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DEMOCRATIC TICKET.
For Governor.
EUGENE C. BONNIWELL, Philadelphia.
For Lieutenant Governor.
J. WASHINGTON LOGUE, Philadelphia.
Secretary of Internal Affairs.
ASHER R. JOHNSON, McKean County.
Congress At Large.
JOSEPH F. GORMAN, Lehigh County,
FRED IKLER, Columbia County,
J. CALVIN STRAYER, York County,
SAMUEL R. TARNER, Allegheny County.
Congress.
Wm. E. TOBIAS, Clearfield County.
Senator.
MATTHEW SAVAGE, Clearfield County.
Representative.
JOHN NOLL, Bellefonte.
A REAL NEWSY LETTER FROM
FRANCE.
Robert Willard Tells How Many
Bellefonte Boys are Getting
Along.
There isn’t a day goes by but the
father and mother who has a son in
France thinks of that boy and won-
ders just what “he is doing now.” In
the following letter written by Robert
Willard to his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
D. I. Willard, the young soldier tells
much of personal interest about a
number of the Bellefonte boys and we
know it will be good reading for the
many friends of all of them:
Somewhere in France, Sept. 2, 1918.
Your very welcome letter was re-
ceived yesterday. I sent you a Boche
helmet and gas mask, but it is hard
to tell whether you will ever get them.
If we could send as many as we could
get, I could send one to each of my
friends, but I guess the mail service
is pretty busy as it is. You asked
about the boys. I see Nolan and
Woods every day, as they are in this
company, but have only seen “Pinkie”
Doll once since we came over. They
are near us now, and I was over to
see him, but he has never been over
here. He was as glad to see me as I
was to see him, and he wanted to
know how the “old gent” was. I also
saw some of the other fellows out of
the old troop who are in the same
outfit as “Pinkie.” They were Lute
Crissman, Deppy Dunlap, Chub Beez-
er, Vic. Dawson, Hugh Daley and
some others that I do not think of
just now. We were certainly glad to
see each other, it being our first meet-
ing since leaving the States, which
was four months ago today.
Today is an ideal fall day, not too
hot nor too cold, but just right for
writing letters. From where we are at
present located we can see for many
miles over the country, and it is a
most beautiful picture. Here and
there is a small village which has
been partially destroyed but there are
still some buildings standing. The
houses over here are mostly built of
stone or cement. They are white,
with a red roofing, which makes a
good contrast in the sunlight. The
majority of the villages we have seen
lately are deserted by the inhabit-
ants, it being too hot for them.
Being in with the French forces we
come in contact with lots of French
solaiers. Of course our French and
their English vocabulary is some-
what limited, so it is hard to carry on
a conversation. However, we manage
to make gestures, ete., to explain our-
selves in cases where we cannot use
words. Occasionally we run across
one who can speak English, and he is
generally surrounded by American
soldiers. Thzy like the Americans
and we like them.
I will tell you of some of the Belle-
fonters in this company: Lieut.
Shoemaker, who left Bellefonte wear-
ing one gold bar, for 2nd Lieut., is
now wearing one silver bar, the insig-
nia of a 1st Lieut. He is very capa-
ble and is generally liked by all un-
der his command. Lieut. Cruse, who
left Bellefonte wearing three chev-
rons on his shirt sleeves, now wears
one gold bar. He is very efficient in
his office and is certainly a very pop-
ular officer with al the fellows. Ser-
geant- McMurtrie, who hails from
Coleville, is at present away at
school, so I have no report to make
on his welfare, but will say “Red”
was sure capable of handling his sec-
tion while with the company. He is
well liked by all the fellows. Corpor-
al Saylor, better known as “Pete,” a
former member of Troop L, is well.
As long as Pete has his chewing to-
bacco he is feeling fine, but when he
has to chew Bull Durham, look out.
He is very popular, and says there is
not a squad in the company that can
beat his. Mechanic Guy Lyon, anoth-
er member of Troop L, has the job of
fixing up our guns when they are not
working right. Guy is fine, and likes
to work, nit! Next is chauffeur Gil-
bert D. Nolan, better known as
“Boots.” He takes to the Ford very
well, but often says he would sooner
be at home with the Studebaker. Oh,
no! he is not lazy. Private Clair
Deitrick, or “Tilly,” is as congenial
as ever, but he don’t care much about
digging any more emplacements with-
in two hundred yards of the Boche
lines. As to William C. Lyon, chauf-
feur of old Troop L, he has lost some
weight, but it isn’t because he doesn’t
eat enough. As yet he has no car,
but he draws the extra pay anyway.
