The sun., 1919-03-16
Gen. Catlin Tells
How His Men
Piled Up Enemy
Dead Until Last
Spark Of Foes
Fighting Spirit
Flickered Out

was told BY one of those cheerful ruf,
fans who have been getting their bro,
ken bodies mended at the Brooklyn
Naval Hospital. This fellow has had \
close shave, but American surgical
skill has pulled him through.
He took part In some of the hottest
fighting in Belleau Wood and 1t tool
more than one piece OF German meta
to make him quit. The first wound
didn't bother him much-'Just Z
scratch in the leg, and besides We
needed every man and in the excite
ment l didn't care" So he kept or
going until a piece of shell shatterer
the bone in his right leg below the
knee. That stopped him. He did try
to crawl, but weak from loss of blood
and pain ne finally gave it up. waiting
for some one to find him and CARR
him in. The scratch had been :
shell wound where a big chunk ot
flesh had been torn from the muscular
tissue of his left leg, but in the excitet
nent he hadn't known.
what tho Dog Did.
He Law for many hours-a wholeda1
and night they told him later at thu
hospital-when no felt something
pushing against his shoulder. He shut
his eyes tight because he thought II
might be u Heinie. Then something
warm and moist licked his cheek and
travelled down toward his laceratet
leg, and he looked. His own particu-
lar buddie wouldn't have been a more
welcome sight than that Red Crosi
dog.
The dog was big one and a mongrel
"They don't use any particular breed
so far as could notice." explained the
Marine "He was Just n dog. oue hi
sure had learned his work"
He came UP to the Marine now
placing himself in such position thai
the wounded man could see the can!
teen on his back. The Marine. parched
and burning, needed no sedOnd invita-
ton but detached the canteen and
took a long drink, and then replaced
It. He had been without water 50
long and he was afire with fever and
the water was wonderful. SO wonder
full that he just dropped back satis'
fed; but the Red Cross dog WASN'T
satisfied. He had come to do a cer1
tain thing and he knew his duty a;
we'll as any soldier in the line. 1Ie
kept pushing against the wounded
mans shoulder until he just had 70
listen. The Marine eaid 'listen" DC.
cause it seemed almost as IL the dog
talked to him and said Come on. bucA
up. you've got to get out OF this"
And the Marine did buck up Hs
grabbed the dogs tail with one hand
and with the other and his useful knee
he crawled forward at the dogs lead.
ing. But it was slow going and finally
he had TO give up in despair. The
pain was too much. and he had to quit,
But the dos didn't quit He went of
at a trot and after time returned
with two Red Cross stretcher men,
who carried the Marine TO the dress
ing station.
When the Marine was made COM
Portable his first thought was very
naturally of his rescuer. His surprise
was very great when no found that
the dog would pay no attention to him,
That's the way they're trained" II
was explained to him. They pay no
attention TO any man unless he is
wounded and then only to bring him
into safety. They go out time after
time under shell fire bringing in the
wounded or leading the stretcher men
TO them. but when they have done that
they aren't interested in tho wounded
any more.
Another thing they have learned is
never To- eat anything except food
that ls given to them by their masters
in the dressing station. They ara
taught to 10 suspicious of food. for
earlier in tho war some Red Cross
dogs We're poisoned"
They sure are wonderful" the Ma
rine says. az wish I could have
brought that dog home with me, but
OF course he's enlisted for the term
Of the war and had 10 stay in France"
Capture of Vnu1.
The action which centred about
Belleau Wood and Bouresches and
which had for its object the relieving of
the mcnacing German pressure north
west ~ Chateau Thiorry, may be said
10 have been brought to n close on
July 81, when men of the Ninth and
Twenty Infantry OF our division
took the town OF Nauv behind a bar
rage OF American artillery fire.
NauX lies on the Metz to Pans road
about two miles east Of Triangle Farm
and half way to Chateau Thiorr7.. {SGo
diagram - Its capture and that OF
the lSois de la Marctto were necessary
TO straighten the line and to free the
Motz to Paris road Of the danger OF a