McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1918-09-13
GOT THIRTY HUNS
BEFORE He DIED
scoTTY, YOUNGEST SOLDIER IN
PERsHINo's FORCES, Is
MouRNEp BY ARMY.
HIS HEROIC DEATH RELATED
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Scott, the youngest soldier In General
Pershing's army in France--he was
but fifteen years of age and Brook
line, Mass, high school boy when he
enlisted-is dead, shot through the
head by German sniper after he had
laid thirty foes to rest, and the army
mourns Its boy hero.
A soldier writer for The Stars and
Stripes, the A. E. p. paper, tells this
story:
''In the regiment they are talking
these days of all the good pals they
lost In the fierce. unfortgettable chase
they gavc the Germans In the great
retreat from the Marine. But most of
ala little oftener and bit more
fondly--they talk of Scotty.
"He was a good kid, they say, and
he died on his gun.
"His great chance came when on
that historic July Is his regiment got
the order for which, through many a
month of dreams, it had longed--the
order to advance. 1t went is kllome-
tiers without stopping, chasing the Boche
up hill and down dale, fighting its way
through patch after patch Of inviting
woods that would prove treacherous
with hidden machine guns.
.'In the first days Of that battle, the
movement was so swift that more than
once a small German rear guard and an
advance Yank platoon would meet In
the forest and fight out then and there
a complete and separate battle all their
own. SO 1t was with the Indians, as
Scotty's regiment was nicknamed, one
afternoon, as they were making their
way. past the bitterly won town of
Epieds.
"At the cross road they saw troops
approaching them in column of squads.
The officer in charge caught them In
the focus of his field glasses. They
were BOches, coming on. The Yanks
waited, itching to open fire, but hiding
their time. Suddenly the Boches de-
serted the road and came on them
through the forest.
1.-THE lieutenant placed his men along
roadside ditch. He placed Scotty
and his sho-sho beside a tree and
squarely opposite narrow woodland
path that opened across the way. He
could see straight down that patti, and
the Boches were bound either to come
along 1t or to cross it.
"'See that path, ScottyT said the
lieutenant. That's your target. Not
one of them must cross it,
Ives, sir said Scotty, and dropped
beside his gun.
Then from the high branches Of
| Dany a tree and from many shelter
the German fire opened, and the Yank
fire answered.
"a gray figure darted suddenly into
the leafy path. He fell.
"Another appeared. He fell.
"There was perhaps ten minutes Of
| that, and what was left of the German
party was withdrawing when a handful
| of soldiers scampered along the road.
They were Germans, but they shouted
as they ran, Don't shoot, we're Amer
| leans
For a moment, just for the space
| that a breath Is held, Scotty thrust his
head up to see. From his perch in
some tree sniper shot him In the
| forehead Another bullet found his
heart. He fell forward, dead. on his
gun.
'They had killed him, but the mum.
Der of their dead that are counted as
his was thirty"
Roller skates as part Of the speed
up program In force at the Rock Island
arsenal, Illinois, have been adopted by
women messenger employees.
Women employed in the time divis-
ion at the arsenal are voluntarily work.
tng the first Saturdays and Sundays Of
each month closing the pay roll sheets
$50 that all arsenal workers may be
paid promptly.
According to the Arsenal Record, "
published by the employees. Rev. M. e.
Krotzer, pastor OF the Presbyterian
churches at LeClaire and Princeton,
Iowa, is putting In his FIVE weeks va
cation as an arsenal worker. The same
paper reports the fiftieth anniversary
as an arsenal worker at Rock Island of
Emil Beck, seventy years old. inspector
In the tin shop, who went there when
the arsenal consisted of a small group
OF wooden buildings. relics of Civil war
days. and employed from 200 to 40C
men only through the summer months.
+ Cuba has closing law which shuts
all stores, warehouses. shops. etc.. in
the larger cities at 9 .. M, week days
and all dry Sundays. Retail food
stores keep open until s p. m. week
days and 10 D. m. Sundays. Barber
shops remain open until D. IN. on
Mondays and Fridays. IL p. IN. Satur-
days. but cannot sell perfumes while
general stores are closed.
A company has been formed in
Yokohama, japan. to turn out a sub
stitute for Portland cement. The new
material will be made of lava and lime
| Ordinary building in Great Britain
is almost at standstill. Over two
years ago the government issued an
order restricting expenditure upon all
building operations TO a sum rot ex'
ceeding s2.433, but the increa.,a cost
Of material and labor has reduced the
value of the allowance to one-half.
Appointments are turning to Ameri-
| can wearing apparel, especially hosi.