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PROPERTY for EXCHANGE

EXCHANGE REAL ESTATE "a
j IllF s,yrral choice Toto 30 freelaud
addition I viii srl cheap or trade tor
f,rpstsrrHrr ,nr rBI f'le' peons a-
ACIyFs vll. frU uy 'aol and tsar lutn'
auto o5 any real ys.uS., IS Irs' pay Neh'
and EASY terms on .hs'hnce: write me
Tu.ta ar.au. s.Ga'-ir View No
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BOARD AND ROOMS
HOTELS

IAJuHr ltulIt
goo good vrpu|aIoJ rovais e''N .A. n'N
and risau Rooms 10 cents ant y per
blsht "a ., aud e. ty rsF w'rk a17
taaf First street
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Iuy -NLr.l goo arra improved nHrN
H,-r, co No $50 Irr s.r.. .I room
frIea hdt,. furrisf'd - H.H. his
... 1Il acres fruit .ri Hr.ar land
rs--, gsurty No WtI sr.f.Ir. rp1i
..f.raI.fa or riiY proufrf. Irrrsfr-s
Realty CO.. aurora Mo
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FOR RENT grar. 'ur cigar sf1rd nri
office space lr rear o. l.J O. lhrl So
Big League Natbrr shop
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FuK SALE hy owner. siS.toom hoois
modern tnnvcnIrners. with garage, f,re,
reasonable 8IA Vest Thr,rcntA. PLAQUE
.Usage E5a4 or Usage l1aH
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VERY SUCCESSFUL
YEAR FOR LIBERTY
TRANSIT COMPANY
REPORT AT ANNUAL MEETING
HELD YESTERDAY WAS VERY
REASSUR1NG TO CcMPANY'S
STOCKHOLDERS.

The Stockholders IF thn Liberty Tran
sit Co.. held their annual meeting yes
terday afternoon III tn" offices on board
tho romDany'% wharf boat at tn" public
landing.
President !. G. Mtkinlry submitted Il
report Of III" years business !" 'hr III
rcCinls on the cXprClilurcs. receipts ANA
disbursements for tho s"Hs"!'. when.
considering tho conditions undcr which
the company started Ia "pr't" ana inc
rn-bu;ldng Of III TWO h"ris vas very
gratifying.
The company WAS nrSaiII"rd on m Hn-
Deal from the government, /" rrHlN"
river. naviGa ton tn lesson the congestion
Of thr railroads during II" war rer'hH
~ millions or dollars had hr"n spent "u
tn" improvement; 49, IEr stream without
a iIi-i r"turn 'or he rXrr'lml i''r".
Two COTTON boats. IN" :. l.. Liam :'nd
h" umahn were purchased ~ N"N Or
lrnn& AID i,-uught 80 Wheeling Wh"r" !!
WAS found they were "nI.""'? 4T*G','"
for r0nrmrYrn or tho nhin> md hr'h
were ryhuii. t. conform 9Th t''!i" river
standards TIL" steamer tWnhHr. Dow
tIr, t;rnS RAJ C"uwd"r. WI later "Er"Sh.'-
ri ard r,rilt"d. while terminals Wy"
arGuirnd ut Pittsburgh aI!d Wh""!'n@
and agreements mndc viii rH"ti''S rrn-
trolling other terminals - points "lt:S
The ri%"r.
Al riy.; tho hna:s rnE.d rut h. "r''.rHl-
I'd regular owing /" th"lr construction.
h;Ir after .hc T. building they hay" boon
running Si"ad; nd heir names w""''
! changed nv tnr r;cE"ra! Wn"j anu The
! General FrrShinc. Each week hHWS m
! Increase in their earnings.
Tho hu;IA ar" now operating regular
7 t.4l slN.N.'
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IRON REVIEW

