Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-10-22

Way.
New York World.
When Arthur F. McKcOgh. Il mild
nauncred, sunny -dispositioncd young
ucwSraper writer used to SIT at MS
tvpcwrltcr in the office Of the Sunday
World MaZine Il couple Of years ago, II
pleased him hugely when il would tail
to his lot to write tales Of adventure,
Of thrills--"action Stun''-aS the phrase
goes.
Mac dropped out of the writing
game when war impcndcd. He went
to the first Officers training camp at
Pattsburrh. Next he WAS heard of at
Camp Upton. Then overseas with the
Metropulitan Division. the 18th.
Yesterday no came back home, after
having lived through an adventure
that had enough thrills and enough
action In it To make his most stlrrins
written narrative sound ike Il tale Oh
little ROIlo and his Uncle.
Carried Word That Brought Rescue
For il was this same Arthur r. NC
Ecovh, now First Lieut.. Mckeogh. l.
8, A.. who won his way out OF the i"r-
est of ArgOnnc. by cunning ana pS
killing and carried the word whlch
rc,u,,od in rcscuing forces being sent
TO the aid of the famous Lost Bat'al-
ion. which lay there starving, thirslihe'
surrounded by the foe. and apparently
doomed.
AZ everyone has known for several
doys the battalion. composed almost
entirely of New York city lads. ana
commanded by Major Charles w.
Whittl,scy, a New York lawyer. WAS
sayed But it is brand new news
that a SUNDAY World man was the one
who first told of the outfits plight.
Lieut.. Mckcogh. whose home Is at
No. 62 East g3rd street. arrived yes
tcr,iay I'm a group of thirty PershihS
officers who have been detailed To ser
vice in this country as instructors lie
bus a slight wound In his forearm (the
result Of Il pistol duel with German
officer on his way out OF the torest''
but otherwise Is in fine shape.
To one of his old colleagues of the
World Mac told OF his experiences IN
the episode which will doubtless take
a permanent place in American MS
tory.
Battalion Goes Over the Top.
His regiment, the 3OSth Infantry.
after relieving part Of the Rainbow
Division on September 20. took over
the front line on the edge of the Forest
of Argonne, which the Germans haa
held for three years and which Is
dark wood with almost impenetrabie
underground.
ON the morning OF September % a'
dawn the Third Battalion of the rcEi-
mcnt went over the top and into the
forest. their objective being the Ger
man "funk-holc line" about mile
and a quarter in. They gained TINS
without much resistance and were or
dcred to push ahead. MckeoIh was
adiutant and it was his duty to cstab-
lish runner posts" by means of which
communication could he maintained
between Major Whittlescy and the COL
onel at headquarters.
This communication was suddenly
cut off. \ strong attack developed on
the righ, side of the battalion. then on
the left. 1t was obvious that the
Americans were surrounded. There
were machine gun nests ON all sides.
Three Nests Instead of One.
The major gave me fifteen or twen-
~ men with grcnadcs 10 wipe out what
we thought w;ls 4 single nest on the
left" said McKcogh, but when we got
close to il we found there were thre"
nests and at least three machine guns
in each nest. The BochcS heard US
coming and shouted over something
about .kamerad.' got one of my
boys-a little East Side Jew named
UirsChkowitZ (aud Il wonder. too) VINO
knew German. to find out II they want
cd TO surrender. He had long shout-
cd palaver with them and then report
ed: No, sir. They want us to surren-
der; they say they've got us surround
ed and they want us to do the KAN
Grad" act. Tell them. 'kamcrad
hell | instructed Flirchy and he did
it with great glce.
We cleaned out what we could OF
them with grcnadcs. hut 1t was n
tough job Then along about evening
another lieutenant with Il detail OF men
Joined my party. and told me the ma
jor said should take Il couple of men,
make my way back to headquarters
and tell the coloncl.if l got there. that
the battalion was surrounded. ! pick
ed out this Hirschkowitz and another
fellow named Jack MunSon and we
started of through the darkness, going
by compass. 1t was jungle we had
to 60 through and we could make only
n few feet ut Il time. crawling along
There were Bochcs all around. Er-
cry few yards we would see them or
hear them. and it was Il miracle we
weren't caught. We were headed due
south. hut so thick was the growth
that we'd frequently have to go due
get our right direction.
plugged Him Between the Eyes"
AT dawn we reached the edge of a
little clearing. We heard talk in Ger
man. and then saw two Boche officers
standing together. Ne were lying
down. and rested my automatic on
log and called on them to surrender
But they weren't 'Kamerad-ing.' One
OF them let so II me just as let fly
Mt him. aimed al his mouth and
plugged him between the eyes. HIS
bullet caught me on the right wrist
Just n nick but enough to give me my
wound-stripe. The other fellow ran
of. took his papers from the dead
one. and also postcard photograph of
him"
Lieutenant McKcogh had this wi.''
him. II showed a handsome Eouns