Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1919-02-19
NEWPORT BOYS EXPERIENCE
Wounded Twice, Now Back IN Amer
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From Vermont to Camp Greene,
Charlotte, N c., and in two months
on his way to France, where IN SIX
months he was wounded twice, Is the
war record of Pvt. Earl u. Greene,
whose home is in Newport. Having
nod nrevious experience in the army
he was attached to the 4th Engineers,
REGULARS. He had two months pre-
| Iiminarv training at Camp Greene
! Charlotte. n. c., and May 18th, ne
was on his way to France, Landing at
Rordeaux. shifted to Calais and from
there to Weeden and Crouettes where
more training was ground INTO tnelr
system. At the latter places they
were near the lines and appreciated
the arrival of Y. NJ. c. A. trucks lad
on with smokes and sweets. Prices
ruled very reasonable, but the supply
could hardly keep up with the de-
mand. So sacred we're cigarettes IN
the ewes of the boys that Private
Greene said that a butt was not
known of in the army. When eng
arctic burned down, the boys stuck
pin in the end of it and managed IN
this way to get all there was TO thaC
fag.
Chateau Thierry drive and the 4th
Engineers came in for their part in
driving the Germans from the Marine
to the Vesle, and over the heights OF
the Ourcu. At the Vesle river the
Germans put up strong opposition to
the advancing doughboys. 1t fell to
the duty of the 4th Engineers to
place bridges over the Vesle river so
that the infantry could pass over. 1t
was during this part of the scrapplng
that Private Greene received his first
wounds. The Germans were in pos
session of one slope with the town of
Sergey in the hollow and the Ameri-
cans on the other slope. The AID
, (Rainbow) division was given the
task of capturing Sergey. This
shambles of a French village changed
hands seven times that day and final
" the Germans conceded that it was
American property and gave up the
fight for its possession. Private
Greene was in a shallow dugout for
nine hours and finally was incapaci-
, tated when heavy German shell ex-
> ploded directly above him, burying
him in the dugout. In extricating
himself he was burned severely on
t the body, face and in the throat by
;, mustard gas. He was treated at the
base hospital at Juoly and the first of
: September saw him recovered and on
} his way to join his old command at
st. Mihiel.
His command was next sent to the
I Argonne fighting and here he was put
o out of action with a severe dose of
phosgene gas. He was engaged out
d in front of the advancing troops cut
r ting the barbed wire so that the in
fantry could forge ahead. The coun-
try was hilly and wooded; the Ger
s mans taking every advantage of the
;. cover afforded for machine gun nests.
l. Bullets swept over the ground in a
veritable hail and one punctured the
I gas mask of Private Greene, render
V ing 1t useless. The Germans chang
a ed their song of hate from bullets to
gas and for seven hours Private
Greene lay IN a shell hole until
Y found and carried to the back lines
i After month or so in various hospi-
Z tails IN France he was shipped on the
Finland from Brest, arriving in New
e port News November 3Oth and al
e present IS receiving the very best of
d care at General Hospital No. -
Asheville, n. c.
e In telling of his experience with
j the "Y" while overseas Private
Z Greene stated that at st. MihieI and
III ltS AEPO00e the - y sent EOTC
trucks ND into the front lines. lader
2 with tobacco and sweets. Cigarettes
!, were sold reasonably and there was
e plenty to 90 around, hut the candy
was nrettv high. At Base Hospita
No. %, at Allerv large BUILDINGS were
IS being constructed for use of the "Y'
4 hut were not vet comnleted and al
7 Savenay there was a LARGE "Y' audi.
J. torlum where entertainments OF
vaudeville ard movies were held The
If government ran a commissarv here
n where prlceS We're very reasonable
d At Monteriul. where he was loaded
d on cars for the front lines. he exnari
enced the host service from the "Y'
overseas. Here pleasant secretarie,
e rendered good service and supplios
were IN abundance at verv reasonable
: nr1ces. two or more truck loads ar.
> -1vinp dailv. He states that the MAR
d'fHcultv the "Y" had was that m
d TRANSFORMATION. Railroad accornno.
Is dations were unohtainahla and rnoto-
II t-''rkS had tn he depanded mon. All
It of the secretaries whom he enroun.
k fHrnd wore courteous AND servino
INT at times. especially ~ the front
'1neS- thew were seriously hapdican-
:, ned for want Of suDplies
;: PEACE-FILLED YEARS
! To meet each dow mia ~