The Donaldsonville chief., 1919-06-07
RED MEN IN 4 WAR. AR
Dr.. Paul r. Thibodaux. Patriotic
Great Sachem Of Louisiana.


The following article eulogistlc OF
DIR. Paul T. Thibodaux of this city, IS
taken from the May / 5th issue Of the
Real American, a Red Men news
paper. published at Jersey City, Nd:
sIt.is certainly very great pleas
ure to bring before our readers our
good brothers from the south and this
time we have the distinguished honor
of presenting DR.. PaulsT Thib bodaux.
great sachem Of the reservation OF
Louisiana. Doc" is an enthusiastic
Red Man three hundred and sixty-fIve
days in the year and the best interests
of the order are always first and tore
most in his anind and heart. SO
deeply in love with the Improved Or
der of Red Men is he that notwlth-
standing the constant demandseR1ade
upon him in his busy prof ofesslona1 caz
reer he never fails to attend to his
duties to the tribe and to the great.
council Of Louisiana of which he IS
now its honored head.
Like a. true Red Man, when this
country became involved in the great
world war, Doc. was one OF the flrst
to volunteer his services to Uncle
Sam. Men of his talent and ability
were sorely needed by the government
at that time and he was at once ap-
pointed first lieutenant, N edical
Corps. u. IS. A., in Buck Moon, =.
ID. 427, July, 1918l, and assigned to
active service at Camp Gfeenleaf,
.Chickamauga Park, Ga, and trans
ferred to Camp Lee, Petersburg, Va.
where he remained until honorably
discharged on 30th sun, Gold Moon,
G.. S. b. 428, (January 80, 1919 ~
was just such men as he who have nay
done much to keep the boys m eondl-
ton to defeat the autocratlc power
which tried so hard to dominate the
world.
szDoc: Thibodaux is a genuine fra
ternalist and is a devout exponent OF
the brotherhood of man. He is also
member of ttb-s Sffgree Of Poeallon-
tas. holding malfnDD mealffnDDsa.f fship ii Naponee
Council No. 4; he holds the position
of esteemed loyal knight, Donaldson:
vile Lodge, B. F. O. r., No. 153;; is
a past consul commander of Olive
Camp No. .I8, w. O. w, and past
deputy grand knight Of Ascension
Council No. 1887, K. Of G.. Above all
he is an intensely active member OF
the Improved Orderof Red Men, and and
has the distinction of having intro
duced more members in his tribe than
any Red Man in Louisiana. His son,
Paul, Jr., recently returned from
lsover there. and is also a member OF
Mohawk Tribe No. So, and had
served as Ba. Sgt. M jor, 42nd Ma
chine Gun Batta lion, 81 9th Division.
/ aDr. Paul e. Thib odalx, who re
/ isiides at Donald IdsonVille La. is forty
five years off age, and was initiated
lin the WigWaln off nj IIohaW Tribe No
|IsSa o1, tEse pon q
Il
Twas elected sachen1 off histribe ID g
s. 10. 423, Ia attended his frs
great council as preventative IA til,
q hunting grounds Of New Iberia, IA
lin 1915, where as captain OF Mo
hawk S degree team, he carrie off th'
/ ITrepagnier cup, given for the team
i competing successfully IN the thre,
i degrees. Of the order, a feat that lla
Inot vet been duplicated by an othe
iteam in the state. He was eIeete,
q great Junior sycamore in 1916, an,
at the great council held An the cit,
]. of Thibodaux, this native heath, i
4 1918, was elected great saehern Q
4 Louisiana. 1olunteered In Septem
8 her, 1917 ,fferine his services +
& Uncle Sam.
4 81 Louisiana may we'll feel proud 3
I her noble son and the brethren fror