The Arizona copper camp., 1918-06-01

These were not his words, but they
might well have been. Corporal
Homer Whited, of Birmingham, Ala
bama, member of the American ex,
peditionery forces,\ who is the first
American fighting for Uncle Sam who
captured Hun, spoke in Ray on Fri
day. May oath.
The corporal does not claim to be
a silver-tongued orator, or spell
binder, but there is no denying the
fact that he "has a way" with him;
it matters not what it is-the fact re
mains that Corporal Whited went
right into the heart of his audience.
The Iris Theatre was packed to
hear the corporaTs speech, given I'M
der the auspices of the state branch of
the National Council of Defense.
stage were: Judge Baughn, Corporal
Whited, Mr.. Ward, H. Schewel, Coun-
ty Treasurer Chas Gorham, l. D. Rick
erson, and H. R. Bland. Judge Baughn
received an ovation when he unfurled
the Pinal county Honor Flag of the
third Liberty Loan. There were
twelve stars upon it, a record justly
to be proud of! His brief introduc-
tory address covered the purpose of
the corporals speech and the neces-
sity for united action in backing up
Uncle Sam.
When the corporal arose to begin
his talk, his audience saw just an
average young man-there was moth
| ing about him to suggest the grim
fighter or the polished orator In
plain, simple language, but with
words that burned, he opened his re-
marks with the sipmle statement that
/ fighting was his business. No one
could doubt that, in view of the fact
that he had the honor of being pre-
sented with the Croix de Guerre, and
having brought in Hun, captured
in the face of overwhelming odds.
He spoke of his arrival "Over
There; of the days of weary march
ing to the barracks; of the final ar
rival at the front, where they were
natriotically and enthusiastically en-
braced by osculatory French poilus,
and of his joy on being in front line
trench No Mans Land was describ-
ed in vivid words.
| No attempt could bema de to render
the CorporaPs speech verbatim; such
an attempt would not do him justice,
and realizing this fact, your reporter
did not consider it for moment. But
our readers who did not have the op-
portunity of attending may wish to
hear how the Corporal captured his
| first Hun:
| Sergeant Hall ordered Corporal
Whitet and three other non-commis-
| patrol This hazardous occupation en-
tails the carrying of messages from
one strong point to the other, where
wire communication has not been es-
tabhshed, because of thea dvanced po-
sition. l these patrols, one is quite
likely to encounter enemy patrols.
And so it was in this instance: The
American patrol hda safely passed on
their way, when Sergeant Hall, in
charge of the party, had a Fremont
ton: He ordered Corporal Whitet
to return for hand grenades; in view
of the fact that the Corporal misun-
derstood the order, thinking that the
Sergeant had told him to see if there
was anyone at the gate they had pass
cd, he returned without grenades The
| Sergeant was just about to administer
a reprimand, when the Corporal re-
/ turned, bearing with him two hand
grenades, which he had acquired from
reluctant sentry by right Of con-
quest. 1t was a happy thought-this
getting the hand; grenades, for just