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THE SUNDAY OREGOXTAX, PORTLAND, FEBRUARY 9, 1919. OREGON BOY TELLS OF ADVENTURE IN CROSSING THE PIAVE - Austrians, in Hasty Retreat, Leave Guns and Ammunition Dead Not Picked Up Mammoth Holes Torn by Mustard Gas Shells Burial of Portland Captain Described. Lieutenant N. P. Bennet, Dental Corps. Serseant Wiley G. Bonney, Marine Corna. :1 4 Lient. Wnrtck Williams, C. a. Dead. F. SERGEANT ROBERT PROSSER. former University of Oregon stu dent who is in the United States Ambulance Service with the Italian army, -has been awarded the Italian Cross de Guerre for service of merit while on the Piave River, according to a letter receved from him by his mother. Mrs. W. O. Prosser. of Eugene. He is also wearing the gold chevron for 6ix months' overseas duty, the Italian service bar, the American Ex peditionary Force service bar and an other bar given to all those in the vic torious third Italian army. Sergeant Prosser took part In the main drive on the Piave. "W e were at tached to the third Italian army and started to work at once." says his let ter, dated December M. "Many of the machines were out 60 and TO hours without a stop. No sleep and very little chance to eat. Two more days followed and we heard that the Italians and English had succeeded in getting pontoons across the Piave and had pone over. The Italians lost 25 sol diers per foot on the Piave and the English lOKt 30 to every L'5 feet. But they got across." Prosser tells of his adventures in getting across the Piave, when he finally secured permission to enter the forbidden territory by giving the Italian Colonel some American cig arettes. "Here was the effect of that terrible barrage fire, dead not picked up, personal belongings, shells, guns and everything left just as the Aus trians dropped them to escape every few feet a mammoth hole, all yellow where a mustard gas shell had hit. Vil lages were leveled to the ground, not even a wall in many blocks. "Wo were the first Americans in this fcector and the American uniform stands ace high. As far as the soldiers could tee they yelled, "Americano! Vive l'Americano'.' " Prosser expects to sail for the United States early in February. He was a student in the University of Oregon in 1912. 1913 and 1914. He was presi dent of his freshman class and was imminent in class athletics. He is a member of the Phi Delta Theta fra ternity. ""- ' o Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Sherwood. 1029 East Main street, after persistently en deavoring to obtain information re garding the death of their son, Lieuten ant Robert A. Sherwood, who was killed in action on September 17, 1918, have finally received a letter giving the full details. The letter was re ceived from Daniel J. Lynch, chaplain of the 310th Infantry, of which Lieu tenant Sherwood was a member in the Medical Corps. Extracts from the let ter follow: "On the second day after our regi ment relieved the Sixth Marines north east of Thiaucourt, St. Mihiel sector, Robert was killed instantly by an ex ploding shell, while leaving the first aid station. Captain Robinson, of the Medical Corps, was with him at the lime. Our casualties were very heavy in this sector and it was impossible to obtain coffins. I brought Robert's body down to Thiaucourt myself and had the boys, who loved him so much, make a coffin for him. After the burial services conducted by the Protestant chaplain, I erected a large cross over the grave. "Robert was always cheerful, feared nothing, was devoted to his work and led a clean upright life. That is why I singled him out and why I always liked to be with him." First-Class Private Leonard I. Kauf man, of the 364th Field Hospital Com pany, 31Gth Sanitary Train, 91st Divi sion, is anxious to return to the States. Private Kaufman, is the son of Mrs. Clara Kaufman, Nortonia Hotel, and is graduate of the Lincoln High School. He enlisted in the Field Hospital Company, which left Portland for Camp Lewis on July 15. 1917. While at Camp Lewis he took a prominent part in ath letics, himself managing and twilling for the all-Elks' baseball team of the cantonment. He is a member of Al Kader Shrine and of Portland Lodge of Elks No. 142. Under date of December 20, 1918, he wrote trom Belgium: "Our company of Portland boys was very fortunate during the big rush, for none was put out of commission for any length of time. Several had to be cared for, but the injury was not se rious. "While over here in the last few weeks I have seen Frankie Huelat and Alex Donaldson, both former Multno man Amateur Athletic athletes, and Lieutenant Schilt we met, too. Ser geant Walter Hummel, of our company. nas an international reputation as nurcller because of his wins for the Multnoman Club, and there is much talk of having him appear in a special hurdle race. The weather is against it. but