill we had been in the lines four days and nights. We were with­ drawn about 1 a. m. and marched By MINOTT SAUNDERS she back 15 kilometers, given a few NEA Service Writer lati: hours rest and again ordered to the Paris.^Criticism may be good for icai front. the soul, but compliments are always to ( "On this trip It rained constantly, pleasing. As in friendships, this is mei and our boys went without food for also true of an American living the hours at a time. On Aug. 4, we abroad who hears from representa­ gre reached St. Giles, our objective, tives of a people he respects a pleas­ ans in t where we were billeted in the few ing estimate of his own country which he believes is somewhat more remaining buildings and promised a WO] fair than the criticisms so often much-needed rest by General Hahn, vit; heard over here. who spoke to us and told us that det the 127th and 128th infantries had Madame Boas de Jouvenel, a very ere accomplished wonderful work and accomplished French woman and an ardent worker for better Franco- that we were to be relieved. tio: Saw Captain Killed American relations, has returned from a three-months' visit to the tra "In the midst of the speech we United States to tell her own people al.h received a full blast of enemy fire. that they are mistaken when they on Soldiers fled in all directions. I took believe that Americans think only of de to a shell hole on the edge of the money. She did not find it so. town and ran the length.of two city "Americans really think less about the blocks in 'less than a minute' as the money than most other people," she An saying goes. I had just reached said. That is why they have so thi there when I saw Captain West much of it." wii coming down the road on horseback, Then Mme. Jouvenel swung into me about 30 yards from where I was French and added: wi] hidden. A shell dropped in on him "Money—C'est comme l'amour." thi and both the rider and horse were Money is like love, and Mme. de ha." killed. Jouvenel inferred that those who ] "About 6 p. m. we were again have much love do not prize it as he] ordered to take up arms, and were highly as those who have none. She Co: marched toward the Veile river said she found a very rich America, sh« again. That was the darkest and but denied that Americans are Atl rainiest night I have ever seen. money mad. she Thousands of soldiers, horses, ar­ * * * tillery, ambulances, every conceivable wit This is a refreshing observation paraphernalia of war passed us. me for Americans who live abroad. They Troops were going both ways. To iije sometimes become tired of hearing wa the right lay 'Death' valley—to the about "money-mad America" from WE left a steep incline and a plateau, paragraphers, editorial writers, car­ about 400 yards from the river. The toonists and tourists who never man­ al,' troops marched for miles on this age to get beyond the subway dis­ road, and were halted at midnight. ha< trict of New York. bei "Three from our intelligence sec­ Mme. de Jouvenel explained that tion, Including myself, were told to ths she went for a visit of eight days and if : cross the plateau to find the 128th remained three months because she infantry, which was holding the lines was so kindly treated and because along the river, to tell them that life in America so fascinated her. they would soon be relieved by the She said she was going back for her 127th. One of the boys with me own pleasure and in the interests of Shi was struck by a shell, and that is friendly propaganda work. i the last that I ever saw of him. We "I was amazed at the speed and ma caught up with the 128th and de- efficiency in American industry," me RACINE TIMES-CALL, FRIDAY, APRIL 20, 1928 FLIRTING WITH DEATHJ6ENEATH SEA WAVES Racine Dentist Tells of Experiences in Submarine

Numerous submarine tragedies^ have blotted the pages of America's naval history. Created to protect transport ships and to destrop enemy cruisers, sub­ marines crept under the waters in much the same manner that soldiers crawled across shell-torn fields of No Man's land. Death lurked in short circuits, burst air tanks, acid fumes and flames. Failure of a de­ stroyer to interpret a message that, a submerged sub was about to rise often meant collision. A slight mis­ take as to the calculation of depth often mean that a sub would plunge to the bottom of the ocean—some­ times never to rise again. It was in this branch of the service that Dr. George Forwark, 1100 State street, well-known Racine dentist, served as an electrician aboard the U. S. S. N-5. This ship now rests in the junk pile of the Brooklyn navy yards as it was hit by a transport which cost the lives of seven men. Recalls Experiences The N-5 was 159 feet long and carried a war time crew of 32 men. It was tested to withstand pressure at 185 feet. Dr. Forwark recalls hfs service days on the submarine: "Duties of the submarine fleet was almost entirely patrolling the coast. This was done by a fleet of sub­ w^^s^^ marines being taken out off the coast and operating from what we called WM^IBW$^%M^A our "mother ship." This ship usual­ mi ly carried supplies and relief crews, ••" •'. •' '. . • . ' • ,•:•,..;•:' • -'•'•,'. enabling the fleet to spend two weeks at sea. At a number of points along WKKP the coast, old schooners were used as aii:sip;©»piii«WwH w decoys for the German subs. A num­ .;,..;. £_< ber of submarines were operated in •'" • •• . . ;*; : !'* . • • - ' :. .''' ' the vicinity of these decoys. ,k.: Mite m^$ "Life aboard submarines was any­ thing but pleasant, and because of the limited space in them and oil, Upper picture shows the N-5, on which Dr. George Forwark of grease and acid were the predom­ Racine served, cruising calmly along the coat-i. The lower picture, inating factors. During the period showing it at sea in a half-submerged position, was taken by a motion picture machine and is regarded as one of the most remarkable ever of war, when on patrol, we usually filmed. submerged in the morning at day­ light and stayed under the surface of the water until dark. While sub­ man does. Our sleeping quarters the ship was anchored at some quiet merged, every man was detailed to were composed of wire matting and spot for the night. The boys were various stations, keeping close watch pipes held by stanchions and wire usually too tired to take the bunks on many delicate instrum-nts housed when in use. These bunks did no; and set them up; therefore most of in a submarine in order to detect the get a great deal of use, only when the sleeping was done on the floor." approach of ships and submarines. During such a watch the submarine was generally kept at a depth suffi­ ciently near the surface of the water that it was possible, at the slightest' Letters to The Editor indication of the approach of boats, to immediately bring our periscope above the water in order to take ob­ The Racine Times-Call will gladly publish all. letters from its subscriber? servation. If found that boats were mitted for publication providing that such contributors do not violate rules religious or personal controversies. The Times-Call reserves the right to approaching, a crash dive jwas im­ and all manuscripts that violate this newspaper's code of ethics. Althoir mediately made to a depth sufficient names may be published when desired, the correct name, and addres? to avoid any collision. must be given to the editors for anonymous communications will - "The only experience our sub­ marine had in the way of having ARE ELECTRIC RATES EXCES­ wasteful and shells coming our way happened on true. an occasion when mechanical trouble SIVE? Mr. W. S. Goodland, Editor Many p aboard ship was discovered and our al dedu sub was forced to come to the sur­ The Times-Call Racine, Wis. tion, ' face. Before being able to give any rnur signals as to our identity, an English Dear Sir: ship decided that it was best to get Domestic and lighting consum­ in the first blow and starting firing ers of electricity, mostly small users, on us. Regardless of our somewhat are not only paying for what cur crippled condition there w'as only rent they get, but for a great d< one thing to do, get down out of more that they never get. W sight into safety. We stayed sub­ even than that, it is on the r merged until such time that our in­ revenues exacted from house' struments indicated that we were out that the current consolid' of range of any craft. After much electric properties, at as difficulty we came to the surface two and three times th' again and managed to get into har­ value, are made possib bor where repairs were made. values indefinitely p rates. "The submarines are propelled by Diesel engines on the surface, and All this may sor by electric motors in submerging. Nevertheless it is t When these boats are submerged they tial facts are set are balanced up so finely that when letter to the ele one man changes his position from Morris Llewellyr one end of the ship to the other, it engineer and e' must be compensated by the man phia. handling the rudders and finns. The Mr. Cooke ' speed of the U. S. S. N-5 was 12 knots of rates chr on the surface and approximately 10 power purp knots when submerged. This sub­ and mark' marine carried six torpedo tubes dur­ last five y< ing the war, two of the torpedo tubes have bee were always loaded for immediate domestic action. times a power Fatal Accidents "Accidents aboard these sub­ The marines are very numerous, such as and 1 short circuits, air tanks bursting and third acid burns. The life of the boat and tricif all its crew depends on these things curr being taken care of instantly. Gen­ erally, of course the commander in charge knew the distance of the boat ch: from sea bottom, but being human, kii every men operating submarines can re make mistakes. At a time when a ch mistake on the part of one man in in charge of our sub, we struck bot­ in tom with such force that everyone found themselves on the floor ti scrambling in all directions, wonder­ ing what had happened. Knowing that it was time for action, every man sprang to his post, the wireless operator sent out a signal that we were coming to the surface and an upward march was immediately started, as everyone, including the commander felt sure that serious damage had been done the sub. The torpedo boats that we were operat­ ing with failed, however, through some unknown reason, to get our message that we were coming to the surface, and it so chanced that one ec of these boats passed over us as we 5 came to the surface with only a few ec inches clearance. We found, how­ 19 ever, on getting into harbor, that no 2.' serious damage had been done to the lie boat in our two narrow escapes. fir th "When running on the surface in he rough weather, life on board a sub is anything but pleasant, and during of storms it' was found necessary that wa men had to be strapped to their cit various posts. The air in a submar­ th( ine, under ordinary conditions is an very good, due to the fact that all cei subs are equipped with machinery pri that purifies the air, although during cer rough weather even such machinery cth is not able to entirely take care of hai the many acid fumes that originate. not "On one such occasion a dummv gen torpedo accidently exploded in our con sub while submerged. They contain we a large amount of alcohol and the casi sub for an instant was a bed of mm flames and the fumes from this ex­ T plosion was so great that many of thoi the boys fell to the floor in a semi­ lie conscious condition. The machinery, am however, in a short time was able Put to destroy these fumes and everyone witl brought back to normal again. rate nin§ "Our meals were cooked on board time the sub by a first class cook who was plan equipped with an electric range. The mak meals served were of the finest, but vate there being no dining room service, muc in the way of table and chairs, we accu ate them on the floor as the China- RACINE TIMES-CALL, TUESDAY, MARCH 20, 1928

Three Planes Shot Down in Three MIL

Dramatic Story of Air Bat­ Attack on a "Sausage" tle Told by a Racine Brought Downfall of Lieutenant Enemy Pilots

Observation balloons have been flight which every minute brought called "the eyes of the army". them nearer a fat balloon which Telephone lines are strung from hung in the sky line like a heavy the basket of the balloon to ground cloud of smoke. switch beards, from which connec­ It was a beautifully clear day. tions are made with the artillery The yellow sun smiled out of a soft units. Each day metorological ob­ blue sky, It had not, strange to say, servations are sent to each unit. rained foi days. Sunny France could The artillery is guided by the re­ be nice when it wished. ports of the balloonmen, on the So there was Lieutenant Guilbert, basis of those reports making the day dreaming up at the sky, with necessary adjustments to provide for never a thought of war. wind pressure and for other condi­ Then there was a sudden stir. tions which the ground officers Winches screamed as the ground themselves would be unable to deter­ crew of the balloon worked frantical­ mine. WMSSMmlM ly to haul it down to earth. One

Balloons were expensive and high­ :•::' of the dragon flies, the first in line ly prized, and were surrounded with was bearing down upon the balloon. every possible safeguard. So valu­ The sun caught the surfaces of its able were the "sausages" that the GUILBERT upper wings in a bright blaze of Germans credited their aviators with light. On the wings were painted two planes for every balloon they unit before Montfalcon, First Lieu­ two black iron crosses. brought down. tenant Roscoe P. Guilbert of the 121st P. A. stared up at the sky The anti-aircraft batteries, the That is the prologue. where three "dragon flies" droned. "Archies", coughed their white rings Coming of the Planes They came flying out of the horizon, of smoke at the plane, but it kept This is the story: With an artillery with never a pause, a smooth, steady coming, its guns spitting fire. The guns bombarded the sky, shooting high explosive and shrapnel bursts into the air about the in­ vader, ringing him in with fire. Ma­ Your Boy and Your Girl chine guns opened their infernal rattle, and every moment increased in intensity. The crackle of rifle -~ all signed letters pertaining to parents' problems with their "*mes are never printed. Only questions of general interest Are penetrated through the din. It -«H letters will be answered by mail if written in ink seemed that every soldier for miles *• is enclosed. Arthur Dean, in care of this paper, was shooting at the plane. ^EAN, Sc. D. The raider was rocked by the explosions, bobbing about like a girls of high school age do small boat as it flew through the ~>und the house because torn air. because by doing some- It was in distress before it could 't want to do they get reach the balloon. It kept to the air, want. The terminal but was flying very low. 'ort is her doll and "The second and third plane, dnal for the big which had been flying considerably 1 one will work behind the first machine, were now •1 of 12 to 15 nearly over the balloon, and were if she has following the same line of flight the adven- the first machine had taken. The 7 will or- first machine, with his machine guns p a con- still blazing, came lower and lower, urn over and landed about one kilometer to the rear of our telephone central. All this was a matter of seconds, INER rather than minutes, and I have never seen such excitement. Our imself troops were joining with riflles and I do pistols, and everyone was yelling. lirect The plane landed and the young ither German was captured and taken to uous headquarters", recalls Guilbert. Second Goes Down "Almost at the same time that the old. first plane was touching the ground, les- the second was seen to dive to the red ground, out of control and about two op- kilometers to the right. The third Or plane fell several kilometers to our ut, right. All of the planes were brought ep down in three minutes' time. In a ;se little while another balloon was in P- the air, and communication was re­ JP sumed. it ig The battle was as remarkable as an air raid can be. Anti-aircraft le guns were a standing joke among airmen. It was extremely rare for a plane to fall victim to the fire of the "Archies". And here three planes had been shot down in as many minutes. Not as dramatic, but much more laborious, were Guilbert's experi­ ences in laying lines of communi­ cation. "During the years of the great war up to the time that the 121st F. A., with Batteries C and F of Racine were sent to the active battle front, the advances on both sides as had been slow", writes Guilbert. le "Armies were entrenched for weeks ih at a time, and many of the great }n trench systems were very modern­ a ized. Underground dug-outs were rn used by both sides. Barbed wire entanglements were extended over vast areas and elaborate systems of communication established. "Communication was essential to all armies. Telephones were used as well as telegraph lines. Radio was very much of an experiment at the time and was not used exten­ sively, except as a means of com­ munication with airplanes. How­ ever, the 121st F. A. batteries, when stationed near Fismes, were aided by radio in firing upon enemy posi­ tions. "Telephones were essential to our artillery. We could not expose the guns to the enemy's view. Though our guns were hidden from the Ger­ mans, they were that much farther away from the enemy, and it was always necessary to fire by observa­ tion from points far distant from the guns. As the observer would note where the shells fell he would telephone his observations to the battery commander, who in turn would telephone his connections to the guns. These telephone wires were constantly broken by enemy shell fire, and squads of men from the telephone details would work night and day to keep the lines in order. Used Own Judgment "The big drive of the Allies was just about to begin. When we got back to our respective regiments we found that all our training concern­ ing meter stake telephone lines and other permanent lines of communi­ cation was useless. "These signal schools were simply out of date for the drive that we were about to start, and what we actually did was to run our wires as best we could, and use our own judg­ ment". Guilbert left Racine with Battery C, with the rank of corporal. At Camp Douglas, he was promoted to sergeant, and was commissioned as second lieutenant at Camp McAr- thur, Waco. Texas. At Waco he was transferred from battery C to Head­ quarters Co., 121st F. A., with which he served while in France. While overseas he was promoted to the rank of first lieutenant. On the, re­ turn trip to the United States on the U. S. A. Georgia, he was given com­ mand of Battery F of Racine. * * * Tomorrow: A Racine Man Changes His Idea of French Customs.

Chinese drink little water; they think water makes them sick. They drink tea instead, because the leaves are supposed to purify the water. RACINE TIMES-CALL, TUESDAY, MARCH 13, 1928 JL. J. AIJL J_i KJ- Vi. J.UXJ, J. VJ XJUX^J

riving at Bu...,y-l".-cote at 12:00 noon Nov. 16th. Stayed there until Dec. 22d. While . t this point usual camp duties were performed. Here the battery began to enjoy its first privileges and recreation since its strain of five months on the front. Men were allowed to visit Bar le Due and neighboring villages and seven History of Battery F., Found Among "War Relics, Re­ day furloughs to leave areas of veals Activity of Racine Warriors southern France were enjoyed by many. Dec. 22d battery left Bussy-la-cotc The call to arms had sounded. the battery detrained and marched at 1:00 p. m. and marched to America was going to war. to Camp Winnell Down, arriving Revigny 9 kilometers. Loaded ma­ Early in the summer of 1917, the there at 11:30 p. m., March 14th, terial on train and train legt Ravigny old Lakeside auditorium of Racine 1918.' While at this camp the bat­ at 10:30 p. m. Arrived at Dumont echoed with military orders and the tery under the guidance of 1st Lieu­ at 3:30 a. m. Dec. 23d. Hiked 12 j tramp of drilling squads. tenant Hugo A. Rickeman enjoyed kilometers to Rozieres, where the A few score young men had or­ the privilege of visiting Winchester battery occupied barracks. Jan. 1st ganized battery F, First Wisconsin casUe and Winchester Cathedral, 1919 battery began to receive its field artillery. former being at one time headquart­ motorized equipment, tractors, There were weeks of drilling. And ers of King Arthur and his Knights trucks, etc. On March 19th the bat­ I' then came July and orders to leave of the Round Table. ; tery fired 100 rounds, the last of the | for Camp Custer. The battery left Camp Winnell firing. The period between Dec. 1 Before the boys went a few met Down at 9:00 a. m. March 18th, 23d, 1918 and April 15th, 1919 was I in the clubrooms of the old Com­ marching to Winchester and en­ spent at the usual camp duties. The mercial club. They discussed the trained for Southampton at 10:40 a. Not only in actual warfare, but in battery was assigned to the 88th probabilities of the great adventure m. arriving at destination at 11:10 transportation, ambulance service division for maneuvers and practice which the next few days were to see a. m. The o/ganization, embarked and reconnaissance, marine air­ firing. Many reviews, inspections the birth of. on ship Caledonia at 2:30 p. m. sail­ planes in Nicaragua are doing a and maneuvers were held. Most In the group were Oscar Frings, ing at 4:00 p. ni. for Havre, France, work that no other force could ac­ members of the battery enjoyed Max Zirbes and, George A. Nelson. arriving there at 11:30 p. m. De­ complish. Major R. E. Rowell leaves of seven days in the southern Someone suggested that they make barked from ship at 7:30 a. m., (upper right) is in charge of the CAPTAIN WALTER LYMAN - leave areas. Y. M. C. A. hut was a pledge to keep a minute record of March 19th and marched to Camp squadron of eleven planes now on IXAIGH.T was one of the Battery erected and entertainments given. the battery while it was in the serv7 Sanvic, arriving there at 10:30 a. m. duty. More than 30 marines prob­ F., men who served overseas in All material was turned in at this ice. The pledge was sealed. And At 12:00 noon, March 21st the bat­ ably owe their lives to the air am­ four offensives and was severely point. kept. tery left Camp Sanvic, marched to bulance service. With 100 miles wounded Oct. 28, 1918. He is Havre and entrained at 3:30 p. m. of almost impassable mountain prominent in Legion activities. That July passed and so did an­ April 15th battery left Rozieres at other. Another was almost here be­ Train departed at 5:10 p. m. en­ roads between the "front" and the 11:30 a. m. with regiment and ar­ fore all the boys were home asjain. route for Guer, France, where it ar­ town of Oicotal, wounded men are rived at Mauvauges at 1:15 p. m. brought back within an hour by Found Among War Relies rived at 5:50 p. m. March 22d, 1918. Boarded train and left Manvauges ships like the one at the right. 'Just Kate' Type Their great adventure was in the Detrained and marched to Camp at 3:17 p. m. Arrived in Brest 4:00 Above is an aerial photograph at past. But their record lives. Coequidan arriving there at 7:45 p. p. m. April 18th. Marched to Camp ths "frc;:t." The letters K-T, laid Out-of a heap of war relics, Max m. It was at this camp that the Pontanezean arriving there at 7:30 Haunts Broadway out on th'e ground in white canvas, Zirbes this week dug three closely battery was completely equipped as p. m. Battery here was given op­ a 155-MM artillery organization and are a signal for the dropping of type-written sheets of paper. portunity to bathe frequently and r supplies. ew York.—"There goes Kate." They are entitled: its personnel trained in the use ' friend pointed her out to me at "A brief history of Battery F. thereof. way and Forty-second street. 121st F. A." % who?" Part of the record was written in First Shot at Enemy 'at's all there is; just Kate, the United States. Another section On June 8th, 1918 the battery left' at Troesnes at 1 p. m. Distance tery unloaded at 4:00 p. m. Left Sept. 24th firing battery left for bat­ •e years she has shambled on board ship and the most import­ traveled 35 kilometers. August 26th Eurville at 6:00 p. m. Marched to tery position at 5:30 p. m. near THREE DAYS' Camp Coequidan at 4:15 p. m. with dway, always before her ant in France. complete equipment and material resumed march at 5:00 a. m. Ar­ Wassy arriving at 9:00 p. m. Dis­ Esnes and Hill 304 or Dead Man's 9 vision of stardom. Al- Many paragraphs were compiled and marched to Guer arriving there rived at St. Etienne at 4:00 p. m. tance traveled 15 kilometers. Bil­ Hill. Sept. 27th firing battery mind the big elehtric while some member of the battery at 5:25 a. m. where they entrained. Distance traveled 35 kilometers. leted. Sept. 12th the battery left moved to new position near Malan- 'th "Kate , in —." was being laid to rest in a foreign Train left Guer at 9:12 a. m. June Wassy at 10:15 a. m. and marched court a distance of 3 kilometers COUGH IS TIP August 27tjh the firing battery left ago she came here land, or while a comrade was being 8th and arrived at Belfort June 10th, for position hear Vezaponin. August to Luenville arriving at 12:00 noon. which took 20 hours to traverse on n in central Illinois. bandaged in a nastily constructed distance traveled, 1912 kilometers. 29th the battery moved to position Distance traveled 7 kilometers. Bil­ account of traffic jammed roads and 'ell, could speak shelter. Battery detrained at 8:10 a. m. near Bagneaux, under heavy ma­ leted. Battery left Luenville and poor conditions of roads. Sept. 2Sth She stormed the marched to outskirts of Wassy ar­ DANGER 7 Frings uttered the truth when he marching to ' Etueffont-Bas a dis­ chine gun fire to within 600 meters battery took up new position near ?re so many oth- said: tance of 12 kilometers, arriving at of the enemy front line. August 30th riving at 8:35 p. m. Bivouacked. Montfaucon. Octo. 3d battery se things just a "Part of it is 'written in blood." 1:00 p. m. On June 11th the first Corporal Harold T. Kister was Sept. 13th Battery left outskirts of eschelon joined firing battery. On Persistent cough? platoon left Etueffont-Bas marching Wassy at 2:15 p. m. and marched this date at 5:30 p. m. Private Nick to serious trouble The record follows: struck, in the head by shell frag­ them now with • a perhaps a 12 kilometers and took a position Battery F. First Wisconsin Field ment and met death instanteously. to Brousseval arriving at 3:00 p. m. Garski was struck by fragments of a emulsified creosr se years—al- Artillery was organized in Racine, near Bretton at 9:50 p. m. On June He was buried under heavy shellflre Billeted. Sept. 14, 15, and 16th, shell while serving his piece and died to take. Creom She had to Wis., its members being volunteers 14th the first shot of the regiment at the spot where he fell. Sept. 5th battery billeted at Brousseval. Sept. a few moments later. He was buried ical discovery • start with, of the National Guard, state of Wis- was fired at the enemy at 10:19 a. the battery again moved up to ad­ 17th battery left Brousseval at 9:00 near his post where he had fallen it soothes an ond them. consin, each and every member m. by Battery F. On June 18th the vance position beyond Juvigny but p. m. marching overland. Sept. 18th doing his duty. Firing battery membrances te with a having volunteered after the de­ second'platoon took up position on Sept. 6th at 7:00 a. m. battery battery arrived at outskirts of Eur­ moved to new position near Eclis- growth. number two near LaGrange. On Of all kr tain rises claration of war. pulled back and joined eschelon. ville at 2:00 a. m. Encamped. Dis­ Fontaine. Distance 6 kilometers. June 30th second platoon took up recognized xve seen The battery was given its pre­ Casualties suffered by the battery tance traveled 15 kilometers. Bat­ October 25th battery eschelon joined position with first platoon near Bret- ties as on( walked liminary military education in the on this front were one man killed tery left outskirts of Eurville at 6:15 firing battery. The same day firing ton arriving ther-i at 11:30 a. m. On agencies f Lakeside auditorium, Racine, Wis­ and 16 injured. During the period p. m. resuming march. Sept. 19th battery moved to new position near July 1st the battery took part in the colds and \,rs of battery arrived at outskirts of Bury Romagne distance 7 kilometers. bles. Cre consin. It was mustered into the first barrage of the 57th Brigade, F\ the firing battery held advance posi­ ng the at 6:50 a. rn. and encamped. Dis­ Nov. 1st terrific Allied barrage open­ tion to c National Guard, state of Wisconsin, A. covering the infantry of the 32d tions on this sector battery eschelon tance traveled 27 kilometers. Bat­ ed in which the battery participated. ments w by Colonel P. C. Westphal, Captain division in their first trip over the had moved on August 28th to Hors. hap- tery left Beaury at 9:50 p. m. re­ Up to this time the battery was un­ infacted James W. Gilson being in command top. On July 2d the first platoon Sept. 7th the battery eschelon ?tand suming march. Sept. 20th battery der heavy shellflre from the enemy. irritatioi of the battery at this time. moved to new position near Bell- joined the firing battery near Hors the crec mil- arrived at Varney Farm 3:15 a. m. Nov. 5th the. firing battery joined At Camp Douglas magny. On July 5th the second and the entire battery marched to is absoi isn't Encamped. Distance traveled 16 the battery eachelon at Eclis-Fon- Pursuant to the call of the presi­ platoon moved from reserve position St. Eteinne arriving at 4:00 p. m. the sea the kilometers. Battery left Barney taine. Battery suffered casualties of dent, the battery reported for duty and took up position with the first Distance traveled 15 kilometers. the gro lazy Farm at 7:40 p. m. resuming march. one man killed and five injured at Creo: with the First Wisconsin Field platoon. On July 2 0th firing bat­ Sept. 10th the battery left St. Etein­ on- Sept. 21st battery arrived at Beauzee this front. Nov. 8th entire battery factory Artillery National Guard at Camp tery left position near La Grange at ne at 7:00 a. m. and marched to 3:30 a. m. and encamped. Distance left Eclis-Fontaine at 6:15 p. m. and ent coi Douglas, Wis., on July 2d, 1917. The 9:00 p. m. and marched to Bessen- Vaumois arriving at 1:00 p. m. Dis­ e— traveled 23 kilometers. Battery left marched to Ville-sur-Cosances ar­ ma, b: members all wore civilian clothes court arriving there at 11:45 p. m. tance traveled 23 kilometers. Bat- respirf i of Beauzee 7:30 p. m. resuming march. riving at 4:30 p. m. Nov. 9th where and received their first issue of Distance 7 kilometers. On July 21st •jry loaded! on train at 8:15 p. m. lent fc her Sept. 22d battery arrived at camp battery occupied barracks. Nov. military clothing on July 4th, 1917. the battery eschelon left Etueffont- and train departed at 9:00 p. m. colds his Le Plateau near Dombasle 5:15 a. 15th the battery left Ville-sur-Cos- The first physical examination was Bas at 12:25 a. m. arriving at Bes- Sept. 11th the train with battery ar­ cough rts m. Distance traveled 23 kilometers. ances drawn by motor trucks ar­ made under the direction cf Captain sencourt at 4:45 a. m. Distance 12 rived at Eurville at 2:45 p. m. Bat­ takinj kilometers. On July 23d battery- your • Ian Boardman, U. S. A., July 26th, 1917. left Bessencourt at 6:15 p. m-. ar­ id- All members of the battery were riving at Belfort at 8:15 p. m. Dis­ art vaccinated for smallpox and had tance traveled 6.9 kilometers. Bat­ iok first inoculation for typhoid, July tery entrained and left Belfort at 26th, 1927. Second inoculation for 12:00 midnight. typhoid was administered July 20th, 1917. The battery was mustered in­ to the United States military service On July 2 5th the battery arrived in July 25th, 1917. The typhoid vac­ at Orroy Villers at 6:15 a. m. * Dis­ em cination was completed August 4th, tance traveled 370 kilometers. Bat­ on 1917. The first, second and third tery unloaded at 8:45 a. m. Left ors paratyphoid vaccinations were com­ Ormroy Villers and marched to ;er, pleted August 13th, 1917, August Rar.-.y, arriving at 2:00 p. m. Left em Raray at 4:00 p. m., marched to ITS. 2 3d and August 30th respectively. The battery was drafted into the Pont Ste. Maxence arriving there at military service of the United States 7:15 p. m. Distance traveled 25 August 5th, 1917. kilometers. The entire 57th Brigade The battery entrained at Camp F. A. campel here in the woods Douglas, Wis. at 11:45 a. m. August near Pont Ste. Maxence. DEA] 18th, 1917 for Waco, Texas, arriving On July 27th battery left Pont I there at 4:30 a. m. August 21st, 1917. Ste. Maxence with the regiment at Distance traveled 1,436 miles. De­ 4:30 p. m. marching overland. Jaiy ad, trained and marched from Waco to 28th enroute. Stoppedf 4:30 a. m. Camp MacArthur, 3% miles, where Resumed march 2:10 p. m. Stopped as they were the first organization of 8:00 p. m. July 30th enroute. Re­ ;en the First Wisconsin Field Artillerf sumed march 11:00 a. m. Arrived ion to establish themselves at Camp at Eschelon beyond Chateau Thierry th­ MacArthur, having preceded the at 6:40 p. m. Distance traveled from Pont Ste. Maxence 114 kilo­ ree, regiment by about three weeks. meters. -ny They were reattached to the First Wisconsin Field Artillery at Camp On July 31st firing battery left for er- MacArthur Sept. 12th, 1917. gun position at 4:00 p. m. Eschelon The organization was transferred moved forward at 7:00 p. m., ar­ t? from Battery F, First Wisconsin riving new eschelon at 5:00 p. m. Field Artillery to Battery F, 121st Distance traveled 6 kilometers.

