Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 214, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 September 1917 — Page 3

ACTS OF HEROISM TO BE REWARDED

Men of National Army Will Be Accorded Same Recognition as Regulars. MEDALS OF HONOR PRIZED t # , V. - ' Changes May Be Made In Present Law —How Some Enlisted Men in the United States Army Won Medals for Valor. By EDWARD B. CLARK. Washington. —Young Americans who have been selected for service In the new National army should know that the same recognition for individual acts of personal gallantry In the field will be accorded them under the law that'is now given to officers and men of the regular service. There are enlistecf men Jn the service today who have won medals of honor for conspicuous personal gallantry In the field, and It can be said that the possession of one of these metal tributes to courage is prized above all things else that the government can bestow. By the time that the new American army troops in any numbers strike the Germans In France, it is probable that congress will have made some changes In the laws governing the giving of certificates of merit and medals of honor for high acts of courage on the field of battle. There is a law governing in the matter today, but It is said that army officers believe it to be hedged in with so many requirements that some men who deserve certificates of merit are prevented from getting their earned rewards. The changes which probably are to be made will in no way aid the undeserving to secure prizes which are intended to go only to those whose conduct is of the highest In face of great danger. Young men who are about to enter the training camps should know that in this matter of recognition for courage, they will be on the same footing with commissioned officers. Gallantry in man, not gallantry in rank, is the thing recognized. How Medals Have Been Won. It is possible that men selected for service in the new National army, and perhaps others, may be interested, to learn how a few of the many enlisted men in the United States army have earned their medals “for valor.” When Custer’s expedition struck into the Sioux country in 1878, the commanding officer ordered Major Reno with his squadron of the Seventh to make the detour to the right. Custer then rode into the valley, where with his command he met his death. Reno striking to the right met a huge force of the Sioux and in a bitter battlewhich followed he lost many men. While this engagement was at its height, a pack mule carrying a considerable part of the carbine ammunition of the troopers broke away and galloped toward the Indians. An enlisted man named Hanley knew what the loss of ammunition meant and he left his troop and circling round to the right he managed to capture the mule at a point dlrectl> in front of the Indian line. Hanley threw himself on the animal’s back and lashing lb into a run, made straight back for his command. He was under the close and direct fire of the Indians. Hundreds of rifles barked at him, but he escaped unscathed by a seeming miracle. The ammunition was saved and congress, recognizing the enlisted man’s devotion and gallantry, voted to give him the coveted medal of honor for his high service. The bushwhacking war in the Philippines produced of heroes a hundred, but the world usually was given only the names of the commanding officers in the fights which made individual heroism possible. Who, on reading these lines, can remember ever before having seen or heard the name Louis. Gftdeou? Escape Was Marvelous. Not so long ago “G” company of the Nineteenth infantry went into action near Mount Amla, Cebu, Philippine Islands. The captain of the company was mortally wounded and the fortunes of the fight left him on the 'field defended only by Private Louis Gedeon. A force of the enemy advanced to give the captain his death stroke, but the private soldier faithful to his duty and to Ills officer faced the oncoming band, as array record hath it, ‘‘single handed and alone.” Although exposed to a concentrated fire, Gedeon by his marvelous markmanshlp, aided materially by his coolness in the presence of what seemed certain death, kept the enemy back. Private Gedeon might have escaped. He could have slipped into a ravine and have joined the main body of troops. In fact, it is said that the stricken officer, knowing that his own wound was fatal, ordered Gedeon to leave him, but the private soldier’s answer was to kneel by his officer s .aide and to offer his body as a protection. Gedeon’B escape that day was as marvelous as anything ever set down in the pages of fiction. He held his own and help came before the private’s Wounded charge died. The officer whom the private had saved from the knives and the ballets of the enemy breathed his last, smrounded by the men of his command. . Congress recognized the bravery of George M. Shelton, who was a private of I Company, Twenty-third Infantry. . » 2 _ < - *;'v\

>ln giving the, soldier hls medal It was ordered set down In the records that the reason for the gift wns “most conspicuous gallantry in action.” The Twenty-third infantry went Into a fight at LaPaz, Luzon, Philippine Islands. A soldier of the command was wounded and left on the field. The spot where the infantryman fell was commanded by the rifies of the enemy. Private Shelton saw the plight of hls comrade, and without waiting for orders he advanced alone directly Into the,open, his appearance being a direct and speedily accepted invitation for the enemy to concentrate its fire upon him. Shelton went on with the shots playing about him, picked up the wounded mun and carried him back along a path of fife until he was safe "wltfiln the lines. Had a Soldier's Boul. Augustus Walley of the Tenth cavalry was a cook. He was connected with Troop Eof the Tenth. Augustus Walley, cook, had a soldier’s soul. In the summer of 1881, Troop'E was In the field in pursuit of hostile Apache Indians. The command arrived at the Cuchillo Negro mountains, New Mexico, and ran Into a large band of the liostlles. A sergeant of the troop was shot by the first fire from the concealed reds and he fell from his-horse at “the base of a rock, which luckily protected him from further fire. The troop was compelled to fall back under the suddenness of the attack and the sergeant was left where he fell. Walley, the oook, saw that while the stricken “noncom” temporarily was

