Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1918-06-07
1900 HEAR WAR
HEROES IN PARK
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come So | went alone Returning
through No Mans Land amid incessant
shell.hre, ! rescued an engineer who
had one leg shot of | again returned
"a No Mans Land but this time sue
ceeded in getting a number OF volun-
teers to accompany me, and after risk
ing our lives over and over again, we
succeeded in rescuing a number OF men
who were suffering from gas, For this
feat | was decorated with the CroiX
de Guerre,"
Corporal Guyette displayed his he'll
met and gas mask, and gave a demon
stration OF the use OF each, Although"
he said, the men have just five seconds
in which to get their gas masks on, 1t
takes only two seconds in real gas at
tack"
Speaking in behalf OF his battalion,
Corporal Guyette said; Although the
207th Machine Gun Battalion was or
gained in Connecticut, the greater part
Of the men are Vermonters, This goes
to show that Vermont in this war-as
in all other wars is doing her share"
He also told OF several instances Of
German atrocities and OF the havoc
wrought by the enemy.
Corporal Guyette was recently de-
tached from the fighting forces to come
home to aid in the Liberty Bond cam
paign, and before returning to the
trenches he will speak at a number Of
patriotic meetings throughout the state,
After the Middlebury Band had
played for the second time, Prof Nc
Farland introduced Sergeant Tom
Jones, of the Canadian Mounted
Guards,
Sergeant Jones is an American, and
was residing in Alaska at the outbreak
OF the present war. Immediately after
the declaration of war between Eng
land and Germany, he went to Can
ada to enlist in the Canadian Army,
Upon his arrival in Canada, he said he
was astonished to find so many Ameri-
cans seeking to join the Canadian for
ces Owing to the enormous demand
for soldiers at that time, Sergeant Jones
said, the men were given comparative
ly little military training, and sent
directly overseas to help check the
onrushng Germans.
After telling several jokes, Sergeant
Jones said: "Now that | have you in
high spirits, I'm going to give you some
idea of the fighting going on over there.
One night 900 of us were put in a trench
along the Ypres salient. The German
trenches were as close to us as you are
to me-less than 80 feet away. Twenty
four hours after there were only As
men left myself being one of them.
Can you imagine it, Forty eight men
left of 900 in "a hours Another man
and myself were the only ones left of a
full platoon. I'll leave it to you to
guess if there was something doing or
not"
Sergeant Jones told of the horrible
crimes being committed by the Ger
mans. One of them was how one night
he and some comrades saw one of their
men cruciied. 81 saw it with my own
eyes-no hearsay," said he. His hands
and feet were nailed to the side of
barn and a bayonet had been thrust
through him.
Should we stand for this?" Sergeant
Jones added. "No? Then its up to
you to help. If you can't fight give
money! Every dollar you give means
one man less to be sacrificed, and will
probably bring about the shortening
of the war"
II any OF you men present" advised
Sergeant Jones, ever get into the bat
tie and you see a German lying on the
battlefield who is not dead, thrust your
bayonet through him. If you don't,
he'll be sure to get back at you some
way or other. Don't take any chances"
Sergeant Jones then volunteered to
answer to the best of his ability any,
thing relating to the war that any one
in the audience might wish to know.
Someone on the platform asked him
to give some idea what the Y M. c. A.
is doing.
Money given the Y. M. C. A. and
Red Cross is money we'll spent" he
replied. at is fine thing for the men
when off duty to be able to go to
Y. M. c. A. hut and there enjoy some
of the comforts of home. Give all YOU
can to these organizations and the boys
over there will fight just twice as hard
for you.
"Also send your soldier boys any
thing they ask for. Don't hesitate to
send them cigarettes, chewing tobacco
and chewing gum. Send all the socks |
and sweaters you can, but do not send
scarfs, as | haven't seen a scarf worn
the whole time | was over there Those
that get scarfs either use them to clean
their boots or trade them with some
French girl for a kiss"
Sergeant Jones is SO years old, and is
awaiting his discharge from the Can
adam Army. He then expects to run
his farm in Colchester, VT, which he
has recently purchased.
II you haze around the house some unused |
article OF furniture, it is possible that you can |