The Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 191?-19??, 1919-05-07
RUIlAlIUN5 SHOULD
. STIR CIVILIANS To
EMULATE TROOPS
ABOVE AND BEYOND THE CALL
OF DUTY" A PHRASE OF
DEEP MEANING.
SERVICE TO UTTERMosT
necords Of Our Heroes In France Az.
tord an Inspiration for Victory
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SERVICE TO UTTERMosT

a Consider the gallantry OF Corn. Joh
y v Vlhepigue OF South Carolina. q
uctoDer Is, 1918, he was sent wit
= TWO men to scout through the n
lase OF Vaux.Andisny. Machine eun
: opened. splitting death. killing one !
: p!s gen and woundIng the other Tn
) corporal went on alone. without al,
so q support he pressed on SO'
= yards In advance OF his Diafoob y;Iij
sneu fire breaking over him and ma
nMe gunners sniping at him. He me-
.pur nuns and killed al OF them with
nsnd grenade. He pressed ON 1EC
y1rus further, rushed a machine eun
res, ana killed four and captured six
5ocnes. With his prisoners and two
nsnt machine guns he reioined his
command. He was severely wounded
IN the arm.
Tnese were the sort Of men 40
were packing with our Liberty Bond
uriVes ana our war work of 1918. How
s,naii the efforts of the stay-at-homes.
tne last line of defense, seem when
compared with the things these man
uio. IL Is to back up the deeds NJ
neroism mat were done by these and
hundreds OF other Americans that we
are asked to float the Fifth Liberty
Loan, the Victory Loan of the pres.
ent 1t is our time to show that INC
are as willing and as oatrioiotic as
.nese lads who gave all they had to
give In France.
Ahere Is citation of First Lieut..
samuel Woodfill of Fort Thomas. XIV
tnat reads like q leaf from romance
IL Is told in the same terse. plain
style as the other citations:
Like Leaf From Romance.
While Lieut. WoodfilI was leading
MS company against the enemy at
Canuel, France. Oct. IL, 1918. his line
came under heavy machine gun fire
which threatened to hold I'D the ad-
vance. Followed by two soldiers at as
Yards the officer went out ahead of
Ms first line toward a machine gun
nest and worked his way around It's
rank while the two soldiers remained
IN irons. When he got within 10 yards
OF the gun 1t ceased firing and four
OF the enemy appeared, three of whom
were shot by Lieut. WoodfilI. The
fourth, an officer. rushed at Lieut..
WoodfiH who attempted to club the
Olllcer with the rifle in his hand. AZ.
Ter hand-to-hand struggle Lieut..
Woodrill killed the officer with his
pistol. His company thereupon con-
rnued to advance until shortly after
ward another machine gun nest was
encountered. Calling upon his men to-
follow Lieut.. Woodfill rushed ahead
ot his line in the face of heavy FIRE
rom the enemy, and when several of
The enemy appeared above the nest
he shot them, capturing three other
members Of the crew and silepcing
The gun, A fey minutes later this Of.
dfer. for the third ame. demonstrat-
% Sohspicuous daring By charsine
mother machine gun position, killing
I've men In one machine gun pit with
lis rifle, he then drew his revolver
IND started to Jump into the pit when
wo other gunners, only a few yards
way. turned their gun on him. Fail.
ng to kill them with his revolver. he
,raboed pick lying nearby and killed
mem both. Inspired by his excep-
lenal courage his men pressed on to
heir objective under severe she'll and
lachine gun fire"
1t Is up to us to finish the lob for
7hich these men fought and died
lat the United States Of America is
ow calling on all patriotic men and
omen to subscribe to the Victory
oan." And It was these men who S
ade 1t the Victory Loan"
Had 1t not been for their sacrifices =
Q would have been facing a Fifth \
Ioerty Loan, and maybe Sixth and =
seventh Loan. There would have
zen no peace had not these men +
ught their way through the Ar +
nne, along the elbow Of the Meusa (
yer, up through Cheppy and Exer- (
ont and on to Grend Pre- and thence Z
Sedan, Montmedy and Buzancy. 4
flashing the German Hindenburg :
d notwithstanding lines and +
airing the German gate from It,
ages.
1 Their immediate Task. ~ r.
The Woodfills, Skinkers, Robba. +
lepigues, Roberts and others OF the
athlessly valiant made all this nos 4
lie for us. "Above and Beyond the
II OF Duty" was the way these men 4
2 the immediate task in front az
I'M. n their lives were required
them, they gave their lives.
{ the American people tackle the (
! Of RAILING the Victory Loan" In (
spirit that these men SWAN, rivern
der gun fire, rushed machine gun 4
SITS. and threw themselves upon
Hun barbed.wire, the Loan viii
subscribed and oyer-subscribed. Z
THE VICTORY LIBERTY LOAN