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RSD OLOUD, NXBRA8EA, OHIEF "3 & i now our nturWii I l l l ' ' !-! .. in- . a r" "ft K3fe3H'ralSlSTB wmWHWXm lf2zs i 9vo V I DOI ttWODtcrOAV tSBYZMWYCFJW. yJWrWCAT? KT ' ' '" V PORTRAITS OF MEDAL WIN NERS BY J. G CHASE FOR THE OFFICIAL HISTORY OF AMER ICA IN THE GREAT WAR fWJt.iA DfVttZAUX 8 By JOHN DICKINSON SHERMAN. AIIK1 Now tlio city bolls are rlngln'. HnrkI Now the drum begin to bent. Look I Where the banners all aro BWlnRln'. Who's that mnrcliln' up the street? Sco I Whcro the ling Is tlyiii' proud- out. Look I Where the hats are tossln, too. Hark I Where the eheerln' Is tho loudest, Who's that steppln' Into view? The nuswer Is "The Marine" the lines are from .Tofceph O. Lincoln's spirited tribute to tho "Leathernecks," which was written Bhortly after they opened tho ball In the tlrst week of June. 1918, by stopping the victorious Germans In the Chateau Thierry sector, forty-odd miles from Paris. "You know tho rest, In tho books you havo read" -how tho marines not only stopped the selcictod German shock tropps Bhort, but wont right at 'em and licked 'em to a frazzle. Tho marines were tho whole thing then for qnllo a while. Thoy were tho tlrst Americans to got Into action on their own account and tho Chateau Thierry story was spread broadcast over the world for the sako of Its heartening effect on our allies. But this marine buslnoss Is old stuff now. Don't mlstnkcnic. Tho marines have not changed. And thuro are no bettor fighting men In the known world. For 10O per cent all 'round efficiency they have no equal. The military experts of nil nations will tell you so. For cna thing, they're always equipped, al w nys Jrndy, always packod up and asking. "Whore do we go from hero?" They're tho oldest branch of the United Statos military service, and Uncle Sam has used them so long as a sort of Interna-, tlonal M. P. that, thoy really know their busi ness. Before tho great war, you know, they were the fighting men on our battleships, and when they were put ashore anywhero It made no dlfforonro where protty soon Washing ton got this stereotyped message: "Tho marines have landed and havo the situation well In hand." Add to this their unofficial motto, "What wn have, we hold," and you" have a pretty good Hue on this picked outfit of lighting men. This marine stuff Is old stuff for nn entirely different reason for two reasons. Ono Is that there was n lot of fighting between June 1 and November 11, 1018. Tho other Is thnt we nre now beginning to hear all about It. Tho point is: While the marines kept right on nddln to their laurels and tho regulars ran 'em a dead heat, the common, every-day American soldier all branches of tho service also got Into action and staged some thrillers himself. National Guard, National army, air service It made no difference. As fighting men thoy proved they were worthy to stnnd and to charge alongside regular and marines and words can nay no more. They havo their own place In the sun and they won 'It in the only way a fighting man can win It. You know how. The German high command at the Spa In Bel glum during tho war studied the American sol dier systematically and thoroughly, and formally wrote Its conclusions Into tho official records. Major von Itundstondt, on Gonoral Ludeudorff's btaff, has mado public some of theso official con clusions. One is: "Tho Americans are very brave nnd active, bnt highly temperamental." lie explained this by saying that with the Americans the lighting was a good deal of a sporting propo sition, and that they wanted to got nil the nd venture and excitement possible out of It. Besides, It was Impossible to tell what tho Americans would do. They might attack anywhere and any time. Thoy might got tired sitting around or get peood at tho mosquitoes or feci mad be cause tholr rations had not come up then thoy were apt to take It out on tho enemy. Major von lUindstondt, nsked to nnmo offhand somo of the American divisions considered by the high com mand ns utnong the best, replied: "Tho division which you call 'tho Ilulnbow in the Sky' (Forty-second), and that division mado up" half of irihrlnes (Second regulnrs) ; also the Twenty-eighth (Pennsylvania National Guard), and the First (regulars)." When tho high command recordB woro examined tlicso divisions were also found Included among the most effective: Thlrty-socond (Michigan and Wlscon&ln NaUcnnl Guard), Twenty-sixth (Nation al Guard, Now Enghfud), Thirty-third (National Guard, Illinois, Prairie), nnd Thlrty-sev.cnth (Na tional Guard, Ohio). Official American Portraits. TUe Judgment of tho German high command as to division efficiency, it will be noted, la borno out by tho American records now beginning to bo made public. And Major vpn Rundstendt uncon sciously painted a gorgoous picture of tho Amor lean soldier as a first-class lighting mau. It is when we come to the Individual exploits of our fighting men Hint we got tho real thrills. Ofllclnl citations have given us tho bold outlines of doeds of despcrato valor that won recognition. Hero and thero Bomo especially noteworthy ex ploit has found n sympathetic chronicler. Every where is this outstanding fact: Every fighting i.5 LQ0k3H - - ' . mww?JvMwm CO?R WALTWi . GAULTSY q, Sk f. 