The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1919-05-08

will make you see why we cared so
much for him, and felt his loss so keen 4
*. I know that it must have been a
terrible blow to you, his dear ones at
home, and my heart IS open to you IN
sympathy.
There is no finer death a man can
meet than to die fighting for the flag
and the people we. love, and we were
all willing, if need be, to give our lives
for such cause, and be comforted to-
know that he died on the field Of battle,
doing his share to make such thing
as war ever again impossible. =
Lit Sutherland Kept The Faith.
In his last hours and death, the story
Of which is SO graphically told by Sgt
Hitchcock, LIT. Sutherland proved him
self worthy son Of fighting sires.
"A son of the American Revolution under
FIVE ancestors, he enlisted for service
in the summer Of 1917. He was i'm
mediately detailed to the Second Off
GERS Training School at Fort Sheridan
where we won his commission as End
Lieutenant Of Infantry on November
9th, 1917.
On January goth he was assigned at
his own request to the Goth New Eng
land Division which was already under
orders for service overseas. He was
transferred to machine gun battalion
and sent to a special school for machine
gun officers upon his arrival in France.
At the latter camp he SO distinguished
himself that he was offered a station
as instructor in the school but begged
off to accept a post on the firing line
with the famous Goth. In this capacity
he won praise from his commanding
officer, Capt. Sanborn, for his excellent
work in procuring supplies for his men
and in generally developing high morale
and splendid fighting spirit. 1t was
this that led to his selection as officer
in charge of the first wave to 90 over
the top on the morning Of September
Goth.
Shortly before his death in action,
LIT. Sutherland was promoted to the
grade-of~a first lieutenant and was as
sigend to service in the States. He
expected to have sailed for home on
October End, the very day that his
mother and sister received the news
that he was missing in action
Tribute From Ella Wheeler wilcox.
An unusually interesting comment
on the soldierly qualities and magnetic
personality Of Lieutenant Sutherland
was brought to Kenosha recently in a
letter sent to his mother by Ella Wheel
er Wilcox. The poetess had met the
local hero in DIXON, had been impressed
with his courage and optimism, and
had written to Mrs. Sutherland to tell
her that she had rich reason to be
proud Of son who was in every way
an officer and a gentleman.
Hero Was Prominent in Kenosha.
AS boy in high school and later as
the secretary of the Local Lodge of
Masons, the late 1t. Sutherland was
both well-known and popular in Keno
sha.
For years he was associated with the
Simmons Company, where he was most
highly respected for his efficiency, hon
esty, and general reliability. His posi-
ton with this concern he left to accept
an even more responsible station with
the Safe Cabinet Company in Chicago,
with which firm he was working at the
time that he enlisted for service with
the colors.
Lieutenant Sutherland was an ardent
member Of the Ninth Church of Christ,
Scientist, in Chicago and exemplifed
its sacred principles Of faith and good
cheer not only in his business life but
also on the battlefelds of France where
he died for Country, Man, and God.