Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-24
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IN CASUALTIES
Private Craig Tells How Shell
Blew Up Little
Party

How he was wounded while re-
turning from the support lines ir
company with three other soldiers
is carried in the afternoons casualty
which killed the horse which he had
just been riding, but which he had
dismounted on hearing the shrek OF
the missile from a howitzer. was
!. graphically told to-day by Private
Carroll p. Craig, 1902 North Second
street.
Craig, who is o member of the
Headquarters Company, 1OSth Field
Artillery, arrived home for Christ
mas on a short furlough. His name
is carried in this afternoons casual
list, and he had the unique expert
ence to-day of having himself of
ficially reported severely wound
ed" while sitting in his own home.
"I had been on the lines only
three and half days" said Private
Craig, when l received the wound
IN my left leg. We were located in
the town of Cherry, about two and a
half to three miles from Fismes.
August IS, the day I was wounded,
we had been on the support lines,
backing up the infantry about q
mile or more from their lines.
Shell Expfodes Nearby
''ln company with three other SOL
diers, one Of whom was q lieutenant.
] was going back to the kitchen to
get something to eat. We were all
riding horses and there was also a
wagner driving two horses on a
supply wagon. The first intimation
I had that something was coming
our way, was the low, mumbling
sound OF a shell fired from howit-
zer.
1T is possible to tell how near
these shells will fall by the pitch
of their Shrek. At first they begin
like a whisper and increase to a
high pitch. by a little experience
one can tell about how near they are
coming. The howitzer shall travels
only about 800 feet a second, while
sound travels 1,12S, so it is possible
to literally hear them coming The
Shrek of this particular shell was
getting too high pitched to suit me,
so ] dismounted.
= "In a moment the thing broke
among us, not more than twenty
five feet from anyone. My horse was
killed and | was wounded in the
calf of my right leg and gassed
slightly from the high explosive. The
lieutenant came out with shatter-
ed hip, and the horse, which was
killed, in falling, broke the lieuten-
ants other leg. One man was killed
outright and the others were
wounded l called it narrow escape
and have since been glad many
times that l got off my horse"
To BE Instructor
Private Craig landed in the United
States November 8. He will be in
this city until Saturday, when he will
return to the service. He is too act
as instructor in the curative school
for crippled soldiers at Railway.
N. J., the general hospital No. 8.
Private Craig was formerly MEM
ber of the Governors Troop.
Private Harry Kenard Fishman
is also officially reported in this aft
ernoon's list. He is the son of Mr..
and Mrs. Moses Fishman, 20 North
Fifth street, and n member of Com
pany ID, 112th Infantry. An account
of Private Fishman's injuries ap-
peared in the Telegraph recently.
He was wounded July &c, and sew
raj weeks ago visited his parents on
Il furlough.
The only other Harrisburger re-
ported to-day is Sergeant James
Alton, who is reported severely
wounded. The nearest of kin given
In the list is Mrs. Ella Brenisholtz,
1917 Liberty street.
Others from the vicinity of Har-
risburg whose names are carried on
to-days lists are Private Charles
F. Dinkel, died of disease, Colum-
bia; Lieut.. Donald Mcclure, wound
ed severely Danville.