The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-09-06
GOOD old pep" never LEAVES
YOUR UNCLE SAMUELS FIGHTER
IN the Battle Line or Lying Wounded in a Hospital His Chief Charac-
teristic Is His Indonftable Sphit-If There Is Yet an
American Who Does Not Hate the Hun He Should Hear
the Tales Of the Heroes Of Chateau Therry.

Paris.-The indomitable and uncon-
Querable spirit of the soldiers from
the United States Is N OF the out
standing characteristics that excite
the admiration Of ell who come In con-
tact with them. They make the Amer
lean prond Of his nationality and
arouse the envy OF those who, by cir
cumstances over which they have no
control, are denied the privilege to be
one Of them.
r. there is yet an American who
does not hate the Hun, he or she
should have seen the. first trainload
OF American wounded that arrived
here from Chateau-Thierry. As these
heroes modestly related their expert
ences, one had a mingled feeling OF
worship for them and intense hatred
for the aforementioned beasts who are
responsible for the awful agony which
the world Is now suffering.
In a compartment with a number OF
French wounded was n n~ineteen-year-
old boy from Chicago. He was all
alone and surrounded by men who
could not speak his language. He was
In the most terrific pain, but managed
to keep down the slightest groan.
Nothing could have drawn a whisper
from him before his French comrades
In arms.
A Red Cross doctor asked him II
there was anything he wanted.
"Just q drink OF water, please" was
the low answer
He got II. The doctor asked IL there
was anything else he wanted. The
boy wanted to be turned on his side.
With a machine-gun bullet through
his leg and a wound that had scorched
its way across his hips, to say moth
Ing Of an injured arm. he was perfect
" incapable OF helping himself.
The doctor turned him on his side
and then discovered the lad had had
nothing to eat for SO hours. Unfor-
tunately he was only one of many I'm
the same fix. The Red Cross did Its
best and soon had what emergency
food II had In the hands of those who
were still able to use them. The more
seriously injured. Of course. were the
nrst to be removed by the long line
Of waiting ~ambulances.
IndomItabIe Spirit.
Before the train pulled In the ambu-
lances were drawn up and waiting. So
was q small crowd. As the first ann
ibulance quit the station the crowd
started to cheer. There was a dough-
boy on the front seat with the driver,
one arm In 4 sling, the other stufiing
q sandwich into his mouth. He waved
the sandwich In acknowledgment,
while b contented look came over his
drawn and tired face.
The crowd increased as the ambu-
lances formed almost q continuous
train. Words Of sympathy were heard
on all sides not unmingled with tears
- the flower Of Young America that
had marched forth so v~aliantly a few
short months before was painstaking'
~ transferred to base hospitals.
At the end Of the procession came
! cortego that the crowd grasped the
meaning Of IN 4 moment. They were
ambulnnces, but their destination was
the cemetery and not the hospital
The women wept openly and crossed
themselves, while the hat of every
man IN the crowd came off In a re
spectful salute to the dead.
The sight was one to wiring thu
heart. but the indomitable spirit o.
America bobbed up whenever a mar
able to talk above q gasp was found
Many Of the wounds were from shrap
mel. Where they were not reall,
serious the possessors told the tall
OF WHIST they had been through.
1t was i've o'clock In the morning Of
July 10 before the platoon to which
Louis Cooke Of Rayyille. La. belonged
nav the Germans approaching.
~Our cflcer Just yelled. Let's ge
'em. boysr and we started aftel
them.~ said Cook. ssThe Heinies were
coming up on the south bank OF tn,
MaFne and there were only eight o
a. to about sixteen Of them, but w
sure cleaned out that first batch. M.
pleasure ended right there. though
AOr y piece VI uTdpuc uuu6cu uic ~
the left arm and At was back to tn
woods for me. But, believe me, m
company aid its share In driving tn
HUNS into the river"
Didn't Know When 10 Guilt.
n anyone wants to know why tn
Ames1cans were at first driven bac
from tae river bank. they are hereb
lroGcEecd 10 Lonnfe Shelton Of BuI
dlnoy X. Shelton's unit alone too
loyok 90 prisoners when the Amer
con0 returned to the cCunter-attacl
and but for the fact that a humble
~ fhoSp were Knocked out, as Shelto
NJ. thoy would have still been goinl
@aKhey knocked rs back at first b
a. moot terrific barrage ! ever sa'
ftoEnod loose. but we didn't stay bac
g1onoys declared he. I'VE got the ordt
% counter-attack. and the way v
Wodod hack Into Nj. Boche vas som
thing 70 Write home about. I've new
s.yooon such = bunch a. we had. Ths
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