Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-07-24

ApplCB bdNcu my lllC OuNC IL
France-not from starvation, but
from a big Jack Johnson shell" casu
ally declared Private de Young to q
party OF Honolulu acquaintance.
Friday afternoon just before he sailed
on a liner bound for a Canadian port
Young is one OF the 10 survivors Of
the Princess Pats" Canadian regi
ment, which was wiped out by gag
attacks and a charge at Ypres early
in the beginning Of the European war
He passed through here yesterday at
a member Of the Ffjian contingent
bound for the third time to the front
although he has twice been dischar2
ed for wounds received in previous
encounters with the Huns.
You see, it was this way" de
Young, who is a California, explained {:
Il and two companions were out on
scout duty with an armored car. We
had been retreating for three days
and were near the Franco-Belglan
border. About all we were getting to
eat was what we picked up In deserted
villages. We were passing an orchard
in which were some big red apples
We knew that the Boches were only
about a quarter Of q mile away, bu!
we thought we were well concealed
and that we could escape anyway
with the armored car. Grabbing
sack. which had been used for bully
beef we made for the orchard. While
filling the sack with appies-we heard
a she'll explosion not far off. One OF
the fellows remarked: Bet that red
barn got Il this time We had COM
mented on the fact that the barn, the
most conspicuous thing in sight, was
still standing as we passed 1t few
moments before.
"But Il wasn't the barn. When we
rot back to where we left the car the
only thing We could find was rear
hind wheel. Can you beat that Tor
luck? But the apples were worth H.
only we had to throw most OF them
away TO keep ahead Of the Germans.
who were getting mighty near by tnal
time" ..
A. ,Em With eayonetS
Ana n IA IN this casual, Joking tone
4hst da Young tells Of his experiences
on the French front during tne nrst
wear of the war, when Things were
roing poorly for the Allies. he was
sshed 10 tell In detail about the charge
- ynres that proved SO deadly to the
.princess Pats. "oh, there Is nothing
- teIl We had to charge. Their
6s.vv artillery was wiping us out:
: - I'm and at 'em' with bayonets."
Thet a the story OF that great
.....-~ ,,.a,,. charge. "A he tells It.
Not one suggestion that the Prln-
ca.s pats could have retreated-or'
stsI more unthinkable to his soldiers
mind. surrendered. When the rln'
cess pats" could no longer dig snem-
selves in from the German aruiiery
fire. there was only one thing 70 90
SUP and at 'em."
sF4rmIy fixed in de Youngs mlno
q the belief that the Germans nad
orders 10 take no Canadian prisoners
- WIRES. "They wanted to DO the
ranadians from the beginning, II they
coulA They knew from Africa tnat
chew could fight. And why couion
thew Most Of them. had used guns
ever since they were boys and knew
how 20 shoot"
OF the horrors and priyadons OF war
de Young has little to say. There Is
only one thing, he says. that IS utterly
impossible 70 stand. That Is the ooor
from the bodies Of dead companions in
aNo Mans Land" between the
trenches. "You can stand the cold,
60 without food and bear the stinS
~ your own wounds, but no one can
stand unmoved the smell OF the dead, /
he says. p.
Between the Lines
After de Young was wounded he
was between the trenches of the Ger
mans and his own lines for a day and
half before he was removed to
hospital. OF this he does not com
plain, but remarked: II didn't take
the maggots long to get at those
wounds.s Then he laughed, and said:
"That reminds me of chap near me.
He was rather badly wounded. but
could walk. He took the first aid
HANDBAGS off Of his wounds to wrap
,sbout his feet. Tommy had no shoes
left and he wanted to keep his feet
from getting cut up while he hiked
back to the hospital.
Don't you believe those Germans
are suffering much. Every time we
took a trench and prisoners we found
them well supplied with jellies, cigar.
boots certainly are better than ours.
This remark again reminded de
Young OF another funny occurrence,
and as though to remove any depres-
sion caused by his reference to the
sufferings of the wounded, he insisted
On telling II, unconsciously using the
accent and some OF the slang OF the
English soldier,
Two Irishmen," said he, were on
.sentry-go. One Of them noticed that
the other had on pair OF crack-up
new boots. g-e-rsas.e =
-sure an where did you get themT