Jasper County Democrat, Volume 21, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 May 1918 — U. S. OFFICER IS KILLED Lieut. Cot, R. H Griffiths Dies on Picardy Battlefield. [ARTICLE]

U. S. OFFICER IS KILLED

Lieut. Cot, R. H Griffiths Dies on Picardy Battlefield.

With the American Army in France, May 3. —Lieut- CoL Richaril H. Griffifths. commanding a lairtalieft of infantry. has been killed by shed Sre in Picardy. He emerged a dugout just as a German sis<e4l.mrive»l and; exploded : directly in few »rs him. Lieutenant Griffiths was with the. Fourth Tennessee. v-xtatteers in the Spanish-American war and later with the Thirty-seventh volunteers. He served also as main the- Philippine conslabulaix, He was appointed a major in the Natjosstf-army , after resigning from the British army. His widow is - a Red £srx»ss nurse. Bextause nf his eS' i- :.<xy dcring. January and February. ;whii- L- men occupied positions : <■€ Tool, he was given a lioutenam ".■ne»«xyt The shell that killed Lieutenau Qobaael Griffiths also killed a c-sfeiral and wounded <dher bml