Private John Woods, familiarly
i known as “Ike,” is another Troop L
| man.
| while
He was a dog robber for a
but I guess he didn’t have time
enough, so he lost his job, or quit.
When there is any hiking to do he
generally gets his quill in to ride, so
as not to wear out his shoes. Earl
Teaman, private, is a very industrious
young man, and is as good looking if
not better than ever. He would like
to get one of those Germans at his
disposal. Private Lee Lyon has not
lost any weight, even though he does
have a lot of running to do, being in
headquarters platoon. Private An-
thony Wasson, or “Camel,” as he is
generally called, is pretty lazy, but
that is natural. He says he liked the
Edge war better than this one. Pri-
vate Merle Packer is next, and he is
a very efficient dog robber for one of
the Lieutenants. He says he is hav-
ing dandy fun. Last, but not least,
is private Percy Miller, who is the ca-
pable dog robber for our commanding
officer, Capt. Leitzell. He has all the
boys stopped with the gloves, as he is
very handy with his “dukes.” Now
if there are any fellows I have missed
it is because I can’t think of them,
but they are all well.
I hope this finds you all well as I
am.
Somewhere in France, Sept, 20, 1918.
As we have been on the move for
the last week or so I have not been
able to find much time to write. As
you will notice, I am writing this on
French Y. M. C. A. paper. I amin a
Franco-American Y. M. C. A,, but by
the number of U. S. soldiers in here
one can hardly believe that the French
are running it. However, there is a
Frenchman at the desk selling hot
chocolate, and also one giving us
writing paper. The hot chocolate is
the first I have had on this side and
it is fine. In my last letter I told you
that we were going back for a rest,
but it was all a mistake. We are still
in the game, only we are not on the
same sector as we were. We were in
the big engagement, but were in re-
serve most of the time, so were not
in much action. The only time we
were to go up was when the Boche
made a counter-attack, and they
didn't do much of that. That doesn’t
mean that we were out of danger, as
we were in range of the big guns, and
seemed to be a target for Jerry wher-
ever we moved to. But our dough-
boys cannot be beaten.
In regard to American tobacco, we
get lots of it now and can buy it very
reasonable.
This company is made up of fellows
from all over the State. When we
come home we will be able to go any-
where in the State and find fellows
we know.
The French people where we are
now are doing everything -they can
for us. We are the first Americans
that have been here and they sure do
like us. The French soldiers are good
to us, too.
You say the boys leaving for the
camps go away as joyfully as though’
they were going to a picnic.
that is just the way the boys go up
to the front. I remember one night a
battalion of our dough-boys got or-
ders to go up and they started to
cheer and shout for all they were
worth. In fact, you never see an
American soldier who looks as if he
were worrying any over this war.
The nearer the front they are the hap-
pier they seem.
Yes, I am liking France better
every day, but there is no danger of
R. T. W. staying over here for these
French girls. I knew Jim Farell was
killed in action some time ago, but I
thought I wouldn’t say anythihg
about it. His grave is right beside
Col. Fetzer’s, and I saw it. It made
me anxious to get a crack at some of
those Boches.
Well, I must close as there is to be
a vaudeville here and it is about
ready to start. Don’t forget to send
me some snap shots of the family.
Your loving son,
BOB.
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Lieut. Fred Yeager Wounded Again.
Lieut. Fred C. Yeager has been
wounded a second time, but fortunate-
ly it is not very serious. He is now in
a base hospital at Vittel, France,
from which place he wrote the fol-
lowing letter to his mother, Mrs.
Maurice Yeager, now located in New
York city:
Vittel, France, Sept. 29.
Mother:
Your son is a popular boy with the
Hun bullets. Here I am back again
in the hospital wounded in the left
hand this time, but as usual getting:
along fine. Do not worry, mother,
for the wound is slight, only a little
worse than the last one. The bullet
tore up three fingers on my left hand
but fortunately did not injure the
bones. I had not been with my com-
pany more than a week when we went
into the fight again and I got it the
second day.