Tells of Experience Off the Coast of France and In Irish Sea

Mine sweeping was one of the W^BBiiilll dangerous duties which fell to the lot of America's "gobs" during days of the World war. Nosing about in mine-infested waters on a submarine guarding transport troops, taking part in a battle with a submarine and being a member of a crew which was official­ ly credited with sinking an enemy sub, provided thrills for Otto C. F. Hanssen, 1232 Cherry street. Hanssen served on submarine pat­ rol off the coast of France and in the Irish sea. He tells of some of his experiences: "After the customary three weeks at the Great Lakes, I was sent to the receiving ship at Boston, where I was supposed to go to school. How­ ever, somebody had lost all my pa­ r pers, and nobody knew who I w as or OTTO HANSSEN where I came from, and wanted nothing to do with me at all. "While I was wandering around U. S. navy, we happened to draw the receiving ship, wondering why the dizziest guy in the entire uni­ somebody didn't tell me to put on verse. clean whites, and go on a detail— "But, anyway, he must have had coaling ship—and—, not having any­ a pull and a couple of pushes, some­ thing else to do, I bumped into the where, because I read, in the organ "flue", was dragged to the "sick­ of The Subchaser club of America, bay" and from there hauled to the that they had pasted a D. S. C. on hospital. After three weeks I was this guy, and, if he rated one of O. K. again. For a while they made those, I^know df some four million a nurse out of me, also they gave other guys who are still waiting for me a special detail—rolling out the theirs! corpses. I wasn't exactly crazy about "I don't know how they are get­ this job. They refused to give us ting along, in Siberia. any liberty, so we just merely went "Otherwise, Bro. Wagner, every­ down the fire-escape and on liberty. thing is OKMNX". In the meantime, they found my papers, at the receiving ship, and dis­ covered where I belonged and I was sent to school. Happiness Went to Siberia "I hadn't been going to school By OLIVE ROBERTS BARTC over 10 minutes, when in comes a I am moved to ecstatic tears chief, and asks for 40 volunteers to the short sensible article of go to Siberia. So, then and there, Thusnelda Crane about her my schooling ceased. We were shoved daughter Nathalia, child p- on a train and sent to the receiving fourteen who is being r ship at Philadelphia, and, after a cussed. few days went aboard a transport, She corroborates whf bound for Siberia. preached for years, nar "There were five ships in the con­ chief thing in bringir voy. We were followed for five days is to make them hap out by seven American destroyers, No child can grov with their observation-balloons. After he is happy, no r the five days the destroyers went mentally unless h' back to America, and we were alone he is happy he r for two days and nights. sonality, individ' "The second day, about 1:30 in Happiness d' the morning, we ran into plenty of riches. It dc excitement. The watch, in the crows- child need t nest, had spied a periscope. After nights a we' a while I did too. I happened to be sodas, have on watch at the time. There was pocketful f plenty of light, all of a sudden, also But mo? plenty shooting and a lot of other is not car excitement, some of it among the as much seasick colored troops aboard, who a rule < one minute were afraid they were cipliner going to die and the next, that they a resi weren't! Well, we didn't stop any death torpedoes that time. The next day, not c the French destroyers met us and took us safely into Brest, which isn't A in Siberia! plan be "I don't know where the rest of litt1 fhem went to, but the 40 of us from opf Boston, bound for Siberia, -were put syi aboard the Destroyer Wadsworth, aii and in company with four 'more de­ ici stroyers, were bound for Siberia Ci some more. tc Another Periscope "Somewhere, about the middle, between Brest, France, and Queens- town, Ireland, the match in the crows-nest again pipes a periscope, and again we ran into plenty of excitement with a lot of shooting and dropping of 'ashcans'; in the end we were steaming through oil, as thick as jelly, it seemed, and from what we gathered, we got credit for getting a sub. Soon after we were put ashore at the base at Queens- town, Ireland, which is quite a ways from Siberia. "They didn't think much of my looks there, evidently. Anyway, they shoved me aboard a sub-chaser. Someone was taken off with chronic seasickness, and I was elected to continue where he left off. I did, although I never got seasick — chronic or otherwise. "It's a great life aboard a sub­ chaser—if you don't weaken—but you do; after a couple of days you are as 'hard-boiled' as the rest of them, and it isn't for no reason what­ ever, either. "But, it's a great gang. Ratings don't mean anything; they are all buddies and the finest in the world. You won't find any better anywhere in your Uncle Sam's navy. How­ ever, the guy who drew a sub-chaser couldn't brag about playing in luck, because there was no branch of the navy any worse. In North Sea "Well, after a lot of chasing of this, that and the other kind, includ­ jjp ing the taking over of a lot of Ger­ CE man liners, we were bound for the North Sea, to help sweep mines, some 129,000 of them. Ti "We were first based at Inverness, OI Scotland. We hadn't been there long Ct before we were mixed up in a riot, le; which started with an argument be­ se tween a gob on sentry-duty and a kr bobby, over the bobby getting unduly ti( rough with some other gobs on shore leave. The bobby, it seems, started wl to push the sentry around, and the of sentry hit the bobby, who in turn hit the sidewalk—and the riot was ri1 on. It took a couple of days to get na things straightened out with King gi: George, and when this was done we Se shoved Off for Kirkwall, Orkney Is­ by lands, which was our base while the WE mine sweeping was going on. ne Bi "We were tied up, right next door to Scapa Flow, when the crews of the German fleet anchored there de­ cided to pull the seacocks and sink I the whole works. re; • "But, let's sweep some mines. This of is another racket that's not so good. fo; Staying out there for a week or more an at a time; sleeping is entirely out of of the question. It just can't be did, an that's all. And besides mines ain't pe so good to monkey with, anyway; if they take a notion to explode, loi when you are too close to them, or; which sometimes they do, why they all knock you cuck-coo. I know—I've bi{ tried it! "A sub-chaser isn't so bad as long as you have human officers, who a try to make the. best of a bum shake. th We were lucky enough to have, when Bo I first came aboard, but, before going up into the North Sea to sweep da mines, we changed skippers, in fact, inc from the finest skipper in the entire by x->

'S Loss of Right Hand Failed To Keep Racine Boy Out of Army

Having only one hand didn't keep Harry V. Harvey, youngest son of W. J. Harvey, founder of the Harvey Spring company from donning khaki during days of the World war. Harry had lost his right hand in an accident in his father's factory. He appeared before local boards to enlist, and was politely but consist­ ently rejected. His friends marched away to war. Service flags fluttered in the win­ dows of their homes. Tales of hero­ ism of Racine boys trickled back from the front line trenches. Thou­ sands were being killed. Uncle Sam again issued a call for volunteers and SERGT. HARRY V. HARVEY worked speedily with the contingents of drafted men. Finally Accepted: Harry was a skilled mechanic and Broken Hearts was certain that he could serve in that capacity somewheres, and so he "^o Expensive offered himself to an ambulance company in Chicago, only to again BERTS BARTON meet with refusal. Desperate, he pleaded for a chance to show what 'Is rush in where he could do and was finally assigned Class me as to a post in the quartermaster's de­ announce that partment where he issued uniforms Qat American to other soldiers . . . uniforms that Breach of were soon to be stained with the blood of battle. The Racine boy wasn't content to •ml cases remain in Chicago handing out is per- clothes for other fighting men and to ap- soon he had an opportunity to show >f" any- how much he knew a,bout motors -esults. and engines, and was transferred to ch of Company A of an ambulance unit. bad. Slated for France men Before long, with the rank of ser­ e los- geant, Harry informed his mother, lough who resided at 2002 Washington court avenue, that he was sailing for n ex- France. That was on Nov. 5, 1918. from Signing of the armistice deprived ailing Harry of a chance to serve his coun­ rs of try abroad, but his courage will long irtua be remembered. His brother, W. T. Harvey, was y be county food administrator during the le of war and supervised the distribution i to of food and the enforcement of all tl "A state and national food laws here. id! their ared? TALES IN TREES 10 ut oc- '9 STORY OF THE MAPLE It is said the sugar of the maple ^s first discovered by the squaw i -\ RACINE VETERAN SAW SERVICE IN CUBA, CHINA, PHILIPPINES BEFORE WORLD WAR STARTED

Then He Entered Officers' Training Camp and Served During Big Conflict ---Now a Lieutenant-Colonel in IT. S. Reserves

When America entered the World ville, Ky., five miles away, and the war, the government called upon sentries were instructed to challenge every available officer to help train all persons after 10 p. m. Soldiers the hordes of raw recruits that were holding an unexpired pass were to pouring into the training camps. be permitted to proceed into camp; Among the old army men was W. others were to be arrested. J. Holzapfel, a Racine postoffice em­ "One night I was sitting in my ploye, who holds the rank of lieu­ room, preparing a report. The win­ tenant colonel in the United States dow was open. I heard the fol­ army infantry reserves. lowing conversation between a col­ Holzapel had seen service in Cuba ored sentry and an officer returning with Major General Fitzhugh Lee's to camp: Seventh Army corps, in China dur­ " 'Halt! Who am thar?' " ing the boxer rebellion; and for " 'Officer of the camp.' '' two and a half years in the northern " 'Advance, off'cer, and be recog­ advance on Luzon Island, in the nized.' " Philippines. While he was on duty Humorous Side at the Eight Division headquarters at "When the officer came up close Manilla he typewrote Brigadiar enough so that he was standing di­ General Frederick Funston's report rectly in front of the sentry, the of his capture of Aquinaldo. colored boy stiffened and stood with The Racine man entered the offi­ his .gun at port arms wihout saying cers training camp at Fort Sheridan, a word or even deigning to salute in 1917, where he was commissioned the man whom he now recognized to captain at the close of the training be an officer. The officer, after period. He was then ordered to re­ standing there for about two minutes port at Camp Zachary Taylor, Ky., became tired and said in a nettled where Holzapfel says he found voice, 'Well, say something, you things in a turmoil. fool.' The sentry's knowledge of 700 Men in a Company . customs militaire was very limited "There were as many as 7 00 men and after a moment's thought he in a single company in the 159th bri­ leaned knowingly towards the officer gade, the receiving and distributing and said, 'Say boss, what you all unit of our great concentration doing out so late at night?' camps, and they were commanded "The stories that went the rounds by second lieutenants. But the ar­ of the camp were similar to those rival of a good number of Spanish- heard in Florida in 1898. Our sol­ American war veterans helped to diers in war never lack humor. And straighten things out. they are able to fraternize with "While it has been said that 'com­ their late enemy after the end of parisons are odious' yet I cannot armed conflict, as evidenced by our pass over without comment on the men in Cuba, and again our army of comparative qualifications of the sol­ occupation in Germany. diers of '98 and those of '17. Presi­ "I would like to tell about an­ dent McKinley's first call for vol­ other humorous incident that oc­ unteers in 1898 asked for 250,000 curred at Fort Sheridan. It hap­ men, and over 3,000,000 responded, pened on a Saturday afternoon. The so that the officers were able to pick young man in question, the son of a the most perfect fighting men. Dur­ Chicago millionaire, was visited by ing the early part of the 1917 draft a a very handsome young lady who in­ splendid type of fighter passed quired concerning the meaning of through the Depot Brigade, b*t the the varied colored ribbons worn on middle of 1918 saw the weakening the breasts of the older officers. The of the draft boards, a rather medi­ young man did not know. The ocre type being allowed to pass into young lady said she thought he the camps. In the August draft of would look much more handsome if 1918 there were over 52 per cent of he could wear some too, that she rejections of the men received at was acquainted with some persons in Camp Taylor. Chicago who sold similar ribbons, "While the war of 1898- was the and that she would bring him a only war ever engaged in by the collection the following Saturday. United States in which all the sol­ "Imagine the look on Major diers were volunteers; of course the Stacy's face when the young man plan could not be followed in 1918, came on the parade ground that and that is the reason why there Saturday decked out with service were «p many rejections." ribbons from the Indian wars (the Holzapfel tells one of the inevi­ last war in which an Indian ribbon table Rastus stories that circulated was obtainable was in 1896), the about every camp. This one, how­ Spanish American, and the Mexican ever, he says, happens to be true. war. The young man must have "My unit was stationed on the been a year old when the Spanish- streetcar line coming out of Louis­ American war was declared." VY, APRIL 3, 1928 ENEMY AIDED our Girl CELEBRATION

problems with theit of general interest OF BIRTHDAY ' if written in ink -e of this paper And Local Soldier Received Present From France Croix de Guere the news- and General's Kiss tation for In other Cleaning out a machine-gun nest xy which of German snipers was the way that rts runs John Horvath, 1336 Center street, paper, celebrated his birthday in France on •>rs will Aug. 27, 1918. sagree His "present" from France proved ques- to be a croix de guerre and a grate­ ful kiss on each cheek from General .netts Mangan, of the French armies, but which was bestowed upon him seven here months later at divisional decoration and ceremonies in Dierdorf, Germany. JOHN HORVATH ele- Horvath, who resided near -old Franksville when the war storm Army orders were to the effect that ots, broke, enlisted in Company E of the the Allied soldiers must at all times his First Wisconsin infantry in Milwau­ remain five miles behind them. me kee, and was mustered into Com­ It was while he was stationed at ive pany 128 of the 32nd division. Dierdorf in March that the division )0l Following training at Camps Doug­ was called out for decoration cere­ ;SS las and^ MacArthur, he arrived over­ monies. About 200 of the soldiers "t. seas on March 4,' 1918, and spent a received citations and medals. ts week at Brest before entraining for Among them was Horvath, whose til Causey, France. At this place all bravery had not passed unnoticed, m privates from the company were although he had never expected to transferred to the First division, and be so honored. officers and non-commissioned offi­ Kissed Them All cers trained two weeks more in the Pershing was on the field to re­ "quiet" sector of Alsace-Lorraine, view the division, and spoke, prais­ preparing for the months of fighting ing all of the soldiers for their gal­ that were destined to be written into lantry. He shook hands with Hor­ their records. vath and the rest of the men who June days found Horvath, holding were decorated, but the French gen­ the rank of senior corporal, engaged eral insisted on kissing each soldier. in open warfare at Chateau-Thierry Horvath's citation which accom­ and Belleau Woods. Following a panied his war cross declares that, 10-day rest he was sent to Soissons, he "engaged in bold reconnissanc.e where the gaping ranks of his com­ and brought back a German ma­ pany were re-filled by drafted men. chine gun under heavy bombard­ On Hindehburg Line ment." Orders to advance to Juvigny, one "Hero? I should say not!" Hor­ of the most famous German strong­ vath denies. "A lot of the fellows holds, kept the company fighting had a harder time than I did. I from Aug. 20 to 27. The boys had just happened to be lucky." fought their way to the great Hin- denburg line, and the remnants of Juvigny lay perhaps two miles Changing Times ahead. Barbed wire entanglements stretched ahead. Immediately in By OLIVE ROBERTS BARTON front of the shallow ditch where The cartoonists are having a hard Horvath and his buddies hugged the time of it. these days, for that which ground, a narrow gauged track could is a cartoon today may not be f be seen. It was over this route that cartoon tomorrow. The ridiculou the Germans had hauled ammuni­ overnight, is quite likely to tir tion and supplies to the front .ines. into the sublime, and a piece An out-post of German snipers held pcttery, a rug, or a chair that m an advantageous post to the rignt us roar with laughter a year and sent a stream of bullets over stands one good chance of bein; No Man's land, killing and woun ig hibited today in a decorator's many men from Horvath's company. dow as the newest wrinkle This was about 3 p. m., and 4 p. changing mode. m. had been selected as "zero" hour We laughed at burnt-leaf —the signal for going over the top. lows, mantel lambrequins, a Officers of the company, realizing macassars. that the snipers would wipe out We laughed at tidies a many of the soldiers when the ad­ castors, china clowns bal vance was made, called for volun­ lamps on their noses, ai teers to destroy or capture the nest. holding gold-fish bowls o We ordered in plain vel' Horvath moved uncomfortably as gave the floral brusself he snuggled closer to the ground for man, hastily plastered safety. He was recalling that he papers on the walls had been trained to operate German terrible flowered ones artillery and could speak the lan­ kindling out of old guage fairly well. Then he made steads and set up en his decision. Someone had to go, to raise the price and besides, it would be a fine way the sky. to celebrate a birthday anniversary And now! We are buying "I selected two of my pals and we bridges, pagodas crawled toward the Germans," Hor­ ers and birds an vath relates. of trombones'hf "They spotted us at once and sent normal, out go a shower of bullets in our direction. we cry for th But we hugged the ground and lay mother used to in front of mounds of dirt and litter, Wax flowers so the bullets for the most part the clowns an stopped in front of us or sailed over vases that hf behind us. We crawled along until quite a delica we'got within 100 yards of them. of glass, hoi We had automatics with us, and mouths. Ar opened fire. There were three Ger­ bloom—oh, mans in the outpost. One was thing, my wounded. and his comrades picked is in style a him up and tried to carry him to I'm exp safety. They realized, however, that be usheret they were too close to us to escape. through a It was as far for them to get back to thing yo- their trenches as it was for us to ad­ vance, and so they laid down their weapons and surrendered. "We walked back to our lines. The other Germans would not fire for fear of hitting their own soldiers. Just as we reached our embankment a stray shell landed near us, killing one of the fellows who had gone over with me and one of the Ger­ l- mans. My other buddy was badly 1862- t- wounded and so was the other Ger­ >f man, but luck was with me. is ig Relieved by French 1865- ir "I got a shot in the knee, but it it was only a scratch and as soon as it 1S93- ig had been dressed I went back to the it front. We had suffered heavy cas­ is ualties. Our officers were killed, ;S. and many of the men wounded so I ^r was ordered to take command. Dur­ 1918 se ing the next 24 hours we bombarded •i- Juvigny, then we were relieved by ry the French." n- After a brief rest Horvath re­ e- turned to the front lines to fight— w- this time in the Argonne forest. From Sept. 12 until the signing of the Armistice he was under constant fire. On Nov. 10, the day before the Armistice was signed, the company rs was ordered to advance. Soldiers ler were pressing forward so rapidly no that it was impossible to maintain l.es communication, and Horvath's com- RACINE TIMES-CALL, MONDAY, MAY 14, 1928 PLANE'S PLUNGE TO EARTH ly CLOSED ARMY CAREER OF PROMINENT RACINE MAN St 5y Two Others Died in Crash That Tl. Ended Fatally for Local Aii-maa in England St b- Plunging to earth in a nose dive when a control wire of his airplane snapped, Lieut. Stanley A. Huguenin, son of Mrs. Arthur Huguenin of this city was killed at Lincolnshire air­ drome, England, a short time before he was to have been sent to France. Three died in the crash, for Huguenin's plane landed on top of another machine where two mechan­ ics were working. A fourth man was severely injured. BBni More than 10 years have passed since this young Racine aviator met his death on foreign soil, but Racine friends have not forgotten his cour­ age and bravery. America's advent into the war was the signal for young Huguenin's en­ listment. Blood of American soldiers LIEUTENANT HUGUENIN pulsed through his veins. His grand­ father, General James Huguenin, had organized the Twelfth Illinois infantry as the first federal regiment 'leek Swindlers during days of Civil war. He had later served with General Grant's Are Out of Date staff. His father had passed the West Point examinations. Stanley had first learned army tac­ "Slickers" Fast Disappear- tics during his cadet days at Ra­ t From New York cine college, and as soon as he of­ fered his services to his country 1m i. — The old-fashioned was sent to Fort Sheridan. k-talking swindler has First Air Squadron Sent Across ?ared from the New A desire to serve in some branch "is type has become of the service which promised the id upon the public thrill of battle urged him to enroll ggerations of the in the aviation corps, and after pass­ eh quick idea has ing the tests with marked distinction i, thanks to the he was graduated from the officers ne with enough training corps and transferred to gin can get in Toronto, Canada, where he was with ast they have the Royal Flying corps. From Tor­ iwing where onto he went to Fort Worth, Texas, goes. And and while there was selected as a 'enally for- member of the first aviation squad­ ron to be sent overseas. by sound His training days at Lincolnshire e taught airdrome were filled with - danger, s before but Stanley wrote of them light- s, when heartedly to his parents and his as, the sister Helen, to whom he was ex­ lothes, ceptionally devoted. ly tel- At the,time of the crash April 3, ch to 1918, he had 85 flying hours to his cer- credit, and would have left for France as soon as he completed 90. 'ork He was one of 30 men selected from t a a class of 500 to fly in the corps. of On April 4 Racine plunged into ng mourning when cable grams carried rk the message that Stanley Huguenin had been killed in an airplane collis­ st ion. His name had been mispelled, *-y and his parents had a faint hope that there had been an error in the s, report. Congressman Henry Allen Et Cooper, in Washington, sought addi­ •s tional information from the war de­ partment. Herbert F. Johnson, uncle of the young "aviator, cabled Arthur Carey, the Johnson representative in London, in an effort to confirm the report. Soon came the official announce­ ment and condolences. Huguenin's brother-Elks in Racine sorrowfully lowered.their flag to half mast. The blue star in the service flag at Stan­ ley's home was tenderly removed and a gold one twinkled in its place to tell its silent story. First Presbyterian church, of which the dead flyer was a member, held memorial services and his cousin, Mis s Henrietta Johnson, placed a gold star on the flag in his memory. Overseas, Stanley's brother flyers and officers arranged an impressive military funeral. In the hope of com­ forting his mother, Edwin W.. Pah- low, American Y. M. C. A. secretary wrote her of the details. Three Buried at Same Time "In the hope that it may bring you a little comfort, I want to tell you about the last rites performed over the body of your dear boy at Lincoln yesterday," he wrote. "As you probably know, two other Amer­ ican mothers lost a son in the trage­ dy that brought your sorrow, so the three compatriots were buried at the same time, side by side. "The cortege was very impressive as it moved slowly along the country road leading from the hospital up to the beautiful cathedral, and then turned to pass through the old Ro­ man gate to the cemetery on the edge of the City. At the head march­ ed the firing party, followed by the band; then came your son's body, resting on a tender, alongside of which marched the pall bearers, his officer friends. The casket was wrapped in the Stars and Stripes, and was covered with many beau­ tiful wreaths of lilies, tulips, daffo- -a_Us_^jifi_j:arcjssus from the British! and American officers and men and other friends. Behind the body marched four American friends from London, and a group of British and American officers. "At the grave, the service was read by the Rev. William Jackson of 'it Lincoln, the firing party fired three volleys, then, with the officers and men standing at salute, one* of our RACINE TIMES-CALL, WEDNESDAY, MAY 2, 1928 nr RACINE BOY, IN ARMY WHEN 17, WOUNDED 5 TIMES IN FIGHTING ON 5 DIFFERENT B ATTLEFRONTS • I Joined Marines—Celebrated 18th Birthday in Front Line Trenches in France Wounded five time while fighting on five different fronts during the World war is the record of Corporal | | Harold V. Hulegard, son of Mrs. An- | j drew Mortenson, 1434 Quincy ave- ' nue. Added to this Harold has the dis­ tinction of being one of the young­ est lads ever mustered into the service. He had just passed his 17th birthday when he enlisted. Twelve months later, on Sept. 19, he cele­ brated his 18th birthday in the front line trenches of France. Older friends and relatives march­ ed away to war and Harold, imbued I with a patriotic spirit, pleaded with his mother that he be allowed to j enlist. He was only 17, but was large for his age. For several months his mother re­ fused, but finally could withstand ut CORP. HAROLD HULEGARD his pleading no longer and gave her h, consent to his enlistment. Harold W was soon a member of the famous 31 Second Division, U. S. Marine, and County Cousin was a member of the 75th company vv of the Sixth regiment which was in Tl Tale of a Man Who Refused To the thick of fighting virtually all Be Impressed during the war. Vv Leg, Lung Injured By OLrVE ROBERTS BARTON An explosive shell at Chateau The country cousin, it appears, Thierry hit him in three places. His Vv" a big man in his own commun- left leg was injured arid shrapnel His word was law at the ser- pierced his right lung, but within a ation at the crossroads where month he was back in the trenches vd collected evenings to play at Soissons. He fought there, at Vv was one of the county com- Verdun and the battle of St. Mihiel and a big boss in politics. without receiving a scratch. Vv '1 about cows, and chick- At Champagne Harold's legs were ops, too, and he had shattered by bullets from a German VV v out at interest to be machine gun while he was advanc­ in an intelligent con- ing in an endeavor to capture the Vi re city bond salesman nest. So severe were his injuries hat way. that he was barely able to stand on 'ng this country the day that the armistice was so well, he be­ signed. lt there wasn't Throughout his days of service re didn't know. Harold was especially thoughtful of "osperity his mother and wrote her frequent­ far-awry city ly. Often he did not receive her let­ rity cousin's ters until many months" afteTTHey e station, he were written. On his 18th birthday vas another Mrs. Mortenson sent her son a letter i knew lit- and enclosed a gift of money for | t going to him. A year later the letter was re­ "ace hard turned to her, with the money in­ 1 eider- tact. noise- Fall days of 1918, when success seemed within grasp of the Allies, meant dangerous days of fighting. during Military leaders agreed that the war roy- would be won or lost during the ?aters coming two months. They were es­ erted pecially anxious for an armistice be­ new fore winter days, which would add have greatly to the suffering and hard­ med ship. On Sept. 3, Harold wrote to of his mother: ure Destination Unknown ith "Don't suppose I'll hear from you ,nd for a long while now as we are leav­ est ing today. We don't know where we are going so it won't tempt me ly. to tell you. Wish I could hear from you just once more before we leave, but it is almost time to go. The way things look we have a good hunch where we are going and believe me, everyone is glad to go. "Mother dear, I have to take a message up to the captain so will have to stop writing. Don't worry about me. What and see what we do this time." On Nov. 7, after he had been wounded in both legs, Harold wrote to his mother to describe the battle briefly. "Believe me. it was fun the day I got wounded. We chased a gang of Huns for a mile until they started to fight, then machine guns opened up on us, but we got them just the same. They don't get away from us any­ more, we have them on the run. They all look alike to our rifles and 1 artillery. 1 won't say any more about the Dutch now as I guess the papers tell how fast they are run­ ning. But the writers never had the joy of chasing them." By Nov. 19 Harold was able to hobble around on crutches. "I'm getting to be a speed demon on them, too. I've been classified in the cripples class-to go back home, so my next letter may be from New ih York. If I don't get sent back this winter I won't kick, as my outfit is going into Germany soon, and I'd ;r, just as soon go along." When Harold returned to Racine, he refused to speak of his experi­ ed ences in France, and has put away he his uniform. At present he is work- 11! ing in Milwaukee. I e

O- RACINE TIMES-CALL, MONDAY, APRIL 30, 1928 ORGANIZED COMPANY IN RACINE, LED IT THROUGH WORLD WAR, DIDN'T LOSE A MAN IN ACTION

Members of Ambulance Unit Recall Heroism of Their Former Leader

Leading- the company that he or­ ganized in Racine through its dan­ gerous days of service in France, and marching at the head of the ranks when the 127th Ambulance company returned, was a privilege which the World war accorded Major W. W. Johnston, at one time health com­ missioner here. Stories of his bravery under fire, and his devotion to army ideals are recalled by many of the boys who served with the organization and who helped him carry on the many missions of mercy which he under­ took. In August of 1916 Dr. Johnston- was commissioned a first lieutenant in the medical corps of the Wiscon­ sin national guard, and soon after receiving his commission was given orders by Major Guilbert E. Seaman DR. JOHNSTON of Milwaukee to organize an ambu­ lance company in Racine. The First Inspection Rooms were obtained in the Com­ 'at Regularly? mercial club building and by early % May three-quarters of the required un Hollywood. strength had enlisted. Captain Edward G. Huber made, Vises Leader the first inspection of the company on May 3 and had high words of praise for the work of Dr. Johnston. THOMAS Days of training—and Major John­ —Stay away from ston boarded the Austrian cattle boat ave any tenden- "Trieste" to lead the company to ^.ating. France. of John lie­ A well educated man, Johnston s' for three frequently used words, when giving i he has his commands, which seemed out of beginners keeping with army vernacular, and 'n in the several of the boys laughingly recall ^oause he how he used to admonish them to do execu- things more "judiciously." wife is After the company arrived over­ Colleen seas, however, Johnston himself had igh to become acquainted with army terms tins—- and used to delight the boys with his iffer- phrases which expressed their own sentiments unerringly. isid- Set a Good Example new When he found that it was impos­ lost sible to travel to the front lines in 5ds his automobile, Johnston acquired a •it- motorcycle and sidecar and drove os through many areas under fire. His le machine could often be heard chug­ ging toward the front after a day of intensive work. Fearless of death, he set an example for his company. It was during a stay at Longeville that Major Bruins was captured by the Germans, and Captain Johnston was placed in command of the am­ bulance section in his place. This was near the town of Fismette. Later he led the company along the.front and at Reddy farm took Major Bruins place formally and Lieutenant Luther Schnetz became a captain. Didn't Lose a Man War records credit Major John­ ston with participating in five en­ gagements. On Washington avenue the ambu­ lance company formed ranks for the last time under command of John­ ston. The boys marched to the cen­ ter of town while thousands cheered. And one of the happiest, proudest men in the company was the smil­ ing major who had not lost a man in action. '" RACINE TIMES-CALL, SATURDAY, APRIL 21, 1928 Sword on Wall of Memorial Hall Perpetuates Memory of Officer Who Served Nation in Two Wars -» Held Highest Rank of Any Racine County Man in World Conflict

