TIIE SUNDAY OREGONIAN, PORTLAND, MARCH 16, 1919
NOISE OF BATTLEFIELD GIVES WAY TO TAIES OF CONFLICT
Oregon Soldiers Relate Experiences in Training and in Trenches Famous Spots of World Visited Before Return to United States Numerous Medals Brought Home.
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Bcrs'aat HinrfT Bade,
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Reary Klrkpatrick.
caaaffevr for a;eaeral
Corp. Melrla L Frucf,
tatioaed 1m Kraace.
Private C. XL. Wallace,
of 76th compaayt marine.
Wlllla ' I. Buxton. .. Earl Hall of Orea-on City,
at Constantinople. retnrne4 from army.
Ray Rail
of Oreson City.
Harold li Peck,
retarned marine.
N'orlyn P. Hoff.
back in United States.
IN A LETTER to friends. Malcolm
Button of Hood River, flying cadet,
now recovering from a broken leg"
and a fractured rib at a Riverside.
Cal.. hospital, tells how his accident
occurred. Cadet Button several weeks
mo. after a period of Instruction at the
Vr.iverslty of California, was detailed
for flying testa at March field. River
side. He had completed his trial flights
with an instructor and had made two
flights alone. Starting on his third
solo flipht one mornins a new Instruc
tor at the field asked to accompany
him. In the course of maneuvers the
instructor cautioned Cadet Button
about methods of -banking." He took
the controls to demonstrate his points
and almost l.muediately the engine
stopped.
-We seemed to have been caught In
a kind of air pocket." writes Cadet
Button, "and the machine crashed
earthward in a tall spin. We fell 2uo
Wt. When I regained consciousness
fellow flyers who had seen us fall
were lifting away at the debris. My
companion died without regaining con
sciousness." Installing a radio station at Con
stantinople Is the Job assigned to Willis
I. Buxton, son of Phllmore H. Buxton,
sheriff of Sherman county. He has
been traveling around the Mediterra
nean on one of Uncle Sam's small ships,
he says in a recent letter written from
Gibraltar.
"Can you Imagine lying around on
the quarter deck in January clad only
in a pair of white pants?
"It Is wonderful here. The houses
are built of a peculiar yellow stone
and the first time you see the city
you would swear It was painted on the
rock. All the streets are stairways.
Think of a city of 3000 built on a cliff.
"Yesterday we went far enough
south to see to the coast of Algiers in
the northern part of Africa.
"We sleep out on deck every night.
This la a fine little ship, but we don't
get enough water only half a gallon
a day. so must drink salt water."
Young Buxton, who enlisted In the
radio corps two weeks after the United
States entered the war. has since been
transferred to Constantinople, where he
will remain a year in Installation and
other radio work.
Private Charles S. Wallace, son of
Mrs. W. A. Henderson of Meldrum, Or.,
a member of the 76th company, sixth
marines, has arrived at the family
home at Meldrum for a three weeks
furlough. At the end of the furlough
he will leave for Washington, D. C
for medical treatment, as he Is suffer
ire- from three wounds received in
active service while in France.
Private Charles S. Wallace was
student of the Oregon City high school
when Uncle Sam called for young men
to enter the service. He was one of
the first young men of this county to
answer his country's call. In company
with Merle Bingham, son of Mrs. Ax
ford of Mount Pleasant, he was sta
tioned at Bremerton, Wash., where
they were In training but a short time
before being Bent overseas. Wallace
was awarded a medal as a sharpshooter
at Bremerton, the medal he proudly
wears. After their arrival overseas
the young men engaged in the same
baUles. and it was during the battle
of Champaigne that Wallace was
wounded, and his comrade, Bingham,
was killed in the evening.
Both young men were very popular
here, and Wallace is being greeted
. home by his host of friends.
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Captain K. W. Bryan, IJent. A. B. Mackeule,
noon to return. returned rlr pilot.
Clair D. Knyn,
at Mare Island.
Bam I Kayn,
4Stk const nrtlUery.
