The Bienville Democrat. [volume] (Arcadia, Bienville Parish, La.) 1912-1980, 1921-08-04

prty in Paris which Americans dam
aged TO the extent of $4,000 while
irving to find the body Of John Pau
Jones, the old sea fighter, called the
father of the American navy, who was
buried in a cemetery In Paris years
ago.
General Porter in 1904 was the
American ambassador to France. Hen
ry Il. Rainey Of Carrolton, ILL.,, who
then was member Of tie house OF
representatives, received some in1or
nation from an old ScOtchnlan con
corning the probable resting place OF
the sailor who himself was Scotch
man by birth. Raney became inter
ested and Immediately Interested Gen
eral Porter.
The ola cemetery in Paris was 10
Gated, and large part of it was
found to be covered by modern build
ings The old map Of the burial place
was discovered and after search OF
the records it was determined that
the body of John Paul Jones lay in
a certain place.
In order to reach the grave 1t was
necessary to do some tunneling, and
to 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 it,
found it was valid and granted her
$4,000, and asked congress to ap'
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 a Binghamton, N.
Y. witness that the shell-shOck pa.
tents in the hospitals at Perryville,
Nd, and at Fort Thomas, KY, are
driven into a 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 ac'
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 a physician, although
of course, the layman cannot look be-
! low the surface to discover the seat
of trouble.
In a SheII.shock Hospital.
= In 1918, about two months before
the armistice went into effect, ! Was
detailed as conducting officer for ;
> party of prominent Americans VIII
were the guests of the United States
government in the Toul sector which
j, included the st. Mihiel district ant
- the lines north Of it where the Amer
icans were locked with the Germans
after the salient had been captured
q by our men.
+ The army medical authorities hat
v established so-called shell-shock hos
i pital some little distance back of tn
! line. One day l took the visitors t
Il the hospital. I had seen shell.shoc
Q patients before, but never after the
r. had been gathered together in larg
!. numbers for treatment.
It Few, if any of the patients in thi
4. advanced zone hospital had bee
IS wounded, and yet seemingly their col
I. ditiOn was worse than that Of an
wounded man. Most Of them wei
up and about, and some Of them 6
II they walked up and down the ward
9 Of the hospital were lodging imag
- nary shells at every step they too
n. Others were waving their arms in Il
m air, and still others were lifting the
10 feet at least foot from the groun
10 at each step taken.
tn One Of the hospital stewards to
N, me that at three o'clock on the NOR
e, ing of the day that we arrived at Il
ks hospital, an automobile tire had e
ploded just outside one Of the bull
of ings with a loud report. Instant
Is, he said, three.fourths of the patien
rs in the hospital jumped from their be-
is and fled through the doors into t
i'd darkness. 1t took some time to roul
lrt them up, to get them back to the
of quarters and to quiet them.
voice rose sweet and clear in the su
den silence