The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-05-07
PRIVATE P1NKERToN AND FIFER
MAJOR MACKENSIE, ONE Ar
AUTHoE AND OTHER A MASTER
OF THE BAGPRE.
LADIES FROM HE'LL" THE TITLE
OF a POPULAR WAR BOOK BY
TIE AUTHOR.
BOOK A NARRATIVE OF PRIVATE
P1tJKERroN-S REMARKABLE WAR
EXPERIENCES AS MEMBER oF
IrEST BRITISH VOLUNTEER
REGIMENT.

3AhSA oh4 44G1A WA ~ ~@-~~
REGIMENT.
| In tho strenuous campaign to put
! Ohio county over tho top" in the Vic
tory Loan drive. tn" county organization
is fortunate 10 have the assistanc" nj
Two surh Jealous and efficient workers
as Private +. G.. Iinkcrton. of IN" FIRST
| Battalion of Tho London Scottish. inc
! first British volunteer regiment IN ACT
! ION. and Piper Ma ior Mark"nzi". ot inc
New York Highlandrrs both hf ~h""l
arc Of Scottish nationality ard wear tue
kits.
Both Of these valiant warriors nave
! been through IN" crlICibl". TheY "'r"
pittrd against the Hun when the h"aSI
was at the height Of his military SUI
! prcmacy: when IN" outlook for CIVIL
cation was darkest and appreciate as
only those who helped TO hold the line
in the titanic struggle during that CRU
cal period can, III" supreme sacrifices
that were made that civilization paSco
on liberty and business might survive
They have been hero for s"vera! days
and will continue in tho service Of the
local organization until the end Of the
drive.
ditfon TO being n soldier. is n writer and
speaker Of consdnra biz ability. is at
prcscn, dcvotinE his efforts principally
to addressing Victory loan meetings.
Having first hand knowledge OF the
things whereof he speaks. and an intense
earncstncss Of expression. he is able to
impress tho average American as few
others can.
| Piper Major George Mackenzie is
master of the Scottish bagpi7c and the
| people respond To- his music rs did the
rats TO that Of tho Pied Piper Of Ham
! lin.
Man OF Versatile Talent.
| Private PinkCrtun's talents arc as
varied as have been his experiments.
He has been in turn a business man.
soldier and an author. He was born in
| Cachar. Darjieling. India his father be-
| ing tea planter and n captain In The
| Guma Valley Light Hors" Cavalry.
When hut four year. Of ag" his father
died and Nc was sent to England. where
he grow to manhood. He attended SIR
! Roger Manwnnd'S school and later
| graduated from Tho Tamworth + Agri-
culture college. Tamworth, Strafforo-
shire. Eng.
After completing his education FRI
vatc' Pinkcrton located in Canada. where
| he spent three years in commercial!
work and then moved to Detroit. Mich.
where he accepted a position with The
! firm OF Berry Bros. manufacturers OF
! varnish.
Answers Countrys Coll,
In July 1914 he went to London, as
tho British representative Of his firm
and was there when the war broke out
| in August He at once resigned his
position and offered his services TO his
country. taking his .plncc with his COM
rades among tho various Scottish clans
! Of London.
His regiment The London Scottish
was taken to France in March. 1919, and
! Immediately scnt To the trout. II was
/ the first volunteer regiment in atclon
! Private Pinkrrton experienced NV"
| months OF continuous lighting. Hc was
; slightly gasscd at Ncrmcllcs and was
/ later buried with ton OF his comrades
at Givcnchy. when hs dwgout was blown
| up by q German shell. He was taken
out unconscious and after spending
three months in hospital was discharB-
cd on accnun, Of disability. one Of hrs
/ legs having been permanently injured
/ He has since been d"votingShiS energies
expects soon IN hccom" n full nlcdE"d
| American citizen. having already re-
ccivcd his first papers.
| BecomeS An Author.
II have always been fond Of lit"ra-
,urc." said Private linkcrton." and par
. licularily enjoyed writing" Upon my
discharge from the army took up writ
! ing "a means Of helping along the
! various war activities in tn" United
| States and also did considerable speak
ling along that line.
! "ln 1915 | wrote Fragments FROM
Somewhere in France which. by IN"
! way. has no connection with the BOOK
! Of cartoons by that name contributed
/ bv CAPTAIN BARNS father. This Work
was written in the interest Of Il bed
fund" my rolunrl'S wife was raising IN
London. My last literary effort cnthIed
| Ladies From He'll" was published n!
the Century company Ill April. l9l". In
tho nrighhorhood of 5n0h copies OF TINS
work have already been sold. mostly IN
the east.
II am much -ratiflni by tho favor
with which this Z ork is being received
especially in view Of The fact mat IN"
market is fairly saturated with motion
stories and personal narratives dcallne
with the recent war.
The title, ladies From He'll Is
compliment forced by III" ScottiSh
,rnups from tho Germans because they
dressed like ladies and fought like h"li'
II deals with my personal experiences
from the day Of my enlistment up I'M
: til the time of my return 10 this
country"
Private Pinkcrton had two sisters IN
} tn" s"rvicc His younE"si sister WAS
IrovrrnrsS to Count Won Bu"lo~ nj
Mirklcnghury. Prussia. when tn" var
broke out. After considerable difficulty
safe convoy was finally obtained fn- nor
to Holland. Upon her r"iurn "a Eng
land she immediately took up army
lhnSpitnl work. She was signify III
iurcd in on" OF tho last Of tho German
air raids when n number "r hosp''hi
patients wrro killed. His "th"r sister
Miss Elsie Pinkcrtnn. was chi'i "'"''-
,tion Of mobile hospital which rarl'SI-
Trtrcnt Of lglh.