WHOLE FAMILIES ENLIST FOR WAR

All Sons of These American Parents Serve With the Colors. ELDERS DOING THEIR SHARE Mother Gives Four Sons to Army Then Offers Herself to Red Cross and 18 Accepted—Patriotic * Women Give All. Savannah, Ga.—After contributing her share to the military establishment of the United States and doing her full part in the Liberty bond purchases and contributing to the Red Cross fund, Savannah now offers the country two families of four sons each, all of whom are serving with the colors. Bernard L. McDonald of the city health department, past sixty years of age, towers above all his sons. He is the father of 24 feet of men in Battery A, Chatham artillery. Hls four “boys" are Bill, Bob, Alex and BeeBee McDonald. Each is more than six feet in height and strong in proportion. They are all good soldiers. All four are noncommissioned officers. Bob is the youngest and the shortest, being a scant six feet. Bill, next

GREETS AMERICANS IN PARI

Princess Murat, formerly Miss -Helena Stallo of New York, has jußt been appointed a member of the directing board of the Friends of France, the new international society formed for the promotion of closer social and intellectual relations between this country and France. With other distinguished women backing the movement phe has tendered the use Of Jier salon to the society for the reception of Americans visiting In Paris. ' Marshal Joffre Is one of the honorary presidents of the organization. A branch of the society is to be organized In the United States. Princess Murat Is well known In New York, where in her girlhood she was .known as one of the most beautiful women of her set

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safe because of the shelter of the rock, he knew ‘that If the Indiana moved, to either flank they could piek off the wounded man with their rifies, and so Cook Walley charged across the open without waiting any word of ■ command, and ran along a zone of fierce fire to the aide of the sergeant, picked him up, brought hjm back and dropped him inside the lines. For that action congress gave this cook whose spirit was that of a soldier a medal of honor, for he had upheld the best bravery traditions of the American army.

TRAIN STALLED BY BEAR

Held Up In Pennsylvania Woods for Half Hour by Bruins—Engineer Has Scare. Johnsonburg, Pa. —A log train on the Dalioga & Highland railroad was held up for a half hour by two large black bears south of Highland. The log train was moving slowly up the hHlside when Engineer Johnson discovered the two bears, weighing about 300 pounds each, - standing on the track a few hundred feet ahead of the train. As the train approached the spot they failed to move. Johnson pulled the bell cord, but the clang of the bell or the blast 'of the /whistle failed to frighten the bruins, who stood and gazed at the approaching train. Knowing that It would be Impossible to kill the bears at the speed hls heavy train was moving up the hill, and fenring an attack If he Injured them, Johnson stopped the train, and badly frightened, watched the bears for about half an houx, when jthey slowly wandered off Into the forests.

In youth, is the tallest, exceeding Bob in height by an inch and a half. Alex, the eldest, and Bee-Bee are just an inch shorter than Bill. Their father’s height Is six feet two inches, and the only reason that he is not with them Is that they will not let him enlist. Besides the disadvantage of hls age he has only one arm. All of these boys will accompany their battery to France. Spartan Sacrifice. The story of Mrs. A. -W. Cook is that, of Spartan sacrifice. Mrs. Cook has given four sens to her country, and she Is proud, not sad, at this opportunity for service, even though she is*dependent upon them for her support. The sons range In age from seventeen to twenty-five. They are Hurley, Frank, Le Roy and Calhoun Cook, all of whom are at the training camp at Fort McPherson. Frank ahd Hurley are privates in the First Georgia Infantry and Le Roy and Cal--houn are enlisted men In Battery A, Chatham artillery. Scarcely had the call to the colors been made when the four elder sons offered their services. A fifth son, Wallace Cook, aged fourteen years. Is eager for the time to come when he, too, may serve. Mrs. Cook says she hopes to be able to get along vfery well without her boys during their absence. At. any rate, she Is happy to make this sacrifice for the sake of her country. She has offered her personal services to the Savannah branch of the American Red Cross. Another noteworthy example of Georgia patriotism is that of Mrs. Esther Gaddis of Atlanta, who, after giving three sons to the colors and her daughter to the Red Cross, is preparing herself to go to the Charleston (S. C.) navy yard to run a sewing machine for Uncle Sam. Mrs. Caddis is nearly sixty. Offers Herself. Several weeks ago her youngest son, Dewey, nineteen, enlisted In the marines, and is now in training at Paris Island, S. C. Shortly thereafter Elmer Perkins, aged thirty-two, son of Mrs. Gaddis by her first husband, enlisted as a shipwright and now is in training at Portland, Ore. Joe Perkins, aged twenty-eight, has been in the navy four years. When Mrs. Gaddis wrote her daughter, Dorothy, a vaudeville actress, the girl did not take time to answer by mail, but telegraphed her mother immediately: “It seems to run in the family, so I applied today for enlistment in the American Red Cross.”

