| Show Those Men Whose Lives Are ire I Cheap heap but bash Whose Honor Is United States Stales Marines Dear Bear iff id 4 r By Captain Harold Miles l War nr Correspondent of Ann Army When t tho o events of ot July In tho the year 1918 had written theIr final heroic significance upon the page pase of oC world t history tho the American fighting man mans I l amo Into his own Strangely enough h. h tho the affair of ot tho Bola Bois do Belleau In n which tho the marines mado such uch n. n re- re showing sho did no not te widely Idel recognIzed In Franco France until some weeks later Its significance significance- Seine befog e boatin boat In the tho general depression cau caused ed by the tho n advance elsewhere But t when the tho Americans In n co operation with French forces opened t the io last lut great bf drive which lung flung tho Germans c b back bac from Chateau Thierry and t e eventually from their grip g th the lost of o o linos lines which thc they thought Isi- Isi 1 Fronco literally Wc went t wild Ihl over river f tho the Americans and the tho men mon who ho rY imo uno In for tho the greatest of ot ni an 1 admiration that amounted to adoration were the Iho men mon of or the tho Ite corps corp A few Cow months whorl the bo mn mn- Tines rines had hall been doing doln duty uty Ja n Paris I heard more moro than lhnn ono one doughboy from tho old regular outfits pass as unfound un- un lUnd found and ami supposedly humorous re remarks n- n marks relative e to the tho marines at nt last found their their- truo true calling In l lit f. f At that time I remember that being a al marine marIno was not quito so pleasant s ar or ad as that promised by tho the roer ro- ro er posters at nt homo home but ut v t franco awoke to what they could coull do doIn doin In tho the matter of ot plain and fancy fightIng fighting fight fight- Ing the marines came camo Into own AB As for the tho on enemy em wall woI I am told toed that after alter wood tho tyro Prussians ts made de excuses c to the Bavarians Bavarians' l by y claiming that every overy Yank I marIno marine ins over or seven feet reel tall Sad Had they they been ten feet reet tall they ther could not have havo fought with greater en on enthusiasm n- n or with greater bravery nor eo could they have held their lives lIvos more moro ply nor not their honor hono moro more dearly born of ot tra traditions which oro J cradled with the tho birth of at their country Iong years a ago o. o a 1 spirit fed by years OMS of ot valor an and honorable service In Inspired inspired In- In them with what perhaps wao wac waon waca n a r pride than that possessed by any other oilier branch of tho the service Undoubtedly Undoubtedly Un Un- 11 the tho doughboys resented this pride of or corps but tho the spirit of ot the tho sea oca soldiers claimed even e tho thin grudging lug 1 of ot the hard boiled old old- timers of tho the first division dl Several Sc days daya after tho the July July drive began be be- be pan gan n J we saw a 1 regiment of marines goIn goIns go In lag Ins In fn Thc They had hiked hiked- 1 many many miles over or roads Toads from which tho the dust dual rono ros o I I In n parching choking clouds they were I i ii hot and tired but they were grinning dusty grins and as aJ thoy they passed an nn out- out Coming company of ot French Infantry t they cy ventured In cheerful albeit Somo flomo- what hat dr dry yo voices Ices the chorus of ot Madalone Mada lonc lone At tho the rc roadside ac amid the tho era amy r wreckage o of or a village two Salvation I Army girls were passing out oranges orange a to all comers Now those oranges wor o jul Juicy and refreshing worth thole L' L weight In real roal gold under such fluch circuit i. and other American outfits ha had h 1 L I found nd time to pause and enjoy the re ro refreshment roo freshment offered but not BO so tho the ma ma- Sorry shouted a 1 top top sergeant t to o I the girls who vho wished his l company t tp to o I p top but weve we've got a a j. j Job b about three o ri I t miles down this road and wo we want to got sot there real quick Tho The girls were throwing oranges to the marching men as ns rapidly as thc they could but only about one man