NEW YORK, y. Y. March 20.-The
Iron Age. in its review Of the iron and
steel trades. will say tomorrow: WHAT
ever price changes result from the
meeting now on ~ Washington tWcd-
nesdayl. the weeks market. scant as
business has been. has further empha-
sized the downward tendency. Reports
have bern widespread Of sales Of basic
iron at ;35 NJ furnace. representing a
reduction Of IS 4 ton. ON; u! these. as
signed to the Chicago district. has been
denied by the reputed sellers. The
amount involved was $1,000 tons. An
Ohio sale Of 10000 tons seems better
established and one in the east. also at
s26.
Representing a similar decline IN
semi-fnlshed steal. sale Of slabs to
an eastern mill at $40. while in heavy
sheets there have been concessions Of
- q ton from the price prevailing early
In the year. Ferra manganese. spiegte-
ison and ferrostlicon have all yielded,
~ hrst two being still conspcuously
over~producad.
The woeks delay has added to the
problems OF the steel manufacturers
cv,cmlttee. Merchant pig iron makers
ct ti,Ate separate meeting last week for
uSI1y DECLARED against reducing their
Df4oea unless tho WY could be opened
b feauottons In INV material and labor
eoetA Tho elaas steol works. those
Walsh must buy pig Iron at tho market
SATISFACTORILY protested that rsduc-
t3ens N their products without cut
IN pig iron would esoss, down their
plants.
ARaeux leading producers Of steel
eAsss ~ .hs>a no eaAnSs to ths feeling
that pp4oi F0aAettnoe ct this timo Will
1et I4oasoa he desired revival Ia buy.
tNe. A0lRsaisRo Ia copper more drastic
tR 1HNs YEA proposed In Btsel hATS
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FOR
WHEELING MOLD
ARE DECLARED
OFFICIALS REELECTED AT d.
RECTORs' MEETING EELD YES
rEaDAY AFTERNOON.
JOIN E. Stevenson and C. II. Copp Sc
leot:d for Members of Executive
Committee.

rho directors Of thc Wheeling Mould
ana Foundry cunIp3ny met yesterday AT
tsrntuon In thu first regular meeting after
the annual SESSION and reelected Pr"Si-
dent II. f.. Fields and Srrrctnry-Treas-
urcr c. j.. Woods. MIR. John l.. Steven
SON AMI Ar t.. II. '"pn were elected rs
members OF the executive c"mm!tt"".
The regular quarterly dividend. which
has hre!: declared FOR tn" past Ii months
WAS rotr,l ~ usual. The preferred stock
will pay per cent IN April |. while The
common stock viii pay | per cent and
three cXira on May !.
The directors Wrr" advised that Z "r1T
sitin,f,h;- volume Of orders were on hand
and officials indicated that tho affairs
- she .rrNraI.r W. re- in excellent III" p"
for r splendid years business.
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DECIDED HALT
IN STOCK MART.

NEW YORK. March 20.-There was a
s.1s1s5 h,1t Ia the stock market today.
both In the upward movement or prices
and volume Of trading. due largely 10
foreign and domestic monetary develop
nents.
Announcement of the SUSPENSION OF
sterling exchange purchases, IN THIS mar
bet for account Of the Sr1rsn 6oFeFn-
n,ent after some three years Of staoillza-
+;o, vas regarded as an even OF far
reaching Importance. and precdpttated a
charm break in rates between this cen-
ter and London.
Removal OF the peg IN British ex-
change doubtless accounted for yester-
DAVIS advance IN call loans to S per cent,
which rate prevailed during the grea1er
part OF todays session
Yet another market deterrent was pro-
yfded BY the uncertainty which sur
rounded the meeting Of the leading steel
manufacturers with Representatives OF
the administration at washington.
Up to the markets close Wall Street
was without definite news on this sub
3ect. but the opinion prevailed that sub
stantia1 cuts In finished products would
prove g. necessary sthmulant to that in
dustry.
Such shares as United States Steel.
Marines and other shippinSs oils the
several Disabling issues. equipments
and tobaccos made up the great bulk OF
today's dealings, but extreme irregular
ftY marked their course after the mod
erately arm opening.
Gains Of to 3 points In the popular
speciaities were largely cancelled IA the
lions also losing to points Ss5es
whole industrial group reacted. trec-
ffnal HON. when rails saSsed and the
amounted 70 $76. 300 sharee-
He6yfnesS Of fractions. an easier
trend to trtefrationals and uncertainty
in Liberty issues marked the trading
in bonds Total sales fpsrt va1res were
>s11.5oc, e1e. Old Omitted States bonds
were unchAnxed On call
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Die FURRY IN
EXCHANGE RATE

