Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-11-19
DISMISSED, Wins
BACK commission
Canadian Officer Makes Good"
After Re-Enlisting as
Private.
RECEIVES SEVERE WOUND
Gains Medal for His Courage
During Terrific Battle
in June.
RECEIVES SEVERE WOUND

III j QilS
LONDON. November lS.-iicutcnaiit
O. II. Jones. i Canadian officer. waa
dismissed some time ago hy court
martial. lie determined to make
good" enlisted ns a private. %aincd
promotion and medal hy reckless
courage. and now has received . COM
mission again. Lieutenant Jones wac
bonn 1T Halifax. Nova Scotia. ia 1891.
lie was practicing as barriStcr IN
1914 AT the time when war broke out
He enlisted in December or the same
year. trained in Canada. and then came
TO Aldershoi. tie wen, To the frouc
on November 20. 1915. He came back
on February Of this year. having been
dismissed from the service ,wo days
previously.
Il can't tell you" he said. how glad
am TO have got my commission back.
when | Was brought home wounded
after the battle Of the Sommc ] felt
tina, nothing ,nattered. ddn', care
whether got better or not. was
lying In the hospital when / heard
from my brgadi.r That ] WAS to be
reinstated. ! cabled the news to ms
father in Canada. and yesterday. 10 my
great amazcincni. he walked into the
ward had no idea he was coming
II see me. hut he was 20 glad At the
news that | hau 20: my commission
back that he came All the way from
Canada 10 congratulate me
Il do not suppose ] shall ever he
II, for active service again. From my
waist downwards ! am buried in plas-
ter of Paris. II can't 20 back 10 the
front, az should like 10. hope to be
able 10 get some sort of work 10 do
in England. Whcu tho war is over
shall go hack 10 Canada and take up
my legal work again.
My brother. Major Jones. was on,
at the front. hut was wounded. After
five months In hospital he has re-
turned home TO take up !, staff appoint
ment."
WAS ~ THICK or
FIGHTING At lpHEs
Jones returned home ON February :
and enlisted again on February 3. He
joined his battalion Of his new rcgi-
mcnt In France on February -. By
March II he was in the thick OF the
lighting at Ypres. lilo was appointed
wiring sergeant, then bombing SER
Ecaut, bat 1t was as scout that he
most distinguished himself
On March Il he went over 10 the
enemy trenches 10 examine them and
stole a suip.rs plate Cactal shicld). y
month later he again went over To the
enemy trenches and secured another
plate. In this CONNECTION M amusing
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