HIS FACE WAS “FAMILIAR”

Buffalo Man Did Not Recognize Broth* er Till Explanation Is Made. ' Hopkinsville, Ky.—Vego E. Barnes is back from Buffalo, where he went to see a certain man and met him on the street. “How are you, Orville said Mr. Barnes, extending hls hand. The Buffalo man, with the natural suspicion of an Easterner meeting a stranger, hesitated. “Your face Is familiar ” he said; “I’m sure I’ve seen it before, but who are you?” “Merely your brother,” Vego explained. It was the first time they had met In twelve years.

Dog Gave Life for Master.

Logan, la.—At the home of Sidney Pitt, Jr., the farm dog tried to prevent Mr. Pitt going into hls garage. Mr. Pitt pushed hls dog aside and then opened the door, when , a mad dog sprang at him, but the fdrm dog grappled with the other and a desperate fight ensued.- A gunshot-dispatched the stranger dog, and the farm dog that had shown such devotion and unusual intelligence had to be shot because of unmistakable infection. '

SQUEEZE PLAY POPULAR WITH MANAGERS

THREE MANAGERS WHO FAVOR PECULIAR PLAY.

Bill Donovan of the Yankees, Jack Barry of the world’s champion Bed Sox and Hugh Bezdek, the new manager of the Pirates, are frequent users of the squeeze play. In the first few games of the season the Red Sox conquered the Yankees twice by using this method of scoring. Since then Donovan has worked the squeeze play often and has won a number of close battles with it Bezdek signals for the squeeze play nearly every time a runner reaches third vvith only one or none out.

DIAMOND NOTES

Detroit Is the best offensive team In the country. • * * Walter Johnson Is still the strikeout king of hls. league. --* * * Oscar Vitt Is hitting much better this year than he did last. • * * In Pittsburgh the critics say that Infielder Debus Is another Arthur Devlin. “ v* * * Wambsganss of Cleveland Is one of the best second basemen in fast company. * * • The Reds had two reversals of form. One when they went up and one when they came down. •_ * * New Yorkers are petitioning for Sunday baseball. Ought to go slowly, they might demoralize that pious city. * * • Baseball is gaining in favor in Britain, due to Uncle Sam’s entry into the war. War Is a great educator. • • *

Lee Fohl’s accusation that the White Sox are using unfair tactics Is not creating much of a furore in the East. * • * If Pete Kilduff Continues to perform wonders around short for the Cubs, Chuck Wortman will soon be hunting a new job. • * * Grover Land, former catcher for St. Paul, and well-known In big league circles, Is doing the receiving for Virginia, Minn. * * * The work of Larry Cheney and Gene Packard must make great reading for Charley Weeghman these sizzling August days. * * • Shakeups In the Robins, Phillies, Braves and Cubs are surely coming. Some of the old-timers on these teams will walk the plank. • * • Although bnrling for a near tailender, Art Nehf of the Braves threatens to win the season’s National league pitching honors. • • • Babe Borton, former White Sox, Yankee, Brown and St. Louis Fed first baseman, was seriously injured the other day on the Pacific coast. * « * There Is certainly nothing rum about Rumbler, star pinch hitter of the St. Louis Browns. He isn’t called upon to perform very often, but when he do It, gee, how he do do it! * , * * . Catchers are doing some heavy hitting in the Natiohal league this season. Bill Fisher of the Pirates, Tom Clarke of the Reds, and Bill Rariden of the Giants, are all In the .300 class. • * * The Pirates will not get very high this year, but the team is young and quite sure to Improve. In two or three years the Pittsburgh club may be back in the place of prominence which Fred Clarke’s team formerly held. .v * * • Powell, the new outfielder of the Boston Braves, has long been regarded as one of the greatest outfielders in the International league,. He once got a tryont with the Tigers. When he hits the ball he “hits it a mile.” "** * % If the Giants win the National league pennant, who will have the honor of pitching the first game, Schnpp or Salee? Theitormer did some great work early In the season, but the veteran has been coming along In fine style recently.

ODD STEALING STUNT

Stealing third on a pitcher without the twirler delivering the ball was the odd stunt a* a game between the Crescent Athletic club team of Brooklyn, N. Y„ and an organization of collegians this year. The funny part of the play was that the baserunner probably didn’t intend to steal right then at.alL In the course of the pitcher’s elaborate windup, the ball slipped through his fingers and bobbed over his shoulder, landing about fifteen feet behind him. The runner was off like a shot. The second baseman and the pitcher both went after the ball, the latter getting there first The runner reached third long before the ball did. The pitcher’s team-mates were slightly Incensed over the incident.

