OCR Text |
Show ONLY OFFICER TO SURVIVE Cpi. Bert .Rugh "Saw ''All Fellow Com- manders cof iHis Battalion Fall iln 'Battle. The only 'Olllccr In his battalion to Burvlvc, Bert :ilugh's military record reads like a 'Chro- . lean Legion. This, "h2 -w when completed, probably will be recognized rec-ognized us tue finest Legion home In the country. Hugh began ids military career as a buck private In Company C, Forty-ninth Forty-ninth Iowa volunteer Infantry, serving serv-ing In Cubn from April, 1898, to May, 1899. In 1914 lie joined the Second Field troop of the Canadian Engineers, went overseas, and was promoted to n lieutenancy. During the course of events, every other ofilcer in the battalion bat-talion met his death. Tliree of Hugh's orderlies were killed In action, nnd In one attack Hugh wan live only member of his company to come through nllve. |