The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1921-06-16
IHONORS PAID TO DEAD
SOLDIER
Military Funeral Given Body of
John Davies, Returned from
FLANDERS Field"

n pies grow" to final resting place be-
d meath Idaho's sunny skies and among
e the scenes he loved so well was the
n lot of Johnny" Davies, who died
e from wounds received in one of the
e Argonne engagements November s,
4 1913. To him were paid all the hon
e ors of soldiers burial as his COM
4 rades laid him to rest in Riverside
3 cemetery Sunday, while squad fred
the salute and a bugler sounded
"taps."
The funeral services were held on
: the lawn at the home of his parents,
and were attended by at least thous-
and people. The flag for which he
died draped his casket, which was
buried beneath mass of flowers.
Above the flowers was photo of the
young soldier
The service, simple and sweet, was
conducted by Rev. A. C. Lathrop, as
sisted by Revs. E. G. Keith and H. c.
Shaw. The music was rendered by
quartet. Lawrence Dresser Post of
the American Legion attended in a
body in full uniform The pail bear
ers were John Gamage, Boise Riggs,
Jr., Ed Schiller, Galen Paris, Lloyd
Walker and Ben Surber.
/ In Rev. Lathrop's address, stress
was laid upon the thoughtfulness ex-
hibited by John Davies in his letters
home, constantly urging his father
and mother not to worry; that he was
all right. Even when seriously woun- |
ded, he belittled his injuries in an en-
deavor to allay the fears of his par
'ents- And when told that death was
near, he exhibited the same bravery
that he had shown in service, simply
remarking, "Why shouldn't l go as
well as anyone else"
John T. Davies was a native of the
the Emmett valley and the only child
of Mr.. and Mrs. John Davies. He
was born June II, 1890. He left the
farm in response to the third call of
the selective draft and on October 8,
1917, went to Camp Lewis. Accom-
him were eight others-John
Renwick, Gorton W. Beers, Lloyd Sc
vey, James S. Ackaret, Walter Volk-
mer, VIM. H. Kuckku, Julian Gabiola
and Oswald Angoti. He was in
Camp Lewis only 27 days and was at
tached to the First division of the
regular army ("Pershing's Own")
and member of Co. A, 23rd infan-
Try, which sailed from New York for
France December 8, 1917. Arriving
n France, his company soon saw ac-
i've service. He was twice wounded.
'nce IN the face, portion of his nose
'elng shot away, and again on Octo-
yer 5, 1918, when ne was seriously u
in the right kidney by ma
hine gun bullets. He died Novem-
er 8, 1918. =
His letters home were filed with 7,
eviction and thoughtfulness for his $,
ather and mother. The first news Il
his being seriously wounded came d,
/ letter dated October 8. 1t read: ii
Dear Father and Mother: Just m
ew lines to let you know I am still :,
n the turf, yet was wounded in the -
ack by machine gun bullet on the OF
lght of October s. But that bow ye
gged Dutchman will never shoot any or
ore. l am getting along fine and he
andy. Am in a French hospital and ~
i've one of the finest nurses YOU ever I'll
w. These French people sure are og
,od to me and they have some of the an
lest doctors in the world. Now we
mt worry about me for l am get
lg along fine and dandy. | will n,
rite every few DAYS and let YOU VI
ow how | am coming on.
On October % he wrote optimisti- We
lly: Il am getting along fine and
ndy. My wounds are healing nice
and do not pain me any more.
|, yes, did l tell you in nv other
ter that l got the end of nv nose wa
ot off, too? 1t is all well, though. ma
". You can hardly tell it. A fell ses.
is awfully lucky to get out of this day
r alive / figure l am about the 10y
kiest guy for what we went thru. oi
'as over the top six different times low
four months. / don't think 1 will
Ihe nring line any more, for you Par
l got three ribs shot loose from q
backbone right over my right -
ney." Jun
hen there was a break in the cor s.
oondence. News of his death on "
Tember came, just a short an and
ncement from the war department. day
week of December 10, 1918, let
dated November 18, came from
nurse. 1t told how he faced death A
rely and unfinchingly The In mem
can add nothing to the fine trib- last
paid him by his nurse in the fol- whic
ng letter: vice.
was my privilege to visit your
many times while he was in the Grass