Mexico weekly ledger., 1919-05-22
SOLDIER NOTES

splendidly and says ne mas enjoyed
his flying. His many friends were de-
lighted to see him home.
Howard Wyatt who has been with
the 13sth of the 35th Division is ex-
pected home the first of the week from
Camp Funston
A steel helmet, just ike those worn
by all Yanks on the front, is on ex-
hibition in the Dunavant-Gilman
clothing store window at Fulton. 1t
NAV not mean very much to some
folks, but it is a treasurer keepsake
of William Gooldy, son of Charles p.
Gooldy, of Fulton, who recently re
turned from overseas. Gooldy work
ed in Mexico before entering service.
That very helmet saved Gooldy's
life, and though it has not been
awarded a croix de guerre Or a dis
tinguished service cross, it will al
ways be priced in the Gooldy home
saws the T ulLOH EdLGLte.
"We had been on the front three
days when I got put out of commits
sion," Gooldy said Saturday. GAS we
were going over, a piece of shrapnel
struck my helmet and knocked me
several feet. When I came to, some
time later, l was holding my helmet
in my hand, and l looked down and
saw this big hole in it," he continued,
pointing to the long slit in the steel
where the shrapnel pierced it. t"When
the shrapnel struck the helmet, it was
knocked on the back of my head with
such force that the edge cut my uni
form on the back of my neck. The
shrapnel scraped my scalp, and it
would have killed me instantly had
not the helmet DETECTED it."
In the store window, alongside the
helmet, is a German skull that Gooldy
picked up in a dugout in the St. Mi
hiel sector. Near the skull were but
tons and other metal co~ntrivances of
the Huns uniform. There is a hole
three inches in length in the skull,
showing that a piece of Yank "scrap
iron" sent the Hun to his "happy
hunting ground"
Gooldy was a member of the 138th
regiment, 35th division, and was on
several fronts during the time his
division was helping drive the Hun
back across the Rhine.
Occasionally we hear the statement
made that our soldiers are not paid,
and when discharged they have no
money. Of course there is no founda-
ton for these statements, and we
notice that at Camp Funston each en-
listed mar on his discharge received
his pay, his $50 bonus, 5 cents a mile
to his home and the following outfit:
One oversee cap, one olive drab shirt,
M wooden service coat and ~overcoat,
one pair of wooden breeches, one pair
of shoes, one pair of leggins, one waist
belt ,one slicker, two suits of under
wear, four pairs of socks, one pair of
gloves, n gas mask and helmet, one
set of toilet articles, a razor with mir
ror, two towels, one barracks bag and
three scarlet chevrons.
WASHINGTON, May 1913 Mis-
sourians have received the Distin-
guished Service Cross for g~allantry
on the weld is as complete and accur-
ate a record as can now be compiled
from scattered War Department rec
ords, based on cablegrams from Gca.
Pershing.
Lists of additional awards are
coming to the War Department every
few days, and doubtless the names of
some Missourians not mentioned will
appear in the final official honor rol!
for the State.
So far only one Audrain County
soldier is named in the list. He is
Second Lieutenant Charles R. Han
ger, 356th Infantry, Laddonia.
A wedding of interest here is that
of Miss Martha Hord, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Percy Hord of Presser Park,
Philadelphia, who formerly lived here,
to Ensign Grellett Newell Collins, son
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Grellett Collins of
Philadelphia. Mrs. Hord is a sister
Of Judge E. S. CAN'T, of this city and
Mr.. Hord a brother of Mrs. S. B. Cook,
formerly of Mexico. 1t Will be a large
church affair, Wednesday evening,
June 25 lat $50 o'clock. Miss Geor-
yia Lee Berkeley, of st. Louis, will be
maid of honor and Miss Grace Gettys,
laughter of DR.. and Mrs. Senter Z.
of st. Louis, will be one of the
i've bridesmaids. The bridegroom's
Harold Collins. will serve as
vest man. A dance at the Country
1lub will follow the ceremony. En-
ign Collins is a graduate of Prince
on. He will have five of his former
as groomsmen.
Miss Hord has many friends in
who join the Ledger in ex-
congratulations and best
in advance.
James Grafford son of Nj. and Mrs.
ervice with the 35th Division in
/. H. Grafford who has been in the
france returned to his home in Mex
Saturday, having received his dis
He is looking fine and says
is glad to get back and hopes he
oesn't have to go across again any
ime soon. !,
Glen Fuqua who was nominated by
Ion. Champ Clark for appointment to
he Annapolis Naval Academy, re-
eived a telegram last Friday stating ,
lat he had passed his examination I
it'll high honors and would be called
an early date. 7
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