Evening star., 1918-07-15
.TAKESP[ACE0F SON
IN OLD REGIMENT.
$ixty-Two-Year-0Id Veteran
Wins Honors and
Promotions.
BY PAUL AYREs ROCKWELL.

BY PAUL AYREs ROCKWELL.
Especial Correspondence Of The Even
ing Star and Chicago Daily News.)
WITH THE FRENCH ARMIES. May
21.-Capt Delvert In his remarkable
book, "Quelques Heros,.: tells the
story of Sergt. Gaglio OF the I'd March
ing zouave Regiment Rarely are the
names Of the obscure heroes Of the
war revealed to US. yet 1t Is the gal
mnt feats of the unknown that make
success for q battling army. Old
men and young mon Of the mettls Of
Sergt. Gaglio have enabled the armies
of France to hold back the Germanic
hordes. I translate Capt. Delvert's
sketch to convey an idea Of these gal
liant French poilus:
"He has but sixty-two years. And
he is poilu!
ut is True that, when one sees him.
the chechia (fez) covering the right
ear. following the tradition. the ian. y.
body solid but still supple and vigor-
GUS, one would never believe him q
sexagenarian.
"He runs like q young man. II ono
asks him his class he always replies:
Glass 49, But he is of the 1875 class:
And his first campaign with the 30
Zouaves was the Tunis campaign.
Son in Same Regiment
eat the declaration Of war his son,
aged twenty-one years. enlisted In the
glorious regiment where his father
had served. in the Sd NZouaves Of Sc
bastopol and Palestro. On tho $50 Of
August, in Belgium. at the combat OF
Fosse, tho son was killed.
"As soon as he heard tho news the
old zouave decided to 30 and avenge
regiment. There would be no need
to modify the roll call
I'm spite Of his ffty-nine years he
departed. It Is full winter. No Ipat-
ter! At the beginning Of JanuAry.
1916, he Is at his post Of combat
Tn June he takes part in the at
tasks at Trasyisval annaad ana at at oIsIi sSs,i
fragment in the left shoulder. he Is
sent to tho hospital
Scarcely cured. he demands to re-
turn to the front and rejoins his reg
iment in February, 1915.
1T Is the moment when tho Ger
man attack against Verdun Is COM
menced. Zouaves. tirailleurs. chas-
seur battalions, infantry regiments.
devote themselves to forbid the pierc-
ing of the line. They make for France
a heroic armor of their breasts.
"And 'they'-the savage horde. the
savant barbarism. the burning
pawns, assassins OF old people and
beyond the Rhine-they' do not passl
Gets Promotion and War Cross.
February 25. at Louvemont. on the
firing line. Gaglio 10 named corporal
cited in the order of the division and
decorated with the war cross.
TN July. after the fall Of Fort
vaux. when the enemy. arrived at the
Ffeury-Souville line. thinking finally to
hold the coveted citadel. the Sd
Zouaves for another time cross the
hills Of Be1levi1le. The 18th. 18th.
furious w combats before Thiaumont
work and the few ruins that remain
Of F'leury village.
'Tn these combats. where one strug-
giles hand to hand, under the fright
full bombardment Of the two artil-
leries which wipe out inevitably
himself in such = way that he Is
named sergeant and receives the mil
itary medal
"Finest Example Of Courage"
ga brave old man. says the cita-
tion, who has enlisted in the regi-
ment to replace his son killed by the
enemy. Has not ceased to give the
very finest example Of courage and
abnegation. and to show his gray
hairs. in the first rank. Wounded,
won his corporaPs stripes at Louve-
mont, those of sergeant last July in
the two combats at Fleury.'
IAN example for the young menr