Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-06-27
GLAD HE IS BACK
He Went, Saw, Got as Much as He
Wanted.
CARL GUALDEK TALKS OF FRANCE

| ne was Do-CootleiZeo lWlC0-
| Would Not Give York County Foo'
for a French Estate.
York county had at least one soldier
Ito serve overseas who is "cootie
!proof."
He is First Sergeant Carl J. Gaulder
Of the 3O8th Military Police, who re-
turned to the home Of his father, Mr.
John ]. Gaulden, on Yorkville No. 8
last Sunday, after many months Of
service with the famous 81st wild
cat) Division overseas. He arrived al
Newport News from Bordeaux, France
about ten days ago and was discharged
at Camp Jackson on June 81. The
| trip back home was made on the
steamship BLACK Arrow" one Of the
many boats that once belonged to Ger
many before Uncle Sam took them ant
changed the German into good ole
| American name. The ship bneught
back several Thousand American sol
diers and the trip home was without
incident.
II was de-cootieized a couple OF
times before they turned me co." said
j Sergeant Gaulden in relating some Of
his experiences to an Enquirer repre-.
sentative-"once at Bordeaux as We
lwere leaving for Gods country an6
again at Newport News. But really
There was no need of all that ceremony
lin my case because I never had
Icootie on me the whole time I wa!
overseas and I never saw one. But the
rest Of the fellows in my company
oh, boy I guess I was just cootie'
proof. I can't ascribe my good fortune
to anything else"
Sergeant Gaulden talked most inter
estingly Of some Of his experiences
overseas. By the way, he was one Of
the first six men to be drafted from
Local Board No. 2 Of York county
lhaving been sent to Camp Jackson on
September s, 1917. He was assigned
Ito duty with a military police organi-
l.zation and served in the city Of Co.
ltumbia for quite a while in that capac-
lily. When the Eighty=first division was
Horned he was assigned to duty with
Hhe S06th Military Police Of that d.
Ikision, served at Camp Sewer for sew
sral weeks in that capacity, being ap'
pointed first sergeant in the meantime
and continuing in the same branch oi
Iservice in France.
The Eighty-frst Division left CamI
Sewer the latter part of July, and land
ed in Liverpool on August II. From
there they crossed the channel tc
1 France. Most of the time the military
belize were stationed in the vicinity OF
he French town of Raon Letope. The
INST got into the scrapping in earries
about the middle Of September ant
the M. P.s, with the rest Of the d.
vision moved up into the Vosge!
mountains, Sergeant Gaulden with the
balance Of the Wildcat bunch getting
his baptism of fire or rather being
right in an active sector. The military
police lost only one man, he dying OF
disease. Battle casualties in the entire
division were very light because Of the
fact that the division was not engaged
in actual fighting as long as were some
Of the other divisions.
1.-THE military police had soft time
Of it, compared with some others said
the sergeant. "Of course we were KEEP,
pretty busy; it being our job TO keer
order among our soldiers. They gave
US little trouble, although occasionally
some fellow would get little too gay
and we would have to Impress upor
him the fact that we were M. P.'s."
Asked what he thought of France
land the French the sergeant said: III
is beautiful country and in many re-
spects a wonderful country. The bet
ter class of French people are fine; TIT
lower classes-well, I don't think 81
much Of them. All were glad OF tht
presence of the Americans and there II
no question Of the fact but what al
of them are convinced that we won TIT
war for the Allies. The great majorit!
of them showed us in every possible
way that they appreciated our assist
ance. We were treated most honestl,
, and fairly except by some of the lowel
class Of shopkeepers who fieeced US a
every opportunity"
How about living over there? Wha
Iinducement would be necessary for yol
to take up your permanent abode il
France?" Sergeant Gaulden was asked
There couldn't be any inducemen
to get me to do that" he replied
quickly. "Say, wouldn't give one foo
of nv native sod for the finest farm II
France and the Biggest castle in th'
land upon it If the conditions were tina
I was to live there all Of my life. Sa!
man, this is the country-do you ge
that-God's country"
Sergeant Gaulden is greatly improv
ed in weight and general physique as
result Of his soldering experiences
He has gained twenty pounds in weigh
since he entered the military service
and his muscles are like steel. He ad
mits himself that it has done him mucf
good: but like most boys who hav'
been through it all, he has enough t(
last him for the balance Of his life ant
his one great desire is to get back int
the old walks Of life and forget 1t all.
Sergeant Gaulden was a we'll know
York county school teacher before III
entered the military service. His two
brothers, Messrs. william and Ear
Gaulden have recently returned from
overseas duty. The former is now a
home, the latter at Newport News, ex
pecting to be returned home shortly.
cooD THINGS FOR WAR.