I am glad you are getting along and
like it in New York. We all feel that
it won’t be long now until the war is
over and then for the dear old U. S.
A. and together we will talk over
many things and TI will take care of
the dearest mother on earth. You do
not know how much I think of you
and the girls, and I know you think
and pray for me. And I want you to
pray for me, for we are always in
danger, but we have no fear. Every
man is always ready to go forward.
I am now a first lieutenant and my
colonel has recommended me for a
captaincy. I liked the hospital at
Nantes better than here and hope to
be sent to another in a few days.
They are sending all men from here
that can travel. In a few days I will
have three gold chevrons on my right
arm for wounds and one on my left
for six months in service.
Well,"
aA
LIEUT. FRED C. YEAGER
BELLEFONTE
Has
tion in France.
Tieut. Yeager is a
ty-six years old. He enlisted
tion soon afterward.
CAPT. VINCE TAYLOR HOME.
A Little of His Experience and Other
Facts About Men in Service.
Captain Vincent Nicholas Taylor
arrived home on Sunday from Camp
Dix, N. J., where he has been since
arriving in this country from France
several weeks ago, spending four
days with his father, Col. H. S. Tay-
lor and family, leaving yesterday for
Boston to see his sister, Miss Mary
Taylor, who is a student at Hill Sem-
inary. Capt. Taylor not only looks so
but is in splendid health and does not
show any effects of the strenuous
service he saw while in France. He
is very modest about his own part in
the war but the fact that he has been
cited several times for bravery and
daring in action is evidence that he
has the spirit of the true soldier.
While yet a lieutenant he served in
the 38th regular infantry and that
was one of the organizations that lay
south of the Marne previous to the
German drive. On several occasions
Capt. Taylor swam the Marne in
charge of patrols to find out, if possi-
ble, what the Germans were doing and
usually secured valuable information.
The Germans started their big drive
across the Marne at midnight and the
38th was pushed back by the sheer
weight of the German onslaught from
a mile to a mile and a half.
coming to the rescue the Germans
were driven back three days later and
Capt. Taylor found all his stuff with
the exception of a coat and one pair
of boots. Some German, however,
had bayonetted his blankets as they
were rolled up, a half a dozen or more
holes being punched clear through
them. Capt. Taylor stated that when
the Germans were driven back the
American wounded that they had been
compelled to abandon when the Ger-
mans made their big onslaught, were
found in places protected as much as
possible. German doctors had dressed
their wounds and they had been sup-
plied with milk and bread sufficient to
last them several days. The captain
stated that the rear guard fighting of
the Germans in their retreat is of the
most determined and tenacious char-
acter.
Capt. Taylor addressed the students
at the Bellefonte Academy on Mon-
day afternoon and made a decided hit
with all who heard him.
WILLIAM McCLURE WRITES HOME.
Mr. and Mrs. William McClure
have received a letter from their son
William, with the headquarters com-
pany of the 109th field artillery in
France, in which he says: “We have
just been relieved from the front and
are now on our way back for a rest.
Our outfit advanced several kilome-
ters while we were in action. Receiv-
ed a letter from home several days
ago but have only received one pa-
per from home since I have been here.
Everything has been going good and
well, and I hope all are well at home.”
McClure is with the same command
as William Lambert, who was cited
for unusual service last week.
ARTHUR UNDERCOFFER WOUNDED.
Baggage master Joseph W. Under-
coffer on Tuesday evening received a
telegram announcing the fact that
his son, Arthur Undercoffer had been
wounded in action in France. The
young man was sent to Camp Meade
from Lancaster county where he qual-
ified as an instructor on the Browning
machine gun. After going across he
was assigned to the 316th regiment,
Liberty division, but in what capacity
is not known. Just how serious his
wounds are is Also unknown.
CENTRE COUNTIAN LOST IN SINKING
OF TRANSPORT OTRONTO.
One Centre countian, James W.
Kehoe, of Sandy Ridge, was drowned
when the transport Otronto was sunk
on October 6th off the Scottish coast
in a collision with the steamer Kash-
mir. Particulars as to the young
man’s family and enlistment are not
known at this writing.
