South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-05-22
CRITICISM NOT
NEEDED, SAYS
LIEUT.. ROBERTS
Knife and Fork Club Hears
Two SpeakerS-0ffiCerS
and Directors are
Elected.

This is no time for criticism. We
are in this war 10 win. and those
who know nothing about conditions
over there have no business trying
TO offer SUGGESTIONS"
This statement, following a long
story OF experiences he encountered
while hghting In the air. as told by
Lieut.. T. VI. Roberts OF the Royal
flying corps. was heartily appro ed
by members OF the Knife and 20. K
club. judging from the applause
from some 500 members who at
tended the last dinner OF the sea-
son. held at the oliver ho:el last
night.
Lieut.. Roberts is an American.
having been born in Duluth. MINI
Al the time the war broke out. he
was working in the foothills of the
Rocky mountains In Canada. He en-
listed in October. 1914. and after
being gassed al.o wounded once, he
won a commission in the flying
corps.
Capt. a. P. simmons Of New
York. who has been ENGAGED in in
vestigation for the United States,
spoke on the subject. Bring the
War Home to Ny Government"
pointing out the reasons why Amer
"a is at war. and telling something
OF the nature OF he foe with which
the nation must deal
Elect Officers.
Officers and directors for the com
Ing season were elected at the meet
ms. Rudolph Ii. Horst was select
ed president A. r. Erskine. vice
president, and L. +. Greenan, sVcre-
tary-treasurer. Directors for the
year are T. n. Brandon. J. L. Nen
+. +. Hering, l.. p. Hardy George
"A. Wheelock. c. A. Dolph. H Gail
Davis. Donald MacGregor. Fred
Rsimold and Ivar Hennings of South
BEND. w. n. Chandler OF Misha-
waka. w. n. Knickebocker of Elk
hart. DR.. s. p. Tracy OF walkerton.
and A. G. stone OF Niles.
The nominating committee was
composed OF Warde l.. Mack. chair
man: d. j. Farneman. John De-
Haven, W. H. Holland, Abe Frank,
w. G.. Crabill. Charles T.. Speth, n.
+. Dalton. and L. NJ. Hammer
schmidt OF south Bend. and Stan
ley Mcintosh OF Mishawaka.
The interesting story of his rise
from private in regiment of Cana
dian infantry 10 lieutenant in the
dying corps was told 10y Lieut. Rob
erts. My first duties in France
were connected with the transport
ing Of mutations" he explained 81
was sergeant. and had charge OF
seven motor trucks One afternoon
one or the trucks broke down. and
so I sent the others on back 10 the
station 20 reload. and crawled under
the broken one 10 put in new uni
versal joint when j got that n&ed
up, / sent the driver on with IT, tell
ing him that ] would wait until the
trucks returned
How He Watched"
Waiting was tedious business. so
i climbed a hill nearby 20 watch
the night 1 hadn't been standing
there Ions when a Canadian cap
tain came up and asked me what I
was doing I'm watching the fight
I told him. Well, he said. come
along with me. and get good look
at it,
SO he put a 5ox OF ammunition
on my back. and We went down 10
the first line trenches. and out into
a sap. about 20 feet out in no mans
land. We hadn't been there IS min
utes before the German attack came
over. They were moved down in
waves. and after two hours and "a
half they withdrew, leaving literal
heaps OF dead on the field.
Pretty soon we noticed a brown
cloud above the German trenches,
which looked as though they =. ere
cooking something. The wind was
slightly toward US. and pretty soon
We could smell the stun. IL got