if we are here very long. Walt may taKe any jf the bovs on. "We almost had a riot here the other day when the second-class mail ar rived. The firtt copy of The Oregonian 1 had seen In more than two months tame in and it was a real thrill to see the way tt wag handled "Billy Nelson and Leo Cross manage to Keep in condition boxing around and both former Portland favorites have declared their intentions of step ning a few rounds when they get back Trom wnence we came. As yet we haven't had much chance to see any of the old Third Oregon, but we will soon, I hope. They have it here that we will be sent back to- Camp Lewis to be mustered out. Frank Thompson haa -written his 'AVI Sergeant W. D. Bonaey, Iafaatr7 i Roy Johnston. Lowell Kent, avy Drowned. parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Thompson, of Nehalem, of his experiences while a member of the United States Navy. Young Thompson received seven months' training at Seattle and then was put into active service with the jrate ot third-class electrician.. Under date of December 26 he has written from Calais: "The President's ship came steam ing out of the harbor this morning and passed within 100 yards of us. The President was on his way to England and his escorts consisted of five tor pedoboats and 14 aeroplanes. The aeroplanes flew over us for almost an hour, going through drill and various maneuvers." Word was received in Portland re cently from Percy O. Bretherton, who is in Proseen with the 363d Ambulance Company of the' 316th Sanitary Trains. Prior to his enlistment Mr. Bretherton was city surveyor. Under date of De cember 15 he wrote to his sister, Mies Vivian Bretherton: "Today is the first day we haven't been out all day end we put in most of tho time cleaning the old boat. First we put in four days steady running moving the company from Ishighem to here. We had to cross the original No Man's Land for about 10 miles each way. The road is shot to pieces and full of holes, so it is pretty slow going. We pass through two little towns where there is not a brick or stone left to show that there ever was a town there. As far as you can look you see nothing but shell holes, dug outs and barbwire. "The last two trips we found a bet ter road that took us down through Ypres and Menin, then over to Roulien and Ishighem. It is a good deal longer, but a better road, so we could make about the same time. We would go through the center of Ypres, but all that thfre l left nnw r rpa t nlleA of stone and a. few walls. On our last! trip down, the road from Roulien to Menin was swarming with English guards. There was one at every cross road and they all called something to us as we went by, but we kept on going till we got almost into Menin. Then two of them stood in the center of the road and as we couldn't get around them we stopped. They said the King of England was coming along that load in a few minutes and that we would have to pull over to the side until he had passed. We pulled into little alley and In a few minutes along came the King of England, the Prince of Wales, the King of Belgium and Prince Albert. There were a few Generals and Admirals along, but we didn't waste time looking at them. "We are only about an hour a drive from Dunkirk and have been in three times. Tne last time we took some officers in and had to wait about three hours before they were ready to come back, so we saw quite a little of tne town. But the little town of Bergues, just this side of Dunkirk, has a real old war wall around .it. It is about 20 feet high and 30 feet thick, built of earth and rock. Going in we crossed a little bridge that can be raised by big chains, then through an arched gate just wide enough for a machine or j wagon. Sergeant Willard D. Bonney. United States Infantry, and Sergeant Wiley G. Bonney, United States Marine Corps, twin sons of Mr. and Mrs. George Bonney, of Woodburn, have both seen considerable service. Willard Bonney served on the Mexi can border in 1916 and returned nome only to enlist again. He was sent to Camp Mills, where he has been for the last 13 months. Wiley - enlisted in the Marine Corps in 1915. serving two months more than his four-year period. in Guam and Cavita. In November he was returned to Mare Island and given his discharge but he again enlisted, the second time for the period of the war. After a month's furlough he was sent to Quantico, Va., where he is at present. m w W"illiam E. Broder, of the 65th Coast Artillery Corps, writes that he was chosen for further service abroad shortly before his regiment sailed for the United States. lie was a gunner in Battery C. After spending several weeks in Tour3, he was sent to Cla mecy, where he expects to remain sev eral months. - He is the son of Mrs. I. J. Broder. 