'UY M TNiVmm tfi IrO KhM ftfil Am. m. JA r .! , .-OrrS.ZJ -KOrV ..rv.. rT w M Hw v 'pactwe wown LflokiDC their Best all t!i Time ia tie Ctucl Bufinen of tho Blue Grass Belief. The Secret of Tbeir Beauty ,aV u iii. ni.,if imnttii. that is rcsDonslblo for tho Kontucky Rlrl'a rood looks! It eko BOtn olck, aha proceeds to gol : woll. Poaaeaood St health, shoknona that personal charm and nttractlvcncsa nood not wnrrr. ThBT are horfl. TUai IB w nuijiuu The story of Mrs. Hattta Hann on. R17 UrtiU Avenue. Latonla, lV M& "3 Kentucky. U typical. Slto Bays: "I havo never In all my life until re cently, weighed ovor 103 pounds, finally. I began to take Peruna. My welftht now In 12S. TViillo I didn't really need It, I havo started on tho third bottle. Peruna has certainly dene mo ft Brent deal or food and I recommend It to my rlends. Soverul ar tulilne It.'' It Is numrlsllip the amount of do prndenco placed by women evory wiirn nnnn Dr. linrttiirui'ii World Kameus Peruna. For rorty-nvo vrnrn It lma bach a household rem edy for counhn. oolde, catarrh and all catarrhal inflammation whether of tho resnlratory nyatem, stomach or otlior orxnn or part of the body. Tho recora of Teruna for nearly a half century to a ntnrtllni? one. Thousands havo discovered and tes tify to Kb marvelotio merit. Peruna In eold everywhere. May bo pur chaeed In either liquid or tablet form. Your dealer tinn It. Ask lor Dr. Hartman'a Woll-known .Pnrun Tonic. Vo not accept a aubatltut or "something Just ao good." Inalat upon Peruna. . . . . . It you are nick and Buffering front any cause whatever, write Tho Pe runa Company, Dept. 76. Columbus, Ohio, for Dr. Hartman'a Health Uook. The book Is fro nnd may help you. A.nk your doalor for m 1'crunu Almanac. wimBLWSk tl iwi The rtebuffB. IMshop 1'llpper said In n brilliant nd dress In Atlanta: "Tho minister who tries to build up his congregation by strenuous work, house-to-house work, must of course expect a rebuff now nnd then. "I know a yaung minister who was rebuffed by a little girl. She enmo to tho door In answer ta his ring, looked him up and down, nnd said: "'Mother Is suited with a mlnlstor, thank you.' "Then she shut the door In his fnco." Detroit Free Press. COMSGCYJLA)S BJVOCSV unit that got a chnnco at tho Hun hhowed It was made up of heroes. How do these Incredible young fighting Amerlcuns look and act and hnve their being? Why, you know. You see these heroes every day either actual or poten tial. They are coming back by the thousand, tens of thousands, hundreds of thou sands. Thoy look very much ns Uioy did when thoy went overseas the ablo-bodlod onos. You can soo changes, i'f you look close, but In the main they arc the samo smiling, Jolly, clean, decent, good-natured American boys. No wonder the Krench loved them for tholr looks and their ways, wondered If it was possible that thoy really could light nnd went delirious with ecstasy when they put tho Hun on the run and kept him going I Well, the generations to come, who cannot 6eo those Amerlcnn horoes In tho flesh, will have tho chnnco to see n few of these heroes In official por traits. Joseph CummlngB Chase, woll-known portrait painter, who went oversons In October on a spe cial inlsflon for tho War college, has returned. He brought with him 142 portraits. Including n completo sot of likenesses of the American gen erals ovorseas save four, which he will be com pelled to paint hero. There are 72 portraits of generals, BO of privates, "noucoms" and lleuterv ants who performed especially noteworthy serv Ico; 20 nre pictures of officers of various grades. Mr. Ohaso was selected by the War college to paint theso portraits, which nre to bo Incorporated into the ofllclnl history of America's participation in tho groat war. Doubtless the gcDerals and other offlcars of high rauk aro all imposing in looks, but their portraits hnve been published before. It Is quite likely pop ular Interest. In these official portraits will run largely toward those of the fighting men. Some body said: "No army Is bigger than its 'buck privates.'" He said something. The four portraits hero reproduced out of 18 at hand nre the selection of the etcher nnd not. of the wrltor; so It Is clour thut reproduction quality nnd not tho record of tho Boldler determined the choice. Yet this cholco, haphazard as to deeds, allows clearly tho marvelous qualities of tho American soldier. Here la what tho four did, Id brief: Lieut. Philip Benson, One Hundred nnd Eighty fifth Aero Squadron. During tho Inst threo weokB of tho fighting Lieutenant Ilenson mado trips nightly over Gorman towns, dropping hundreds of bombs nnd fired thousands of