Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-19

German beer is good. Well. they evil
IDENTIFY anticipated our coming. for
when we broke through, a crowd OF
other seth men and myself, there
were only few Germans left. They
We're sitting on the steps of the
storehouse and promptly surrender
ed Everything was packed and
ready for removal. but l guess we got
there too quickly for them.
Anyway. we had plenty of good
beer to drink and you can bet we
drank it and twenty German soldiers
and two officers we captured stood by
and watched us drink. No. we didn't
give them any"
An idea OF the fighting qualities OF
the Prussian Guard was contributed
by John Webb. of 615 Hamilton
avenue, North Bergen, n. j., who
fought against them at st. Mihiel
with machine gun company of the
old 69th.
1T seemed that every time we ran
into them they'd come running up to
us yelling Don't kill me. I've got a
mother. father. wife and three chill
dren,' but our commanding officer
would always say, Give 'em HE'LL and
we always did"
Webb who is better known as
Lefty" Webb. was MANNED by ma
chine-gun bullets and Was gassed.
Surprised nt Decoration
Lieutenant William j. Moore. OF
397 First avenue, who failed in an at
tempt to evade reporters who wanted
to know how he won the Croix de
Guerre, was finally corralIed in the
officers cabin. He was with the old
seth down on the Mexican border.
When he saw his first action he
wore the cheyrons OF a sergeant. He
received his commission and the cross
at the same time for yalorous work
in the Luneville sector.
Moore late in March took command
of a sector during a heavy lombard
ment after his immediate superior,
Lieutenant Normand, was killed. He
organized rescue parties to excaEate
men caught in caved-in dugouts. A
heavy shelling continued for twenty
four hours, and during the fusillade
Captain George McAdle. of his COM
pany, was wounded.
After we had been at II for TWEEN
ty-four hours" said the New York
man, we were relieved by Company
and ordered to the rear to rest
up. We lost forty-two of our men.
\ week later I received a letter from
the commanding general of the
French army. with the surprising in
AOrmation that I had been designated
to receive the Croix de Guerre."
Private Charles Burke, of los Con-
gress avenue. Flushing, L. l., Com
pany D. 165th Infantry also wore the
French war medal. He vas shot
through both legs in the fighting in
the Argonne Forest. He went out
with a handful of other Americans
and effected an impromptu raid. cap
turing twenty-five Germans and the
colonel in charge of a listening post.
Joseph O'Neill, Company F., same
regiment. went over the top at Cha
teau Thierry with two mules draw
fng a field kichen. On his way back
a shell burst and took of the hind
legs OF the mules. They crawled
along on the stumps until they were
safely within the American lines. then
fell. he said. American machine gun
ners ended their misery.
Peter Murray and a number OF
other old 69th men, were in a shell
hole without food or water for four
teen hours at st, AIihiel.
Praise for His OHicers
Sergeant Victor j. Herold, Com
pany Z. old Sixty ninth, told of his
experiences. 1t was following
heavy barrage. laid down by the Ger
mans that he and three others, one
his brother Ernest. were sent out to
bring V wounded man back to the
lines.
LAS We were carrying our COM
rade back" he said, II was hit. I
told the others to take care of the
other man first. Later my brother
returned and wanted to help me but
1 told him could get back all right.