The sun., 1916-11-19
BY WILLIAM r. MARTIN.


TN tho Foreign Legion before he
was sent bacl; as a forever an
l. N" the soldiers said he had q
tharmed life. IL his two years OF SER
vice with them. ever in the hotties; Of
the fghtinS. they had come 70 think
~ him hahitgaily as the fearless Amer
lean who always came out cf the at
tacks alive.
Now, somewhere In France" where
what remains Of the legion is slowly
icing shot away, the five OF his COM
.any left remember him vividly as
Bob. They knew that his last name
was Hartman. that he hated the Ger
hans rs few other men did-that was
a.. lie neve- old them his story.
He .lrne from Texas. where he lived
o. a ranch. \ few weeks before war
WAS declared i. was visiting Antwerp
with his wife. There his wife was
taken dangerously i'll. After the war
began and the Germans we've reported
10 be sweeping down over the country
tnd the inhabitants were fleeing Har-
rinlln'ant his wife were still in the
town. It was after most OF the people
lad fled and the first shells began tear
Ing away at the houses that Hartman
prepared to leave. The Germans surely
hould not lombard the town, 80 he
had thought.
They were in n street when the she,l
struck. The street led south out Of
the town, and he was leading. or
father dragging, "A donkey hitched to
two wheeled cab. In this he had
placed his wife. They We're with the
tcry last OF the refugees fleeing from
the town: most of the civilians were
we'll on their way south by that time.
The shell was one of many that wiped
nut sections in the feeble stream OF
Tho last refugees that afternoon. Il
iore down behind them into the street,
When he camc to himself again he
found he was unhurt. Lying distorted
md mangled there among the wreck
tgc Of tho wagon was his wife. She
has unconscious, but not dead. So In
frenzy Of despair, like others that
Say, he carried her along. running
town the street for aid that did not
tX.st. stumbling over debris and holes
which other shells had left. once or
twice almost thrown down by the con-
tussion OF new sliclls that exploded IL
Tie houses about him and In the street
,ahInd and before him.
Ia that fashion he reached the edge
o Ito town. himself unhurt. There
!is vito died. lie carried her some
distance further and then laid hel
Gown by tho roadside. Da2ed and un-
heeailr. he stood I'VE her while the
last OF the refugees passed. There
|ora other scenes like that along th'
toad, and the few refugees a3 they
passed by kept telling him to fee
There would always seem TO he two oil
three more OF tho fleeing inhabitant;
pn their way olt of the town.
He stood there for o long time, h,
doesn't remember low long. while ~
GpgmanG continued 20 shell the towI
and shells fell near BY. Their he askc.
help from an aged peasant rict!Ls
twty tat tho ground unhcedinSly In
lj"ld near at hand. Tie two started Il
bury the body neal the road. Anotho'
p'r1Ht came along and also helped t.
Dig 'hc grave. They put several roug'
itNols Of boards ovcr the body, thoI
t,oiol IL up with earth. Harrinal
'lJdc q small Cross from two brancho
d.. 20 tree. Then. with the shells ex
pl.iuc nearer, lie looked back Owe
WIG 'pwn and sworc utter hate ag8ins
H.. Germans.
H. joins the Foreign Legion IN Paris
j . the only way "A foreigner ca
lE.' long with the French, \ scratcI
u liz ann and he Nnds himself sub
Hr' 10 the French Government, vow
ing vengeance AGAINST the German:
II" h. glad when they tell him the le
rHI probably will be sent straight I
H." trenches. There he will Kill off q
man" Of the Swine" as possible. h
~,r, Lcfore he is killed himself. Tha
&, .s wish.
When he.slgns his name he become
= h%IInj"r. Individuality ceases. 1t
!" August, 1914. and he Ands iimsc'
VI. $4,000 volunteers all told. u
!Els that others are in the legion be
o...o 90 tragedy Ike himself. Mos
= hi ''o iioah volunteers care for notf
H." cAccpt possibly To forget or I
%--'it" tncir hatred. Some Of the RI
f.ri' age fouEh and ready young me
.p 'cii excitement without countin
'. a%l>arcc'. III" legion includes a
:N ~ul'ioEalitles and PRACTICAL
fypes ~ men. Thousands ha>
.'.Eed at the beginning of the mont
Before it's end the majority OF II
fresh recruits have boon rejected b
cause NJ phvsiCs1 Ainahilifv-