Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1918-09-13
GOOD OLD pep" NEVER LEAVES
YOUR UNCLE SAMUEL'S FIGHTER
In the Battle Line Lying Wounded Hospital His Chief Charac
teristic Is His Indomtable Spirit-f There Is Yet an
American Who Does Not Hate the Hun He Should Hear
the Tales of the Heroes of Chateau Thierry

I Marine and there were only eight Of
us to about sixteen of them, but we
sure cleaned out that first batch. My
pleasure ended right there, though,
for a piece of shrapnel banged me in
the left arm and it was back to the
woods for me. But, believe me, my
company did its share in irving the
Huns into the river"
Didn't Know When to Quit
If anyone wants to know why the
Americans were at first driven back
from the river bank, they are hereby
referred to Lonnie Shelton of Bur-
dine, KY. Shelton's unit alone took
over 500 prisoners when the Ameri-
cans returned to the counter-attack,
and but for the fact that a number
of them were knocked out, as Shelton
was, they would have still been going.
'They knocked us back at first by
the most terrific barrage I ever saw
turned loose, but we didn't stay back
long" declared he. I'VE got the order
to counter-atSNcN, and the way we
waded back into Mr.. Boche was some
thing to write home about. I've never
seen such q bunch as we had. They
advanced yelling like hell, bayonetted
and shot down every Heinie that
didn't know enough to get out of the
way. Those guys could never beat
America in a thousand years. and tell
'em I said So"
Kentucky had another man in that
same scrap that didn't know when to
quit, even after piece of shrapnel
had cut a nasty cash in his right leg.
He's Arthur Baker of Doorway,
/"Kaintuckee." and he had just gone
into line with his company when the
ball opened. The barrage got him, but
didn't put him out. A little later,
when the Germans came over to see
about it, Baker was still on the job,
working his gun for all he was worth.
When the Americans had to go back
Baker was so exhausted he couldn't
retire. His comrades picked him up
and carried him.
They Didn't Last Long.
"Heinie" tried out one of his favor
lite stunts of dressing up some of his
soldiers in French and American uni
forms, according to Anton Zolnowski
of 2S49 South Turner avenue, Chicago.
"We saw ten men on the edge of a
little wood little distance away,
eight of them were in French uni
form and two in American. We yelled
to them to come over and join us.
They advanced few PAGES and then
opened fire on u.s."
Zolnowski smiled rather unpleas-
antly as he patted a right arm that |
bears machine-gun bullet.
''They didn't last long. We made
one dash for them. Not one of 'em
got away. They were Germans all
right. There was another group com
ing up. got private and then the
officer in charge sailed into ME. I
tried to shoot him with my rifle, but
it was broken. I got him all right,
though"
The ChIcagoan seemed inclined to
end the conversation there.
How'd you get him?" 1 asked, after
a little pause.
"Just turned the butt end of my gun
around and dubbed him over the head
with It," replied Zolnowski in the
most matter-of-fact tone.
When the Americans came back at
them IT didn't take long to clean every
German out of their territory, de-
dared Elmer Sturtz of Wellsburg,
Pa. Before he got Mauser ball in
lis right shoulder Sturtz had the ex-
RENE good fortune to see two pom
DON bridges the enemy had thrown
lcross the river destroyed by the ac- ,
,urate fire of the American artillery.
Content to Be Going.
They were filed with Germans, too.
some of them were coming. but there
we're others who seemed very content I
o be going. Two shells from Ameri |
an six-inchers lit squarely over the ! {