Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-07-28
CLOSE FRIENDS MEET
UNDER ENEMY FIRE
Fought Together During Span
ish-American Days, Now
Fight Huns.
LIKE TO HEAR CANNON ROAR
One Is Major in Aviation Ser
vice, While Other Lays
Railroads.
LIKE TO HEAR CANNON ROAF

! NEW YORK, July c7.-The best OF
! friends for years. captains during the
! Spanish American War and both
! deeply imbucd with the spirit OF pa
triotism and adventure. the lives of
Major Cushman a. Rice and Captain
! t. l.. Huston are again intermingled-
this time in the most interesting ex-
plot of their exceptionally novel
carers. They are both engaged in
/ fighting the Huns.
Rice is now major in command Of
American aviation forces attached to
the British army. Huston is captain
of an engineering corps now engaged
in laying railroads somewhere in
France. Both are continuously under
| fire and both like it.
individually. the careers Of these
two men are unique. Collectively,
doubly so. And, in either case, the
mere fact that they are bountifully
supplied with worldly goods seems to
have increased their patriotism and
love OF adventure rather than to make
them more cautious or penurious.
Rice is a big landowner. Huston
has done big engineering jobs for the
government. He also is halloween
OF the New York American League
baseball club.
Their friendship was cemented dur
ing the Spanish american War. when
they were not only captains OF their
respective companies. but fought as
hard as any private in their commands.
But as time passed. the two friends
separated. leaving Cap Rice, as he
is SO Familiarity known, TO pursue the
attractive life of a soldier OF fortune.
Captain then and major now, Rice
has shot tigers in India, fought in
the Philippines, Cuba and Porto Rico
piloted an airplane on the Mexican
border. been brigadier-general in the
revolutionary army of Honduras. e1-
plored the cannibal islands Of the
South Seas and is known in every cor
ner OF the globe.
The turning Of few additional pages
finds him with the American air forces
attached TO the British command, when
the Germans started their drive on
Amiens.
So quickly did the Teutons press for
ward after breach had been made In
the British defenses. Gap" Rice, as
| ne is better known. who was station ed
/ in little village north of Ham. fought
in the rearguard action on the retreat
to the last-named town. Most of his
/ fying paraphernalia was in Ham, but
the major was forced to fall back with
the main British body on Nesle without
being able TO save his kit Later
when the Germans had not yet taken
Ham. the major set out from Nesle
atoot, determined TO have another try
for his outfit
KNOCKED DOWN WHEN
THREE MILES OF HAM
He got within three miles OF Ham,
but after being knocked down three
times by the impact from exploding
shells, he turned back to Nesle. There
he was again Knocked down. mussed
up and uninjured. Later, a bomb hit
an ammunition train near where he
was sleeping and he was blown clean
out of bed.
The major finally arrived safely in
Paris to make his report. He had lost
his gun in the melee and, in his own
language. when he reached Amiens was
armed only with a wrist watch and
package OF chewing gum"
Meantime. Captain Huston, knowing
nothing of the whereabouts OF his war
friend, again became imbued with the
iE ullnE spirit. " uncut SO Inucn as
hint OF his intentions TO his baseball
partner. Colonel Jacob Rupert, Hus-
ton offered his services to the gov
eminent. They were quickly accepted.
Later, Captain Huston was placed at
the head OF an American engineering
corps. Offtimes the noise Of the Sledgc
was accompanied by the crash of fall
ing. shells.
During the performance OF a recent
and most hazardous undertaking, Cap
tain Huston's attention was attracted
by conlmotion down holc-filled road
An automobile driven at break
speed WAS tearing up the line. Captain
Huston sent a detachment of men to
Investigate and stop the commotion.
AS the captain stepped to- the side
Of the road there appeared out OF a
cloud OF dust a shell-dented Fiat. At
the wheel. grimy, but smiling. sat Ma
jor Rice.
We'll. I'll just be damned" muttered
Captain Huston.
And SO will l." was the majors re-
ply. II heard you were in this neck
OF the woods and ] decided to hunt you
up. Those damned Huns sure musscd
up my car, didn't they, Cap?"
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