New-York tribune., 1918-12-19

1uslllade of bullets about him and he
was brought down after the Germans
had literally shot awav both wings Of
his plane. He was Immediately dis
patched to another camp. but was there
only day when he laid plans with
Lieutenants Oscar Mandel, of New
York; Anderson, of Honolulu; Til
hnghast, of Florida. and George
Holt. of New York for another get
awav They got to the Dutch border.
nifty miles away, but were recaptured.
Mandcl was separated from the rest,
who were sent to still another camp.
Not again until the middle of Octo-
Der was there q chance for them to at
tempt escape. By hiding by day and
travelling by night they again reached
the Dutch border.
Crawled Twenty Miles
The barbed wire fence was highly
charged with electricity. and they
crawled for twenty miles on their
hands and knees searching for an
opening. A small creek into which
they dived enabled all but Donaldson
to get into Dutch territory. He had
been left on the German side as a
lookout and he was just about to fol-
low his companions when he was or
dered to throw up his hands by SEN
tty. tlSlVdu uC uluUc Il SIdu lOl IHt
Germans rifle. There was a struggle,
during which the Germans bayonet
pierced his ;rirht arm, but the German
was overpowered and killed, and Don
aldsOn Joined his friends, who helped
hin lder the wire.
I S., fugitives reached small Dutch
village the same night and eventually
made their way back to the American
lines.
Escaped in German Plane
Just as interesting was the flight OF
Lieutenant White. After two unsuc-
cessful attempts to fee the prison
camp. he finally reached the American
lines in a German arplane, an at
tempt Donaldson had tried but failed
in. 1t was three days before the armis-
tice was signed when White saw an
unguarded German plane He got the
engine going and was gliding upward
when a rain of ritle and machine gun
bullets fell about him. they all went
wide and he was soon safe in the air.
But his experience did not end there
When he was sighted by the Americans
he was fred upon again. They mistool
him FOR e German fier, and it was onl,
when he swept down upon them, yelling
that they ceased making him target
Captures Sixty Foes Alone
The biggest "httle corporal" in tn
whole American army = Raymon,
Powell, Company E, S1st Infantry
whose home is in Joliet. Il.-was a pas
u senger on the Celtic. He wore the Dis
tinguished Service Cross and he i
credited with capturing dugout wit
sixty Germans single handed.
, Powell is only twenty-five years ole
y When he went over he was only twenty
, but as a member of party sent out
! rescue some lost Americans he prove
a that age had nothing whatever to
V with soldering. He became separate
/ from his companion- Waiting alon
y in the woods for daybreak he spied
+ German dugout. He thought it woul
4 be a good place to seek shelter, he sal
q and started toward it. When he foun
it was inhabited and battle for lii
a seemed in prospect he threw a han
q grenade down the hole, bringing tt
g Germans out one by one until he ha
= sixty captives marching before h
v lone rifle.
q Soldier Wounded by Accident
The wounded on the Celtic suffere
l. much from the three day storm Il
q ship ran into a few days out of POI
d There was one casualty aboard. Lloy
/ Gilskey, Pennsylvania. was sh
lie through the thigh when a revolver fc
As from the desk in the reading room
IS the big ship rocked. He was memb
id of the 1,056th Casual Company, and h;
ar been previously wounded in the ar
Id in Flanders.
at General A. A. Fries, of the Anne,
can Chemical Service in France, +
turned on the vessel and left immet
~ ately for Washington. His work was
1eo connection with the gas defence organ
no zation. He said he would be unable
talk until he had made a formal !
he port to his superiors in Washington
ne ne Lieutenant Thomas G. Carlin. of
CO o" Bay Thirtysecond Street. Brookly
aSS Company L, 1o5th Infantry Gold z
Weu W New York;, who was gassed at
ay Souplet, but continued fighting, s'
no the 9th Division played leap frog W
:, the Australians.
'hI 'It was great to see the way the n
at York and Brooklyn boys-most of tn
'n- desk workers in civilian life-dev
De oped in the fighting" he said. "lf
SIT died with smiles on their faces. 1t '
al. worth the whole war to see things
md that-to see what men are res
at made Of.
eve were brigaded with the Aust
&c lians toward the last and we cal
OF our offensive leap frog First
vas would make q dash ahead and Sc
1an down. Then the Australians wo
come swarming over US and go furt
ahead. Then it came our turn ag
1t was a great game. General OR
was our commander, and if you
to know what kind Of fighter he
ask the British.
"There is a lot of sadness attac
to this leap-frog process, though
company went in with $50 officers
men and came out with six, incluo
% four cooks
Name in To-day's List
CAPTAIN Arthur Y. McDermott,
was severely wounded in action
tember 30, received honorable men'
. for his work on September l, z,
GIG a. when he led his men on tour
ed vances. His home is $50 st. Ma
Avenue. Brooklyn. He is grad,
'av- of St. Francis College, Colum bla
versitv and the New York Law Sch
on He was a member of Troop q, lst
and York Cavalry, and won his commls
in a training camp. He went to frt
=, ~ as captain Of Headquarters 60. OF
-, 49, 1O6th Infantry. Strangely enough,
'he name appeared in yesterdays casu
list
Chaplain John A. Farrely, form
of St. Mary's Church, 21bth Strees
give White Plains Road, friend OF
acL late Mayor Mitchell, returned
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