325 Mill street. First Lieutenant N. P. Bcnnet. head dentist at Vancouver Barracks, has re ceived his discharge and has returned to active practice in Portland. Lieutenant Bennet offered nis serv ices to the Government immediately after this country's declaration of war. He was sent first to Camp Lewis, but with the promotion to First Lieutenant was transfered to Vancouver Barracks, where as head of the dental clinic he remained for the duration, of the war. Bernard Magill. son of Mr.and Mrs. V. R. Magill,-of 710 East Burnside, is now a second-class electrician, in the United States Navy. Magill enlisted last March and has seen much of the world. Soon after ni3 enlistment he was made an electrician of the third class. Magill Is on board the United States steamship Western Belle, and has made two trips from the United States to France. He is now in France and is waiting orders either for another trip across ta-j Atlantic to New York or a voyage to Constantinople, Turkey. Magill was born In New York, but Bernard Maclll, Klectriclan. X 4 t - ' f I r - I w lBltr ' I ' Mark 13. Moe, Aero Squadron. has lived with his parents In Portland for the past 15 years. Sergeant Eugene McClung, son of Mr. and Mrs. R. B. McClung, has written of his war travels and experiences after reaching France. Sergeant Mc Clung, who was graduated in 1914 from the Portland Academy, was a student at Stanford University on America's declaration of war. He enlisted and went overseas with Base Hospital 30. He remained with this unit until July 10, when he went to the front with the 306th Field Ambulance Company. Sergeant McClung wrote, on Novem ber 24: "The night of the 25h I took six men with me and reported to the First Battalion, 305th Infantry. They were located back about three kilometers from our place, so we hiked down and about 11 o'clock we started for the front. ' Went into the forest, following up a valley full of dugouts, and finally we arrived at a regular subterranean town located on the hillside. By that time the guns had begun to open up and when I stepped out to look around about 3:30 A. M. the vibration was so great that my shirt fairly jumped off my back. The big 155s, both howitzers and naval guns, and the little 75s were pouring a steady stream of hot steel over and you simply couldn't hear your self think. The air was full of burnt powder and had you been up above it all it would have been something to think of. "About daylight we followed the battalion up to the trenches and went up just to No Man's Land, where we set up a dressing station. There were the FIVE-FOOT FIGHTER WOULD NOT BE KEPT OUT OF ARMY Louis La Large, Height Five Feet, Pays Own Way From France to Get Into Olive Drab Ranks Regulations Cause Rejection by Gen. Pershing. BkiVr' - y ,IA i ; I is-' r KJr ! I - is j f I I a A l k ' i -if l iJ ,0 Scs?; ?. -..--- r. ::-".- '1 . . -i i i nf " V . LOUIS LALOGE IS SHORT I STATIRE A MO NO HIS "BIDDIES" BUT LONG OX FIGHTING PATRIOTISM. IRMINGHAM. Ala. One of the most interesting characters sent to Camp Gordon, Ga., during the war, is Louis LaLoge, of Bordeaux, France, who went with a batch of drafted men from Birmingham. He Is not, however, in the strict sense of the word a drafted man, because a man who paid his own expenses to travel across the ocean, to New Orleans, and' then to Camp Gordon, making a jour ney of more than 4000 miles and pay ing his own way, can hardly be said to have been drafted. The draft was the only way LaLoge could get Into the United Statea Army. I 'He is but five feet tall, and when he I attempted to volunteer with Pershing's I men when they first landed in France Leonard I. Kinfmaa, Kleld Hospital. Lilent. Robert A. Sherwood, Infantry. It ?-"5v. f 7 I ' -tn. - Harry W. Kirk. Unable to Sail Horn Cbarlea V. Stevens, Infantry. two battalion doctors and some of their men and my men. The next day we went forward and set up a station in a little 8 by 10-foot dugout just In back of the front line of Infantry. It was pretty warm here and every now and then machine-gun bullets would come zipping our way. Luckily no shells came, probably because Fritz was get ting his artillery out as fast as possible. "The next day our battalion moved Lup about 2 kilometers and we spent the night at a place where the German reg imental headquarters were. We were up with the infantry there and to show how fast the Germans got out we un rolled their packs and. believe me. we all got souvenirs galore. The infantry had not yet gone through the build ings and we had fine picking. I found several boxes in an officer's room con taining cigars and cigarettes which I made use of. That night we killed a couple of Dutch rabbits and had a fine rabbit stew." s Mark E. Moe. youngest son of A. T. Moe. publisher of the Hood River Glacier, was one of the first Oregon men to set foot on French soil. The young man. not yet 21. enlisted with the Aviation Corps within a few weeks after war was declared. After a short training at San Antonio, Tex., he was among the men chosen for pioneer avia tion work abroad. The 8Sth Aero Squadron, of which he was a member, was sent into action early last year and was continuously on duty until -the armistice was signed. For bravery under fire, the promptness of response to orders and efficiency of work the squadron won a citation. When his last letter was written Mr. he was rejected because of Army reg ulatlons. Louis was born on Seventh avenue. Birmingham. 