The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1921-07-21

hHb lOtn hSkeu cDnRTeSS 10 hDpt'ps'
ate the money. This was back In 1904,
or possibly 1905. hut the lady In France
still Is whistllng for her money IL she
accounts whistling as one Of her ac-
compllshments
II Gen. Horace Porter, diplomatic
and soldier, who died In New York
a month or so ago, had known OF the
plight of the French woman whom IN
Gle Sam owed money which he would
not pay, he probably would have add
Ell a codlcll to his will taking care of
the matter. for 1t was General Por-
ter, with former representative In con-
gress Henry T. Rainey of Illinois, who
largely was responsible for the crea-
ton Of a situation just now troubling
woman of France and the American
state department.
Result Of Search for Jones' Bones.
The French woman, who Is Wild
ow by the way and has little or no
means of her own, owned some prop
erty In Paris which Americans dam
aged to the extent of $1,000 while
jones, the old sea fighter. called the
father of the American navy, who was
buried in Il cemetery In Paris years
ago.
General Porter in 1904 was the
American ambassador to France. Hen
ry T. Rainey of Carrolton, ILL.,, who
then was a member of the house of
representatives, received some lnfor-
nation from an old Scotchman con-
corning the probable resting plal'e OF
the sailor who himself was Scotch
man by birth. Roiney became Inter-
ested and Immediately interested Gem
eral Porter.
Tie OLD cemetery III Paris was 10
cated, and large part of 1t was
found to be covered by modern tuild-
ings. The Old map of the burial place
was discovered and after a search of
the records il was determined that
the body of John Paul Jones lay In
certain place.
In order to reach the grave IL was
necessary to do some tunneling, and
10 destroy some property. The French
woman. now a creditor of Uncle Sam,
owned "A part of the property which
was destroyed. She made her claim,
the state department looked into ii.
found it was valid and granted her
$4,000, and asked congress to APP
prOpriate the necessary money. Con-
gress never has acted In the matter.
Senators Told Of Shell Shock.
Members of the senate COM
mittee charged with investigating
government agencies which have
supervision of the care of the in
valided soldiers of the great war
have been told by Binghamton. N.
Y, witness that the shell-shock pa
tients In the hospitals at Perryville.
Nd, and ut Fort Thomas, KY, are
driven into condition of hysteria
every time there is target practice
with the big guns at the nearby gov
eminent posts.
One veteran of the great war told
the committee that he had expended
over $4,000 for medical service In an
attempt to recover from the effects
of shell shock. Attention Is being
called more sharply day by day to the
condition of men who suffer from
what is known as shell shock. Their
plight seemingly Is worse than that
of the men who received actual body
wounds, for direct application and d.
rect manipulation can be used to rem
edy wounds, while what may be called
indirect treatment must be given TO
the patient whose nerves were shat
tered or whose mind was unbalanced
by the shocks of the explosions on the
embattled front.
Much has been written about shell
shock by physicians who became &C
Quainted with its manifestations ON
the front in France, or who have be-
come acquainted with them since the
shell-shocked ones were returned TO
the United States. The layman can
write about shell shock only as a lay
man, but the resulting conditions as
they appear are as plain To layman
as they are TO Il physician, although.
of course, the layman cannot look be-
low the surface to discover the seat
of trouble.
In a ShelI-Shoek Hospital.
In 1918, about two months before
the armlstice went into effect, | was
detailed as conducting officer for
party of prominent Americans who
were the guests of the United States
government In the TOul sector which
included the ST. Mihiel district and
the lines north of II where the Amer
leans were locked with the Germans
after the salient had been captured
| by our men.
The army medical authorities had
established sO-called shell-shock hos
pitnl some little distance back of the
line one day took the visitors 10
the hospital. had seen shell-shock
patients before but never after they
had been gathered together in large
numbers for treatment.
Few, II any of the patients In this
! advanced zone hospital had been
wounded, and yet seemingly their CON
ditlon was worse than that of any
wounded man. Most of them were
a