Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-09-03
CHARTER VII (Continued)

CHATTER VII (Continued)
During the time when the Huns
We're making their Chateau Thierry
drive, Blalock, afterward sergeant of
ID company, distinguished himself by
rather remarkable piece of marks.
manship. He noticed pigeon flut.
tering over the trench where he was.
he drew his automatic pistol and
killed this pigeon on the wing. The
pigeon turned out = to be carrier
pigeon and loosed BY one of the at
lacking regiments the Germans were
using in their drive toward the Marine,
and carried a message giving this po-
sition as twelve kiometers deeper in
France than our higher command
realized. At the same time il identi-
fled division that we had not heard
of for three months, and indicated by
the fact that it was signed by cap
tain who was commanding the Gegi-
ment that the Germans were finding
1t difficult TO replace the losses among
their officers.
Instances occurred all the time
which showed the spirit of both off
GERS and men. A recruit, arriving one
night as replacement. got there just
in time for heavy strafing that the
Germans were delivering. A dud,
that is a shell that does not go. off,
went through the side of the dugout
and took both of his legs off above
the knees These buds are very hot
and this one cauterized the wound
and the man did not bleed to death
at once. The platoon leader seeing
that something had gone wrong on
the right, went over to look and found
the man propped up against the side
of the trench. When he arrived, Ko-
linsky that was the private's name,
looked up at him. and said, nLieuten-
ant, you have lost hell of a good
soldier"
Another time when we were moving
forward to reinforce threatened
part of the line, a sergeant called
O'Rourke was hit and badly wounded
AS he fell turned around and said;
well. O'Rourke, they've got YOU"
He answered, 'They have. sir. but We
have had a damned good time"
Sergeant Steidel of A company was
a fine outstanding soldier and won the
d. S. C. and the Medaille Militaire He
used to stay with me as my own per-
sonal bodyguard when / was away for
any reason from headquarters. Steidel
was afraid of nothing. He was always
willing and always clear headed.
situation, Steidel was the man whom
] could send to get it. We used to
have daylight patrols. One day a
patrol of green men went out to OBJ
tain certain information. They We're
stampeded by something and came
back into the part OK the trench where
Steidel was. He went out alone as an
example to them and came back with
the information.
All Back Unhurt.
Lieut. Baxter Aug. whom I have
mentioned before and private called
Upton, patrolled across an almost i'm
possible shell-beaten area to establish
connection with the battalion on our
left. They all went out cheerfully,
and all, by some streak of luck, got
back unhurt. Baxter, on returning,
reported to ask if there was any other
duty of a like nature that he could
undertake right away.
One night when we were shifting
the company from support to posi-
ton on our left flank a heavy bonn
bardment came on. a number of the
men were killed and wounded while
moving up. One sergeant by the name
of Kunz, born in Germany. was badly
hit and left for dead. | was standing
in the bushes on the side of the valley
waiting for reports when I saw this
man moving unsteadily toward me.
asked him what the matter was and
he replied that he had been hit his
company had gone on and left him,
and he had come up to ask me where
he could find them. ! said, Hadn't
you better go to the first aid ser
geant?" . He said. mo, sir. l am not
hit that had and want to go back to-
my company. It looks as If they'd
need me- 49,
Sergeant Dohbs of B company. bad-l