Kenneth D. Joy,
with 1st engineers.
Perry E. Joy,
In coast artillery.
Paul Folquet,
In the cavalry.
Walter Pearson,
ailing the Pacific.
chance to fit himself for new work,
which he hopes will lead to aa good a
position as he formerly held.
Corporal Melvln Le Francq, son of
Leon Le Francq, Hood River Belgian
born truck gardener, remains at the
second corps training camp at Chat,il
lon, France, where before the armis
tice he was an instructor In bomb
throwing and defense against gas at
tacks. The young man, who enlisted
at Yakima with a Washington national
guard regiment. Is a graduate of
Washington Agricultural college. In a
letter to his father he tells of a recent
leave spent at Nice and Monte Carlo.
He visited the world famous gambling
hall. Men in uniform, however, are
not allowed in the hall while play
is on.
Corporal Le Franca, who expects to
visit relatives in northern France be
fore his return home, says he may re
main abroad until June.
Norlyn P. Hoff. son of O. P. Hoff.
former state treasurer, landed in New
York early this month. His eagerness
to get back to Oregon is shown by
the fact that he sent four telegrams
to his parents In the first three days
after stepping off the transport Sib-
oney. Young Hoff, who was in busi
ness In Portland before the war. was
with the 3d Oregon and was trans
f erred to other work when be was dis
abled. -
While traveling to all corners of the
Pacifio ocean aboard the V. 8. S.
Saturn Walter D. Pearson, a Portland
boy. is having all sorts of experiences.
From the ice-bound city of Vladivo
stok to the tropical climate of Manila
is among the smallest jumps he tells
of in letters to his sister, Margaret
Pearson, of 920 East Calhoun street.
He recently has been promoted to the
rank of chief electrician, but expects
to get his discharge upon his return
to the states next month.
"We are limping back Into Hono
lulu after the most miserable and ex
citing night I ever spent. We left
Honolulu at S P. M. yesterday bound
for Vladivostok, and about dark came
the fiercest storm that I've ever seen.
and the decks have been awash, ever
since.
"Early last night we put up & sail
to help steady the eWp, but the wind
was so strong that it tore the sail in
a million pieces and carried it away.
A large part of the deck cargo was
carried away by the waves, but a large
ventilator . breaking off even with the
main deck let the water right into the
hold, causing the real damage.
"Some of the fellows were kissing
themselves good-by last night, and it
sure looked as if every minute might
be our last.
"Vladivostok is a real town with big
buildings and about the size of Port
land, he says in a later letter.
."The town still is under martial law,
as a few scattering bolsheviks are
sneaking around. Most of them, are
chased back to the bills, though, and
are still on the run.
"The port is real warlike in appear
ance, as there is a large British
cruiser, a Frenchman standing by, a
couple of Yanks, a bunch of Jap men-
o -war and a bunch of doughboys.
"It is cold here and we had a time
breaking through, the ice on the
way in."
On the way out a propeller blade
was broken in fighting the way
through the ice, he Bays.
"I have seen so many different
parts of the world that they are be
ginning to look alike to me," he says
from Manila. "I can't get used to so
many changes in climate. A few days
ago we were in zero weather, and
now we are sweltering.
"Manila is the hottest place in the
world, I believe. I am down in quar
ters now and almost suffocated.
"We had a lovely trip from Vladivo
stok, as the sea was as smooth, as
glass all the way.
"Off the coast of China we saw hun
dreds of Chinese fishermen in their
It tie sampans over a hundred miles
from shore. A sampan is a little boat
about 25 or 10 feet In length,- The
Chinese take their families out for
weeks at a time in them.
- "Can you imagine a life like that,
drifting around about a couple of hun
dred miles from land in a boat about
twice the size of a canoe?".
Word has been received by Sirs. A.
W. Bryan at the home of her mother,
Mrs. G. L. Buland of Portland, that I
Captain A. W. Bryan has sailed from
France.
