Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-09-07
CITY GUARDSMEN
PLAY FOOTBALL
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written, but I could not write as our
company took their place on the line
and was just relieved last night. Now
we go back for a much-needed rest.
On the 26th of July we lost Captain
Jim (James Henderson, of Mahanoy
City,. He was hit by a shell and
|, the entire lower part of his body was
blown to pieces.
I'VE have been chasing the Hun
and have been keeping him on the
run since the middle of July. You
have been reading back there about
the great American drive and how
they captured Chateau Thierry. Well.
l wonder If you know it was the
boys from old Pennsylvania that were
doing all the work.
Little Mother, I wish you could
have seen tho battle. After our ar
tillery got through with our bar
rage, there was nothing left of Cha
teau Thierry but lot of ruins. FRITZ
started to run there and has never
stopped since. He left millions of
rounds of ammunition behind him.
besides much small stuff. But he
destroyed al the property of tbs
French people.
Enemy Cut to Pieces
After we had chased him back
he brought up his famous Prussian
Guard, supposed to be his best
troops. But we sure had a surprise
in store for the tricky Hun. They
sent the 10th against them and the
fight lasted only ten minutes. The
10th just cut them ii pieces. Out
of the entire Prussian division, they
brought back only two prisoners. No
wonder they call us the "Bayonct
Division"
THE same day that Captain Jim
was killed, Abe Martin was hit by
flying shrapnel and got an ugly cut
on the arm, but he will be back in
the game shortly. Call up Ike
Freedman's brother and tell him that
Ike was badly gassed yesterday (Ad-
gust 81 in the fighting around Fis-
mes. It was sure a bad day for Us
as we had about seventy men gass-
ed. Several Harrisburg boys are on
the casualty list.
I'VE have had dog with us that
went through the bombardment of
Chateau Thierry. Bill Bennett was
gassed.
II suppose you would tire IL I
told you all that l saw since our
drive started, but believe me l saw
plenty. I saw the Marne filled with
German dead the day we drove them
cut of Chateau Thierry. But | won't
tell you any more as you would only
imagine all kinds of things.
Hospitals Are Shelled
81 took Abe Martin to the hospital
and sure had some time as Jerry
sent over one beautiful barrage.
That sucker sure has some arttl-
lery and knows how to use it. But
most of his ammunition is no good.
While I was at the hospital with
Abe the dirty dog bombarded the
hospital and killed a major, literally
blew him to pieces. And then not
satisfied the pup started to shoot gas
at us and we had some time getting
gas masks on the boys who were
there wounded.
II took care of Abe first and then
helped with the other boys. Yester-
day we took bunch of prisoners in.
Among them were four boys, the old
est 20. and the youngest Ia. They
were glad to be taken. have 'Gott
Nit Uns' belt that I would like to
send home together with German
helmet.
To-day our boys had a game of
football, SO you see they are feeling
pretty good.
Very few of our boys are killed;
most of them are only slightly sass-
ed. Got my first shot of gas the
other night, put it was only sneezing
gas"
Freedman Optimistic
Such heavy losses were inflicted
on the Germans in the deadly Yank
offensive along the Marne during
the early days of August that their
dead were piled in tiers of six and
seven deep, Isaac Freedman, former
Harrisburger with Company d, One
Hundred and Twelfth Infantry, re-
lates in a letter to his brother. Jo-
seph A. Freedman. 32 North Sec
ond street. II am sick and tired of
looking at dead people," Freedman
writes.
Isaac Freedman was severely
gassed in France on August dur
ing the advance, after he had been
on the firing lines several times. He
is now confined to Base Hospital No.
Sc, with his condition improving as
much as may be expected. Among
the things that he misses in France,
things that he Graves highly, are
cigarets.
Optimistically. he says in his let
ter: wait till those Harrisburg
lads who were drafted get over here.
We've got the Dutch on the run now
and they don't have any trenches to
drop in when they stop" And often
they stop, he says, only because
they can't run any farther"
Former Academy Athlete
Letters received here tell of the
slight gassing in France of William
Bennett, of Company d, of the One
Hundred Twelfth Infantry. during
early August. This is believed to
be bill" Bennett, former Harris
burg Academy football player and
son of Mr.. and Mrs. ]. F. Bennett,
Riverside.
Every Man a Hero
The Rev. Francis c. LaViolette.
Y. NJ. C. A. field secretary of the
One Hundred Tenth Regiment, in
valided home, says:
"The pluck and the courage of
this Pennsylvania regiment is be-
yond description. I would glory in
being a Pennsylvania just to be
identified with a state where men
like these are made. When I get to
my home in Seattle I will have but
one message to the young men of
the Pacific Coast: Try to equal the
One Hundred Tenth Pennsylvania
I will say. / wish I could tell the
fav,,fIv ~ every man i'm Aha raUt