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fVERE FIRST TO BREAK TEUTON LINE
Soldiers from Ypres and St. Quentin arrive at Base Hospital
OVER SEA WOUNDED ARRIVE
AT HOSPITAL
HE first contingent of
wounded from overseas
arrived at the U. S. Army
Base Hospital, Camp
Greene, on Tuesday after
noon in . the form of
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COURTEOUS
SERVICE
EXCELLENT
FOOD
Holton, John, Pvt., Co. I, 118th Inf.—
Wnnich, N. C.
Koone, Abner, Pvt, Go. P, 120th
Inf.—Union Mill, N. C.
Collier, Harry B., Pvt., Co. A, 120th
Inf.—Henderson, N. C.
McPheters, Jennings, Pvt., Co. B,
115th M. G B’n.—Ivy, N. C.
One of the canteen ■worliers',. ap^
preached the train to inquire about the
seriousness of the wounds the: inen
twenty-three convalescents from the
Ypres and St. Quentin battle sectors.
These men require no further medical
attention and will soon be discharged
from service. Nearly all the men are
from North Carolina.
The names, rank, organization and
home town of the men follows:—
Thompson, James W.—Wag. Sup.
Co., 119th Inf.—Goldsboro, N. C.
Denney, Davis W., Cpl., Co. L, 119th
Inf.—Lebanon, N. C.
Bryant, Otelia Q., Pvt., Co. N, 120th
Inf.—Rich Square, N. C.
Pennel, Samuel P., Pvt, Co. P, 119th
Inf.—Moravian Palls, N. C.
Sanders, Cietus C., Pvt., Co. D, 120th
Inf.—Charlotte, N. C.
Jackson, Carl, Pvt., Co. L, 120th
Inf.—Asheboro, N. C.
Jones, Willie, Pvt, Co. E, 120th
Inf.—Youngsville, N. C.
Antwine, Joe., Pvt., Co. D, 120th
Inf.—Kingston, N. C.
Campbell, Eugene C., Pvt., Co. D,
120th Inf.—Taylorsville, N. C.
Parker, James T., Pvt, Co. M, 120th
Inf.—Ahoskie, N. C.
Maranville, Chas. A., Pvt, Co. E,
105th Eng.—Winston-Salem, N. C.
Smith, Claude G., Bug., Co. B, 120th
Inf.—Raleigh, N. C.
Biddix, Guen R., Pvt., Qo. L, 120th
Inf.—Mt. Mitchell, N. C.
Lowe, Jas. H., Pvt., Co. P, 106th
Eng.—Spartenburg, S. C.
Roundtree, William L., Pvt., Co. P,
119th Inf.—Bosley, N. C.
Michael, John M., Cpl., Co. A, 105th
P. S. B’n.—Woodrow, N. C.
McKenzie, James H , Pvt, Co. D,
115th M. G. B’n.—Carthage, N. C.
McDonald, Jester, Sgt., Co. M, 120th
Inf.—Asheville, N. C.
Goley, Williard C., Sgt., Co. M, 120th
Inf.—Graham, N. C.
MANY TROUBLES,
The convalescent men represent a
wide range of injuries -and maladies.
Four of their number'were gassed at
Ypres, three suffer from shrapnel
wounds, six from gun wounds and four
from shell shock. Some of_the men
were taken, sick after sever"al weeks
in the trenches and after going over
the top four times without a scratch.
Two of the men have had pneumonia,
one appendicitis and the' others have
survived contageous diseases.
They were a part of the famous
“Wild Cat’’ ■ division in northern
Prance and Belgium and were first to
break the Hindenburg line. They
were attached to the Fourth British
division, which went through some of
the hardest fighting of the war. A
part of their number have been over
the top eight times.
These men were retumea to Amer
ica on “The Baltic,” which ship lad-
ened with wounded landed in New
York harbor on December, 24. They
were at Hoboken over Christmas. The
special train carrying the coach of
convalescents for Camp Greene and
other coach loads for Camp Wads
worth and Asheville arrived at Char
lotte, Tiiesday afternoon at 4 o’clock.
The men were taken to the Camp
Greene supply depot and there trans
ferred to ambulances. They arrived
at the Base Hospital in time for sup
per. Eight of the men are InAVard
B-1 and the remainder in Ward C-8.
REGULAR WEATHER
It was drizzling rain when the train
bearing the convalescents drew in at
the southern station .
“This is regular weather,” one ex
claimed. “This is the kind of weather
they have every day where we come
from.”
were nursing.
“When do we eat?”, was the query
which greeted her first question.
“1 suppose you are questioned a
good bit, was put to one of the lads.
“Have answered a million. Have
told all about having a broken ,arm
from trying to raise a quarantine and
about Henry being hurt when the
barrage he leaned against suddenly
lifted.
Only one member of the party bears
a souvenier from the front. He has
a belt which is adorned with medals
and insignas picked up on the fields
which had been wrestled from the
Hun. Other members of the band
claim that they lost all their souve-
niers when they were wounded and
removed to the hospital. '■
MJSS GRIER ACTIVE
The men had not been dismissed
from the receiving ward before Miss
Anna Grief, of Charlotte, who has
mothered scores of the hospital pat
ients during the past months, was
among them. She shook the hands
of every man. She asked about their
home folks. She promised to see
them on the morrow—and she did.
Miss Grier has brought candy and
cigarettes to each of the over sea men
each day during their stay at the
hospital
'eager -to leave
The new patients are anxious to
leave the hospital. They wanUto get
home. A part of them have been
called upon by their folks since at the
hospital but that does not answer
for the feeling to get back home, they
explain.
“This is not the first time I have
thought that little ole’ home was
about the best place on earth either”
' explains one of the men.
About the fighting the men talk
little.
“It is just like you have read in the
papers” they say.
Three of the number claim to have
taken German prisoners which was
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