Show WORLD W WAR A it YARNS yaa by nut frank E hagerl EH fired private GUI GUS fill li Is worth A 11 u a fixed 11 id yarn some day for GUI gus la Is tho only american liter who we I 1 flotd 14 GUS gu bid enlisted for be the amer tency aloo 00 oo aad the infantry needed mel lie ile must bare been horribly dumb for thea them to let him lo 10 for uncle zim got food good job with uncle zam described GUI gus after months of blundering at get tys burt pa the simplest fatime wai was too complicated for or him a captain rod top kick were frantic they bolted boiled over when cue gus led another soother man down 1110 company street streel Br Il rudder udder he told the top come me over to to for uncle zam 1 and ow gus and brother grinned happily another Pl for 0 ada d sake sergela ant get rid of both of cm emi an order the captain explained oni glit air answered the top being in 0 o old timer hi he added thill cost cos the captain wo ex pomas abea be vent went into action conre your elred gua go ald bald the top briefly to the perplexed greek yeah that right uncle sam FAM says let you IOU 90 tie lie dont want you no more mom beres your fare to new york lie be provided ded GUI gus with dallan clothes cl aw saw him put theia them on gave him an escort to the train caw saw him board it then the kited till his old friend the rental sergeant serce ant majar roar to hoist holst a few many drinks provi provided deJ by the cal captains money kept them occupied until fret call next day the regimental sergeant major MAJOT was happily hazy when be he received 0 B morning report ao 0 I 1 o hazy IQ to fact he failed to note that one ono man coul ed for bad been dropped from the COmP ODYs to roster ster and that Is how got GUS Plon ulos became the soldier who was ored first fighter fighters on french sou company K of the twenty el cabb abb infantry has the ol 01 ba ing the first organization of the first division the first combat troops of the he A E F to set foot on french sol soll tb mi first div division islon sailed galled from new voik yolk on june 14 1017 1917 and the twenty lelith try und the sixteenth infantry landed at st SL nazaire on june 20 in a adequate landin facilities held lh lit other ther units of the dIvIsi division ln on biard the twenty sixth infantry landed itina 27 field flo no so 13 and ambulance company no 13 on 00 june jun 28 to he the infantry belon 1 I the distinction of beir heir the deh american cc combat abat unit of the A PA F to go into ackloo and to 10 girt 1 the first lives sacrificed in a raid by the Gern germans tons at throe three 0 clock on the morning of Noi member ember 3 corn com pany V of the sixteenth infantry lost corp james it B 1 nt I Fv annIlle ind private F enright of pittsburgh burgh pa and irl id vale rate merle D hay icy of glidden pi these three head the first dial 1 tons roll of honor a roll tbt alln ril 20 IC 68 casualties courage dash and victory Is the first divisions division s record says the war deportment department lit it was the first alls I 1 on to rach vach france the first to serve in trench warfare first to fire a hostile snell shell first to lose a roan man first to capture a prisoner goner first to repel a german raid first to roan man any independent sector ana first to capture a town cant cantieni Igni and hold bold it against all counter at tacks 1 0 0 highly colored if true mos most of the notice attributed to negm troops in to the norad war are difficult to trace to their source hot but it may mal be taken for granted that they will increase M volume as the year roll by LO le II 11 ires a veteran of the rainbow division says that while wait ing for orders to move inove forward for a an n expected attack he noticed a tall ne ro soldier wal walking kinf his post in the most approved military manner mannet attracted by the mans neat ap pear eare and soldierly bearing illges ventured well big boy you loot as if yon you could top stop a whole german regiment looking worried for a moment the soldier paused and then replied stop lem emi 1111 11 11 in im gwine to notify evl body in france deyo comin 6 1 it can too be taken for granted that if the soldier in question made good on bis his threat he lie li Is the tho central rig fl ure la to another negro yarn abom the colored infantryman w who it a de aided bo be would set get away from the th agh ting after hours and baurs of night so the story eory has 14 it the negro was baited lv bv an officer and was quo cloned about bis his actions suddenly Sur Sue denly the negro replied an who Is you to be mer 1 I im to the colonel kelil replied led the trimly grimly iiii my gandl caroe came the surprised exclamation 1 ilas I las I 1 ran run that farr fa 1119 lolong I |