A former student- at Washington
state college. Captain Bryan was prom
inent in athletics. He enlisted in May,
1917, being commissioned first lieuten
ant While in France he has been cited
for bravery in action, and the French
commander bestowed upon him the
croix de guerre for valor in the bat
tle of the Somme.
A former baseball player, Henry
Kirkpatrick, now is driving a general's
car in France and Germany. In a let
ter to his parents he tells of driving
the general over the shell-torn roads
of the battle area.
"We went to Germany across the old
battle lines," he said. "We passed
through Belfort, Colmar, Strassburg,
Gabling, .Mainz and Metz."
service in France. He was with the '.
army of occupation at Coblenz, but
more recently ba9 been transferred to '
Tonnerre, France. He has been offered '
chances to stay in France, but says !
he prefers the United States, and soon t
will return to his old position with. ;
Max Houser. His parents are Mr. and
Mrs. Paul Folquet of Woodburn.
Kenneth D. Joy and Perry B. Joy,
brothers, met in France after six
months' separation. They are sons of I
Mr. and Mrs. Louis E. Joy of 1236 East :
Eleventh street north.
Kenneth enlisted with company A,
engineers of the Oregon national guard. .
After several transfers he served with
the first division at Toul. Cantigny, ;
Soissons, St. Mihiel and the Argonna. ;
He was gassed in the Argonne and
was sent to convalescent camp near
Bordeaux.
Perry enlisted with the coast artillery;
and went to France with the 69th.
which was stationed in the American, ;
training area near Bordeaux. For two '
months before the armistice was signed
the brothers were within 25 miles o '
each other. They finally met in Bor ;
deaux. -
Lieutenant Arthur B. Mackenzie has j
returned to Portland after a year and
a half in the air service. On grad- '
uating from ground school at Berkeley,
CaL, he went to Ebert's field, Arkansas, J
where he received training in plane .'
piloting. After being commissioned.
he took advanced training at Ellington ;
field, Houston, Texas. Lieutenant J
Mackenzie is a member of the Multno- -
mah Amateur Athletic club and was -'
president of the first graduating class '
at Franklin high school. :
Mrs. C. Kays of 6626 Eighty-fifth
street southeast, has two sons in the ,
service. Buren L. Kays enlisted with ;
I the 48th coast artillery corns in Julv. ;
Born In France and a resident of the 1918, and landed in France last October
United States for seven years, Paul
Folquet had a chance to look up many
of his old friends when he went over
seas with the 1st artillery corps. He
enlisted in the cavalry early in the
war and has seen many months or
just before the signing of the armis
tice. He has returned recently and ex- ;
pects soon to get back to Portland. ;
Clair D. Kays went In with the marines ;
last November and now is stationed ;
at Mare Island.
Earl Hall, who has been in the serv
ice for about a year, stationed at Camp
Lee. Virginia, has received his hon
orable discharge from the army and
returned to Oregon City this week. He
was ready to sail for overseas duty
when the armistice was signed, and
at the time was on shipboard when
his company was ordered back to camp.
Earl has thoroughly enjoyed his ex
perience in army life, but is glad to
be back to his old home town. He was
with field hospital corps No. 11.
Ray Hall, his brother. Is in the navy
and has made a number of trips to
France. He is on the United States
ship Finland and Is among the boys
anxiously awaiting orders for his re
tnrn to Oregon City, but says as long
as L'ncle Sam needs htm he is willing
to do his duty for his country.
Mra. Nettie Hall, mother of the boys,
is one of the most patriotic mothers of
Oregon City. During the absence of
her two sons she has done her bit for
her country and is employed on gov
ernment work in the Oregon City
woolen mills. She has assisted in
every way possible in carrying on the
war work in Oregon City and was
among those purchasing bonds and
contributing to the other patriotic
causes.
Sergeant Harvey Bade, son of Mr.
and Mrs. E. H. Bade, 618 Afnsworth
avenue, is now a master engineer,
senior guard, in the transportation de
partment and is stationed at St.
