The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-05-25
Sergeant |;|I1,. york AXIS Is ,,r,,
New York Receives Modest Tennes
sian With Open Arms and
Admiration.

New York, May 23-"Thats me all
over, Mabel: I'm the guy that put the
devil in devildog. Behold me. men,
tits who did that famous deed. the
champion killer and captor in the ole
A. f. f."
This is what Sergeant Alvin York.
y Pail Mall. Tennessee. did NOT say
when he stepped ashore at Hoboken
from the transport Ohioan.
As a consequence there were lot
of disappointed ship news reporters
who surround the Tennessee youth to
get details OF the greatest fat of in
dividual heroism recorded in the war.
He Is the boy who killed twenty-five
Germans. captured 1872. and put
thirtyfive enemy machine guns out
OF action,
The most that could be extracted
from him was the mere vertification
of the story. for his fame had pre-
coded him to these shores by several
months, 1t was to his manifest dis
pleasure that the small army OF news
gatherers assaled him with a myriad
questions while battery OF cameras
clicked away in merry snapshort
barrage.
But on one point the tall, stalwart
red haired mountaireer was willing to
talk, and talk emphatically. That
was in refu'ing the story spread about
him that he went TO France with the
32Sth infantry as an avowed conscien-
tious obiector
The Church OF Christ. of which I
am an elder does not believe In. war
he said. land down there in our
home town we could not see why We
had got into this thing. But after I
had talked II over with Lieutenant
Colonel Buxton and he explained to
me that the country was going in TO
fight for peace and Justice and hu-
manity, I just went along. Major
Danforth and Captain Garner also
talked with me and they convinced
me that it was my duty to do my best.
That's ali did--my best. II was
the hand OF God that directed my
movements. and / knew II was His
wish that / did what was necessary
for me to on that memorial day at
the Argonne, I felt stronger spiritually
after Ihad killed those Germans
Where did you learn to shoot -
asked dozen reporters all at once
"Oh. down in Tennessee. We al
learn to shoot dawn there"
When he gets back to Tennessee
he will enter the ministry. he an
nounced.
He was about to turn away and re-
join his company when a flock OF
women surrounded and captured him
whisking him away in a big limousine.
They were delegates from the Ten
nessee society. For half an hour the
red haired hero was probably the
most FUSED" young man In the
Universe When he came to, his fair
cantors told him they had arranged
a five day furiough for him and that
Tennessee. through them would start
honorfng him for his valorous con-
duct on the battlefield by showing him
New York. The machine stopped at
the Waldorf where a suite had been
reserved for York.
fork's movements tonight have not
vet been traced. but when last seen
he had the appearances OF a young
man engaged in very deep thought,
presumably plotting to break away
from what is in store for him the
next FIVE days. Tomorrow night there
will be a reception for him under the
auspices OF the Tennessee society.
I'VE want all the ladies to shake
hands with Sergeant York" the in
vitation reads
But there's no telling what youns
York. not being OF the that's mo ali
lover Mabel" kind. will do to leave the
Waldorf and the ladies fat and ge,
back 10 X. p