Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-11-21

Company I, 112th Regiment. 2sth
DIVISION, has written two interesting
letters to his parents, Mr.. and Mrs,
Charles M. Fitzgerald. So North
seventeenth street, in which he. re-
counts some of the exciting mo-
ments in the big battles in which the
ilZth played so important a part.
ms company in one push drove back
the Germans in front of them a
ulstance of two miles before ston-
ping Later all of the sergeants
except himself, were wounded. and
When he wrote the second letter.
ne, 100, was in the hospital. injured.
but not seriously.
sergeant Fitzgerald tells i'm his
iirst letter that the boys have been
right back of the firing line frsm
July until August, as reserve
lorces. He and the others in the
company were relieved on the night
or August IL. his birthday. I'm all
the hghting that we were in l shot
iiVe shells out my rifle, ,"Nhe writes,
ana 63 magazines of seven shots
each, trom my revolver, so believe
me- l got my share as between the
German line and our line there was
Qlstance OF about twenty yards
at the most. There was a miniature
track that ran on top of a little
pahk, Just made wide enough for
'hat one track, so you see how we
Were' with the Germans on one
SIDE and we were on the other. The
only thlng the Germans were using
We're machine guns, and believe me
they certainly are a wicked ma
chine, and they had hundreds of
them right in front of us on the
other side of the bank.
Our company captured two r.dl-
roads, advanced over u river. and
drove the Germans back two miles
before they stopped us at the bank.
Dut by that time half of our bows
were out, wounded. very few of
them were killed. We held our po-
Sition there for fifty-two hours be-
fore we were relieved. We
We're caught in four German artil-
lery barrages in twelve hours. The
Fourth Platoon of Company l.
which l have charge of, had GA men
when we went up and when we came
back l called roll and 22 were ac-
counted for.
On the Go
In his next letter mailed last
month he writes: 1--WE certainly
have those sauerkraut eaters on the
go and we have not had any rest
since we started on the Fourth of
July, but you can see the boys don't
need anw rest to get the Germans
on the move.
Il was the only sergeant left in
our company on the first of Octo-
Der, all the others were back in the
hospital. On the third there were
orders sent to headquarters recon-
mending me for bravery for pulling
off stunt and on the fourth 1 got
wounded and l arrived at the base
hospital on the eighth.
BY the way things look to me I
believe this war will soon end, l be-
lieve this winter some time, and 1
suppose that it is the only way we
will get a rest"
Segeant Fitzgerald enlisted in
Company ], of the old Eighth Regi-
ment and was in service on the Mex
lean border under the late Lieuten-
ant Colonel Frank e. Ziegler, who
was then a captain. 'faitZ," as he is
called by the men in his platoon is
we'll known in the city, having been
connected with the Harrisburg Tele-
graph for number of years.
George ID. Yontz, 2126 Moore
street, has arrived overseas safely
according TO word received by his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. n. r. Yontz.
He is in the 11Sth Engineers. In
civil life he was a brakeman in the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company's
yards here.
Another Harrisburger who has
crossed the ocean safely according
to word received by his mother, is
Chester z. Motter. His mother, Mrs.
Anna l.. Motter, recently received a
card telling of his arrival overseas.
He is identified with Company C,
304th Battalion. Tank Corps and
was stationed at Camp Colt, Gettys-
burg.
Among the Harrisburg boys wear
| ing the khaki 10 Robert H. Worley,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Woriey,
22S Herr street. He is now at Camp
Dewey, Washington, as member
OF the Naval Reserve.
III. L. carp, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
B. w. carp, 1923 Derry street, is
in the Medical Corps, and is sta
toned at the Army Medical Col
ege, Washington, d. G. He is wide-
| ly known here.
|