Nazaire. France. Sergeant Bade en
listed as a private soon after war was
declared and received his promotion for
installing a filing system in the offices
of the transportation department at St.
Nazaire. He was keenly disappoiuted,
according to letters received by his
parents, when a request to be trans
ferred to the trenches was denied. His
parents are natives of Baden, Germany.
Sergeant Bade is a graduate of Jeffer
son high school in the class of June,
1917. where he finished a four-year
course In two years.
Harold Edison Peck, a marine, gave
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. O. Peck
of 1180 East Taylor street, a surprise
February 17. when he came home from
France by way of Mare Island. He is
on a 30-day furlough.
Harold Peck joined the marines at
Mare Island at the beginning of the
war and fought with the fifth regi
ment at Chateau-Thierry and the sec
ond battle of the Marne. Each mem
ber of the battalion received a Legion
of Honor cord and a Croix de Guerre.
Sergeant U. A. Keppinger of the 162d
Infantry has woq the distinction of be
ing the first Oregon boy to take ad
vantage of the government's training
system for disabled soldiers.
Gassed in the Toul sector. Keppinger
was disabled for the shipping clerk
work which he had before the war. He
is taking a business course.
The federal board for vocational
guidance has opened offices in the
(iiico building, where Edward G. Cox
is in attendance on Mondays and
Wednesdays. It was through this of
fice that young Keppinger received the
NURSE LANYON BUSIES HERSELF
SENDING COMFORTS TO SOLDIERS
Grateful Patients Now in Service Write Often Acknowledging Kindnesses
Received While Sick and Wounded. .
BY EDITH E. LANTOX. I But I finally decide that It would be
n(OMEWHERB IN ENGLAND, Feb. safer to ask tor a picture post-card.
Oiv. racKing partem iwr mo Kivvya,
American and British, has filled
up my spare time lately. The weather
In Germany Is evidently cold enough
for knitted woollies to be in demand,
and books and magazines are as popu
lar as ever.
In addition I seem to be building up
a modest reputation as a voluntary
shopping agent for the United States
army. Within the last few days dif
ferent soldiers have asked me to pro
cure a pocket knife, some pipes, the
December number of the "Cosmopoli
tan" and some good 'photographs of
Winchester cathedral. I satisfactorily
filled all'the orders but the one for the
magazine, which is out of print over
here. If any benefactor likes to do
nate one I will forward it to my client
It is a great pleasure to be able to
do anything for the boys and I hope
to go on receiving their shopping lists.
"Their esteemed orders," aa the old
established shops say, "shall receive
my most careful attention in the fu
ture as they have done in the past.'
One parcel went off to the sailor boy
who is now in Grecian waters. I sent
him a Christmas magazine with Port
land's compliments some little time ago
and he writes: "Do you know, nurse,
the magazine you sent me has been the
first news I have had since about the
middle of December last. I was begin
nmg to feel a little jaded when it
came." He enclosed me a picture of his
ship when she was an honored guest In
Kiel harbor just before the war broke
out. One of my Americans in the army
of occupation in Germany sends me
Dutch interior" picture. He assures
me that "In spite of the strong feel
ing against the Germans the scenery
remains beautiful." Think I to my
self "but what remains of the beau
tiful scenery of Belgium and northern
France?" and my strong feelings
against the Germans become stronger.
Later he writes: "I have certainly ap
preciated all the nice letters, books
and magazines and things you have
sent me for "My Lady of the West."
. Next in my big pile of soldiers' mail
comes a letter from a California of
ficer asking my advice as to the best
month to spend In England. He Is
going to have a furlough. I write by
return mail to tell him not to come now
on any account as it is just like living
in a shower bath. I strongly advocate
May. With any luck at all, Maytime
in England is heavenly.
My big soldier confides to me in his
latest letter that "there are pretty
women in Turkey, nurse, but It Is very
hard to see their faces. e seldom
see them, so I never bother about
them." I can picture to myself many
a veiled lady trying to give him the
glad eye In spite of bis (alleged) lack
of interest, for be is a very fine fig
ure of a man. I remember how our
ward maids hovered about in his vi
cinity.
