Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 250, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 November 1917 — Colonel Henley Helps Out Poor Newspaper Man. [ARTICLE]

Colonel Henley Helps Out Poor Newspaper Man.

• Hattiesburg, Miss., Nov. 5. —Fif- } teen hundred selected men, thirteen hundred from Indiana and two hundren from Kentucky, have arrived at Camp Shelby from Camp Zachary Taylor. . They traveled on two trains. The first section was commanded by Captain Clarence R. Martin and Captains Palmore and Springer and Lieutenants Lueke and Rector. The. second train was commanded by Capt. Cummins and Lieuts. Britten, Davidson, Wilkinson and Mendenhall. All of the officers were from Indiana. One man from the Hoosier state went to the various Indiana units, the 152nd infantry receiving the majority of them. Fifteen hundred more from the Louisville camp are expected during the week. A forty-mile an hour gale was blowing over Camp Shelby rumpling up th> dust and sand. A newspaper man was making his way , through clouds of dust, dirk and flying paper that enveloped officers’ row in the camp of the._lsllßt infantry last ev ening. Suddenly out of the mist came a harsh voice. “Take off your hat and walk around that flag,” said the voice. “Don’t you see that flag?” and a sentry with a big rifle appeared “It’s pretty hard to see anything,” answered the correspondent. “I am glad to see the flag on all occasions and of course I will take off my hat to it. All Americans are anxious to do that, but I don’t understand that

I must keep going around the flag in a circle with my hat. off.” “Well you do what I say and don’t waste any time talking about it,” and the harsh voice was punctuated by a click. Just as the correspondent doffed his beaver another form—a big, heavy form—appeared in the dust billows and a voice inquired the cause of all the trouble. It was Lieutenant Colonel Healey who was attracted from his quarters by the sentry’s challenge. “Oh, not much,” returned the correspondent, “only the sentry has commanded me to take off my hat and walk around the flag, and I believe rn fny soul he has his rifle cocked.” “Sentry, who instructed you to enforce such an order as that?” demanded Colonel Healey. “The guard whom I relieved on this post,” replied the sentinel. “Civilians are not required to salute the flag unless they wish to do 30,” instructed the colonel. “And you will not require them to do so in che future, and anyhow it is not your business to order them to run ( circles around the flag bareheaded.” “Thank you, colonel,” and the correspondent’s nerves became quiet. The colonel sent an orderly after the soldier who had given the false instructions to the sentry. What happened to him is not known, but having fun with the sentry does not go at Camp Shelby.