Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 44, Number 154, 11 April 1919 — Page 2
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THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM FRIDAY, APRIL 11, 1919. High School Debater , - Goes to Fortville Contest
LITTLE REGRET FOR WAR SHOWN BY FOEPARTIES Old Order of Things Remain, German Assembly Shows Unity is Lacking. (By Associated Press) WEIMAR, April 11. The German National Assembly baa demonstrated, among others, two things clearly. It Is unable to do business much more
there Friday evening. Haberkern's subject will be "Service for Citizenship." He Is a member of the High school debating team. The winner of the contest will go to the state contest to be held at Bloomlngton. April 25. Richmond High school won the district contest In 1916 through Kaipa Is'icholson, and in 1917 through Julius Tietz. The state contest was won in 1916 by Nicholson, .and in 1917 Tietz took second place In the state discussion. Lost Battalion Story Told By "Y"Man Who Was First Civilian To Aid Survivors William Haberkern went to -Fortville Ind., today to represent the Richmond High school in the district discussion contest which will be held Look for Palladium Want Ads 3 REED'S C ID REED'S C
speedily than the old relchstag, chiefly because there ts little unity and
much dissension between tho parties, and the old order of things has changed Tfiry little despite the myriad of
new faces. The latter la perhaps the most ira
portant point, because the Assembly was hailed by countless German papers and particularly by the agencies that supply the outside world with news as the birth of the new republic, the beginning of a new regime, the living emblem of the passing of the
old. It is new In a sense, and the old
regime has passed perhaps, but there
are enough of the old people left, and so many of the new people are not
much unlike the old, that the effect In
the Weimar Theatre is not much different from the relchstag. One hears I precisely the came arguments from the floor, watches precious time fly by the same or similar arguments as used to make one despair of construe
tlve lc?',"'',,',',. 1 Put Blame on Allies.
Perhaps the most striking thing Is the tone of the great majority of th party speeches. Just one delegate has had the courage to attack the
Conservatives and the moral strength to go on record as admitting that Germany bad something to do with starting the war. Man after man, regardless of party,
has. In speeches, proved to his own
and the house s satisfaction that Russia, France or England, not Germany started the war. Several have declared that neither the German government, nor the German people wanted the war, or knew that it was coming, let alone beginning it or having the remotest to do with starting it One lone man has bad the courage to tell the house that the German treatment of Belgium forever forbids German complaint from being effective.
WITH THOSE IN ' ARMY AND NAVY
This column, containing news of Richmond and Wayne county soldiers and sailors, will appear daily In the Palladium. Contribution rill be welcomed.
Leland Hadley, who has been with a United States tank corps since June, 1918, arrived in Richmond last evening and is at his parents' home on West Main street. Hadley went to France with a Friends' Reconstruction unit, but afterwards enlisted in the American army and saw active service with the tank corps -in the Argonne, in Solssons and In the St Mihiel sectors. lie drove a Renault tank. Hadley received some sllghtVounds from which he has fully recovered. Since the armistice he had been playing In a corps' orchestra, visiting a number of French towns. "I'm feeling great; never better," Hadley said this morning. Captain Walter Davis of the Air Service, who has been in Franco for a number of months, arrived at the lome of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. CSeorge Davis. South Fifteenth street, ;oday. Captain Davis did not see active service at the front but did a great deal of flying while overseas. Wilbur Voglesong, of Great Lakes naval hospital. Is spendlg a seven-day furlough in the city on account of the death of bis aunt, Mrs. Swegman. A letter from Cornelius Oxendine 3ays that he is still in France, and has ao information regarding his return to the States.
Captain Brings Word of Wounding of Local Man iaptain H. 1). Gallher. of the U. S. irmy intelligence section, arrived in Richmond today following several months' service with the American expeditionary forces. Captain Galiher was on the front a number of times. He brought word of a number of Richmond boys, saying he saw Lieutenant Robert Thornburgh in Paris. Thornburgh had been wounded twice In tho right arm. he explained, but was getting along splendidly and was again fit for service. "Chauncey Edgerton, a Richmond boy, was in my company," Gallher said. "I also saw Dick Brehm, who expects to come back to the states soon. Galiher has not received his honorable discharge yet, and expects to return to Garden City, L. I., In a few days. He has been in the army since 1905.
