The Cordova daily times. [volume] (Cordova, Alaska) 1914-1947, 1918-08-06
LOUIS K[0PSCH
EDITING PAPER
IN " AR 70 Ne
New York Times)

| Just how the boys who few
! months ago were going about their
i peaceful pursuits in the streets of
New York fight and die in trenches
and on battlefields 1900 miles from
home is graphically told in &C What
| Happens, a tiny newspaper edited
and published by the enlisted men Of
Company c. l65th infantry, formerly
New York's beloved Sixty-ninth
None of the three editors-Cor-
porals Louis Klopsch, Thomas O'Kelly
and E. F. McCarthy-is a trained
writer. but they describe what they
see interestingly and with the human
touch as only those who witness com
rades die and at the same time I'M
finchingly await death themselves are
able to do.
With the receipt of the trench
newspaper comes a letter from Capt.
William Kennedy. who commands G
! company, to relative here, but the
captain neglects to mention anything
about his heroism in carrying Cor
poral Thomas O'kelly from a trench
that was being shelled
1.-THE Man We Follow"
In describing the incident, &C What
| Happens" under the caption, THE
Man We Follow" says:
When the rain Of shrapnel became
so heavy that to remain on the sur
face seemed like flirting with death.
Captain Kennedy ordered all his men
to the dugouts When all in sight had
disappeared the captain climbed into
dugout himself
HE had hardly reached the safety
zone when shell proved that the
boche had the range. All at once the
fact that Corporal and Liason Agent
Thomas O'Kelly, his sprained ankle
making the trip to safety long and
hard, was not In the dugouts dawned
on Captain Kennedy. In less time
than it takes to tell the captain was
rushing through shell fire to do his
best for one of his men. Fortunately
neither was killed, and the incident
simply illustrates the famous c COM
pany spirit"
The Corporal OKelly mentioned is
one of the most popular men in the
| Sixty-ninth His home is in Liner
lex, Ireland, and he had arrived in
this country on concert tour from
Australia when the Sixty-ninth had
/ been called to the colors. He can
Celed all his contracts and joined the
famous regiment as private. He
was formerly a member of the Royal
Carl Rosa Opera Company.
Perfect Discipline Under Fire
When the latest edition was pub
| lished" says an editorial, I'VE were
rockies. Today we are American vet
Grams. We have tasted the best or
the worst that Fritz can offer and
liked it, For days the enemy bap-
tiled us with artillery. Then he gave
us a chance to test our automatics
( on his aircraft before the warning of
our sentries that gas was coming made
us don our masks and seek the dug
outs. Not once in those trying days
did one man in Company falter. Not
once did the famous C spirit waver
Not man was lost. not a drop OF
American blood was spilled. The dis.
cipline at all times was perfect, and
1t is with pardonable pride that we
point to the remarkable record OF the
c spirit"
Evidently the editors had to quit
their task at this time to hurry back
into battle. for on the next page the
writer's pause to scribble a few lines
that are found under the title "In
Memoriam":
For the first time we are called
upon to dip our pen in the honored
blood of our dead, Corporal William
Elwood and Private Joseph Miller
have laid down their lives for the
cause of humanity. Unfiinchingly.
fearlessly. even eagerly. they have
met their end. When President VIII
son issued his first call for volunteers
these heroes answered at once. They
have given their all More no man
can give. We who are left behind are
sad. for the gap In our ranks can
never be filed. 1t marks the first
breach In that organization that
worked faithfully at Camp Mills, that
faced the perils OF the Atlantic, that
went through the hardships OF the
first winter in France. To the rela-
tives and friends OF our dead we ex-
nv of no ~