In twenty t ty was being supplied Seeing this this' crates were rolled down Into tho the road road an and as each company compan passed tho the girls Invited them to take tako a n. crate along and do their own distributing as tho they thoy marched Later I talked to ono one of ot mon In Baso Daso Hospital No 1 L A frag frag- fragment ment meat of or shrapnel had shattered his loft Ion arm no so badly that an au amputation I atthe at nt the tho shoulder had bad beon been necessary Tho The operation had been entirely suc successful and end at nt the tho time of or m my visit hl his wound was 39 healing nice nicely but he was greatly worried as to what was to become of ot him himI I r dont don't want to lo go o home he ho crum grum- be bled 1 looked at the tho nurse but she was waa fair fat tat and easily 40 40 certainly certainly not to toi toi be bo included In n. n alist of ot reasons why a arino aj nl rn marino arino a rino should not want to go 10 homo hot I In do o you ou want to toCo toco Co then I asked Back to lo m my company of ot course course- where d dou ou think Id I'd want to go got But how about that arm Never did need It much You sec fCC ho explained pridefully Tm rm about tho the best grenade In fa tho the outfit and a n. right handed man dont don't need no loft left hand for tor that game gamo Say ho wont on after atter a a. pause during durInG during dur dur- ing which I knew he was considering longingly tho the possibilities of ot such a n I return say say ay If It they'd thed only lot let me me Id I'd Idi I Igo go EO out every night with every evory I raiding party pasly anything at all You see sec I came over here to fight and tho they thoy aint got no right not to lot me mo fight Vh Why I got to get even oven for Cor this arm And thc they are as willing to dlo die as esl they are Aro anxious to fight Indeed they thoy tho 1 die dlo with Ith rl right ht good cheer die dlo so BO heroically heroically he he- 50 o cheerfully that ho who seen seon this victory of or spirit over body feels that If It ono one must needs dlo die It would I I r I a o L' L 1 L o I o I o bo ho good to die cite In such ouch company compan andin and andIn I In such ouch fashion Those chilly rainy days dars of ot mid Oc Oc j tober when tho the enemy hung stubbornly stubborn stubborn- J 1 ly to tho the edgo edge of or tho the Argonne forest fighting with ferocity to stem atom the tho thoi American tide which liou nought ht to overwhelm over over- over 1 whelm him saw somo of ot tho the moat moot h hit hit- i bt-i t-I t tor conflicts of oC the tho war The Tho wounded poured back to tho the dressing 8 stations and evacuation hospitals In n an Ic c stream Roa Roads B wore olio than mud mud-filled ditches through ra- ra than them over which an endless train of af trucks rolled up to tho front while another pitiful oar caravan clan of ot ambulances and d trucks rolled buck back towards tho the railhead and tho the waiting Red Cross Croaa trains up there tho the toad iod split ot off In the this form torm of or a. a L Y Y W wo we visited a dressing station located In the tho fork of or tho the roads Doctors anti and medical corps mon men working frantically fran fran- I to keep hoop pace paco for tor tho constant constantI procession of ot walking cases casts who fileda filed In n for tor attention On a litter Utter lay a n. marIno As the tiro doc doe tor bent over o over er him ho lie grinned feebly and his hla head No 0 Woo use bothering with mo moo mo sir ho he c aid ald Im lm done dono for Oh cot como how said tho the doctor cheerfully bo be sound as a n. now new dollar within a 1 month The Pete r e wounded man shook his head That shell had my name and ad- ad 1 I I i 5 t t I I I I 1 I I dross drosa Im I'm going to shove 0 off this time I know V It But nut say doctor thoy tho can ann kill us but thoy they cant can't boat beat us And that waD wao my last Impression of oC tho the marine m corps' corps In Franco Franca A t fine tine upstanding generous valorous hard hartl over ever cheerful lot lol Thc They c can n bo lIo killed at killed-at at a J. J price as tho the Germans havo found out by bitter bittor experience but the they cant can't bo be boat |