Ranking officer from Racine county during the World war was William Mitchell Lewis of Racine, who had commanded Company F of this city during the Spanish-Amer­ ican war. When hostilities w-ith Spain ceased, Captain Lewis put aside the arms of war and returned to Racine to take up his duties as general manager of the Wisconsin Wheel works, a con­ cern engaged at that time in the manufacture of bicycles, an indus­ try which was at its height. "*% He had seen active service un­ der Major General Fitzhugh Lee in the Seventh Army corps and al­ though he .had sheathed his sword, memories of his army days were LIEUT.-COL. LEWIS cherished throughout the next few years which found him at the head of the Mitchell Motor Car company. When America called again for volunteers, Captain Lewis answered. R ACINE OLKS Business and financial interests were forgotten. America was at war—and Bringing Out the Story That Lies once a soldier always a soldier. Lewis in Every Person's Life offered his services to the state in any capacity desired, and was com­ missioned a major and given com­ It really started when Joe Koni- mand of the 107th field signal bat­ cek read his first detective story. talion corps. The book was a cheap, paper- I bound affair, but it had a dozen mur­ Part of Famous Thirty-Second ders to every chapter. The shrieks This corps was a part of the fa­ were shrillest, the cold, dank cellars mous 3 2d or Red Arrow division, the coldest and dankiest, and the which gained the name of "Les Ter- apparitions the ghostliest that ever ribles" during World war days. The invaded the pages of a book. division was under fire for six months Konicek followed with .breathless continuously, from May to Novem­ interest the exploits of the heroic ber, with but 10 days in the rest sleuth, who, fighting against seem­ area. It fought in five fronts in ing odds, and threading his way three major offensives, the Aisne- through a maze of clues, discovered Marne, Oise-Aisne and Meuse-Ar- that the apparitions were nothing gonne. Its losses amounted to 14,- more or less than a band of inter­ 000 casualties; it met and Vanquished national crooks who were using the 23 German divisions from which 2,- cold dank cellars for the evil busi­ 153 prisoners were taken. ness of counterfeiting. The 32d gained 38 kilometers in With bated breath he read how four attacks and repulsed every the gang leader destroyed all the ap­ enemy counter attack. It marched paratus and counterfeit bills before 300 kilometers to the Rhine as front he and his gang were captured sin­ line element of the Third United gle-handed by Sherlock Smart, who States army and occupied for four had made a spectacular entry months the center sector in the through the skylight of the cellar, Coblenz bridge-head, holding 63 (something wrong here); how the towns and 400 square kilometers of bold bandit chieftain sneered at the territory. brave detective and defied him to Its soldiers were the first to set prove his guilt; how the detective, foot on German soil—in Alsace, in bleeding slightly from a romantic May, 1918; captured Fismes in the bullet hole in the wrist, pointed out Marne offensive after an advance of to the villain the negatives upon 19 kilometers in seven days; fought which were all too plainly outlined in the Oiso-Aisne offensive as the the fingerprints of the whole das­ only American unit in General Man- tardly gang—much to the annoyance gin's, famous Tenth French army, of the villian, who . then committed breaking the German line which suicide. protected the Chemin des Dames; it It was after reading this book that fought continuously for 20 days in Konicek was seized with the desire the Meuse-Argonne offensive, pene­ to become a sleuth. trating the Kriemhilde Stellung, He was living on a farm on the crossing the Meuse and starting the Kilbourn road, and he could not get drive to flank Metz. to the city very often, but he receiv­ ed a good deal of literature through Hundreds Decorated the mails concerning "How to Be­ ', More than 800 officers and men come a Detective, in Three Parts." were decorated by American French Worked on Fox Farm and Belgian governments. The colors Being seized soon after with wan­ of all four infantry regiments, three derlust he left his home and worked artillery regiments and three ma­ his way to Glencoe, Neb., where he chine gun battalions wear the croix worked on a large fox farm. He slept de guerre of the republic of France in a room facing the cages. A rifle and every flag and standard in the stood in the corner near the bed. division returned with four Amer­ Often the sharp, alarmed bark of ican battle bands. the foxes as they scurried to their When Lewis sailed for home at holes brought him out of bed to in­ the head of his corps, he held the vestigate, but he never found any- rank of lieutenant-colonel. Return- 1-, r^A eek read his first detective story. talion corps. The book was a cheap, paper- bound affair, but it had a dozen mur­ Part of Famous Thirty-Second ders to every chapter. The shrieks This corps was a part of the fa­ were shrillest, the cold, dank cellars mous 32d or Red Arrow division, the coldest and dankiest, and the which gained the name of "Les Ter- ,b apparitions the ghostliest that ever ribles" during World war days. The t. invaded the pages of a book. division was under fire for six months a Konicek followed with breathless continuously, from May to Novem­ ;o interest the exploits of the heroic ber, with but 10 days in the rest d, sleuth, who, fighting against seem­ area. It fought in five fronts in ing odds, and threading his way three major offensives, the Aisne- le through a maze of clues, discovered Marne, Oise-Aisne and Meuse-Ar- z- that the apparitions were nothing gonne. Its losses amounted to 14,- se more or less than a band of inter­ 000 casualties; it met and vanquished id national crooks who were using the 23 German divisions from which 2,- a,- cold dank cellars for the evil busi­ 153 prisoners were taken. 3d ness of counterfeiting. The 32d gained 38 kilometers in With bated breath he read how four attacks and repulsed every the gang leader destroyed all the ap­ enemy counter attack. It marched paratus and counterfeit bills before 300 kilometers to the Rhine as front he and his gang were captured sin­ line element of the Third United gle-handed by Sherlock Smart, who States army and occupied for four had made a spectacular entry months the center sector in the through the skylight of the cellar, Coblenz bridge-head, holding 63 (something wrong here); how the towns and 400 square kilometers of bold bandit chieftain sneered at the territory. brave detective and defied him to re. prove his guilt; how the detective, Its soldiers were the first to set ly bleeding slightly from a romantic foot on German soil—in Alsace, in d- bullet hole in the wrist, pointed out May, 1918; captured Fismes in the ve to the villain the negatives upon Marne offensive after an advance of of which were all too plainly outlined 19 kilometers in seven days; fought u~ the fingerprints of the whole das­ in the Oiso-Aisne offensive as the to tardly gang—much to the annoyance only American unit in General Man- is of the villian, who - then committed gin's famous Tenth French army, vs suicide. breaking the German line which is It was after reading this book that protected the Chemin des Dames; it Konicek was seized with the desire fought continuously for 20 days in to become a sleuth. the Meuse-Argonne offensive, pene­ He was living on a farm on the trating the Kriemhilde Stellung, Kilbourn road, and he could not get crossing the Meuse and starting the to the city very often, but he receiv­ drive to flank Metz. ed a good deal of literature through Hundreds Decorated the mails concerning "How to Be­ , More than 800 officers and men. come a Detective, in Three Parts." were decorated by American French Worked, on Fox Farm an* Belgian governments. The colors Being seized soon after with wan­ of all four infantry regiments, three derlust he left his home and worked artillery regiments and three ma­ he his way to Glencoe, Neb., where he ch chine gun battalions wear the croix worked on a large fox farm. He slept de guerre of the republic of France i." in a room facing the cages. A rifle and every flag and standard in the ill stood in the corner near the bed. division returned with four Amer­ nd Often the sharp, alarmed bark of ican battle bands. 'or the foxes as they scurried to their :oe holes brought him out of bed to in­ When Lewis sailed for home at im vestigate, but he never found any­ the head of his corps, he held the fht thing more alarming than a stray rank of lieutenant-colonel. Return­ od dog. Fox thieves made no effort to ing to civilian life, he again plunged cid rob the place. Perhaps they knew into business affairs. But his career ho of the rifle. was destined to be brief. The dis­ on tinguished Racine soldier answered He worked on the farm for a year. his the call of the Greatest Commander At 17 he enlisted in the army. He tut a year ago. was a year under age, but he looked ed The sword which he drew in de­ 20, and they took him. The old boyhood longing to be­ fense of his country in days of Span­ come a detective again began to stir ish-American warfare hangs on the in his heart. He wanted to join the wall of Memorial hall to perpetuate army intelligence department, and the memory of a man whose pa­ he was appointed to West Point, but triotism held first place in his heart. somehow things never materialized ia and after two years, when he was 'he discharged, he still found himself Shingle Cure ng plain Joe Konicek. ler He came back to Racine and rer worked as a filling station attendant. By OLIVE ROBERTS BARTON to He thought, after a while, that he One of the utterances of Dr. John :ed ought to have a raise, and he asked E. Briggs of Washington that de­ Ia- the boss about it. The boss said it lights me greatly is, "Thou shalt not 'g- was "coming through," and he said say, T just can't do a thing with it for a long time, and then Joe told Willie', in his presence. Let a beam Lve him he was "clean through." come out of thine eye and cut a shin­ or- But in a way it was a lucky break gle therefrom and assert thyself". me because now «Joe had plenty of time I am not an advocate of corporal an to spend. punishment as a general rule, be­ ra­ At 22 he is a private investigator cause among certain parents to strike it for the F. N. Burns detective agency. a child is the only kind of training :he He is associated with Joseph A. they know. Marck of the National Bureau of A whipping to them is the moral he Identification, with offices at 526 cure-all just as castor-oil is the hi- Wisconsin street. panacea for a.ll physical ills. And usually for dozens of reasons, but ;he Aid in Time of Disaster chiefly because a child gets hardened ui- The public is unduly prejudiced to it, it is of no earthly good. he against finger printing, associating it np with its application to criminals, says But there are times, brethren, there are times'. ted Konicek. He points out that in Ger­ Frankly, with all of our child ta- many and many other European training ideas, psychology clinics, countries, everyone is finger printed, child patholists, and high-powered le- and that positive identification of normal schools, it looks as though ite any person under almost any cir­ each generation of children turned al- cumstances is therefore possible. -re out by American parents is more In such disasters as the California and more "spoiled". he dam flood many bodies are recover­ jol It is as puzzling as it is distress­ ed which cannot be identified be­ ing. Eventually most of them turn cause of lack of national compulsory out to be first class men and women, finger printing, he says. because their own common sense Konicek explained that no per­ (and let us give a little credit to son's prints are exactly alike—in fact ancestral stock) comes to their res­ that no two fingers of any person's cue. hands are exactly the same. He ex­ But during that period of adoles­ plained how they could be distin­ cence between 5 and 20, there is guished by the differences in pattern something wrong. We know all about and design and by measurement. this new freedom and the new ten­ It seems that the whole business ets of the younger generation. That's is quite simple—if you know how. not news. We know that the word obedience is almost obsolete. But why should this new freedom Illinois Women Voters be a selfish, self-willed, extravagant, 1 Show Increasing Interest and lazy freedom? Truly, on account of the "beam", as Dr. Briggs calls Chicago. — (United Press) — The it, in the parents' eyes. A good percentage of women workers in Illi­ spanking once in a while might make nois has increased steadily despite a Willie at least the equal of Gunga general decline in nearly every other Din. state, Miss Anne Hinrichsen, direc­ tor of the women's bureau of the Illinois Manufacturers' association, Paris. — (United Press) — Maud announced. Loty, a singer, soon to visit the "In 1880," Miss Hinrichsen said, United States, advertised that she "the percentage of women in Illi­ was willing to spend $1,200 for the nois employed outside the home was "biggest greyhound in the world" to 9.7 per cent, ih 1910 it was 20 per take with her on her travels. cent and in 1920 it was 21.3 per cent. In 1910 the women were 18.8 per The largest map in the world is cent of the workers and in 1920 they in San Francisco; it cost $100,000 were 20.6 per cent. and took. 18 months to complete. RACINE TIMES-CALL, FRIDAY, APRIL 27, 1928 ONLY FEW INCHES SEPARATED RACINE AVIATOR FROM DEATH IN CRASH DURING WORLD WAR

Above the clouds, where aviators are masters of the skies, tangled wings spell death. Collisions are feared more than enemy bullets. A ship can limp home if a few shells have riddled its wings or pierced its body, but a bump of two planes will generally send both crashing downward to destruction. It was a near-crash in the skies that furnished the greatest thrill of his career as an aviator for Edward T. McGovern, president of the McGovern- Place Oil company of Racine. Soon after Amecira declared war against Germany, McGovern enlisted in Ambulance Company No. 9 which was organized at the Northwestern university at Evanston. A few weeks of training at Fort Sheridan con­ vinced that he could find more thrills elsewhere. American aviation was in its infancy. France, England and Germany had decorated her aces and eaglets—and buried many of them. Uncle Sam needed "war birds" to prepare for overseas combat, so McGovern and several of his comrades were granted transfers into the air service. Learned Plenty of Sciences Summer days found them at Kelly field,, at Dallas, Texas, studying aero­ dynamics, theory of flight, avigation, motors, ignition, carburetion, rigging, astronomy and wireless telegraphy. "They taught us all of the sciences I had ever heard of," McGovern re­ lates. "It seemed as if they intended us to learn every science that had ever been devised. "Kelly field was the largest air­ port in the country. It was owned by Eddie Stinson, who shattered the world's record for remaining aloft recently, and his sister, Ruth. Stin­ son was a civilian flyer then, and chief instructor at the field. Under his tutelege we began to prepare for our wings. "At that time we used the old Cur- tiss 'Jenny planes. Eddie was es­ pecially insistent that we learn our McGOvERN wireless telegraphy. He was, one of the most careful and conscientious aviators I have ever met, always coura­ geous, but never foolhardy. "He was an expert at cross-country and formation, and loved to take a squad of planes up in the air to put on an exhibition. He could make one of the most beautiful V formations I have ever seen. Stinson would fly at the head of the planes, in the lead. Usually my pal, Brees of Lincoln, Neb., flew to his left and I flew to his right, slightly to the rear. Stinson used to signal for us to fly so close to him that often there would not be more than 12 inches between our wings and the body of his plane. Practice for Bombing Expeditions "On these formations we used to practice for bombing expeditions. Fly­ ing slightly behind Stinson would be another plane, loaded with bombs. The propellor of an airplane makes such a wash of air that it is necessary for the one immediately behind to fly at a slightly higher altitude to avoid being caught in the current. "One day while we were flying in 'v' formation one of the planes across from me, to my left, swerved suddenly to the right, almost crashing into the center plane. The pilot in the center turned to the right to avoid being hit, and almost struck me. He was only a couple of inches from my wings, and we were 5,000 feet in the air. He had been caught in the 'wash' of the leading plane and swung out of his course." McGovern earned his commission and became an instructor before he left Kelly field for Berkeley, Calif. Later he joined 200 other second lieu­ tenants who were sent to England and later to LaHarve, France. In France he became stationed at Isodan, the largest training field in the country. Here aces of the air, seasoned in combat, taught the stu­ dents the maneuveurs of sky warefare. They trained with Neuiport planes, first in "clipped-wing" ships which could rise only a few feet from the ground. This airport had seven fields which the student must conquer before he was sent to the front for active service. While McGovern was working on the fifth field the armistice was signed which blocked his wish for combat against enemy planes. McGovern stayed at Isodan, however, and completed his training course. He was given a leave to visit Southern France. Brees, his buddy, re­ mained at the field to complete his training during the two weeks that McGovern went south. Saw His Best Pal Die On the day that he returned he saw two planes in practice combat high in the sky. In true warfare fashion each pilot maneuvered,.to get behind the other. They circled and dipped. There was no question of their courage. McGovern gazed at them, fascinated. Suddenly they flew straight for each other. Neither swerved. A crash—and McGovern,- a short while later, stood by the grave where rested Brees, his best pal. McGovern has 350 flying hours to his credit—a remarkable record for war days. He was never in an accident. "Careful flyers seldom meet with disaster," he says. "It is the daring, reckless 'flying fools' who boost our airplane casualty lists, in most instances." ' »'- -,'- Fly again? Positively. There isn't anything quite so thrilling as soar­ ing off into blue space behind the sweet music of an airplane motor. And if a person is destined to meet sudden death, falling in a plane is the most pleasant way possible. At least that's what McGovern swears. ^ 1^7- r1* .1 RACINE TIMES-CALL, THURSDAY, MARCH 15, 19.J STORY FOLLOWS LOCAL SOLDIER Your Boy Dr. Dean will answer all siR-iie** TO FRONT LINE boy* and girls. Writers' names answered in this column, but and a stamp, self-addressed Pausing before a recruiting office In Pond du Lac, Ralph McNichol. now living at 3517 Linderman ave­ nue, hesitated a moment before the, , ASK MOTHER steps, but feeling his courage quite "When God mad' suddenly gone, went quickly away from there. me up in a pan' But the next day he tried again— stick on my toe' and found himself a soldier of the daddy a bootlp Wisconsin National Guard, Com­ a girl and n< pany M, Fifth Wis. Infantry. birds that a A speech by a Civil war veteran All these in Northern Michigan, where Mc- ning and f Nichol had worked as a pressman; we answf a l*t,tM of that war fever which Now 1 gripped the coun­ "Oh sir try in those 1917 bed." days; and some- is rea ling undefinable, "You had spun their ling" threads of fate. you The company die was transferred to Camp Douglas— ea IS ind thought it h St had plopped into C It. •he middle of an­ I le other war. The presence of rook- le R.S. McNichol ies in the camp of was wine to the drill-weary dough­ boys. ry There were dark whisperings, and mysterious grins as the rookies marched into camp. What happen­ ed that night Is a matter of conjec­ ture. The tent in which McNichols was quartered was not disturbed. The Racine man insists that the fact that the company's mascot, a kindly bulldog, was bunking in the tent had not the slightest bearing on the mat­ ter. Attempts Frustrated it The attempt of the initiating party to put on the finishing touches the next night was frustrated. The complete details never -reached the company's ear, but this is certain: The party was stopped, completely and whole-heartedly stopped, as it attempted to proceed past the old Fourth regiment. On Sept. 26 they entrained for Waco, Texas, arriving three days later. The training at Camp McArthur was intensive, but life at the camp it had its lighter moments. There were the football games. French Id officers assigned to the 32nd division al as instructors and advisors watched 1- the games with mingled feelings. 1- One of them, so the story goes, said when he *saw a player being carried re off the field: "So the Americans re call this sport—well, the Allies have nothing to fear!" And then they were packing again, is ind on their way to Camp Merritt, in | N. J. "Camp routine soon claimed our attention, and again it was a case of" "see America first"—on foot. Around Feb. IS our company got its long-awaited orders to sail, but the platoon I was with happened to be in quarantine at the time and the company had to leave for France in without us. From this time until the week of March 8, we no more ig than got out of one quarantine than a it seemed we were doomed to an­ le other. But finally our platoon was n- released from quarantine, and to­ ul gether with other casuals from our rg division, many of whom were Mich­ re igan men, we hit the trail for France, d- via carfcrry from Hoboken to the TS boat piers across the Hudson. es During the 11 days it took to it. cross the "pond" McNichol learned y- French. At the end of that time he as could say 'Parlevous Francois, he Chevrolet coupe' with the best of at them. th They landed at Bordeaux. It was raining when they disembarked, cold, gray rain dripping out of a leaden sky. up on Arrive at French Camp he It was at St. Aignan that McNichol of had his first ride in those French he "side-door Pullmans," the box cars at on whose sides were painted: "Forty hommes (men), eight chevaux (horses)." or For days they remained at the camp, while French troop trains, nd loaded with men and guns, lumbered in by, bound for the front. a Then one night they left in the th "Pullmans" bound for somewhere. They ended up by joining the 120th to machine gun battalion, 32nd divi­ of sion. Later, when they joined their ng own outfit, the 127th, machine guns nd and pistols were issued to them. od "From here," wrote McNichol, ,n; "we went to the 10th training area. All this time the so-called "sunny" er­ part of France was sadly missing. ic­ The rain and raw weather was still v as - a part of our training program. a They left again, and finally found i: :>re themselves stationed at a village ice f near Belfort. While quartered there f they heard, for the first time, the boom of anti-aircraft guns in ac­ t tion. ii But they were soon on the march h again, with orders not to talk or s smoke. And so they reached Petit- c ,ne Croix, smokeless and talkless, and tl ves established themselves in their bil­ o are lets, which were located somewhere is between the French civilian occu­ 0,- pants and the livestock's private si id- quarters—all in the same stone ci building. tl They drilled on a large field on y< which were located several dummy hi airplane hangars, whose purpose was to mislead German aircraft into thinking that a squadron was sta­ N tioned at the place. th hle w At Petit-Croix, McNichol observed hi .ch a clever form of camouflage, one of ow th the many used extensively through­ D "or out the entire war zone. Piles of coal dotted the roadsides. The coal al ior was to be used in filling in any roads sl- of which might be torn up by aerial ii I ey bombs, so that German observation w 0, im -'rcraft, oomin later to photoTra^h a the roads, would find the roads ap- y i.i- "arently still pitted with holes, as IV- 'he coal would appear merely as er dark blots in the photographs; and ct there would be no more bombing, in at least for a while. id Shortly before they left for the front, there was a rumor to the ef­ fect that the Germans had already put up signs reading, "Welcome, 32nd!" After officers and non-coms had inspected the front line position, half of McNichol's company was or­ dered to go in. McNichol was in .he favored group. They tramped fo their position in pitch black dark- P-1S5-- h->t without i""ifleht. • T'">v get up their guns7~and spent a fairly calm night. They stayed there four days, coming out as the other half of their company came in to relieve them. They moved in again a short time later. Their first casualties were suffered in June, two men, including McNichol's top sergeant, being killed. McNichol at this time was de­ tailed to an anti-aircraft gun posi­ tion. A machine gun was mounted on a wagon wheel, which was spiked through its hub to a post. This al­ lowed the gun a full swing. Shortly after, they were ordered to a new position. Arriving, they put their gun in position, dug in, and settled down to wait. German Artillery Much Alive The Boche artillery was very much alive in the sector in which they found themselves, and there was no :deep for Company D that Saturday night. War or no war, men must eat. Their rolling kitchen was located about half a mile away from their position, camouflaged, and on a road besides a wood. . "I and a couple of others were detailed to go after the grub. We started on a zig-zag; route to the kitchen. We got out of the woods, went down a hillside, and were, heading across a field to the road leading to the kitchen, when the shells began coming over. But we were hungry, and continued on our way. But by the time we reached the road they were coming oyer thicker than ever. Suddenly the German machine guns opened up, Thinking that the Boche were com­ ing to visit us. we turned around and raced back for the location. "Shells were still falling thick and fast as we entered the woods. Limbs of trees^were crashing down alT about us. The air was full of shrap­ nel fragments. When we finally reached the gun the sergeant in charge of my platoon stuck his head out of a nearby trench dugout and advised us to seek cover. He didn't have to say it twice. "It was still raining shells. One broke near the trench, blowing in (he gas curtain, and we had a nice whiff of fire and brimstone. But the firing dwindled down after a while, and the 'chow' detail went after our late breakfasts." They went back to the "rest" area for a time, then went in again for the third and last time on July 2. The following night McNichol was on guard duty at the gun. Just as he was to be relieved, the blackness ahead was seared by queer streaks of reddish flame. Then that sector became a hell. The intermittent fire was drowned by the scream of exploding shells. Hut even in that inferno of noise the rattle of machine guns was the most persistent, the most devilish note. Flame Throwers He learned later what had hap­ pened. A German patrol, coming upon a sand-bagged outpost, thought it was occupied by soldiers, and turned their liquid fire flame throw­ ers upon the outpost. They sealed their own doom. Warned by the flashes, American rifle-bombers nearby attacked the Germans, firing from the shoulder without waiting to anchor their rifles in the earth to absorb the recoil. There had been casualties on both sides. "After this 'campaign' was com­ pleted we were withdrawn from the 'training' area, and were on our way to the Big Front." Private McNichol of Company D had learned the "art" of war. * * * RACINE TIMES-CALL, FRIDAY, MARCH 23, 1928 TALE TELLS OF GRIM PASSENGER THAT RODE WITH ARMY AMBULANCE CORPS IN FRANCE t r History of Racine Company Written by Man Over Whose Grave Last Taps Have Since Been Sounded e t 11 Death was the grim passenger heard our division was to be used which rode often in the ambulances as a replacement division, and we e knew that our company would be that carried wounded soldiers from Id broken up. On March 27, 13 of our the front to emergency and field ic men and one officer left us for the hospitals. Second Division, which was, at that Sometimes it laid a clammy hand time, near Verdun. on the patients while they were "After a month in Champlitte, our \ being rushed to the tents for first moving orders came as a most li- aid; often it lurked on a shell-torn unpleasant surprise. April 4, the four in road and hurled the hospital workers ambulance companies lined up, ready as well as the fighters into oblivion; for the start of our 28 kilometer it followed in the shrill whine and hike. From there we marched to clatter of machine gun bullets while Prangey. Here practice trenches •s. stretcher-bearers served for the were dug, where we had litter drill, of suffering and the dead. ambulance work, gas mask drill and Into the chapters of America's other workouts. greatest war there is written, in lit "From there trips were made to letters of blood, the histories of the other towns. It was on May 23 that be ambulance companies. Among these Captain Johnston announced to us >1- is the story of Racine Ambulance that we were going to have a crack in company, officially designated as at real trench warfare. Twenty-five tat Ambulance Company No. 127, 107.th men were selected and sent to various deafening. Boche returned fire. We Sanitary Train, of the Wisconsin infantry infirmaries located on the had a number of gas alarms to make National guard. front line in Alsace sector. We were our first night more uncomfortable. History of this organization has all anxious to go, but had to wait We received orders to establish a been told in "The Silver Bugle", our turn for each group was to be dressing station in the woods where ti­ memorial of the company, which detached only for a week, then our men were operating guns. This was published after boys from the relieved. was our first time under intensive ng company had returned from overseas. "From Anjoutey, we moved to shell fire. We said nothing. I don't at Much of the history was written by Denny, where we celebrated the believe anyone slept that night. The H. A. "Red" McPherson of Racine, Fourth of July by attending church next morning shells began falling OS, one of the ambulance company boys at Phaffins, a three kilometer hike. closer and we were relieved when he who died abcfut two years ago. During our stay at Denny we met ordered to proceed to LaFosse farm, ed Excerpts from Mr. McPherson's the Battery F boys. about three kilometers up toward the stories follow: "Then came the orders which front. We were told to march in to "In August, 1916, Dr. W. W. started us on our way to the front. sets of twos, 50 yards apart, so that Johnston of Racine was commissioned We arrived at Azy about midnight, we 'all couldn't be killed at once'. .re a first lieutenant in the medical July 27, tired, wet and hungry. It "When we emerged from the 'ill corps of the Wisconsin National was too late to find billets, so each woods, we beheld a sight. Stretched guard, and soon after receiving his man had to shift for himself. Any out on the field, on both sides of commission was ordered to organize space that was large enough for a the road, was one line of guns after an ambulance company at Racine. man to stretch out in was a bed another, all firing at once. The noise By the first of May three-quarters that night. The people had fled at and vibration was terrific. On July of the required strength had enlisted. the approach of the Germans and 30, the anniversary of our going to First inspection was made on May the big bridge spanning the Marne Camp Douglas, we set up the first tes 3 by Captain Edward Huber. Ha was blown up. We had the whole dressing station of the 32nd division ers was very much pleased with the town to ourselves and enjoyed a in action. This farm was the center idy class of men who constituted its good swim in the Marne. All day of a mass of artillery, and many ere personnel. long there was an endless column of German shells fell close to us. Here led "After the inspection, recruiting traffic, going to and from the front. we worked for 48 hours, without on, increased by leaps and bounds and Wounded were being transported sleep or rest. A steady line of by the end of May the company had back in ambulances, trucks, wagons wounded arrived, each one received i a reached its full strength of 151 men or anything that could be drafted first aid dressings, hot drinks, and da; and three commissioned officers, who into service. All this hustle and a farm blanket, then was taken to 910 were Lieutenants Johnston, Salbreiter bustle, this tremendous business end a hospital at the rear. i It and Hanley. of war, had a bewildering effect on "The ambulance company moved "On July 29, we entrained for our imagination, for we were on the to Longeville farm, where Ma.ior the Camp Douglas, and on Tuesday, July eve of going into battle for the first Bruins and Captain Metten were ;ive 31, we were drafted into federal time ourselves. captured by the Germans. Captain service as a part of Uncle Sam's "We were not given long to think Johnston was placed in command of nal fighting forces. Sept. 27, news came things over, for our machines were the ambulance section in place of :his that we were to leave for Texas. On called out that evening to evacuate the major. Then we moved to Ready ing Oct. 13, we became an integral part from Chateau Thierry. At the same farm, near Charmery, which had r a of the 32nd division when national time our combat units went into been captured by our division. This 00,- guards of Wisconsin and Michigan line. place had been one of the Germans' are were united. Four days later, our "We went up in trucks over roads greatest strongholds. It was on high ties company received 12 ambulances. ground, overlooking a vast area of :on- filled with traffic, passed through Followed days of training. . . . Chateau Thierry. We were astounded rolling territory. There were many and "On Feb. 7, we boarded a little holes, used by the Boch for machine eld. at the sights on the way up. Roads Australian freighter, 'Martha were filled with shell holes, trees gun nests. In the foreground were re- Washington', at. the New York docks, two aeroplanes, one French and one 000 were cut or blown down, dead horses and began our trip overseas. were everywhere. In the valleys the American. The latter was that of live Company Broken Up Quentin Roosevelt, and his grave the stench of dead men and horses was "It was the third day of March unbearable. In the haste of the was close beside it. less when we marched up the streets of we great drive no one had time to bury "At Ready farm, we received our Champlitte, a tired, weary bunch of them. first gold service stripe for six vds. soldiers, but all in good spirits. Our eri- months' service abroad. On the night march to the center of the town Terrific Barrage Opened of the 13th we had our first l at was short and wet, for it was raining, be "We were in LaCharmel. about 15 experience with the one arm of which we found later to be a daily minutes when our artillery opened warfare which we. were to fear more tsts. occurrence. It was there that we ood a terrific barrage. The roar was than anything else throughout the war. That was the nfght bombers. ates "Captain Johnston now officially or took Major Bruin's place and s, Lieutenant Schnetz became our C. O. On the Sidewalks of Racine Other changes were made. Enemy Wounded "After moving around, we estab­ was in a downtown restaurant, got a nickel. I haven't got another lished headquarters at Vic-sur-Aisne. "aiter said: "What will you cent. Go ahead, call the cop." Our machines were engaged in "You dirty bum, why don't you evacuation work. «Every available said the young man, go out and work? How do you ex­ motor vehicle was put into service •> a steak, coffee, pect to have any money if you don't and sent to the front. The demand milk and rolls." work? What do you do all day— for machines to bring back the g over each bum around?" wounded almost exceeded the supply. • coffee as Walks Around at Night The Huns were making a strong - wine. "I sleep all day, and I walk around resistance and we were taking care all night. I was in the war, and of American, French and German something happened that I can't wounded. si>nd the daylight. So I walk around Mght. Why don't you call that "Then followed dangerous days for the ambulance drivers. Roads *u w-ere in the war? From were constantly shelled. More than once our boys were almost blown 't happen to know Jim- off the map. Day after day we went through the same routine. We could v by that name, but not keep from feeling blue, for ours 'a Ralph. He was was not the most cheerful work. ad now. Say, are Letters from home were our only

Sailing Seas in Wartime

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TT. H. Miller adds another chapter to history of Racine men's activity during world war. He spent many hours in peril-infested waters.

