Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-03
LAUD SHAVETAILS
AS WAR WINNERS
Maligned Second Lieuten.
ants Always OH Job, Says
Philadelphia Colonel
MORE OFFICERS RETURN
Lieutenant Adam Long Gin.
bel Among Those Win.
ming Distinction

whom were inductcd into the army as
privates and won rank over stiffest kind
of competition. did moro than any other
single grade TO win The war
This opinion was expressed by Lieuten-
ant Colonel Edward j. G.. Beardsley. 25S
South Sixteenth street. who went TO
Camp Dix in company with other ofl-
GERS and enlisted men who arrived in |
New York yesterday aboard the TURF
alba.
The "shavetail" maligned by soldier |
and civilian alike, proved equal and will |
ing to the multtudinous tasks assigned |
him in the American army, and always |
gave the Germans more than they sent
according TO Colonel Beardsley.
Those who stayed at home may we'll !
feel proud in the work OF friends or
relatives who achieved the rank of sec
ond lieutenant and operated in that
grade in France" Colonel Bcardsley
said. "Thcy first showed what was in
them when they stood so far above their
fellows, the pick OF tho nation, that they
were given a chance to win commits
sion. And 1t is surprising the small
number of men who failed to win a COM
mission after entering the training
camps.
Tho American second lieutcnants di-
rected tine actions In person of scouting
and raidins parties sent over tho top
and they certainly acquitted themselves
nobly. The army takes its hat off to
these men
Lieutenant Colonel Beardsley is
woll-known Philadelphia physician. lie
went abroad with Base Hospital No 20
and served in France with Base IIcspi-
tai No. 50. lie had a rowing commis-
sion, serving behind several active
fronts and had u iinc chance TO study
tho work or the Americans aild get the
opinion Of those he met.
p,.,r. and c,,,,o, MAJ,
,.,N -,
ine brnleh al'u rLencn a,rhles STOP
peo sena,ns Von,',''ssy'reu .l o.licers over
tne 'op eaI,y III '''o "'l peo'oso OF the
"ieh ''i'i ''N'''
Lieutenant Colonel D. E. Pfciffer, 20?s
Pine street, who also served with Base
80. arrived on the same boat, Colonel
Pfeiiter SUPERVISED "ne treatment OF the
Woundeo pehlnu l"uI' IN hospital sub
Jected 10 frequent airpiahe ATTACKS.
bleuterant Noani long Elnbcl' an
executive OF t"o I''"oel store. arrived
III ne" ,oIh o'' tIe same SNIP Lieu
tcndht nl'''oeI was onc Vi tue Ameri-
worked their way TO a commissioner
grade.
Sergeant Arthur Lucy, an einployc OF
the Philadelphia Electric Company. who
returned to work this morning, tells
thrilling tale of laying wounded on No
Mans Land for four days, with the
battle raging around him, before he was
rescued by stretcher squad and taken
to the hospital He was in the hospital
fourteen weeks before being discharged
With a Croix do Ciuerre and q story
OF three weeks OF hardshlps in a
German prison camp, Lieutenant Brooke
Edwards 2117 Locust street, an
aviator returned yesterday on the
Royal Italian Mail liner America, which
brought ol63 troops The French Line
te.nsbin Niagara also got into port
viii s5I soldiers from, Bordeaux.
r;a,tsran, ,7dvards had been active
T., - .aa.,. sa-as. a,d ,.au ,r,,e
,.,..a e., .ro &, et;hio, sror, in The Ia $,
tseu " 80 - A,.n,,i.a ~, On
Gays OF 'iLe TaL, var, 49,. ''pa lraaras ~, a
ooseIter' ne tau 49, ,Sa.a
fnorn'ns III None.'oeI W so' eo.l1 ~ ,ho
graphs OF enemy POSITIONS ana III .ne
tered three boche machines. A fight en-
sued. but in each instance he succeeded
IN eluding the German aviators. while
the observer got the required pictures.
"as Iahh LOT" away
lie had turned his machine about, nc
Said and was ready to make the dash
for the American lines when shel! from
an anti-arcraft gun burst near the
n,acnine. tea.'HE away 'ue saso,'ne ny, 'snS IN
rlakn'eI'ls y. ."V go o. 80 "" 49,
"atas a"n ny oev ,i,,,,,. ous 'e 1,,u,,1s,
ceeueu ~ a"s"''s "'' "'S N''''s'
4"inltap' ,., - ,,,,.ai..,,,
taken prisoner by a squad of Germans
who we're waiting for them. and afte,
a perft,nctory questioning. which indi
Gated that the Germans lacked interest
they were ordered to Karlsruhe. Ther,
they received practically nothing to ca
until the armistice went into effect
after which they were able to Obtain
food but were still confined in the In
sanitary detention camp. Iieutenan
EDWARDS was hnally released on No
Nemhe" 70 ana sent back to the Alnerl
can lihes'
nc Was attacned 10 me twentieth
clated with a large chemical concer,
III FhllaaeIphla"
Returns IN rb,,. k,dd,.
Co.,. ,,-,,,.
Captf'n Ntlnanl a. Doyle. or 3Il
stanton street returned yesterday afte
serving with tne transport service !
france since octooer' and rushed for hi
nome where three little kiddies ar
awaiting him. The officer received
cable shortly before he left giving hir
the distressing news or the death OF III
Wfe'
Captain DOYLE is a veteran oF IN
Spanish American War and the Philip