New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-12-27
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Sweetest Nj usic to Ships' Crews

ing German rings from the finger Of
tho vanquishcd.
Commanded by Rear Admiral
Charlea p. Plunkctt, these boys ac-
pied TO the German ,org-,anee gun
that terrified Paris. by shooting with
"marvelous accuracy a slight matter
Of 1870 pounds of steel from twenty
five to twenty-eiyht miles into the
German lines. And they luggcd their
great 14-irch naval guns right up to
the very teeth of the Germans, within
two miles Of their prey, and let no.
"Pop' Ingram, the jovial engineer
OF the detachment which returned on
the New York, was born in Missouri,
and tie hauled Che guns from place to
pace Tfsre We're oniy six guns, but
they showed up III such unexpected
places that the Germans thought there
we've hundreds. I've hit the general
headQuarters right across the street
from the place where the Grown
pr'nse was staying. The French al
rived shortly nftcr ana the Germans
what was the moss terrible bat
Tie? ingram echoed to a question. at
was the Battle Of Paris When
pulled the throttle &C he old American
locomotive into tho st. Nazaire station
at Paris, and whom this gang with me
started on the three days liberty
Admiral Plunkott gave US. there began
the biggest Of all battles for us. Peace
had been declared, and the battle
ragged. We fought the girls and the
crowds and the kisses. For three days
tAa casualties welc frightful.'
"Nc 80 wrong, Pop" insisted Jerry
Ids. II, was the Battle or Combicn
Com5lcn in French, means "How
much ~ in English, and everywhere it
WAS 'Combien y And in the matter
Of changes We generally were the
losers"
Bill Doswick, big Southerncr from
Norfolk, was chief Of The construction
work for the big guns THAT lcn~
range German gun was a freak" he
SAID. III vas very small Shell and
didn't do much harm We had tho
longest range guns on the Western
front, and We used them.
Guns Amazed French
when we pulled our guns through
the conquered territory the Flench
would cry 'Finis la guerre!', meaning
ing that the war was ended" explained
gunner, I. G. Durham, from Pontiac.
Mich. "Ihc shells sounded like
freight cars coming through the ar,
lines like LOCOMOTIVES"
"Pop' Ingram had commenced a yarn
about spotting a forty-two-car troop
train Of the Germans and blowing it to
spllnters with the big guns when c. NJ
rltschltT, OF Chicago, insisted on tell
ing about the field sports at the front
You know. We often had periods Of
rest and at those times we'd gather up
a bunch Of .lcilows, get some hand
grenades and go up along the Aisne and
practice the national pastime." he said.
We almost killed the commanding Of
tcer's dog once He used to run a teY
sticks, and someone threw grenade
and the hound went after IL 1t was
before the cog got il"
"AW, cut out that stuff, this fellow
wants the truth" Big Bill said Bat
Trltschler insists the story is trle.
Exact Armistice Time
The naval gunners declare they have
the exact time OF the armistice. It was
at l0:5S and a hall on the morning OF
November ] !. During the half minute
they gave the Germans parting salvo
O. a 1'ew tons OF steel and then went
and drank beer with them until their
officers stopped the fraternizing And
then came the fetc in Paris, the like
OF which was never seen in Missouri
OF Michigan or even in breezy Chicago.
Almost al Of the 1900 complem snt
OF the ship Went ashore last night.
Even the ships mascot, which Chief
Heisner said was "a sort of shepherd
cog, had his frolic On the streets Of
Man haltan~ Coming over the Hudson
On the cutter, g young naval gunner.
Richard Hutson, stood up and shifted
the si,, much Ike Washington does in
the picture OF his crossing the Dela-
ware.
New YorS," he said quietly to him
self, and Paris" he added, rather
dreamily, wonderful citiesi"
"here do yoA come rom, JACK ..~
he was asked
"Oh," ne replied. "rny home is in
Cumberland, Nd