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TIIE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX. FOUTLAND, 3IARCII 30. 1019. OREGON HERO OF LOST IS BATTALION HOME Woodson Scoggin of Fossil , Tells of War Experiences. HARDSHIPS BRAVELY BORNE Private With Major 'Whittelsey's Command Recounts How Yanks Defied Germans on All Sides. Private Wood.on Scop-gln. a Fossil fOr.) boy, who wan a member of the famous "lost battalion" In the Argonne woods battle, spoke before the members of the Victory liberty loan eommittee esterday at the Portland hotel, riving an interesting account of the experi enres of the "lost battalion." Private Scoftfrin, who wac discharged ret-ently at Camp Lewis. Is the son of Mr. and Mrs. C. T. tjcoggin of J'oesil and prior to leaving: for the army In June. 101 h. had spent the greater part of his life In eastern Oregon. He wears a gold chevron on his right sleeve and one on his left, having; been wounded on October :S by a machine gun bullet and then gassed. He expects to return to his home to morrow. In his talk before the com mittee yesterday he told the following; experiences: "I left Fossil June :'. 191 . for Camp J-em-ls and was sent from Camp Lewis to Carnn Kearney about three weeks later. Wo were put In Company M ISOth Infantry, made up mostly of Cali fornia. Ore iron and Washington boys. .Remained there about a week and then l'ft for Camp Mills. After staying; In Camp Mills for about a week, obtain Ins; the overseas equipment, we Balled' for France on August 5. landing; at Liverpool, England, on August 19. Stay la Kaclaad Brief. "We were In Kngland about alz or even days and then were shipped to France, landing at Havre, after which we spent a week riding In boxcars in Franca before we settled down. We were In training in France for about three weeks as members of the 40th division. "Orders then came sending our outfit to the 77th division and we were sent to Company G of the SOSth infantry. At this timo we were In Sancoins. France and on the morning of September 26 we went over the top for the first time and atarted the now famous Argonne drive "It mas fogy and a kind of a mist was falling. It was almost Impossible to see more than 20 feet ahead of us, but we kept advancing, although mixed up -many times. About 10 o'clock the fog raised and we found ourselves in the Herman lines, and at that time we were under the command of Colonel Smith. "We had quite an engagement all that afternoon and suffered our first casual ties. The Germans opened up their artillery on us while we were in their trenches that night. When darkness overtook us we were beyond some trenches so we had to go back a little ways for protection. It was while In these trrnches that they fired on us with heavy artillery. Boys Get Little to Kaf. "The next day we continued advanc ing; and took several more lines before nightfall. Then on September 28 we .lid the same thing- and. mind you. we had eaten nothing from the Bight of September 25. We mere given our first meal on tho morning of the 2"th, and It consisted of cold coffee, cold cab bage and a sandwich. It was on September 19 that the SOSth regiment received Its first big blow when Colonel Smith was killed, ither by michine tiinners or high ex plosives. He wan one of tho best-liked officers we had ever had. and when the news reached us that he was dead it was surely a sad moment. "After Colonel Smith s death we were taken In charge by Major Whittlesey. Mv company was in the second bat talion. We kept advancing until Octo ber 2, when wo met strong resistance. Battalion la Surrounded. "On the morning of October 1 we found ourselves surrounded by the Huns. And then the fun did com mence. Wo remained in those woods for six days and six nights, suffering terribly for the want of food, and water especially. We had our water supply cut off and had it not been for the rain we would nave oeen upagainsi It worse than we were, if that were uossible. "We drank the slimy water we found in shell hole and managed to. keep alive in that manner. We wife thero quite & while before the Ger raana sent over their man to ask us to surrender. The oy that delivered the message to us was picked up by one f our men and brought to the major blindfolded. This was done so that lie could not return to his own line and Kivo out bow many men we had and what was our condition. "Major W hittlesey then sent back word for thorn to go to hell, and we certainly got our ulinre of It when the bocha learned what the return message said. They shelled us harder than ever and our casualties were quite large. Finally we were rescued by our support coming up and driving the Germans from our flanks and rear. Cenapaay Shot to Pieces. "Company A was ordered to take a certain hill in the advance, but when the opposing machine gunners got through with them there were but four boys left standing, one of them being Alvls ' Anderton, who also came from Fossil, and went to Camp Lewis with me. We managed to keep together until we got over on the other side, and now Anderton Is overseas, due to re turn soon, be wrote me. "There were ao few left in company A that It was useless to attempt to CRAJfTS PASS MERCHANT PASSES AWAY. t j i ' - 11 i 1 i ' i I 'Ly : - . . -,r-- . tMaManaajaaw.asajaaaai i i'i il'ima l Asa C. Ilolroaah. Asm C Rolcomb, whose death occurred last week at Good Sa maritan hospital, was one of the leading merchants of Grants Pass. For the past ten years he had been manager of the Peer less Clothing company. Mr. Hol eomb was born in Noble county, Indiana. September 1. 1ST, re moving to Washington at the age of 28. While In Washington he was In the mercantile business. In 1912 be married Jessie Minerva Pound, who. with a daughter, Lottie Htizabeth, survives him. A blue lodge Mason, Mr. Hol comb was a member of the Me lita commandery of Grants Pass and Hillah shrine of Ashland. He waa an active member of the Baptist church. His death fol lowed a decline of health since last October. Many friends of Grants Pass and Portland at tended the funeral, which was held in the Flnley chapel. Inter ment was in Mount Scott Park cemetery. PAIN RIGHT OUT Don't Suffer! Relief Comes the Moment You Rub With "St. Jacobs Liniment." What's rheumatism? Pain only. Stop drugging! Not one case in fifty requires internal treatment. Rub the misery right away! Apply soothing, penetrating "t. Jacobs Liniment" di rectly upon the "tender spot" and relief comes Instantly. "St. Jacobs Liniment' is a harmless rheumatism and sciatica relief which never disappoints and can not burn or discolor the skin. Limber up! Gel a small trial bottle from your druggist, and in Just a mo ment you'll be free from rheumatic and seiatica pain, soreness, stiffness and swelling. Pon't suffer! "St. Jacobs Lin iment" has relieved millions of rheu matism sufferers in the last half cen tury, and is Just as good for sciatica, neuralgia, lumbago, backache, sprains nil swellings. Adv. form a company, so they made stretch er-bearers out of the boys to help the ambulance companies and field bos pitals. The suffering we went through was something awful. Many of the boys went crazy because of lack of medica attention and many died from exposure. There was one young fellow in my company who was injured while we were lost and in five days the hair on his head turned white. I was walking down the road afterward when a buddie came hobbling along. I offered to help him and while we stood there he recog nized me, but the change was so great in him due to his white hair that it was almost impossible for me to be Iieve my eyes. Boys Reiara to Lines. "It was nothing to be unable to rec ognize anyone the first few days after wo were rescued. In a period of from September 24 to November, almost six weeks. I had my clothes off but once. land then we were given, an entire new outfit, our clothes were torn to snreas and the cooties well, I don't want to think about them. "After being rescued, we rested a rouple of days and then returned to the front lines. Although we were fighting right along there was nothing sensational happened for me until Oc tober 38, when I stopped a machine gun bullet with my left leg. This put me out of commission at about JO o'clock in the morning. While they were taking me back to the first aid station the Germans sent over some gas and I was gassed. I was uncon scious for two or three hours. After being sent to the hospital I recuperated enough to be Bent to the United States. 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