The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-05-19
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to be found and had no idea Of
your address | have not heard from
Shtuut except the official notice ot
the rhipb hudug Tier plant WAS io
go tn ireland for q few DAYS 90 a..
Tend ip some husinCHn pertaining tu
her estate. and from there direct io
Paris whore shc hoped To gcr lntu
ihc American ambulance at Ncull
49, France Sh" has lNcd IN Paris
at tii'icrvu' times and Speaks i'r"urh
ilu,ullA. $50 she Wlil, Win nor rplru
did health and Euusi training, make
an invaluable nurse
ihl thanked Ml-s Scueu ana "a.
surcd her n he got over ne would
loi her know II ne met Shtnuh
Miss S,ucu told him of tho empty
place @hanna had loft In ue hos
UitaL how an had grown io love her
ana how her charm and personality
and yhccU optimism had carried pa
tientH and nurses over hard nmcCH
PM could have listened indefinitely
to the singing of Shannas praises,
but it was time for him ia leave for
his trIin going north. Again thank
ing Miss Scnrlr he was uff The
time In the training camp SccmcA
very long to the Young Americans
there who were longing 60 got over
sonH and into the thick ~ tho fight
but Uncle sans laws have tp hc
ohcNcd and that was one OF the
FIRST. last and biggest things TO learn
AZ last Hhil vas graduated from
training and went 10 Camp Nads-
WOrth at SparlnnhurR, 5 g, with
the rank 'of first lieutenant There
he made many feicnds and enjoyed
the association ~ English and
French officers. aH well Hs our own.
There was great rejoicing when the
orders finally came TO embark u
did not take long to break camp, and
thev were In less than a week packed
like sardincs In a box on the great
"leviathon n'--ticrmany's old Water.
land"-sa hing away TO France
There must have been many aching,
homesick hearts among these boys
but no one would know It unless they
felt II through tho clinging OF the
handrhAkc or in the superlativeness
OF their cheer oOh, those wonderful
American boys
The voyage was uneventful OF
course there were many false alarms
of the dreaded submarines. but that
only added interest
They were landed at Hres' and
were there for n few days only be
fore being sent on. They saw the
splendid work Of the Ameriaar n
women OF the Red Cross theAr
women who have stood ut their posts
unfailing. meeting the incoming
boats and doing all In their power TO
help the soldiers In any way possl
BILE
Phil. with seven other officers,
WAS sent TO an unknown destination.
All they knew was that their dNir-
ion was TO Join the British NJ they
were IN need OF more reserves at
the front The eight men Travelled
for two nights and two days shut In
compartment that ordinarily
would he comfortable for four or six
They, OF course, had to sleep sitting
upright: they cooked their meals on
an alcohol stove. their baths con
sisted In rubbing each other down
with n towel and yet I'm spite NJ Their
diAcomforts these undauntable boys
they were all not much more--rc.
ported the time OF their lives"
From the time they Joined the
British. Phil found little time for
writing or dreaming. Hts efforts
to locate Shanna had brought no
result. and now life WAS too sirenu-
Gus TO think more than an hour
ahead The division was equipped
with British rifles and machine guns
and had 10 learn how To use them,
so II took several weeks OF training
before they we're ready for action.
They first held reserve line digit
behind ths British line In front OF
Mt KENNEL for somc time and then
went into the front line and chased
the Germans over KENNEL then tho
division was Withdrawn and put In
near Cambral. and then came the
battle when they broke the Hindcn'
burg linc--coverinR themselves with
glory after about three weeks OF AL
most continual fighting.
Phil distinguished himself on
several occasions and received both
the American distinguished service !
cross and the british military medal;
he made several excursions into Mo-