Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1919-05-02

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squadron. After having almost i'm.
possible experiences in the air, he
was shot down inside the German
lines. 1t will be a never-to- be for
gotten pleasure to hear Lieutenant
Archibald tell of his experiences
while prisoner in the German pris-
on camps.
Captain Jack Hazlett. another boy
from the Northwest who WIS ranch
ing at the time the war broke out,
left his home and family to enlist in
the infantry. He was afterward rec
commended for the officers training
school and was sent to Fort Riley,
where he was commissioned a cap
tain in August, 1917. He was later
sent to Fort Sill with ICY" Noble,
another Seattle boy, to act as in
structors in the infantry school Of
arms. Captain Hazlett specialized in
bayonet fighting and attained such a
degree of efficiency that he and ICY"
Noble were opponents in the tOurna-
ment for the highest honor in bayo-
net fighting. in which ICY" Noble
was successful.
Later on Captain Hazlett was sent
to the 89th division as division in
structor under Major General Leon
ard Wood and sent to France with
that division in May, 1918, arriving
in combat lines August LIST of the
same year. Captain Hazlett was en-
gagged in the closest fighting, where
cold steel played a prominent part,
until he was wounded in the head at
st. Mihiel. He was picked up after
lying in No Mans Land for IL hours.
He rejoined his outfit again in Octo.
Der at the Meuse-Argonne, where he
suffered shell shock which deafened
him and placed him in the hospital,
where he remained until the armis-
tice was signed.
Captain Hazlett was recommended
on August 10th for exceptional
bravery in the Argonne hand-to-hand
fighting, and would have received his
had the war lasted. He
acted as scout officer of the 353rd in.
fantry and the experiences of Captain
Hazlett in hand-to-hand fighting,
where the killing of ones opponent
by quickness and initiative is the
only means 'of saving ones own life
will be told on this trip.
Sergeant ID. H. Bunch, a Seattle
boy, enlisted in the infantry at the
outbreak of the war, going to France
almost Immediately. He worked his
way up from private to First Ser
geant and was to enter the officers
farming school in France when he
was wounded. Sergeant Bunch, dur
ing the trouble with Mexico, left
school at Mt. Harmon college, Massa-
chusetts, to 60 to the border in the
Second Massachusetts national guard.
After the trouble at the Mexican bor-
der he returned to school. completing
his course in February, when he re-
turned to this coast and flied q po-
sition in Vancouver, B. c., with the
Canadian Pacific railway. He was
called to the service with his old reg
lment and was sent to France Sep
TENDER Is. 1917. He was a men,
Der of the first national guard to land
In France.
On February z. 1918, he saw &C.
ton in the front line trenches for the
first time. On October 18th, while
On command of his patrol, Sergeant |
Bunch was wounded by machine gun
and shrapnel fire, together with a gas
attack the same day, which put an
and to his active participation in the
war. Sergeant Bunch served II
months in France and wears the
'ourragere of the Croix de Guere.
The 104th infantry, of which Ser
seant Bunch is a member, went into
Apremonth woods ON the morning of
April 10th and were surrounded on
both tanks for four days. The morn
ng of April 18th the remainder Of
ne regiment counter-attacked, Fore
ng the Germans back to their old
ines. Two-hundred and twenty mon
uryived out of the original 3,7O0 in
he company. These 22O were deco
'ated by Premier Clemenceau with
he Croix de Guere. Sergeant Bunch
eceived the Croix de Guere with star
or leading a platoon in this fierce
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The aircraft production board 10
training every effort in conjunction
With the treasury department in
D. c., to secure advance
hipment of Curtiss warplane to
ne Seattle school of aeronautics. It
I'LL be used exclusively for exhibit
ion work with the trophy traint
trough the state Of Washington. It
I'LL drop literature all over the state
nd will perform evolutions and
Euntss used over the trenches in
rance. This plane will be in
barge Of three army aviators who
re famous for their exploits through
ut the war.
Lieutenant Hanover, who is in
large of the train, states that the
II pilots who will drive this plane
III be the most finished flyers pro-
need in the United States and will
we the people q thrill which they
Ill long remember. The plane will
Y from 01vmnto ~ Novou 7 1r,,S. z.I