The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-10-12


the whole population turned out and
filed through the exhibition ears to
view the war relics.
The relic train is in charge of Jas.
B. Borden, member of the Advisory
Committee for the Fourth Liberty
Loan in New Jersey, and a Philadel-
phia bond broker. He was greeted on
his arrival by John F. Ryon, local
chairman of the Fourth Liberty Loan,
Mrs. Robert NJ. Willis, chairman of
the Women's Committee, Albert E.
James, president of City Council, and
other representative men and women.
The band was present and rendered
patriotic airs and the Community Sing
also enlivened the occasion. Council
mar James presided and introduced
the speakers.
Sergt. George P. Clayton told of his
services and experiences. He has
been a soldier in the United States
Army since his enlistment for the wal
with Spain in 1898, and was sen to
France in June, 1917, and was among
the first American soldiers to be sent
into the front-line trenches. His dug
out was next to that section of the
trenches which was made the object
of the initial raid by German troops
on the American lines.
Lieut.. PigoiX, Eighth Battalion of
blue Devils, French Army, and an
escaped prisoner of war, told the as
semblage of the appreciation felt by
his countrymen for the wonderful as
sistance which has come to them from
America in their hour of crisis and
peril. He enlisted in the blue Devils
in September, 1914. and was captured
by the Boches just a year later. He
was wounded and for five months laid
in a Bavarian hospital. He was then
transferred to a prison camp. Soon
after he was placed in charge of a
gang of prisoners who were employed
on the road repairs and in the capac-
ity of a 'trusty" won the confidence
of some Bavarian folk who were kind
ly disposed towards the French and
who secreted him in their home until,
supplied with a German uniform, he
managed with another French officer
to make his way on a train towards
the Holland frontier. On arriving
within a few miles of the border they
alighted and c%ontriyed to get over the
line into Holland. From there they
made their way to England and thence
to France.
The civilian speakers in the party
included Joseph E. O'Toole, assistant
secretary of the United States Senate,
Joseph E. Hagedorn of Philadelphia,
A. Grant Miller, a lawyer of Reno,
Nevada, and NJ. j. Mcguire of San
Francisco, connected with the Emer-
gency Fleet Corporation.
Conspicuous among the soldiers was
Legionnaire Belogi, IN Italian, who
first enlisted in the army of Garibaldi,
was wounded and on the day he was
discharged from the hospital re-enlist-
ed in the famous Foreign Legion of
France.
Private George Carver of st. Louis,
whoe was sent to France in 1917, was
wounded at the battle of Chateau
Thierry, where his comrades covered
themselves with glory. He was hit
seven times, five wounds being inflict-
ed on his left arm. He charged owe
the top with his brother in the adj
vance towards the objective which
was captured by the troops, and when
the brother was MORALLY wounded he
was obliged to continue in the attack,
unable to utter a last word of comfort
to him. When the young veteran tells
his story he moves the strongest men
to tears.
The train consists of two fiat cars
with the captured cannon, two sleep
ing cars for the train crew and the
party of speakers, a dining car and an
exhibition car. The last contains a
variety of interesting curios, including
captured weapons. from the rifles to
the gas and liquid fire projectors in
troduced by the Huns. A collection
of aerial torpedoes is another feature.
Star shell projectors, machine guns
and the life saving suits supplied to
each soldier transported overseas
which enables them to defy the u
boat even if the shin is torpedoed. are