Methlnks he doth protest too much.
As he tells me he spent his Christmas
day in bed with trench fever I feel we
have common cause lor grouching. He
will sympathize with me and my influ
enza, no doubt. My best sergeants
young brother is also in Constant!.
nople. He is In a Highland regiment
and one of the commander-in-chiefs
own bodyguards. I also have letters
saying the knife and pipe were emi
nently satisfactory, and one from the
soiaier asaing xor me pnoios or w in
chester cathedral. He kindly adds:
"If any souvenir of France should be
among your desires and it be within
my power to get it for you I should
consider it a privelege for you to let
me send It.
For one wild moment I wonder
whether a U. S. sergeant would be ca
pable of choosing rue a Paris hat.
Once one of ray far-too-grateful pa
tients sent me a gift of 5 for a birth
day present. He was an English Tommy
and that was nearly three whole
months' pay. It nearly broke my heart
to think of him off in Saloniki cigar
etteless and everything elseless on my
account. As fast as registered mail
could travel, of course, I returned it.
at the risk of offending him for Ufa
I explained that my honor as a nurse
forbade me to accept presents from my
patients. I am thankful to say he still
remains "your most grateful patient,
nurse." And I did so little for him.
The bottom letter in my pile is from
the sister in France. She is still af
flicted with a ward of German pa
tients. I quote her 'remarks in regard
to .their manners and customs:
"We are still busy and my ward is
overflowing, three boches being on the
floor as all the beds are-full. This cold
weather and their own neglect in keep
ing themselves clean leads to a condi
tion known as "T. C T." and it takes
a long time, usually, to clear up. I
keep having my beds and bedding fu
migated regularly to prevent them run
ning out of the ward." . Comment un
necessary. Our men are being demobilized, "de
mobbed," as they call It. It is a joy to
see the soldiers coming home again.
Our milkman still proudly wears his
khaki and one of the grocer's assist
ants wears two stripes with his. Even
the exclusive tailor of the town, late
an officer in the flying corps, can give
' more expert advice on uniforms than
if he had never been in the army.
Most of the returned prisoners of
war expected to be demobilized. Many,
poor things, were too ill to remain in
the service. But some of those from
here were just as pleased to be sent
to guard German prisoners. I dare
wager that none of those prisoners
will escape.
As a sample of the foolish soft
heartedness of the British nation I will
repeat what a friend of mine told me
yesterday. She feels exceedingly bit
ter against .the Germans because she
has lost three beloved nephews in the
war. So when on a country walk the
other day she heard that she would
pass a gang of German prisoners work
ing on the roads, she was delighted
at such an opportunity to show her
contempt and scorn by gazing haught
ily at them when she was going past.
After they had gone by her companion
said: "I thought you were going: to
glare at those Huns."
"It was the queerest thing, you
know," my friend said to me, "but
could not bear to look at them like
that, because I thought how I should
hate to be made a show of in a strange
country so I looked the other way
Evidently there will be no Germans
chained to our chariot wheels when we
have our peace processions in London.
We really cannot hate worth a cent.
Even now I hear that some of the
armies of occupation are learning to
speak German, with the help of what
they call "the fraulein dictionary."
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My best sergeant's other brother' Is
In Belgium. His mother sent him
cake at Christmas time and the Bel
gian woman where he was billeted was
so charmed to s,ee such a curiosity that
she wept tears or joy. The children
absolutely devoured their slices and
kept saying "Goody Breetisch soldier"
in between mouthfuls. The soldiers
share all their delicacies with the little
ones and are extremely popular in con
sequence. I do not doubt for one mo
ment that they do exactly the same
thing in Germany. One cannot hate
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Harold C. English, eon of Mr. nnd Mrs. C. H. English of Deer Island, Is serving
In the medical department aa second-class pharmacist's mate, while his
wife, who Is the daughter sf Mrs, John Selgler of St. Helena, Or., la a yeoman
in th supply department. Both are stationed at Bremerton, .
children, even if they be Huns in the
making.
