East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-06-26
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Clark, but 1t would have taken con
tinuous effort to make them do so as 3
regular thing, for :he Germans IL
general are still arrogant"
Are you hesitating about giving that
subscription to the Salvation Army T?
Then listen to the word of Rudolph
johnson. of Portland; I'VE were in
the middle of the st. Mihiel when a
couple OF fellows went back little
bit behind the lines and found two
Salvation Army girls who gave them
doughnuts. The girls asked them how
many men there were and afterwards
they came right up to where We were
fighting. bringing two big baskets OF
donghnuts. Those girls faced just as
much fire as We did"
A Pendleton man who met con-
stantly the remark, sure funny to
see you in civies,'' was Floyd Hall.
| formerly with the 14sth. who return-
ed to Pendleton recently. He was
kept busy greeting his friends among
the Long Range Snipers.
Pendleton people were generous
with machines last night and every
hero had a chance 10 see the town
and the wheat fields Cars were
racked and the drivers were on the
lockout for stragglers.
George Winship of Athena, former
ly with the 14Sth. is convalescing in
the east after pneumonia and influ-
enza and will soon be on his way
home, according to word from men
In his battery.
| On the war ribbon worn by Ser
geant Neal ]. Hawkins of Portland.
| shines one silver star with the three
OF bronze. The star is for a citation
| for bravery, which reads as follows:
Ion August IL, while his battery was
subjected TO heavy coneinuous fire
from guns of all calibres near Cherry
Chartreuve, France, Sergeant Haw-
kins displayed conspicuous gallantry
by Voluntarily leaving shelter and go-
| ing to the aid of a wounded soldier
whom with assistance he carried on
stretcher through a shell swept area
to the dressing station. By order of
Colonel Scott; F. r.. Jeffry, Major F.
A."
L. V. Cochran of Portland, was
within a short distance of James
Webster when the latter met his
death at the Ains-Marne. He says
that the Pendleton man was killed by
the explosion of n shell.
B. r. Carlson was killed by the ex-
plosion of one of the 146th own guns
at Chateau Thierry. according to In
formation given by men of the l4Sth.
Thev say this news was received d.
rectly from men Of the 14sth.
Sergeant James McNair was known
as "gun section sergeant" and the
boys say that his rich Scotch brogue
was more pronounced than ever when
he gave his orders. incidentally, the
boys add that McNair was constantly
out in the open and showed no fear
of going in spots where the Germans
could take direct aim at him.
Comrades of L. r. Knutson, Troop
D man who received his discharge in
the east and who did not arrive last
night, tell the story of how he took
a Bosche machine gun and an anti
aircraft gun in the Argonne and OPP
Grated them himself. Knutson put
both guns into excellent repair and
then used the Made in Germany"
guns for American purposes.
1.-THE 66th Brigade, with the 146th
and 148th, is the only artillery bunch
which operated Independently inl
France said Private Ed Lannine
proudly. I'VE went wherever we
were needed, and wherever the dough-
boys went we backed them up. We
were never attached to any crtain di-
vision and we were known as the
Gypsy Brigade"
All the boys are agreed that the
days in November. during the Ar
gonne, were the hardest II never saw
50 much mud" said Private Walter |
Cole. 1T was like grease" A few of
the men had accurate information re-
garding the death of Archie Stannard. |
who died in the Argonne fight. and |
they bring the news that a shell got
him while in a dugout.
PendIeton had it's first real glimpse
of the new war ribbons last night
when the 14sth arrived. The ribbon
Is rainbow-hued and bears a bronze
star, each of which is n symbol of the
four major engagements in which the
artillery figured.
1t was a Pendleton boy, Bugler Earl
la Hue, who sounded the bugle when /
the train arrived and again at mid
right when the train was ready to
Full out.
Lieutenant Eugene p. Walters is
going to come back to Pendletoh
when he gets his discharge at Camp
Lewis but plans to reenter o. A. C.
this fall. He had gone one year to
that school and hopes to complete his
course there, having saved ap some
money while away. He was de-
lighted to learn of the soldiers edu-
law enacted by the people
on June as it wilt mean $25 per
month to him in school.