The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-10-10
Wounded Soldier Returns.

Wounded Soldier Returns.
From the Hugo, Colorado, Demo-
crat, we clip the following account OF
the return Of a brave soldier wound
ed in France, Jimmy Clifford, broth
a former resiednt of Decatur county:
Mrs. John R. Beavers received :; a
letter from her brother, James E
Clifford who is recuperating at the
Letterman General Hospital at San
Francisco, California. from wounds
France. Mr.. Clifford returned from
the battlefield last month and land
ed in Newport News. Va, July IA,
and was sent to the San Francisco
hospital for treatment. Jimmy
as he was Familiarity termed was the
first Lincoln county boy to land IN
France and he was the first OF the
injuries. When he arrived in San
Francisco the other day many pho
tographers of daily papers snapped
the first arrivals of Pershings army
to reach San Francisco In the San
Francisco Chronicle OF Wednesday,
August 2Sth, appeared four col
umn picture of the wounded men q
Clifford, whose hip was fractured.
In the same edition of the Chronicle
also appeared the following article:
-Four battle-scarred soldiers the
first wounded members of the Amer
lean expeditionary forces to reach
San Francisco are at the Letterman \
arrived Friday night from the base
hospital at Newport News. Va. One
mans left hand is torn away at the
wrist, one has bullet-riddled hip,
another has a paralyzed hand and
the fourth had both legs torn by
shrapnel.
shrieking explosives and the endless
din of modern warfare, they are
finding the quiet atmosphere Of the
recuperating station "a bit dull, as
one of them expressed it.
Their first. hand accounts OF tus-
sizes with Fritz" are highly inter
estng to the men about the them hnnt Wno
of fire They are the most envied
Of all men at the Presidio. They
hobbled about on canes and crutcheS
Yesterday, putting their flags and
expressing satisfaction wit with Er the ne
cisco after the heat of the east east
who served with both infantry and
artillery, lost his left hand by the
explosion of hand grenade in the
fighting in June. He also has deep
shrapnel wound in his right temple.
Herbert Simons of Ell Reno, Okla,
had his left hand and arm torn by
leg was literally shredded by shell
fragments. His hand is paralyzedi.
James +. Clifford Of Denver SUI
fered a crushed hin in a motor
truck accident at the front. He
was truck driver, and his machine
was overturned by an explosion
ninning him to the ground: uo,os .
constrrct;oa engineer. had both
legs crushed and sustained minor
injuries. He was cited for bravery.
Bradley was for four months in
he trenches and for four months
with the artillery He had been
@wo and one-half months, in the
trenches when he suffered a deep
.i,rarneI wound in the forehead and
was sent to the base hospital. Re-
urping 70 the firing line. he served
on three fro-+S for six mon hs ".
fore grenade tore away his, left
hand at the wrist and united nm
for further service. 49,. 49,,
"Wel! it might have been e my ny
me tell you this" he added cali ac-
counts of German atrocities may
safely be multiplied by. ten. | saw
Canadian sergeant's body sniked
to barn door with pitchforks;
II want to say that the Red Cross
and the Salvation army will never
be forgotten by the boys at the
The men were sent here because
Of the overcrowded conditions OF
the base hospital at Newport News.
Mr., Clifford will return to hugo
lust as soon as he RECEIVERS from the
injuries he received while doing
service to his country. In his letter
20 home folks he sends his kind re
CARDS to all his friends in this
county and we venture to say that
he is one of the most popular and
most admired patriots in the countv.