The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-06

another spot where his presence was needed.
 l Everybody is keen to get in a lick in ] helping overcome the stubborn resistance of the Germans. Some of the points in the line are held by picked Prussiar | units, but they are being driven bach | just the same as the others, though ths number of prisoners Is smaller Even Uncle Charley himself came ur and took a few shots at the boche,'' said
 an enthusiastic private, using the pet l nickname of the general commanding the division.
 It happened in this way. The general accompanied by his chief of staff, his aide, Capt Theodore D. Boal of Boals- burg, Pa.. Artillery Observer Lieut. Ed ward Hope of Westchester, Pa, and his orderly, Private Ollie Macdonald of Sun bury, Pa., went to Exermont personally to view the fighting.
 Exermont is 12 kilometres G.2 miles)
 beyond the original German line on the
 railway between the almost impenetrable
 forest of Argonne and the waters of the
 Mouse and the Aire. The last few kilo-
 metres were made on foot by the general
 and his party, under constant shelling
 by the enemy, who was trying in vain
 to slow up the advancing American
 wave. Just as Uncle Charley and the OIlCeFS OI HIS 6ldfL CLlCIS6u HUH lA0 final cluster of woods on the outskirts
 of the town they were confronted by danger from new angle. The second wave of the American advance was lying in little scooped out rabbit holes at the
 roadside, while the first wave was clean
 ing up the village.
 COLONEL WISHES FOR RIFLE Eluding the American aerial patrols, a German Fokker bore down directly on tho l second wave. spraying the ground with bullets.
 If I only had rifler exclaimed Col onel Sweeney.
 q was rated as sharpshooter in my
 younger days" declared Uncle Charley. Running toward dead soldier with an agility surprising in a man of his portly figure, he picked up the mans rifle ana. stepping boldly into the middle of the l road, fired at the approaching machine His action set an example for the sol- diers, each of whom started to pepper the aviator, who quickly pointed the nose of his machine upward and scurrled pack toward the German lines.
 Another unusual stunt on the part or Uncle Charley was to place two com panies of a Pennsylvania regiment on
 the skirmish line along the Aire. east or | the forest of Argonne. The general asked for volunteers to hold this critical posi- tion. Lieut. Chambers stepped forward and two companies were selected by the general who handled the maneuvering greatly to the satisfaction of the higher command and the delight of the men or his division.
 Another German. aviator swooped down and attacked Corp. Richard A. Williams |of Topeka, Kan, who was on top of a telephone pole stringing a signal wire.
 Before the second bullet whistled py
 Williams descended the pole in two
 catches of his spiked climbers, picked up
 rifle from the ground, mounted the pole
 like gamecock and returned the lire.
 OFFICERS PLAY DEAD
 Lieut.. Col Ruby c. Garrett of Kan
 sas City, accompanied by French of
 ficer, was overtaken by German arr
 plane while crossing the field during
 a reconnaissance. At the first shot
 the French officer threw up his hands
 and fell. Garrett rushed to his con-
 panion and attempted to pick him up
 Leave me alone said the French of
 ficer '.I am playing dead"
 Then l played dead myself and sat-
 Isfied the German. who disappeared"
 said Garrett in telling the story few
 hours later.
 Alternating sunshine and rain.
 formed a dramatic setting to the hard advance today. At every break in the clouds those war birds. the airplanes.