The north Mississippi herald., 1919-06-20

manding officer of the regiment has
been assured by high medical officers
that probably no regiment in the A.
merican Expeditionary forces has en-
joyed as good health record or as low
death rate.
In the entire time of service over
seas only five men have died and
three of these died as the result Of
a gun explosion on the range at
Camp du Valdihon.
As matter Of fact the gun ex-
plosion was the fault of no man; it
is trait of the rs that some times
they will blow up and q natural re-
suit is death among the gun crew
Such accidents while of course, re-
grettable are certain to happen re-
gardless Of the amount Of care taken
to guard against them.
The explosion which caused the
death Of three men of the I40th is
presumed to have been caused by a
defective fuse discharging q shell in
the breech of the gun.
The low death rate in the regiment
is a matter of pride and as q result
the three medical officers of the regi-
ment were each promoted grade be-
fore leaving France. It is only fair
to say however that this splendid
condition is not due to the efforts of
the physicians alone. From field
officers to second lieutenants the off,
GERS of the 140th have watched after
the health of the enlisted personnel,
the men have shown high intelligence
in caring for themselves and these
things combined rendered the outfit
able to sleep in the mud and water
at Brest, brave the rains Of Bretagne,
face the wintry blasts and endure the
exposures of the mountains Of
Franche-Comte and remain healthy.
Because the men were on the whole
free from vices the venereal rate was
low, almost negligible.
The Dead
The following is list of those
members of the regiment dead over
seas, in their country's service, those
for whom we mourn, with the num-
ber and location of their graves:
James l.. Roland, private supply
company, home address White House,
KY, died of pneumonia at Camp
Hospital No. 15, Camp Coetquidan,
Morbihan, France, September %,
1918, buried in American Cemetery,
Camp Coetquidan, grave number GA.
Charles Roth, Corporal Battery. F.
home address, Worthington, Ind.
Buried December 5, 1918 in A. E. F.
Cemetery No. 3S, Camp de Valdihon.
Doubs. France, grave number 217.
Edward L. GLASGOW, gunner cor
poral, battery F, home address Min
neapolis, Mimi. Buried in cecetery
No. S8, Camp du Valdihon, grave
number 222.
Miles E. Wheatley, private lst-
class, Battery F, Tell City, Indiana.
Buried in cemetery No. SO, Camp du
Valdihon, grave number 224.
Delbert L. Kellis, Lynchhurg, Ohio.
Buried in Cemetery No. 3S, Camp du
Valdihon, grave number 218.
The last three mentioned were kill
ed as they served their piece which
exploded. Especially pathetic was
the death of Corporal Wheatiy, who
was originally a member of the rain
bow division and for four months had
acted as gunner on the front, taking
part in some of the worst fighting Of
the war. The men who died over
seas, died for their country. as truly
as did those who fell in the Argonne
or at Chateau Thierry and as such
We're they mourned. Tender and inn
pressive We're the simple services held
by Chaplain Richardson over their
graves and shortly before the regi-
ment left Camp du Valdihon, their
comrades came TO pay their homage
to the fallen and place beautiful
ffowers that bloom through the SHOWS
OF the mountains, on the resting plac-
es of those who had made the SUI
preme sacrifice that freedom should
not perish from the earth away and
who We're left to sleep the long sleep
beneath the skies Of France.
Two Marriages
In an article / sent the Clarion
Ledger in December I made the pre-
diction that none of the members OF
the l40th would fall before the smiles
of the French girls; l nearly told the
truth, but just as / have done MANY
times before reckoned without INV
host, underestimated the charms OF
the maidens descended from the
ancients and who are as beautiful 20.
day as were the maids OF ancient
Gaul or those of Rome and who are
the mothers of the French of today,
neither did ! make full allowance
for the susceptibility of the "soldat
Americaine." Just before the regi-
ment left Valdihon, Samuel Dickey
of Toledo, Ohio, married Mile.
Louise Blaison Of Dole and Corporal
Warren. Landon of Ohio, married
Nile. Suzanne Petit, Chavignay
France. These soldiers were sepa.
rated from the regiment and return.
ed to Amariea via Rraat with thai,