Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-07-23
MARINES HEROIC
UNDER HOT FIRE
Graphic Description of Their Work
in This Engagement at Cha
teau Thierry.

formed by the marines under General
lejeune In France Here are some OF
the things the marines did at Chateau
Thierry and other points along the battle
line rs told in the bulletin:
Sergeant Andrew Panko of Mosque
honing, Penn, rushed a machine gun
alone, killed two operators. seized the am
munition, and directed the gun against
another German position.
when the first wave went over Cor
poral Adolph l.. Betz, Alton, ILL.,; Ser
geaut Guy c. Stickncy, Bothell, Wash,
and Privates Ora J. Easton, Bloomington
Cal; Omer A. Rice, Valley, Neb.; Fred >.
De Witt, Momence, ILL.,, and Frank a.
Reed, Wauneta, Neb., were separated IN
the underbr,,sh from the rest of the force.
They discovered an enemy strongpoint
which WAS decimating the attacking BODY
and without waiting for orders, they riish-
ed fortified position, capGued the guns,
an officer, and Il men.
ssIn the same attack thanking force of
Germans was discovered on the other
side of an open field, which they wore
sweeping with their machine guns Second
Lieutenant Chester Frazer mo addrcssl ;
Walter q. Allen, Meeker, Col; George ..
CoIvcn, Clayton, n. Y; Milton y.
Straight. Baker City, Orc; Edward s.
Smith, Milersburg, Mo; Corporals John
G. Paluss, New Philadeiphia, OHIO;
John L. Ball, E.aston, Md, and Private
Fay Boyette, Matthew'S, \. G.; Lsstes
Bergman, Buffalo, and James A. Hawkinsr
Blame, Wash, charged ACROSS the field
snd routed the enemy. The 10 Amerlcans
not only stopped the flank movement, but
returned with 20 captured guns and l7o
prisoners.
KILLED MACHINE GUSNEBs.
Another machine gun was directing
numerous fire on our men. Private
David p Colvin, Grecnsburg. Penn, and
John r. Ashland, Jr, Pittsburg, stalked
the gun alone and killed the crew OF four,
preventing an attack and saving the de-
tenders from threatened demoralizataon
Later CoIvin, with the officers and non
commissioned officers out OF action,
assumed command of the platoon, turnlng g
In the white heat of battle into a leader.
Private Walter Cook, Dickson City,
Penn, was another man in the ranks W ho
suddenly blossomed into leader, when
Lieutenant Drlnkard B. Nlner, Hender-
son, Texas, WAS left the sole officer IN
command OF the company. Cook Was
appointed the second IN command and
stimulsted and guided the men IN their
sloepless duty, day and night.
How this and that machine gun WAS
captured is dismissed with a sentence IN
the official reports Those who have seen
the nurderous sweep Of such q weapon oi
destruction. which mows down ranks like
q scythe IN field of grain. real 70 the dar-
ing OF q single man capturing q gun PIT
However. it has been done more than ever
before bv these American outfits west OF
Chateau -Thsrrv. Private Walter J.
Hartman of Chicago rushed q gun, XII
lei two of its crew, one Of whom hred
point blank at him and brought back the
gun
Sergeant Tony W Kane Of Chica 60
brought IN smother machine gun which
he had taken slngie-handed alter wiplng
out the crew. Pnvstes Frank J. Barcsy-
kowskI. Buffalo, and Albert T. Barrows,
LINN. Mass, did the same trick. Sergeant
JaInei A. Duoey, Washington, Court
Holse Ohio. and Private Raymond B,
NanslckIc, Savannah, Ga, rounded up q
gun the commanding officer Of which was
captured though another officer and two
men gave I'd their lives before the gun was
s!lenced
Private Roy c Lascher, Akron, Ohio,
was CARRYING messages 10 and from Bel
leau Wood. He knew that the supply Of
rockets had been exhausted. and volun-
tee7ed &c return through the wood and
bring up more He had been wOrkIn &
until the barrri of his rife haburst, making
II unSeruoeable He left the pat made the
TIP and returned with the needed rockets
BRookLsN MANS PLUCk
'sSorne OF the men who are worst be
have In the quiet rest areas are equally as
good fighters as the good boys Jean
Matthias, 239 Prospect Place Brooklyn,
WAS due for q trihlng court7n2rtlal for an
InfractiOn OF the rules When the advance
Gar1ed and after two OF BIS companions
had been sho; down al his side under the
heavy fire. ne chsrged machine gun, shot
three of the crew sDd destroyed the gun.
The charges against him were dismissed
by al official order
Private William " Straight on New
ark, n J., not only trave-s ed the bar
RACES when he ~ras ordered % do 50, but
repeatedly volunteered TO go where the
snelis were falling the thickest Privates
Maurice T. Frock Of Hagersto WI, Nd,
and Edward L. Simpson Of Orange, \. J.,
were other barrage dodgers who kept up
constant communication between the
front line and headquarters IN the rear
.IPrivates Paul Hardzog of Ashevlle
N c.; Jerry NJ DAVID Of Syracuse, n Y,
and Paul T. Hurley Of Ardmore, Penn,
wer1. members of scout patrol which
surprised an enemy machine gun. Rlsking
their own lives, they put an automatic
rife into position, sllenced the enemy gun,
and held of the attack until the remainder
OF their OVID patrol reached safety
private Frank 4. Peterson of Park
CITY, Utah, started up carrying 50-pOun q
Chaucbat rife One ammunition carrie I
dropped wounded. Peterson shouldered d
the heavy clips 4 minute later second d
carrier dropped. Peterson added the m
Inunit1on to has own burden and reach ed
the SPOT picked out for him, packing the
rife and all the ammunition
The higher officers are not supposed 0
expose themselves, as they direct move
Inents from the post command head
quarters, and experienced officers are too
rare to take risks. No such highu
value was set on himself by certai :
Lieutenant colonel. He left his sheite
hole in the Belleau Wood in the mids'
Of terrific shelling from high explosive
and mustard gas and arsenic bombs to en-
courage the men to stick fast In the day
time he m owed with the first line and went
forward with the attacking waves. He
seemed to bear d charmed life. 1his
officers comment when told that the
genera highly commended him in orders
said. i appreciate the honor, but it doe-
not bring back the men lost.
CAPTURED PARTY or GERMANS
Captain AIphonse De Care, Wash