The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-02-12

'est 4. iau's playing the game nc
Aaa ns slammed h,s books away:
sIAs Latin and Greek rye got In my
:, y. a ~ &sf~r, s..-- }. W.
saS4isAia I<crisa. z-tne eustes esh
IsAr fSf ladn from school"
Dye think he'd listen No, not At ala;
~ ! called him fool. 9 fool
NJ xh6a wrote Robert w. Service. TIE
lAlmftAhae British poet. IN tribute to
- Uhxlish lads who threw down their
ncAooldAy toys and went 70 fight ana
- tDr the Mctherland, And William
n Milan, Jr-, who was Just plain Bill
lGilasn. to the boys of John Marsha u
I Afg6 school. and whose father. W. NJ.
Milan, has prospered for number uF
ysAfs ON comfortable Henrico county
1ar0 near Richmond. has typthed the
/. America boy In the spirit Of the above
Aesafofy some called Fiji fool when
- Pm AWAY from school and joined
rs army n couple of years ago. when
~ was only fifteen He couidhf stana
n, AasE had to so. His father aion /
Out any obstacles In the bows way, De-
oauee he had fought in the spanish
American war himself. and his nnces-
tAra Tor generations back had aI"aNs
been among those present" when Old
GLORY called for volunteers. Cotonel
n r. Milan. Lili's great uncle led ar
army Against the Alamo in 1895. a G.
yhey'vs tuiii a monument to hitn down
II. TeEaa
Or. They put him IN tho tanks, along
With Bob Matthews. another richmond
bey. They started young Milan 70
AS1vfne a tank, orcpelilrg that w
eAiniy-icckinx death trap across no
maa'. rnnd right into the teeth OF the
I HIM. But ali hts people had been
!. Texans. ana they knew how to shoot 3
/ An>1iy vss put IN charge of machine
-. Bob Natives declares that
Milan has seeouat-f for az many Ger
mans xs any ~sL in the American
army, he nrrt}}Y believes.
Il Sc fl@te- vsAt on.
BIZ ~eat t. France about seventeen
x1erthp aro with tire 2s1st tank COM
my. and somewa here between Cambra!
ana yaienciennes Hun she'll hit tho
~slA boat
Matthews. Etr's pal. suffered a severe
tntery, brit the Henrtec boy escaped UNI
hO1A He dsd not escape notice. how
! ~pef. S1d In due time the colonel sent
To- him. He didn't know what they
~nateds, Might have been calling him
an fc- breaking eome military rules
for all he knew. They don't pay much
attention to military courtesy and thnse
things when they're killing Huns But
when ~ rot to headquarters he found
m Susst lined 40 apd French gen.
ssal standing there-
sWhaFs thA idesT Milan thought
, ~ Ass orsonei smiled, and cams and
ano~A handA with him Bill turned sort
- ~ IN tbs face. and the French zen
%pus came over. They say IN kissed
Neu - 10th checks, after tho French
fnaASen, but thai can't be voached for.
Aayvay he took little medal out o.
! ~ pochet. ana pinned IL just over
FNn-n lsfthand upper coat pocket and
ts3A him tho French government appre-
asAaa1 MIN, and wanted to shcw him
thalr apsreciation for his bravery.
And now Bill wears the croix &c
<SssYrst:
fhe Day before the srristice was
signed hin got a couple OF whifss frem
tho sissiaa Of gas sheli. and ever rtnoe
he has been confined 20 the lie Mans
I. hospital where he has received the
best Of treatment ard viii soon be
I ready TO come horne. The fstted calf
fas been given couple OF extra feeds
a day over In Henrico, and when that
boz rolls In he's going to End reccp-
ton that he will remember all the days
- hf~ Yfs