The evening world. Newspaper, June 3, 1918, Page 3

THE EVENING WORLD, MONDAY, JUNE 38, 1918, THE EVENING WORLD in Reporting the War Has the News Service of the Associated Press, the United Press and Special Correspondents. UNASSIGNED U.S. OFFICERS WELCOME AN OPPORTUNITY. FOR EMERGENCY COMBAT They Frequently Get a Chance to Fight, Although They Are Not At-} tached to Regular Units, and Win High Praise — Interesting War Animal Stories. BY MARTIN GREEN. (Special Staff Correspondent of The Evening World.) Copsright, 1018. by The Press Publishing Co, (The New York Evening World), AN AMERICAN FRONT IN FRANCE, May 9.—At various points along the western front American officers detailed to special work, such as in- Sgruction in British schools of warfare at the front, control of tanks, trans portation for air service and observation, have taken active part in hostilities recently, Although not assigned to combat duty with the British, they jumped in and did their share whenever and wherever the opportunity offered. A majority of them are reserve officers without previous experience in anything but theoretical warfare. | They are not attached to our units which are working with the French Army. Owing to the wide extent of the German advance, the British front has been touched at all points and American officers have found themselves unexpectedly engaged with English, Scottish, Australian or Canadian Bate divisions, depending on where they happened to be when| the enemy made a jump in thelr direction. In the past tw: have met ‘British, Canadian and Australian officers who were associated with these volunteer American aids in emergency defensive or offensive work, and these officers of the army of Great Britain felt called on to tell an American correspondent what they think of Uncle Sam’s young men. | Im their opinion the young Ame can officer is a natural fighter, pos- phi who {8 a noted wit and sessing cheerfulness, adaptability, re-) > cee EEG Geka us aa had an ox- sourcefulness and Initiative. Bome | good feading puke diy. We Bad of them found themselves in post- | dinner last night in a good Inn in a tions of extreme military difficulty at | town behind the lines, times when they could not appeal for| “When I frst came over here,” he said, “I made an agreement with my i best they | i advice and had to act as bes! | father that [ would try to live within knew how. In every case, the Brit-/ nis income.sInasmuch as I have not {eh officers said, the Americans in-| received a letter from him for four} g@tinctively did the right thing. It iE ths TI have been compelled to live without it.” should be remembered that the Amer- | lean officers who were caught in the | HERE'S A COLLECTION OF WAR ANIMAL STORIES. great battle on the British front were | under no obligation to take part, They| In @ town in which T was quartered stired to the rear, but 1| {OF ® Week the regimental headquur- | could have retir g ters mess was in the hunting lodge of | have heard of no instance of one of! 4 chateau the master of which had| them taking advantage of their priv-| been killed in the war. The chateau tlege, Instead, they appeared to deem | and grounds are in the custody of an} it a privilege to mix in. They were|old man and two women, and thei im the position of a citizen finding | chlef concern is the care of the mast- | himself in front of a house in which|er’s boar hound, a shaggy dog a fire is raging and threatening life. of a, pony re-) about | The master was a the si je citizen may, if he run to! great t and the hound was his the nearest fire arm box, turn in an | favorite sistant in pursuit of wild alarm and go on his way, or he may | boars ash into the house and help rescue| When the master went away to the! the occupants. The Ame n citi- | war he left the boar hound locked up| zen generally dashes into the burning | in a strong wire house. ja kennel in inclosure which has one corner, That was For military reasons it is impossible| more than three years ago and the to make public the names of any of| hound, a ferocious animal, has aot the oMcers who accident themselves