South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-11-15
SCOTCH WOMEN
WIN GRATITUDE
OF DOUGHBOYS
Yankee Lads NurSed Back to
Health After ShipWreCk
Have Affecting Parting
From BenefaCtOrS.
BRIDGEND. ISLAND OF 1sLAY.

BRIDGEND, ISLAND OF ISLAY,
SCOTLAND, oct. 12.-(Correspond-
ence.)-There were tears in the eyes
OF five American soldiers saved from
the wrecked troopship Otranto
when they said goodby today 10 the
good people Of the little hamlet Of
Kilchoman. They had just attended
simple sabbath service especial
held for them by their friend tn
padre, the Rev. Donald Grant. iu
The cottage of the village schoolmis-
tress, Mrs Isabelle MacIntyre. who
had personally cared for seven of
the twenty survivors who reached
he island and who with Mrs. Grant,
the padres wife, were regarded by
the men AS second mothers.
One Of the five, Private Earl Gar
yer Of Cincinnati. owed his life 10
Mrs. Grant who worked for FIVE
hours over him before he revived,
and who was fighting to save Pri-
Vate William Cooney of Augusta,
Ga, critically iii with pneumonia.
For years Mrs Grant was the assist
ant matron of a big hospital in Glas-
cow and Or. Hugh Mcintyre OF
Bridgend who treated all the Otran-
10 survivors. regards her as one OF
the most skilful nurses in Scotland.
Big Sergeant c. A. Mcdonald Of
Galesburg, H., was visibly affected
over the handshaking. and he said
as they drove away 10 Bridgend,
That's almost as bad as it was 20
leave home"
Little Know Sacrifices.
But neither Mcdonald nor any of
his companions realized the extent
Of the sacrifice those two women had
made for the American boys, or that
Of other Of the islanders in
Guiding a warmhearted sheppard
named McPhee whose two sons,
Ronald and John, rescued five men
and took four of them to their home.
In order TO provide for their guests,
the Grants Mrs. MacIntyre and the
McPhees not only gave up their own
needed clothing but cheerfully used
every scrap of food they had to sup
plv the hungry survivors with meals,
and were themselves literally starv-
| ing when American Red Cross Off
GERS by accident discovered the sit
uation and drove twenty miles to a
country store TO buy provisions to
repIenish the larders of the good
samaritans.
one Of the Red Cross officers in
recounting to the correspondent the
relief work of the islanders cOnclud-
ed bv saying: The people Of the
United States owe a debt Of graft
tude TO the people Of this little is
land that can never be repaid" The
Otranto was sunk in collision with
/ the steamship Kasmir off the Smot-
fish coast with a loss of 357 Ameri-
can soldiers.
United States army officers have
been so greatly impressed by the
\ kindness and hospitality of the is
landers that they made n special
request to carry a list of the names
of those whose service was particu-
larIv notable From the Laird OF
Islay. Hugh Morrison and his wife
Lady Mary down to the humblest
peasant. the islanders have done
everything in their power 20 com
fort the survivors and help TO rO-
cover the dead.
Honor List Given.
In addition TO those already
named. the army officers honor list
includes David MacTg Rgart, farm
err and his wife and son. MacTag-
CART. who is the chief of the islands
volunteer coast lifeguard. led the
rescue parties when the survivors
began to come ashore. Standing up
TO his armpits in the dangerous
surf. ne pulled out four drowning
men. three of whom were soldiers
and the other a member Of the crew
All of these. with four other sur
vivors. were taken by MacTaggarts
Young son to the family's home at
Kilchiaran. several miles distant
where they were taken care of un-
I'll British destroyer took them 10
Londonderry.
Another lifesaVer was Andrew