Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-17
"OVER" Is TIMES
AND TWICE CITED
Lieutenant Joseph Davis
Wins New Glory in
Charge Up Hill
CAMDEN MAN A HERO
Dispatches Tell of Splendid
Deeds of Men From This
Section

Fifteen times over the top and twice
cited for bravery lis the record of Lieu
tenant Joseph r. w. Davis, Company I.
Eleventh Infantry, whose home is at
5Si6 Washington avenue. His latest
exploit was leading dashing charge
up Hin 244. northwest of Apremont.
The courage displayed by Davis and
by half dozen other Philadelphans.
and "A Camden man, Is related in cable
dispatches from Raymond Carroll, cor
respondent Of the Public Ledger
The others mentioned are Fred Miller,
312O North Sixth street Sergeant will
liam Miles. 66i2 Havcrford avenue
Corporal charles clyde, 245l Carroll
street Lieutenant Walter A. Davenport
formerly a Public Ledger reporter, and
Captain William A. Doyle, 769 Line
street Camden. and Sergeant william
+. Warner, West Chester.
Hand-to-I Hand Fighting
Hand-to-hand fighting was the chief
feature Of the dash up Hin 2ii, led by
Lieutenapt Davis.
For two days and nights the men had
lain in shallow trenches waiting for
word to go forward, all the time under
sniping machine gun and shell fire.
The Germans were using explosive bull
lets and machine-gun emplacements
were only eight yards apart. rows and
rows of them. Davis and his men
charged at daybreak in Wild West style.
yelling like mailman as they went into
deadly machine-gun nests. one man
who gave proof of marked courage and
coOlness was Sergeant william i. War
ner, Of West Chester. Pa
Davis enlisted in the lO3d Ammun-
tion Train in July. 1917, but later was
transferred to The Eleventh Infantry.
At Camp Hancock he was sent to the
third officers training camp and won "A
commission as a second lieutenant lie
is twenty years old and "A graduate
OF st Thomas Parochal School and the
Catholic High School.
Captures 25 Guns
Lieutenant Davenport led detach-
ncnt of Pennsylvania soldiers and cap
| tured twenty-five machne-guns in
single nest. Some time ago he was
gassed but returned to the battleline
as soon as he recovered lie was also
mentioned previously as haying been
wounded by machine-gun fire.
: "Davvy" enlisted in the Seventh New
York Infantry, but is now fighting with
one OF the Pennsylvania Guard regi-
ments, the 1llth.
/ When America entered the war he
made repeated attempts to enlist, but
was rejected because Of minor physl-
| cal defect. Later he underwent "A surgi-
cal operation which enabled him to pass
the army test and joined the seventh
New York. He entered an officers train
| ing camp and won his shoulder bars.
Fred Miller was one of group who
rode Gathering into blazing F'lsmcs on
an ammunition truck when the Germans
still held part of the town. " Miller
does not return wearing decoration
! for bravery. 1t will not be the fault Of
his commander. captain George w. Cam
non OF h Company of the 103d Ammu-
milton Train.
Hero Is Modest
In a letter written August 10. Private
Miller details how he was called with
n Comrade before Captain Cannon. who
informed them he was going to cite
both for bravery while under fire.
In "A modest way he merely said he
had driven the motortrucks with lot
Of ammunition to the front-line trenches.
Captain william a. U.arry) Doyle. Of
Camden, was one of the chief partiCi-
pants In n battle in which II machine
gun battalion held two sides of tri-
angle that had been driven into sup
posedly impregnabe enemy position
The gunners hung on for hours against
terrific attacks until French and Ameri-
can infantry had won their way around
the entire objective.
What has that wild Irishman beeI
doing, now" asked Doyle's mother. at
her home at 437 Chestnut street, cam,
den, when reporter called there
In civil life captain Doyle is a sales,
man for a firm manufacturing denta
supplies He Is thrty-four years olt
and his home is at 100 Line street. II,
enlisted years ago In Battery B of the
old New Jersey National Guard, Late
ne joined the old Third Regiment, OF
Camden. and for time was top ser
geant. His brother. Thomas Doyle. wa!
, , then captain of Company d. In whicl
Larry" enlisted.