The Washington herald., 1918-10-23
Got Their Dinner.

Got Their Dinner.
II seems that it really was the
German officers birthday. He and
his friends" got their dinner with
the Americans all right.
One OF the men who saw Eddie
Grant killed was former police
man at the Polo Grounds. Eddie
Grant was dog-tired," said this man
today. But he stepped off at the
head of his Outfit with no more con-
Germ than If he were walking to his
old place at third base after his side
had finished its turn at the bat.
Like many others. he was worn
down almost to a shadow. He stag
gered from weakness when he first
started of. but pretty soon he was
marching briskIy with his head up"
Grant Is the first big league ball
player to be killed in the war His
chum Harry Mccormick was shell
shocked some time ago and is back
in the States. They went to Platts-
burg together.
Tom Jenkins. former White Sox
kCatcher. was discovered yesterday
scraping the mud off himself in
wayside billet. He had just come
out of the line with his outfit He
has seen quite a lot of service.
strip for ''De-IousIng.-
Some of the men from the Seven
ty-seventh are now at a "de-Ious-
ing" station. This is just what the
name implies. There's no use max
ing bones about it. C'est la guerre,
as the Frenchman says.
The men are marched there direct
| from the lines. They strip them
| selves and each mans clothing is
I tied up in a bundle with his name
I on. The bundles then are passed
through steaming process which
/ destroys what the soldiers call
"ssam squirrels" This process
takes about forty minutes. In the
meantime the men wait around with
nothing on but their raincoats.
| sometimes not even them.
After being rid of their unweI-
! come roommates they get rest.
The Germans are great hands at
building elaborate dugouts and
\ other shelters in their trenches. Our
men move into these habitations as
fast as they can chase the Germans
out.
They always discover that Jerry
has left many OF his pet cooties be-
mind. When a man gets the German
breed mixed up with his good old
fashioned home-like Uncle SammIe
grayback, much unrest develops.
/ Tales from the Argonne.
! The fighting has passed beyond the
Arsohne' out every day scores of new
stories come floating out of the forest
! of startling incidents of the great
campaign. whole book could be
written about the battle in the woods.
! One division was under command of
! Gen. Alexander Bluff. a thick-set old
/ warrior. He made the division Don
like new saddle from the moment
| he took hold. One OF his brigades
| was under Gen. Wittemeyer. who
\ started with the division at Upton.
/ He helped form and develop the out
| of blood on the Eesle, as well as
| through its great trial by fire in
| the tangled grove OF western France,
| that will forever be haIlowed to Amer
! leans.
Wittemeyer is a grizzled foot SOL
der who has followed the flag all over
| the world. He was with the Ninth
infantry in the boxer campaign.
Hand-to-hand scraps were frequent.
Last night we had the first clear
moonlight in the region close to the
| front in many weeks "Jerry's"
Fokkers promptly took the air
They went out sightseeing. In one
little town which was once the scene
| OF much bombing. during different
periods Of the war. a major, or COM
mandant walked into an officers club
where a big crowd WAS dining He
announced casually that alert" had
been sounded and that il might be
good idea for the folks to 20 to the
abris shelters
Then he sat down calmly and began
] eating his own meal No bombing
was reported.