in the midst of found | been a battle | day out of the encl since. All long he trots around in a circle; sure and “carried on.” It against the/and his feet have worn a circular censorship rules to mention officers’| trench as deep as his shoulders and names except under conditions which | flanks. As he goes round and round do not apply In this case permitted to say, however young New Yorker of the I may be| or that one | me n y his head and back can be seen. | He is a veritable trench hound | |Once a day the old man pushes a TWO THINGS TO MAKE YOU HAPPY— | | AND THE That you are never too old to enjoy the flavor of that delicious candy—WNut Tootsie Rolls, OTHER 1S - ‘The Sweets Compahy, 416-422 Wet 45¢b 51 FIRST DAYS WORK ON: US DESTROYER WARD * No Other Evening Paper in New York Has a News Service So Complete fereenat Edward N. Ripley, Malden, F vates La J. Burns, Cam- bridge, Bon). mia. "Fr, Lair, No. 306 West | 146th ‘Street, New York. DIED OF WOUNDS, Privates Eugene Hudson, Perry, Arthur McCullough, Anamosa, Dibert Stone, Ida Grove, lowe, DIED OF ACCIDENT. Albert A. Pratt, Sante Robert Springer, Cof- ON CASUALTY LIST FROM PERSHING | Private From Harlem Among | the Four Reported Killed DIED OF DISEASE. Privates Edward Anderson, River, Conn. kinsbure, Pa. Deep ter M, Bailey, Wil- nelius Frommeyer, | Pittsburgh, "Pa; John Kastner, : . Chicago; Henry J. Kruger, Spokane, | in Action, Wash.; Leslie Robert. Les, Chicago. Robert G. Martin, No. 750 Avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y. WOUNDED (DEGREE UNDE- TERMINED. cerca Ocean WASHINGTON, Jone 8.—General | Pershing reported thirty-six casu- Jalties to-the War Départment to-day, Lieut. George W. McCabe, Vicke- divided thus: Four killed in action; | burg, Mins, Privates Brace B. Beemer, Vin« three dead of wounds; two dead|cennes, Ind.; Waslly Nuedekow, from accident; seven dead from | Hagtford, Conn. WOUNDED SEVERELY. disease; three : ree wounded In actions! sieut, Willlam Hepburn, Windeor, eixtoen wounded severely; one | Gonn | wounded slightly. A summary of casualties to date Is ef follow: Corpls, Francis D, Bodswig, Cedar Rapids, Neb.; August F, Miller, Sey~ mour, Conn; Charlie T. Morrow, Dougias, Ala. | Killed in action... 604 Cook Charles Coart, New Haven, | Died of wounds....... 263) | Conn. Loet at Privates Oscar J, Carter, Ariton, | Ala; John P. Claverie, San Diego, | Killed by accident Cal; Hubert 8, Coon, Briggsville, | Gas and other causes Wis; George B. Hurt, Wallingford, | Killed or prisoner Pa.; John H. MoDonald, Wellington, ie _| Died of d Sam Mowinski, Michigan ——— Civititine ss. Ind.; Oliver North, Indianap- ‘nd.: Clarence Pinson, Zebuton, ‘LAIR WAS SERVING William H. Ramsey, Dunbar, Pi Mte hi seab tac Wig: Harry S. Staley, Grayville, IlLg FOURTH ENLISTMENT Arlee MO Anton Trostnask!, Dwyerville, Tex. Captured WOUNDED SLIGHTLY, IN REGULAR ARMY Micsing Private Frank Kuszynske, Ripow, Wis. easiest Grand total CORRECTION, — | KILLED | Private Teodor Beniwez, Webster, A | Sailed for France May 6 and Was) taeut. Harry F. W. Johnson, South} Mass., previously reported wounded, THE DESTROYER AT END oF FIFTH DAY | Killed ina Raid Fifteen Days Bethlehem, Pa | now reported killed in action, COPYRIONT BY COMAITIER On PUBLIC INFORMATION == and the hound jumps out of trench long enoug.: to eat his libera allowance of food. A certain dugout on the [front oc pied by twet cers Is in the midst of teries, Close by which jar the earth are discharged. about frequently too, But the ly throughout der of gunfire. are some rman shells fal office his Picardy y-two offi- a nest of bat- big guns every time they and jar the dugout sleep profound- the continuous thun- Soon after they took possession of the dugout a rat tempted by morsels of food and candles, invaded cave and took up quarters. The ’ » made by the rat durt » night would awaken everybody in the place, though the cannon overhead might be rocking the countryside, The off- cers were becoming pale and hi and irritable because of until one afternoon the assisted by half a di | closed up the nings ar a rat hunt ey got the T/ now thelr