Show PRIVATE JOHNSON S S NARROWLY ESCAPES FREEZING TO DEATH S Sentinel Is Found Uncon i scious at His Post DISCOVERED BY CORPORAL L 1 Removed to Hospital Tent andS and-S Medical Aid Given I I While Patioling His Beat at Scofield Fred Johnson Is Overcome by S the Intense Cold I 0 ITKIBUXH SPECIAL Scofield Utah Dec 5 While on duty ns a t sentinel at regimental headquarters headquar-ters last night Fred Johnson private company G of Provo was overcome by the Intense cold and was found unconscious uncon-scious at his post by the corporal of the guard It was the third relief and Johnson had 1 been on duty walking his beat for an hour FELL AT HIS POST At 1230 this morning as Corporal of the Guard Peterson was making an inspection In-spection of the sentries he stumbled upon the postrale form of Johnson lie attempted 1 to1 arouse Uic sentinel but falling < oailed the sergeant oC the guard 0 S TAKEN TO HOSPITAL Johnson wan renOc to the guard tent where vhlsky and other restoratives restora-tives were applied lie suffered Intensely In-tensely and was taken to the hospital tent where members of the hospital corps attended him until morning He Was finally revived and is considerably consider-ably better tonight It Is said that he will be ready for active duty again In a few days S FOUGHT AGAINST ODDS Johnson fought manfully to endure 0 the pain and cold until his watch was ended and relief arrived He did not n p n call for assistance nor ask to be relieved re-lieved The time of his sentinel duty would have expired a few minutes later FIFTEEN BELOW ZERO The thermometer nt headquarters registered 15 degrees below zero last night It was the coldest night which has yet been experienced by the troops FIRST CASE OF FREEZING Johnsons case Is the first in which one of the soldiers has been overcome by the cold Ears and lingers have been nipped by the frost but no serious results have been reported up to last nightS night-S WEATHER VERY SEVERE At Clear Creek and Winter Quarters the temperature in below zero each night but none of the men have as yet been affected by the intense cold The men at the Scofidd camp endure more from the cold than the men at any of the other camps |