The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1918-03-28

he Is sill obliged To use crutches. he
expects 10 recover the use Of both
limbs.
Sergeant Captures Fifteen Men.
SO many stories Of brave deeds come
from the battle fronts that It is diff
cult for the STATS 10 select the heroes
most entitled TO military honors. A
New York Herald correspondent has
gone through record Of the most
recent awards and chosen the follow.
ing as worthy Of special newspaper
mention:
Sergeant 4. w. Bennett. Of East Sur
rev. led the first wave Of an attacking
party with great gallantry and dash to
the first objective. capturing fifteen Of
the enemy and killing many more. He
then took command of the party and
led them to their second objective
where he killed an officer and several
men. During the withdrawal Of the
raiding party he showed fine exam
pie to his men, and withdrew them as
If on parade, although subjected to
severe rifle fire.
Private J. w. Barker. Royal Scots
Fuslliers-A bomber was shot close to
him. and two of the bombs In his pouch
were ignited. Barker pulled open the
mans pouch and threw both bombs
away, when they Immediately explod-
ed. He was dressing the wounded
man at the time, and his action saved
many of his comrades.
Stand on Live Grenade.
Corp. T. W. Allison. Northumber-
land Fusiliers-When his officer was
severely wounded and lying under fire
he went back and sheltered him with
his body at great personal risk until II
was possible TO move him to a place
Of safety. No praise can be too great
for this splendid act of devotion.
Private +. Novel;. Royal Scots-He
was preparing TO fire a rife grenade
when an enemy shell burst, knocked
the rifle out Of his hand and caused
the grenade to fall out. Calling to the
men near TO get clear, he put his foot
on the grenade which exploded and
blew Off his foot. BY this act he saved
the lives of an officer and five men.
Private T. II. Seel, Northumberland
regiment-While carrying message
from brigade headquarters to a for
ward station was badly wounded In the
head and both legs by shell within
800 yards of his destination. He
crawled the rest Of the way and de-
llvered the dispatches.
Private c. +. Passoe, Manchester
acknowledgements by another
soldier he went 200 yards to detached
post to bring in wounded man. They
dressed the wounds and carried the
man 700 yards across the open In broad
daylight, In spite of rifle fire, machine
gun fire from an alrplane and the
ground. and sniping, as well as heavy
shell fire during the concluding 100
yards of their journey.
Aviator Saves Men In Boat.
Pioneer w. T. Smith Royal Flying
corps-As gunner in an airplane he
shot down an enemy machine, but his
own pilot was then wounded and fell
forward insensihle on the control lev
er. Smith climbed forward along the
plane. pulled the pilot Off the lever,
and got the machine under control.
The pilot partly recovered and Smith
remained standing on the side of the
body of the machine shouting words
OF encouragement to him. The ma
chine was eventually landed without
much damage
Agents of the British and Foreign
Sailors society tell n thrilling story of
a French alrman's quick and heroic
action in saving life. Several British
sailors were in an exhausted condition
in an open boat, having been on a tor
pedoed steamship. when French flyer,
coming from nowhere apparently.
swooped down close TO him and drop
ped life belt. On II was a slip of
paper with this message:
"Cheer up, lads, I'm going for help"
He vanished in jlffy. Five hours
latter ship he had summoned arrived
and rescued the drifting men who
could have survived but a few hours
longer. The name Of the French avI-