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tr.EDVeits3d.ueas'orib-arndinttie.thksheen»rem-ireletof3a-lelrn,ficonjrean3mire;uerlyan,hn3rdlesSh-atvaton.uto•onoe-t'. « SiN* f» ?• “ v— 'r 'j*S*£ . !lt;j ■' .s' - ■ V-'7* *#!£’.} ' ■ •; '**•':tWEYi;,WERE.XC^IN8:;^-i^4^■!* -. -•.. ,• ■•lt;.. -,*. . •AN D /SONS OF COUNTYOne -killed and One Wounded,:.on Fields of Francemj \ ' - ms ■lt; m StifRtt^Captain Victor N. Nysewander, tgpt^ed;killed/M :actJo^on November ,4; was S former Hendricks county -hoy; a son of Prof. J.'ijf , Nysewander, a former well-known teacher ‘of the county, now living at Jonesville.- Victor was in the second officers’ training camp at Indianapolis, and received, a commission at first lieutenant. • ;--V/• '*,1 r.’ • * •' * V.-, • ' • / r. '• *u 'I . /;»,V*,S / •:Captain Robert Carle, of Oklahoma City, .and Captain Clarence Trotter, of Indianapolis, . cousins of. Captain Nyesewander, .‘were also born - and reared in this county, where they have many relatives. Captain Carle, writes his. mother that he went to the front October 3, and. that he was on ; the; front twenty-two days without;/ uit; dressing. No one can imagine how awful it. was and how he escaped with his life when so many of his friends were killed will always be a mystery to him. He was with the 143rd machine gun infantry of the 36th division.- ' ' ' Captain C. E. Trotter was severely wounded on November 1 while standing in his tent ,by hi's cot. A shell burst about twenty feet away and literally tore his tent, overcoat and the pillow of his cot into shreds. He-was in the Rainbow division. These officers are nephews of Smith Trotter, living near Danville. 'Within the week information 'has come showing the thoughtfulness of Captain Nysewander. The letters tell of arrangements he completed by which he bequeathed $1,000 to be used in enabling a faithful girl friend to realize her cherished ambition.to obtain a college education. He had arranged to give the money out of pay due him since last July, and in event of his death he had arranged that the money should be * taken from his government insurance.'Extracts taken from letters written by him while in this country and abroad add testimony to the unselfish motives that made him a martyr to the cause of democracy. In a ..letterfe:;f.V-Usatredall,on;ltaawle.a.r-er,ce.insE.indintie,ofhi-T.vrerbywolie.oftovldredichofM.oe,ofell,lie;or-on,to:nt.sesiut.inn.3onhiantyier,meE.mylagiloeforidyon,od;TillardT.int.iit-azeIn-be satisfied. I do not care whether I get back or not. We have to win this \^vrar, the world would not be worth living in if we lost it, and it will, not be: easy/' :Through repeated and tireless. efforts he succeeded in being assigned to duty in France. He sailed June 20, and landed' in England July 1.-' An extract from a letter written shortly after his arrival abroad said: “But itwas in England where we were to be.* * * • . •treated as princes. The British are positively nothing less than wonderful, so kindly, so thoughtful and'very anxious to be nice to us. Three of us •for July 4, expecting,- of course, to pay .reserved a table at-the Carlton Hotel [for it, but what could be more unusual, unexpected and pleasing to find that all had been paid for, that we were real guests of that very wQnderful hotel.” _ ' V ‘f ; ;' In th$a letter he added:. “The people: of France were not to be outdone. Never have I eaten such dishes as here and . the people are among . God’s chosen ones. The very1 first town we made, while on leave, some of us officers stopped in a most unlikely appearing' restaurant—but what dishes. All their dishes seemed to be seasoned by some art of magic and who would ever care to know nicer or more generous people? I shall' never forget when the old- proprietress proposed a toast to the union of France and America. It was old wine and rare and she insisted on .treating us. v/ “If you: could only see' where I am billeted. Four of-, the prettiest littie children, three little ;sirls and a boy; The father-is aii. officer ^ the/Frencji army. The family has not' heard- from him for, two and a half years. Think of it, and it is the same/everywhere I have been,and ; England. None'is left but tbe very; youngGIRLWinrTh clubs ed ii girls were¥,?sttakeCpurbeen-fill' iin A;thethe ’thesChoiagesof f]coukhaveandprouprojcis wcontien-.Haze* i* i - ^won book cann tabk vive came 307, c varhTh basis a—Q b—Q c—V d—B□n-[rs.:rithrnlt;H;vairde-:lld^;*ed;msittm%sonted;.*es^-aff/rimley.surn»ey,itlaand the old. * Every one has a father or brother In the war and if there arefive brothers, then five brothers are: at the front./'Jf you .could: see- this‘.beaiir tiful . land/ bnd1; taik’: fo its; peoplef you would take;it as an honor to help them///^plbin/l^ewai^er yas'ttA spn of Mr. and Mrs., J. D. Njrse^nder.^bq redide: ieaf/'jbnesviile, V.:Barthoibmewi County/-.: ?He rleayes;.':three sisters vundvPhyllis|;NyseWander,:bf;indiah^^;Mrs.; Ei 'H. Anderson, of Mobresyille, Rufus ' l/ti:Nysewander;/'bf; •'Plainfield,bslM^ll^Mai^smere^tiehts:^ThshipsGeneGibs-ton;lum,Leotis thpareCouri ThUnitand;has/Thesever;Unitposs'theyOne\BOlVilt;our*jsolvlt;. Vsave. l'v‘»mmpericyear,Tut-.v.: .and/ in tt/that-pmjoin*mm■gmiquarA * A ^ *.'off;/alien'mvncm
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Danville Republican
Danville, Indiana, US
Thu, Jan 02, 1919
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