Waters of the Atlantic ocean have yard, just 2 5 feet from the forward closed over the U. S. S. Virginia, gun turrets, while 12 inch guns flagship of the Third division and belch out a broadside of powder and once the pride of the American flames enough to completely en­ fleet. This ship, which brought the velop.one for several seconds— but 127th Ambulance company of Racine that was my experience. back from France when hostilities Captain Dies had ceased, was sunk in naval war­ "The early summer was devoted fare practice a few years ago. to developing man power for other War days found H. H. Miller, 213 navy vessels and in August a por­ Howland avenue, serving aboard the tion of our 1,400 crew was assigned Virginia as a signalman. The ship to other ships prior to sailing for escorted troops across the seas, keep­ Charleston navy yards, Boston, ing its 45 guns manned at all times where in six weeks we were ready for the tell-tale periscope of enemy for active sea duty. Our arrival in submarines which infested the ocean. Boston was marked with a siege of The Virginia almost fired upon an flu, and it was there that our cap­ American submarine at Hampton tain died. Roads when it ignored the Virginia's "Our first assignment to cross challenge for identification. The chal­ came on Oct, 14, -when.- we met, our lenge was issued several times, with convoy off the Virginia capes then no response. proceeded toward France. Sub­ "Give them one more chance to marine scares were numerous at respond," the captain commanded, sundown and daybreak. Guns were "and if there is no answer—Are." manned constantly for instant ac­ An immediate response averted one tion, and we fired without hesitation more tragedy in America's naval when our suspicions were aroused. history. "Within striking distance of the French coast, two or three days out Sought to Enter Army our ship turned around and sailed Miller was returning to St. Paul back to the States, after relief from from his former home in Davenport, the other side had been sent out. Iowa, when he first became inter­ My first trip involved 19 days at sea, ested in enlisting. He stopped in and land and trees were never more Milwaukee, headquarters of a large welcome than when we returned to Canadian recruiting station, and saw the east coast early in November. the fellows joining—fellows like him­ "A second trip of 16 days on a self, he reflected. So when he re­ similar mission was completed by turned home he sought to enter the late November without the loss of a army. Letters from an army cap­ single member of our crew, thanks tain friend did not discourage him to our faithful gunners who manned —so he turned his attention to the our 45 guns with only occasional navy and early in December signed misses. for a four year hitch. "Sailing across sei-ene blue waters April found Miller among the sounds easy, but for each two or four ranks of the trained sailors. He had weaks at sea means putting on many spent the winter at Great Lakes, as tons of coal and supplies,—with the. a member of Company H. Third regi­ entire crew 'turning to.' I recall ment. After passing in review be­ one instance when we put 2,400 tons fore Secretary of the Navy Daniels, of coal aboard—equal to a 40-car Miller and the other men of his trainload, in 18 continuous hours of company were sent to a receiving labor. ship at Philadelphia navy yards for Most Pleasant Experience a 48 hour stay, and from there to "My final trip was from Norfolk, Hampton Roads, Va., where he was in December, 191S, when w-a put on assigned to the signal corps of the sleeping equipment accommodations U. S. S. Virginia for six week's inten­ for 1000 wounded marines, bringing sive training for armed guard ser­ them home from Brest. This trip vice, both convoy and transport. called for 27 days of sailing during "This assignment never material­ one month." ized, however, and I remained aboard Miller recalls as his most pleas­ the Virginia until I was discharged ant experience during service the in 1919," Miller relates. "Our ship, party which the crew of the Virgil 'a once the pride of our fleet, was flag­ gave to 400 French'war orphans ;;.t ship of the Third division and car­ Brest, France on New Year's day, ried Rear Admiral Jayne and Cap­ 1919. A collection of about $500 tain Henry Ziegemeier, since pro­ was raised among the sailors, and moted to high rank and now com­ the children were given a turkey mandant at Great Lakes station. dinner and all the trimmings. They "It isn't much of a pleasure to be were conveyed across the harbor in assigned to a ship on a Friday and motor boats, given a dinner and en­ the following Thursday have the ex­ tertained, and returned to the "oast perience of standing on the ship's before the night winds blew rough topside in charge of raising and low­ waves across the bay. This was on ering signals on the yard arm hal­ his last trip across.

m~n, U™*T Name Was Given RACINE TIMES-CALL, TUESDAY, MARCH 27, 1928

"A Horse on the General" Past Commander of Racine Legion Post Tells How Inspecting Officer Was Fooled

An order is an order, when a man wears a uniform. Subordinates in the army and navy learn early in their training days that a "yes, sir" and salute is the one way of answering a com­ mand. But sometimes ingenuity and will­ ingness to stake a lot on courage overcame difficulties. That was why Lieutenant Edward Millstead, past commander of the Racine post, American Legion, fooled a general of the American army in France and won his praise instead of being court-martialed. Millstead, now division traffic manager of the Wisconsin Motor Bus lines, will not reveal, for publication, the name of the officer whom he out-witted, for that official Is now a ranking major general of the United States army, but he recalls the inci­ dent as one of the outstanding in his MILLSTEAD military career. t on his chest and threw the fear of a Guns Had Ceased to Roar dozen courtmartials into me. War guns had ceased to roar when this episode occurred, and men of A Difficult Task Battery C. were housed in a beauti­ "My task was a difficult one, in ful chateau in France. Millstead re­ fact, it was physically irnpossible. calls the affair. The_ inspecting general left orders "One evening while Herzog, Laf- that he would return in three days ferty and myself were sitting in and that the legs of all the horses— Lafferty's room splitting a few bot­ about 200 of them, must be clipped tles of champagne—our usual cus^ from the hoofs to the belly. All we torn before retiring—a courier ar­ had was one hand clipper, and you rived with a small truck and orders can imagine what slow and tiresome for me to proceed at once with him work that was. to regimental headquarters. "He came for inspection and "Veil—orders are orders, so I found everything o. k. But as he packed my luggage. The Battery C was driving out of town the drivers, boys made a collection and loaded stable sergeant and I had the biggest the truck down with cigarets and laughs of our lives. We had put it chocolate for me to take to Battery over on the inspecting general. F. Before reporting to the colonel "The horses were stabled all over I found Bill Hayman and turned the town, with as many horses in as over the truck load of smokes and many barns as we could possibly eats for him to distribute among the find. We managed to get about 40 F boys. horses clipped. The day the general "I reported to the colonel, who was to arrive I had the remaining told me that the inspecting general horses safely hidden in a neaby woods. The drivers had their in­ had, upon his tour the day before, structions and carried them out to found the horses of the supply com­ the letter. pany in such a filthy condition that he placed two officers of that or­ "As soon as the general finished ganization under arrest, and that he inspecting one stable, and entered had sent fqjr me to place me in another, the drivers rushed the horses from the former one to an­ charge of the drivers of the outfit, other barn, and so it went—rushing and that I was to pound discipline horses from one stable to the other into them and also get the horses in until the tour was complete. The condition. general never knew that he inspe !t- "Without a doubt the inspecting ed the same horses over several general raised hell with .the colonel, times." for he gave me everything that was

-x.^-^^^ 4., nri_ _ T7 _i • RACINE TIMES-CALL, THURSDAY, APRIL 26, 1928 SENSE OF HUMOR REFUSED TO BE SQUELCHED, EVEN WHEN DEATH POUNDED AT THE DOOR «•— Racine Veteran Recalls Funny Story of How Two Local Men Lost Episodes That Might Easily a Truck in Streets of Ger­ Have Been Tragedies man City

Being trapped on a hillside in hill. Suddenly the Germans, who range of enemy fire, caught in a gas were returning French lire, raised attack without a mask, and having their barrage higher and the bul­ a shell screech through a building lets began to fall near the two Ra­ while one is writing a letter back cine soldiers. home wouldn't be remembered as They sought safety in an old dug­ "funny" by many soldiers who served out nearby, but the stench of dead in Uncle Sam's army during the bodies drove them out. Then they World war. ." m flattened down on the ground until In every instance death could have the fire ceased. written finis to the episode. One day while Murray Hill and But Dr. Arthur Moe, chiropractor Moe were sitting in the truck, which with offices at 1520 Washington had been driven inside a stone build­ avenue, recalls these adventures as ing, they noticed that the Germans some of the most humorous in his were beginning a "seeping" bar­ army career. They occurred while rage. Each shell fell a, little nearer he was a member of the 127th Am­ the building. They were writing bulance company of Racine, serving letters to those back home, and de­ in the Chateau-Thierry district. cided to finish, especially when it Harold Van Bree, Arthur Stoffel, appeared as though the barrage had Arthur Lui and Art Moe starred in ended. the gas-mask incident. The boys where two vehicles could meet safely Everything was quiet. The roar of slept in their ambulance, having the in daytima, but it was a dangerous the guns seemed far distant. litters resting on the sides of the point at night. To the right of Suddenly a shell tore through the truck. Between the bottom of the them the French artillery thundered building. Moe and Hill grabbed stretchers and the floor was a space its defiance to the Boche. To the their letters and pencils and ran. large enough for a man to crawl. left was a high, steep, rocky hill. Bullets plowed the road in front of Moe had hung his gas mask close Just as the ambulance was rounding them, and each step seemed to be an to his head when he retired that the curve the noise . of another effort. Exhausted, they reached a night. vehicle, approaching the pass, was dugout and laid there to pant while Siren Screeches Warning heard. Van Bree swung the truck they laughed at their experience. Out of the darkness a' siren out of the way and stopped— with When the armistice had been screamed its warning that a gas two wheels in mid-air. signed the Racine Ambulance com­ attack was being launched by the Me and Moe crawled out of the pany visited Germany. Van Bree, enemy. The blast awakened the truck gingerly, fearing that the least Moe, and Hill were invited to dine four sleeping soldiers. Van Bree commotion would send it plunging and sleep in a German home. They and Stoffel found their masks quick­ over the embankment. deserted their truck, against mili­ ly, while Lui and Moe crawled Saved His Cigarets tary orders, and slept in soft-feath­ around on their hands and knees, Van Bree, however, edged his way er beds in their host's home. When under the stretchers, looking for around to the toolbox wnich was they returned to look for rheir truck theirs. Finally Lui found Moe's. fastened to the side of the running in vhp morning, they cou.d not find "Oh Art, I got a mask," he called board. it. All of the trucks had been lined encouragingly, as he put it on. "I "I've got a package of Camels in up around the square, so they wait­ guess this attack isn't going to be there, and I'm going to save them ed until every other truck had pulled so very bad, anyway." even if the truck tips on me," he out—then went to theirs. Moe rushed down the lines and explained in answer to Moe's protest Replaced—And How! found an old French mask which he of danger. The boys had been given a new wore for protection. For many days The other vehicle stopped. It Packard truck—but the one left for Lui was "kidded" because of the in­ proved to be Major W. W. Johnston, them bore little resemblance to it. cident. commanding officer, who was riding It had been stripped of its canopy, One night Van Bree and Moe had to the* front lines in the sidecar of headlights and all equipment. taken a load of litter bearers to the his motorcycle. Captain Luther Schnetz ordered front, and were returning, late at "My God! Its my own boys!" he that the stolen equipment must be night, to their own camp. No lights exclaimed. replaced or the boys would be court- were allowed on the truck and the He ordered the boys to wait while martialed . It was—when they vis­ ambulance drivers proceeded cau­ he rushed assistance to help them ited Coblenz a few days later. And tiously. get the truck back on the road. They the new canopy didn't cost the Ra­ They neared a bend in the road sat for a while in the shelter of the cine boys a nickle—either. RACINE TIMES-CALL, TUESDAY, MAY 1, 1928 GODS OF WAR KIND TO OLSONS, SERVICE STARS REMAIN BLUE

, EA«Si OLSON BURT OLSON

Three Boys Served in World Con­ flict—All Returned Home Safely, Live Here

War days found three stars shin­ ing in the service flag owned by Mr. and Mrs. M. Olson, now residing on Haven a\'enue. The gods of war were kind and the stars were blue when hostilities ceased. The stars were for the three Olson sons, two who served with the Inn I forces, and one who chose to join the ranks of the navy. Earl, the youngest, enlisted in the ranks of Battery C and was a boxing instructor while the boys trained at Waco, Texas. He served overseas with his cGmpany, and now resides at 1501 West Lawn avenue. LeRoy, who was 21 when he en­ listed in the coast guards before war was declared, was on the S. S. Mo­ hawk when it was sunk in a collision with, a British steamer. He was ater assigned to the Itasca, and on his way from New York to Porto Rico made the acquaintance of Cas­ tro, former president of Venezuela. No Substitute for He lives at 1044 Indiana avenue. Burt, oldest of the brothers, is now Mother with the Greene Engineering com­ pany and lives at R. R. No. 3. He T endeavored to enlist in Battery C E ROBERTS BARTON with Earl, but was refused admis­ get a machine to make sion. He made several trips to re­ -1 salad and coffee and cruiting stations to offer his serv­ Ly. You can't get a ices, and finally joined Motor Am­ beds, or clean up bulance company No. 35, at Camp r. You can't get Greenleaf, Port Oglethorpe, Ga. He meals and put served overseas from March 16, 1918, end the clothes until August 26, 1919, and partici­ 'n order. You pated in the Aisne-Marne, Meuse- Argonne, and Champagne-Marne of­ ve guessed fensives and the battle of St. Mihiel. •< take the here is ,«1~'- RACINE TIMES-CALL, THURSDAY, APRIL 12, 1928

When Willis Caught a Spy

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o. a- iin.5 It Wi­ der an is. has a has has er or up To< ....•.•'.,• • , '. he anc IT. SHOT AT SUNRISE.—Racine soldiers are shown playing "Mexican Mc war" to break the monotony of training. Gaidos and Feiges are the se. men backed against the wall awaiting their "doom." Tale of How Zealous Local,- Batteryman Caught IH IntrudeTnt.rnrWr H

Spies are the most feared enemies of a government when nations wrar. Every man in the service of his country is trained to trust no one, I and to be constantly on the alert for this dangerous type of enemy. When Racine men who were training for World war service at Camp Douglas received official ad- | vice that a German spy had been seen near Madison, and was enroute for their camp, a new thrill loomed. And every man hoped to be the lucky soldier to "spot" the expected intruder. The guard was augmented for the occasion and the 'provo guard' downtown was directed to do any­ 1- thing but murder him, but to be lg sure to get him at all hazards. He es was to arrive on the 2 a. m. train. Famous 'Person' as In letters to his buddy Edward er C. Millstead, Sergt. George Wallace Is Only a Myth tie of the Wisconsin National guard re­ or calls the incident of the "spy's" ar­ ij, rival and how Willis Parks of Bat­ Broadway Boasts a "John Bunyf tery C did his military duty. of its Own rd .a- Tall, Desperate, Smooth New York — Perhaps the he "The spy was described generally widely used name on Broad ica as a man about 6 feet 2 inches tall, that of a person who doesn't le- about 30 years old. He spoke with Barrymores may come an a strong French accent, and walked may Sotherns and Marie with a slight limp. Besides being a Cohans and Anglins an (Ve desperate criminal he was said to be shams But "George Sp' ust a mighty smooth duck. on forever. Yet Geor k.p- "When that train arrived there ili- never has been or never were enough guards to take care of Splivin, though his n/ us both sides of the train from cow­ , is peared on countless ? catcher to tail lights. Two o'clock play bills, is an ent arrived. So did the spy. person. pie, "He happened to get off right George Splivin w where Willis Parks of Racine was years agone to me stationed and naturally Willis grasp­ This emergency h ed the chance to do his full military many an occasior duty. He noted the excessive longi­ tude of the man and his slight limp, For, if you ar so he decided that he had the right with the theater, fellow. Putting a ticklish bayonet there are many ned back of the suspect he remarked: actor plays tw are 'Guess you are the fellow we are the first act irds looking for, old scout, so just mosey and in the t ned along ahead of me and don't make butler. Now -om any false moves.' who don't WE dies this. And f " 'Ah, but Monsieur—et ees— and produr szere is szee—dites-moi ce que vous 3ted way about voulez?'—in surprise." the making ur "'It's alright, old top; lets go rhat a play an' around and see the officer of the troy wag crea/ night. He's been looking for a Ger­ that ment th man spy all afternoon and you fill From th lot. the bill to a T. Hike!' ass- Whenev " 'But monsieur—szee spy? Et is >ads world i a gr-r-rand mistake; et is insult!' cally .' ?en- and he proceeded to protest until Splivir sset. the officer of the day was found at pearer -aot the end of the depot. is m( est "Here's your spy, sir," and the play- culprit was thrust forward for in­ Spliv the spection. ect " 'But monsieur eapitaine, je ne ing le comprends pas—' B rly this ind Night in Guard House can sa­ "Still protesting, he was taken to Bu ner the guard house at camp, wringing is en­ his hands. He was thrust inside tile where he spent the night, no doubt big thinking of the inglorious end that :elt most probably would be meted out jrk to him in the morning. "After first call in the morning the officer of the guard sent a mes­ senger to inform the colonel of the important capture. The colonel sen jammed his feet into a pair of rub­ the ber boots and hurried to the guard­ nly house to see the find. " 'Bring out your spy so I can take sk- a slant at him.' " The spy was trotted out for in­ spection. The colonel took one look at. him and burst out laughing and rushed forward to shake hands with him. ttle " -this isn't any XY!!!!'X&? ale spy—this is our new French teacher! "He took the 'spy' away for break­ fast. "The spy proved to be Mr. Silver- cruise, a son of the chief justice of Belgium, who was shot in the knee a few months after the great war m started, which' accounted for the ra­ limp, and he had been sent to this il is country on gome mission or other and was detailed to Camp Douglas iat to teach us French in a few week's ant time. He was given a tent near US, mine and I soon found that he was a ire 'regular fellow.'" Another "spy" incident which is be laughingly^ recalled by many mem­ to bers of the Racine battery is the ire occasion when the boys decided to play "Mexican war" one Sunday my afternoon. •he Shot at Sunrise la- ite The boys had worked hard and he decided to play hard, so they ar­ rested Alonzo Gaidois and Julius Feiges as Mexican spies and sen­ to tenced them to be shot at sunrise. he Personnel of the assassination squad has not been preserved for poster­ or ity, but several boys recall the fact by that Pat Hilt was among them and had an old battered empty shell •ly in his rifle when arms were in­ spected. ey Gaidos and Feiges were backed he up against a wall, and the 12 rifles were aimed at their breasts. At the command "Fire" by Sergt. Wallace ic they fell in very realistic fashion. fv. The picture shows Gaidos at the th left and Feiges at the right, against the wall. 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• : •'-:--. • : '•. : .:' ' ^ii^^^^^BHBBBSSK^^^^^^ iy SOMEWHERE ON THE MEXICAN BORDER.—This group of Wisconsin National guardsmen had ..marched most of the previous night, and were so exhausted when the order came to halt that they did not even wait to set up their pup tents before dropping to sleep. This photograph was taken at 3 2fe o'clock in the morning. Purdy is somewhere in the group. o After having spent a pleasant A leaden hail from machine guns year among the lizards on the Mex­ in every pit, from every tree top, ican border in 1916 when Villa, the battered the troops. With heads bandit, was spending profitable bowed as though they were running hours raiding Texas ranches, J. B. against a heavy wind, the troops ad­ Purdy, then of the Wisconsin Na­ vanced, and broke in a khaki wave tional guard, returned to Racine just on the edge of the forest. in time to get into the Big Fight. Beaten Back 8 Tunes Battery C and the Racine Ambu­ lance company were being organ­ Eight times that day they attacked ized and Purdy aided as an instruc­ the woods, but each time were beaten tor. He was sent to Waco, Texas, back with heavy loss of life. At the end of the day's fighting the second where he was assigned to the 127th battalion had lost 85 per cent of infantry, 32nd division, and in De­ its original strength. cember he left for Camp Merritt, N. J. But the Americans would not give In February, a few days after the up. They had seen their dead and TusCania had been torpedoed off the wanted vengeance. coast of Ireland, they sailed on the They decided to make one more transport "George Washington." attack. That night, reinforced by There were 11 ships, including a de­ the remaining troops again ad­ stroyer, the Covington, sunk later in vanced against the forest. the war. It was the largest convoy "You know how a football team that had left America up to this works," said Purdy, his eyes shin­ time. ing. "Well, that was the way we The "George Washington," with were working. I never saw a pret­ tier advance, in all my life. We much money, a few generals, and would go forward until the Ger­ about 6,000 troops on board, was in mans would shoot a flare into the t'ne center of the convoy and just be­ air, and then we would drop, all to­ hind the Covington. gether, as pretty as you please. We They took the southern route, advanced to within 50 yards of the sailing around the Azores and the forest. Then we gave it to them. Canary lies, up through the North We had some machine guns with us, Sea to Brest. and they started raking the tree On the afternoon of March 1, tops, where the Germans had a good three days' sailing from Brest, the many machine gun nests. Our offi­ lookout on the "George Washing­ cers had instructed us to go just to ton" saw a little black box in the the edge of the forest, but we pene­ water. It did not bob in the waves trated ..deeply and captured some as any ordinary little black box prisoners before we turned back. would do, but cut through the water When we got back we dug in along towards the ship. the rim of the woods. The submarine alarm brought the "The next morning French caval­ troops swarming on deck to their ry joined us and finished cleaning boat stations. up the woods." Stole Past Guard Line The Germans dropped back across The U-boat, apparently selecting Vhe Ourcq river and formed a line of the Washington as its victim, had defense near Reddy farm. stolen past the line of ships into the Meanwhile several artillery units center of the convoy.* had come up, and at 10 a. m. laid A torpedo went frothing by the a heavy barrage, and the troops be­ bow of the ship. gan their tenth advance in a day The destroyer, its smoke stacks and a half. spuming great black pillars of As they were advancing, a Ger­ smoke, maneuvered to attack the man plane, machine guns hammer­ raider. ing, dived upon Piirdy's unit, kill- The air was alive with the wail in;: between 15 and 20 men. of whistles as the other ships took Under a steady bombardment of up the alarm. shells they had reached the edge of It was all fiver in a few minutes. town when a machine gun, hidden The first depth bomb fired at the -m~ar ~c htrrch steep le -over—which—a undersea craft by the "Washington" Red Cross flag was flying, opened missed its mark, booming into the Are. sea beyond the sub. But the second Purdy was running down a hill caught it squarely. toward the town when he was A few black fragments hurtled wounded in the hip. All that after­ J. B. PURDY into the air, then the waters sucked noon he lay where he had fallen. and swirled over the spot where the Toward evening the enemy began to tiat U-boat had been a moment before. shell the side of the hill, to keep It Magnolia Garden Bloom In a little while the sea was covered support troops from coming an. To Be Attraction in April with patches of oil . . . through, which made it very inter­ in't Arrived at Brest, they were packed esting for Purdy. Charleston, S. C.— (United Press) it." into the inevitable box cars and sent The wounded soldier wormed his —America's beautiful flower para­ iks. down the coast to Bordeaux, where way up over the top of the hill to ind dise of springtime—the "Magnolia the other side, where he was found Gardens" will be in bloom the first a training camp was iocated. In May e'd they left for the Alsace front near by two friends who. had come to om two weeks of April, gardners have look for him. announced. the Swiss border. its, Alsace had been the scene of . With a soldier on either side he Thousands of visitors, many of much heavy fighting. It had been walked three miles to the regimen­ whom annually make a pilgrimage tal dressing station, and then was here for the occasion, are expected. taken by the Prussians in the war of 1871, and now French troops had taken by motor to the Racine ambu­ The "Magnolia Gardens" in succeeded in recapturing it after lance company station. springtime are—in reality gardens nearly half a century. There he met William and Frank laned with azalea trees—their thick in But when the Americans arrived it Ries, and Dr. L. N. Schnetz, all of red hues—giving a vivid gala color Racine. he was a comparatively quiet sector. to the banks of the Ashley river. They stuffed him with chocolates >n- Attacked in Balloon The magnolias come in oloim later, and gave him the first cigaret he had ;en While at Alsace Purdy accepted when the paths are sprinkled . with smoked in four days. ... * ugt the invitation of an officer, to go up the red azalea blooms, dead. Only 11 Left Out of 250 ire in an observation balloon. The balloon Special trains will be run here vas was attached to a truck by a heavy When they let Purdy go at the .im from various southern cities and col­ lege towns, as is the annual custom. steel cable and rose into the air as hospital he went back and rejoined the the cable was unwound. It was his battalion. But nearly all of the The gardens are the property of te's old familiar faces were gone. Only C. Norwood Hastie, whose grand­ being.hauled down again when two rse 11 remained 0I the original unit of father, the Rev. John Grinkle Dray­ heavy German planes dove at it, )Od 250 men. ton, planned and in great part many bullets piercing the bag, but The Argonne drive in which Pur­ planted the 2 5 acre stretch of grove. it did not burst into flame. Before dy took part on his return from the Drayton was an invalid, forced to any further damage could be done hospital was as close to Indian war­ lead an out door life. He was the the balloon was already on the fare as anything he has seen, says descendant of an old English fam­ ground and anti-aircraft guns had the Racine man. ily who came to America to live in opened fire, driving away the planes. the eighteenth century. Even in . Early in June, about the time of "Most of the fighting took place in ital 17^, the beauty of the area along the Chateau-Thierry drive, they left wooded country. Half the time we mp the Ashley river, where the gardens in trains for Soissons, where they didn't know where we were. Often we would be within the German n." lie, was proverbial. It was there remained in reserve for a few days. ei ing that Drayton conceived the garden Meanwhile the third division had re­ lines and wouldn't know it." hell. sc ion and planted the thousands of trees, taken the town after one of the There were more days of d« ion many of them of rare origin. most furious battles of the war. Two And then came the Armistice is Moss-covered oaks, hundreds of days later the 3 2nd division moved Y years old, give contrast to the scene in to relieve the third. The troops Toledo Improves Zoo a; when the gardens are in bloom. were taken to Chateau-Thierry In et The waters of the Ashley river, trucks. With Costly Buildings aj ted "Up to this time", says Purdy, ion, black-blue in hue because of iron ft in the soil, give added effect. ' -. "we thought we had gotten into a Toledo. —• (United Press) — With be T: pretty good war". the beginning of summer, the Wal- el The second battalion, the unit to bridge park zoo here will attain a of id which Purdy belonged, was ordered position second only to the Bronx thy Mingled Melodies Suit m to the front line fox holes—there zoo in New York, according to Per­ di yes Nobility of Afghanistan were no trenches. cy C. Jones, president of the zoo n< ted board of control. Paris — (United Press) — It was The intelligence department dis­ ce The equipment will be the finest hly a job for the official musicians of covered that the Germans had drop­ to in the country, but the animal dis­ itly the French government to discover ped back to strengthen their lines, play will be exceeded slightly by the cfer what exactly is the Afghan national and the battalion advanced two miles R New York zoo." he said. ind anthem, which had to be played on without meeting the slightest resist­ w the arrival of King Amanullah and ance or firing a single shot. They A $110,000 bond issue to finance G the purchase of additional land al­ of his consort and at every function stopped a short distance from Ron Pi ready has been authorized, and an­ np- which they attended. Finally the cheres woods, where the Germans (a other issue for $100,00 0 is now un­ an- musicians found a compromise. They were heavily entrenched. The place ea der consideration. rien mingled the national airs of Hawaii, swarmed with machine gun nests. Ai co the Siam, Persia, Zanzibar with a little On the morning of July 29 they The latter would be used mainly ra eps Hungarian and German melodies, were ordered to attack the woods. to build new barles3 dens for bears, and everybody was satisfied. The line of advance lay over a wheat foxes and wolves. Natural environ­ lo p< and field as level as a table. There was ments for animals will be provided and not a single gun to lay a supporting as far as possible, featured by hiber­ irm 3 Titled Milk Dealers barrage. The third division had nating caves and shelters. eve covered so much ground in its drive St. Louis and Denver are said to ked Now Listed at London that the artillery had been unable be the only cities now possessing iar- London. — (United Press) — Eng­ to keep up with it, and the two- such accommodations for animals. land has three titled milk dealers. mile advance of the 32nd the day One of the most unique buildings The latest to join this select cote­ before had left the guns further included in the new program will be behind than ever. A body of French a bakery, especially constructed for l of rie is Lady Onslow, wife of the Un­ troops entrenched to their left re­ the preparation of special foods for ited der-Secretary of war, who has been fused them a rifle barrage, fearing to the various animal classes. tion granted a license to sell "grade A" draw German fire. be milk produced at the home farm at lual Clandon Park, Surrey. They started. The Germans with­ TOO LATE NOW Another is the Earl of Airlie, while held their fire until the Americans HILDA: I've always had a pre­ ous the third is Lord Hamilton of Dal- were almost on top of them. sentiment that I should die young. ^ase zell, who has a store for the sale of "Then they let go with everything THELMA: Well, my dear, you his own dairy and garden produce, they had—and they sure had plenty". didn't, after all, did you?—Answers. RACINE TIMES-CALL, TUESDAY, APRIL 10, 1928 RACINE SOLDIER TELLS OF MAKING CROSS :re ill FOR GRAVE OF LIEUT. QUENTIN ROOSEVELT SO How he made the cross for Quen- tin Roosevelt's grave was told today n, by Joseph A. Marck, 1234 Isabelle Id avenue, who served with the 127th it. ambulance company during the war. Lieutenant Roosevelt was killed in le an air battle on July 14, 1918. :d The body was buried with full mil­ itary honors by the Germans, where 's ^c- it fell. When the enemy retreated after the second battle of the Marne the grave came into the possession ;ll of the Americans. or This is Marck's story: j- "It was early in August. Our com­ pany was stationed on a farm where we had established a sort of field hospital. One day some wounded soldiers drifting up our way said that t- they had found the grave of Quentin ig Roosevelt. It struck us rather bad­ r- ly. We decided to look over the grave, and so on the following morn­ ing the whole company started for WHERE ROOSEVELT MET DEATH.—Arrow points to the body r- the burial place, which was some of the young lieutenant, who was shot down behind the German lines ts kilometers from where we were sta­ in an air battle on the Marne front. The ^photograph was taken from ie tioned. When we arrived we found a German prisoner. _ )0 a badly smashed plane, and near it a little mound of earth. Quentin was there—probably having the first id good rest he had had since he came ;: over. Souvenir hunters had already started working on the plane. Most of the motor was gone, and there were patches of canvas cut from the wings—what there was left of them. Made a Crude Cross "I broke two pieces of wood from the fuselage. I didn't have any r.ails, so I tied the pieces together ur with twine, in the shape of a cross. I of guess it was a pretty wobbly affair, and I'm sorry I couldn't do any bet­ en ter. I painted Roosevelt's name on •ct the cross. I made it, 'Lt. Q. Roose­ 3r, velt.' I didn't put the date of his 20 death or anything else on it. I didn't srt know when he was killed. I made Id it just 'Q. Roosevelt' because I did n- not know how to spell 'Quentin.' 3HP ho "I didn't know on which side his nd head was. I had to guess at it. I f::fS#?l? en stuck the cross into one end of the >ns mound, and some of the boys got THE LAST REVIEW.—Crown prince makes final inspection of sre three old German rifles that were troops in Belgium. Most of these men were killed in the first year he laying around, and we stacked them of the war. Marck obtained this photograph from a Gorman prisoner together like a tent, and put a at Fismes. th­ doughboy's helmet on the ends of '.-:«!•:'•:*:•:;•:'S;S-'':;S- ing the barrels, where they came togeth­ the shelling had died down a_ bit, ve- er at the top. they fell asleep. the "Then our chaplain, Lucas T. Only Building Untouched vill Krebs, read a prayer over the grave, When the 127th walked out stiffly into the cold gray dawn the follow­ 'jppsi Wt+Wi itly and then we went away." : rm The ship on which Marck sailed, ing morning they saw for the first «?;;:'r ? /v':-" • the "Martha Washington," left for time the effects of the shelling of the 1 night before. The house in which France on Feb. 10. In the convoy of ; they had been quartered was the ; -s--:••- :; •;;:#- ... .. lit- 14 vessels was the "Tuscania," which 1m "mV iiig? i only buifding which had been left uld was later torpedoed with great loss art of life. The Tuscania was several untouched. Scattered about the led miles in Ihe lead of the Washing­ empty courtyard were empty ambu­ |||||i||;:s; nk- ton, but. the ill-fated vessel was visi­ lances, some of them smashed by ble to the troops on the other ship. shells. Dead men were lying on ase Sometime during the night of Feb. litters half buried in the slime. An the 5, the "Martha Washington" sud­ entire ambulance company—the 91st :'?|i|\f|fl ;ut, denly changed is course, and instead —had been wiped out that night, and of continuing on its voyage to Eng­ the ambulances were waiting for,new , •:-..•-;;.. • _ • --. .--, ail- : : : :: land, started for France. Afterwards :"'•• ' - '.'.""; '-'[ ' one drivers. they learned that the "Tuscania" had gs; Suddenly a machine gun about 300 been sunk during the night and that ral yards away began its-"sinister rattle, 159 troops had gone down with the and the Americans broke for shelter. 'Hm i ship.

