The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1919-01-30

We have over 40 members IN our
band and "A dandy leader. was fortu.
nate in getting to play in such an
organization under such leader.
f. A. Kncaid, member of the local
office force of the 0-W. K. & n. Co.,
has just learned that his brother,
Hobart G. Kincaid. Devil Dog at
Chateau Thierry, has returned to his
old home at kenosha, la. he young
man, a veteran of the famous drive
which made the Marines famous and
stemmed the final attempt of the Huns,
wears the Croix de Guerre and the
coveted Cross of the Legion gifts of
the grateful French nation for bravery
! in action. Later Mr.. Kincad was
gassed at scissors.
The following, telling of the home
coming Of the Marine, is reprinted
from the Kenosha Evening News:
His chance came on the eventful
third of July. which Won Hndenburg
has lately designated as the turning
point of the war. kincaid's company,
the S2nd, was on trial hike near St
F.. Dennis when rush orders came sending
! them in trucks to the battle front at
Chateau Thierry. Like a part of the
days work they greeted the announce
ment and laughingly hurried into battle
and death.
=" We sobered down just little
said the Marine as he discussed the
great episode, when we got nearer
the front and saw the French town torn
/ by shrapnel. AS we passed, French
officer warned US that the woods were
saturated with Germans. One of our
officers told him to go to bell that
that was what we were looking for
and that we wouldn't stop now. That
was three O'Clock in the afternoon.
| The Marines were unloaded formed
into skirmish line and thrown into
the breach to hold the line. We held
out, but that evening when they
counted the survivors there were but
81 out of the 250 of our company who
had entered the fight.
That was the first day of those
dreadful three. On the sixth of July
we took the offensive. undaunted by
the carnage of the day before. The
German machine guns were too strong
ly entrenched for US and when night
came we were still in our own
trenches. The next day, however, we
went over the top and at 'em and they
couldn't stop the Devil Dogs. And
the de was turned for the Allies.
About the battle, well | thought
first of you folks here at home, and
then | saw the Huns and then some.
how | forgot everything else except tc
l. IN fhar, orI y,,ycalf n1t of the
second days fighting | remember one
incident. We were advancing across 4
wheat field and my buddie, just ir
front of me, fell A second later
heard thud behind me and turnec
lust in time to see the man back of me
90 down. | reached back to help him,
but he waved me on, saying he wouc
be all right. went ahead and
guess he went West. That was the
spirit of the Marines. "
Mr.. Kincaid was decorated by q
French general at Blois.
Hans K Hoerlein, who returned last
week from Camp Lewis, writes inter
estingly as follows of his experiences
as a soldier:
1t seems odd to gain ones freedom
again. Surely it need not be thought
| that the fellows who didn't get to the
| front lines, haven't felt the burden Of
| the experience of soldering as keenll
| nor felt the hand of the Hun in itS
| oppression of personal liberty and in
| dividual freedom. For my part,
have experienced as much of the
oppression of Prussianism in its fal
| reaching influence, right at CAM
| Lewis as perhaps many have expert
enced who were more directly in The
| path of Prussian oppression; did moi
need to reach the scene of conflict t
experience keenly the effort of the
Hun in crushing individual freedom
under heel of oppression through
ruthless desires of militaristic dom
i ination.
Il am fortunate in getting my dis
4 charge among the first to be discharged
from the Medical Department at CamE
\ Lewis. However, since | was in tht
Il Subsistence Dept. of the Base Hosp
Il tai for special training leading to {
commission as Mess Officer of Bast
II Hospital, the cessation of hostiities
put an end to training. And belonging
to the personnel of a Camp lntirmar!
and at the Base Hospital only fol
training, transfer to my organization
, had left me free for discharge. Il
seems rather odd that several men
knew were taking the same work
Harry Farrell and student knew a
Reed College were also taking tn,
4 same training.