Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1919-03-14

this sector that James Moore lost hi
eye. near Cierges. The battery hat
little respite from then until the clos,
of the war.
Earl Conley. of Apollonia. another O
the Troop X boys, was instantl,
killed on the night of August while
asleep in Il tent in the same locality
The shell that killed him buried itsell
| in the ground and exploded directly un
der him. blowing him considerable
distance although the four others il
| the same tent were unharmed. except
suffering some from shell shock.
About that time Bryan heard of the
| death of VintOn Moore which occurred
July 80, at the front few miles ahead
Of the artillery. Bryan saw VintOI
and Ed Speich and visited with them
about week before VintOn was
killed. VintOn and Ed had made a
hike over to where "B" battery was
located to visit the Ladysmith boys
Bryan afterward visited VintOn's
grave. which is near the grave OF
Quentin Roosevelt
The battery was transferred to the
Argonne- Meuse front in September, af-
ter being given a weeks rest at WaaSy
After that they were under fire con-
tinually until the armistice was signed
Nalley was gassed while advancing
along road with the battery on Sept.
2S. One ''whiff'' put him out of com
mil in a
hospital until Jan. 4. when he was re-
leased and sent to the classification
camp at ST. Agnun. Here he met
George Van HOuten. Of Ladysmith.
who had been wounded and who. by
the way, is now enroute home.
After spending a couple of weeks at
st. Agnun, Bryan was sent to Ange,
assigned to C Company. 10th Ammu-
milton Train. 41st Division. and was
with this unit. consisting principally
of Montana and Wyoming boys. until
his discharge. Bryan returned to this
country on the Battleship Kansas.
landing at Hoboken. y. j.. Feb. %. He
went to Camp Dix. y. j.. and after re-
manning there a week was sent to
Camp Grant. where he received his dis
charge March II.
Hard Time to Enlist
The Troop X boys and many others
will remember the hard time James
Moore had to get into the troop when
it was organized. Jim was little too
heavy at first. but would not take no"
for an answer. He was rejected sew
eral times but went into strenuous
training, reduced his weight and
finally got in. in June. 1917.
Jim was with the troop until it was
transferred to the field artillery. going
with the other boys into "B'' battery.
the movements of which are told
above 1t was while the battery was
Shelling the huns, who were then try
ing to hold FismeS, that Jim lost his
left eye. The battery was putting
over barage under heavy shell-fire,
when jim was hit by a fragment from
Il high explosive shell. which exploded
nearby. The fragment. cut a piece out
of the steel helmet he was wearing and
this fact probably saved his life, al
though at the cost of his eye. Jim did
not lose consciousness w hen hit.
strange to say.
He was taken to a hospital the fol-
lowing day being released Sept. Is and
sent to the replacement camp at Blois.
where he met Ernest Ryall, who was
in charge of a casual company.
Ernest had been wounded twice, the
last time in the terrible fighting
around Soissons.
Jim went to Paris Sept. u, where he
had fine time. Jim says the people
of Paris treated the soldiers the best
of any of the places he visited. He
was there three weeks and then went
TO the convalescent camp at Savney,
where he was placed in charge of a
barber shop. He remained there un-
til Jan. 20. when he went to Brest,
sailing from that port Jan. 2S. on the
SaXonia.
Jim landed at New York. spent ten
days at the Grand Central palace hospi-
tai and was then sent to the Walter
Reed hospital at Washington. ID. G. He
was there week before being sent to
Camp Grant, where he was discharged.
i'm visited with NintOn Moore about
week before the latter was killed.
NintOn, who was member of f.
Company 12Sth Infantry. met his
death in charge. being hit between
the eyes by a machine gun bullet. His
"buddie," or bunk mate, stopped for an
instant and stopped over VintOn's
body when he was shot through the
neck He cid not die however
Jim said he was glad he had gone,
but Ladysmith had never looked as
good to him as now. He was over
ioyed to be home again.
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