The Monticellonian., 1919-03-28

the writer hereof. The major had great luck. Almost immediately he got into he thick of the fight. but later his luck was not so great, for after n hard and heroic exploit he contracted double pneumonia and was inyalded back to the United States with fine record in the field to his credit. Today Sibert is entirely recovered and il s his desire to endeavor to locate the man who on an occasion in the Ar gonne forest showed himself to be such q gallant American
 Got Behind the German Lines.
 On September 2G last Major Sibert, who was the division gas officer of the Seyenty-seventh division, went out to the last post at the front and from there undertook, with three men who had volunteered for the service. to le- cate certaln position. They went over the top and worked their way as well as they could through all kinds of entanglements. artificial and natural One of Shert's men became lost. but later found his way to detachment d engineers. The major and his two re maining volunteers then struck out straight north
 Before long, to their surprise, they realized that they were well behind the German lines. Instantly three Ger mans appeared round q corner of d knoll, an officer and two men. They never will appear on earth again. The Americans killed all three.
 The Americans then endeavored to make their way back toward their own lines and on the way they picked up more German prisoners. Later they gathered ill others, for almost in every instance the Americans succeed ed in getting the drop on the surprised enemy, although before that days Journey was ended the detachment had several severe fights and several close shave escapes.
 Finally the little outfit ran into an American engineer platoon that also had got behind the German lines through some error of direction. Tho now enlarged detachment was making it's way mp hill toward the place where fl was thought French outfit was stationed. It was opened on with heavy fire. The men broke for some dueouts, losing several in dead and wounded
 one of Sibert's original volunteers had hole in the side of his head and died an hour afterwayd Several of the German prisoners were killed by the fire of their own people.
 Gallant Deed of the Unknown Man.
 Major Sibert called for two volun- teers to crawl through to the Ameri can lines = that word could be passed to the artillery 10 get busy on a cer- tain German battery, and also to in- form the Americans of the exact posi- tion of The little lost contingent.
 One of the men who volunteered was one of the three original privates who had volunteered in the first in- stance 10 go with Major Sibert on his perilous errand. As will be remem- bered, one of these three original yol- unteers got lost on the way md an other was killed. This third man made his way through terrific fire back to the American lines and performed successfully his perilous errand.
 Ii is for this man, name unknown. Major Sibert just now is searching, He wants him to get his decoration. Eventually his name probably will be made known and if alive lie may get the medal that he deserves. and if dead his parents may be given it in his place.
 Army of Ball Players and Fans.
 A general officer of the American ex. peditlonary forces spoke one day of our combined units in France as "an army of baseball players
 The general was not far from right. It is probable that every man in our forces on the other side at some time or other in his life had played the great national game. It also is prob- able that Ut least three-fourths of the men In the service overseas, and on this side, too, for that matter. regular ly had given over their Saturday after noons and their other times of release from work to the sport of baseball
 There were many professional base