The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-11-05

pie transcription Of the words of Yam
kee boys on the cots Of an American
hospital near Paris. It's their story.
They speak for the American contin-
gent which made part Of the marvel
Gus army OF General Mangin, stuck its
vicious fangs into the German crown
princes right flank up above scissors
and hung on and shook and shook and
hung on and snapped from one fierce
grip to another-until the crown
princes main forces came tumbling
back in pain OF the vesle, across the
Aisne, and beyond. There, at Juvigny
and beyond, the brotherhood Of arms
between the Americans and the French
was sealed as never before.
It Is the voice of that army that
speaks with one accord, though the
nccent be that of New Hampshire or
New Orleans. Listen to Sergt. Nor
man Clark Of $40 First street, Edger-
ton, Wis. He speaks the way they
al do. He says:
'Now get this right. Don't let any,
one think We Americans are asking
too much credit. OF course, no Amer
ican unit has fallen down on the job.
Give 'em an ohjective-and they get
It.
"And I'll tell the world fair that this
fighting for General Mangin is all the
same as fighting for an American gen.
era1. He hops into q battle to go
through. And he goes through. No,
sir. he doesn't waste any men-but he
gets what he sets out to get.
"The bit he assigned us to get" and
here Z grin spread over the sergeant's
lean jaws. "the bit he assigned us was
Juvigny."
And the grin broadened as he point
I'd to the American line at Leffaux, a
good ave miles beyond Juvigny. as 1t
showed on the map on the hospital
wall.
Toughest Nut, So Far.
WED been on the vesle." he went
on reminiscently, "and we'd had some
hard fighting. We lost a lot of good
men. But Juvigny was our toughest
nut, 20 lar. ! guess maybe Berlin viii
be- harder. Machine guns was what
made 1t tough. They had 'em every.
where. And we had to go through 'em
before we could really begin to fight.
"But say. when we hit the streets
Of that town we did fight. They had
machine. guns In every attic and every
cellar. I've read It when you newspa.
per guys talk about a rain of lead
saw It that day at Juvigny. Say, the
air was foggy with machine gun bull.
lets.
But the boys went through 1t. II
was Z quick duck around a corner,
into . doorway. upstairs or down, and
good-by to a machine gun crew-with
the bayonet. 1t was too close fol
grenades. And those Germans were
game. Thsy took the cold steel before
they quit"
sAw. at .outi' came a grunt OF pro
test from the next cot. "When you GET
home. sarg. you'll outlie the g. A. r.
This from one Private Fermir
0oertx OF Butter Ranch, N. M. HI
was not In the platoon with Sergeant
Clark. He had different times wifi
his Germans.
ssIhia Qpen warfare is the DOPE" hi
declared with conviction. 1--WE al
GOT tired OF trenches. So when the,
gave M the word to up and at 'em
you can bet our crowd shook a leg
Sure. It was tough going to get int
and through that town. and to put al
u ferries to sleep there. But w
dld.it and went on beyond. OF course
TIM finally slipped me q pill, a ma
chine gun bullet In the leg there, but
holieve me, they paid for 1t In ad
vance. / handed several Germans NOR
than Z pill in the leg with that Oh
Resale bayonet Of mine. But ! ha'
to stop when they hit me in the les
Cause whyf Cause you gotta keep O
running to fight these Germans. 70
gQktn run through their machine gu
~. and then when you get to tn
machine guns the ferries quit an
start running for themselves-until W
kefch up with EN-"
Huns Fear 1ayonet
sThey don't like the American ba,
onets" sagely remarked Private JOSEF
=. Kelly Of Elmira. N. Y, 'becaus
~ Tanks know how to use that too
0QDh. ! used to cuss bayonet drill bac
n TIE States when they'd set us
1abbing sandbags and bundles of woo
~ things. But I guess 1t was ii
& ht dope. The Germans won't stan
NJ Yes, you can credit their machir
I'm crews with half courage. But II
ret of 'em-whewl towards whe
10y zee the Yank bayonets comm
I1ey beat it."
Kolly came over with the first co
tlngcnt Of American troops last Jun
has seen service on all the front
~ Was shot In the right arm by m
(lno gun bullets.
=. g. Walker Of San Diego, CAL.
90 ~ the Interesting cases" at th
hospital.
s.Ihe docs tell me q bullet we
elean through my skull and lodged
~ shoulder he said. II don't knC