Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-04-05
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Rdward Colbert Sees Conrade
Left For Dead Near
Chateau Thierry
HOW IT ALL HAPPENED


Edwafd +. Colbert, who formerly
belonged / othe old Fourth Regimen,
81 the Maryland National Guard, of
baltimore. and who was wounded on
tRe other side. and ii now assisting
ID the work OF the War Camp Com
munity Service here, Was one Or the
principals in 4 strange incident Of the
war which hid its finale In Baltimore
Thursday afternoon Colbert came
face so face with comrade whom be
thought he had left dead III France
Oh July rs, last near Chateau Thierry.
The other soldier whose name was
Foreman, was equally surprised. az
he had believed Colbert dead.
Young Colbert said today that noth-
ing which had ever happened to him
ao utterly COMPOUNDED him He felt.
as II ne was gazing on q spirit, and
could hardly believe the evidences .Df
his senaes. 81 had reported him dead ''
Colbert said, after examining and
making sure. as ! thought, that his
heart had stopped beating. and there
ne was, on the corner Of Charles and
Lexington street. calling to ms. 1t
was the strangest experience ] ever
had.
Colbert told Of the incident when
Foreman was wounded and believed
10 have been killed Colbert went to
Admission. Alabama. with the Fourth
Maryland. and became part Of the
116th Infantry when the guard regi-
ments were Faorganized Before the.
2gth division LEFT Animation for over
aeas. ne was transferred To the Signal
corps and reached France and the ad-
yanced trenches considerably ahead
Of his former comrades.
Five og us were up a tree, Col-
bert said. fixing field telephone,
when shrapnel shell burst near the
tree. bullets coming II and knocking
three Of the group to the ground 4
and the other were unhurt. We climb
ed down and looked at those who had
fallen and found them al dead. as we
supposed.
II renembeF particularly examining
Foreman. He was badly wounded in
TIE leg, aud the fall had been
twenty OF twenty-five feet. and his
heart appeared TO have stopped. !
did not have the slightest doubt that
be vas dead, and reported 70 that Ell
feet.
Nothing had occurred to inform Col
bert Inherently, but Thursday after
noon be was returning In an auto
uohiIe from Evergreen hospital. near
Baltimore, wheYe an entertainment
Sor the blind s8ldiers there had been
given BY Colbert. who u . good COM
anedian. and several young women and
men who were In the machine. Ar
YlvIng at Charles and Lexington
street one of the young women told
Colbert that man was calling him.
Looking in the indicated direction,
Colbert saw someone who appeared
aamiliar. He got out of the machine.
and went over 20 him, and itasuddenly
came to him that II was the soldier
who had been knocked out Of the tree
Iii France.
Explanations followed. and It was
learned that Foreman had been taken
60 d h0spltal, and had recovered. The
other two who fell were dead, and
Foreman had understood that Colbert
was dead Therefore he was as much
surprised when he saw him as Coll
bert was few minutes later After
heart to heart talk about their ex u
psriencea together and things that had
happened since, they separated, but
Colbert can hardly realize vet that the
thing IL real