Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 February 1919 — ANOTHER WAR HERO [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

ANOTHER WAR HERO

Col. Oscar J. Charles, one of the best known young officers in the army, was wounded September 29 by a shell fragment which drove his water canteen into his leg below the knee. He refused medical attention, removed the canteen himself, had it refilled, and served wounded men near him with water from it and kept command of his regiment until the battle was over. Colonel Charles was at one time adjutant nt West ' Point, served through the Spanish war. with distinction, was in the Moro campaign, and was. one of the first officers to ask transfer to line service in the recent, conflict. lie commanded the Three Hundred and Sixteenth infantry in the Seventy-ninth division.