sleep ts undis White mice and ca kept in dugouts to give warning o When the keel over, the so enemy gas crumple up ers have diers know that the Germans have sent over poison gas. In front of ono of our positions in Lorraine there ut a@ swamp which is frequented b: wild ducks, The ducks are infallible gas alarms. When the German pre | jects gas al the line at night the quacking of the ducks awakens every body along the tor, So far as the ) observe, the gas doesn't do anything to ducks but make ther oh. ‘The headquarters supply com of & unit to which I was att hud a cute little tamed boar for a pet. He was brow ped with blaek, playful and joybu done followed tne men of command around like a dog. We went on 4 five-day hike to f bo- cause of forced mar plies lugged behind. When we got to the front the pet boar had disappear Bour meat is tasty, and this little fe) low had been well fed. phe water supply is ve village where we lodge a There are two green, 5 the village, and the vet in. ly cain. y pools in ary of the outfit has forbidden watering horses from the pools. Water for men and | horses 1s brought in tanks from an- roke out of a cc P speed ng the road for fa nile Behind the mule oped Je buek private, As the into the green wat © private yelled: “Hey, you blankety DoYou Know The Fine Flavor | *POST TOASTIES ‘: 1S FOUND. INNO OTHER i. sie Later. | j hi a hat American troops, espectally , ee &. welve hours I) basin to which is attached a chain| blank fule! Don't you know de doctor POPE “THANKS ‘BRITISH Fe Fa rtadcapns tae ain aps ars 4 wD Tuesday’s Specials _—— through a small opening in the wire} says ve skoll not drink dere?” ‘The gat Uae immediately upon mule, with one eye on the approaching shouting private, drank his fill, He was still at work at latest accounts. THE OLDER THE VETERAN THE BETTER HIS CHANCES. thelr arrival in France is shown tn the | report of the death of Private Benja- | min F. Lair of No, 307 West 144th Street, Lair, who was killed May 19, according to the statement of his wife, Sarah CG. L sailed from New York Immaculate New Summertime Skirts FOR SPARING COLOGNE ON CORPUS CHRISTI DAY American soldiers wearing the gold OME, June $—Cardinal Gas: May 6. ; V-shaped insignia on the sleeve denot- R Sart, tie Papal Meerstasy of | ae dulestems mnneuncing lus Mael) Latest Ideas in Complete Assortments ing six months of active se ce at the State, has asked Count ¢ oe fro the Adjutant General | 7 ‘6 front have received cheery news from Salis, British Minister to the ashingt this morning. It merely Sp lly P d British and French officers who have| Vatican, to convey to the British | stated that Lair was killed in @ raid ecia rice been tn the war since it started. ‘he| Government the thanks of the [0m May 19. He was with Company B, $ 98 British and French say that, contrary Holy See for e willln, s with 12th Machin Asian adres fo to eral beltef, the longer a man| which it accepted the Vatlean's creel sapotial bint fourth enitstment | serves the better his chances of ex-| proposal to spare Cologne from ods ee ng his 3 é caping with a whole skin—excepy, of| bombardment during the fete of it Martin hed lived unt | Interesting offer- course, In the air service. Statistics| Corpus Christ! Memo} he would) have been irgs of new Sport and Street models. Pocketed and belt- how that a considerablo of casualties oc: Pereentags among men secing years old, but he died in May #1, not In battle, as he their first three months of service. Ine We rs ed in scores of new Green troops do not know how to GORIZIA HEAP OF RUINS | : ved te * ways. Wanted take care of themselves, They expose re jane tal eater fabrics. themselves needlessly and fail to _- oniv ch husband dled noine months they get wary, and the longer ; ‘ ey eid dal haksbeal that ase base died they are in the more wary they be out Dalinatia—Slavs Are in vain,” aha sald to an Eveening World ome. A veteran is seldom killed or Rebellious, reporter, Martin * ment to ¢ antry wounded outside of direct action or Attractive Gabar- MORGAN BURGLAR IN AGAIN. 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