Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1919-03-31
LOCAL Was
CLASE Of HERO
Dr.. James u Murphy Studied
And Played Football With
Gallant Captain Miles
~BRAvEsT MAN IN ARMY


The exploits 81 Capt. wardlaw &.
Niles, picked By the members of the
nth division (New York city1 as The
bravest man III the army, have q pe-
cslliar interest 10 Or. James u MUIR
ply, Of this city, who has no doubt
that Captain Miles vas his clasanate
{ in the Medical school Of the University
Og Maryland. and i mernt&r with him,
of the football team oE that institution.
Capt. Miles Ii the son Of the late
Dg. Francis 4. Miles, eminent as an
| expert on the nervous systena and q
brilliant member Of the faculty at the
University az Maryland. DR. Miles Was
known 20 many Annap0iitians who
sought his professional services He
was man of the greatest ability and
noble character. The family was orig
Inally from South Carolina
Capt. Niles graduated at Johns Hop
kiEls, and Iii az least one game Of FOOT
ball. played haifback against st.
Johns during the early nineties He
sfndied medicine. largely ct the wish
LOT his father, but some years after
graduation. decided thSt he would
prefer to take up teaching as b pro-
Fessian. He qualified himself to teach
English, and FOR time had charge Of
lthia department In i leading prapara-
tory school of Baltimore Afterwards,
| he became member Or the star 0f the
same department st Princeton
The special reason Why soldiers os
the 77th consider him the brayest
man was an incident which occurred
In the Baccarat sector Though his
arm was shattered and his leg blown
on By prosctiles. Niles insisted On
staying with his men. directing their
work from stretcher.
Speaking be Capt Miles. one of hif
fellow officers said
Miles came to as after the second
platsburg camp He Was torty-fiye
years old, the father OF four children
and lieutenant, gray-haired iieu-
tenant among the hock of boyish sub
lalterns. He had been professor 81
English Or English history or some
thing at PrincetOn, and somehow he
looked 1t. The men smiled at him and
called him the professor, but soon
came to love him. When We sol to the
front in the BaccaTat sector In June
+ he began 10 show what q man be was,
"a day or two after We got into line
the Germans staged travelling cir
Gus for us: that Ii. they brought uT
light artillery, gave us y short, SHARP
hurricane OF shells, then raidedSns and
faded away into the night. Miles
Thought his men needed encourage
ment and climbed out into the open
and prOmenaded Up and down the line
! as IL be we're viewing tho sights on
Fifth avenue. The wonder was that
! he was not hit.
Ehen he was stricken with dysen-
Itery and went to the hospital. He VS.
liii when We started the big show On
the yasIe III Septemb berthe show thai
lsent the Germans reeIing back 70 the
iAisne. EARLY Iii that action the bri-
gasfe og which our regiment. the sO9th
waa part. waB held MP BY the en-
envy. b. Company had not single
officer left. When Miles heard that he
left the hospital. pnt himself at the
| head of his men and led the attack
lEIia company led the whole brigade II
action, one og the fiercest lights we
were in
His arm was shattered early. Then
lone lek was blown on. Anybody would
have been JUSTIFIED In leaving the field
hut NIlss ne had been made cap.
tain then-saw that bis flank was in
the cir and stayed with his men. He
ordered up two stretcher baarera
When they placed him On the stretch
Ter he ordered them to carry him up
land down his advancing lnes, and be
lgsmained With shas stack until ths
END.
we ssw him later 81 Paris h0a-
Ipitai and he wouldn't talk about It e
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