The sun., 1918-12-14

geon and orderlies clawed their way
up and down among the injured mon,
helping to get the armless and legless
soldiers back into the hunks from
which the crazy lurchings had dumped
the wounded men. One wave smashed
a deck house in and tho next wave
slammed what was left OF the deck
house overheard. Lifeboats were stove
In, tunnels were bent until they
looked as II some one had poured too
much of the hard stun into them.
AS Private Bill O'Sullivan of 274
Spring street, Manhattan-who lost
his left eye while fighting with Com
pany c Of the 307th Infantry on the
Aisne, two months ago to-day-re-
marked after lighting up Red Cross
cigarette toward dark last night, THE
old pond beat UP this boat like II
knew she was once q dam German"
Among the wounded on the De Kalb
was Lieut.. o. II. Petty, who until the
call to arms came was an eminent
Philadelphia physician. Lieut. Petty,
while serving as surgeon abroad, was
on every front" as one of the naval
officers on the De Kalb put 1t. Lieut..
Petty was too modest to talk about his
exploits. but from brother officers
aboard the ship It was learned he had
been gassed at Chateau Thierry. had
braved many dangers at scissors and
altogether had conducted himself so
CALAMITY that, as one among the SOL
der passengers put II, "he has been
recommended for every decoration
there is
Also among the convalescent wound
ed were Private Harry Norbat, of 2S6
Avenue A. who was hit while with his
Seventy ninth Division in the Argonne
fighting on October 2; Private John f.
Becker of Brooklyn, who was shot in
the right shoulder at Chateau Thierry
when going over the top with the
Eighteenth Infantry of Regulars;
Private F. c. Wolf of 210 Wyckoff
street, Brooklyn, wounded in the leg
when fighting with the Seventy-eighth
division.
Eager to Go to Work.
"Be.swhat's the odds?" said Private
Wolf cheerily. II used to be a printer
McAlpin. and I'm going back to my
job. When you get back. they said
TO me at the hotel. hang your hat and
coat up here again--we1l keep the nail
for you" And Private Bill O'Sullivan
of Spring street, with but one good eye
left now, guessed" that when he went
back to the local offices OF the Clyde
Line to look for the job he gave up to
go to war maybe" the boss would
take him back again. And all the other
lads on crutches standing about said
encouragingly, sure they will, Bill"
Private John H. Marks Of Thornton,
Ark, who was wounded in the leg at
Belleau Wood on June 10 last, and
later-on July 1S-was gassed at Sois-
sons, had a tale to tell OF the way his
company, the Ninety fifth Company of
the Sixth Regiment OF Marines. went
over the top at scissors as a part of
a brigade of marines Numbering 5000
and came back with little more than
a battalion" that night.
Four Hold Hamlet.
And again on the next day Marks
and his marine company were sent to
take a hamlet and took II, but when
the company counted noses after
reaching their objective only fourteen
of the company were left The Huns
knew their number was small and
opened up on them, with the result
that six more of the fourteen sur
vivors were killed that night, three
wounded and one, Marks himself,
gassed. But throughout the night the
four marines left hung on to the tiny
hamlet and were still holding Il when
at 8 o'clock in the morning the French
came on with a rush and helped them
grab the hamlet for keeps.
Besides the De Kalb and the Ore
gonian the Zacapa docked at Ho-
boken yesterday. Her passengers
consisted wholly of Red Cross men and
women and other civilian war workers.
Fourteen American battleships and
ten armored cruisers have been as
signed, II was announced by the Navy
Department yesterday, to help out the
transport service of bringing the re-
turning soldiers home. The warships
will take a part in ferrying as many
as possible of the returning soldiers,
marines and sailors home so that more
space on liners and transports than Is
now possible may be used in rushing
the sick and wounded back to Amer
lea.
No great influx Of troops is officially
scheduled for to-day. although there
are so many troopships now overdue
that string Of them may file through
the Narrows at any time. And there
is a big welcome under way for to-
morrow when the giantess Leviathan,
formerly the Vaterland. is expected to
steam into the harbor with her thou
sands of soldiers aboard.
MRS. STORY MAY BE HEARD.