The Colville examiner. [volume] (Colville, Wash.) 1907-1948, 1919-05-03
HEROES TO TELL
STORIES OF War
SPEAKERS WITH TROPHY TRAIN
TO RELATE THRILLING
EXPERIENCES
Here Wednesday Night--Music by
Band and Singing by Chorus
of Students

A thrill which they will long re-
member is promised those who come
to see the trophy train which will
be on exhibit in Colville May 7, at
6:15 p. m. Accompanying the train
throughout the state, explaining the
war material aboard, telling per-
sonal stories of how and where they
met and vanquished the Hun, will
be number of heroes from the
northwest, among whom are Major
E. P. Lowry, Capt. E. X. Brown,
Lieut.. Norman Archibald, Capt Jack
Hazlett, Sgt. d. H. Bunch.
Major Lowry, West Point grad
uate, left his bride and his business
to go overseas when war was de-
clared. He engaged in some of the
heaviest fighting in France. He has
been decorated by the French, Brit
ish and American governments for
exceptional bravery in action. He is
every inch a soldier and his expert
ences will be worth going miles to
hear.
Capt. E. X. Brown, an Ellensburg
boy, is a veteran of the Spanish
American and great World War; He
was cited for distinguished service
in the Argonne, where he was in
continuous fighting for 43 days, and
he saw some Of the hardest fighting
on the western front. Capt. Brown
narrowly escaped death several times
and was in the battles of Cantigny,
Scissors, st. Mihiel, and the Ar
gonne.
Lieut.. Norman f. Archibald, a
Seattle boy, who enlisted in the air
service, was placed in a pursuit
squadron in France and had almost
impossible experiences in the air,
finally being shot down inside the
German lines. TO hear him tell of
being prisoner in the German
prison camps will be a never-for-
gotten event.
Capt. Jack Hazlett was commits
stoned a lieutenant at Ft. Riley in
August of 1917, and later served as
instructor in the infantry school of
arms at Fort Sill He was sent to
France with the 89th division, act
ing as division instructor, and was in
the combat lines in August 1918.
He was engaged in the closest Of
fighting, where cold steel played a
prominent part. He was wounded
in the head at St. Mihiel and was
picked up after lying in No Mans
Land for II hours. This and other
experiences make Capt. Hazlett's
story one not to be missed.
Sgt. Bunch, Seattle boy, was a
member of the first national guard
to land in France in October of 1918,
and while in command of his patrol
was wounded by machine gun and
shrapnel fire, together with a gas
attack the same day, which put an
end to his active participation in the
war. He served II months in France
and wears the Fourragere Of the
Croix de Guerre. He was one Of 220
out Of a company of 3700 to return
alive after being surrounded on both
fanks for four days in Apremont
Woods. He received the Croix de
Guerre with star for leading a plat
oon in the fierce counter attack.
The arrival of the trophy train
has been changed to the evening Of
May 7, and it is scheduled to come
at 6:15 p. m. 1t will leave the
next morning at 7. The Victory
Loan chorus composed Of high school
students will be at the train to sing
the loan songs under the direction
of their musical instructor Miss Vio-
let J. Hallowell. Music will also be
furnished by the Colville Band.