NEW YORK, March 2A.-Sudden
withdrawal oy The british government
Of its purchases in this market Of Hter-
ling rXchang.' under an agreement
which had k"cn IN fu:"e over thrc" years
prnvukru Il violent DECLINE In rates on
London and ci,l.;rd further nervousness
and lInSrlIlrrrMi 1T rates 10 Others ~
the entente" allies. The measure wnS
DESIGNED IT, sta!'lZ" the market during
Tho war. -,
Sterling exchange has been ''WEGcd'
rr maintained vt t..6 7.lStlN: since IAN.
uaIy Of 1915. III: ludny'S news l0rteh
cables down 20 al and d"rhrn nil'S
To- An. sixty day bills dropping 10
4.6S. These. rates werr lower by |"
40 cents than those quoted FeSttrda?
md caused II flnad Of offerings. cr"a'
ting y free market" between New YORK
and London for Tho first time IN almost
CCrthy months.
Francs l%attd > cents on IN" collar.
I'm held will ahor" ri" rrrent DECLINE
and n. rate moved against Italy anu
i'.!-irirn. tlr.. lniI"r however. rerres-
;;r:,inE only = !lmln nal traarictiHn:
Th.. resumption II free niafktA
IN STIRLING cri!srd much speculation
90, stu, rffrrr il would have "n -Amsr-
ian >I,ri lrHrlr. :'!H fAl) IN rr,cr pH!''f
..tr:.y, abr IL British imp@rtrrs'
VIZ: r,.i.ri7rh ny &rrl" Is rronahi" lhat
In, m. ,ur, nE ;'"Inn"ti,ti"s shipped |"
HAT ,.uu;l;r: r.%lii'i H. cline.
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STOCK
|. LISTED NOW IN
NEW YORK CURB

tn" stock of the Marland Oil and Re-
finish company. in which numerous
Wheeling people arc Interested to tho
extent Of s.. oD0,0D0, was listed ON the
New York curb market yesterday Tor
tn" first time. Active trading was IN
Lulgcd in This stock which "n"n'3l ;'l
s. per share and closed. under heavy
buying. 1T S7.2S. \ total Of l3,h"N shares
wcr. traded in OH the New York curb
yesterday.
The heavy New York trading had its
effect on the local market, where tn"
shares advanced from 81 TO $40 AZ the
close. The par value oc this stock is
So. The regular quarterly dividend OF
81: per cent is payable on April ~: Re
ports received by local stnrkholdrrS III
dictate that this corporation will 10 II
very large business in the near future
The. company IS DOW operating so
strings ~ tools, and by August its
prndrictse is expected to exceed up
wards al ZOO barrels per day. Wheel
ingites who have recently returned from
Ponce. Okla. where the wells are To-
Gated. arc enthusiastic oVcr tho future
prospects Of this corporation.
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unrrER EaHa. cREESE.

KEW YORK. March 2n.-B3fHr. nm:
rerripts S621 tubs: creamery higher
;han ry.ras $50. 4 eS's: extras ~
scnrc) STi5: rirs,a G5 d 81; pack
s,ock current MAKE. Sumher >. 4c1a
q 80.
Erss. barely steady, fresh sarh"rc@
nytras 49, Il "a: tr.sh gathered norm :
ern section firs7s - % 49k,: d" central
and southern SECTION 40 n 1l1z; STATE
Pennsylvania and nearby western hfn-
nory whites. fine to fancy 46 a. -; stare
pennsvlvnnia end nearby western hem
merry whites, ordinary to prime a q -;
do. brown As: do. gathered brown and
mixed colors Il y "a.
Choose. strong: state whole r7ltE f'a,s'
current make. specials % 81 %'c; 40
average run. 32M f. ASK.
po,,Ii,v live firm: chickens ~: fowls
ec. old ROSTERS 10; tu-keya 81 q 40.
Dressed dull and unchanged.
Flour unchanged.
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crroAGo 1--WE E9oCK.

