New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-01-04

ano - the 5000 American soldiers
~ reached Hoboken yesterday On The
.,a, TRANSPORTS Matsonia and siboney
,.raa amazed when the men around
~sn 70 the deck rails and waved
~ cheered az the first sight o. the
'' Co., of Liberty, Again he was puz-
Ia when the same howl went up nj
- - ewst glimpse of fog-dimmed Man
80 An officer whispered 70 him
rhs. he too, eheereS~
ia was Marcel DnpuiS fourteen
..ar. old His story dates back TO the
,o~;npirg Of the w1r. Ills mother died,
,;< fsther~-a Poilu-had been killed in
oe.;on. and Marcel LETT alone, had been
M. in a home near Nancy. He could
almost hear the roar Of the guns, and
his face burned with excitement when
French troops passed through the
AVN on their way TO the 'front.'
Marcel crept into the French lines
md made himself Known. Three times
he went ~over the top" with the
Preach after he had been fitted out in
uniform.
Becomes Californians' Mascot
Bus it became dull in this sector,
and when the Americans came Marcel
uent with the I43d Regiment and i'm
,nsasstelv became favorite. But soon
,Aa l44th, the california Grizzlies"
,,uyAs his attention and he was
aSopeed as their mascot
When the war was over Marcel cried
He was told ne would have 10 part
WITH his American frisads- When the
.l44tA was ready to ship for home they
looked for Marcel to bid him farewell,
but he had vanished Some OF them
believed he had taken his life
Whea the transport Matsonia was
inst three days out OF France, Marcel I
appeared in full uniform on deck, and
CAPTAIN Peter B. Kyne, the writer, in
command of Battery A of the Cali
fornia Grizzlies" announced on the spot
that he would adopt him
SibODfy SfpATal dOurS Lale
Those aboard the Sihoney, which
locked several hours after the Mat
sonia, said that 1t was only by skilful
mannNuvring that tho big transport
escaped the fate of the Northern Pa
eidc- The fog was so thick Thursday
they said. th2t the vessel stopped sew
eral times 20 take soundings, and pro-
ceedeG very cautiously the rest Of the
way The ship was several hours late
Lieutenant Leon Harlow, OF Waco,
Tex, was the only man on the Mat
sonia 10 bring back the Distinguished
Service Cross
Il had been selected for liaison work
near Cantigny the latter part of May"
SAID Harlow, land had prepared my
cq1ad O. FIVE men for TWO weeks before
I received any orders The night be-
iorn r. were ready for action the place
where slept was gassed by the Ger
mans, and, although I felt deathly sick,
! did act tell any of my officers for fear
they would take me off the job With
my telephone lines over my arm at
last reached the first Line and wen:.
'oTer the top With the second wave
Took Message Through HimselS
al Gar W. managed to keep our
pos%, keeping up communication be-
tween 1fae infantry and artillery, a.
shonga the Germans repeatedly shellsA
sns SPOT and pat the line out of business
.'0ar t1rles- When II v7aB shot up for
TIE tfra time 1fere wzts 10 chance for
repair, and the only means Of commu-
nfcation was by volunteers. One man
started out, bat wsa killed befors hz
mad gone q hundred yards. The second
man made try. bit WE forced back
by sns FIRE. offered 10 60 bat the
french Interpreter tried TO keep ms
PACK telling me it vas cure death
The distance to the regirnszu4a1
headquarters was about a kilorr.etre.
ENC y took me Q long time crawling
rom Shell hole TO shell hole 4 shell
fragment caught me in the foot and /
tion have strength enough 10 get 1rrt10
!l.seacluaroers, but the message go5
through al right"
II vas three months later when he
goE the D. s. c. and at the sans time
a commission.
New 1orhers ON Matson1a