The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-04-29
FIFTY PERSHING
VETERANS HERE
T0SELL BONDS
Brave Americans, 6 With
War Crosses. Tell of Real
Fighting in France.
ALL HAVE DODGED DEATH
"More Men and Airplancs" Is
Cry Of Survivors Of Clashes
With Freedoms Foe.


guns, clear eyed. with the ''iook Of
eagles which comes only to men who
have been to war. quiet and modestly
unsssumng. even about bits OF ribbon
which mean wars highest honors for
bravery. nifty soldiers Of the United
States. plucked directly from the Amer
ican trenches facing No Mans Land.
,ame back yesterday from the front to
urge folks at home to buy Liberty bonds
until 1t hurts.
The men were returned to America
BY order Of Gen. Pershing. who believed
that they will servo as an honor lesson
for the men and women at home who
mus. back them up with food and cloth
ing and guns and munitions by the pur-
chase of Liberty bonds. For the week
left Of the loan campaign they will act
as bond salesmen and will tell OF their
experiences and Of the actual conditions
at the front. Twenty-Five Of them will
remain In the Second Federal Reserve
district. Twenty more will 60 ON out
to Chicago. several will go to Boston. to
Philadelphia and to Washington. Then.
when they have helped put the loan over.
they hope a furlouHh Of thirty to sixty
days will be awaiting them.
The men represent practically every
branch OF the army In France. There
are representative among them OF the
infantry. machine gun platoon. engi.
neers. marine corps. signal corps. held
artillery and ambulance company. Every
one wears on his left sleeve the golden
inverted V, which stands for foreign SER
vice. Many OF them wear on their right
sleeves the golden v. which tells the
world that the man who wears II has
been honorably wounded In action. In
addition six OF them wear the cross OF
war for valorous action. presented with
a kiss on both cheeks, as is the custom.
by French General acting for his Gov
ernment.
Pcrshing's VETERANS Parade To-day
The men from the front will be quar-
tered at Governors Island while they are
IN New York. Yesterday AFTERNOON they
assembled at the Liberty Loan qnlcees
100 Broadway. and after having their
pictures taken went for . bus ride over
New York. Last night they were the
guests OF Guy Emerson at the Harvard
Club. To-day they will parade the
streets OF New York. At 1880 o'clock
they will form in line at the Battery
and march to City Hall Park. wh1s
they will be reviewed by Mayor Hys1h.
They will then be taken uptown TOR
luncheon and at 2 o'clock this afternoon
they will 60 to Liberty Land.
The little contingent Of men from the
from, are in charge of Regimental Color
Sergeant John J. Heffernan. who after
twenty -four years of service slid into
vha. he called q soft job at Wash.
ington. 1t was funeral duty. and al.
though It was a trine gruesome II wat
Just such a Job as old time army men
are always wishing for and dreaming
about. Then along came the war. NO
more funeral duty for Heffernan and he
was back In the old harness just about
as soon as he could find successor.
IIefernan was assigned by Gen. Per-
shng to the job of gathering nifty rep
,esentative soldiers on the French front
and bringing them back to America to
aid the Liberty Loan. He started April
at one end OF the American line and
went to the other. lie picked man
here and man there he got few who
were able to travel out Of the hospitals.
After they were rounded up, with full
soldiers equipment and with plenty OF
'chow"-as he calls the army food-it
became his duty to get his little banl
down to a transport. Then was when
bis troubles started. Before they were
over the soldiers had mounted French
express train ON which no soldiers were
allowed TO ride.
Liberty LOan sways French man.
Finally they were allowed to ride on
the train by making their hrst appeal
FOR the Liberty Loan. explaining to the
French station master the duty ahead OF
them. and how they had but brief time
N which to reach the transport. After
losing most OF their provisions and d.
yiding up into little knots Of four and
five, they made the trip on the train.
reached port gust before sailing time
and enjoyed a pleasant and uneventful
voyage across.
TIE men from the trenches are Pri-
Vale John NJ. Andrews. Sergeant Harold
\ Andrews, Cornoral Edgard Barnes,
corporal Herbert l.. Baker. Private
Louis r. Bonnc. Sergeant Louis p.
honne. Sergeant Samuel l.. Blyth. Pri-
nate Langhorn Barber. Corporal
creed. Corporal Osborne De Varilla. Pri-
Sate John Faderuck. Sergeant Manning
hrimes. Private Raymond Guyette. Ser
seant Paul A. Havenstein. Sergeant
Meth ". Howat, Private Harry H. Har-
hson. Sergeant owen &. Hawkins. Pri.
Na'e Robert L. Heath. Corporal Charles
henry. Private Kenneth u. Jopp. Pri-
,a'e Schuyler Mawrer. Sergeant Hugh
..arsh, Sergeant Eugene 'McNlr. Cor
po'al Charles Il. Morris. Corporal Elmer
Martin. Private Robert Montgomery.
,,IVate John Mccormack. Private Harry
HoVak, Private ~. 4. Nicholas. Corporal
,'sonard omerod. Private William ].
VvHe,l. Private Barney Pogue. Corporal
O. H. Plant. Sergeant Joseph Petrush,
sergeant Thomas r. Reilly. Private
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