BILL DINEEN AS A PITCHER

Better Than Umpire, Bay« Donnie Bush When Arbiter Made Remarks About Tiger Heavers. During a Detroit-Athletic game at Philadelphia, when the Tiger pitchers were getting bumped, Umpire Bill Dl*

Donnie Bush.

neen tried to pass a few appropriate remarks about the pitching of the Detroit heavers. “I could certainly pitch better than that myself, if I went into the box-to-day,” Dineen told Bush as Donnie came to bat. “Yes," answered Bush, “and I wish you were out there pitching. I haven’t made' four hits in one day since you quit, and you know that I made that off you in one game. At that you were a better pitcher than you are umpire.”

WILL DIE A NATURAL DEATH

Dave Davenport, Who Had Narrow Escape Last Winter, Gets Hard Siam in Hia Short Riba. ' Pitcher Dave Davenport of the Browns seems destined to die a datura 1 death. He exploded a load of buckshot into his anatomy last winter and it d|||ju fease him. The other day in bnttnQ; practice he was struck In the short ribs by p ball coming at a terrific dip and crumpled-up like a dead man, but soon was up and op his feet. Examination by a physician revealed that he had suffered no serious Injury, though the blow might have put an ordinary man in the hospital.

KNOCKS BALL PLAYERS

Pie Way Administers Rap to Members of Fraternity. Former Yale Pitcher Not Very Highly Pleased With His Experience as Professional Ball Player—, Found It a Loos. Nelson M. Way, better known as Pie Way, former Yale pitcher and later a member of the New York Giants’ staff of box artists, retired from the game for good not long ago to enter upon a business career. Pie was not very highly pleased over bis experience as a professional player, as the following remarks attributed to him attest: *1 don’t want to be In the position of attacking baseball, th"t Is, professional baseball. It Is noue of my business and I haven’t amounted to enough In the game to stand as a critic. But I can say that I found it a loss, so far as I was concerned. I say this in spite of the fact that I could sign at least two very satisfactory contracts with good minor league clubs, with the prospect, of course, of working my way to the big league. But I don’t want It. “Jack Coombs put It correctly when he said that a college man goes into the big league with an education and comes out without one. Coombs is a college man who has spent a number of years In organized baseball, and he ought to know. In fact, I could see It for myself. You have no great Incentive to read or keep up with the times; there is no bookish association. “Few of the big leaguers do any worth-while reading and association with them does not tend to any amount of mental development. Of course, this does not appeal to all, but I am speaking of the general run. They are all good fellows, so far as that goes, but I merely say that the life they lead does not Incline to mental cultivation. Then you spend about all the money yon earn. It appears on the surface of course that you can save a lot of money; I couldn’t "There are tips at the hotels and money to be dropped here and there every day until yon find that yoq are living pretty much up to your income. And so playing along, you run through the prime of your youth and slow up. Then what have you got ahead of you? That is the way I figure it out. Of course, if a fellow can jump Into fast company and get $5,000 or $6,000 a year it will be all right, provided you know when to quit. But you never do. Baseball gets a hold on you. “Now when I was with Yale I did not feel the grip of baseball. In a city when the other fellows would go to a big league park I would go to some show; that Is to say I wasn’t ranch of a fan. But after several months in « regular organization I can see the difference ; the game gets into you’ and yon want to stick. So I quit before the thing got too firm a grip on me.”

GANZEL PULLS A NEW STUNT

Manager of Kansas City Blues Used Two Pitchers Interchangeably and Won Contest. John Ganzel, manager of the Kansas City Blues, recently pulled a new stunt in the art of handling pitchers that knocked a rival American association club off its feet. Ganzel used two pitchers, interchangeably, between right field and the hurling hllL With two out and none on base Pierce, a southpaw, replaced Sanders against Indianapolis. He retired Wlckland, a left-handed batter, and then went to right field to permit McQuillan, a right hander who had been playing the old soldiers’ garden, to pitch to Bronkle, who hits right-handed. Brookie grounded out and then Pierce came in from the field to pitch to Zwilling, another left-handed batsman, retiring him for the third out and giving Kansas City a 6-4 victory. When it comes to manipulating pitchers John Ganzel takes the laurel.

RETIREMENT OF EDDIE PLANK

Not Believed in St Louis That Veteran Has Quit Game—May Land With Eastern Team. Reports from St. Louis say Eddie Plank’s retirement is not real, and that be probably will land with some East-

Eddie Plank.

ern club before the season is over. The veteran has been accused of using the retirement method as a means of escaping from St. Louis. Besides, Plank was promised he would be traded to an Eastern team when be signed with th» Browns. .