On Wednesday Mr. and Mrs. John
Tshler, of State College, received a
letter from their son, private John B.
Ishler, a first gunner of Company B,
311th machine gun battalion, stating
Your loving son,
FRED.
that he had been wounded on Octo-
ber 8th, the second day of a big drive
IN CENTRE COUNTY'S
son of Mrs.
Maurice Yeager and is about twen- Was Scricusly Wounded in Action On William H. Ott and was born at Axe
Mann twenty-one years ago. He was
Troop L, trained at Camp Hancock Full particulars of Capt. Leitzel’s sent to South Bethlehem by the local
and won his commission in the offi- military career will be found in anoth- board on September 19th where he
cers’ training school at that place. He er column on this page.
went across in May and got into ac- reading, as Capt. Leitzel has made a just about two weeks.
in
cap
Taylor lost: all his: stuff save what he
had on, but the Pennsylvania division |
Been Wounded Three Times in Ac-
CAPT. WILBUR F. LEITZEL
STATE COLLEGE
October First.
most remarkable record.
“HALL OF
FAME”
HARRY OTT
BELLEFONTE
Died of Influenza at South Bethlehem
Last Friday.
Mr. Ott was a son of Mr. and Mrs.
It is worth was studying telegraphy. He was ill
He was buried
at Pleasant Gap on Monday.
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and is now in a base hospital. It
was the first letter the family has re-
ceived in eight weeks. Private Ishler
would like to have all his friends
write to him as letters are the delight
of the boys in the hospital. (Other
county papers are requested to copy
this item).
LIEUT KELLER KILLED IN FRANCE.
‘Word has been received here of the
death in action in France of Lieut.
Daniel S. Keller, son of Deputy At-
torney General William H. and Mrs.
Keller, of Lancaster, and a nephew of
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Keller, of Belle-
fonte. The information states that
Lieut. Keller was struck by a shrap-
nel on September 28th and died soon
after. Lieut. Keller won his commis-
sior at Fort Niagara after complet-
ing his course at the Columbia law
school and while training at Camp
Meade was admitted to the Lancaster
county bar. After going across he
was attached to the 316th regiment
of the 79th division. Lieut. Keller
was married shortly before leaving
this country to go abroad.
Dr. John Keichline, of Petersburg,
son of Mr. and Mrs. John M. Keich-
line, of Bellefonte, went to Fort Ogle-
thorpe, Ga., on October 16th and en-
tered the officers’ medical training
camp at Camp Greene. The Keich-
line’s now have two lieutenants in
their family, Miss Anna’ Keichline
' sition she holds in the ordnance de-
partment at Washington, D. C.
Friends in Bellefonte have received
| a letter from private Harry E. Sager,
of Battery B, 109th field artillery,
stating that ne has not had much
time to write lately as they have been
i too busy chasing Fritz, and that they
have a hard time trying to keep up
glad the boys over there are to get a
home paper once in a while.
Frederick Daggett, in the naval
service at Newport, R. I, arrived
home last Saturday on a brief fur-
lough which he is spending with his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Daggytt,
" expecting to be here until Sunday.
he has gained twenty-five pounds.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert F. Hunter left
i on Wednesday to motor to Elizabeth-
point, N. J., called there by the ill-
, ness of their son, B. Graham Hunter,
i who is an assistant cost inspector in
i the U. S. naval service. His illness,
1 however, is not the dreaded disease,
influenza.
more serious.
Dr. John Sebring returned home on
Sunday from Boston, Mass., where he
had been in the service of the govern-
ment since the first of October assist-
ing out the flu epidemic.
J. M. Heinle, who left Bellefonte
two weeks ago for Philadelphia to en-
list in the marines, has been sent for
training to Paris Island, S. C., where
he has been assigned to Company
395, Battalion S.
A cablegram was received on
Monday from Robert S. Walker an-
nouncing the fact that he had arriv-
ed safely over seas. He was supposed
to have sailed from Quebec about four
weeks ago.
Miss Hilda Patton Thompson,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James
Thompson, of Centre Furnace, has
made application for a passport to
France as a Red Cross nurse.
Word has been received that Fer-
guson G. Parker and William Payne,
of Battery D, 48th regiment coast ar-
tillery, had landed on the other side
the latter part of last week.
