Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-10-30
IDAHO Man STOOD UP AGAINST WALL
TODE SHOT HURLED HAND GRENADE
AT GERMANS AND MADE HIS ESCAPE

capture his rifle had been taken from
him. When he refused to give the
Huns information concerning trench
they stood him up against wall ana
prepared to shoot Him. When Hun
stopped to light a cigarette. he hurled
Il grenade, which he had concealed in
his blouse into the midst of them and
leaping away made his escape back to
his line under heavy German fire.
With other members of the First
Canadian division, he Is privileged to
wear the gold and white citation cord
for the famous retreat at the Marine.
While at Vimy Ridge he saw his
brother stabbed to death and bayonet-
ted the Hun who stabbed him. He saw
the heaviest fighting in the war. hav-
ing fought through the battles of
Marine, Passchendacle Ridge, Hill 20,
Messines, Lens, both battles of Nimy
Ridge and Cambria and the F'riebu.
TEMPORARILY LOST MIND.
1t required long months in the hos
pital, expert work of surgeons, pa
thence and forebearance of Red Cross
nurses to bring Captain Rose back to
manhood. Shell shocked by high eX-
plosives, he temporarily lost his mind
and speech and was obliged to learn
to walk and talk all over again. He
has silver tubes in his arm and in one
chine gun wounds, but is glad for what
he did for his country and glad 20
be back in the good old U. S. A., able
to work and be of value in the same
profession he followed before the war
Speaking of his trip abroad, Captain
Rose said
'1n the Canadian expeditionary
forces there We're $4,000 men on Octo-
Der 3, 1914. We sailed from Gaspe
PlS. II ~ m hn f. tlanh af La al do
of Europe on SO Atlantic liners It was
the largest convoy ever gathered to-
gether, and on October IA. we settled
down on Salisbury Plains, England, for
short course in training. 1t was here
that Lord Roberts made his last public
appearance, and said in part: Three
months ago we found ourselves in
volved in this war. and gentlemen, we
can truthfully say it is not of our own
seeking, and you have not only sur
prised England, but the entire world,
for such little nation to manufacture
such fighting machine as you have,
in such a short time
HERO DIVISION.
And, my dear reader, l wish to i'm
press upon you that this was the Hero
Division of the World War: this di-
vision never lost "A battle, or gave
ground over two hours in the 4 u wears
Oh war tldI lOllDWeu, OH Ine
22nd day of April. 1915, in the second
battle of Ypres, out OF $4,000 men we
came out with 1850. 1t was here that
the Germans first commenced using
the asphyXiating gas. Before we went
into action our noted general lined MS
up and said Boys. for Gods sake act
like soldiers, If you're not supposed to
be one There was not q. man in the
division that had had IL months mill
tary training. What do you suppose
he was thinking of when he knew we
rockies were going up against the best
military trained mon in the world, AMI
with odds of to l at that. cit was
here the writer's first brother fell, and
he was wounded also. although he held
his own for three days afterD
''In September. 1915, at Messines
Ridge we evolved the trench raid. a
method of cutting Off different sections
of the enemy trench, killing most of
our enemies practically without the loss
of man. Later this method was
adopted by all OF the Allies.
FELL WHERE THEY STOOD.
"On the End of June, 1916, at the
Sanctuary Wood battle, our End di-
vision was smothered and annihila ted
by artillery bombardment, trenches
melted into irregular heaps of splint-
cred wood, broken sand bags and
mangled bodies. The Fighting Tig
ers fell where they stood. The best in