Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-01-13
SAYS HE SHOT "a GERMANS.

New York, Jan. Tin reprisal be-
cause the Germans used reversed bull
lets-which infict ~frightful wounds
a British officer, American by birth
and a Princeton man, says that he
stood up "a German prisoners in q
row and with his own hand shot them
dead.
George Harvey, writing from Lon
don on ENGLAND Today" in the North
American Review, repeats the story
as the officer told it while in London
on six months sick leave.
"You know, sir, l love my Tom
miles," said the officer, and it about
breaks my heart to have to leave 'em
to take in a new battery. Well, any
how, it was a beastly little scrim-
mage at best, but what do you suppose
these scoundrels did? Why, damn
'em, they-but, say, did you ever see
a body mangled by reversed bullets?
No? Well, don't; that's all l have to
say.
"Seven of my boys went in a heap,
and we were in a bad way when some
fresh lads came up and gave 'em the
steel. When it was over we had "a
white feathers on our hands quite
ready to slip over to nice comfortable
quarters around here and receive bou-
quets and chewing gum from Lord
Haldane's friends. And, mind you,
they were my prisoners.
Found Reversed Bullets.
I'VE found the reversed bullets in
their guns, all right, remember that.
Well, | took one glance at that sick
ening mass at our feet and looked into
the eyes of my boys, and they looked
into mine. / didn't want to get them
into trouble and my chances were bet
ter than theirs, anyway.
"All l had them do was to stand
these "a up in a row, and then one
after another and without any par
~ticular hurry, l dropped every a in
bis tracks, dead as door nail. Oh, it's
war all right! must say" he added,
refectively, "they took it very WE'LL"
"But, say, there is n thing you
!, may as well know, and | swear to you
+ speak for every fellow from Amer
lea in the bunch" declares the officer.
"There are just two men in the
, world | should have liked to have in
the line with those "a. One is the
Kaiser and-well, never mind who the
other is"
, The British War Office forbids such
reprisals and the officer was repri-
+ manded. He was reprimanded for an
other exploit of which he tells.
L. ltio VI AhttlCN GAPiotNs
. You can imagine how strict they
k they 1.-THE orders) were when / tel
+ you that for four successive days the
Germans banged away at u ambul-
ances with particular relish and We
q stood there and let them gather VI
their wounded and never pulled a trig'
ger. But the time came when my pal
as fine a young Englishman as Coo
ever made, got his along with a dozer
t. or more others, but was still able t,
/ wave that he was only wounded. TwI
of my boys were just lifting him int
the ambulance when all three wer'
If shot to pieces.
"Then : bided my time, which wa
not long in coming. A score OF so o
Germans lay writhing in a heap afte
is a futile assault, and l got the rang
f. for my ~18-pounder and waited.
e "Sure enough, in 20 minutes or S
IS out came an ambulance with, l guess
Y a dozen soldiers as nonchalantly a
. you please and feeling safe as a clocE
c. as they had every reason to feel. The
N got their wounded aboard and wer
just starting back when | blew tn
whole damned lot to hell. Of cours
ie I got it in the neck at h~eadquarter
the next morning, but they let on
IS, ambulances alone after that"
I'd
he Clay Mcclure has his Office wit
Ii Ms. Myers in his new suite of room