The Washington herald., 1918-10-07
WAR TALES OF YANKS HEARD
NUS. HOSPITAL IN LONDON
Patients from Various Cities, Many of German
Descent Tell Thrilling Experiences of
Battles with the BoChes

London. Oct. 6.-Not unlike the his.
toric old castle grounds of Knights
Templar days. with its acres ami
acres of beautiful shrubbery. trees
and gardens, enclosed on all four
sides by a great high wall. is the
Finsbury Park American Hospital,
located in the north end of London.
Stated by doctors and nurses from
Denver. the hospital now contains
about 1000 wounded American SOL
diers. and preparations are under
way for extensions to accommodate
$500.
In the neigbbornood is a large Ger
man internment camp, evidently there
for the express purpose of assisting
the Boche to send some of his own
kind to Kingdom Come in the event
his aviators come over for the kul-
lean Hospital.
Troops from every part Of the
United States are here. Surprising
is the great number of German-Amer-
leans in the hospital. There is =.
OIL NIlNdSO. WHO SplIG NllV
fact he was born in Germany is now
out with both feet for the avowed
purpose of taking the mania out of
GermanIa. and is Itching TO get well
hurriedly and get back in the big
game again"
Got Away from Three Huns.
He tells a story Of a Chicago friend
tnV, NnrfN Unf
lost in No Mans Land and wandered
straight into the arms of three OF
the enemy in a German trench.
when they told him to stick up
his hands he stuck up his dukes in
stead" laughed Duda. He lam
basted and kicked his way through
the three Germans and scampered
across No Mans Land with them
shooting at him. By pure luck he
reached our lines unscathed."
In one ward about 50 per cent OF
the occupants bore German names
and every one was evidently 100 per
cent for Uncle Sam and "the devil
take German militarism."
Among them were Ralph Umberg-
er, of Bethel, Pa: Frederick Horn
berger, and George Voith, of Pitts
burgh; Joseph ]. Meyer. of Dubuque.
Iowa, and Walter c. Volk. of Della
ware.
Gen. John J. Pershing is not the
only member of the Pershing family
doing it's bit "over here" His sister
in-law, Mrs. Gertrude Pershing, is
nurse. and his cousin. Capt. Cyrus
Pershing. is a physician at the Fins
bury Park Hospital.
Both are from Denver, as are
other members of the hospital staff.
which includes Majs. E. F. Dean and
John Amesse. Misses Maud Kellan.
Hattie Raithel, Lucille Hyde, Ruth
Anderson, Elizabeth Block, Clara
Stevens, Nellie McNeilly and Eliza
beth Yale.
A young New York City law
pathetic, stammering speech of the
shell-shock victim, told of a let
ter he had Just received from his
brother in New York.
I'VE are all so proud of you-and
to think you, hero, belong to us.
We read in the papers of your eN-
pIoit on the Somme front, wading
through machine gun fire and single
handed capturing fifteen prisoners.
Mother was so happy and proud she
cried. And dad and all the rest of
us have been sticking out our
chests and getting patted on the
backs by all our friends and neigh
bors."
Berg smiled happily as he read
the, letter, but added modestly,
"Pshaw, it was nothing"
I learned also that it was New
York City troops who with their
gallant British allies last August
stormed and recaptured Mount
KeRmel and held it against all
counterattacks. The hill was hon
eycombed with machine gun nests
and previous attempts to recapture
it had met with severe casualties.
New Workers at Mount KENNEL.
Together the Tommies and New
Workers valiantly waded through the
stream of lead. bayonetting Germa n
gunners. There were some allied
casualties. surprisingly few at that.
but the Tommies and Sammies
fought on, strewing the hillside with
German corpses and wounded. and
reached the top, where they stayed,
despite all efforts of the enemy to
hurl them back.
On a nearby cot lay Sergt. H.
Greeder, of Milwaukee, riddled with
bullets. He is waiting for d. S. o.
honor medal for heroic service under
fire. At Villers Bretonneux last
July. with his company commandeE