The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-04-28
Brim Full of Thrilling Stories
From Battlefields of
France.
SERVED IN Is COUNTRIES
Travelled 10000 Miles to In
tern 332 Germans Cap
tured Aboard Raider.

with a smile that could he seen a
block away. Sergt. Ralph +. Lynch
OF 730 South Olymph a street arrived
In Tulsa Friday night after SIX years
service in the L. s. marine corps.
And mighty glad he was to get
home. Bubbling over with adven-
lures from the most important bat
tlefields OF the war and filled with
optimism for the future. Smiling
Lynch. as he Is known throughout
the corps. has story to tell that
would IN many an interesting vol
umc.
Having seen service in l6 foreign
countries and having been stationed
in five. staying In no place very long,
but In each place long enough to
have some thrilling adventure, this
sturdy, ut looking fighter has
some great experiences To relate of
his travels through Porto Rico, Cuba,
Mexico, SPAIN Egypt East Indies,
Cfina. Japan and what we now
know as over there" His first
trip to France was In 1915. when
his organization took $1,000 to
the relief OF stranded American
tourists.
When on his way through the
Suez canal Lynch was under fire OF
the guns OF the central powers for
the first time. While stationed in
Japan he helped China put down a
10 OF her habitual revolutions Al
another time In his wanderings this
soldier OF the sea" was In a party
OF marines that quelled a three day
riot In Columbo. Ccylon. to protect
the life OF an American In "A hospital
there.
At the time Uncle Sam decided to
put an end To the struggle In Europe
Sergeant Lynch was stationed on the
Island OF Guam, Lying In the har-
Dor was German sea raider with
333 men on board, When war was
declared the raider was destroyed
and these men became prisoners of
the United States 4 then became
the duty OF Sergeant Lynch and ~
other marines to transfer the Ger
mans to camp OF intenrment near
Salt Lake City.
1T was a hard trip for those ~
marines. with every man doing
guard duty four hours on and four
hours Off, all the way. We came
by way OF san Francisco, covering
In all 10000 miles. and in doing 1t
! our party established n worlds rec
ord In long distance transferring OF
prisoners
lie Starts for France.
Not long after that Lynch's enlit.-
ment expired and he received his
discharge only to re-enlist after
few days for the duration OF the
war. Lynch's one ambition was
| overseas service. but~the powers
| that be" assigned him to the n
| through and through. the local boy
| didn't like the idea of posing as a
swivel chair" hero. Every month
| for almost n year his application
Invent up to the major general COM
mandant, and finally, with the aid
OF Lieutenant Hornbustle, now in
| charge OF the local marine recruit
ing headquarters, Sergeant Lynch
| received a recommendation for tor-
cign service. within 36 hours he
was on his way across.
| After four days opt one or our
escorting destroyers sank an enemy
submarine d" said Lynch, Shortly
after that was transferred to the
! Won Stuben an ex-German cruiser
which carried us into Brest. France.
! We arrived July I. and were Issued
new equipment. our organization
was Immediately ordered TO the
| front. our first contact with the en-
emy was in the Metz sector Al
| that time this was a rest sector.f
! hut Il WIS not quiet territory long.
The firs; night Sergeant Lynch was
In charse OF an outpost that dis
covered e battalion OF Huns about 10
20 In bathing. The marines opened
fire on the astonished GermanS and
gave them severe drubhing.
And There IL Wounded.
The scrapping little sergeant. with
the omodcsty OF a true hero. would
say but little of his part In the tight
inc in the different sectors he was in
I'm France. but nc had great deal
IN nav OF the valor of his corps and
the superiority OF the American sys-
tenn Of fighting.
.In the early part OF the war the
enc.nv mad learned to match his sys-
ION, 81 attack against that of the
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