Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1918-12-05
Notes of Our Soldiers.

n n"O a portion of his interesting letter
az received only slight wound in each
NJ INV legs between the ankle ana 'lie
calf Of nv LEGS. No bones were 1.
IN or fractured, lust tesn wounds SO
1 am not sunerlng any pain. We"
wounded the nrst gay OF November ane
II was also my hrst day on the lIoi''
or course, / mad been on the lioh. ~
reserve for a month previous, put IL was
NV first day TO advance. Our company
uas in the second line or wave, as W.
call il. ana we started our drive d. 49,
a m ana we had advanced aoou' wv
m,,es wnen 1 received my Wouhu a.
20 m so YOU see We MAD the HuiiS
100 nack very last. We were al ll'
loot OF a Dig nil, waiting Oh oia
aay ance Wnen OLD FriiZ seh' on.
mar mad my numDer on H. 50 Inele l.
,ynere pot II. Ii was Snrapnei sheA
and MI ABOUT twenty ieet from me, 81
GOT a piece or two Ill my legs Ior SOU
ven,r. After | was NIT 1 walked Ua@'
two miles and caught an ambulance Iol
tne nrst ana stauon. from the mrs.
a,o s,atlon 1 TOOK a rlde OF aoout Z
miles 10 a hospital, where l was oper'
ateo upon that night and the next uay
November md, We were put OH NC.
Cross train and brought 10 an eVacua'
ton hospital, and my out II is nice mere
lust tue same as being IN noSpltai IL
tne States. The nurses are hne, Dut II
seems 50 funny to talk to real Alherl
can lady. We have several SerHlahs
mere that have been wounded ana Sonie
OF lnem do not look to be over II OF 10
years old. $50.
William L. Miller, OF this place, was
with Wardell wnen de was Wouhueu'
ana accompanied him 10 the hrSt-aia
station. william has also been IN llS
hospital, having become utterly eX-
nausted by MS experience In the paltie
We take the following item from the
Baltimore American OF recent date:
in a letter received by Mr. and MRS
n. / Orndort, lUO South Arllngto'
avenue, they are Informed that tneil
TWO sons, Corporal George L. Orndori
and Private Charles Nc. Orndorff, are
patients in hospital in France. George
is suffering from shrapnel wound
while his brother is undergoing treat
ment as the result Of being gassed. The
brothers were both members OF the
10th infantry, and while going oVei
the top George tell, in full view OF his
bother. Charles, unable to 60 to MS
brothers. aid, charged on with his com
pany, only to be gasSed a few hours
later. Inc safety OF his brotner con-
cerned Charles more than anything
else, and upon being taken to hospital
he at once inquired as to the where
abouts OF his brother. Unable to learn
anything definite, he decided to make {;
search, and to his surprise he found
George lying on cot in the same hos
pital to which he had been taken. Ac-
cording to the letter, both boys are re
covering.
Charles Orndorff married Mis-.
Eleanor Crowl, of Shepherdstown while
he was a member Of the Fourth Mary
land Infantry and was on duty here
guarding the railroad bridge.
Sergeant William H. Link, Jr., son Of
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. II. Link, OF Dutields,
died November 18th in France from
pneumonia, message TO this etfeci
having been received by his parents last
SATURDAY night. He was "a years CID
on November 18th, the day the armistice
was signed, and died four days later. he
was a member OF Company b, l4Sth
infantry, and had been IN the service
since July, 1916, when he and his brother
Dennis enlisted in the army az Fort
Slocum, New York. Dennis is il
france, being in the artillery branch OF
the service. William had been in
france only about three months when
ne was taken Ill with lobular pneumonia,
and death followed. His parents hal
heard from him only once since he had
been over there. He was bright an,
manly young fellow, full OF spirit and
courage, ana his death is widely regre.
ted. he had attended the graded school
IN ShepherdStown and had many friends
mere. He had premonition that if /.
went overseas ne would never return
alive, his father tells US.
Hugh Hill, who has been in the United
States Army since last summer, station
ed at Camp Meade, has been honor
ably discharged from the service ana
arrived home Tuesday night. He is the
first Of our ShepherdStown boys to be
sent home since the armistice was sign
ed. He is proud of the good character
given him in his discharge papers, as he
mas right to be. and he leaves the ser
vice with the best OF recommendation
He has the privilege of wearing his
uniform for four months, when il must
be returned to the quartermaster. He
is the son OF Mr.. and Mrs. A. T. Hill.
who live north of town.
Section COS of the u. ;. Army Ambu-
lance Service in France, in which hen
nard Ware, son of Rev. and Mrs. j. w.
Ware, of ShepheriStown, is driver,
was on November lst officially com
mended for its spisniid work. The
commanding officer in all order express
ed his high appreciation OF the cOnduCt
of the men during October, who sue
ceSstully accomplished task whose
magnitude surpassed anything previous
ly met with by the commander during
four years experience OF this war. FOL
tnlrty-one consecutive days ambulance
drivers worked to what may almost be
termed the limits ofhuman endurance
Mr.. and Mrs. w. L. Jones, ofMartins-
burg, have received the particulars of
the death of their son, Private William
Fitzgerald Jones, which occurred in
France November 9Th. He was in the
heavy tank service, and soon after his
arrival in France he was taken i'll with
pneumonia. He was cared for ia the
base hospital established in the beauti-
full Casino at Bordeaux, and though all
that was possible was done for him, he
died after an illness Of eight days. Mr..
and Mrs. Jones have the deepest sym
pathy of their friends in their sorrow
over the loss Of their beloved son.
John T. Porterfeld, prosecuting at
torney of Jefferson county, who enlist
ed last summer and went to Fort Benz
l.