The sun., 1918-10-02

use the bayonet forward on the rush
The minute the German soldier secs
IT'S hand to hand jam he either tries
only to parry the bayonet thrusts or
what happens oftener-when you como up
to him on the run he throws down his gun.
And then the first thing he does 10 to
knock OF his own helmet and reach In
hurry for the little round cloth cap
that's part OF his uniform and stick II on
his head. Somehow the German soldier
seems TO believe that enemies who come
up to him while he's wearing his little
cap instead Of the helmet know that SO
far as this war IL concerned he's
through. finished, quit"
One veteran" ated all OF 10 years,
seemed at first glance sound Of body
and limb. Nevertheless. on his right
close sleeve was a gold chevron. which
showed he had been wounded More
glorious stiil, from the breast Of HE
infantry tunic dangled the>Crosa Of War
Of France A closer view showed that
his left eye was glass and there were
marks on his ruddy young face which
showed where the flesh had been torn
when his eye was blown out while fight
ing in Alsace
- Beneath the skin on the right side Of
his nose. II was learned. silver plate
replaced much missing bone In his lefi
arm was silver tube But all his
heart very evidently was and Is pure
gold
Thrilling Work In . PHI Box.
His name Is Darwin Kragle. and he Is
a good looking lad who was born and
raised In San Francisco. At 15 years OF
age he went into the army as q bugler.
Tho recruiting sergeant didn't know he
was only IS then, but that's neither here
nor there. He served In the Philippines
and then came back to the States and
enlisted as q private In the Eleventh
Infantry and at length saw service in
Mexico. At no time during these days
OF his boyhood career did he welcome
questioning from the authorities as 10
the exact date OF his birth.
Then the great war came and he was
hurried abroad early as a private in the
Eighteenth Infantry, landing in France
on June 2s, 1917. On the night Of No
vember Is young Kragle and two ma
chino gun helpers named Duffendeck and
Maddix. were In pill box pumping their
machine gun when things began to hap
pen to them In the midst Of q German
rush.
All that night the three lads fought II
out from their little pill box. which was
sixty yards IN advance OF their neares;
comrades. As the night wore on, Duff
fendeck was killed and, soon after. Mad
dix lay dead beside Kragle With NO
helpers to assist him Krasle continued
to feed the long strips Of cartridges into
his automatic. the two dead boys lying
beside him in the dark.
Throughout the night. with no food OF
water. he fought on alone. and lonely
Day broke and still he continued to
pump at tn eenemy what was left OF tbs
$500 rounds he had brought to the pill
box on Monday night. All day Tuesday
lie held his own. Night fell again ana
still he held his ground.
A few minutes after II o'clock on
Tuesday night or twenty-five hours after
he and his helpers had started their good
work. he heard the onrusi of tho Amer
lean troops coming to his pin box. pass
Ing II and rushing on In swfft advance
He crawled out to join In the onward
rush when there was O roar and his
world went out.
His own Captain and a French Colo
nei. De Mallot. were flashing electric
torches into his face when consciousness
came back to him. Only a yard away
was the pill box, badly smashed His
left eye had been shattered. his nose
split. his left arm torn and broken
eight bad wounds in all. leaving him
weak from shock and loss Of blood.
Young Private kragle tried to rlss
and salute. He toppled forward ant
his Captain caught him and placed q
bracing arm around him. And there
and then. without waiting for forma,i
ties Col. de Mallot stepped toward hin
on the black battlefield. kissed his bloody
cheek. and by the light OF the electric
torch pinned on the boys breast the Wal
Gross of France
To-day the 'orty-eieht viii tour III,
town atop big buses to whoop things W
for the greatest Liberty Loan. At II
o'clock this morning any one who see.
them start from 90 West Twenty seventh
street and head toward Broadway will
know that every ,Krinnine lad aboart
the buses could tell a personal tale o.
an epic kind--if he thought 1t worth tn,
telling.
Down town they will go 10 the Ba.
terry, thence through the financial dis
| trict and on up town through various
sections of Broadway. Lafayette an'
Ninth streets. Fifth avenue, uppe
Broadway and Manhattan street an,
| finally to luncheon at p. NJ. at Pabst
Harlem -asino. An hour later they vii
return to the Hotel Darlington. now uset
| for Government purposes. along q rout
, that will include l25th street. Avenue J
and south on Avenue A to Twenty
seventh street again.
Honor Roll Of Heroes.
To those who wish to yell a persona
greeting to the cheering lads as the.
/ pass on their buses. here's a roster o
their names:
Ralph NJ. Draper. Spokane; Leslie E
Rape. Whitney. Tex; Robert L. Car
! rithers. Louisville, KY: II. f. Hennessy
| Chicago: Robert A. HIigendorf, Lincoln
Kan. William De Grow, Whit.lemore
: Mich; T. J. Mccarthy. Chicago: Clar
! ence s. Creighton. LancaS.sr. Ohio
Howard Petoskey, Marion. Mich. Ro
! land Colby. Detroit. Mich; Sergean
Herman r. Cravens. Cottage Grove
! Tenn. John NJ. Cook. Buffalo: Berna0
I Kearney, Spokane. Wash. Corpora! Car
son Reynolds. Hieskill. Tenn. Edwar'
3 bingham, Ala. Arthur Pelton. Dorches
( ter, Mass; Guy Crigler. Franklin. "
Va. Fred l.. Betterton. La Grange, Ga.
| James W. Kaiser. East Liverpool. Ohio
| Corporal Frank NJ Jacobs, Brooklyn.
Farrell Hopkins, Tarkio. Mont FIRE.
! Auerbach, Great Falls, Mont; ALDER
Amiotte, Arvada, Wyo.; Sophus Nelson
Omaha; Jack Howard, La Grange, Ga.
Harry @. Nangle, Toledo; ]. w. McVey
Fort Worth. Tex. Waiter Pierce. Newto
: MIA, Mo. Carl L. johnson, Salt Lake City
Corporal Sidney u. Hill, Roche Harboi
, Wash. Corporal Glenn G. Hill Roche
| Harbor. Wash. d. N. Pogue, Sour Lake
Tex. Sergeant Henry Kaskey. Chicago
Sergeant q. de HAN. ICELAND. Mich.
Sergeant Claude Nelson. Oakland. Cal.
e piDf,Ran11 Na
Earl o. Anderson. Rockford, Ill. Fran
| eeN GaRtonyilia Pa. T. II ReaI