The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-09-20
band, when 1t comes marching home
again-every man hero.
Whole Band HonOred.


For upon the honor rolls at marine
corps headquarters in Washington are.
inscribed sixteen names, designated as
heroes of the great struggle at Beiieau
Wood, now named by grateful
France. 'Bois de la Brigade des Mar
ines" These names are:
Private John James Carter, musician.
son of Burton Carter, benson, Kan.
Corp. Jack Oliver Bullock; barber, son
of James J. Bullock, Urich, Mo-.
Private Harold Francis Gordon. student
son Of Mrs; Mary Gordon, Cos West Fourth
Private Harry James Artman. student,
son of John S. Artman, Denison. Kan.
Corp. Howard 8. Barnard, musician son
" sergt. Ralph o. Sinclair. salesman. son of
Ruben S. Sinclair, I'll Schilling avenue,
Hiawatha, Kan.
son Of Mrs. Amelia MeGrew, sol West
Fourth street, Holton, Kan.
Private Martin A. Bender, attorney, SD
Kansas avenue, Holton. Kan.
Corp. Coral F. Beaver, salesman. son OF
Dr. Henry J: Beaver, d Eaisyie e Kan t.snisn,.
SON of Mrs. Cora A. Moore. e21 West Fifth
street, Holton. Kan.
son of Frank L. Williams, Clay Center.
| Kan.
Private, Paul Dallas Rust, student. son
| Corp. r. Preston Heidrich, clerk, son of
Anthony Heidyich. Madison, Kan.
Corp HaTela 3. Friend, student, son OF
| Private George Eugene Crawford, school
| teacher, son Of James W. Crawford, Whit
| Corp. Hancher Landen vatter, printer,
| son of Ed Vetter, Horton, Kan.
Regular Holton Boys.
These sixteen names once were the
names which formed the roster of the
| Holton, Kan, town band. There was
had organized it: Raymond Aller
| Moore. whose skill had turned many a
time to the repair OF the wheat header
or the Kansas motor car; Jack" Bull
| lock, the barber; George Eugene
Crawford, who taught school when he
was not running the scales; Haucher
L. Vetter, the printer: Pres" Heidrich
who clerked when not reading music
John James Carter and Howard s.
Barnard. regular musicians; Ralph o
Sinclair and Coral L. Deaver. who sole
goods during the week while not prac-
ticing on the Saturday evening over.
lures, and Edward Nash McGrew
Josiah Davis Williams. Harold Fran
els Gordon. Harry James Artman
Paul Dallas Rust and Harold 4
nounce their occupations as other thar
Students
Such was the Holton, Kan, cit!
band the night of July 9, 1917. Blu
twentyfour shours later, they had seer
a great metamorphosis.
said goodby to its band-then waited
for news. At last it came. The litt1
3 amateur gathering has become a par
of great professional organization
| now. The marine corps had needet
: musicians also. and now those sixteel
/ men were members of the organization
t that was to spur the members of tn
!; Sixth regiment of United State
. marines along on its weary marches.
In Mission of Mercy.
June. 1918. Nearly year had gon
: by. The parade thru Paris was over
The band instruments had been lai
t aside. Out there in 'front.' where tn
/ green-blue woods of the forest Of Bel
e leau stretched away from the sur
i rounding fields, the machine gun
!, were cracking. the booming gas shell
nj We're bursting, the artillery roarin
i and coughing forth its death.
e Into the barrages and out sagai
: went the sixteen men. The high ex
{ plosive shells were breaking nea
: them, the heavy, reeking clouds G
U deadly gas enveloped them, but sti
2 they carried on. still they performe
s their miSsion-that of mercy.
Get Their Reward.
Days went to week, and a wee
nearly to fortnight. Then-the gal
liant fourteen, relieved at last. wer
back to their rest billetsEand to thei
reward-the knowledge that many c
their comrades who had fallen woul
again be well.
But there was another reward ais
a reward that is attached to the recor
book of every member of the Horto
band. now sergeants and corporals an
rrivates of the United States marin
corps. 1t is a personal recommends
ton from ]. T. Boone, regimental SUI
geon, recommending them for recos
milton suitable to their distinguishe
service.
Some day. when the war is over,
group of men may again gather in IL
hall above the hardware store. Lac
of practice may again cause that drul
to race ahead or lag behind, ths
trombone to squawk in the wror
, place, that cornet to break" with tt
high notes. But there will be no 81
percilious comment. One does n,
sheer at heroes.
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