rounds of nmraunl tlon Into Hun supply trains. Of tho pursuit group to which ho belonged, only two pilots remained nllvc. His father Is a well-known New York arch itect, and his uncle is the famous palntor, Frank Benson. Work Uko this requires u dtfforcnt sort of courage from thntf tho chargo in tho hoat of battle. Let your imagination go along with thlB aviator, nlone In tho heavens at night ovor the enemy country, nnd make your own cstlmnto of this city boy, well-bred, educated and refined nnd of native American stock. Keep In mind, too, that aviators havo to be Just about 100 per cent por foct mentally and physically, and In a sense aro volunteers. CJorp. Mlsezyslaw Brockl, Company B, Sixteenth Infantry, Flmt Division. South of Solssons on July 21, Corporal Brockl camo to tho conclusion that tho Germans had too many machlno guns, no picked out tho two that were causing tho heaviest Iobsos to his company, wont out single handed nnd captured those two particular guna, with every Boche pertaining thereto. His citation niyr this was only one Incident of Corporal Brockt's activities. This man is of Polish birth or tyood, according to Chase evidently ono of those "tem peramental" fellows. Corporal Walter E. Gnultnoy, Eleventh In fantry, Fifth Division. Corporal Gaultney was picked out by his commandor as nn example of his finest typo of soldier. Gaullucy was wounded ; thnt couldn't stop him. Alort, Ingenious, speedy, heedless of pergonal dnngor, he went at the Hun Uko Snmaon with tho well-known Jnw bone orily this young Samson's Jaw bono wns that nice long trench knife .von soo strappod along Ids pack. Just whnf this young fellow did Is not told ; evi dently ho Is a natural-bom lighter and the regular army training has mado him pretty nearly 100 per cont efficient as nn ull-nround fighting man. Trlvate II. J. Dovorouux. Company M, Ono Hun dred and Twenty-fifth Infantry, Thirty-second di vision. Whon his company crossed the Illver Ourcq and captured tho Bois Pelgor, tho corporal of his squad fighting beside Prlvato Devorcaux was wounded by machlno gun fire. Tho corporal fell to the ground and tho enomy continued to fire on tho woundod man. Mad clear through, Dover eaux nprlntod-flcross tho open and, slngle-hnndud, attnekod and put tho machlno gun out of action. Qreateit Feat of War. It Is also known that Ohaso has painted a por trait of Horgt Alvln C. York of Pall Mall, Fentress county, Tunn., Company G, Threo Hundred and Twenty-eighth infantry, Eighty-second division. It Is to bo hoped that tho pnlntcr did a iirst-clnsa Job, for York's exploit was probably tho greatest indi vidual font of tho war. York, then corporal, on October 8, 1918, killed 20 Gormuns,' captured 182 prisoners, Including n major and three lieutenants, put 35 machine guns out or Dusinoss, anu uicrouy broke up an entire battalion which was about to counterattack against .tho Americans on Hill 228 In tho Argonno sector, noar Chatel-Chohory. He outfought tho machlno gun battalion with his rifle and nutouintic pistol. There wero eeven other Americans with York, but It was York's fight and but for him not a man of them would hnvo come out alive except as prisonor. Moreover, tho man nnd his home and his sur roundings are intensely Interesting, being entirely out of the ordinary. Hero are a few outstanding facts: He was born December 13, 1886, stands 0 feet and tips tho acnlas at 205 pounds. Ho Is red hoad ed. Ho Is a dead shot absolutely sure death with elthor rlflo or automatic; In tho courso of his fight he killed n German lieutenant and seven men who charged him from n distance of 20 yards. II Is a fighter who gets cooler and cooler ns the-danger grows. He used to drink, gamblo und swear. He quit In 1015 and Joined tho Church of Christ nnd Christian Union, of which ho Is second cldor nnd singing leader. He wbb a conscientious objector until convinced by Cnpt. E. O. B. Danforth at , Camp Gordon that tho Bible proved it his duty to I tight. Ho bolloves In u porsoual God and looks I upon bis successful exploit as a miracle, " 'Blessed Is tho peacemaker,' ' ho says. J Ho Is a farmer and blacusmitn anu proviuos ror his mother, ono brother and three small sisters; the other six brothers and sisters are married. HIb forbears for gonoratlons woro TcnnesbeeaiiM. Whon York lunded the other day the Tonnosseu society took possession of hi in and tried to mnko him feel that New York city waa his. Of course York was having the time of his life, yet really, you know, ho was regretting that he wasn't home to lead the singing at tho Possum Trot spring revival. And at tho Possotn Trot rovivnl, in the valley of which Pall Mall, with lta 20 houses, is the cross roads motropolls, York'a neighbors wero prouder ovor tho fact that he had "kept straight" than over what ho bad done to the Hun. Besides, while Alrln was "all right," Ood had had him In charge Hlnco the day ho enlisted. 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