The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-09-09
LIEUTENANT HENRY B. SCOTT
ARRIVES HOWE FROM TRENCHES
SON OF MR.. AND MRS. I. M. SCoI l
HERE ON BRIEF VISIT ON
WAY TO CAMP MEADE.
Was Graduate From French School VI
Fire-With 15oth Field Artillery.

4 Wheeling hoy, Lieutenant Harry r.
Sr"rr. son uf Mr.. and Mrs. l. NJ Scott
Of Pleasant Valley. commissioned NJ inc
first officers trimming school nj Fort
BENJAMIN Harrison, Ind. graduate 81
the French School Of Fir" ut Saunair".
! France and later engaged in the hiE
battle at ChaIcau-Thicrry with the I""ih
r. :. Field .iri illrry. has the honor Oh
being on" If lhc 5uU young Lieut. c,SlniS
{" Il" sriit h"m" from the firing line |"
instruct lh" now recruits nj tho various
| cant onm"nIS in IN" art Of nEhtInE the
Huns" ami teaching them that the
Americans like their allied brothers be-
, lievr in freedom. and not in the law of
might is right
Lieutenant Scott agrcahly surprised
| his parents by arriving home Will" they
were spending their vacation in Eanadh.
! He arrived nj Fortress Monrhc carly
! last week and for time had quite lot
, nf trouble in locating his parents. lnN
med iatrly after learning that he was IN
! this country they hurried To their home
and met him here Saturday. He how
I ever WAS compelled TO depart for Camp
Mead last evening In take up his now
! duties as An instructor. Lieutenant
! Scott expects tn return either late this
! year. or carly the first Of next year to
L rance u again pD lHkO ACllCH Will
| re Eiment.
| Lieutenant Scott was ono "a the first
Wheeling boys In enter the service and
| Joined the first officers training school
| at Fort Benjamin. Harrison and was
awaIdcd commission as. Lieutenant.
Last August h. sailed for France where
he remained until about the first of
January. assigned to thc French School
Of Fire at Saumairc. After completing
his work there h" was attached TO the
10th United Stntcs Field Artillery regi-
| mcnt and saw active service Il few
weeks ago when his regiment assisted
in taking the important base of Cha
tcau- Therry and in driving the Huns"
beyond that point. His regiment dis
tinEuishcd itself in this engagement and
after hcing withdrawn about Angus, 10.
| Lieutenant Scott was notified Of his
assignment. as an instructor at Camp
! Meade in this country.
Lieutenant Hugh Briar Scott his
brother who went with him to France
Is attached TO the l03rd Field Artillery
The brothers saw little Of each other
over there. but they had the pleasure Of
meeting along one Of the highways back
If the firing line IN July and exchanged
greetings.
Of health. although Il" shows marks Of
IN" strenuous lif- that lie has been liv.
ing and "i the strain of the great war
He is however enthusiastic and is con-
ildcnt that the American armies will
finally win and that victory will crown
their efforts in tho not distant future
Lieutenant Scott will possibly he able
10 make q dying trip To Wheeling from
Camp Meade within tho near future 10
spend few days with friends,
Lieutenant Nate Reed another associ-
ate with the Scott brothers in the
wheeling Steel and Iron Company here
has been suffering from II gas attack.
but Lieutenant Scott reports that he has
almost recovered md that he is again in
active service. He is we'll known here
and has 4 host of friends. who will be-
pleased to learn that he is 90 much i'm
proved.