in The ambulance company had ac­ • • :• > Arriving in Brest the troops were for tually advanced to the front line MARCK inc.- sent soon after to the Alsace Lor- trenches during the night! .---- \ ,-^ine front. The 127th ambulance On Nov. 11 came the news that ' company,' a Racine orVrani/a'tion, was the armistice had been signed, anil tied with the French ninth divi that hostilities would cease at 11 Nation of Cynics sion. a. m. "Oh boy, what a grand and When all the units of the 32nd glorious feeling", Marck wrote in his Developing in U„ S division had arrived at the front, the diary. "Everybody was happy, sing­ Americans started a drive whlcn ing, yelling. That night we were By OLIVE ROBERTS BARTO' he gained them 17 kilometers of Ger­ allowed to light our electric lights— man ground in three days. There We are becoming a natior which we didn't have—but the boys was much grim work for the ambu­ cynics. We stand by and rht did light small fires in front of their lance companies who followed in mockingly at almost every / pup tents on the hillside to celebrate. the wake of that great smash. honest endea/vor of other of There were about 5,000 fires. It re­ Later the 32nd division was trans­ who are trying to do somet* d- minded me of a big city, all lit up. ferred to Chateau-Thierry and the benefit of mankind. ,re . . . The war was over". joined the regular army divisions Usually the cynic is V there., Marck's unit advanced as far On Nov. 21st they left the village who never lifts a finger tr ge Liny, where they had been stationed, body, who scolds a waiter •e- as Reddy farm, where it established a field hospital. and marched toward the Rhine, pass­ are hard and who sc they're soft, blames t One day they received word that ing through no man's land, then on porter for a flat wheel a doctor was wanted further up the to Longuyon, Grandville, Monson, Longwy. wife's head off for e> ie lines. Captain Dew was assigned to the task, and Marck accompanied The company picked up footsore Now the professio troops who had been forced to drop respecter of person '0, him as an assistant. Arriving near out, and gave them a ride to Ger­ respecter of grou is the front lines the two men went in many. All this time the Americans chief objects of I ce search of fresh water for the wound ed and came upon a well. They look­ had to keep five miles behind the social club, the ) ed down. There wasn't any water retreating German horde. The roads the fraternal org Se in the well, but there was a Ger­ were strewn with abandoned equip­ How it deliglr a man. Two of them, in fact. Their ment. Before crossing into German Babbitts! it red faces glared upward, their mous territory, the boys \vere told not to Very well, id taches bristling, and then one of drink any German water, or talk to gentleman is s 8- them threw up a hand grenade. Both Germans. But the regulations didn't ing his selfif grand slams of the Americans flattened upon the say anything about not drinking what his Br ground, and the grenade exploded to wine, so they did. They arrived at It is perb one side without harm. Later some the little duchy of Luxemburg, like night, the r M. P.'s came up and took care of a little cushion between France and would rati the Germans. Germany, then crossed the Coblenz wife and bridgehead. They were in Germany! The company moved to Vic Sur sacrifices Aisnes, where great caves had been with his dug out of a hill of rock and gravel. charitabl Here wounded men were given first Veteran Arctic Explorer There aid, and taken care of until they Offers Advice to Byrd children could be taken further back of the Sydney, Australia—(United Press) for a sr lines. —Success of Commander Richard poor fa Killed By Own Bomh Byrd's projected Soth Pole flight de­ membe There were air raids. One day pends largely on the selection of a brings between 200 and 300 German pris­ good base in the opinion of Sir Som oners were being questioned by the Edlreworth David, world-famous care o intelligence department, which had Sydney professor who accompanied after a dugout in connection with the Shackleton to the Antarctic. tions ryJ_^hospital". About half of them were David says that when Amundsen home standing in the entrance to the dug­ made his successful expedition to the The I out, waiting for their turn to be south pole he established a base at for 1 quizzed, when a German plane drop­ the eastern end of the Ross barrier, their ped a bomb into their midst, killing free from violent blizzard winds. On hand the other hand, the Shackleton expe about 50 of them. men dition camped nearer the Antarctic idle. While at Fismes, Marck, who can Andes where blizzards werej frequent T; speak German, was dressed as a Ger­ and where it would be impossible and man soldier and put into a prison for planes to be used. wor to obtain information that might be David is of the opinion that the rew of value to his superiors. He did South Pole will be more difficult mo) succeed in "pumping" a corporal of to explore by plane than the North flrsi details concerning the location of Pole, but that there should be less hor certain German positions that proved difficulty experienced in alighting are of of great value. The work, of course, trom the skies due to the fact that exc ad had its dangers. The slightest whis­ it has been established that the area he per that this man among them who to be explored is practically all land Ki >st could speak German was a spy; there sh would have been a silent knife thrust RJGHTOI S rly in the dark; and the next morning i lat the prisoners would have explained Th. le- that there had been a brawl among is I bic them, that this man had been killed. by iry Marck's most hair raising experi­ 1 ence occurred after the 127th had col ,ent left Vic Sur Aisnes for the Argonne- Ion ong Meuse forest. After hours of march­ "If. de- ing through the rain they arrived s of at the little village of Very. Captain rur W. W. Johnston, in command, quar­ out ctor tered his 200 or more men in one ban 3 of large room, where they were stoc It squeezed together like sardines. giv( the About 12 p. m. the Germans began tion to shell the town. Shells burst on plar ived all sides of the farmhouse, which ...-.-;, „ be mo,e sad," said "if" ime shook with the concussions. But the the schoolmistress, . "than a man trer, :her men were terribly tired, and it was without a country?" the • at raining there outside. And so they "A country without a man," an­ the for stayed where they were, and after swered a pretty schoolgirl.—Sast- mat ern Morning News. rese RACINE TIMES-CALL, MONDAY, MARCH 26, 1928 ie I is 's Diary of a Racine Soldier 's ir Tales of Horror and Comedy Between Covers of a ire Little Red Note Book in

One Racine man's life in wartime lives between the covers of a little red note book. The miseries, the joys, the sorrows of an American soldier fighting in a foreign country—all the things of war, are told in the scribbled lines. From the day that he arrived at Camp McArthur, Waco, Texas, to the Armistice, Radio Sergeant Charles J. Salak wrote in the little book a rec­ ord of his daily life. He wrote of his second day at sea: "Rough sea. Many of the men sea­ sick. Asked one fellow how it felt to be seasick. He said the first two it hours a man is afraid he is going to die and the next two hours he's afraid he won't. Felt little ill my­ self, and think that I will be seasick soon." And the next day: "Plowing through the rough sea. Practically every man on board ill. All below decks foul. Up to date no steamers or craft of any kind passed us. Had fire drill." Two days later: "Young Arnett of id our bunch died during night. Good 311 little chap. Will be buried in France. Practically every man over illness. Rough sea and high wind. Steamer he passed us. Did not reply to signals is.- of cruiser so cruiser went after it. he Proved to be tramp steamer. ou Knees Play Tune ts, March 1st: "Mild day. Sea little ck rough. A day long to be remem­ ep bered. About 3:30 p. m. the cruiser nt New Hampshire, which was leading is- our convoy, started ahead at full speed. She had sighted something on our starboard side. She turned around when about three miles se ahead of us. Up went her signal ad 'lags. She starting shelling. All our •m ships put full speed ahead maneu­ nd vering into position. The cruised was th ••helling a periscope which was plain­ he ly visible. Her cannon were boom­ ing. Our gun crews, for and aft, CHARLES SALAK sss popped away. Geysers of water ial were shooting into the air. Suddenly dies, each of whom in civil life had sir the transport Washington, which was been a telegrapher. re on our left cut across the bow, mak­ "After landing in France our duty d; ing directly for the submarine. was to copy the news which was ng "Bang" went her forward gun, hit­ daily sent from the Eiffel Tower at •re ting the periscope squarely. It dis­ 3SS appeared. A mighty cheer went up. Paris. When we got to the front we I guess everybody's knees were play­ kept tab on all messages, both our le. ing 'Horn, Sweet Home.' Many of own and the Germans', for decipher­ >ld the men slept on deck that night." ing and translation. ri- They landed at St. Nazaire March "While stationed in the basement :ly 5. From there they left for Camp of an old chateau in a tumble-down an Queqetan where they remained in villege, we 'four horsemen', as we he 'raining until June 10. June 12 were called, had one nice little scare. found them on the Alsace-Lorraine Missing' Doughnuts ed front. * "As usual we had tried to set up ,re our radio sets close to the head­ "This proved to be more of a quarters kitchen. Our cook, though ds training front than anything else, for not good looking, was a whiz when it nd here seemed to exist a gentleman's came to making doughnuts for the is. agreement that no active warfare general's table. I suppose that to would be carried on here, iowever X- this day the old chef is wondering our division forgot about this. On where most of those doughnuts went rune 3 0th, after days of preparation, is. to. If he had watched us more care­ our artillery tore loose with a heavy re fully he would have had no trouble oarrage which would have contin­ by in finding out, because we were by ued indefinitely had not Frenchv re­ te no means getting thin or tiring of cused to haul the ammunition." he spuds and bacon, ^After. we had On July 2S-,-they started for the cleaned up on the doughnuts, and village of Pont Ste Maxence, arriv­ it being noon, we left the radio ing there two days later. "In the room to go after the regular chow. distance we could see the flash of When we got back to our billet we cannon. At 10:30 p. m. we are on found the room demolished and our our way. There is a full moon. We radio apparatus smashed to pieces. pass through village after village. The Germans had been shelling our it Everything is silent. There is only village all day long and a shell has he the click of our horses' hoofs on the found its mark in our quarters." ou cobblestones. Now and then we see a French guard'whose bayonet and Salak related another of his "lighter" moments. While in the >st helmet glistens in the moonlight." Argonne forests his unit wras or- 3S. Heinie on the Run dered to occupy a field, and to lay on panels—heavy cloths used for sig­ re "July 29th found our unit in Cha­ naling planes—to get in touch with teau Thieri'5'. From here to the the division machine. Oise River things moved . fast, for ne "This we did. We noticed a Ger­ Heinie was on the run and our ar­ •al man plane circling above us, but nd tillery had a hard time keeping up with him. All we heard was the paid no attention to him. He must firing of our guns and no reply. . . have seen our panels and tele­ ;st graphed to his artillery unit, for it "July 31st. A night of terror. a, wasn't very long before they started From 10 p. m. 'till 4 a. m. we were •o- to bracket us in with shell fire. iit. bombed by German raiders. One There was only one thing to do—and nd bomb fell about 30 yards from our detachment. The earth shook with believe me we did. ed "We arrived at our dugout safely, iy- the concussions. Down in the vil­ lage there was the ringing of bells but Billy was missing, Billy ha.d IC- charge of the panels and it was his i and honking of claxons. . . . An air raid is a terrible thing. A man job to lay them and take care of >st feels utterly helpless. them. Breathlessly we waited. at Suddenly we heard a terrible racket, "August 13. Another air raid, and ,'e. and down the steps, stumbling and he as usual made for the dugouts. Many explosions, one so close to us rolling, came Billy completely ai: wrapped in the panels. When the n- it started an alarm clock ringing "September 2 9th found us in the shelling began he had rolled himself big push with our unit located at up in the cloths which were lying Mont Facaun. Rain, rain, rain. A on the ground and then headed for veritable no man's land. Field hos­ the dugout. Poor Billy had to save pital a little to our left being shelled the darn things because he would by German artillery, damn them. have been held, responsible if they Shrapnel tearing tents to pieces. had been lost." en Patients being rushed out on litters. Radio Interference en Everyone rushed out to help. Our Aiyl another: "One of the great­ irt dugout was filled with wounded wait­ est nuisances we had to contend with of ing for ambulances. But we got even was the interference we got from ry with the Dutch. The next day our the Germans in operating the set. machine guns brought down one of Those were the days of the old ^5 their planes, and believe me, had it spark-gap, and believe me, Heinie ed not been for intervention of the of­ made the most of it. At times it •y- ficers that fellow would have been sounded as though they had put a torn to pieces. . . . book on the transmitting key and al "Nov. 1. Hell seems to have brok­ let the spark howl all night long. 12 en loose. Our second drive is on. We discovered the cause later, dur­ ig Many liberty bonds in form of G. I. ing an advance, when we found a is cans going over to Fritz. Comiajini- bicycle attached to a generator. que says Turkey quit. . . . Germans Heinie had saddled the contraption sending over propaganda leaflets. with a prisoner arid put him to work They are making use of the high and pumping away. That explained the to steady winds to send them over. Mr terrible interference." full of them.—They're a joke. Salak lives at 1550 Holmes ave­ rt "Nov. 2. All day German prison­ nue. Both he and his brother ers stream in. Some of them don't George hold commissions in the appear to be over 16. . . . United States Army Officers' re­ "November 9. We are bound for serve. Vellers sur Cousance. On our way the sky is punctured by flashes of light which must be 'dump' explo­ sions. One flash of perhaps nine jiis date ir\. minutes duration so bright it lights up the country for miles around. ." AMERICAN There is more. Tales of horror and comedy on four fronts. HISTORY ——•— .inn mi i I„II lurrm JI—n.» Finally Salak closes the little red MARCH i«. book softly, leans back, and sighs. 1776—South Carolina adopted a con "Let's get away from this blood stitution. and thunder stuff," he says. "Let me 1835—Pennsylvania chartered a tell you about, our unit. We had only 22 men—radio operators, tele­ United States bank. phone men, motorcycle orderlies, 1861—Mississippi ratified the Con draftsmen, and kitchen police. It federate constitution. was a rough and tumble outfit, and 1861—First Kansas legislature con­ T wonder to this day why.we weren't vened. designated generally as a K. P. unit. 1891—Walt Whitman, poet, died. Copyright, 1.028, by N. E. A. Service, Inc. Once they wanted to make me a top sergeant. I said, "No sir, not with WITHOUT SWF, \m.\G! that outfit.' It was one tough J. A. Kennedy of Seattle claim!" bunch. the world's tire cnang'hg record, "1 ranked as radio sergeant and He says he has changed six tires in had under my charge four fine bud- 2 minutes and 36V4 seconds. 11 RACINE TIMES-CALL, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 21, 191

Changed Ideas About French

Eacine Soldier in Biej War Tells How He Was Disillusioned

The average American pictures the Parisian as a highly dissolute character who spends most of his time twisting his moustache and sip­ ping wines in boulevard cafes. George V. Salak found that many Frenchmen have moustaches, which they often twist. And they do drink Wine. But as for a drunken Frenchman —never. "I never saw an intoxicated Frenchman during my stay in France," says Salak. "The. French­ man believes in drinking. But with him drinking is a rite, a necessary iuxury. When he drinks, he drinks slowly. He tastes each sip. He comments on the taste. He is a con­ GEORGE SALAK noisseur." It was only one of the many unit, and was sent to Jefferson Bar­ things concerning which the Racine racks, Missouri. Later he wag trans­ soldier was to be disillusioned. His ferred to Camp Zachary Taylor at story-book ideas, the ideas he had St. Louis, where he was Instructor of gathered from novels, and movies, a gun crew. and plays were soon swept away. When two men were taken ill In First Legend Ruined an overseas casual replacement a Entering a shop somewhere in call came for a quartermaster and a France to buy some souvenirs Salak line sergeant, and Salak was ordered mouthed a jargon which he confi­ to Camp Merritt, N. J. There equip­ dently believed to resemble French, ment was issued and within 24 hours a delusion shared by the entire A. the soldiers were hiking along the E. F. during its stay in France. Palisades on their way to a flat After 10 minutes in which Salak suc­ boat. The boat bore them to the ceeded in getting red in the face, the docks, where after a hurried medical clerk, who had been listening calm­ examination they embarked on the ly, said in perfect English: "You British transport Lapland. speak French fairly well, Monsieur, This vessel was the flag ship of but if you will tell me in English a convoy of 15 ships and was ac­ what it is you wish to purchase I companied by the battleship New shall try to accommodate you." Hampshire. The convoy was met in Up to this time Salak believed in the Irish sea by a flotilla of British the legend that no Frenchman ever destroyers and escorted to Liverpool, spoke English. where they were welcomed by Brit­ Walking rather . unsteadily after ish sergeants sent by the king of his harrowing experience, Salak left England to greet the newcomers. the store, and entered a restaurant From Liverpool they entrained for a few doors away. The Cafe De La Camp Winnell, Winchester. After Paix had advertised a dinner for five several days at the camp the troops francs. That was exactly the amount left for Southampton, where they in Salak's pocket. embarked on the Storm Petrel for First they brought him Wine,—• Havre, and thence hiked on foot to red, red, wine—and then the food. camp 1. He ate, paid his check, and left From the camp they left on a the restaurant. As he walked out "boxcar special" to Camp Hunt at the red-cheeked proprietor followed Le'Corneau, a camp just below Bor­ him to the sidewalk, speaking excit­ deaux, where the troops occupied edly all the while. Salak recalled thatched room barracks which had with some discomfort that in some at one time been erected by Russian restaurants an extra charge was troops who had revolted and been made for wine taken with food. shot down by the French. Thinking that he was being asked This ungodly mud hole was in to pay for the wine, and not having command of Colonel Westphal, for­ a centime left, he shook his head merly of the First Wisconsin field "no" at the proprietor. At this the artillery. Frenchman became highly excited. Meeting with Brother The more Salak shook his head the A call for replacements from the more indignant did the proprietor 28th division sent Salak and five of become, and in the end he was fairly his buddies scurrying across France shrieking with rage. , to Gondrecourt. While stationed Thinking that a change of tactics there he read a bulletin informing would do no harm Salak decided to all those who cared to read that the shake his head "yes." 57th Brigade headquarters, the Grinned Happily 120th and 121st F. A., was tempora­ At this the proprietor grinned rily attached to the 88th division. happily, shook Salak's hand, and re­ Having heard that his brother, entered the cafe. As the soldier Charles, was connected with brigade stood staring after him, his hand headquarters, Salak decided to take still in the air where the Frenchman the one chance in a million. He had left it, a Rainbow division man, hiked 15 kilometers to Mauvages, who had witnessed the excitement, passing through Rosiers ' where he explained with much feeling: "The encountered members of Battery C. Frog was asking you how you liked At Mauvages he found his brother the dinner." After this Salak never spoke Charles was to leave that day for French except through an interpre­ Nice on a furlough. ter. A soldier came to his room and Salak, who now lives at 1550 told him that someone was waiting Holmes avenue, enlisted with the outside to see him. first Wisconsin field artillery at the Thinking that it was a second time of the organization of Battery "looey", Charles told him to tell the C. Just before the federalization of man to wait. He finished shaving the Wisconsin National Guard he —slowly—dressed with painstaking was ordered discharged because he care, and then went outside. was employed by the federal govern­ What followed the next two days ment. concerns only George and Charles Shortly after he re-enlisted at the Salak . . . but then it was the first Wells street recruiting station at time they had seen each other for Milwaukee. At his request he was a year, which in war time is a cen­ assigned to a field artillery overseas tury.

A -3 J-~ AJJ T) p^+u 6~\ "W* "•nrt/wio li'+IOi C RACINE TIMES-CALL, FRIDAY, MAY 4, 1928 REPORTED KILLED, HE RETURNS TO DENY STORY'S AUTHENTICITY

Racine Printer Still Very Much Alive Despite Rumored. Burial in War Zone

Reported killed in action and buried with full military honors, Charles Sieger, son of Mr. and Mrs. William Sieger, 615 Goold street, returned to Racine to say, like Mark Twain, that the report was greatly exaggerated. Three blue stars were sewed on the service flag in the Sieger home. On was for Charles, musician with the 2 2 7th field artillery, one for Fred W.. p.rd the other for Roy, a member of the 156th Aero squadron who rerved in Frrnce ai an aviator.

:'••:, ,,• •' •• • •:•• •••: •', y -'. • •• Charles ha.d been sent overseas a month after he joined the army. Hi.i parents received a letter that he had been killed in action and buried with full military honors. The letter was signed by the captain of his company and its chaplain. Sorrow- and gloom prevailed in the Sieger home, as the parents and other relatives mourned his death. Friends offered condolences. Then came another letter. Mrs. TALES IN TREES Sieger trembled as she opened it for it bore familiar handwriting. It proved to be from. Charles who wrote VALUABLE WOOD that he was well and happy a,nd did -~"«e mythology, not mention that he had even been -ide the wounded. The letter arrived shortly before the Christmas holidays, and of the early in February Charles returned to Racine. He is well known in the city as a printer.

c ^: %Zio..s/f*A & »rv RACINE TIMES-CALL, MONDAY, APRIL 9, 1928 GENERAL WHO LOVED HORSES THREATENED COURT MARTIAL FOR SOLDIER FROM RACINE Story of An Officer Who Put Animals Before Humans

Hay, and a general who believed that horses should be cared for be­ fore men because he thought the men could take care of themselves, once brought J. Allan Simpson, now Racine court commissioner, to the brink of a court martial.. Simpson was on staff duty with the second army headquarters at Toul, just before and after the armistice. The hospitals were being evacuated, and the Racine man was in charge of the issuing of supplies to the troops in his territory. Soldiers who had been slightly wounded were returned to their out­ fits, while those who had suffered more serious wounds were sent back on trains to Brest, there to embark for home. There? were about 2,800 troops in Simpson's district. The first train of 40 box cars had.carried away 1,400 Disguise Maker of them when Simpson and the general clashed. Reaps a Fortune The second train arrived to trans­ port the remaining soldiers. The lieutenant in charge of the loading Regards His Business as Sardonic 'phoned Simpson that there was no Joke Upon Life straw in the box cars. Took Hay From Horses New York.—It's a dull day that Now Simpson knew that he had fails to introduce some ingenious new no legal right to take any hay away "racket" to this slightly cock-eyed from the horses — the general's metropolis. horses—but he jumped on a motor­ The latest is almost too good to cycle, rode to the quartermaster's be true. It reeks of the days of office, and asked whether the quar­ Jack Dalton, with his villainous termaster would kindly give him mustache, and Sheridan Keen, the two truck loads of hay. The quar­ melodrama detective of many dis­ termaster would. guise. So they loaded the hay on the Some months ago, so the story goes two trucks, and went to the railroad, on Broadway, a make-up artist, who and spread a comfortable layer of had served his apprenticeship in the the golden stuff on the box car floors. theaters aijd movies alike, decided The general's shadow did not de­ that a comfortable living could be scend upon Simpson until two days achieved by disguising the average later, but meanwhile this had hap­ citizen of Manhattan. When he pened: mentioned his idea to friends, thev The train was wrecked a few laughed heartily. The notion of in­ hours out of Toul, and several of dividuals going about in eternal mas­ the wounded soldiers died of ex­ querade seemed just a bit too impos­ posure. sible for—well, ever for New York, Another train of hay and oats, where, O. Henry has warned us, any­ coming toward Toul, was therefore thing can happen. blocked. "But," pleaded the make-up man, The quartermaster cut down on "Everyday we all hear of the embar­ the horses' rations because Simp­ rassment caused married men o son's two truck loads of hay had cut sweeties when they are seen I down the supply of food for the friends, or wives, or eriamoratas horses. Instead of their regular al­ the company of others. It would lowance of seven pounds of oats and so simple to supply them with v 14 of hay, the poor horses were get­ and whiskers and other bits ting only 10 pounds of oats, and makeup. They could slip thrr eight pounds of hay. the crowds and never be recogr The appearance of an average And the general, hearing how son can be changed beyond al' terribly' the horses were being ne­ of recognition by a few slid glected, went up into^he air. make-up tricks." The general was a lover of horses. An ex-cavalry officer, he regarded * * * them almost reverently. If it were Today, I am told by r a choice between quartering either Broadway authority than I man, this man makes a er his horses or his men in the only 1 available shelter, the horses would fortune. Scores of blond be given the first consideration al­ nightly with brunet wigs ways. eyelashes. Scores of hu night-clubs with their " He summoned Simpson before disguised as counts, di him, raged up and down the office, ers from Illinois. Sor and -finally told the- Racine soldier so far as to learn ho1 that he was to be court martialed, monocle in one eye. and that he needn't think that he casions close friends would get out of It, because he was "let in one the gar going to see to it personally, their crony withov Simpson turned on his heel and The make-up s went out. But instead of waiting upon his enterpr quietly until the general should get joke upon life ready to have him court martialed, chuckles merril" he went to see his chief of staff, and They tell me he his colonel, and explained matters bit more bitter to them. 'The warm hay had saved and a convert t the life of more than one soldier theory that mo after the train wreck, when the siderable port wounded troops were exposed to the hind masks o' cold for an entire day. Nothing Happened After a ff So the chief of staff and the colonel as found in went to ace the general, and the the "ancien general blustered some more, and jungle, tol talked about the way his horses had ularly son been neglected, but the matter finally land of tv simmered into nothing. For ins Simpson went overseas in the rived on spring of 1918, when Germany was of those pushing its submarine warfare more hunters 1 ruthlessly than ever in an effort to that was bring the war to a close. his wnis Near the narrows between Scotland with m and Ireland, the convoy of 16 ships occasio found was joined by an escort of eight hadn't sub-chasers and a blimp. but ra; Just as they entered the narrows When a submarine periscope rose in the the n rear of the vessel next to them. that Then the shining black rod disap­ place peared. could The chasers raced like grayhounds Life toward the spot and formed a huge er ai circle about it. Aided by the diri­ low, gible which signaled the whereabouts plex of the under-sea craft, they dropped undi depth bombs, and the sea echoed with th* booming explosions. In a F short while oil arose to the surface "qv in shining patches. The submarine the had been hit. It never came up. thi They went on to Liverpool, stayed bu there until the next night, and then be started across the channel for m France. Half way across a tremendous ex­ ( plosion shook the vessel from bow to stern. Huge clouds of scalding steam arose throughout the ship. Several men were killed by the sizz­ ling white vapors. "A damn sub's got us", men shouted through the stlffling clouds. But it was only a boiler that had exploded. Air Raid the First Night They landed at Havre, at that time the headquarters of the king of Belgium. There was an air raid the first night. The hum of enemy ma­ chines in the darkness sent the men scurrying out of their tents into the trenches. Searchlights scanned the skies, cutting deep swaths in the darkness. Anti-aircraft guns barked at the black sky, orange jets of flame streaking from them as they fired. S-s-s-m-a-a-shhh! A bomb crashed out of the sky, exploding an ammu­ nition dump. And through that in­ ferno of noise came the insistent hum of the planes. The raid lasted for 15 minutes. Then the enemy avion went away, their motors whirring de­ fiantly. ...

