The Arizona copper camp., 1918-06-01
WH|TET, FIRST OF SAMM|ES BACK
FROM FRANCE. THRILLS RAY|TES IN ADDRESS

then they came upon patrol of
eleven Huns.
The Huns, with their customary
methods of fighting, by ruse endeav-
ored to capture the little band of
| five Americans. Luckily, Sergeant
Hall and Corporal Whiet were alive to
the situation, and a. hand to hand
| fight, such as only an American can
| love, was the outcome One advanc-
| ing German, already shot in the abdo-
men by As, kept right on until he
was finished with a bullet through the
head
All but one member of the Hun pa
troll were killed Corporal Whitet
managed to bring his prisoner, wound
ed, to the Post Commander, where, at
his own request, he was permitted to
stand guard over him. The prisoners
condition being quite serious he was
| taken to the hospital, where upon be-
! ing questioned, he admitted that an
officera nd 1870 men were lying in wait
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prisoner in safe hands, the Corporal
rushed to his superiors, and it was
possible, through this capture by the
Corporal, to prevent the Huns from
consummating their plans of surpris-
ing the intrepid Americans.
For his bravery, the Corporal was
awarded the CroiX de Guerre. The
French general who pinned it on his
coat gave him a hug and a couple of
kisses, which so embarrassed the cor
poral that he nearly forgot to salute.
To think that man who had been
through real danger should quake at
a little thing lick kiss!
An important item, not to be for
gotten, is the fact brought out by Cor
poral Whitet, concerning cigars and
sandwiches supplied to Hun soldiers
so that, if they are captured, it will
be thought that they are well treated.
In secret pocket, a search of his
prisoner revealed two cigars and
sandwich. Upon examination the
prisoner stated that the cigars and
i the sandwich had to be returned by
each soldier when he returned from
patrol The German sense of humor!
When it comes to showing the enc
my our Yankee ingenuitey, you will
have to hand it to the boys. If you
| vUI1 I1ot inL
if you heard a bell ringing in No
Mans Land, in the middle of the
night, right under your nose? You
would tear loose with every gun at
hand wouldn't you? Sure you would
that's what the Corporal reasoned
would happen, when he placed an
alarm clock near the Hun trenches.
One day Corporal Whiet was called
in to see his company commander,
where he was told that the Colonel, at
battalion headquarters, wanted him.
Fastening there, and confronting the
Colonel he stood at attention and sa
luted. Would you lige to go to
America, Corporal" asked the Col
onel? Would he! Well you can just
bet your boots that he would, but his
answer was given in such a way that
the Colonel thought Corporal Whitet
was of the opinion that the Colonel
was kidding him. Growing out;
you have not disobeyed orders so
far. Corporal; you're going to Ameri
ca" the Colonel dismissed him.
And the orporal is among us, as
signed to the State of Arizona by the
National Council of Defense, for the
purpose of delivering his message
from the boys over there.
The message is: Go Across or Come
Across! Stand united behind the
boys who are fighting a real fight
fighting to safeguard the fpture-to
make the world safe-to Brush the
despotic monster who would rule the
world! -.