The sun., 1918-07-03

chine guns. A wheat field was ,mn..
diately In front and screened the Ger.
mans. So the handful OF men had 10
stand upon their feet in ws,herlrv
fire, blazing away rapidly with ,heir
rifes. They soon had the Germans run.
ming back. All of the party have IA.
celved the Croix de Guerre, many Of
them being wounded.
Gathered I84 Prisoners.
Capt. Alphonse De Care of Washing.
ton went forward with his companv
looking for ~ Lieutena INT Colonel On
the way he kept humping into groups OF
Germans. utterly terrified. who had been
passed in the advance. Altogether No
Care took 1874 prisoners. thinking they
had been left behind by mis- commando
witt out any idea that he was capturing
anybody until--(de told him SO
Sergeant Frank Novick OF wilkes.
barre showed courage In rescuins
wounded In Veuilly Wood
Private Ernest Borah OF Chicago vol.
unteered to bring UP ammunition, badly
needed. resulting in the capture OF two
machine guns
Sergeant John OLaughlin OF Lowell
Mass. after the officers OF is platoon
had been wounded, took charge and dis
played great audacity.
Sergeant David Thompson OF Worces-
ter, Mass, went forward In the open
field. carrying water and food to the
wounded and remained there until dark
protecting them by an intense rife Are
Da.ed, but Came Back.
Corporal Davis Severcoll OF New York
u-a EaI do h,,
but got up, assisted the wounded and re.
turned Immediately into the fgtt
Sergeant Henry Hubert, who received
medal of honor twenty years ago at
Pekin, and Is more than so years old
made such a brilliant record at Bots de
Belleau that Congress may be asked to
pass n bill giving him the rank OF Lieu.
tenant.
Many non-commissioned officers who
led platoons after their officers had been
killed or wounded may get commissions.
Private Frank Cronewett OF Monrovia,
Cal. was an ammunition driver. loaned
to the American troops from the French
army. He ran lis ambulance along A
road full Of shell holes between
Bouresches and Coupru when it was
being gassed. He took of his mask -
see the way and was burned about TIE
eyes and face. but kept to his work OF
transporting the wounded. On lis way
back with an empty ambulance on one
trip he had French soldier on the front
seat with him. A shell exploded in TIE
road. wounding his companion. IIe
! allied the ambulance. put the wounded
soldier inside took him to the hospitL
where he had small cut on his q, II
head dressed. then reported for duty
and continued lin service.
siienced Machine Guns.
Gunnery Sergeant Grover Conrad II
Lexington, n. G. when his commander
was wounded and the strength of tls
platoon reduced to himself and Ave men.
took charge. advanced and silcnrcd an
! enemy machine gun.
Corporal Richard Conover Of East
Greenwich, r. l., formerly an ambulance
driver. has been highly commended for
heroism and devotion to duty.
Private Clarence Kelly of OIL Cty.
Pa. led a rush into a German machine
gun position. himself accounting for six
of the enemy.
Gunnery Sergeant Frank Socket Of
Chicago led an attack bravely and
showed exceptional heroism.
Corporal Earl Miller OF Chattanooga.
Tenn, went out alone after German
sniper in tree whom he killed with a
| hand grenade well thrown.
Private Charles Mcfarland hai,
! player by himself hand grenaded the
enemy out of two machine gun positions
Private Walter Ball of Boston crert
out into No Mans Land TO within twentr
yards of 4 German sniper and got him
with an automatic rife
The foregoing instances Of America
bravery are only a few OF many; the
! make good Fourth Of July reading.