I wonder if I should have shared my
beautiful Portland cake with little
German girls and boys if there had
been any about? Quite likely.
When, years hence, Oregonian grand
children say: "Grandpapa, what did
Portland do in the great war?" as well
as proudly enumerating the regiments
of men who joined the army and the
many who went in the navy, grandpapa
can add: "And the women knitted wool
lies all those years and sent money for
comforts for the wounded of our allies
as well as for our own men." I can
certainly vouch for the truth of that.
Many a fighting man has cause to
thank Portland for brightening up the
trenches or a hospital ward for him.
These men do not forget.
Oregon Boy Views German
War Preparations.
Claire Elrod of Metollns Feels Like
Striking German Pilot. .
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HILE overseas on the United
States steamship Harvard, Claire
Elrod, son of Mrs. E. W. Elrod of Me
tolius. Or., has seen much of the Ger
man war preparations. In a recent let
ter he tells of sailing in German ports
since the armistice was signed.
"We have just returned from Ger
many," he says, writing from Ports
mouth, Eng. "We arrived in Hamburg
January 11. It was surely an exciting
trip. We saw on the average" 12
mines a day and missed some of them
only a few feet. We traveled only by
day until the last day, when we were
compelled to go, as bad weather made
us lose both anchors. We were lucky
enough not to hit any mines, but com
ing back, we had to steer out of our
course three times to avoid the pests.
We were in Hamburg two days, going
to Vegesack and Bremen. It seemed
funny to have a German pilot come
aboard as we passed Coxhaven. We felt
almost like taking a punch at him on
general principles, but didn't get the
chance. All German officers aboard
were given full military honors and
they seemed glad the war was over.
We took a commission of United
States naval officers to see that the
German navy was carrying out the
terms of the armistice and not turning
out more war material. In every place
were a great number of 'subs' and
ships which were being built when the
war -ended. They have stopped work
on them now and I think the United
States is to take over some of them,
as part of the crew was transferred to
eo on one.
There were several Jap 'subs' ana
some Brazilian ships.
In England the women work in the
navy yards. They were scraping the
side of our ship and repairing some bad
places. 1 There are few young men
here, mostly older men and boys."
a baby and a dog might now be on the
bottom of the sea. We came across a
wrecked three-masted schooner bound
from New York to Rio de Janeiro 1500
miles at sea with a mast broken short,
floating around helpless with a few
rags of sails flying in tatters from the
two masts still standing.
"She was flooded, waterlogged and
about to sink we came just in time.
"She was loaded with cement machin
ery and pianos for South America. Be
lieve me, it was a happy bunch that
came up over the side from off that
ship. They had been bailing her by
hand for four days of the storm, taking
water out in buckets and throwing it
over (he side hoping to keep up until
help came.
"They had no wireless outfit and she
jnst happened to be floating near our
course, otherwise they would be in
Davy Jones' locker by now.
"After we took them off we opened
up with our five-inch batteries and just
naturally blew her up. She would have
been a menace to navigation, anyway,
so the skipper thought best to sink
her right then. 'She was the Charlotte
T. Libley.
"For a day after we picked those
people up we had good weather. Then
it began to get rough again, until
finally we were wallowing around like
a cork, the seas slapping us sldewise-
and splashing clear up and through the
ports in the radio shack on the super
structure deck.
"The boat will be in drydock two or
three months getting fixed up, but we
are to be transferred to Pelham Bay
naval station, where we may be dis
charged or put on other ships."
Alfred H. Davies Is With
20th Engineers.
Former TJnlvernlry of Oregon Stu
dent Writes That Americans Now
Are Anxious to Return.
Portland Doctor Writes of
Thrilling Voyage, w
Fred
E. Chambers Rescued
Waterlogged Vessel.
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TALE of a stormy trip across the
l Atlantic with a last-minute rescue
of a water-logged ship is that told by
Fred E. Chambers in a letter to Dr. D.