Among the commissions issued by
the War Department last week was
one as second lieutenant in the chem-
ical warfare service to S. P. Armsby,
of State College.
soe
——Tomorrow will be fire preven-
tion day in Pennsylvania.
ranking as a first lieutenant in the po-
with him. He also speaks of how
Dr. J. E. Ward left for Camp,
Greenleaf, Ga., on Tuesday in re--
sponse to a telegram that his son,
Arthur T. Ward, had suffered a re-,
lapse while recovering from the in-
fluenza and his condition had become
ON THE GERMAN BORDER.
A Very Interesting Letter from Lieut.
W. Ned Keller, of Linden Hall.
To
Sept. 25, 1918.
To My Loved Ones at Home:
Yesterday I had the pleasure of
writing to mother and telling her that
I was serving my first time at the
front. I had to write while seated in
my dugout, as it had been raining day
and night for almost a week, and it
was almost impossible to be out. My
headquarters are in an old house
which has only part of the walls
standing, but am glad to say a good,
safe dugout underneath.
I am stationed with my platoon,
holding a “strong point,” while the
rest of the company is holding in re-
serve. I will be here a few days and
then will be relieved.
This morning the sky cleared up
and so far it has proved to be a beau-
tiful day. The sun is out at present
( and it is simply too nice to stay in-
side, and as long as the Boche don’t
detect me I don’t mind telling you
that I am sitting out here in the sun,
at the same time being unobserved
due to a pile of debris. Overhead the
artillery is sending a stream of shells
and not more than half a mile from
here I can see several French peas-
ants working in the field and paying
no attention to the music. This morn-
ing I watched a Boche machine being
shelled by our anti-aircraft guns. It
lasted for over half an hour, and
every shell could be seen bursting
around the plane. While he was too
high to be reached yet he feared to
come low enough to enable him to
photograph any of our positions.
Conditions are not quite as bad
here as one would imagine, for really
I am quite comfortable. My men are
well-fed, and so far I have been able
to give them three hot meals a day
and hot coffee with two of them.
That is more than we had while trav-
eling through England and France.
The men are feeling in the best of
spirits and everything is working out
finely. I am enjoying luxuries at
present that you would hardly think
The life evidently agrees with him as possible. The house where I am on
| duty is owned by an old French lady,
and since it is under observation, and
subject to a constant shell fire from
the Hun artillery, she is compelled to
leave it during the night. Every
morning since I have taken over the
post she comes up to the house and
spends several hours gathering up a
few trinkets that may be left. This
morning she was so kind as to bring
me a basket of grapes and several
pounds of English walnuts. I al-
ways see that she gets her pro-rata
share of the food, and it certainly is
a pleasure to have her around. To-
morrow she has promised to bring me
a dozen eggs and if she can get them
I shall have no reason to complain of
the food situation. She stays several
miles back from the lines but never
is she concerned more than we when
. . A they start shelling the place while
ing the medical department in stamp- |
she is here. On such occasions she
goes into the dugout withus and it is
really pitiful to see her when we tell
her it is about time for her to leave
for a safe place instead of staying
there during the bombardment.
So far my platoon has suffered no
casualties and I am feeling fine.
Would you believe me when I say that
only yesterday I found time to take a
warm bath. The orderly managed to
heat some water over a few coals,
thus we managed to get a real treat.
Of course many things must go un-
told until I return but I shall gladly
forget the many unpleasant features
connected with this life as long as
things are going like they have been
during the past week.
We had much difficulty getting our
mail while traveling through France
but since nearing the front it has had
a chance to catch up with us and am
happy to say that last night and to-
day I was greeted with nine of the
love missives. All of mother’s letters
up to August 23rd were received.
Two very welcome letters from Lan-
caster were received, and needless to
say they were all very welcome. I
hope you will find time to write often
for nothing in this world will put us
in better spirits than the letters from
home. I would love to see a daily
paper, and especially the home pa-
per, but so far none have come
through the mail. The best way to
send them would be to place them in
envelopes and send as letters. We get
some information of what is going on
through headquarters and of late
bulletins of victories are arriving in
constant succession from every active
sector of the long battle lines. It
makes one think of the dramatic
scene of the messengers in the book
of Job where it says “While he was
yet speaking there came also another
bringing news, not of disaster as to
Job, but of still another victory.”
