The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1918-11-20
BY COREY

with the First American Army la
France. oct ~ An the BnkerS sas
that Jim Hcady ~ Iowa Corporal
Jim HcadN, thank yuu-bas 4 rotten
temper He is apt To get irritatcd Boo
battle. Some little thing u Co
him.. like getting shot ur sticking his
tanks nose in 4 soft hank. on outruu-
ming the infantry which is supposed
To Toe IN support. ana which take 10
from the tankcrs-verY rarely is. ana
Jim HeadN's Iowa temper goes hluuie
He Just runs that tank around like
II was a squirrel his admiring .ssn
Ciates assert. jumping ou hochcI aud
things and paying no attention a. AN
10 what his gunner says Ia him ,llis
gunner says that M at Nar9nues boz,
kicks this Heady guy In tho back
You stop hOrsin' around with them
boChe aud pay attention t. me- his
gunner said. 'or IN hlpm" we'll DRAG
you outa this tank ana knock You're
dang block off.
Hundred Tanks Puss.
The tanks had considerable OF an
innings In the figat which opened ON
sept - bctwccL The Mouse ana the
Argonne. More than 100 OF Thorn
were employed at their usual job
OF breaking down wires ana roofing
out machine gun nests. That job was
complicated nud %thickencd ou this oc-
casion 10y the fact hat a heavy mist
fllnE 10 tNt FlNuuN NUfl INV IiINN
began work at dawn ON Sept. 20
Har1ly had they clattor'd over the
first Hoe than they Were lost lost
from each other ana the ~doughhpys
ana the high command and u aerial
patrols and the runner and every
sise. They fought the first hours OF
hat battle on their own hook. each
tank for itself. rumhling and snort
ing through the mist n grindtug
oVcr enemy nests. Hours passed be-
fore the sun came out und cleaned
away the fog. ~ they could give aud
receive signals.
Jim Hoady's gunnc was found
at Narennea. on the third day
OF the fight some Of the bat
tered tanks nmpcd into this battered
town to rest up Not much WIS l"i'
OF Nnreuncs. except little piles oi
broken stone that had been walls aud
streets tina were filled with stone the
American shells had broken and that
the doughhoyS were noW clearing
AWAY. and hero and there thc mouths
Of dugouts. ON the u brow ui
the hill in which "a tioriodyto colony
OF German Officers had once lived lu
Underground burrows tho tanks gath
erred TO- he agsuaged and pcti"d one lN
always tempted 10 compire thc., uu-
couth devices Go unfamiliar hcnfts In
action in the open "A tank reminds one
Of a charging rhiuoccro', as seen
through the pages uf stewart Edward
White Like the African terror D.
,asses ART on is snuh brow Hrt i-
low and urlN and powerful and ur.
c,nnNg quick
like Tired Bcast~.
So on this bright hill In dusty Nn.
rcnnes. hicdcn from enemy eyes UNI
der the warm shelter oi u bit of
shattered wall. they seemed tired and
happy beasts. one Amos expected
10 see one of them stretch an apprc.
ciative nose toward the friendly hand
or wag AN absurd little steel inll
Their masters hung about them lptl.
ously. \ tank might seem deserted.
lonely. altogether empty IT, SEARS OF
rust and oil and fire raw 700 the pitt
less sun-hut u a stranger vruturcd
near the dozius creature "A man wac
certain 10 mateTlallze from the vague
background of ruins. He never spoke
first. but went about his pet. ruhbiur
his hand over IT, turning something
perhaps opening a door ne s'em"'
to resent a strangers familiarity.
This is my tank hl, ann ipdi.
Gated III YOU want 90 PLAY with
tank. Go get y tank OF youf own
After listening to the other tanker.
IL seemed necessary to find Corpora
Jim Heady Of Iowa. but ho mad dis
appeared. The general conviction
was that he had craWlcd INTO "a dug
out somewhere 10 sleep teW ut ih'
tankers having had more than t"i
minutes sleep AT a time in four day
and nights. By petuuE the lie1d'
tank. however. his gunner was dis
covered Corporal Joseph Eccl's %
Harrison. y j. rose from the warm
est corner uf "a shell hole and ,'W'
over. rubbing his eyes. So said h'
didn't know wher, this li"ldy ga
was and he didn't care.
81 never saw him before col iui
the tank with him, said Corpora
Eccics. and ! won't write houl
about II Il never see him apIil
Al ! know about him l- that %
comes from some plac" in Iowa am
that he gets mad u % utiI, thIu