CHICAGO, March 2o.-HoeE receipts
- noo. market closed active and strong.
with rc7tcrday's average: estimated TO-
morrow $4,000. Rula Of saies 1886 q
Io.7o, heavy woizht 1885 @ 1880; mt
diam wsiqht 1850 8 1870; Erht "eIEht
la,Sh @ 1916; light 1870 % ie;!s; soTs
iT,sS n 1900: pieH 1915 o 1850.
cattle. raco! pts 5000: besf anti butch
cr r.t,!n 25o 10 500 lower; most 5tosrs
.ras.in,. Roe lr-l:r7: fendorS sse iowur;
rnlyna CSC 20 zoe lower; estimated ~.
Innorow taoo, Heavy bet ste"rs n:s 20
1900: light beet stor1s s.Es 9 t3.6ot
hntrhar rrws and haitHrp A,aH q 1875;
rannrra and euttces B,ps q ieoei vahl
rni"sa 400 q 1875; foeder stn''S tsd
sr 1890.
ehnep resets.a iT,ooe7 4 fs~ sasfy
ealee al fat innha steady; late trade
.:uil lie 10 abe ie~#Fi reesp s@a sseHa"
Ansul stsatif! estimated tanaesFoH. ~
Dnh. l~sHtbs ID peunA4 ~ 1qeh 3hn q
ao,7d fl pounds or better n:g g 1G0l
cuils and eamn,eR I5,k1 . ae,ee even
medium and ened H,ad q W->o; saai,
and samMeR Abs 0:3EH.
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not stimulated demand. 1t u argued.
and the xi,cItcr market. with the price
br.uw the cost Of Wcii equipped pro-
duc"r$, HIS no .;rn.niamcc Of Lie.
h"Hnw!Iilc thc department. OF labor ut
Washington has reinforced the position
1T the Chirl objvci9fi to reductions IN
STEEL by widespread propaganda urging
that III the absence OF Special reasons
Thing, but pel,nla ncnt. Buyers are tod
that: Gin til absence OF special reasons
for declines in the case Of. PARTICULAR
products lit IS safe 20 assume that
prices are not going TO DROP =
Another Washington development IS
the statement from the industrial board
that 4 general expectation Of radical
cuts in prices can thwart the whole
stabiliZing program; that the main thing
is not SO much the extent Of the reduce
tion as convincing the public that the
new basis will be stable.
1t must be said that The week has not
clarified the situation. but rather added
to it's courusion. The fact that thS
government has no buying program.
and thus cannot give practical! SANCTION
to steel prices that may be fixed, is u
serious drawback
Mill operations have fallen OF this
week, but it is still true That III" steel
corporations output IS relatively larger
than that OF the independent cGulpahlesI
due 10 the carrying over OF consiueranio
tonnage that was put on the books IN
1917. The blowing out If merchant
blast furnaces continues several Ma
bama additions to the idln list Doing
made in the past ten days
Many Lake Superior iron mines hafe
checked UP operations. not less than ~
on the Mesaba and Guyana ranges nav
ing closed temporarily. Miners arc get
ting S52s per day and surfnc" labor
S4.S4-the highest scale ever pad IN
tho region. Freight reductions a'a con-
sidcred necessary by the mining com
panies If they are to meet II" o;;p"cta-
tion of lower ore prices entertained by
blast furnace men,
Exporters Of stccl have, only moderate
hopos for 1918 business. "Tatef"r
nlans are worked out this. year Tor.
American promotions abroad. III" actual
shipment Of my steel involved might }
not mature before 1920. i ~
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TOLEDO GRAIN.

