Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1919-03-05
FRANK |. PICKETT Com.
MENDED BY C0MRADE.
Private Mulholland Writes from
France About Oconeean Who
Did His Utmost.
"OLD PICK" MADE A RECORD
"Y" Secretary Who Never Shirketi,
but Served In the Front
Lines as Private.

There are very few Y. NJ. C. A.
secretaries assigned to various units
with the American Expeditionary
Forces who have experienced the
thrills and the life of actual warfare
such as one-F. l.. Pickett, of Sem
eca, s. C.
This Industrious and fearless "Y''
worker was assigned to the 318th
Machine Gun Battalion (79th Divi-
ston), and joined us just one week
before our first entry into the front
lines, and he has stuck with the out
fit through it all, SO he is lone Of
the boys There is no one in the
battalion who does not know "Pick. ="
MIR. Wagener, Divisional Y. NJ. G..
A. secretary, remarked that Mr.
Pickett was the only "Y" secretary
in the division who stuck with his
outfit through thick and thin, and
who did not become "lost"-acci-
IDENTIFY on purpose-which, by the
way, was an easy matter, especially
when the shells we're flying thick and
fast
While OH the different fronts with
us "Pick" lived the life Of a private
and helped with everything with a
willing heart and ready hand. Our
MIR. Pickett lived in the trenches
with us, getting up canteen supplies
after dark when Jerry couldn't see
what was going on. When the tre-
mendous and terrible fall drive
opened up, on September 26th. (and
on which date we went "oyer the
top" for the first time,) "Old Pick"
was right with us, with all Of his
belongings on his back. He worked
night and day, first as a stretcher
bearer, then he helped with the
wounded in the Montfaucon Field
Hospital. and experienced the de-
struction Of that hospital by Hun
shells on that memorable Sunday
afternoon Of September 2oth; dug
graves; acted as "K. p on several
occasions aud even Nut bis shoulder
TO the wheels 0f the wagons. run hub
deep into The miro and muck. cold
Pick even carried "Gat" on his
hip. He was out after the Hun win
all fours. He did more than his bit
he did his utmost.
While on our last front-the Meuse
Valley drive where we experienced
two weeks Of extremely wicked and
bitter fighting, and when we were
still forging steadily ahead on that
welcome morning of November 11th,
when the guns were ordered to cease
firing, "Pick," another "buck'' and
myself lived in an improvised tent
not dugout, along the canal.
Here's where "Old Pick" saw the
mud fly from those devilish big and
terrifying Hun shells, where he en-
countered Hun gas, and experienced
the damage wrought by the enemy
bombing planes. On several occa-
3'ons the shells came over so fast
that the mud and pieces Of shell
came like hail. At these times, it
10 hSOuiOoo W say, We "GFo ulSRlnR
in" along the road
1t Is a rare iistiI.cIron for "Y"
secretary to have a record such as
Mr.. Pickett holds. and to have seen
and endured the actual sufferings
and hardships Of real war, but such
is the record that Mr.. Pickett proud
ly holds to his credit. When he re-
turns to the good old U. S. A. he
Will have Lots to relate cf his cs-
periences-as a "Y" secretary and
as a private in the front lines.
+. L. Pickett is the youngest Of
live brothers, two now residing in
Atlanta, Ga, one at Clemson College,
s. c., and one in Greenville, S. G.
Pvt Lionel G.. Mulholland.
San. Det., 18th VI. G. Bn., A. E. T.,