This is the first I have had any
time to write but only due to the fact
that I am on the defensive while hold-
ing this point of resistance, and as a
result it is rather quiet during the
day. At night Fritz usually shows
us a merry time but to date we have
shown him just what it is that makes
the wild cat wild.
I must close for it is time to ar-
range to have some rations brought
up after dark, and it is about time to
get ready for the big show tonight.
Would you be so kind as to show this
to my Lancaster and Bethany friends
and also my friend Pat, if he is at the
seminary this fall.
With love to all,
NED.
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Capt. Wilbur F. Leitzell Injured.
A cablegram, received on October
18th, by H. A. Leitzell, State College,
said that his brother, Capt. Wilbur
F. Leitzell, Co. A, 107th machine gun
battalion, 28th division, had been
wounded in France. On Wednesday
of this week Mrs. Leitzell received
word that her husband had been
wounded in action on October first by
a direct shell hit through the shoul-
der, making a hole large enough to
put two hands through. He has al-
ready undergone several operations
and eminent surgeons have held con-
sultations over him, but it is not
known whether his arm can be saved
or not. The captain has no hopes of
getting out of the hospital until after
the holidays. Captain Leitzell was
born in Scottdale and is 34 years of
age. He was educated in the public
schools of Scottdale and The Pennsyl-
vania State College. For a number of
years he was employed in the audit-
ing department of the Scottdale
American Sheet and Tinplate com-
pany and before enlisting was associ-
ated with his brother in The Athletic
Store, State College.
He served as a 2nd Lieut. with the
Boal Machine Gun troop on the Mex-
ican border, was promoted to 1st
Lieut. after his return and commis-
sioned a Captain before going to
Camp Hancock, Ga., receiving two
promotions within six months; and
leaving for overseas in May of this
year.
In a letter received by his wife,
dated September 11th and received
October 22nd, he said that the divis-
ion had been relieved for a short rest,
after being under. continuous fire for.
fifty-seven days. He wrote also of
the privilege of sleeping in “a real
bed” for the first time since going to
the front. Capt. Leitzell’s wife and
three children, father, mother and
brother live at State College.
Capt. Leitzell also wrote in the
highest terms of the loyalty, devotion
and courage of his company: “Noth-
ing better at the front, no cowards or
slackers among them. The morale of
the company is wonderful and the
men are fifty per cent. better, mor-
ally and physically than the same
number of men that might be select-
ed in the States. Their watchword is
no longer ‘over the top,’ but ‘forward,
get the Hun. We have a fine Y. M.
C. A. secretary in our outfit, who
preaches real sermons to the boys, the
kind they can understand.” The let-
ter was written while on the way to a
rest camp.
r———
Lieut. Frederick Reynolds Cited for
Bravery.
In Sunday’s Public Ledger, of Phil-
adelphia, Raymond C. Carroll cites
Lieut. Frederick Reynolds, son of
Col. and Mrs. W. F. Reynolds, of
Bellefonte, for bravery in action. In
writing of the splendid work done by
the trench mortar platoon of the 112th
infantry during the fighting in the
Argonne forest correspondent Car-
roll states that Capt. William G.
Smith, who was in the charge of the
infantry said: “The trench mortar
platoon under Lieut. Reynolds were
with us all the time, and almost up
with us where we wanted them. It
took a lot of will power and endur-
ance for these men with their heavy
loads to keep up with the infantry,
but they did it. The men carried
their guns and ammunition through-
out the advance, keeping up always
with the assaulting battalion. This
progress took them through the vast
stretches of barbed wire, only par-
tially cut by artillery fire, up hills
which the infantry had to climb upon
their hands and knees. All of which
made the advance of the mortar boys
extremely difficult and exhausting be-
cause of their heavy loads, yet they
came out without losing any equip-
ment.”
Lieut. Reynolds after crossing to
France was assigned to Company I,
of the 112th infantry but was later
transferred to the trench mortar bat-
tery. In this action of his superiors
the little god of fortune was with
him, as in the fighting on the Marne
every officer in Company I was killed.
At last accounts Lieut. Reynolds had
gone through months of service in the
front line trenches and days of inces-
sant fighting without a scratch.
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