THERE'S A REASON HE: After all, I am sure there is no place like home. SHE: Why, has something hap­ pened at the club dear?—Peason'e I Weekly (London). CINE TIMES-CALL, SATURDAY, MARCH 31, 1928

Five 'Deserters' From Racine Soldiers Who Wanted To See the Front—And Spent Armistice Day Behind the Bars

This is the story of five Racine soldiers who wanted to see the front —and spent Armistice Aay behind the bars, looking out. Edward Stilb, the only one of the five still living in Racine, tells the story. < Battery C had been stationed at Veauxhalles for weeks—and was wondering when it was going to get a crack at the Boche. Gloom per­ vaded the camp. Even the Officers look glum. One hot noon day Corporals Ar­ thur -Hader, Edward Linn, Walter Williams, Walter Mass and Doughboy Stilb held a little conference in their billet and decided that they would leave for the front—without permis­ sion. There was to be a movie at about 8 p. m. that night and the con­ spirators planned to leave while the rest of the doughboys were attend­ ing the xucture show. EDWARD STILB Of course it rained that afternoon It always rained in France'—except in the battery guardhouse. Just 22 when you wanted it to. daya had elapsed since the five had That night the five friends lingered boarded the freight train for the about the door of the hut where the front. picture was to be shown and then "Guarded" by Local Policemen quietly sneaked back to their billets The next morning they were told loaded their full war equipment on to march to Chattion 2 2 kilometers their backs, and started for the rail­ away, and with full war equipment road depot. Splashing through mud on their back. Sergeants Earl Ol­ and water, they arrived at the station son and Glen Clickner, both now on. and hid behind some box cars to es­ the Racine police force, were given cape the prying eyes of the military full ammunition belts and told to use police. the bullets if necessary. The two When an empty French freight guards rode on horseback. A mile train rolled into town at 7:30, they out of town Olson and Clickner dis­ swung into the caboose, which was mounted, placed the packs of their occupied by a few French trainmen. prisoners on the horses, and marched After talking half an hour, mostly with them. They used up the am with their hands' and shoulders, the munition shooting at pheasants along trainmen were made to understand the way. that these so-crazy Americans were At Chattion the five were put in casuals returning to the front. the guardhouse. The four corporals Meet Burly M. P.'s were "rejuced" to doughboys, and They slept that night on the bare deprived fo two-thirds of their pay floor of the caboose, falling asleep for three months, while Stilb lost to the song of the wheels, two-third of three months pay. At 3 in the morning, as the train Later the other men in the battery entered St. Nizairre, trie door of the collected enough n oney to pay it car opened with a bang, and two back to them. burly M. P.'s. stuck their faces into They remained in the prison for the opening. Also their bayonets. 19 days. They were still there on They were wicked looking steels. The Armistice day. early morning light gilded them with silver. "Everybody out," croaked the M. Russian Woman Flyer P's. Plans an Atlantic Hop Still rubbing their eyes, tiiey were New York — (United Press) — taken to a "bull pen," a large fenced Luba Phillips, Russian aviatrix, i.s enclosure where casuals were sorted •joing forward with her plans for a out and sent to their respective units. trans-Atlantic flight this summer. When their guard left them they She plans to take off from Ne* wandered about the pen, finally pass­ York and fly to Leningrad. H ing the office«' where papers for re­ plane has not yet been selected, r lease from the place were being sign­ has she chosen a flying compani ed. but 'her backers are said to h Stilb heard the man at the desk guaranteed her the funds with w remark that he was from Milwau­ to make the trip. kee. Walking boldly into the office, Mrs. Phillips began her carf he addressed him with these potent aviation during the World words: "How would you like a nice Wide publicity was given her cold glass of Schlitz beer now?" flights in carrying medical f The man's face lost a little of its Lo the front. grimness. and he almost grinned. She is claimant of the With the ice broken, Stilb went altitude record for women on to explain that they had wandered away from their troop train which HOW TO PRESS A NE had been heading for the front, and When pressing men's I had gotten a glass of beer; and that tapering piece of cardboa when they had returned to the rail­ into the tie, small end road depot, the train was gone. will hold both lining a "All right," said the man at the taut and prevent wrin' desk. "I'll fix you up so you can pressing one end of the get out of here." cardboard form in the He signed the necessary papers. press that. The carr The next night they were piled which laundered shi into box cars, and started for tho serves well for maki- front, and in the morning had reach­ Popular Science Mo' ed the first of the war-torn towns. The tracks went as far as a supph- "I have a fine base. From there the troops were cost me eighty-five to march to Montfaucon, where the "Is that so. 121st field artillery, the 32nd divi­ ment?'! sion, was stationed. "To and from The five friends decided to report Life. there. A Reunion Held DOCTOR: I tion it, but tha They were marching down the has—er—come road when an ambulance rattled up PATIENT: behind them. In the driver's seat —so have all were Ray Murphy and Al Zirbes, don Opinion. both of Racine. There was a re­ union on the spot, after which the "Mama, w' five climbed into the auto and the "Taking b journey was resumed. "Oh, I th Murphy and Zirbes took them as stallment p far as a field hospital, and from there the five walked to field artillery headquarters. They stood near the steps leadinr into the dugout where headquarter,- were located and held a whispered conference to decide who would The mitted ft make the report. The Germans de­ religious cided for them. The first shell and all i crashed into a clump of trees some names n distance behind them. The second must be fell short. Dear I Being artillerymen the friends I read knew that the first two had been ex­ perimental shots and that the third Musketec was fixed for a target. And, every Isn't 1 mother's son could have sworn that that one the target was the exact spot on ter like which they were standing. must h They all dived for the dugout. love." Stilb wa3 right in there with the rest He n of the boys. As he scrambled into a poor the dugout he struck his hand into ter like 'he pipe of a small stove, bringing it was sh. down with him. As the stove burned His 1 •3oft. coal the situation fairly swarm­ my oth ed with, possibilities. All developed is: Ke After the excitement had died 18. C down somewhat, the five made their acting report. what ' They were temporarily assigned to but th various duties, awaiting the disposi­ chanc tion of their cases. school Two volunteered as runners, a nothii highly ticklish business. Stilb was first i assigned as a dispatch rider, carry­ then : ing messages between headquarters raise and the post of command, an obser­ ties ' vation post from where the artillery her I fire was directed. is he The path lay over two miles of thing torn roads which the Germans shell­ So tl ed frequently- Stilb was forced to ally ride without lights at night. The he c only advantage was that the Racine worl doughboy could .stick out his tongue at the M. P's. Dispatch riders had news the right-of-way over even the hard- got boiled military police. year a gi! Meanwhile Captain Whitman of and Battery C had written Major Ricke- othe man, commanding the 121st F. A., to return the five men to him. Rieke- diff< man refused, says Stilb. give ence Whereupon Whitman wrote to dun General Hahn, and the major was ordered to send the five men back to it n Battery C. whe thai "Under the guard of Arthur ion it o ust Krueger they were returned to Vea­ uxhalles as prisoners and were put are RACINE TIMES-CALL, MONDAY, APRIL 16, 1928

Racine Rector Tells of Ex­ periences at Camp Dur­ ing War

Chaplains who served their coun­ try during the World war learned that religion didn't consist entirely of reading a prayer for a buddy going west or reminding the fighting men that death lurked around the corner. Often it meant laying a cool hand on a fevered brow, writing a letter to loved ones at home for the help­ less service man in the hospital. Giv­ ing spiritual comfort and baptizing were also some of the privileges. Rev. Harwood Sturtevant, rector of St. Luke's parish and warden of Racine college school, was chaplain at a navy rifle range at Camp Logan, REV. STURTEVANT near Zion City, 111., during the war. He recalls his months at camp: To this busy camp the government sent various companies of jackies Many Legs Ugly for a term of intensive rifle practice e suf- and gunnery after their elementary lerally Says Beauty Ace training had been completed at ler of Great Lakes. From Camp Logan the Guar- Susggsets Dropping of Hemline of men who were lucky were sent to ' can sea and their places taken by re­ also Skirts—But Who Cares? 1 cruits from the big training station in 15 miles to the south. By OLIVE ROBERTS BARTON Chief Engagement A beauty Specialist issues a procla­ "The only commissioned officers at mation to the "effect that 23 girls the camp were the commanding of­ of 25 flaunt ugly legs and rec- ficer, the executive officer, and two nds a downward drop of the doctors. These, together with the That won't be much of a chaplain, handled a camp that aver­ ' am positive that the girls aged in personnel about 2,000 men. All they wish is to be Daylight to dark theer was continu­ in the mode. Yes, ous shooting "on the range" before a for times have long line of disappearing targets, the •>ly that it is not companies or squads shooting in two n now who at- hour shifts. "The Battle of the Influenza" was and the the chief engagement at Camp Logan and- piano during the entire period of its ex­ -e to the istence. Almost over night the camp " ^Pquite began a huge hospital with all bar­ up. racks turned into wards for the sick, inded and the time of the well men given i one over to their care. Immediately the own chaplain's office, next to the dispen­ tion sary, became the busiest spot in een camp. Four yoemen were assigned to m- secretarial work and here headed up :ed all the.work of communication with ed, the parents and homes of the boys; to tabulating the beds of the sick as of they were moved from place to place so that they could be immediately Id found; mail for the sick; Red Cross if- supplies and other comforts; recep­ id tion of parents; and arrangements ut for shipping the bodies of the de­ ti­ ceased. re "The camp was in strict quaran­ ry tine and to relieve the doctors the s- chaplain was made chief quarantine le officer and all permissions to go and :e come were issued from his office.. I is made constant rounds of the sick, rt taking messages for home, giving ie spiritual comfort, baptizing when 't requested, and generally looking aft­ er the interests of those who were ie a. too ill to speak for themselves. 1- 600 Sick At One Time >y "Although the camp had as many >e as 600 boys sick with flu at one time i- we had one of the lowest death rates se in the country, losing only 42. On 10 one occasion in the chaplain's office the chief of the medical staff sug­ gested that many lives could be saved if a squad of 50 men was or­ ganize to go from bed to bed giving cold baths in order to keep the tem- pertures down. "I volunteered to take over this task and at once found a sufficient number of volunteers to organize into three shifts for constant bathing of the sick. This was known as the hydotherapy squad. When the epidemic was over a great memorial service was held on the drill field for all the departed, with the Rt. Rev. S. M. Griswold, suffragan bishop of Chicago, as speaker. At this service a silk flag, bearing 42 gold stars was dedicated and presented to the camp. Soon after this event the armistice was signed and the camp was quickly de­ mobilized."

1P1TA7 A rvrw**-- ATT RACINE TIMES-CALL, FRIDAY, MARCH 9, 1928

•e is Tale of Sergeant Sue, Mascot of Battery F. I'­ ll, if ft Carried Own Chevrons and Responsibilities—Could Do ts "Squads East and West" With Precision e- id Perhaps no dog in the whole army what Sue needed, however, to turn was loved more than Sergeant Sue, her into a frolicky, mischievous ht puppy. But Sue realized that she mascot of Battery F. had not been adopted merely for This little fox terrier is shown in company's sake. This was war and te the picture with the three stripes the three sergeancy stripes which which denoted her sergeancy, brand­ were given her at a solemn cere­ ed on her left shoulder. They were monial meant that she, too, must made by clipping the hair and paint­ have responsibilities. And so Sue ing her skin with iodine. began her army training. Battery F. boys, enroute to Camp She learned to drill. She could ar McArthur at Waco, Texas, were jubi­ execute "squads right" perfectly, a lant. They had captured Battering either acting as pivot or fourth file. Dr. Ram Bill, mascot of Battery C at She went on all hikes and drills, and .u- night, hidden him in their baggage reported with soldier-like regularity car and stuck his head out of the for her meals. During her "off" ol. door for a farewell bleat as the train hours, Sue was usually found tag­ u- pulled out from Camp Douglas, while ging behind some of the boys from SERGEANT SUE Bill's owners roared in amazement. her own battery, or cuddled up in And as the train chugged over the the arms of a lonesome doughboy. hills and prairies, Bill remained with Letters from battery members told *\m Law Says them, securely tied in the baggage Racine relatives of Sue's accom­ car. plishments. No dog in the army ^hou Shalt Lose' But even the orphan Bill couldn't could be halif as intelligent, her satisfy their longings for a mascot owners asserted. of their own. Besides, permanent No other army-call means as much ners Cannot Win- -Hn- possession was doubtful. Bill's to Sue as retreat. When the first ' Sees to That owners might at any time regain bugle blew she dashed madly him by force or strategy. So when through the maze of tents and down someone at Sioux City, Mo., shoved the company streets until she stood, the grim law of a tiny terrier pup into the eager panting, alongside Oscar Frings. -.et" that, win or There she remained, rigidly at at­ An envious un- hands of the battery boys as they stopped to exercise, "Sue" was in­ tention, until Frings gave the com­ hat! Perhaps mand "Dismissed!" >rd; it's a hit stantly adopted. ord, perhaps, Sue was a just a "snuggling" pup That was the signal for play time >f "dawg eat when she became attached to Bat­ for Sue, and she rushed to the board tery F. Her little slim white body walk and ran in between the sol­ \ecessity of could fit into almost .any pocket. diers as they marched to their tents. he loser— And during the long hours of. the No Time For Civilians e tenuous, train ride to Texas she became Sue treated every soldier with re­ reach out acquainted with every boy in the spect, but had no time for .mere becomes battery. The terrier was not much civilians. - She submitted to petting his tri­ interested in personalities to begin at the hands of other soldiers at the os where with, however. She lapped her milk camp, but knew every man from takes. contentedly and slept most of the her own battery and expressed her way. She was taken off the train preference by submitting obediently him in for airings when the boys stopped, to their commands and playing with ist dice and her diet was carefully super­ them when they wanted her to. '. craps" vised. With the orders that came for in the Begins Army Training the battery to prepare to leave for d "the The warm Texas sunshine was just Camp Merritt, on the Atlantic sea- Havre coast, came warning that all mas­ ana or cots and pets must be left behind. at the More About "Chief" Sue was not to be given a chance i. yes, to demonstrate her accomplishments e. too. LETTER FROM A VETERAN with the A. E. F. i open Dear Editor: Have been follow­ Came a day of goodbyes. Sue was d get sent to relatives of William Kreu- came ing the series of articles about Ra­ cine soldiers in the World war, and ger, at Racine, who promised to care I, tin- for the battery mascot until war days 2ket." I want to add my bit to the story of how William (Chief) Weiss met should cease. nd of Civilian life irked Sue, but like nark- his death on the field of action. I left Racine with Battery F, but the good soldier that she was she. e had obeyed her orders. Soldiers who slip- was later transferred to the head­ quarters battalion, signal corps, 121st walked down the street were often 10 he confronted by an eager little fox s on field artillery, and served with that terrier, who stopped in front of 7hich outfit overseas. them and peered into their faces. He Our sector was being heavily ssful shelled, and communication wires But Sue's buddies were overseas, and oart- were torn down. I was on a detail until they returned no one from the battery saw her again. •rent ,ient out. to repair the lines, and we irof- were walking in a ditch when a de­ Kept Faith With Budaies tachment of boys from Battery F .ion, Sue never forgot her training, uch came along a road nearby. Sergeant Tandrup was there, as I distinctly however. One day she was passing heard him give a command to halt. a church where a dedicatory serv­ ice was being held. While a service big There was a stretch to cross tha.' was exposed to heavy fire, and tnf- flag with its multitude of stars was, -Jed being raised, a bugler blew a shrill of guns proceeded one at a time. Two ere of the outfits got across safely, but army call. Sue dashed in through •e's a shell exploded as the third one, the open door and rushed down the ich with Weiss, was part way across. aisle. She^came to attention at the foot of the altar and stood there, a ws That shell, which killed Weiss, con­ ime tained gas and shrapnel, and I went motionless. Then she turned around and walked slowly out of the church sell. to the little French church that who served as a hospital—the same hos­ while the congregation paid silent dite pital to which "Chief" was carried. tribute to her loyalty. the Later I left, and did not see Weiss Overseas, that day, battery boys rord while I was there, but know we were executed their drills. Back home, me! in the building at the same time. their canine comrade was keeping s in Yours truly, her faith with them. shot ARTHUR PETERSON, * * * ;ek" 3815 Linderman avenue, Tomorrow—Two Racine men lost om- Racine, Wis. in France. i' to very /**4-<*«.o +r\ TV*p> F.ditor RACINE TIMES-CALL, SATURDAY, MARCH 24, 1928 RACINE FIREMEN FELT 'FANGS OF ENEMY ON LAND AND SEA Torpedoed in Crossing, Gassed and Wounded in France

Once a soldier always a soldier— when war comes. When the scourge of war fell upon Europe in 1914, Louis Svoboda had just completed four years' service as a United States marine. Then America entered the war, and the land was alive with the clat­ ter of troop trains pounding south. No longer able to resist the call to arms, though he was exempt, Svobo­ da enlisted and was sent to Camp Greene, N. C-, where he was assigned to company A, 58th infantry, Fourth division. Shortly before they left for Camp Mills there was an inspection, which for thoroughness was unprecedent­ ed. For several hours they had to !>V4Ji5L>iJ.A remain at attention until the entire regiment was inspected. Weighted which Svoboda was an unwilling ac­ down as they were by their full tor. marching equipment, it was any­ One day came the order to move. thing but pleasant. Five days of riding in box cars, like p They were then taken to the fair cattle, and then they arrived at Lizy, b grounds near the camp, and ordered on the Marne river. On July 15th tr to run around outside the fence, the regiment marched to Rademont, th a distance of several miles. They from where details were sent to the sh then entered the track and ran some trenches "to get a view of real war­ lil more. fare." to Grim, but Effective The days had become a nightmare be in which air raids, the steady rumble N< A hot sun blazed down upon the of guns, the orange flicker of their I !). fair grounds. Men were dropping in fire at night, gas alarms, rain, were g>- their tracks. It was a rather grim, all a part of a grotesque tapestry. LS but effective method of weeding out Then on July 17 the regiment be­ lit­ the weaklings, gan the march which brought it into er A short time later the regiment action for the first time. ha was ordered to leave for Camp Mills. Svoboda's company moved SO They arrived at the camp April 24, through Colombs and Bremoiselle to ha and on May 7 companies A and B Gandeulu, their objective, where it th embarked at Brooklyn on the British Pt was one of the units'to be placed in transport Moldavia. la support of French troops. They sailed up the coast to Hali­ eo They started at twilight. For tha fax, the ship's fog horn tooting a la first hour it was not bad. Then it hoarse warning as they glided as began to rain. through the heavy coast mists. la "The night was pitch dark. . . . At Halifax they joined the five or Stumbling along, in inky blackness, other ships of their convoy. Halifax unable to see even the man ahead, was as sadly battered as any French m the' long ranks moved forward with village. In 1916 the Mont Blanc, a ar a slow, halting uncertainty that powder ship, had exploded in the ft made the march seem endless. . . . harbor, had wrecked the city and Of Occasionally the road would be il­ sunk two ships. The city had not w; luminated for an instant by the flare yet recovered from the disaster. On W; of a big gun as it hurled its chal­ May 11 the convoy sailed for France, bt lenge into the German lines, or as After six days of sailing, during 111 the breech was opened for swabbing, which they had shaken off the tena­ or by the vivid flashes of lightning." cious Newfoundland fog, the ships encountered a heavy storm which Almost as soon as the troops had raged for 72 hours. arrived at the bases from which they were to attack, French artillery be­ The hatches were battered down, gan laying down a barrage behind and the glistening decks swept bare in which they were to advance. of life. A solitary sailor in the el crow's nest, and an officer or two The first, second, and third bat­ bi On the bridge were the only living talions took part in the advance hi beings above deck, Which followed. cl Meet Severe Fire - A few days later they saw a sub­ e Sergeant Svoboda's unit was to at­ marine, the same submarine, Svobo­ tl tack and capture Hautcvesnes. This da believes, that sent 5 5 men Of 61 was done with little difficulty, but company B to their death. The W when they had advanced a short dis­ frantic shriek of whistles sent Svo- b< tance beyond the town they were boda scurrying upon deck, where Mi met by a severe machine gun fire. scores of other men were already lo crowding the rail and pointing to­ They advanced again, but later ward the sea. In the early morning were turned back by a flanking et: light the Racine man could make movement of the enemy. Finally, rt out a slender black rod jutting out after another day of fighting, the so of the water. Even as he watched it troops had advanced almost to the be disappeared. banks of the Vesle river. P* Of Svoboda's plfttoonr~'sl5T ' Werer)"* May 22, at 2:40 a. m., just as the killed and one wounded in that ac­ th Moldavia had reached the English tion. Berry, Bohl, Brandley, Golden, ac channel and was steaming between Woelfel, Ofsorvlch—all dead. ot Land's End and the Isle of Wight, On Aug. 4 the regiment was in a ha a terrific explosion rocked the ship. position to attack. Under a terrific lit To Svoboda the end of the world fire engineers succeeded in laying bt seemed to have come. Flung 15 feet two crude bridges, only one of which th Out of his hammock, he found him­ could be used. be self sprawled on the floor with doz­ While exploding shells and ma­ an ens of other men. th chine gun fire whipped the river into sa 55 Men Die in Dark a creamy froth and cut great swaths wi From below, where the torpedo in the ranks of the helpless troops, he had struck, came shrieks and cries the Americans swam to the opposite th for help. Fifty-five men died in bank or struggled across on the that death hole, in the dark, with slime-covered timbers which had the sea roaring in through the gap been thrown across the river. Many the torpedo had made. of the troops were caught in the The explosion had blown away the barbed wire entanglements staked stairs leading to the upper deck. beneath the river as they tried to Sailors lowered rope ladders up swim across. which the men scrambled. Buffet­ Svoboda, with his original force of ed about by the wild rush of men 48 men badly depleted, took up a fighting for their lives, shaken by position on the opposite bank. his fall, Svoboda gave up hopes of On Aug. 6 the Germans made a escaping. counter attack. Svoboda's platoon T can't make it," he told a fellow was attacked by a Boche patrol, but soldier. was mowed down by automatic rifle "Wait a minute, buddy, I'll get fire. you out of this," said the soldier, and The next morning the Americans helping each other up the ladder were raked from the air. A German they reached the deck. two-seater flew low over the Amer­ The ship had listed heavily to ican positions for nearly five min­ starboard. Clinging to the slanting utes, spraying the fox holes with deck Svoboda saw two brothers, lead. arms clasped about each other, leap Sent to Hospital into the sea. In the afternoon of the same day, The other five Ships of the convoy just as the first battalion was to be had followed standing orders and relieved, and Svoboda was making sped away from the scene, escorted his way to the rear, the Germans op­ by three destroyers, The remaining ened up with a bombardment of gas destroyers circled about dropping shells and shrapnel. depth bombs, and the booming ex­ "Which," says Svoboda, "I got plosions was the dominant note in both of same." the hell of noise. Burned by the mustard gas and "The conduct of the troops on the wounded in the shoulder by shrap­ stricken vessel was most admirable," nel, Svoboda was taken to a field says an official account of the sink­ hospital. ing. "The men went at once to their Because of his enforced vacation boat stations and stood at attention. the Racine soldier missed the St. The 'Moldavia' captain kept the Ship Mihiel drive, but took an active part going at full speed until she began in the Meuse-Argonne offensive. to settle at the bow. Then he or­ Later he moved with his company to dered it stopped and the boats low­ a defensive sector. . . . ered, Rope ladders were dropped Svoboda still eats smoke. He is a over and the men climbed down into fire fighter at the Marquette street the boats." station. They were picked up by the de­ stroyers an hour later . . . They landed at Dover, and after a few days' rest, crossed the chan­ yiis date irs. nel to Calais. Air Raid Protection •AMERICAN The troops were quartered on the HISTORY outskirts of the town. Pits were dug about three feet into the earth and MARCH M a tent erected over each of them. 1783—Spain recognized the inde­ This, it was explained, was for pro­ pendence of the United States tection against air raids. 1865—General Grant ordered a gen­ Enemy airmen had a disagreeable eral advance of federalist habit of bombing Calais almost every forces. night. At the first hum of the ene­ 1882—Henry W. Longfellow, poet my planes the troops always scram­ died. bled for the dugout-tents, if they 1883— Telephonic communication were not already there. between New York and Chi­ The sound of the enemy machines cago started. was distinctive, quite different from that of the Allied planes. There was THESE MILITARY THESPIANS a deeper, a heavier hum, and at reg­ It was the sweet young thing's ular intervals a distinct thump. first visit to a military camp and she Of course there were casualties. was in a gushing mood. One night, shortly after the troops "And what rank did you hold in had arrived at the town, a bomb the war?" she asked. dropped in the midst.of a group of "I was an acting corporal," an­ Chinese coolies, killing many of swered the grizzled vet. them, "Oh, how lovely! What part did It was the first of 16 air raids in you play?" RACINE TIMES-CALL, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 7, 1928 to RACINE 'MILLIONAIRES' ASTONISHED COUNTRY WITH COSTLY GIFT TO SERGEANT WADEWITZ; AND SWAGGER STICK CLUB WAS ORGANIZED y- Another Chapter in Tale of ly Local Men's Experience ad During World War t- at Sheathed in a royal purple scab­ w bard, there rests on the desk of n- William "BUI" Wadewitz, of the Western Printing company, Racine, e- a swagger stick which brought na- f. 1 -otoriety to Battery C in the days when few Vmerican sons iad heard the umble of enemy ;uns. On the 2 5th lay of each Sep- t ember, the birthday anniver- ary of Wade­ witz, the Swagger ;tick is dusted off and polished, Left to right: Fred Mandrey, Alvin Haumerson, Hugh Munn, and taken to Lit­ Roscoe Guilbert, Edward Millstead, Art Naleid, Charles Doolin, Bill Wadewitz, Arthur Krucger, Joe Oliver, Glenn Clickner. The boys are tle Bohemia admiring the $1,000 swagger stick which Wadewitz is holding. where a banquet AVADEWITZ is held. er- ing along on Austin avenue on Sept. panies. An inmate of a state's The story of the swaggerstick and 10, the soldiers were suddenly con­ ,vn. prison sent Wadewitz a horse hair the Swaggerstick-elub and how it fronted with a niftier swaggerstick bridle, which he had made during ere caused Battery C to be known as a than they had ever dreamed of see­ the long hours oflsolitude in his cell. millionaire unit has best been told ing. It rested on a mounting of six He asked Bill to raffle it off for him. rits by Frank "Pat" Hilt, newspaper­ inches of the deepest of blue. vel- He was accommodated. ase man, who served in the battery and vet in Goldsmith's window. The Photographers vied with each of is a member of the organization. staff of the stick was of ebony, other to procure Bill's patronage, all Hilt's tale of the swaggerstick has tipped with ivory. Its greatest offering to sell him pictures by the ips been written into the book which value, however, consisted in the gross lots to send to the swains on- records the history of the Swagger­ mounting, for the head was studded throughout the country who sud­ the stick club; it has been written into with a three-carat flawless diamond. denly became lovesick when they the hearts of hundreds of army men Sept. 25 came around, and with it read of Bill's millions. Art Naleid ver who treasure among the memories Bill Wadewitz's 27th birthday. On was designated as secretary so that of their days in the service the hap­ the afternoon of the eventful day, one-third of the letters might be pier, lighter incidents which prove Bill was informed that he had been stic answered. that Sherman wasn't entirely right. promoted to a sergeancy in Battery Perennial Invitation the C. Two such wonderful events in en. After reading of the millions ac­ By "PAT" HILT less than 24 hours were too much credited to him in the newspapers. rar A dediamonded and gold-inlaid for even Bill. He treated the entire )ng Bill issuer a perennial invitation swaggerstick, which an enterprising battery to ice cream, and notified to the nine original guests to be his jeweler at Waco, Texas, placed in the nine sergeants that if they valu­ guests at an annual banquet on his in- his show window in 1917, was the ed his friendship they would report birth date as long as he lived. ke, innpcent cause for the formation of at the Manhattan restaurant that Thus came into being the Swagger­ as unique an or­ evening for a banquet. In those stick club, born of cameraderie; con­ ganization of ex- days of slum-gullion, goldfish and ceived through the originality and soldiers as any of bread pudding, you didn't have to pep of the original diners; com­ which the World hog-tie a soldier to get him to go memorated to celebrate the annual war can boast; to a banquet. birthday of the best pal that anyone an organization Presents always go with birthday could wish to have; and uniting that promises to parties. The guests were hard put closer every year the best fellows flourish long af­ to select a suitable one until, as Joe ever banded together. ter many of the Oliver explained it to the reporters: And thus it will die; when the last other clubs and "We remembered the swaggerstick member has departed from this societies of 1917- we had seen in Goldsmith's window, earth. 18 have become doncher know? A mere bagatelle memories. as far as value is concerned, but a COMPANION TELLS In honor of the real spiffy awticle at that. And most HOW WEISS MET DEATH appropriate, as Bill had given away costly bit of bric- Dear Editor: Read with interest • HILT a-brac that fur­ his gold swaggerstick that mawning to a poor blind beggah. It was your article on the death of William nished the inspiration, this society is Weiss of Battery "F" and as I was called the Swaggerstick club. near the end of the month, and the boys had not received their allow­ with him at the time he was wound­ Its active membership consists of ed, would like to correct some mis­ we 10 ex-soldiers from Racine who at­ ances from home. Deuced nuisance, doncher know. But Harry Herzog takes in your story. It was "Chief's" tended a banquet at the Manhattan first trip to the front ang I wish to ion restajirant in Waco on Sept. 25, sold one of his cigaret cases and raised the amount." say that Tandrup was not with us at to 1917, when the $1,000 swaggerstick, the time as we were the first ones be. which had attracted considerable at­ Bribed the Jeweler in from the front and Tandrup did hat tention in the jeweler's window, sud­ Joe didn't explain all of it. He not come in until later. dly denly sprang into nation-wide prom­ told the reporters nothing about the We were three drivers, Otto An­ inence overnight when news was visit Rose Guilbert and he had made flashed to an astonished world that derson, and another driver whose me to the jewelry store just before the name I have forgotten, myself and oe- it had been "presented to Sergt. banquet, and with what pangs of re­ William Wadewitz by 10 of his mil­ Bill Weiss at the brake. We were gret thep parted with the $10 nec­ just rounding the hill at Reddy lionaire friends—-Harry J. Herzog, essary to induce Goldsmith to re­ Joseph Oliver, Arthur Naleid; Pat Farm when a shell burst about a move the stick-from the window, hundred yards ahead of us and an­ Hilt, Sidney Bensinger, Max Zirbes, and to substitute a "sold" sign in Edward Milstead, Roscoe Guilbert other about a hundred yards to the I its stead. rear, and almost immediately an­ and Fred Maxted. (Guilbert has Waco newspapers record t he other burst right beside us. Our not yet recovered from the enjoy­ event: horses plunged forward and before en able experience of being called a Lieutenant Herzog made the pre­ we were able to check them we ar, millionaire. The main pledge de­ sentation speech. His remarks were were about fifty yards from the spot irs manded of the members is if they very apropos, and after telling of where the shell burst. I, driving will attend a banquet, staged annu­ the esteem and affection entertained lead team, stopped and called back lin ally on Sept. 25—the date of Bill's for Sergeant Wadewitz, he brought he to see if all the men were there. birthday; that none of them will be to view a purple velvet case, from Everyone answered with the excep­ ex- on the water wagon at that date; which he removed the elegant gift tion of "Chief." We called his name id- will forget such civilized encum­ and presented it to the honor guest again and again but receiving no brances as wife, family, or business, of the evening. A feeling response answer we decided that one of us ass and will return for a night to the was made by the very greatly sur­ would go back and look for him. nly old days of '17 and '18. Bill Wade­ prised recipient." We decided we could do best with­ ige witz has assumed unto himself the Telegraph wires began to hum, out the swing driver, so he returned position of host, despite the protes­ and the story of the millionaires to look for "Chief" while we con­ our tations of the rest of the million­ that - presented a sergeant friend tinued back to the battery eschelon. aires. For what is the price of a with a diamond-studded swagger­ It was about midnight when we ar­ nly mere banquet to a gang with mil­ stick confronted every family in the rived and everyone was in bed. We ars, lions at their disposal, when com­ country at the breakfast table next aroused the first sergeant and re­ 25 pared to the honor of being host? morning. ported that Bill was missing. .A de­ ord Even After death Newspapers from coast to coast tail wrent to the first aid station in less The pledge is one that will not splurged over it in their news col­ a little church and inquired of the of even terminate at death. The first umns. Half pages were devoted to physician if "Chief" was there. We leir member to leave the earthly shores moralizing about it on the editorial were informed that he was, and had is solemnly enjoined to prepare for sections. Not a family but knew been hit with a piece of shrapnel the resumption of the annual ban­ just how many loaves of bread, that struck a mirror in his shirt quets in the heavenly spheres; or in rounds of ammunition, big guns, pocket directly below the heart and event there are no vacancies there steamships, etc., the price of a $1,- drove the glass into his stomach, and lish to use -whatever pull he has to pro­ 000 swaggerstick would provide. The that they were going to operate im» lan cure choice shovel jobs for those Racine batteries, which up to that mediately. In the morning when the rge Swaggerstick club members who time were only thought of as small boys went up to see how he was they ist- come afterwards. units of the 32nd division, suddenly found him in his grave. the Back in 1917, when recently fed­ became THE 32nd division. Special ett. eralized national guard troops were carriers were put on by the postal Trusting you will print this to let ov- training 12 hours a day. to get in department to deliver all the mail people really know how he met his ian shape to help lick the Kaiser, the that deluged Wadewitz, hero of the death, I am the swaggerstick craze suddenly swept swaggerstick episode. The letters Very truly yours, 638 the country. The tired soldier went ranged from proposals of marriage Private Herbert Christensen, om to sleep on the evening of Sept. 7. to prospectuses of gold mining com­ 1609 Morton avenue, Racine. ing When he awoke on the morning of Sept. 8, the first thing he spied in the morning newspapers was a pic­ ture of a classily decked-out dough­ Humble Onion Becoming Proud, boy, carrying a swaggerstick _ at a swanky angle. Followed long inter­ Encouraged by U. S. Governs views with President Wilson, gen­ oet erals, colonels, majors and buck pri­ on- vates, advocating the swaggersticks The once humble onion is becom-j.o* as not only giving that touch of in­ ing one of the proudest of vegeta>T"' tfrs dividuality to the American soldier, One of the big Calls from v ars but also promoting military bearing, try is for onions, and +' self-confidence, and assisting in response, is increasi- my walking. "AH soldiers should carry Thriving under ith one," the article concluded. wide range of r om "I'll be damned if I do," said the ditions, and disguised buck private as he jumped yield to the -lie out of bed and into his boots and gained ar IUS overcoat to answer reveille. also atti? el- "Can you beat'it?" was his com­ Govr a ment, when he saw them for sale voeat-' h- when he visited the canteen ten tant minutes later. the :h- "Well, I'll be blasted," was his the nd final declaration before capitulation, wis ;s- as he saw two majors, jauntily swag- off gersticking through the crowded soi ca downtown street that evening. of is Next minute he had dived into the n- 1 nearest store that had a window dis­ nee he play of swaggersticks. he "What's the damage?" he asked, spe picking out the one that he thought reh ns looked well with his figure. bet. of 1 iy If he thought to create a sensa­ tion when he arrived back at camp, to 1 'd he was mistaken. For within 24 tors at hours, every mother's son belonging Ask lo to the batteries, troops and com­ ing ie panies at Camp MacArthur had one. este al They ranged from gold-tipped ones of to freshly peeled and knife-decorat­ ovei ed branches cut from willow trees. a pi Some of the bucks had even been Tl stung for a box of polish with which 20,0 to keep the stick in shape. and Goldsmith Scores Hit shou It remained for Goldsmith, "Wa­ good co's popular jeweler," as the news­ onio: papers described him, to take ad­ varic vantage of the innovation. Plow- have WHEN 'SOMEWHERE IN FRANCE' REALLY MEANT EXACTLY THAT Another Story About the Adventures of Local Men in the Greatest War of History

