Evening journal., 1918-10-10
1t. ]. ". O'DANIEL
HAS FACE WOUNDS
"Our Men Don't Kno W
What Fear Is He Writes
Relatives
GET PARTICULARS
OF BROTHERS, DEATH
pecial to The Evening Journal.

Special TO The Evening journal.
NEWARK, Oct. tO-Relatives OF Lieu
tenant j. Wilson O'Daniel. who was
wounded several weeks ago whils IN ac-
tion at the front In France, h9e re-
9eived a letter from the young officer
ielling of his wound and also something
Df the fighting at the time It was re-
ceived. He was wounded in the face, but
was able TO walk from the field 10 the
dressing station. The letter In part
says:
Il wish you all could have seen that
gang Of Yanks when we went over the
top. They charged up behind our bar
rage and went at the German with a
rousing Yanking yell. our men don't
know what fear IS. ! saw lots Of them
crawl right up to the machine guns
and capture the gunners and all. II
was wonderful. The Boche can't stop
them either"
"All / regret is that they got me so
early in the game. but / am getting
along fine and will be at them soon
again. As l write / am lying between
clean sheets propped up in nice,
white bed"
Mrs. Rebecca Wilson, grandmother
Of Lieutenant ]. Allison 0'Daniel who
was killed in an seroplane accident In
France on July %, on Tuesday re-
ceived letter from the chaplain who
conducted the services at his burial
giving some particulars OF the acci-
dent The letter which is dated July
2s, the day following the accident, fol-
lows.
Field Artillery, A. e. f.,
July 2s, 1918.
Dear Mrs. Wilson. No doubt you
have been notified long before you re-
ceive this letter Of the death OF your
grandson, Lieutenant James ODaniei,
but ! Just returned from he funeral
and want to write to you while still
under the influence Of the event. Your
grandson was a stranger to me, Indeed
new arrival TO this camp, but l saw
his machine Just before it fell; after
the fall saw the wreck Of 1t beside
the hedge where It struck the earth,
and today l was called upon to conduct
the service. The event has made
powerful impression upon me; indeed
il has made an impression upon all the
camp. He is the first officer to be laid
TO rest In the little cemetery here.
II wonder II some one has written
TO YOU OF the accident. Perhaps The
little saw may be of interest to you.
RIdine out past the aviation Geld
saw the plane take the sky, and as II
passed over us I coeld see the two oc-
c,1pants. We commented on our de-
sire 20 go up some day, and after we
were seated at a small restaurant on
the lawn. one OF our company noted
that the motor was missing. A few
minutes later a lieutenant at the table
next TO ours remarked that ne had
seen Il ascend abruptly to earth. soon
a second plane left the field, flying low
In the direction Of the place where
the FIRST had fallen. It was long after
il had returned that the ambulance
rushed past and took both lieutenant
ODaniel and his companion to the
hospilal. We mounted and rode to the
scene OF the accident. The machine
had sailed through some apple trees
and struck the earth near high
hedge There we found that your
grandson had been killed and the pilot
wounded. All Of us were saddened
beyond measure.
sThis afternoon at ) we carried him
to the little American cemetery. First
the band playing Chopin.s |
wonderful piece of music. The body |
rested upon the caisson drawn by six
large black artillery horses. \ group |
Of officers acted as pallbearers. and an /
other group including In It the com
mander OF the camp, followed, and
then the men Of the aviation section.
As we passed countless soldiers they
all came TO attention and uncovered or
saluted until the procession had passed.
AT the grave the ceremonies were