Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 254, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 October 1918 — YANKEE BAPTIZED ON A RUN [ARTICLE]

YANKEE BAPTIZED ON A RUN

Made Chaplain Hurry Because He Wanted to Catch Up With x His Company. With the American Army at, the Marne—A long line of dust-covered Yankees were pushing their way through a shell-battered village near Chateau-Thlerry toward a ridge of hills from which came the rumble of artillery fire. At a crossroads they came upon a chaplain, waiting beside a broken-down sidecar. One of the doughboys fell out of line and walked rapidly up to the crossroads. “Say, Chaplain, baptize me quick, will you?” he urged. “We’ll be in the line to-night I” * - The chaplainXrilkfed away from the sidecar. “Do you believe” he began. “Yes, sir; I believe everything!” interjected the boy; “but I’ve got to catch my company. Can’t you make it quick?” In less than a minute the ceremony was over and h« was running up the road. -v • \ .