Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-05-10
Atlanta Boy Will Spend One
Week at Home Before Going
to Camp Jackson - Gets
Ovation at Athletic Club
BY MORGAN BLAKE

First Lieutenat Walter Dubard for
merly a greet basketball star of the A.
A c., after four months service on the
firing line in France, is back home IN
Atlanta, the first of the Atlanta soldiers
to return from the Great Adventure"
Lieutenant Dubard and about fifty
other officers of the artillery and infan-
tary in France, was ordered to return 20
America by General Pershing to act as
instructor in artillery camps. Lieuten-
ant Dubard will be stationed at Camp
Jackson at Columbia, S. c., but he will
be in Atlanta on a short furlough for a
week He and a Virginia officer were
the only southerners to return.
Lieutenant Dubard left the front
April and sailed for America April
Is. He had a safe voyage over, report
ed to the war department at Washington
and received his instructions. He ar
rived in Atlanta Sunday.
When the young lieutenant, tanned
and as hard as a rock, looking the pic
ture of superb health, walked into the
Atlanta Athletic club Sunday afternoon
in the rakish uniform of the American
artillery, President Wilson himself could
not have received Il greater ovation from
the club members. For there never was
a more popular boy in the club than
''Duby." He said afterwards that the
affection displayed by the members re-
minded him of the Frenchmen.
IT wasn't kissed-that's about the
only difference said he.
Although Lieutenant Dubard has seen
service on two fronts, on for a six weeks
stretch and another for four weeks, he
has not received a scratch and is bigger
and handsome than ever.
Wonderful Inspiration
eft iS a woDderful inSDiratiOn to see
the great comradeship between the
French and American soldiers" said the
lieutenant. "and I want to say that the
French people are glorious. Germany
will never conquer France, for the spirit
there is invincible
Our people who think they are MAX
ing great sacrifices over here should
spend a few Weeks in France. Every
man, woman and child in France is max.
ing great sacrihes daily and doing it'
cheerfuIy. I will never forget the noble
French women They are working daily
at mems jobs. in order to let every able
bodied male fight the Hun. And the
men are lighting from is to so. The
middle aged men VINO can't stand the
trench work are driving munition wag-
ons. France will never yield. am
absolutely confident of that.
THE French people love Americans
with a love amounting almost TO adora-
ton, It would touch the heart of the
worst cynic in this land to see the way
the French take on over our boys. Our
entry i'm the war filled the French with
absolute confidence. You hear them say
everywhere: Wait until the Americans
get into the fight. They will drive the
Boche across the Rhine
IL haven't seen much"of the English
troops, but the few that have seen and
the great deal that 1 have heard con-
corning them, fezane to the belief that
they are the best disciplined troops N
the world. But practically all of the
Americans are with the French troops
and they are the best pals in the world
Praises American Navy
That the work of the American navy
in transporting so many troops, num-
tions and supplies, practically without
nishap, is considered one of the re-
Tnarkable feats of the war by our al
lies, was the statement of Lieutenant
Dubard.
"The transports are coming right
through the submarine zone" he said
'aThey are manned by expert gunners,
and each ship has nearly a score or
lookuts on DUTY all the time.
ION my return voyage, the American
Officers assisted the lookouts, and the
DlRReSI
when 1 was called upon to climb up
$50 feet on a swaying ladder to the
crows nest My name was first in the
alphabetical order and one night l was
given instructions to report for duty
at the crows nest the next morning.
All or my companions got up to see me
make the ascent, and l must confess
that if there hadn't been an audience
would have rup up the white flag. The
sailors go up that ladder like monkeys.
but / wrapped my arms and legs about
1t and went up at the official speed
of one quarter of a mile an hour. And
the old ship began to sway and L
thought l was gone several times L
am a poor sailor, anyhow. l was sick
in bed a week going over and week
coming back"
Gas Is Worst Enemy"
Lieutenant Dubard says that gas is
the worst enemy that the soldiers have
to face
MY, battery was under a gas attack
for six straight hours one day." he |
said, land we were forced to wear our
masks continuously. Even with the |