Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1918-10-10

beds 10 q ) 600 bed hospital, ana We
have all the beds full too. We had TO
move into tents and make wards out
of 0ur barracks. am now on night
duty in Ward s.. Have l39 patients
on them, and ! have to do the Office
work and tell the other boys what to
do.n
Lieutenant Lee Petit Gay writes
from France that he IN we'll and busy.
Says he received . letter from Lynton
Russell not long ago. He il over
there well, happy aud apparently en-
Captain George Gay at last accounts
was recovering nicely from his wound
received At the battle Of Chateau
Thierry. His uncle, Col. Mortimer,
writes: al learned this morning that
George Gay had been wounded by a
shell exploding between him and an
other captain Of the Second Cavalry
as they were riding out on something.
A Sergeant, who is q q. NJ. Sergeant
here, told me about it and then took
me to the q. NJ. who is q friend Of
George. the captain has been up to
the hospital to see George who was
up and around and saw his arm. A
very good job had been done uponthe
muscle where it was torn and George
is now writing as badly as ever and
expects to be back on the job within
y month. While the Quartermaster
Captain was at the hospital Lee Petit
was there to see George also. l might
have driven upto see those two ii l
had known it in time. Lee Petit seems
to be stationed at the same place.
The following article is clipped from
a Paris newspaper. 1t refers to the
cavalry to which Captain George Gay
belongs, and the Captain 8. referred
to is the Senior Captain of the squad
ron: "This month l have had the
good fortune to make the s%cquaint-
ance of and work with the first ele-
ments of American cavalry to arrive
on the battlefield. One morning at
daybreak, at a bivouac near c.
there appeared on the southern
top of a ravine where VT had pass
ed the preceding night, a group
of $50 mounted Americans. Until
then the only mounted men we had
seen in the American khaki uniform
had been military police or artillery
men. The honors were quickly done.
Captain S. and his officers spoke a
little French, while several of our
officers and men spoke English, and
we soc understood II another.
There was a small tirwood close by
and there we camped. The operations
of cavalry attached to infantry units
consist of scouting for the latter and
keeping them informed; to create
ahead of them and on the TANKS a
sense of security so that they can
move forward without useless fatigue.
These cavalry forces, owing to their
points occupied by the enemy, find
out the positions Of machine gun nests
and gather information upon any
thing that might hinder or help the
infantry to which they are attached.
This work can be- accomplished only
by numerous patrols Of small strength,
which 20 out ahead of the infantry in
very wide formation, They gallop
from the edge of a wood held by the
enemy to a farm which is not oc.
cupied; from a ridge swept by ma
chine gun fire to a valley bombarded
with poison-gas shells. All the in
formation gathered in these opera.
tions is of the greatest interest to the
Command and is Immediately sent
back to the rear. These men recruit
ed for the most part in the vast agri.
cultural regions Of the West have a
remarkable gift for keeping their
bearings. Accustomed to long jour
neys on horseback in regions where
roads are few, they are extraordinar-
lily quick at ascertaining their position
and knowing thew way across the
country. Having excellent eyesight,
knowing how to look and see far
ahead, never hesitating to push ahead
with fine courage under fire to re-
%connoitre the enemy's position, the
Americans have all the qualities of
; the perfect scout"
/ Lionel E. Hartzell, 18th F. A. Band,
: writes under the date of September
3 9th: "Since we have been in France
we have had fourteen days OF real
, fun, the most fun of it all was dodg.
, ing big shells. They sing a very dole
i. full song an they make their way from
3 the German guns to the American
g positions, but such thing as that can
: be more easily told about later on.
Speaking OF France she is a wonder.
o full country, very beautiful; one can
imagine ones self in "Fairyland,''
especially through the rural districts
n where the most beautiful girls as in
: all countries. The old store structures
q which have withstood ages of storms,
n rain and even var To-day | noticed
on one comparatively new building
the date, 1898; what l meal by new Il
+. there are very many others which
look much older. In a few more day.
we will start one of tho greatest
movements the world has seen; wher
Q said movement ONE off the wal
G will be as the Frenchman says
It "Finis." Then the boys will com,
marching home"
Baptist Church.