The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-10-08
MAN WHO FOUGHT
| WITH ALLIES HERE
Texas Attorney stops In Keokuk on
His Way Home and Tells
Something Of His
Experiences.
WAS IN GAS WARFARE
Was Wounded and Later Discharged
lis Writing Series Of Special
Articles on
War.
WAS IN GAS WARFARE

J. r. Stanley an attorney from
Fort Worth, Texas. was in Keokuk
on Wednesday enroute to Fort Madj-
son to visit friends there. Mr.. Stan
ley has been in America just week,
having come from the trenches In
France. He went there to seek some
first hand information for magazine
articles, and saw eight months OF
fighting The oyercrowding OF Ger
many by her population and her desire
to secure an outlet for this population
Is one theory OF Mr.. Stanley for the
war. He told this to a, Keokuk man
who happened to speak to him. He
believes that the Germans expectef
to get to Paris In short order last
summer. and to strike a blow which
would give them a chance to dictate
peace terms, and secure certain lands.
Mr.. Stanley was engaged to pre-
pare series Of articles on the war
for Scribner's magazine and he decid.
ed that the best means Of gaining act
ual knowledge Of the conditions was
to enlist, which he did, though prob
ABLY with no thought that he would
participate in the forefront of the
war theatre operations and stand
more chances of sacrificing his life to
his work than Of returning home safe
ily. His experience in the Texas mill
tia and general understanding of
military tactics stood him In good
stead and there was no difficulty In
his securing position with the Can
adam mounted infantry. He was a
corporal in the first engagement In
which he participated, and from
which ONLY ninety-fve out OF regi7
'ment of 1880 returned alive. The
handful Of men left were attaches
Ito another division and in a charge il
few days later this unit was depletef
almost as much as in the first in
Istance. Mr.. Stanley was under direct
Ishrarnel and gas fire and finally
wound up in an emergency hospita..
from which he was released. At the
time Of his discharge he was ser
lgeant.
| Mr. Stanley relates OF an occasion;
one morning when in the trenches
and the opposing trenches were but
a few feet apart, Of conyersing with
la German soldier who had been en-
ployed In an Office in the same build
ing in Fort Worth where Mr.. Stanley's
;ofiice was located. The men we're
passing pl0dSdulTlSS I'LL q SsSi AAoi
voice hailed across, asking IL the B-it-
fishers had any extra cigarette papers
Sure, got any tobacco?" responded
Stanley tossing over wad Of papers.
The American infection Of Stanley's
voice caught the ear of the German
who started conversation:
"Who was that said 'Sure'?"
That's me-
You're from the states. What
rart?'' :.
"Texas, California in general. Fort
Worth in particular"
$50 am I.
There was mutual recollection OF
former acquaintance and at the end
of the talk the German iollied:
.Put up your head and let's have
look
But Stanley felt no inclination SO
to do, as every time head appeared
mia Ieriscope it attracted storm OF
bullets.
Later in the day the British charg-
led. took the trench ahead but Stan
Iley's German acquaintance was not
among the few prisoners taken or
those wounded.