Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-05
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!. IS AMNES|A VICTIM
s,,snton Man Wanders Away
From Mount oretna--Found
at Maytown
s,w SERVICE IN FRANCE
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Cn"p p,nnosed victim of amnesia. An.
IA Sp,;n Scranton, member OF
donv Drew MI X Thirteenth Infantry, was
SonSg'i SnS iying in a daze in the pubic
iousr sre IN Maytown, twenty miles from
s.ro early this morning:
n'iv lieutenant Charles Clarke: meolcsst
,ricer % of the Thirteenth infantry Ieis
gn,od;otely In an automobile ana
nransbt Gavin back to camp,
prousti prIeting on the theory that he may be
n,otin, of amnesia brought about by
vi; shock received overseas. medical
snsn uo bere have placed him under |
nse ohseryation In the regimental in
frmary. , e,.,, aud rio,ten.
~ Clarke. who have the man under
m.;. ant care, have made no DEFINITE |
iasm siaisrrosis pending the result OF their
Sav;n had wandered from camp last
c.'.dor and had eaten virtually nothing
sunr s..;na his twenty mile walk. He is
.n.anty au,,I9 nine years old. hollow eyed and
tSin, with four days growth OF
0eS,w Gsvin talks distractedly Of service in
rronce with the Thirteenth Engineers
anS of action in the Argonne. i
''S According to the other members OF
his company, he seems to be a man OF
nonsiderable education and talks pleas
.ntlv with natural courtesy. He
ioined the guard only week ago IN
0cfsl General William G. Price witnessed
veuli; t.;ii;no rescue Yesterday afternoon
shon his aide. Captain Augustine. 8.
% Tsnevay, saved Roy Stieffel, twelve
ysar old boy of Colebrook. near Mt.
Eretna. from possible serious injury
when he caught a runaway horse on
wbicb the lad was mounted.
General Price and Captain Janeway
vere riding back to camp after an in
'nsction tour when they heard screams
from the wood back Of them. Turn
Inc in their saddles, they saw the run
away I with the terrified boy ,clinging
70 the saddle tearing past them down
The steep hill. Captain Janeway, a
former artillery officer and an expert
borseman. used his spurs and sprang
after the speeding horse. After furi-
Gus chase he overlook the runaway,
halted it and lifted the boy to the
ground in safety.
The horse was cavalry mount which
the lad had borrowed for little
ride"
Captain Commended
General Price, who had ridden up,
complmented Captain Janeway on his
presence of mind and daring riding.
The general also gave the lad talk
on the dangerous habit of borrowing
strange cavalry horses.
Another Philadelphia trnone-. Cor
nelius A. Shell, Of $500 Springfield ave-
nue., of Troop A, was injured yester-
day when his mount wheeled and kicked
him in the stomach. He was taken to
the First Cavalry hospital tent and
treated by DR.. Douglas Macfarlan, Of
Chestnut street near Eighteenth. and
Lieutenant L. Spiers, of Philadelphia.
and he was able to be about camp later
in the day.
Major General c. Bow Dougherty,
former commander of the division. made
an informal visit to General Price and
made tour of the camp. He expressed
pleasure over the new advantages of the
military reservation here and the eff
cient way in which the troops were
taking to the thorough training.
Camp Notes y
Troop A. First Cavalry, of Philadel-
phia, is kicking up lot of dust and
activity and snappy work on the
grounds out around Fountain Head field
today.
Sergeant "Bill" Gunnis, former
sketchmaker with the, 10Sth Artillery,
and once German prisoner, is anus
Ing the boys with his cartoons of the
trials and blessings of cavalry life. He
says that drawing the "maps" of his
maps of the battle front.
Sergeant Kenneth Kitson, of 213
West Upsal street, Germantown, off =
cially announced today that for reasons
OF his own he is through with guari
duty for the rest of his natural army
Sergeant "Bnr' Paul. of Chestnut
Hills is busy as in the old days of
the, troop and still wears his army
smile.
Bugler Johns is known to his fellow
troopers as the cross country bugler"
because his blasts cover so much terri
tory, lie is also veteran cross country
runner. Which makes him an all
around long distance man.
stable Sergeant Oren Ross. with his
stan, Charlie" Morris and tom"
Corkran, is taking fine care of the
troops mounts. These three have the
horScs under perfect control and an
swering to their middle names.
>, Sergeant Cyril Wooley, of Chestnut
Hlll' prominent figure on the com
p"hy street, refused to be quoted on any
subject except the food, which he de
cared was good.
lie isn't the only one who thinks So
lnasmuch as Troop AS mess kitchen
was given the blue ribbon of the regi
mCnt today for its 95 per cent efficiency
Mess Sergeant Horace Kirk has q
system all his own and Walter Nc.
i'anghlin, steward on the "Ret
ARK Buford that took Emma Gold
man back home, served out the chow al
snlpShape to the qualification of tn,
whole troop.
Donald Duncan, of Drexel Hill, |,
unfolding the family tradition will
great credit. All the boys of this Scotcl
family have been connected with tn,
troop since 1t first started.
T.: II. Peterson, of Allen Lane, is on,
OF the most regular shavers of the out
nt' because, as they say, the lather look,
So well on his sunburn.
C' Is. Conley, of 1854 North Sixtietf
street, is juggling pills and massagin,
xlcked troopers in the hospital tent O
the regiment
A member of the Thirteenth Infantr,
was taken to the Lebanon Hospital to
gay Tor an operation for appendicitis
lie Is Harold Heller, of Co. G. Tw,
aoys ago, Paul Dyer. of Berwick, wa
reason.