Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-12-13
GO To HELL" YANK'S
lfpivi0 "SURREHDER"
Returned Wounded Soldier Say
East Side Ribbon Statesmen
Fought Like Devils.

New York. Dec. 13.-Privatc Duryea
told the story in graphic detail yesterday
rs he lav in berth OF the steamer Shlnne-
cock. He, with most Of the other arrivals,
was being transferred from the Mercy to
Ellis Island His left leg had been shat
tered by bullet. lie Is young, less than
twenty-one, end wiry. A small chap, yet
he sets his jaw with grimness that tells
OF big mans deeds
Duryea comes from Illinois. He en-
listed ut his home in Rockford and was
sent to France as a casual. He was pleased
with the New York drafted boys
''Mavbe those lads came from the
ribbon counters and the east side" he
said Yesterday, "hut they could fight like
the devil, and the whole darn German
ArIny had to take off its hats to them.
Don't let anybody tell you different
Duryea insisted it was seven days,
not FIVE. rs has been told in the cables,
that the battalion fioundered helplessly.
Il ought to know. because was in it,
he said And | know Lieut.. Arthur
Mcl[eogh Of Company =. He used to
he ona New York newspaper, didn't he?
He's some great scout He sneakcd
through and banged of three Germans
and got reinforcements.
''Sav, do YOU wanna see the bullet
pocket"
And he would not continue until he
had shown the Bit OF lead.
IN HURRY TO REACH BERLIN.
Our whole division was ordered 10
advance, he went on. Some way our
regiment got split up Guess it was be
cause our battalion, Companies T, G and
III, got excited and went too far toward
Berlin First thing We knew it was getting
dark and We couldn't locate the other two
battalions We stopped on the side OF
woody hill Below us, in valley. less
than halt q mile away, were the Germans.
They could sec US easy.
We looked around and saw there were
Boches all around us. We were surrounded.
The nearest Americans to US, we figuerd
out. were the AID Division, about mile
away. And the Germans were between lis
and them.
well, those Huns spattered US with
artillery. We had no artillery, only rifles
and grenades They attacked. We showed
them back TO where they belonged. The
second dav they came Al us several
times. We always repplsed them. We lost
n lot of men in doing il and lot more
from their shells.
And it was the second day that we
ran out of food and water. For the next
five days, while the Germans were coming
al lis time and time again, we were hungry
and thirsty. We gave what little food We
had TO the wounded. and lot Of them died
because they starved Airplanes came to
drop us food, but the baskets missed US
and the Germans got our grub.
MESSENGERS WE'RE sHor DOWN
We were dirty and exhausted Day
after day we lay there In the woods
sending out messengers to sneak through
the Germans for aid. They got killed or
wounded or captured. II looked awful bad
Some Of the men looked SIS though they
couldn't stand the gaff any longer
But Major Whittlesey came around
all the time. patting ,rs on the back, cheer
ing us up. telling US to stick II out and not
quit, and we knew ne didn't nave any
food or water either. He gave lot Of
guys the sand with which 10 stick it out
and not quit He's a swell, refined like
and gentle. | think he's a great man.
Well. the morning Of the sixth day
J ct4ued out with seven others. We were
going 10 sneak through the German lines
10 get reinfcrcenlents. We knew the men
couldn't keep it up much longer without
starving 10 death or going nuttv
we crept through the woods lodged
behind trees, jumped into shell holes
and of q sudden, half mile from our
own crowd, we pumped right into set
of three machine guns They opened from
The front and rear. The four chaps who
were crawling ahead OF me were killed
was wounded and so were the three men
behind me.
GERMAN LIEUTENANT FED THEM.
"1he Germans rushed up to US. busted
our rifles against trees and dragged us
into a dugout, where We saw about
twenty-five Germans. They covered the
four bodies with branches and leaves
so that if any more oi our crowd came
along they wouIdn Sc the bodies and !
would come ahead and be picked off /
by the Huns.
Their Lieutenant spoke English He !
was a darned decent chap, and told /
us he lived in New York four years ago /
and was tired Of the war Hesaid Ger /
many couldn't win because America |
was too strong for her. He bandaged us !