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S. B. Burrow, of New York, Says "WE'RE Americana We Can't Surrender" Was Real Reply of Lieut' Col Whittlesey To German Demand To Quit y One of the most prised traditions of the war has been shattered the famous "Go to hell" of Lieut.Col. Charles W. Whittlesey, of the "Lost Battalion." in reply to the German demand for surrender. The message which thrilled the world when the story of the "Lost Battalion" was told was never sent, according to Stephen B. Burrows, of New York, a Y.M.CA. man, recently returned from France, who with Harry W. Blair, of Carthage, j Mo., another "Y" man, was the first civilian to give aid to the American heroes when they were rescued In the depths of the Argonne Forest last October. Burrows asserts that no reply whatever was made to tbe boche call to the Americans to Quit During the six days and nights In which the battalion, cut off from all help, was enduring wounds, thirst, hunger and constant attacks by the Germans. Burrows and Blair were within 1,000 yards of the beleaguered troops, helping to care for the wounded and giving out supplies. In support of his statement that no reply was made to the Germans. Burrows points out that there were no means at hand for sending an answer unless that answer was an agreement to surrender. Followed Boys Over Top Burrows and Blair were attached to the 80Sth Infantry and followed the boys over the top when the 77th Division began Its great drive on the Argonne Forest last September. During the first five days' fight. In which the doughboys hacked their way to the middle of the fourteen-mile wedge of woods. Burrows was at work giving out supplies and caring for wounded, and he was in the front lines when, on October 2, the order came to CoL Whittlesey to advance bis men 1,000 yards. The jungle-like density of the forest, the Y.M.CA. man relates, was largely responsible for the success of the German ' coup which nearly cost the lives of Whittlesey and 600 men. As soon as Whittlesey advanced, the enemy filtered by both his flanks and within a few hours, by means of bidden machine guns and squads of snipers and grenade throwers, had cut off the
battalion entirely from the 77th s lines. j For two days, Burrows says, tae fate of the battalion was not known. Then some pigeons arrived giving some details of the disaster and describing the battalion's position in the forest. Meanwhile every effort was being made to cut a way through to the relief of the boys. So strong was the concentration of machine guns, that daylight fighting was little better than sul-
8. B. Burrows, Etj, 811 Beverly Road, Brooklyn, X. Y.
2fy dear Mrt Burrows: You have called my attention to the fact that ' the statement has been made that, or. the relief of the "Lost Battalion," money was charged by the YM.OJi. for chocolate and cocoa supplied to the men. Of course you and I know that this is not a fact, and; J take great pleasure in stating that on that occasion the first hot food which the men reoeivod wis the cocoa supplied by the YJH.C.A. The assistance of the YJf.OJL. at that time wa$ tremendously appre elated by the men a.id by the officers, and teas given in a fine and liberal spirit without any suggestion of reimbursement. Furthermore, the YM.CA. teas the only organization present at that time. J should like to add that the work
ipf the YM.CA. in our regiment
was of the very greatest help, and Ivas thoroughly and gratefully appreciated. Sincerely, ' Charles W. Whittlesey.
clde. All the attempts bad to be made at night. Would Not Signal Airman How little Intention Whittlesey and his men had of surrendering is indicated, Burrows points out, by their sacrifice of food and ammunition which they could have had by attracting the attention of the aviators who flew over every day trying to locate the battalion so as to drop supplies. The besieged battalion was provided with squares of red and white oilcloth which, spread on the ground, conld be seen by the airmen, but the men refused to use them for fear that the Germans would mistake the white of these cloths for a sign of surrender. One package of ammunition and food landed near the battalion, Burrows says. When several doughboys crept down from the hillside Into which they bad dug themselves and tried to get this package, the German snipers and machine gunners wiped out the little group. Col. Whittlesey ordered that no more attempts be made to get this food. These airmen won the admiration of the entire division by their daring attempts to help the trapped men. Burrows says that the aviators. In their efforts to see the men, would come down almost to the tops of the trees, flying through a hail of bullets from the German rifles. Two of these aviators were shot down, And the wings of every machine that went over were riddled, yet the fliers returned every day and resumed their search.