26 years ago last July, so close to the Fourth of Julv that pa triotfsm seems to have permeated bis whole being. In 1900 his parents car ried him back to Bordeaux, a lad of 8 years, but mat didn t make bun a Frenchman. He is every Inch an Amer ican. He says bo himself, and he acts like one, and except tor a trace of French accent, he talks like an Ameri can "For many years I have not spoken a word of English because there was nobody who could understand it; but when Pershing's men came over, amid all the noise and bluster of French ' welcome, my native tongue came back to ma in a. flash, and I was the only Robert Proaser, Infantry. 1 ? i 1 --aiw Private Walter W. Wall. Cited, Moe's squadron was at Treves, Ger-' many. He expected to be sent on to Coblenz. Word has been received from Wash ington by Mrs. Warwick Williams, of La Grande, Or., of the death of her hus band. Senior Lieutenant Warwick Will iams. United States Navy, at Gibraltar on January 27. 1919. Lieutenant Will lams was on the United States steamer West Mohamet, which sailed from New York for Italy on January 10. Lieutenant Williams was born at The Dalles. Or., on April 15, 1SS8. but had spent most of his life in Portland. He attended Bishop Scott Academy and later enlisted in the Navy, spending a few years in the Orient. He is survived by his widow. Mrs. Madeline Williams. La Grande: his father. J. R. Williams: a sister. Mrs. M. A. Itigelow. Portland, and two brothers. C. M. Williams. Os wego, Or., and V. L. Williams, of Ta coma. Wash. . Elmer Eaker, son of Mrs. Ida Hunt, of Portland, went overseas with the old Third Oregon and has taken part in a number of American battles, although he is only 15 years old. Private Baker was a member of Com pany E, 162d Infantry, when he arrived in France, but was later transferred to Company B. 107th Military Police, then to Company D. 125th Infantry, with which he is now stationed on the Rhine with the Army of occupation. He is a veteran of Chateau-Thierry, wher he went 72 hours without food or drink. ' driving the boche 17 miles before man anywhere around who yelled, 'Hel lo, there, you Tanks'.' "I then decided to show all ray friends that although I had lived: among them for years, I was still an I American and was still as patriotic as ' any of my countrymen whom they were! making such a fuss over. After tell-J ng all my girl friends I was going to I be one of I'ershing's men. I went to headquarters and offered my services as a private. "They listened to me kindly enouch. but shook their heads and said. "Noth ing doing, son; we can't enlist anybody over here; besides, you are not big enough.' j "Humiliated beyond expression. 1 1 then and there made up my mind that j I was going back to America" to see President Wilson, if necessary, to get j in the Army. Then I thought I could i get in as an interpreter, so I went back to American headquarters and' offered myself in this capacity. They refused my offer the second time, say- nc 1 must speak four languages. I know only two French and good ld United States. I then had to go back to Bordeaux, and many of m v friends. especially the girls, taunted me because I had been rejected. 1 bided my time and kept my plans to myself. "It takes lots of money to travel 4000 miles now, however, and I had to work longer than I figured as a wine clerk for a firm of wine importers in Bordeaux. "I wasn't made fun of by the French girls for long," said LaLoge, with a smile that, rightly interpreted, means volumes to American girls who have sweethearts in France. "I have three sisters. Mary, Jane and Louise, and I soon became immensely popular with the Yanks. Besides. I know good wine and could get It cheap, so I entertained the Americans, as many of them as we could, at our home. Tou know, the French drink wine different from you over here. "With so many American soldier friends the Bordeaux girls didn't re fuse to recognize that I could intro duce them in the proper way. I sat between many a pretty French girl and an American soldier, telling each one what the other was saying, and. believe me. those Yanks catch on to the 'ma chere. stuff right off. and whether they do or not it is 'n'lmporte' with the girls. They, are all crazy about the Americans. The Americans who hasn't two or three French girls for sweethearts is not much of a soldier. And tho French girl who hasn't