Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-08-02
FULTON'S Men
First Of Fulton County Soldiers to
Fall on Foreign Soil in Defense of
Cause of Humanity-Bits of InfOr-
nation From the Boys Here and
There.

Mr.. and Mrs. j. R. Murbach of
Swanton received word last Friday
evening that their son, Herbert Muir
bach, who was wounded on a French
battlefield some time ago, died as a
result of these wounds on July IL. |
INQUIRY at the office of the local mil
itary board brought out the fact that
Herbert Murbach went with a Toledo
contingent in September, 1917, but
nevertheless he was a Fulton county
boy, and another star has been
changed from blue to gold on the
service flag of a Fulton county home.
Herbert Murbach is the first Fulton
bOy to fall as the direct result of
wounds received on the battlefield m
this world war, to the best of our in
formation; his the honor and glory
to have made his life count in the
great cause Of human liberty, glory
from his name. He could have used
his life in nc higher way; no greater
success has any man ever achieved
in the sight of the God Of Infinite
Love than he has achieved. He has
followed the example of the Great
Teacher who came not to be minis
tered unto, but to minister and to
give his life a ransom for many
lives; greater than this can no man
do Our hearts throb in sympathy
with his parents and they also thrill
with them in the pride they feel in
this son who, wearing the red badge
of courage, has proved his bravery
on the field Of high duty and has
been transferred to the army of the
Living God. His body followed the
human standards of Justice, Right,
and Brotherhood; his soul shall follow
the standards of the Prince of Peace
and the Eternal Love. For this boy
stands as a type of every other brave
boy who has gone or shall go from
our homes in this county to answer
the cry of the oppressed and the out
ragged and to overthrow the evil
power that oppresses and outrages.
1t is net best that we should deceive
ourselves: Herbert Murbach may be
the first to fall but we know that
there will be others; we cannot es-
cape that. What we have said in re-
gard to him we say and feel in re-
gard to every otherl Fulton county
soldier, and we pray that we may
prove ourselves worthy of them.
We have come TO place of vision
where it is given us to perceive, if
we will, the real and the true values.
If we cannot see that lives like these
of our soldier boys far outweigh in
real value all material wealth Of
money or other things, then God pity
us!
Bits of information concerning the
boys are constantly reaching US. Ray
Turnbull was home from Sunday to
Wednesday of this week on furlough
Ray has been utilized as an instruc-
tor of buglers at Camp Taylor and
says he likes the place and the work
he has to do. He is looking well and
fit.
R. o. Buck is getting used to real
"down South" summer weather al
Camp Beauregard, near Alexandria
La, and the last word we had from
him was that he was getting instruc.
ton and training that would fit him
> to care for the feet of the men il
, service. Many things have beer
learned by experience during this
present war and one of them is tina
to maintain the soldiers highest eff
cheney it is necessary to pay specia
attention to the care of his feet.
A card has been received from
, Robert j. Bissonnette which show
, that he, with others of the 329th, ar
getting their additional training AM
I final seasoning somewhere in Eng
. land. 1t is something to be grateful
for that our American boys have ha
the advantage of thorough prepara
! tion and training before they ar
}, called upon to face the Boches, an
even after the completion Of thei
: training they have been placed O
. duty first on some Of the quieter sec
; tors of the battle line in order tina
they may be still more thorough
IS posted in regard to the condition
d they will have to meet before the
y get into the thick of the fray OU
/ allies have been most generous alon
&c this line and in consequence when OF
n American men have come into actio
Il they have been wonderfully efficien
t 1t is to be remembered also that tn
system of Thorough preparation m;
- terially lessons the possible casual
list, as the men are taught to tax
care of themselves and to take no I'll
necessary risks. OF course, all tn
II is directly in contradiction to IL
!" German accounts of the FrenC
and English using Americans as ''ca1
non fodder" but fortunately, Germs
propaganda and facts rarely if ev
lie will serve the cause of German
better? that seems to be a cardin
principle of German ethics.
Other people besides Mr.. and Nj
Charles Yeager have been might
glad to see the U. S. Navy repr
sentatives, Clarence and Robert Ye
ger, on the streets during the pa
week, and regret that even ten-di
furloughs will come to an end. 7
boys have had some experiences, b
ike loyal sailor-men, they will not t.
them unit, the war is over. TIL
have told, however, that they ha
plenty of opportunity to keep in prs
tice in their profession as DENTS
when they are aboard their cruis
ANNOUNCEMENT
| wish to announce to the vote
of Fulton county that l am a can
date for the office of Prosecuting
torney on the Republican ticket. 81