The sun., 1918-12-29
FULFILS VOW
OF THANKS TO FUND
Corp. Gale Tells How Tobacco
Was Food to Marines in
Terrific Battle.
BULLETS HELD UP "CHOw"
Smokes Add to Christmas Tree
Entertainment Given for
Wounded Soldiers.

Wounded Soldiers.
II swore an oath to myself that II I
got out OF the war alive and back home
the first thing ia do should b to go
into the office of THE SUN newspaper
and tell THE Sun Tobacco Fund what I
knew abou It's great work for the Amer
tcan soldiers. I tell you It was a mighty
factor in helping to win this war"
Corporal Harrison Gale. United States
Marine. Of Company sB and Sixth Regi-
ment, III the above words. He called
on TIL SUN Tobacco Fund yesterday
for the sole purpose Of saying It. but be-
fore he went away ne said many other
interesting things.
Corporal Gale Is bronzed. we'll set up
and looks healthy. His looks ont tell
the truth. for he was badly gassed four
months ago. and all the various treat
ments he a received since then v not
perceptibly helped him.. He says that
whenever he takes a deep breath his
lungs feel as II he was blowing up a
paper bag preparatory to bursting 1t.
II got pack to Gods country on De-
cember 1 and had a furlough to run on
to Indianapolis, my home town. to spend
Christmas. I'm just back flom home
n h be In the hospital at Pelham
Bay until I get my discharge. This is
my nrst chance to come in and fulfil
my vow which l took with myself to
come to see you folks and tell you the
real truth about your splendid fund.
Last March our company WAS In the
Tressereaux trenches near Verdun. and
the only road that could be used to bring
us our chow was being constantly and
heavily shelled. so heavily that II was
certain death for any living thing on It.
For ffty-four hours we had neither food
nor water and some OF our biggest and
strongest fellows were so broken up by
hunger and thirst that they cried like
babies. Yes. sir, they fairly beloved.
as we used to say OF children. On the
third day Of this horror thirty men were
detached to go down III road and bring
up the chow We simply had to have
IL, ever at the cost of lives. OF the
thirty men who went six returned. leav-
ing the others dead on the road. But
these blk dldnNN get the Chow They
did meet a canton way back on the
road that carried a distribution OF SUN
fund tobacco. and some of the survivors
loaded up with cigarettes and chewing
tobacco.
Tobacco Brings Relief.
well, when this was passed out to US
you ought TO heard the boys yell We
smoked up, and a good many OF US who
never chewed tobacco in our lives before
took a che then. II was a wonder how
our stomachs responded to It. We felt
fine and we knew we could get along some
- -. ,NN-, A4Al aKrAr . nutnH
anything so sweet and good as that chew
of tobacco sent over by THE Sun. l tell
you. II saved my life.
Then It was / made the vow ] was
telling you about, hat II I got home
alive THE SUN Tobacco Fund was going
to hear from me, and that's the reason
I'm here.
THAT was last March. I've a little
more to tell. It's about the Chateau
Thierry engagement. l guess, although
you've heard a good deal about those
famous fights, you haven't heard II all,
and I don't believe that the whole story
ever will be told. Part OF 1t seems like a
dream and a bad dream at that.
w had our orders to march straight
TO Chateau-ThieFry, where IL was feared
the Germans had a best chance to break
through. Dur marching orders were &c
travel all day and ali night except foI
three nOurb TSSI ana SIX nOuTS on llt
odd day. We got there in time but oul
ammunition wagons did not. ! can say
that the men of my section went into thu
fight with exactly twenty rounds OF am.
munition apiece. We had orders to &c
in without firing, but to use the bayonet.
THE first day we saw the French ar
tillery unlimbering their big guns, and
regiments Of French passed lie, gunner'
and artillery. shouting to US TO so baci
while there was still time.
Hot On Trail Of Boche.
"'Reaucoup de Boches.' they yelled
That means plenty Of Germans and W,
already knew the enemy had broker
through at the Chemin des Danes.
"I looked around at the fellows IN my
section. none Of them with more thar
twenty rounds; l looked around to sec
what effect the retreating French hat
on them and nov they would take the
yells OF 'Beaucoup de Boches.'
They all stood up like men. anC
when l says: 'BeluCOup de Boche
He'll! DamRation and Gosh didn't W,
all come up here to get 'b%eaucoup d,
Boche?'
1.-THE marines all agreed with me
and in we went fighting with bayoneti
and every man saving his fire, They
, surrounded US. Of course, but we go
through their lines, and when we wanted
TO go back we went back through thei.
lines again. The casualties were fright
ful-out Of 5000 men we left 1000 OF
the ground. hut we stopped the Boche
II needn't tell that story over, every.
body knows that Chateau-Thierry anC
the marines settled the war. What
do wan to say Is that when we ha(
EN- canned and we had time to sc,
about something to make us comfortable
like eating and drinking again, VIII
what do you suppose came DRIVING
: straight up to US fellows? A camior
OF tobacco from THE SUN Tobacco,
Fund There was another place tina
smokes tasted good after all the eX
element.
Probably you folks that run tn,
smoke fund know by the cards the boy
aend over what the fighting men fee
about you and now deeply they appre
ciate All that THE SUN Tobacco Funt
has done. Just the same l wanted Il
thank the fund in person. 1t was n biz
Job you folks undertook to carry out
v but you did the work up brown. TIL,
soldiers. and especially the marines, ar,
r never going 10 forget THE SUN Tobacco,
u Fund"
, Hero Wears Cord Of Legion.
e Corp. Gale wears the red corr OF tn
: Legion of Homo md a medal for BRAY
cry In the field. He is content witt
a everything hat happened to him ant
his comrades abroad and with the rec
e ognltion they ave received for doln
4 their duty, as he expressed II. All h
ant to do now is to get well, Aske,
10 come in again he reDlied