got an American soldier for a sweetheart well, she is the kind you over here call a nobody. "All the fuss made over the Ameri cans didn't diminish my desire to be one. You can bet on that. The longer I had to stay in Bordeaux the worse 1 felt about being turned down. Fi nally I managed to make the trip, how over. How 1 did promised the off cers not to tell. We dodged the U-boats, and I am here in the good old United States. I had no trouble in register ing as a drafted man. I was born In the United States, you know. "Say. how do like my uniform?" asked LaLoge. as he stretched himself to his full height 60 inches. "When the Bordeaux girls see me in this they'll think I'm a great big man." M'laloek War Veteran Home. WINLOCK, Wash.. Feb. S. (Special.) Archie Livingston, a son of Lewis Livingston, who has built a number of the large mills in this vicinity, has returned home after more than three years on the fighting front In France. Young Livingston enlisted In a Scotch Canadian regiment shortly after the beginning of the war and was in the thick of things for most of the war. He received a number of woutids and was gassed several times. He is one of the few in the early Canadian rcl ments who survived the heavy casual ties to the Canadian forces of the first year and a half of the war. t '8. 'Sfc. William K. Broder, Coast ArtMlery. Percy O. Brotherton, Ambulance Corps. - - t ' " i .v.. .. .: ,. . . Serart. Eocene McClnna;, Kleld Ambulance. Rimer Raker. ear-Old rteran. finally stopping. He was gashed and in the hospital for some time, but came through the war apparently none the worse for his experiences, and Is now anxiously awaiting orders to return to home and mother. WIXLOCK. Wash.. Feb. 8. (Special.) Private Walter W. Wall, of this city, has received the distinguished service cross from the General in command of the Second Division and has been cited by General Pershing for extraordinary heroism in action near Soissons. France, on July IS. 191S. Fear was felt for Frivate Wall s safety when he had not been heard from for four months until last week, when letters were received here stating that he was with the American Army of occupation on the Rhine. The letters describe the fight ing prior to the signing of the armis tice and the subsequent march throush Belgium and Luxembourg. Private Wall is a member of Com pany E. Ninth Infantry. His citation i.. in part: "After 12 hours of hard fighting .when Private Wall's platoon had gained its objective, the water taken forward in canteens had become exhausted and the men were suffering from thirst. Knowing the chances were against anyone being able to cross the shell-swept territory for water, the platoon commander called for volun teers. Private Wall responded and. collecting the canteens from his com rades, departed on his precarious mis sion. Several hours later he returned, utterly exhausted, but bearing with hitn the canteens filled with precious water. Other men attempting to make Officer in France Grateful for Christmas Gift. White Salmon. Wash., aad Soldiers Linked Together by Boxes of Apples. WHITE SALMON. Wash.. Feb. 1. (Special) White Salmon. Wash.. and the American expeditionary forces In France were linked together on Christmas Day, ihrough the medium of several boxes of White Salmon apples, donated by the American Salvation Army, according to the following letter. Just received by the White Salmdu Commercial Club from overseas: HOItDKAfX LMBARKATiON CAMP NO. 1, r oTlli (juard Company, liase Section '2. A. P. 705. American Irixpelltlonary Korcea, France, Christmas Day, litis. Sec retary (iamler of Commerce. White Sal mon. Wash. Dear Fir: white Salmon and the American expeditionary forces have been linked together, for today. Christmas. l'Jlb. we ato White Salmon apples. On coming into our large mesKhal! today I noticed a lamillar appearance, but st firttt I could not tell what it waa: at Inpt ft dawned on me that the apples that were on the tabic looked familiar. I akei the mcs sergeant where he secured those nice, big. red apples, and he replied that they were White Salmon. Wash., apple, and that he bad received -4 boxes of them, a Sift of the American Salvation Army. The officers of this guard regiment were very much pleased with the apples, and 1 can say also that the enlisted men were "wild" about them. Most of the officers here have seen action at the front, and while there were wounded; that Is the reason we are here. One of the best compliments that 1 heard about the apples was by a few offi cers who lived in California and claimed that they were from Washington Just so they could strut around and throw out their chests and say: "That's the Kind of apples we raise out in the Stste of Wash ington." Personally I am not from White Salmon, but 1 live very near there. My home Is In Vancouver, but I believe In giving credit