The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1918-08-22
LIEUT.. HUSTON ALIVE
AND CONvALESC|NC
Wxttso Interesting Lsttsrs From Paris
Xo0D1tA1-Vis1tsd by Capt. 1oooo-
vsoe ana General Pershing

Lettore from Lieut., Howard huston
War Department, as having, died Of
wounds on July 10. have been received
from him dated as late as August z
alive, and that the War Department
clerks have erred in making up the lists
of dead among Americas fighting forces
received both by Lieut., Huston's par
ants al Deering and by intimate friends
of the young man at surrey. me 10y 10y
whioh their receipt occasoned when the
grief stricken parents received them
can better be imagined than described.
The rejoicing among his Surrey trlendS
was so great that upon receipt OF me
letter under date of July ~ they lpf. Or.
warded the following cabfegfah 10 ms
Paris address:
Congratulations. NJ our ng
death officially reported July ", ~ ~ this
The circumstances connected with TINS
peculiar case are such that careful
perusal of his last letters will clear up
the mystery which has enshrouded thls
particular case better than eXplan9uoan6S 11y 20:
"Just a line to let you know l was
wounded. They have me down. here in
the hospital now. 1t is not serious ahI
made them pay, for it.: Such a ST stofy y
W. Well" N''' s ,on
On the 21st he wrote: Il guess you
slirhtlv wounded I am now at one
of the finest hospitals in France: ~ ~
was a big Art Club and Institute pst9ee yWni}eE
the war and was bought z ny MRS; dnn,t mh'i ed bv
ner as a hospital for American offlcers'
It, Of course, is under the Red CrGss, PISS
Oh, how ! worship that organlZaen'Eia1 u
now: If it hadnt alive oee1 We eoa get the very
4uest tius of care, The man who operated
on me was Col. Lloyd, the famous ~ New
York surgeon. The drive IN Wia,In ardast
was wounded was one OF the the 1a[9eIe had IN
snmeht battles they have ever hau a.. a1 ~.
vance had been over several tli,ien >
hut never one like this. we Went oves r,e q
at 4:3o A. M. Their ,re6w reSis'Si,su Scns,lalties
b,,t tSev could not stop US. We adVflacI
ad ten miles under fire. constaIhilN, Ilias,,, 70
Cow many of my best friends ploMai y
pieces only f., few ~ yaLnds abdomen m about S
WaI nv a, big shell bursting near erei me
Iowayer, ] got it tied up WIN ,+ "a
aid bandage and went on. +ha Apobt ohdomen,
a a. M, I lust couldn't quit for wa Was
+he only officer left in our coii' af ,. IN
I,,e =, fact there were only four o., o. ni, u. Il
the battalion. AT about u en Took
was forced IT, to =, drop baean 1a series Of trips
me :atss nton in ambulances, etc. TO various tls
ninr on sshe stations, field hospitals, ,,i1ied HeI
Finally I was landed mere, nrisoners
n vi
my l1fSAy of one wood we got 100 prisone an in
! nevr saw a Drawer buncn o. u,hn knew
Nv h1tf Ike There wasn't one VINO ',Inpe Told told
the the word fear AHyThi9iS AMynEiy theS Always Ways the
,,,rSh was forward, never pacA' ou+ the
saa'inr fine now. They took ond oud ri
foreisn or bodies, sewed me 3P Vou '',r cannot
NO. What it means to sleep pat ~ Once
ssnStr and have real food 70 ts ea.. without
!; had 5,tsp to go and th'fs ete nssa TSsy
S;ant Worry though. They we're 'llTMrrf mnn'f
T.r;ti.,s lose more than we were; w+orw ~ is
-nrrV Alrs we'll and the Vlctoty avs
soins to be final n} one Of Hs,ted teSsG me- ats TO-
day" ,,,,v 90 ba gives
sppea5 in our next issue This soc;a is the the
srna description which the Assocla'sa ~
Preae secured from Mr.. Huston as ne
Law IN Paris hospital. This appHa;rs pp1;a
al n the leading metropolitan aaiiaes nn
thrnout the country a few weeks aso.
IN ma letter Lieut.. Huston tens o. re- re-
eaivinx a visit from Genera! Pershans
snd contains the first hint OF N ms mas naHs
,ing received a decoration az the n'A<'"'
of the American commander.