Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-24
T.R, JR., WILL BE PRESIDENT,
PREDLCTSSALVA7TONPROPHE7
Major J. f. Atis jtcr Close Association Win Colonel
Roosevelt, Sure He win FoloU Fathers Lead ,

Frankford road. lie is ffty.iiv years
old. too old TO be n chaplain in the
army. and so was only an acting chap
lain with tho First Division. The first
time he went over tho top he forgot 10
strap his forty five on his hip and the
second time the company commander
detected him in the act and sent him
back. During his months under fire he
became confirmed fatalist. and be
licvcs that this philosophy has saved
many man when undergoing the su-
prcmc test of front line activity.
The Roosevelt chaplain hikcd
with his mon from near Ncrdun into
Germany until his hip gave way, and
since then has ben troubled with rhcu-
matism. This ailmCnt led TO his re-
quest that he be returned to the United
States. Before leaving the men with
whom he had been associated for seven .
tccn months Captain Cornish. acting
battalion commander. presented him
with n gold watch. the inscription of
which is his most priced possession. II
reads:
" TO our comradc who has been with
us through thick and thin. From the
boys of Company c. Twenty sixth
United States Infantry
"Spccd" Lewis Returns
Among the ambulance men on board
is Private First Class Albert L. Lewis,
son of w. W. Lewis. Pottsvillc, and
brother in law of James +. McCoy.
deputy health commissioner of Penn
sylvania. and for years n prominent
figure in Philadelphia newspaper cir
/ "lcs. Lewis was nicknamcd Speed
when he was playing football on the
/ rottsvilIc High School team and driv-
! ing his fathers automobile. VI" is rc-
! turning with u Croix dc Gucrrc with
| Section GlO. This section was AT
! tachod TO the French forces until the
Argonnc, and then Cvas assigned to the
! Ninety first United States Division
How efficiently these trained drivers
/ did their work in those final gruclini
days is shown by the following ofiria
recommendation of the division sur.
gcon, Colonel l.. G.. Field. indorScd by
Major General William II. johnson
commanding the division:
! " This Office believes it is due TO tho
officers and men of the s. s. L.. See
ton $40. attached to this division {,
state that their services during tho
prolonged period that this division was
III combat was most excellent.
These officers and men never IA
tered when ordered forward under
shell fire and by their promptncss nuc
skill saved many seriously wounded VIII,
I OthprWiSp mirht bnvc bocn StilI rnnr,
seriously wounded by any delay in nvac
uation. The training and adaptability o
these drivers was illustrated by the re,
mark of Il line officer who watched then
on blocked roads and who stated tha
they did everything except go undc
trucks in their successful effort to NOV
forward under blocked road conditions
Hospital staff Cited
Evacuation Hospital No. 3, whicl
has many Pennsylvania officers and mel
in its ranks, also won official recogni
ton during the Argonne fight. Anjo
General G. =. Summcrall, commandin
the Fifth Army Corps. praised tn
work of the organization in part as fol
lows:
Tho corps commander desires {
communicate to you his expressions o
deep appreciation of the distinguishc
services rendered by your command dur
ing the Mcuse -Argonnc operations. Gu
wounded received every comfort and as
slstance that human sympathy cou
administer.
The hospital did rcmarkabl