Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1918-09-05
Good old ''PEP' never LEAVES
YOUR UNCLE SANIUEl'S FIGHTER
In the Battle Line Lying Wounded Hospital His Chief Charac-
terstc Is His ndomitabe sprit-lf There Is Yet an
American Who Does Not Hate the Hun He Should Hear
the Tales of the Heroes Of Chateau Therry

Marine and there We're only eight Of
US to about sixteen of them, but we
sure cleaned out that first batch. My
pleasure ended right there, though,
for piece of shrapnel banged me in
the left arm and it was back to the
woods for me. But, believe me, my
company did It's share in driving the
Huns into the river
Didn't Know When to Quit.
If anyone wants to know why the
Americans were at first driven back
from the river bank, they are hereby
referred to Lonnie Shelton of Bur
dine, Ky. Shelton's unit alone took
over 500 prisoners when the Ameri-
cans returned to the counter-attack,
and but for the fact that number
of them were knocked out, as Shelton
was, they would have still been going.
''They knocked us back at first by
the most terrific barrage l ever saw
turned loose. but we didn't stay back
long" declared he. 1--WE got the order
to counter-attack, and the way we
waded back Into Mr.. Boche was some
thing to write home about. I've never
seen such bunch as we had. They
advanced yelling like hell, bayonetted
and shot down every Heinie that
didn't know enough to get out Of the
way. Those guys could never beat
i America In a thousand years, and tell
'em said So"
Kentucky had another man iE that
same scrap that didn't know when to
4 quit, even after a piece Of shrapnel
had cut nasty cash in his right leg.
He's Arthur Baker of Doorway,
"Kaintuckee," and he had just gone
into line with his company when the
ball opened The barrage got him, but
didn't put him out. A little later,
when the Germans came over to see
about 1T, Baker was still on the job,
4 working his gun for all he was worth.
When the Americans had to go back
Baker was so exhausted he couldn't
retire. His comrades picked him up
and carried him.
They Didn't Last Long.
i "Heinie" tried out one of his favor.
lite stunts Of dressing up some Of his
soldiers in French and American uni
forms, according to Anton Zolnowskl
4 OF 2848 South Turner avenue, Chicago
1--WE saw ten men on the edge of Q
little wood little distance away
4 eight Of them were in French uni
form md two in American. We yelled
to them to come over and Join us
& They advanced few PAGES and ther
opened fire on us"
4 Zolnowslii smiled rather unpleas
antly as he patted right arm tina
bears machine-gun bullet.
"They didn't last long. We mad,
one dash for them. Not one Of zen
got away. They were Germans al
right. There was another group com
ing up. got private and then tn,
officer In charge sailed into me.
tried to shoot him with my rife. blu
1t was broken. got him oil right
though"
The Chicagoan seemed inclined t
end the conversation there.
How'd you get him?" asked, afte
La little pause.
"Just turned the butt end Of my gul
around and dubbed him over the hea,
with it," replied Zolnowski In tn
most matter-of-fact tone.
:, When the Americans came back a
{ them 1t didn't take long to clean ever
, German out Of their territory, dc
clared Elmer Sturtz of ,Wellsburf
Pa. Before he got a Mauser ball i
!, his right shoulder Sturtz had the ez
] IRENE good fortune to see two por
toon bridges the enemy had throw
E across the river destroyed by the az
j curate fire of the American artillery.
! Content to Be Going.
They were filed with Germans, to,
t Some of them were coming, but Their
r were others who seemed very confer
3 to be going. Two shells from Amer
9 can six-inchers lit squarely over tn