where credit Is due. hence this letter of ap preciation from a Wa.hlngtonlan. All of us want to get back to the United States, but today tho fniled States and White Salmon came to us. In appreciation, yours, J. W. SCHAKKKK. Second Lieutenant. . S. Infantrv. Belgians Express Gratitude to American Soldiers. Hood River Youth Writes of Expe riences to Parents. HOOD RIVER, Or.. Feb. S. In a letter to his parents. Rev. and Mrs. J. L. Hershner, Sergeant Harold Hershner tells of an interesting visit on Christmas in Brussels. Belgium. Accompanying Major Breuer. di rector of field hospitals, he was a member of a party in the former's car which made the trip. Arter a trip from Proven through wet falling snow, passing through the destroyed city of Ypres. they reached Ghent Christmas eve. They expected to leave early next morning, but a French division was parading the streets of Ghent, and thousands were out to take part in the celebration. "Americana stand ace high in Bel gium." he writes, "and we attracted almost as much attention following at the end of the parade as the French soldiers did. They would yell and cheer at us. and we wculd yell and cheer at them, and shook hands with many, especially women and children. We spent ever half an hour in going five blocke. The people threw cigar ettes, bows of ribbon made with the Belgian colors, and Taper flowers. Be lieve me, I was glad I was an Ameri can." After a ride over th best Belgian highway the party reached Brussels at noon and epent the afternoon viewing the city and in the evening- joiued iu with the crowds. Kraalc Tfanmptm, avy Radio Division. Sericeant K. V. Thompson. In Krsmae. similar trips in the same vicinity -were either killed or wounded." OREGON" CITY. Or.. Feb. 3. A letter from a friend of Lowell Kent, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Kent, of Parkplace. has written the mother of the voutij, man telling of tho accident causing Lowell's death at New York. Tho let ter was written by Clvde A. Hunt, whose home is at Santa Cruz. Cal.. and who is also on the United States steam ship TJikembang. Lowell K-r.t was born at Mount An gel. September 4, 1594, and was 24 yearn of age. Ho moved with his parents to Parkplace when very ou:ii: .intl he had resided there most of his life. He at tended the Parkplace School and was one of the most popular boys tf that little suburb. H was one of the first Clackamas County boys to enter the naval service. He was first stationed at Mare Island. Cal., and later was transferred to a ship. He had visited Honolulu. -G;iam and Cavite while on the ship, and had Just recently returned from his second trip to Franco who the accident occurred. Lowell had Ik en standing on the deck of the vessel after lights were out with a number of friends. He Jumped up to seat himself on the rail, lost hi bal ance and fell overboard. His connad-s jumped in the water after him. but he did not come to the surface again and was drowned. m Sergeant Eugene Victor Thompson enlisted in the K3d A ro Squadron in the Fall of 1'jli and sail'-d for England on the liner Adriatic on January 31. 191S. After resting there for a short time he was sent to Saint Jean de Monte, France, where he has been stationed ever since. He is the son of If. A Thompson. 331 Portland boulevard. F. Roy Johnston, a Portland boy who won a commission in the Navy while in London, returned to the United States on January 16 and has received his I discharge from the service. He is now ui aii r rancisru. Young Johnston is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Johnston. 4S2 East Forty first street North. He is a graduato of the Lincoln High School and prior to his enlistment. November S2, 117. ho was associated with the J. K. Gill Com pany. Shortly after his enlistment ha was sent to London and stationed in the office of Admiral Sims. Word has been received from Private Harry W. Kirk. 65th Coast Artillery Corps, that he is in a hospital at Brest. France, recovering from an attack of Influenza. He was unable to sail with his regiment, which landed in th United States last week. Private Kirk has been overseas for more than 11 months and writes that he is longing to get back to the good old United States of America soon. Charles V. Stephens, of Carlton, is expected to return to the United States soon from France. He is a member of the lti:M Infantry, which sailed front Camp Mills on lecemler 19. 1917. Painful files A Free Trial of Pyramid Pile Treat- ' sent Is One of the Grandest Events ou Ever Experienced. You are suffering dreadfullT with Itching, bleeding, protruding piles or hemorrhoids. Now, go over Tea Positively Cannot Afford I pro ore These Remarkable Pyramids. to any drug store and get & SO-cent box of Pyramid IMle Treatment. Re lief should come so quickly you will jump for Joy. 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