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Show CAPTAIN C. J. M'NULTY, formerly for-merly chief mechanic for the ' Bamberger railroad and later state ! master mechanic, -who returned yes-terdav yes-terdav from service In Prance. j i I , f T ' . V V ' v- N . H i V N i w i f N x ' $ v M 1 f ,....--....v . .v. .v .- ...v ? IC1TESI1 THIERRY; SETES1I5 BACK: Salt Lake Captain Awarded Croix de Guerre for Bravery in Battle. Captain C. J. McNulty, 127 South Sixth East street, formerly chief mechanic for the Bamberger railroad and later state master mechanic, returned yesterday morning, after eighteen months' service in France, where he was decorated with the Croix de Guerre by the French government gov-ernment for distinguished service. Captain McNulty buried his brother and nephew in France. Both were kilted at Chateau Thierry, and he, with a group of men under his command, was given the task of interring them on the fields they had consecrated with their lives. On arriving in France with the 6Gth railroad engineers, Captain McNulty w"as appointed divisional superintendent of the Paris-Orleans and Paris-Lyons-Mediterranean railroads, with headquarters at Montarges in the department of Loriet. He has in his possession several letters let-ters of commendation from high railroad and governmental officials of France. He was later placed in command of 1100 men, under whose supervision a prison camp containing 25,000 German prisoners prison-ers was established. In October, 1D18, Captain McNulty was in command of a company operating ammunition am-munition and troop trains up to the Chateau Thierry front. On October 21 they arrived at nightfall just behind the reserve trenches north of Veau. The Germans began sending over gas shells, and Captain McNulty and his men took refuge in a Catholic cathedral. About 2 o'clock in the morning the gas shells en- J veloped the church in their deadly fumes. The captain was gassed so badly that he was ordered to a first-aid station, but he j insisted on remaining till the trouble was over. At daybreak, the ground was strewn with several thousand dead and wounded. . Captain McNulty says he is proud of the fact that he did not have a single court martial in his company during his entire stay in France. Instead, he decided de-cided to use company punishment. When a man violated an order, he was con-! con-! fined to the limits of the camp for a : certain number of days and was required to give his promise that he would conduct con-duct himself in the proper manner in the future. Captain McNulty believes this method better than court-martial- , ing an enlisted man for a minor offense i and thus making him liable to a heavy j sentence. I Captain McNulty's camp wasv the ob- ject of Hun bombing planes on several J occasions. . j His camp was declared by the inspee- j tor-general of American camps to be the j cleanest and most sanitary camp in France. I l uiu my t, ery uesi every inniuLe while I was In France," Captain McNulty Mc-Nulty says, "and when Uncle Sam needs me again I am ready to go. The old flag : looks better than ever to me and I'm ; 1 ready any time to fight for it again." Captain McNulty was recommended for a major's commission, but the armistice was signed immediately after and the secretary of war ordered all promotions discontinued. |