The New York herald., 1921-09-04

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stant barrage of large projectires and gas
shells. He is credited with having had I'll
prisoners surrender to him. The Choctaw
received the Crox de Guerre
Major Victor NJ. Locke, Jr.. of Antlers
OKLA who is the principal chief of the
Choctaw tribe, and member of the State
Legislature, is threeeighths of Indian
blood. He also has creditable war record.
Major Locke, in letter written to DR..
Dixon, said, speaking of Oklahombi
II find he is a close rival of Alvin York
of Tennessee. If he did what this citation
recites, then there are due him all the
honors comfortable by the United States
Government. He has only the Croix de
Guerre OF France. This man is a full
blooded Choctaw uneducated. and since
his return from France he has been re-
lieved OF some Of his land, so | am told.
without proper compensation therefor"
Another OF DR.. Dixons pet heroes is
Corporal Walter s. Sevalia, a Chippewa
Indian, of the Seventh Engineers, Fifth Di-
vision, upon whose breast Marshal Petain
himself pinned the Croix de Guerre. Sevalia
swain the Meuse, carrying a cable for a
pontoon, under heavy machine gun fire.
Later in the day he was severely wounded
while repeating the same feat in the swim
ming OF the broad and swiftly flowing Est
Canal, which parallels the Meuse, near
Breuilles. He then crossed an open field
raked by enemy fire, and succeeded in re-
turning with information of critical i'm
portance
Il had a talk with General Allen, now
commanding the American army OF occu
patton in the Cobenz sector" said DR..
Dixon. During the war he commanded
the Nineteth Division, which was com.
posed chiefly OF troops from Texas and
Oklahoma There were in that division
many Indians and one entire regiment
the 35Sth Infantry--was wholly made up
Of Indian recruits. General Allen told mo
the 35Sth was the pride Of his division
In its ranks, he said. there never were any
stragglers. They never went after any.
thing they did not get he told me. and
what they got they always held
Scarce One-ffth of
Indians of 55Sth Survive
Il found the 35Sth at Camp Devon, after
their return from over there" Or. Dixon
continued That regiment, composed ex.
clusively of Indians, had gone out from
Oklahoma and Texas LAO strong It camo
back with $50 Indians surviving. The re.
mainder sleep at Chateau-Therry, St
Mihiel, Fismes and in the Argonne Forest
Il asked the personnel Adjutant Of the
35Sth Infantry, Captain John N. Simpson.
If It were necessary to go back to France
and fight. would you take any Indians
with your
His instant reply was I would not
take anybody else They are not afraid OF
hell itself They had a fine sense Of direc.
tion and thus they could anticipate the
direction Of the enemy. II we had had
more Indians we would have killed more
Germans. They did not believe in taking
/ riSoGers.'
Sergeant Charles Robert Ward OF Com.
pany X, Third Battalion, 35Sth Infantry
was one of the winners OF the Distinguished
Service Cross. photographed him stand.
Ing at attention wearing his trench helmet
which showed two gaping bullet holes.
fore and aft. Sergeant Ward who is a
dead shot, was sent out to pick off three
snipers who from their perches in trees
were doing deadly execution among our
machine gunners. While he lay nat on his
face engaged I'm a duel with the Boche
he got bullet plumb through
the forward part OF his tin hat Pass
Ing on along his PROSTATE form. the
missile slit Wards blouse
straight down the back seam without
woundng him. At that instant, tho In.
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