T'r1.ETHl ,iar:h 20.-Clnvrrs""I
prime cash 2t.,3: March 2H.7": April
- -: October l1.hn.
Nlsit". prize cash 49,: March 1915.
'rimnth%. pin" Gas . Enid ga: new
a.; E2rch -: A,.~1 i."2I.: May $50:
September :,.Ia: O"l"inr ia.
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EDGEE.

Tho local market fur rnw sugar wsa
steady and UuciiuhEod al i.9S for rnHir's
rug;t, Ia TIM rrritior. ~ purcha.,ah ~"rn
reported hy the huGFti Today,
In refined EuSiuc:,s continues al h
hand Ii, mouth character anu prices Are.
uuchnugrd at ninr cents for fine grants
lated
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Curb Mining StocKo.
DEFY GOODS,

NEW YORK. March 20.-Cottor goods
today were generally steady t'r'@'
cloths weakened about 4 cent a. yard.
sheetings wern quiet. fSnlh"d yarn
goods held firm. Jobbing markets ruled
outlet with most purchases confined I"
small lots.
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Standard iii Subsidiary Stock

WHEELING. W. Va. March IN ~.
FURNISHED The E,ie!ligencer rs a: =
Numlru g. Co.. members Of tht NcH lVIA
stock !SarhanEt. National Bank bulio-
NJ. NtctI.TY, w VI.
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N. 7. STOU EXCHANGE

WHEELING, ". Va March -. -.
Furnished The Inteiligeneer by A e
AAeten & Co.. members OF the New York
Stock Exchange. National Bank Build
Ing. Wheeling. ". Va Louis F. Brand.
Resident Partner.
STOCKS. iOpenlHigh- Low. lCloss
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NEW YORK CURB MARKET

WHEELING. W. Va. March ~. ~
Furnished The In,"lliErncrr by y: f.
.Iaetrn G. Co., members Of the NV fnrh
Stock Exchause. National EaiK Eu'ia-
,ng, Wheeling. ". Va.
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TE,rRnI.EuT.

OIL CITY. Ia, March 90.--Crcd;I bal
Alice 81. Rams itl.S:?: a""ra@" $685.:
shipments ;".gIn: average 4 .i:tI.
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BOSTON COPPER STOCKS

WHEELING. W. Va. March IN. 10.
Furnished The Intelligcncer by A. E.
Masten & Co.. members OF the Boston
Stock Exchange. National BANK suilo'
ing. Wheeling. W. Va
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LOCAL.STOCKS

WHEEL. ING, W. Va. March 90 20
Daily quotation list Wheeling Stock
exchange, compiled for the Intelligen-
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PITTSBURGH STOCKS

wHEFI. ING. ". Va March 90. 10.
Furnished The lntelltEencef oy A \
ussten a Co. members OF the Pittsburgh
Stoer Exchange. National Bank Build
Ing. Wheeling. ". Va
S~TKS- Ask. Bid.
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7 TVETNINT DUNhN N4UTV
for q 2 per cent rnnh dividend. pnyRhle
March 81.
(2)-Trnasfer hooks cluRc Mnrch -,
for rcsulng per cent and au r&!rt- 2
81.
t3)-Trnnsror hnniSE rt,.n, ...iai'rh Is,
for Il per cent cash divIunna nt!d m
extra per "ant. payable AIrI! y.
iD--l'r;lnsrrr nuuka uins, Mnfrh 20,
for II 3 pnr cont ca-ih dividend, pEyahlu
April !,
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Cash quotations:
Corn-No 3 yellow. S1.52r 1.o3; NO.
yellow s1.+SG 1850: No. yellow. Sl.4S
@1.461:-
Oats-So. ; white, 63h: GfS5 &c: stand
dard. 65 a SIC,
Pork-Nominal.
Iard-$2S.35
Ribs-Somlnal
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f1)-Dividend $500 per share. paya-
bic April 9th
C2)-Rcgular quarterly dividend SITS
DER share. payable April LIST.
fa>-ReSular quarterly dividend S1.75
per share, payable April 18th.
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Stocks $500.
, New York Cotton Market
WHEELING, u. Va. March 20. -.
Furnished The IntelliEeneer by A. =
Masten 4 Co, members OF tho New YORK
Stock Exchange. National Bank Sollo-
Ing, wheeling. W. Va
Open High. Low. Close
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BUY WAR SAVINGS STAMPS
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!OpenlHigh- Low. lCloss
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-21
TROOPS LANDING HERE
WILL BE TAKEN TO DIX
Officer Inspects Facilities at
Jersey Camp, Including
Receiving Station