Chambers, 167 South Broadway. Young
Chambers came across from Brest on
the ship that brought Admiral Wilson.
'Back again in the United States of
America and darned glad of it, after
the most miserable trip I ever had,"
he eays. "We were supposed to- have
come in to .Boston witn tne ueorge
Washington, but broke down in mid
ocean, stripped of our turbines, made
the rest of the way on one leg, so to
speak, 12 days from Brest to Norfolk.
"We hit one storm arter anotner. we
broke down in the middle of a big storm
with seas washing clear over us, and
for a day and a half wallowed along
at five knots. The heavy seas smashed
our bow, loosened the plates and flooded
two decks in the forward compartment
with over eight feet of water.
But it turned out that our misfor
tune was another's gain, for if we had
AOt been crippled, tea men, a woman,
Schoolboy Awarded Cross for
Heroism in Action.
Eugene P. Saunders Youngest of
Four Brothers to Enlist for Wnr.
ONE of the young heroes of the war,
Eugene P. Saunders, the youngest
of four brothers who enlisted, expects
soon to return from France and
visit his sister, Mrs. F. A. Law. of Port
land. Refused perm'ssion to enlist,
young Saunders finally got in the army
with the Maryland soldiers.
A mere schoolboy, he was awarded
the distinguished service cross for "ex
traordinary heroism in action" at Bols
de Consenvoye October 8, when he car
ried a wounded comrade through a ter
rifio machine gun and artillery fire
to a place of safety.
"Have been over the top six times,
giving the Dutch hell all the time," he
says in a recent letter telling of his
fighting in the Argonne forest during
October. "We start over at daybreak
and it some sight to see wave after
wave go over after the Germans.
"The Germans were wise in having
machine gun nests in trees, but the
Yanks soon put them out of order. I
was present myself at a few parties."
The brothers, who also ajre in the
service, all well known in Portland, are
James R., C. S. and Gordon Saunders.
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, Eugene.
March 8. (Special.) Alfred H.
Davis, a former university man, now a '
sergeant in the 11th company, 20th engi-
neers, A. P. O. 705, in France, writes to ;
the editing class, the publishers of the
Oregon Overseas magazine, asking to be
put on the mailing- list. His letter fol-
lows In part: '
"An Oregonian clipping reaching me ;
today describes the publication of 'Ore- :
gon Overseas,' ancrl am anxious to pro- ;
cure a copy. I regret that I am unable ;
to contribute any data to aid in the .
revision of your list of alumni in I
France, but will mention a few I have ,
run across in the 13 months I've been ;
over here. .'
"Lieutenant John Kelly, '14, 10th cn- 'i
gineers, died as a result of a motor- '
cycle accident at Ponteux, department J
of Landes, in February, 1917. I note .
you do not include his name in your
list of golden stars. ;
"Corporal Kenneth Shetterly, ex-'17: : J
Private Harry E. Barnhart, ex-'17 and j
the writer are -in the 20th engineers.
"David G. Glass, '14, is second lieu- ;
tenant of the 45th company, 20th engi- '.
neers. :
"George Stevenson, '14, and Leon S. ;
Jackaon, '17, are in Company M, 23d';
engineers. !(
"As for 'sentiments from France,' we 'i
want to come home. My outfit was;;
among the first 10 per cent over, and'j
sunny France has lost its charms to
ns. If Colonel Kelly (formerly of the
Booth-Kelly company) visits Eugene, . j
I wish you would tell him to come back jj
and get his regiment. We are waiting
at the church.
"Anyway, I'd like to be put on the';
mailing list and if there is anyone left
at Oregon who remembers me I would ;t
greatly appreciate a few kind words." tj
"OTHER WOMAN" HAS PARTj,
Wife Alleges Threat Made by Hus'
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to have made while exhibiting a letter '
he had received from a married woman, ;1
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man, who asks $75 a month" alimony.
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but IS a week for household expenses M
and then accused her of extravagance. !i
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