Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-25

Nicely. a Philddelphidn Engaged IN recon-
struction cork abroad.
Copyright 1919 by Public Ledger Co.
London. Feb. 2i.-At about the time
this reaches the United States King
George of England will pin upon the
breast of n Philadelphia doctor the coy
eted Military Cross and will inform him
that the decoration has been granted
for his 'ga!lantry in the field under
heavy machlne-gun and she'll fire"
1 first heard Of this hero from home
while talking with a young British Of
fcer some time ago. We had come over
on leave from France, and we met In
the lounge of the Savoy.
You're from Philadelphia? he ask
ed. "Why, there was a chap from phil
ade,phia with us over thereGmedicai
man, he was; name was Knox. He
won the NJ. C.-and deserved II, too. let
me tell you. You ought to watch out
for him. He'll be sent over here soon
for the investiture."
So [ watched out for him and located
him at the American Officers Iluo III
Chesterfield Gardens. He is Dr. Ahorc"
Knox, of sol East Allegheny avenue
son OF Andrew J. Knox. Tor - sea,'
a member of the detective force ~
| Philadelphia, who now lives JUST p"N"
of his boys home, on Hilton street ost
found young Lieutenant KNOX led
reluctant to talk of the event tndt ~
up to the comforting of the dist,nsuis ho
ing blue and white ribbon wniSh ~ ~
wore upon his left breast. but ,hs
English officer friend had tod me lie
whole story with many enthusias.,c
embellishments. for he was a grea' a md
mirer of the Philadelphia doctor. anu anu
Lieutenant Knox rather grudgihgly a tai
mitted the correctness or my, nc
facts. though he pooh poohed tine CHI
bellishments.
Attached to British
Lieutenant Knox was one of a large
number of American army medlcai OF
hcers who were sent over here ana az,
tached TO the British when the Gniteo
states first entered the war; ne a.
and after two months here, was sent
TO France with the Forty-Seventh Lon-
don Territorial Division. They got III
at the end of the Cambria anaat and
finally, when the great cumulative
Allied offensive under Foch began, the
division was hurled into the timex OIL IL
and saw the hottest kind Oh aaSSet and
por,iny,ncourt-ali names fraught with
ierrihie meaning on this side of the
Channel-cut the division up baby, Du,
they s esrriTa on ofre nnsR, they tn y" fought at
Uappv Valley, Dernincourt, carney
Craters, until they were utterly woIt
out and were withdrawn for q snort res.
But il did not last long. After Carnoy
Craters, a were thrown into Maurlpas
Ravine where, as Lieutenant hmoS haI
emily expressed it. Fritz sheiied he'
out of US oo,;ons
eliminating at Moislans. that so DIS,
tinguishcd the philadelphia and ina,
so excited the admiration or tne Souht
British officer who first tod me on It. .,
August 81, was ordered to be ready I,
go over" at daybreak on the foliowlnt
morning. 1t was to be a leap Iroe.
attack. with one section advancing uesi
tiHd. then opening Up for another fresi
section TO hurl themselves through, ano
that section, in turn, opening ior !
third and so on. a,s,,
During the evening. JUST aoouI uuSN
four company commanders, an ad)utanl
and another officer. started on a perllou'
accommodating expedition TO look Owe
the ground of the morrow's attack
Lieutenant Knox saw them n Joihe'
them. asking permission to go along
YOU'D better keep out Of it," sale
tho adiutant. We've been ordered Il
go because it's necessary but yoi
haven't"
II know" said Knox, But there's
going TO be trouble the minute we -
over tomorrow and we'll need an ale
station first thing. ! want to pick on
a good place to locate 1t so as TO saw
as nan as we can.
but, man dear" protested one of tn,
mpan commanders. Don't be a fool
This is no picnic. We're only doing |
because we got orders
Come on said Lieutenant Kno1
quietly, Lets 60
Admits He Didn't Have to &c
That is the story as my British office
friend told IL to me. Knox laughed a
il when | told him, but he admitted tina
: he went with them. nevertheless, ant
t that he did not have TO go.
The little party had not got far whel
: Fritz saw them and opened up with ma
: chine guns. Lieutenant Knox jumpe,
, behind 2 fallen tree and wormed hi
way along until he heard his compan
ions talking on the other side of tn
road. Together they worked back low
ard the line. Lieutenant Knox u
:, wounded man and stopped under tn
: machine-gun hail to fix him up and pu
him in a safe place. Then they wen
on again.
g But Fritz had become nervous an
opened up with shell fire. II don't kno'
O how any of us escaped" said Lieutenai
q Knox reminiscently. There didn't seer
!, to be a square yard of earth near u
a that wasn't blown p
They took refuge in a huge shell hol
n waited for darkness to come dow
But one of them was hit In the lie
by a splinter and Lieutenant Knox ha
|, to expose himself again while he CAV
a hrst aid treatment to the wound. Whe
darkness came, they crawled dow:.
I, valley toward their own lines and fou
. themselves In the midst of poisonou
gas that had settled there. But the
= got through it and finally reached thei
, own lines.
. At dawn the next morning, the.
!. barrage opened and the boche cam
, back with one of his own. Lieutenar
! Knox went over with the men and wa
working with another American medici