Surrender Demand ArriTee It was on the fourth day that the surrender demand arrived. Toward late afternoon the men on the left of the battalion heard a hail from the woods and a German, in English, shouted that he had a prisoner with a note for the battalion commander. This prisoner was a doughboy who had been one of a party of ten that had tried to get back for help. Six were killed and the other four captured after they
Two Y.M.CA. Men Were Within 1,000 Yards of Besieged Doughboys During Week of Peril, and Were First Civilians to Aid Them WhenRessued had been knocked out with grenades and wounded by machine gun bullets. This survivor, blindfolded and with the German note in his hand, was led to a point near the left flank of the battalion. One of Whittlesey's men crawled through the underbrush, found the prisoner and guided him back to his comrades. The note was taken to Col. Whittlesey. In effect. It Is said that the battalion, which bad been without food for four days, was entirely surrounded and could not hope to escape; and urged that. In mercy to the wounded and to those still living, further resistance should be abandoned.
According to members of th battalion whom Burrows talked with Immediately after their rescue. Col. Whittlesey remarked, after carefully reading the note: "We're Americans we can't surrender." Could Not Send Reply In order to make any reply, the "Y" man explains, either a doughboy would have to carry it, becoming a prisoner, or it would have to be shouted, a dangerous proceeding because it would help indicate the position of the battalion. So the boys simply dug themselves in and bung on. In two days, more than 1,000 casualties resulted from the attempts to rescue the battalion, Burrows says. The troops had to make all ' their dashes by night, and the only route by which they could approach the advance position was up a winding ravine in which the Garmans had built a narrow ' guage track. The enemy kept this ravine under constant fire, and the casualties among the relief squads were heavy. When the battalion finally was rescued, Burrows and Blair, who had moved up their supplies, had hot drinks and cigarettes for the 400 survivors as they were brought bock into the lines and helped give first aid to the wounded and get them back to the dressing station. Burrows is loud In praise of tha late Maj. James A. Roosevelt and his men of the supply company since without their help it would have been impossible to get Y. M. C. A. supplies up to the boys in the front lines. As it was, Burrows and Blair were always able to give fairly prompt service. After the first of October they gave away more than 28,000 francs of supplies to the doughboys of their division, making no attempt to sell anything. Burrows and Blair were with the 77th Division during the Argonne fight and remained with it until the armistice was signed. Burrows is married, has three children and is an electrical engineer. Blair, who is still in France, is a lawyer.
Men Enlisting for 3 Years
Go to France Immediately
Yankee Doughboys Prepare . For Baseball Season On Boulevards of Paris (By Associated Press) ARIS, April 11. Bright spring days have attracted crowds of American doughboys into the Paris boulevards, where they are playing catch and batting up flies in preparation for tbe baseball season. French children never tire of watching the Americans practice with their big gloves and face masks. In the neighborhood of the Hotel Crillon where the American peace delegation Is housed, the board parking of the Boulevard Des Cahmpaelysees affords ball players an excellent practice ground. "Hoop-rolling, tcp-spinnlng and the Punch and Judy shows along the boulevard offer slight attraction to French youngsters when the khaki-clad ball players are practicing.
"There is no need for any man being out of work while the United States army needs men," Sergeant Wright, army recruiter, said Friday. H9 announced that men enlisting for three years will be sent to France almost immediately Service men can enlist for one year only. The pay of a recruit while in training here at Camp Merrit. N. J., will be $30 a month, and $36 as soon as the enlisted man is shipped to France, Tbe army needs men now to replace those coming home. Each man enlisting for three years will be guaranteed service in France.
Besides regular pay, meals, sleeping
place and the chance to see foreign country, Wright " says that each sol
dier will have an opportunity to go to schools operated by the government and learn a trade or profession. At the present promotions are rapid In
the army.
Men between the ages of 18 and 40 can enlist. Those under 21 years of
age must present a certificate from their parents or guardians before they will be accepted. All branches of army service are open for enlistment.
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committee, and the Rev. F. A. Dressel, chairman of tho evangelistic committee. Both committees will discuss
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