The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1919-05-08
Director David O. r. Fog
well Returns To Kenosha
Sunday After Distinguish
ed Service In England.
Will RESUME WORK HERE
Accepts Position AS Scout Executive
For Kenosha and Will Start Active
Direction in Few Sees
Kenoshans In England

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smiles. He arrived in Kenosha Sunday
noon and this morning already back IN
the civies', was around renewing his
many friendships in Kenosha, after
serving with the American Y. NJ. G. A.
for several months in England.
I IN just coming home and my, I m
glad to do it, said the former Scout
Executive this morning. "Of course
I have some stories to tell but I have
MT got over the thrills Of being back
yet toget settled enough to relate
them. = To settle the anxiety of the
boys Of Kenosha, he announced that he
had decided to accept the position of
fered him as the Executive of the Ke-
nosha Scouts and to remain in an ad-
visory relation to the school officials
in regard to the recreation program for
the city. He said he was delight
ed'' with the plan which had been
formulated for a Boy Scout Camp at
Lilly Lake this summer which will now
be under his direction.
Director Fogwell has served with dis
tinction in caring for the American
boys in England. In February, 1918,
he resigned his position as Director of
Public Recreation in Kenosha to go in
to the work Of the American sY.', His
unusual ability as a physical director
was quickly recognized and he was sent
to London after few weeks stay at
Camp Macarthur where he has been
the associate physical director at the
Y. M G. A. headquarters Of the A. e.
r. in the United Kingdom. There he
has seen as many as 10000 Yanks pass
through London in a month as they
waited for orders to go to the front.
See the King of England well, /
should say, said "Dave" this morn
ing, and what $ more | SAN President
Wilson with King George on Wilson
Day in the English capitol We were
invited to march in the parade and to
hear the addresses made on that his
toric day. I also saw the great demon
strations in London when General Haig
returned and even greater when Mar
shall Foch received the praise of all
England
Speaking Of seeing King George"
he continued, you know, we American
W men in London got the permits
sion of the royalty to stage the first
baseball game Of London at Hyde
Park on the tenth Of July. The Lord
Mayor of London threw the first ball
and two American teams thrilled a
crowd of $4,000 Englishmen with an
alright baseball game. Englishmen
may be slow, but they caught on to this
remarkably fast, and we staged game
at the Park every week. to packed
bleachers.
Director Fogwell spoke strongly in
favor Of the support which England
had given to the war. There is a
chance for them to be misunderstood, =,
he explained, "They fight differently
from the Americans or the French. We
go into battle like a game while the
51Aou CAtCl ~ DIS q buSluGSS. L WAS
in England long enough to realize the
vast number of men and the great
amount of treasure that they had
thrown into the war and I know they
did their part. =
Two Kenoshans had the time of their
lives when they met Director Fogwell
while on leave in England. ssBill''
Jaegers was one of them and the two
Kenoshans fairly stumbled on each
other in front Of Eagle Hut in London
early in September. Director Fogwell
also met Sailor Jake Leukes while the
later was on shore leave in the Eng
lish metropolis this year.
Director Fogwell reached. America
more than week ago aboard the trans
port Olympic which brought more
than 5000 troops home He has been
at his home in Hamilton, Ontario. for
a short visit but has now come back to
Kenosha for good. He is expecting to
take a few days. rest-the first since
he left Kenosha-before he begins on
his duties in his new position in Ke-
nosha.