Special Dispatch 10 ErclinU PuJlc Lcdgcr
Camp Dix. WriEhtstown, y. j.. Jan.
2l..- Following Il visit Of Colonel George
McAndrews. of the general staff, il is
likely that arrangements will be made
to make Dix an even more important cog
in the discharge of men from the army
Colonel McAndreWs has charge of the
dcmObiliZation of overseas men, and
finding that IrN was so adequately
equipped for the discharge work, making
fine records with the men so far sent
out, he made minute inspection yes
tcrday Of the facilities at hand. in
cluding the new receiving station,
which is about ready for use.
record for speed in mastering out
an officer was made yesterday, when 1t
took Major \. \, Sprague, Of the 37lst
arfantry just one hour from the Tine
he arrived To receive his final papers.
Lieutenant Boite and his staff handled
the papers and set up a mark that will
he hard 10 beat.
Preparations are being made here to
handle the men who will arrive on the
first transport to dock at Philadelphia
about January 80. The men VIII nc
placed on trains as soon as the boat
docks and will be given their physical
examinations hero at the new receiving
station. Many of the men will also re-
ceiVo their discharge at Dix.
Among the units which have just ar
rived are one officer and 17S men from
Camp Hancock. Ga: one officer and
ffty-two men from Camp McClellan: ten
men from Fort Omaha four officers and
1871 men from the Spruce Division. Van
couycr Barracks Washington, and two
officers and seTcnty three men from
Camp Wise. san Antonio, Ten.
Two years at hard labor at Fort Jay,
~ V, following dishonorable discharge
from the army, was the sentence of a
court-martial i'm the ease Of Corporal
Leroy Smith, Company 20. who was
found guilty of taking a safety razor
belonging to Private Harry Resnsky,
and also selling wool blouse valued at
S5 To Private a. p, Almond, Jr.
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against us. and followed this up with an
attack by storm troops of PrlsSiau
Guards. 1t is a miracle I am alive.
out Of two platoons of i2O men only
the lieutenant and | were left standing.
"I thought it was hard luck when 4
shell buried me in earth | was aole
to extricate my shoulders and continued
firing my rife. | guess 1t was tilat
that saved me. When they dug me out
they found seven dead Germans around
me.
IL received the CroiN de Guerre Tor
that. The Legion of Honor was given me
for being cited twelve times; that means
that my regiment achieved the object or
its attack twelve times. In one or our
advances [ saw twenty-three OF our men
killed by "A single German smell,
at Soissons ! had TO eat dirt again.
| had to lie close to the ground VINE
firing my machuc-gun Tor three houIS'
ami AT that they shot the pack Oft my
back. fl was there that piece "l
slirapurl struck me in the right Knee
They're going 10 straiGhten II OUT ioi
me by laying It in splinIs when ! get
hack to the New York Naval Hospital
AT Chateau Therry my regimen
rautured 1900 Germans and took lou
cannons and 500 machne-guns. II was
the Fifth Regiment of Marines pe'
longed to the Forty-iith .oinp"lE ;
where | enlisted April =, l'l' ! r loo',
mart in fourteen battles ana letur"c"
10 this country December 49, 1915