The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-12-13
FANNY PRAISES SAMMY
Kenosha Patriot Returned from France
Expects Much of Soldiers of u. s.
Describes Hospitals - DIR. Ashley
Is Made President.

'fThe German line and the German
resistance is just like a plate glass
window. 1t will stand tons and tons
of pressure and never show a sign Of
breaking. But one of these days we re
going to give it quick blow or ton
too much and smash it all to flinders.
The French and English had bunch
they could do it last spring and now
that America is with them they know
they can. And when they do-take it
from me-there II be some KILN -
This incisive statement is typical of
the keen insight and epigrammatic ex-
preston apparent in the speech Of Zal-
mon G. Simmons III before the Keno
sha County Medical Association, which
held its annaal meeting at the May
wood Hotel on Thursday evening. In
an English uniform with French but
tons, complete in every detail from the
high-topped shoes to the "metal check -
about the wrist, the young American
represented and presented the cause of
the Allies in speech brimful of pa
triotism and everyday Yankee wit.
Silver-haired doctors, who remembered
fanny in kits listened attentive1y
to every word that he said and ponder
ed the glory of a war that could so
soon bring the mind Of youth to the
wise maturity of age.
versation-of the evening, the medical
association made final arrangements for
its contribution to the Patriots Fund
and elected officers for the coming year.
The cabinet, as finally chosen, is COM
posed as follows: President, DR.. r. w.
Ashley; vice-president, DIR. F. B. Lans-
downe; secretary treasurer, DR.. j. f.
Hastings; censor, DR.. G. r. Caughey.
The latter as retiring president also
appointed an auditing committee, com
posed of Doctors III. A. Robinson, J. o.
McCracken and J. H. 'Cleary.
The speaker of the evening was in
troduced by President Caughey in a
clever speech of presentation in which
he spoke of "Zammy' as "the man
who came back" and Ftthe boy who
had nerve enough to go across the
drinks where they re doing real
things and courage enough to appear
before the doctors and tell them all
about il"
The American poilu acknowledged
the tribute with broad smile and with
characteristic modesty requested the
privilege Of sitting while he talked y
as he insisted on speaking Of MS speech.
With this request granted he launched
into discussion of his experiences
abroad in an easy conversational style
that made his talk doubly interest
ing and highly charming. From time
to time he was interrupted by questions
from the doctors all of which he an
swered with Simmonsonian wit and
wisdom
"I'd rather be there than here,'' he
said in starting. "It's more comfort.
able here-that is under most circum.
stances-but it's more exciting over
there and if you re after thrills, that Is
the place to find them. m thinking
the English are having great, time up
at Cambrai-killing Germans-and it 4
rather pleasant to be around when
that's going on. They re doing their
best to get Fritz to advance, so that
| they can poke him one as he comes over
and leave him for warning to the
Huns behind him. They may not gel
much territory but they II get thou.
sands of Germans and that's what
they re after.1
| In speaking of his own experience
young Simmons said in part: IT went
over to work with the ambulance corps
| but I was detailed to munitions truck
work after | got to France. In this
service I carried shells and hand gren
AIDES to the artillery posts and commu
nieation trenches. At first / was afraid
every one of them would explode when
| / touched them and Lucien Lance had
+ a good deal of fun at my experience
After while though | got used to them
and handled them as carelessly as il
they were sacks of potatoes or boxes OF
| cigars. Of course there were shell:
whistling around US most of the time
but they either get you or they don !
and that IS all there is to it. IF it'll
your time to die you'll go out-if il
ism It you should worry if the shells are
bursting around you at the rate OF
twenty minute"
Especially interesting to the physi
clans were his description of his hospi
tai experience, his observations regard
ing mortality in the different services
1 and his succinct, humorous com
ment on the miracles of French surgery
The latter, he declared, was unsanitary
to high degree but strangely success.