American soldiers who served warfare were crammed into the abroad during the World war often trains. It was the first time that the headed their letters "Somewhere in soldiers of the 121st field artillery France." Usually, however, they rode in box cars, called "40 and 8" knew exactly where they were sta­ because they could hold 40 men or tioned and merely expressed their eight horses. location in this manner at the polite Dropped Into Deep Sleep request of army mail censors. Charles Doolin, first sergeant of But Charles Doolin and Bill Wade­ Battery C and Wadewitz, line ser­ witz spent three days "somewhere geant, had loaded the officers cots in France" when they did not know and bedding into one car and re­ where they were. Neither did the quested permission from Millstead to other members of Battery F or any sleep there enroute to the training other of Uncle Sam's representatives. camp. Exhausted by the trip over­ The story of how Charlie and Bill seas, the marching and heavy work were sidetracked, one night, in a lit­ of loading, they dropped down on the tle French village railway station cots and were sleeping before the while the rest of' the outfit pulled train had started. toward the front is vividly recalled Doolin, as first sergeant, had with by Lieutenant E. C. Millstead, who him all the records of the battery, was in charge of the troops. which contained the names of mem­ The battery had landed in Liver­ bers on sick leave, off duty, or on pool after a stormy, wind-tossed voy­ furlough, as well as a complete in­ age. From there they had marched ventory of all equipment and rations to Winchester, and we halted at of the unit. Camp Wimbledown, enroute to South The train rumbled along over the Hampton where they were to sail for hills all during the day. Night came, Brest, France. with Wadewitz and Doolin still sleep­ The boys marched in line for their ing. Their car, however, developed rations before boarding the "Mona's a hot box and railroad men side­ Queen," a cattle boat which was tracked it in a little village. pressed into service to take them The Racine men were among the across the channel. first 150,000 soldiers to go overseas, and the sight of an American soldier Not a Royal Ship was rare in French villages. When When the roll was called, just be­ the two sergeants opened the door of fore the whistle screamed to warn their car and looked out, the natives the soldiers that they were about to were amazed. After a frantic search start, three packs and kits were dis­ for the rest of the company they covered on the wharf. Millstead, realized that the others had gone on who was in charge of the transpor­ ahead. Millstead was the only one tation, carried the packs on board in the company who knew the des­ and just as the ship was about to tination of the unit, so it was impos­ leave Stanley Howe, Fred Maxted sible for Wadewitz and Doolin to lo­ and Otto Jandl came panting down cate them. Meanwhile, in Coequi­ the hill. They had decided to explore don, Millstead searched just as fran­ the countryside, n\Jh'; tically for his two sergeants, and the Despite its royai name, the equipment. "Mona's, Queen" was not the kind of For three days the battery was a ship that nobility would ride on. without its records, while the ser­ The battery boys were ordered down geants who had no knowledge o.f into the bottom of the vessel, where French tried to inform the French they lay below the water line. The officials of their plight and to make boat was so crowded that the men them -understand that they were sat up to sleep, packed into the room hungry. Their train contained no like sardines in a can. A submarine provisions. warning was sounded, however, and Government officials, finally, locat­ the ship turned back to South ed the two missing soldiers and con­ Hampton and left for the second veyed them to camp to rejoin their time under cover of darkness. The own battery. trip across the channel proved to be uneventful. I Cl MONDAY—How a Racine man won the Croix de Guerre. The sight of Brest was a welcome one to these boys who had enlisted to serve their country on a foreign soil. Most welcome of all was the Million Chinese Seek announcement that a 10-day rest was Security in Manchuria at hand. They climbed out of the Dairen, Manchuria. — (United boat dressed with their overcoats and Press) — Approximately 1,000,000 packs, eagerly awaiting the orders Chinese left wartorn sections of that to march to camp. The "march" country in 1927 to emigrate into however, consisted of a six mile Manchuria, where peace is guaran­ climb up the side of a hill. The teed by the Japanese government, warm French sun was streaming it has been announced here, and down. estimates place the likely figure for "It was hotter than hell," Mill­ this year at from two to four mil­ stead recalls. lion. The camp proved to be a restful Shantung, as well as other Chinese spot, but most of the boys wanted to provinces, has contributed its quota celebrate their arrival in France and of emigrants, as banditry and depre­ dined and drank of sweet French dations of robber bands has in­ wines quite heartily. A 10-day va­ creased in that section which was cation loomed, and officers and men restored to Chinese sovereignty by regarded it as the one occasion for terms of the Washington conference freedom before being ordered to the treaties. trenches where they knew that death Vast areas of undeveloped, fertile and suffering lurked. land, with no prospects of war or The first rift of light had hardly serious disorders, still are available begun to glimmer in the east when for Chinese settlers in Manchuria. Millstead was awakened by the of­ ficer of the day. He glanced at his watch. The hands pointed to 4. "Your train leaves at 8 a. m., sir," %is date ir\. he was informed. "You are com­ missioned to load the regimental 'AMERICAN freight and all equipment into cars and be ready to start for Coequidon HISTORY at that time." MARCH 10 Coequidon was the artillery train­ 149 6—Columbus sailed from Haiti ing camp in France, the gateway to to meet the charges of politi­ the front lines and active service. cal enemies at home. Millstead appointed Bill Wadewitz 1785—Thomas Jefferson made min­ and 24 men to begin this task, which ister to France. was not unlike that of moving a 1797—Albany made capital of New large circus. Medical supplies, ra­ York. tions, all equipment of six batteries, 1865—Federal cavalry routed at bedding, cots and implements of Jackson Mill's, N. C. RACINE TIMES-CALL, FRIDAY, APRIL 13, 1921 SAW SEVEN YEARS OF SERVICE, SET TO REPEAT-IF NECESSARY Croix de Guerre Among War Trophies of Racine Fireman

If war clouds again darken Ameri­ ca's horizon. Al Wagner, 1519 Villa street, fireman at Central station, will undoubtedly be found marching in the ranks. Seven years of service to one's country doesn't mean that a man shouldn't fight again—if necessary, he believes. Wagner sailed over­ seas with Pershing and the 18th U. S. infantry of the First division, participated in a half dozen offen­ sives, was wounded and won a croix de querre. When trouble with Mexico loomed, in the early days'of 1913, Wagner enlisted and was assigned to the First U. S. cavalry at Jefferson Bar­ racks, Mo. He attended the inter­ —Photo by Malme national exposition at San Francisco AL WAGNER with an exhibition squadron, and rejoined the 17th U. S. cavalry at Fort Bliss, Texas, for service across N. Y. School Run the Mexican border. When America joined the cause of For 'Little Evas' the Allies, the need for trained fight­ ing troops was paramount, and Wagner and other men from his Unique Institution for Children of regiment were transferred to the Theater Folk 18th U. S. infantry of the First division. He sailed for France on ew York.—In the mid-Sixties June 14, 1917, on the same boat •'s a school where, after the that conveyed Pershing, commander- if the gong, you'll find all the in-chief of the American armies to L,ord Fauntleroys and Little France. Days of training followed. • the show world. Here the Thousands of Uncle Sam's soldiers ional" youngsters go to were preparing for fighting days. ?ir sums and their geog- Wagner received his baptism of 'ut when road shows have fire at Louisville, in the Alsace- i pretty well over the map Lorraine sector, where many men of had to figure up the in- his division were killed and captured. 24 weeks of vaudeville, The 32nd, and other divisions which - be seen that they need were to make American war history in these lines. were still in training in these days on what should be when the United States sent her ", you will learn how first troops to help the weary French way. Already they hold the lines. ut rehearsals and lready they are be- Unpleasant Memories ut the salaries re- Of actual fighting experiences, igth of their en- Wagner speaks reluctantly. Hand-to- hand encounters, and nights filled igsters, they do with death are unpleasant memor­ heir classrooms ies. ... of them have In July, Wagner was cited in •ed until about general osders by the brigade com­ ious evening, mander and was awarded the croix, t 10 o'clock. de guerre as a regimental citation. e reheasing That was because of the gallantry regulation of the machine gun unit of which at various he was in command. A lull came to appear in his fighting career on May 4, vjr as early 1918, when he was wounded by shrapnel and suffered from mustard i of stage gas. Returning to the lines on July is likely 18, he took part in the five-day lelebrat- offensive at Soissons when 8,000 men of an from his division were killed and -. The wounded. Wagner was placed in y, sees command of the company. Virtually out of all of the officers had been killed. rcum- world Sergeant Wagner turned the lines over to a Scottish division after his men had battled for five days at Soissons, and following a short rest very again plunged into the fighting at St. it of Mihiel Argonne Forest, Chateau- !ren. Her, Thierry and other fronts. He but marched across the Rhine to Coblenz .hat and received his discharge in 1920 at ros- Louisville, Ky. He is still in the reserves. )Ol- "Troops were never relieved earlier our than 8 at night or later than 2 in ion the morning", Wagner relates. iew "Raids were usually made between a 10 p. m. and 1 a. m. A raid con­ m- sisted of taking 70 or 80 men over ;he the lines, into the enemy trenches ith where the objective was to capture prisoners, and seek information. If 3a- we got a youthful German prisoner, in- unskilled in the tactics of war, he me usually talked and gave us plenty ine of valuable information. If we cap­ :u- tured some older man, he usually ci- told us things that \vere not true. mt Mistake Meant Death till ise "In making a raid we always se­ ,nd lected the older men, who had been ost trained for their special part in the affair. ' That was the time when we needed men who could follow orders at- to the dot. A slight mistake meant ttie casualties that could have been the avoided, not only by fire from the the enemy but from our own artillery ans as well. ige as "Attacks differ from raids, and are ve- made when it is the intention of the des enemy to strike with all his might. as Dark nights are usually selected, and the time is usually after 2 a. m. me "We were under orders never to the give in during the war, but the Amer­ the ican troops were forced to retreat igh once in a while. Sometimes it was aks impossible to hold a line, and it was ffer only good military sense to give du- away a short distance until re-en­ its. forcements could arrive to strengthen the the troops". lis- Wagner could speak and write German and conversed with many wer of the German prisoners. pud, On To Germany aze After the Armistice had been ron signed, American and other Allied •ac- troops followed the defeated Ger­ >gy- mans across the Rhine. American lew headquarters were established in lies Coblenz. can "When the Germans .returned are lers home, their people gave them as hat royal a welcome as if they had won, and they deserved it", Wagner says. "When the Americans arrived in I. no.. Germany, there was scarcely a soul on the streets. Of course, they did not know how the Americans would treat them. Stories had preceded I us and some of them believed that fou we would abuse them. But after a out week or two most of the people were friendly". iUSt Uld •est 3 a Japan Laborites Sail For Conference at Geneva Tokio.— (United Press) —Japan's delegation to the International La­ ent bor Conference to be held in Geneva in May under auspices of the League ink of Nations sailed recently from Yo­ .nd kohama. be­ The government delegates in­ ing clude: by K. Kawarada, chief of the labor section of the Welfare bureau, as chief, with A. Kasama, T. Yoshizaka, S. Kimishima and others as advis­ he ors. The chief labor delegate is Man- ryo Yonekubo, of the Japan Sea­ men's union, with T. Yamauchi and R. Shimada as advisors. RACINE TIMES-CALL, SATURDAY, APRIL 14, 1928 HUMOROUS SIDE OF ARMY LIFE TOLD IN RACINE MAN'S LETTER

It the SIMS cert ing of : geio Ka mi mo A sisf A: he the out

Mr jus the Left to right—Rickeman, Gilson, Drake, Bryant and Sanders. 1 War days found Battery C officer­ .report in a minute and 20 seconds wh ed by men who had trained in the by the watch. I passed the word to Wisconsin National guard. those 11 corporals to get their sec­ cof George W. Rickeman was captain tions in line for the contest, and the of this unit of field artillery; J. W". when I blew the whistle, to "step on £ Gilson, senior first lieutenant; R. the gas." mu Drake junior first lieutenant; R. Bry­ The bugle blew assembly almost she ant, senior second lieutenant; H. J. at once, and before the first note was tha Sanders, junior second lieutenant. half way out the horn, the whistle fis.I The accompanying photograph blew one shrill toot. That outfit S shows them studying their manuals 'snapped into it,' 'dressed' 'counted It of. arms by their tent at Camp Doug­ off, called rolls by section, reported but las. While these officers insisted on to me, and I made the formation re­ by rigid discipline, they, too, enjoyed port to the captain in 55 seconds by sp& the many humorous incidents which General King's watch. He had noth­ mo offered diversion from the strictness ing more to say about what the reg­ of of army life, and often assisted the ular army could do. pre soldiers in carrying on some of their With George Rickeman in com­ jokes. mand, discipline was very ri^id. And ] Pleasant Memories in passing, will say that being a top bui kick in a battery of artillery com­ er Reminiscences- of camp days are posed of men who had never seen a fot recalled by George H. Wallace, in the cannon even at this -stage of the thi following letter which he has writ­ game, is not a pleasant pastime by 00i ten to an army pal: any means. thi "All this may not be of much in­ "We did things by the split sec­ 19: terest to the average reader but to ond that year; in fact, we were so the members of the old gang, now accurate that at times we would have scattered all over the earth, it will sworn that the sun was a few min lai bring up pleasant memories, and utes early or late according to our Se also if this material is collected now, reckoning. And this went for re­ wi and made a matter of record, it may veille roll call. th have a certain historical value as avi the years go by and we as old rften Lost The Combination qr sit around the grocery store and 're­ "Arriving in camp in overalls and va member when' this and that and the blossoming out in new weenie tight en other thing took place, just like the O. D.'s that same day, gave the fel­ CO members of the G. A. R. do at the lows lots to learn in the way of pry­ CO present day. ing themselves into peg tops early cfc "In looking over my old papers in the morning. One morning at th tonight, I came across some old pho­ roll call, five men were late, not be tographs taken at Camp Douglas in having learned the combination of hi 1916, when we were doing "S. O. S. those lace trousers as yet. duty" for the rest of the U. S. army "One of them was Turner Lewis dr which was then down on the border but the names of the others escapes fighting the 'Battle of Cactus Flats.' me at this time. After mess they lii "That was some army that assem­ were all given two hours extra duty. at bled at Camp Douglas that year. Be­ Just what kind of extra duty to give IK sides Battery C, there was part of them was a puzzle, as work was th Battery B of Green Bay,, a new cav­ scarce and labor plentiful. So I sent te alry troop from Milwaukee, and an Turner up to scrub the tent floors bi infantry outfit, quite 'infant' in fact, of the officers, make their beds, and bi from Janesville. do anything else that needed being si: "Speaking of Janesville reminds done. di me that one hot evening, two suscep­ Those that no jobs could be found th tible cusses from that outfit, were in­ for were given the time in the or veigled into carrying a box of 'saber 'bull ring' which ring consisted of a of ammunition' up to the cavalry troop. path between the two lamp posts at d£ "The first man they saw was the the head and foot of the street. stable sergeant, who sent the perspir­ "That winter, the winter of 1916- ing recruits up to the top sergeant 17, we drilled diligently with our with the box, and he sent them to chairs, and stored away a lot of logic a the captain.. Thus far, they had lug­ as to trajectory, maximate ordinate, of ged this box of 'ammunition' about point of burst, mounted defelade, sa a quarter of a mile. barrage, probability of error, and lots to The captain, 'to the prejudice of of otheir things that we learned more h: good order and military discipline,' about later on. fo inspected the box from the outside "In the spring came the declara­ si and sent the now overheated mes­ tion of war. This was no doubt Tl sengers back to the first sergeant, anticipated by those 'in on the know,' 11 ( who in turn sent them down to the and we had orders to recruit Battery ST stable sergeant. He was supposed C 'till some one told us to stop,' and to tell the human ammunition train we did not stop till we had a maxi­ where to store the saber ammunition. mum of 389 men enrolled, which is "Being hard boiled, he berated believed to be the largest battery or­ them for coming around when most ganization in the U. S. of the men had gone down town, and "To take care of this was a prob­ sent them back to their own com­ lem, and my one lone 'battery clerk' pany with orders to bring the saber was increased until I had six to keep ammunition up again at reville. And track of those fellows whose names Ed, maybe you yourself have helped would reach around a telegraph pole. to lug a box full of sand around in One night Captain Rickeman phoned the belief that it was this same kind me to go down to the Polish hall on of ammunition. the south side and bring up 40 re­ "There were many funny exper­ cruits. iences that first year at camp. On "Arriving at the hall I asked a the way up Captain Rickeman and man who admitted he was the 'boss' I put in most of our time in the where the recruits were. 'Oh, all baggage car, yours truly with a little these fellows around here.' I blew vest pocket model typewriter on my my whistle and commanded 'fall in.' knee writing out orders, as if the They just stood and looked at me, fate of Europe depended on it. and then the boss said that most of Cussed the General them didn't understand English. 'All "Another night after all you boys right, you tell 'em.' had retired at taps and said your " 'Skibbereeski fall inski!' They prayers, I saw a light flash into my fell in. tent, and at once expressed myself " 'Count offski in fourski.' They appropriate for the occasion and counted off. • adding that if the owner of the light " 'Rightimoski facisti, forwarink didn't vamose pronto, that I would marchski!' and away we went with go out and render assistance vigor­ the new Racine Drum corps at the ously, head, and never missed a beat till "He never moved and of course, I we arrived in the Commercial club had to make good. I rushed out at hall, where all but two of those Pol­ the invisible fellow in the glare of ish beys passed in everything but his flash light, and getting a squint English. This they later learned in at the stocky figure that held the camp. lamp, I saw it was General King. A Tough Task Blooey! "And to handle this gang with "I apologized awkwardly and he eight corporals was sure some job, came right back, "It's your duty ser­ and at the same time learn names in geant to know who is in your street Polish, Greek, Slavish, Italian, and after taps!" and his teeth snapped every race under the sun. One night together like a bear trap. Colonel Westfahl came down from "General King kept his West Point Milwaukee to muster the battery eye on us and from time to time of­ wmich extended down the east side of fered advice and also made compari­ the old rink, across the south end sons between Battery C and other and half way up the west side. When outfits he had known, all the way the command 'right dress' was given, from Gettysburg to the Mexican bor­ the result was the letter 'L.' der by way of Little Big Horn, San "Colonel was given the rolls to Juan Hill, Manila, the Boxer war in muster by, but when he saw those China, and all the little wars in be­ long names he said, 'Heck, I can't tween. pronounce those names; have the One night I overheard him tell first sergeant call the roll and I will Captain Rickeman that he knew the verify it.' So we went at it calling champion infantry company in the such easy names as Vincent Delvic- regular army to form, call rolls and cio, Dionisus Demitropolis, Ignatz Gabrizewski, Walter Czarnecki, B. Czacherowski, Stanley Jembrzyski, Stephen Kikosiecki, Walter Kobier- %is date ir\. ski, Vincent Lewindowski, George Rybacek, Stephen Staszewski, Julyan AMERICAN Szkudlarek, Joseph Tobako, Nick Pantellas, L. W. "vVawrzknkiewicz, Fejix Wysocarski, and some others HISTORY just as easy. Besides, there were Andersons, 1775—First anti-slavery society in Hansons, Petersons, Nelsons and Sor- the United States formed in ensens, in bunches, while the Smiths Philadelphia by Quakers. were represented by but two. Every 1814—Embargo act of 1813 repealed time I would strike one of these for­ by congress. eign names, Colonel Westfahl would 1865—President Lincoln shot by J. rub his jaw and say, '"There goes an­ Wilkes Booth at Ford's the­ other one; why doesn't he change his ater, Washington. name to Smith, Brown, or Jones. 1898—Spain rejects U. S. interven­ You remember the two Kaiser tion in Cuba. boys, Joe and Bill. When I got to the K's, I called out: TOO POWERFUL " 'Kaiser, Joseph,' 'Here.' HE: Fred's got some gin outside, " 'Kaiser, William,' 'Here.' and— . , " 'Hell," says the Colonel, 'that's SHE: I'm off gin. It dissolves the bird we are all looking for; show my lipstick.—Life. him to me.'" RACINE TIMES-CALL, THURSDAY, MARCH 29, 1928 Conscience-Stricken Conspirator Confesses Share in Battering Ram Bill's Abduction

Breaks Silence of More Than Decade of Years To Re­ veal Inside Story of How Battery F. Got Battery C's Goat

Conscience-stricken, George H. the C boys held a great pow-wow. Wallace, abductor in the kidnap­ Still conjecture ran high, wide and ing of Battering Ram Bill, has handsome. confessed how the deed was com­ Three days after the event at of­ mitted. This is the first time the ficers mess in the third battalion one trtie story of the abduction has night, Captain Gilson of Battery F been revealed, and will clear the turned to me and said, "Something mystery for scores of boys from funny about that dam goat, Wallace, Batteries C and F. Wallace lias I believe you stole it. Did you ?" broken the silence of more than a "Yes sir." decade of years in this story, pub­ "Well why in @??$!!$??@@%&! lished exclusively today in vhe didn't you say so!" Times-Call.—Editor's Note. "§ir, principally because the fewer * • fc * people that know about it, the safer BY GEORGE H. WALLACE the secret is, since it is not a mill Since that memorable night ir. the tary afrair." summer of 1917 when Battering Ram "Well, let me tell you this; the Bill, the Angora mascot of Battery (J next time you steal a goat, or any evaporated, until the Times-Call thing else, let me know about it," WALLAO printed an expose of the foul and and I always did. damnable kidnapping, there has been Now that "the lost che-ild had verse directions and meeting at the a series of conflicting and contradic­ been found," every precaution was old swimming hole below the village tory statements about,this goat that taken to guard Battering Ram Bill of Camp Douglas. no self respecting goat will tolerate. against a repetition of the adventure. Wives of officers in on the plot, Now, at this late day, when Bill is He was moved up to near the head hired a taxi in town and rode to the undoubtedly grazing in verdant fields of the street and tied to a tree where village limits, and there left the taxi surrounded by a golden picket fence, the "special guard" of Battery C free to meet the gang at the rendez­ it seems but fitting and proper that kept an eagle eye on him, night and vous, and returned to town. In this Old Till should be set right and the day. way, a taxi was secured that was not mist of uncertainty lifted, so that we In the course of time, it came my shadowed by some one from Battery who remain will know the truth turn on guard again and the goat C. about Bill, how he came to be kid­ guard was doubled that night when About 3 a. m. the day we left naped and how he spent his remain­ the C boys learned this fact. But Camp Douglas, this taxi lumbered up ing days. there is nothing that spurs one on to that car. Inasmuch as the writer had con­ to deeds of adventure like the risk to "Halt! Who is there?" siderable to do with Bill's mysterious be taken in carrying the plot to a "Friends with a pass." disappearance, not once, but twice, successful conclusion. "What kind of a pass? Make it and his equally mysterious resurrec­ Several times that night while hav­ snappy!" tion in time to make the great trip ing everything in camp under my "Advance one with the pass." to Texas in justice to Bill, this con­ charge, I did a little gum shoeing, "Pass signed by General Board- fession is hereby voluntarily made and once stood behind the tent in C man." with the hope, that, like the stage street and listened to the goat guard (Business of examining pass with play, everything will come out all tell what they were going to do to flashlight.) right in the last act. me if I stole that goat again. "All right fellers, advance the par­ Battering Ram Bill's infancy and About 2:30 in the morning I went ty," and the taxi rambled up beside youth is shrouded in more or less over to Battery F kitchen for a little the car, and Battering Ram Bill was of a mystery. So far as this story is fodder and while eating it in the lifted out of it by his well developed concerned, Bill enters the scene dark noticed that the guards on posts horns, and deposited in the box When he came into the possession of five and six were missing. Heie was marked "dishes, Battery F" and cov­ Oscar Frings, and Doc. Smith, the the chance. Going into the first ser­ ered up with stovewood. latter being our regimental veterin­ geant's tent again, I pulled "Saugie'' In the morning battery F went arian. Each owned an undivided out and hastily explained how to get through the routine of striking camp, half of Bill. the goat, by going between the tents and marching down to the main sid­ When they went away to the war, on the opposite side of the street ing in town where our baggage car they bid Bill a fond and affectionate from the "guard tent" and untying had preceded us with its Polish farewell, never expecting to see his the goat from the tree and retreat­ guard. The car being in the middle kind face again. But one evening at ing with him the way he went in. of the train, we were able to rfpel Camp Douglas, in the latter part of I had studied this all out not an hour boarders nicely, which was a con­ July, 1917, it was decided to have before, and nearly got caught at it. stant performance. Bill sent up to Camp Douglas as a Hidden Curler Cannon Just as the train pulled out for mascot for Battery F. Texas, with the entire camp, and es­ The Plot Thickens Saugman went and got the goat pecially Battery C lining the track, Instructions were sent to Bill's while the guard snatched 40 winks, the goat was pulled out of his hiding guardian in Racine to ship him to and hid him under one of the can­ place, posed before the door and the camp as a new recruit. Here the nons in the gun park. In the mean­ door opened. plot thickens; the shipper inadver­ time my time was all taken up with This was indeed a surprise to the tently shipped Bill to Battery C in­ two men who were burglarizing weeping C boys inasmuch as they stead of battery F. And this is where Father Penfold's canteen. They hap­ were lead to believe that the goat the trouble began. pened to be the two men on posts was back in Racine. In fact money When the rightful owners found five and six, and while I was get­ changed hands between Colonel ting them over to the guard house Westfahl and Captain Bryant, on the that Battery C had the goat, they 7 Were downcast, but it left open the and replacing them w ith the men subject, and then when the facts everlasting question of getting Bat­ from the following relief, Saugy were known, the money changed tery C's goat, which was eventually makes good his escape with the goat. hands the other way. done, not once, but twice, in spite of Going down town, he bribed a taxi Over in Sioux City, Iowa, we ap­ their perpetual guard and the ap­ driver with his fountain pen to take propriated another mascot, the wide­ pointment of one of their members, him and the goat out into the coun­ ly known "Sue" the most intelligent (Julius Feiges, I believe) as goat try some place, any place, just so as dog that ever followed a guidon. sergeant. to get away with that goat. The Also at this place, (I believe it was), The plot was hatched in Frings' driver was a good scout, and fell in a telegram was sent to the adjutant tent one night at which were pres­ with the conspiracy. at Camp Douglas as follows: "Found, ent the two rightful owners, Ser­ A farmer was aroused and made in C. & N. W. baggage car No. 6798, geant Saugman, the writer and pos­ acquainted with the plot, and being one goat, answers to the description sibly one or two others. . However, a good scout also, he joined the se­ of one lost by Battery C. Please post it was all left to yours truly and cret clan and with Sergeant Saug- on bulletin board." Saugman to plan the campaign, man's promise of ample reward for Bill didn't stand the trip to Texas throw over a barrage, capture the his trouble, hid the goat under his very well; he was not a sea going goat and get away with it. barn. He later received $20. goat. Bulletins of his health were It was my trick on guard that Next morning there sure was hoia- sent back to Captain Bryant from night. It was a dark night, and just poppin' around that camp. The.goat time to time (collect) and Bill was a the night for such an adventure. sergeant of Battery C was reduced to very sad and dejected goat when -we About two in the morning as I was the ranks while the several guards arrived in Waco, Texas, the third finishing making the 'grand rounds' were severely censored. All the morning after, but managed to make and returning to the guardhouse, I horses in camp were used that day the march of 3 Vz miles to camp. tripped over the chain that the pet and a grand scout made of the coun­ In a couple of days Bill was all bear battery B owner, and fell try Side to no effect. right, except that he was the first sprawling, while the bear made his Saugman who returned from his 'man' in the regiment to get cooties. presence known with a couple of second adventure just at daylight, So he was given a soldier hair cut, "woofs" and starting off tripped me wet, tired and dirty, reported to me annointed with oil of cedar, iodine up again. A husky army shoe ap­ and was promised the first medal for and other bug discouragers and in plied to his southwest corner as he such bravery, when congress would a week was frisky as ever. was headed north relieved the sit­ see fit to authorize such a reward. Bill learned to like the wr.-.ppsrs uation. Then with a canteen of water and off dynamite cartridges, and soon Finding all quiet along the Poto­ some sandwiches he climbed to the learned to associate an explosion mac at the guard house with Ser­ top of one of those buttes on the caused by the cantonement workers geant Millstead in charge, I want reservation, and with his glasses kept with something good to eat, and it back to Sergeant Frings' tent, and track of the field activities of Battery kept Bill busy following up the ex­ awoke Sergeant Saugman. C, now acting as scout cavalry. plosions for his rare titbit. "Time to go over the top ser­ Returning before the C boys, he Full of Dynamite geant." spread the gist of their adventures Captain Gilson learned of this, and "All right sir," and he saluted to* the F boys, and that night we one night while we were holding our while still half asleep. were able to heckle the C boys with lonely retreat at 6 bells he made a We went down where Bill was everything they had done during the short speech ending with, "-—And sleeping in a peaceful frame of mind, day, where they were chased by a another thing I got to say; don't any and took him with us without a word dog, where ordered off the farm by of you fellers kick that dam goat. of protest on his part. It was some an irate farmer, etc. He's full of dynamite." job however to run the guard line Incidentally right after first call In due time Battery C was sched­ until both guards on posts three and that morning, I scratched on Cap­ uled to arrive, which they did one four went in opposite directions and tain Gilson's tent flap. midnight. Next morning, Battering left an opening big enough to let in a "Come in!" (sounding like nails Ram Bill, with a fresh haircut, rib­ German division. in a snare drum.) bons on his horns and feeling like a Sworn to Silence "Sir," I said, "I have the honor to million dollars was tied to a new In an hour or so Saugman came report that the goat has been suc­ stake in Battery C street to be the back, wet to the skin with the heavy cessfully stolen again." first to welcome them. dew on the marsh grass west Of "Th' hell you say! Very good sir, He did not appear to enthuse much camp and reported that Bill had take your post." over the arrival of the battery, and been safely tied in an old logging Those C boys just about lived in F Joe Oliver cut the rope and kicked stable outside of camp, over on the street hoping to gain a clue. One him out into the crool, crool woild west road. He was sworn to silence. night Lieutenant Rickeman came again. Bill, however, failed to ex­ Naturally when Battery C found into my tent, not knowing just who plode or there might have been a that Bill was missing at reveille roll- had stolen the goat for sure, and as terrible catastrophe. He wandered call, they went straight up in the air. we talked about the mystery, the back home and into my tent, where The fact that the rope had been cut wind blew the rear way outward a my bunkmate Lieutenant Steins, had showed that Bill had an accomplice little and disclosed a Battery C boy's his washing out to dry, and old Bill in escaping. Naturally the C boys leg, as he lay behind the tent gum­ ate the leg off his drawers. suspected me, inasmuch as I was of­ shoeing for a clue. When the order was published to ficer of the guard that night, and as The time was drawing near to go eave all mascots in the states before such was supposed to know all about to Texas. A box of such size as going over seas, we were puzzled as everything that went on in and about would hold a goat with ease was to what to do with Bill. Inquiry re­ camp. 'policed' from the quartermaster de­ vealed that there was an Angora The C boys mingled with the F partment and labeled "dishes, Bat­ ranch out near the old machine gun boys hoping that they would be able tery F." This was left near the range at Lovers Leap, and Bill was to pick up a clue, meanwhile they kitchen and created no suspicion. honorably discharged from the serv­ hunted that reservation with thor­ Our baggage car was set in en the ice, and pensioned off to this ranch­ oughness worthy of a better cause. siding near camp and such material er. Late in the day, Stable Sergeant as we could spare was put into it, While returning to camp one eve­ Humble, not knowing anything of and the car guarded by four as hus­ ning alter dismantling the machine the abduction, inadvertently gave the ky men as ever spelled their names gun range and policing up 4he place, whole plot away when he suggested and wound up w-ith -ski. just as I walked over the "swinging that the goat might not be on the Naturally the whole circumstance bridge" back of the Prim house, I reservation at all. of the goat and his abduction got to saw old Bill standing on a stump, Acting on this tip the C boys di­ the ears of General Boardman, and chewing his cud, and lord of all he vided themselves into several groups with a little coaching by Captain surveyed. I stopped to take one last and went, some north, some east, Gilson he also fell in with a scheme, look • at him and ail he had to say some south and some west, and just and provided an armed guard for was "Mba-a-a-a-a." at. sundown, Bill was found. In pass­ the car from the Third Infantry. Assiduous Gumshoers ing will say that during the day the NOTHING NEW instigators of the crime had evolved The C boys were now gumshoeing- Outside the storm raged. The a plan (which was put into execu­ so assiduously that Sherlock Ho'.mes thunder rolled and lightning flashed tion on the second kidnapping) to and Charlie Yanny would have look­ almost continuously. move Bill to some farm miles away ed like mail order detectives. But Presently a bolt struck Mr. Jones that night where he would have pro­ we had to get that goat into that and knocked him out of bed. He per care till we needed him again. car, that's all there was to it. So rose, yawned, rubbed his eyes, and Naturally the mysterious disap­ again Saugman evaporated into the said: pearance was the chief topic of con­ night, as did "Ducky" Dale, and sev­ "All right, dear, I'll get up."— versation, and when he was found, eral others, all sneaking out in di- Tit-Bits. RACINE TIMES-CALL, MONDAY, MARCH 5, 1928 WHIM OF FATE LED COMRADES TO GRAVE OF 'CHIEF' WEISS, FIRST BATTERY F MAN TO PAY SUPREME SACRIFICE IN FRANCE

