The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-08-26
LIEUTENANT WRITES
OF ENEMY'S FLIGHT
"They Will Be Kept Going"
Says Baumet, His Ardor Not
Dampened by Wounds.
LAUGHS AT THE DOCTOR
Lieut.. Busby in Hospital. but
Glad He Had Part in Civ
ing Jerry Thrashing.
LAUGHS AT THE DOCTOR

I'VE knew that they were still going
and they will be kept going"
Thus Lieut.. William Baumet. ,s. sIs
West l21st street. summarized the re-
suit OF a recent battle with the Germans
in letter to his wife. The fact that he
was wounded in the right chest in TINS
same battle. and also gassed, worried
him not, or at least It did not dampen
his ardor for the fight. The concluding
sentence OF his letter tells better than
thousand paragraphs his feelings IN th,.
respect
God" he wrote. but II is great sport
chasing the Germans and laying them
low"
Lieut. Baumet enlisted In the old Sew
enty-frst Regiment in 1916 and served
with /, on the Mexican border When
he returned he entered the second Platts-
burg camp and there was commissioned
First Lieutenant. For seven months
he was used as an instructor and then
assigned TO the machine gun corps Of the
1ssth Infantry. with which he fought in
France.
German Dead Everywhere.
In the letter which reached his wife at
the same time that she was notified OF
his wounds by the War Department. he
describes the battle in detail. and saws
OF its aftermath: German dead were
strewn everywhere Abandoned xuns
and rifles, thousands of shells OF all cali
bres. all sorts OF ammua.tion and equip
ment. were left behind. which showed
the haste in which the enemy fed from
the Americans We knew that they were
going-and they win be kept going
The boys are giving a wonderful ex-
hfbition of bravery and daring, and are
scattering the Germans everywhere
From all appearances We will keep the
mongrels on the run"
In his optimism and never say die
spirit Lieut.. Baumet is much like other
Americans who have been put out OF
commission temporarily by the Boches
First Lieut.. Francis A. Busby, sleth In
fantry formerly assistant manager of
Healy's Golden Glades, gassed and
wounded by shrapnel in the latest drive,
wrote his brother-in-law, NJ NJ Kelly,
Of his anxiety TO get back in the
trenches.
Good ThrasAinE for Jerry.
Il want to go back and give Jerry
(another name for Fritz a taste Of ou-
own gas" he said. The doc tells me
to keep quiet and not exert myself, but
/ can laugh At him as I feel Just as good
as ever. We are certainly giving Jerry
good thrashing and am glad was in
for a part OF it
Lieut. Bushy, who won his commission
at Piattsbrrs. is a son OF the late Alex
ander Busby. 3o7 East Thirty-seventh
street, who was at one time a prominent
member OF Tammany Hall.
Private Frank b. Grinnon % 1895
Lexington avenue, reported killed in &C
ton while serving with the Twelfth
Machine Gun Battalion, enlisted in the
spring Of 1917, sailing for France a year
later. Two of his brothers, Edward and
Daniel are also with the ESpeditionary
Forces. His father. Edward. was
member OF the city police force for
thirty-three years
Howard Kaiser. 81 Madison street,
Brooklyn, missing in action, received his
military training at Camp Upton. He
was "a and a graduate OF Public School
No 3. In letter received by his mother
yesterday he begged her not TO worry
about him adding:
IF anything happens TO me II will be
when am doing my bit as you want me
to do