One of Tales Revealing Ex­ Cross Made From Shell by Buddies To Mark Last perience of Racine Men >Bllill in Great "War ,'••"• v-/:.: Resting Place

A whim of fate led his Racine the fellows were often picked up on buddies to the newly-covered grave the road and taken there, so he dis­ of William Weiss, first Battery F patched one of the men to inquire man to die of wounds in France. at the hospital. Weiss was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Word came back that Weiss had Fred Weiss, 1015 Hayes avenue. been injured, but not seriously, and Battery F boys had already re­ that he had to undergo a minor op­ ceived their baptism of fire and had eration for the 'renjoval of shrapnel. won the praise of high army officials His buddies heaved a sigh of relief for their military maneuvers in the and turned in just before dawn. Chateau Thierry district. At sunrise Tandrup climbed the They had seen the red poppies hill to the hospital to see if Weiss which "grew between the crosses was comfortable and to bring him row on row" where rested the dead word that the other boys were com­ of the Allied armies. Time and ing to, see him. again a Battery F man had paused "His injuries were more serious to light a cigaret for a soldier from than we thought at first, and he has the division who was going west. been taken to a base hospital," a Many of them had heard a bugle nurse informed Tandrup. softly blowing taps across a shell- This was the usual order of pro­ torn hillside. But death, so far, had cedure, but Tandrup sensed that i* passed the battery by. was not the truth. For a few mo­ Aviators had dropped hand gren­ ments he wondered whether h^ ades and bombs upon the Battery should make more definite inquiries. F boys. Their bayonets had plunged Hundreds were being cared for at into the hearts of German soldiers the little hospital daily and he hesi­ in furious days of hand-to-hand tated to bother the weary nurses fighting. But when the roll was and the tired doctors. called, every battery man had an­ Undecided, he walked toward a swered. That was until the night of spot where the fresh clay of newly August 21, 1918. made graves told a story of more Extra Provisions allied losses.. The "chief's" dog-tag. In the afternoon Bill Weiss had or identification disc worn around stopped for a moment to ask "Bill" the neck, was wired to the stake at Hayman. mess sergeant, for an extra the head of the grave. sandwich. Volley Fired Over Grave "We're going out, and I don't Half sobbing, he hurried to the know how long we'll have to stay," battery headquarters with his story. Bill had explained, fastening the Some of the men marched up the strap on his helmet. "Can you' fix hill to the grave and held a brief up an extra sandwich for me? service for "Bill," whom, they "Sure thing," Hayman answered agreed, had been one of the finest Weiss grinned his thanks and jump­ fellow- in the army. Thev g--e him ed up on the caisson. The horses a soldiers honor—a squad fired a lurched forward with the load" of volley of shots into the blood-red ammunition which they were con­ sun which had just begun to rise. veying to the front lines. WILLL\M AVEISS To the north thundered the enemy's guns. Grimy, clay-covered soldier; Hayman had dropped over to the began to dig other graves. officers' headquarters to chat i a est fellows in the battery, officers Before the Battery F boys left while, and was returning to his dug­ and men agreed. out shortly after midnight. Shell they had placed a little cross to "Do you mean that you came back mark the spot where the first man fire from the enemy guns had taken without him?" a heavy toll throughout the day. It from their outfit rested. "We looked all over for him, but Clarence Voelkert, and Ernie seemed as if the Huns had located he seemed to be gone. We searched the division's trenches with precise- Scholtz made the cross from the in every hole and trench, but we brass of a three-inch shell. With a ness and the artillery's shells rat­ couldn't find a trace of him." tled over the heads of the American penknife they scratched a few words "Not a man is going to bed until to tell of Bill's army record. troops who had orders to hold the we find the chief," Hayman snapped. line regardless of casualties. Weiss' pals marched slowly down "We can't leave him out there. the hill. Their consolation was that Hayman bumped into Adolph Get us some horses, and I'll go back Tandrup, who was coming in from they had found his grave and had with you." been able to say farewell to him in a the front lines where he and a squad Long Search Futile had been detailed for special duty. manner befitting a brave soldier. Hayman was one of the older men Everybody had loved Bill. He was "How's everything?" Hayman in the company and watched over one of the finest fellows in the out­ queried. the younger members of the battery fit.. Every battery man will vouch "Shell fire is fierce. Its been rain­ Hke a father. He roused more of the for that. ing down on us." soldiers. They crawlefl back to their "Everybody o. k. ?" positions of danger and searched for "Well—we can't find the chief," more than an hour for Weiss. Tandrup admitted reluctantly. A little French church on the hill­ Badger Facts "Chief" was a title which every- side had been transformed into a Things You Should Know About onfe in the battery had bestowed on hospital to care for the wounded as Wisconsin Industry Weiss, although he held the rank they were brought in from the bat­ of private. He was one of the fin- tlefields. Hayman remembered that In furniture manufacturing Wis­ consin ranks fifth in the United TJ^-r,^ rp^ Ti'n TV States, but this fact takes on in- "Ro Annrppiafed. „„,i =,vr,if)f,ance wnen coupled RACINE TIMES-CALL, TUESDAY, APRIL 17, 1928

e, Colonel^ Was Good Natured r- a But Racine Boys Taxed His Patience When They P- Drove Horses Through His Garden r- 1S Keeping a vigilant eye over the y- boys from Racine, Green Bay, and Milwaukee was Colonel Phil C. West- phal, who served in the Wisconsin National guard. He was with them in their training days at Camp Douglas, and later in crossed the seas to guide them in >k France. He smiled indulgently at the escapades that many of the sol­ diers perpetrated. He laughed when 'g he heard of their jokes and initia­ it tions. But when they drove six run­ away horses, hitched to a heavy can­ io non, through his garden after a two- :e days' rain, the Colonel's grin faded. it George Wallis, one of the "wild it west" riders, recorded the event of f<*:-': the runaway in his diary: All Buck Privates "When the embryo officers of the First Wisconsin field artillery went to Whitefish Bay for 'intensive ;EL AVESTPHAI training' it meant just this and noth­ ing more. We were all buck pri­ vates for the time being and the only mer, rode the wheel team. Other rank was the colonel, who lived on budding officers were assigned as the reservation of Battery A at the cannoniers, and at the command we Bay, and who pumped artillery dope all mounted. into us 18 hours a day, with Sergeant "There was some wild west stuff Ems, U. S. artillery, as assistant. for awhile but finally confidence "Captain Rickeman was acting was restored and we were ordered first sergeant. The personnel forward, out of the gun shed by sec­ dropped abruptly from first sergeant tions. That meant us first; we were to buck private. the goat. "We arrived at the camp at 3 p. The colonel cautioned the can­ m. and almost at once Captain noniers on our gun to 'work that Haight and I were inveigled into go­ brake' as we went over the door sill ing out for a ride on some of those with an eight-inch drop. But they wild western horses that had not had not been in the camp long been exercised much all winter. We enough to know where the break didn't do as bad as the Prince of was, so we dropped out of the door­ Wales; we stayed on. way with a rush which shoved the "Next day we arose at ihe ungodly pole of the piece up against a tick­ hour of 5:30, took our 'sitting up' lish spot on my off horse. exercises, and marched down to the The Fireworks Start stable to feed those old rodeo artists "This started the fireworks, and some oats. Then we ate breakfast Buffalo Bill at his best had nothing in the gun shed with the wind blow­ on that horse for getting his back ing the sand into the beefsteak. up and his h'eels in the air alternate­ "After mess, we marched to the ly. He finally got around and in stable again and were commanded kicking, caught Kemmer under the to 'stand to heel.' And, of course, left foot, throwing him out of the some one had to ask, 'How close?' saddle in between his own team, Most of the future major generals which was also putting on an exhi­ had never seen a curry comb before, bition of its own. but they bravely started in marcel­ ling those horses, and doing a little "Willing hands pulled him back in massaging on their tough hides. the saddle, and Shea yelled back to "In the afternoon, Sergeant Ems 'give 'em the bud', and we did. But had us out for 'monkey drill.' This the funny part of it was that while was something else again. I recall we had long steel cables for traces, very well that Captain Haight, the and we were all tangled up, when shortest man in the school, had we straightened out, there wasn't a wished onto him the biggest horse horse that had a hoof over a trace in the stable. or whiffletree. Too High for Haight "Then the team started for the "After marching around leading big gate on the dead run, and in the horses a moment, Ems gave the passing through veered to the left command to 'mount.' We all made a little, breaking off an eight-inch the grade but Haight. There he post with the hind wheel of the gun. stood, looking up at that horse as if In trying to veer them off from this he were examining the front of the impending disaster, Shea sheered to Memorial building. the right and we ran into Colonel "Finally he said, 'Somebody got Westphal's garden with that cannon a ladder, or something?'-—but with a at the dead run, and,as it had rained heavily for a couple of days you can 01 friendly boost by one of the other bi men he finally got onto the spar imagine what we did to the gar­ den. oi deck of his horse. et "In two days we could tell the dif­ " 'Hey! You fellers get out of that si ference between the belly-band and garden with that outfit!' but by that bi the neckyoke, and could harness a time we were already out and head­ hi horse without getting shoved over ed down the drill field careening B into the next county by willing and from side to side like an old stage ul active hoofs. Then we hitched six coach. At the lower end of the field P* horses to each of the four guns and was a pond of water about two feet ta caissons, in the gun shed, and pre­ deep and the team headed into that di pared for the worst. It came. on the gallop. u "These horses resented, with every "Naturally, we were all soaked and $1 fiber of their being, the task of drag­ muddy, while the cannoniers on the ging those pieces of artillery around hi hind axel came in for their share of pi and early displayed their antipathy the fun. Once more we went around adlibitum. ne the field, and on the second trip Tl "I was assigned to No. 1 gun, through the water the horses showed di drawn by three pair of as black and a disposition to call it all off. le malicious pieces of horse flesh as "Shea turned around and yelled, is ever came out of Arizona. Pat Shea, 'Now, give 'em hell and MAKE 'em w (now captain in the U. S. regular run', which we did, and by the time cc artillery), rode the lead team, I rode we arrived at the head of the field lo swing, and a heavyweight mailcar- again, the wild west horses had be­ ar rier from Milwaukee, named Kem- come tame easterners." di TT, ^w^o ^ Tin Pan Allev Aspire RACINE TIMES-CALL, THURSDAY, MAY 17, 1928 FAMILY FURNISHED QUARTET OF FIGHTERS FOR ALLIED ARMIES DURING WORLD WAR

Left to right: George, AA'alter, Ernest ami Albert AArrixton.

Three Served With Amer­ Justice Dead? Perhaps, But M^ ican Forces—Another Fought for England Toward Resurrection Is I'

Four sons of Mr. and Mrs. Walter By RODNEY DUTCHER education Wrixtun, Packard avenue, fought un­ -NEA-Serviee WrrHer - Z.XX& stud' der the Allied flags. Washington. — Amid rather per­ All were born on the Isle of sistent moans over the demise of Guernsey, Where the Wrixtons lived justice a ray of hope appears Tha' before they came to America, but the corpse, if such it is, may b^ World war days ifound three of them vived. If justice has had its fighting for the country their par­ there also have been sue ents adopted. administration and ' Walter, eldest of the brothers, methods were substit cessful methods tl fought with the Lancashire Fusiliers, more and better and had been in the service of the So why not e king for 14 years, spending half of about the sue the time in India, when Europe was its administ' pluged into the war. Anyway, Wounded in the battle of Lille on ible theor Oct. 21, 1914, he underwent an oper­ States F ation abroad a British hospital ship ing incc while it was crossing the English auspice Channel. The former king and queen to be of Portugal presented him with roses tion o as a mark of their appreciation of now i his courage. ing a Ernest enlisted with Battery C cops. when it was recruited here, but be­ came ill and was left behind. He T) finally joined Battery A of the 146th Chh field artillery, and participated in Da^ four major offensives, serving over­ tor seas 15 months. tio George served with the 356th CO Aereo squadron, American Expedi­ m tionary forces, at Salisbury, England in and was returned from England a year from the date of his enlistment. Albert, the fourth brother, was re­ jected when he sought to enlist in Battery C because he was under­ weight, and was forced to wait until he was selected to join Racine's larg­ est quota of select men in July, 1918. He went to Houston and was a mem­ ber of the 817 th Aero squadron. EACINE TIMES-CALL, TUESDAY, MARCH 6, 1928 Close Shaves for Racine Soldiers

A Humorous Chapter in the Story of Local Men WI^o Served During the War

Thousands of fighting men had "close shaves" during the World war. But few had closer ones than Ra­ cine sergeants of Battery C, while stationed at Camp McArthur, at Waco, Texas, a few weeks before they were sent to the army camps in France, The "hairless" cuts marked one of the many escapades of the battery boys while training in the south. Orders were given to the company for short hair cuts. Commanding officers had explained that a soldier could not be neat and trim in his appearance if his hair was long- Long, hairs clung to collars and blew in the eyes when hats were off. And so the battery sergeants and more than 20 other Yanks from the com­ pany decided to carry out orders— and then some. Next inspection revealed more than 30 clean shaven heads. Some members of the company, with an eye to the artistic, persuaded the barbers to give them haircuts which would distinguish them from the rest. Accordingly two or three appear­ ed with "scalp" locks, similar to those worn by the Indians before white man forced his civilization upon them. The clipper"* removed every particle of hair except a streak left through the center. Oth­ ers had patches resembling a pair of eyes, a nose and mouth left on their heads. Some had round Sergeants shown in the picture, beginning with the lower left- patches of hair left at the base of hand and curving around a circle, are: Alvin Haumersen, Art Nalied, the head. Charles Doolin, Pat Hilt. Arthur Krueger, 1:01 AA'adewitz, Glenn Click­ Battery boys had pictures galore ner, Edmund Byerly, Harry Wherry, Viggo Peterson, Russell Fischer. taken of their shiny "domes" and sent them home to amazed relatives. Sweethearts gasped. , Mothers wept. Visitors at the camp were heard to whisper to each other, "How many Your Boy and Your Gir. old men there are in this camp." Residents of Waco were given a Dr. Dean will answer all signed litters pertaining to parents' pro1*' new thrill when a group of the boys boys ami girls. Writers' names are never printed. Only iniest!'- answered in this column, but all letters will be answer"-* marched down the aisle of a theater and a stamp, self-addressed envelope Is enclosed. »-' and sat down, amid a roar of laugh­ ter, in the front rows. By Al?""" THE W*< RACINE TIMES-CALL, MONDAY, APRIL 2, 1928 EARLY BIRD DOESN'T ALWAYS GET THE WORM BATTERY C LEARNED DURING BIG CONFLICT

The early bird doesn't always get the worm—Battery C soldiers learn­ ed during the World' war. Fate cheated them out of two chances to fight—ana decreed that Battery F, recruited and officered by "C" men, should be the only one of the two regiments to file into the line trenches of France. Lieut. Edward Millstead, in his diary, has written a history of Bat­ tery C and many interesting com­ ments on its personnel. "In 1916, our country was having so much trouble with Mexico that war between the two nations seemed inevitable. It was during this year that Battery C came into existence. Its members were in hopes of being sent to Texas, there to enter into the fighting if such there was to be; but instead it was sent, to Camp Douglas. Many of the sergeants of Battery C were commissioned before the Armistice was signed. They are shown here at Camp McArthur, However, the border trouble was not and are, from right, to left: Fred Danzer, Fred Mandrey, Art Naleid, such a thriller, so we were not so Charles Doolin, Glenn Clickner, Art Krueger, Bill Wadewitz, Roscoe disappointed. « Guilbert, Edward Millstead, Alvin Haumersen, Hugh Munn, Joe Oliver. "In 1917, when it was very evident that we would enter the World war, boots- on—he always wore oversized learned to read a shirt as well as any the national guard of Wisconsin had ones so he could put more socks on of the old-timers. but three field artillery batteries—•; when the temperature went down. "Battery C returned to the regi­ 'A' of Milwaukee, 'B' of Green Bay "The boys were so glad to see me ment several months after I did, but a'nd 'C of Racine. It wag the ambi­ that they willingly shared what they it wasHrt until we arrived at Camp' tion of the national guard officers had with me—even their cooties. Grant that I was again assigned X' to create a full regiment of artillery, Up to that time I didn't know what it, which I requested as I Wanted so these batteries were used as a a cootie was like but it wasn't long come home with that gang tha nucleus upon which to build. before I was well inhabited and left with." / "Milwaukee was called upon to furnish one more battery, 'D', a sup­ ply company and a headquarters company, Green Bay was to furnish 1 'E' and Racine another battery, 'F\ Your Boy and Your Gir "Battery C went out enthusiasti­ cally to create a battery in Racine Dr. Bean will answer all signed Ittters pertaining to parents probte/ according to the wishes of the supe­ boys and girls. Writers' names are never printed. Only questions of / rior officers. A detail of several answered in this colninn, but all letters will 'ie answered by mail ' men was appointed to canvas the city and a stamp, self-addressed envelope is enclosed. Arthur Dean, in * and county. For this purpose they borrowed a truck, and with banners, By ARTHUR UKAN. Sc. I>. — bugles and drums they did the- job "CRUSHES" year-old son and did it well, for 'F' made an en­ skipped and viable record for itself. As a bat­ Not a few of the letters from youthful correspondents read like work very tery it was second to none in the A. elated rr> E. F. The satisfaction that Battery this: "I am in the ninth grade and the sac C gets out of its junior's achieve­ I fore ments is that it was through our "have a teacher who means more to me than I can ever say. I think to r efforts that F battery came into be- ca* nig, and from the enlisted personnel there could never be anybody purer of C, Battery F was officered. C and dearer that she is. I love her. Battery helped materially in recruit- How can I tell her of it? iri-g the Ambulance company, an­ —"SWEET SIXTEEN." other unit of the 32nd division which Differing from, our "Myr made a splendid war record. Minded Shakespeare" the so' Another Record girl '"crushes" are, fortunately "Battery C, too, has another rec­ ally of an age and not for r ord which I do not believe was While in rare cases "cruf equalled by another battery, that of a pathological problem developing so many commissioned therh are soon forgotte1 officers. Those that I remember telligent teacher is qui include Harry Sanders, Walter nize the situation anr Haight, Harry Herzog, Hugo Ricke­ management turns f man, Harry demons, Roscoe Guil­ into proper chanr bert, Joe Oliver, Art Nalied, Charles sports and recreatif Doolin, Carl Wendt, Bill Wadewitz, studies. Otto Jandl and myself. Recently I recr "I've got a si "In previous' stories it has been on Miss Brewst told of I how Battery F got Battery leaders. She'f C's goat. That indeed was a fine do anything f piece of strategy on the part of the choicest of w tactful George Wallace and his co­ pick out the horts. 'F' evened the score—for her, and I / there was a score, and it was in C's them unde favor up to that time. love Mum! "Battery C soldiers were veterans Miss Bre/ and had learned the tricks of sol­ I'm qu diery when F men were recruits. (this is. The first week that the batteries en­ just wiy camped at Douglas, things were in in one a hustle and bustle; the recruits were leader busy drawing their clothing and summe equipment from the quartermaster. made They were anxious to get everything which that they felt would make them real Miss I soldiers. Miss Measured for Saddle unde: "A Battery C man asked a Battery a ns F man about what size saddle be­ perst took, to which the F man responded child that he didn't know they came in ed t" various sizes. * "• ly s- " 'Oh, yes indeed,' the C soldier S( replied. 'You had better be meas­ "cri ured for size. Come over to our wit! battery tonight and we will have doe Danzer, our supply sergeant, take anc Ma your measurements.' def "It worked. That night F men a ; came over in droves to be measured wii for saddles. One at a time they nei entered Danzer's tent—one at a time ice they went out the back.way. Danzer foi would measure their legs for length and then request them to bend over a box and be measured for seat size. You can imagine what Danzer did with the board he had made for that purpose, and its stinging effect on the pride of the new recruits. That's the score which Battery F tied after weeks of deliberate plan­ ning and patient waiting. The Sad News Arrives "The 121st field artillery, as the regiment was known in army rec­ ords, remained intact until the first week in May, 1918. Then the sad ice news came, in the from of official C01 all orders, that the 32nd division was air A destined to become a replacement division, its units to be transferred out Hit to those divisions at the front which its leg needed replacements. tioi "Before this order could be coun­ but .elf termanded many of the units had gir: es. already been transferred to other di­ fac lti- visions. It was at this time that if t hat Battery 'A' was attached to us as pen in- an instructing unit to an artillery •v iler school at Gomarecourt; Battery 'E' thir for the same purpose to Samur; and for 'ter Battery C to an artillery aerial ob­ tain servers school at Wauxhalles, and sugj here the battery was doomed to stay.' cert "The boys indeed lived up to the littl to name of the 'Swaggerstick club'— thus the millionaire outfit—but even nay that though their lives were spent in ease I arn and comfort they yawned and prayed the hile that the next day would bring orders tim< ited for them to join their buddies at the front. T: the cal the "We could hear the roar and howl a w tion of the cannonading up there and nay the knew that Battery F was doing its sucl share in it. But orders are orders. wer> ; of "The armistice shattered our the or- hopes; our chance to fight in the smii ver- world's biggest war was gone, and ter- beet we, the senior organization which mor rea- had trained and worked so hard •ack were doomed to return home without ing having fired a shot at the enemy al­ she though we had fired' thousands of flop rounds to train observers. was hem its i he "I was living In a beautiful cha­ deac rad- teau with nothing to worry about lires when I got orders to take charge V the of the stables at a neighboring town, new ergy and it was; there that I met the shoi boys from Battery F. I was mighty of : :ated glad to see them and they were just stah inue as pleased to see me. T: .reral Shared Everything—Even Cooties bass "Dick Bryant, captain, gave a the vous party in my honor at his quarters, schr ician and it was some party. Ross Guil­ berg bert was there with his oversized in £ LEBIOrFJH WAR 'MUSEUM __ WillUse One of the Rooms Turned Over to It as Place to IMspfay Trophies of World Conflict.

WILL NOT MAINTAIN CLUB ROOM IN HALL

Quarters assigned the American Legion In the new $500,000 Mem­ orial Hall will be converted into a World war museum which will be open to the general public at all times, thro-ugh action taken by the local, post at its first meeting held ip the building last evening. In as much as the Memorial commission has given the post permission to hold its sessions in the main assemb­ ly hall ancrthe expense of maintain­ ing private club rooms was thought to be too' great for the post to shoulder at the present time, Vilas Whaley, former state commander, moved that a public museum be created in one of the private halls turned over to the post. His suggestion met with the en­ thusiastic indorsement of the 400 Legionnaires attending the January meeting and the executive board was authorized' to go ahead and fit the room out as a museum in which gla.ss...cases will house battle ^flag's and other jitehieutoes of the big war. Framed photos of Racine's honored dead will grace the walls, soft rugs will cover the floor and comfortable seats will be provided where the public can rest and. hark back to the days of 1917-18. Special provision will be made for the Gold Star Mothers who can gather there and see that the city has not for­ gotten their absent sons. Haight Starts Discsusslon. Capt. Walter Haight, chairman of the building committee, started the discussion by saying the Memorial commission had agreed to let the post meet in the main assemhly hall. He figured the hall was a little too large for Legion meetings, while the rooms on the second floor were too small and waited to know what the membership thought the committee should do. Money could be raised Jo fit out club rooms, but Haight intimated that It would be a hard proposition to secure a man to take charge of. the place after it was furnished. If the Legion put $2,000 worth of overstuffed furniture in the rooms, then left the back door open with no one in charge, some Chicago crooks would be liable to drive here with a truck and cart off all the movable property. Suggestions that a cigar case be put in one corner and pool tables added with'a man to run the place, met with the response that similar plans were found unsatisfactory in other clubs maintained here. Only about 4 0 men could be accDmmodat- (Turn to page 15, column 1.) SEVERAL BADGERS ARE IN CONGRESS AfrTEKNOibN", JANUARY is, W2% ; : _j_ which will be open to the public past post commander, said I- he building next Monday night. In­ ber of the corps for two years, been meeting in one of the smaller at all times. thought the Legion was making a struction will be given, to them and 'Following the regular meeting a halls, Joined the Legionnaires and LEGION PLANS Resolution as Adopted. mistake in not providing for a (club they will have a chance ,to accom­ program given by the Legion quar­ all greatly enjoyed the fine talent dis­ The resolution offered by Mr. room in. the building. -LegionnMres pany the organization when It goes tet, glee club, banjo sextet, piano played. A rising vote of thanks was Whaley a nd adopted by the post have been looking forward to hav­ to Paris in 1927. This will be their stars and soloists was put on under extended teh Drum corps boys who follows: ing a, meeting pla.ce of that kin) go­ SUNSET Doz.in a carton if the building was turned over to prepare the quarters for such use; ing to co-operate with the counts in- the post, enough moneiy could be to collect available trophies of the conducting special services whe|ever GOLD and every egg made to furnish club rooms, finance war to be placed therein and there­ a class of new citizens is adrrltted. BRAND guaranteed. the drum corps and overcome all by preserve the memories of wieri Mss*i&?s win \..»e l.Eit -hi-'nvG"iMA-.it*»«-*-' 46c|£GGS 37c difficulties. flcee TO-'Xile in the interests of all the ial hali with speeches by varioiu Le­ people of the city of Racine." gionnaires on the policies and tfadi jFLORIDA SEALDSWEET SUNKIST Imperial Valley Capt. Haight answered by saying NAVEL' ICEBERG Fredb. Snowball making money out of the building The center room will be equipped tions of this country, and small* silk ORANGES Grapefruit with from 175 to 200 seats where American flags will be given to leach 176 Size '" Large Size ORANGES Head Lettuce Cauliflower was out of the question. The Legion Full of Juice does not want to assume the burden small post meetings and Auxiliary new citizen. . He said services held Extra Large Each rjl the only way the place can be sessions can be held and larger meet­ in this connection in the past |have Doz. Doz. Each put on a sound financial basis would ings will be held in the main assem­ not been impressive, 25c bly hall.' The post officers will be 5c 12 115 15c be in throwing It open to rough and The membership campaign now tumble affairs. It is out of the seated in the center of the hall and under way will close on Feb. 28 \irhen question to make itself supporting seats Vill be arranged in a circle it is hoped to have 1,500 men(bers Red Goose Sweet under the present plan of putting around them. This will remove ob­ in the Racine post. The meniber- Choice and Tender, on nothing but high-class attractions jections to holding gatherings in ship at present is 300, according to Gorn per can , 101c SE¥ii*§ All Flavors, I and the Legion would be worse oft' such a spacious -hall.t The arrange­ Chairman Joseph Oliver. Pour if the city gave it the structure than ments, with the officers at the foot of prizes will be given to members sign­ Hlf^WSlI ^a^n^ ,P°wder, Libby's Sliced QQ. it is at the present time. / the stage, were not of the best last ing up the most men. ! 45e ineappl No. 1\ can fcVV The Memorial commission is co­ night. It was too hard for speakers Hear MusAcal Program. large can operating with the Legion in every to make themselves heard in all parts of the hall. Fred Maxted, Drum corp leader, .Cake Flour, ^| ft^ way. It has given the Legion per­ said ten buglers are needed by] the 8hed mission to pick out any rooms it Still Wants Club Feature. corps. Men who want *to get int< ^i PineappIsN^ 23e wants and have them fixed up in Following the adoption of the the championship organization : car any sort of way sa far as removing Whaley resolution, Max Zirbes, a do so by reporting at the Dan