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Buried beside Lieut. Anderson.ipresent war, honorably liselarge-J crCorporal A. Ward. G company.) furloughed to the reserve since AprilWell.6. 1917. who has restored to the gov-Clinton Ward. G company. Well. | eminent any of the above articles, orSergeant Earl B. Wells. G com* to whom for any reason they were AnrI panv.BertWell.Prosser.never issued, may make applicationTransferred to the I for such articles to the domestic die) theHeadquarters. Well.tribution branch, office of :he divec* weiAmbrose Imber. G company. Well. I tor of storage, Washington. P. Ch.j eveClyde Morse. Transfeired to E whereupon similar clothing and ui 1-5 j company. Wounded in Argonne. I ! hospital in States.Informinkind nd vine as near as Batimap be ascertained will be returnedl Cto him.KieToledo. April 11—With bayonets! The application must stai” the size ancI flashing, clad in their field uniforms.| carrying their army jacks and wear-required and must be accjnipanied by I hoian affidavit setting forth the01*chcing steel helmets, the 147th Regiment. which included Company G andthe Sixth Regiment hand of Defiance.looked that they were heroes as theyparaded in Toledo, todav. and re-diers record of service since April lt;1, Scl1917. the date and place of his clis-edcharge or furlough to the reserve.and certifying that none of the!7ceived the applause of the many'1thousands from Toledo and North-western Ohio who had gathered toarticles applied for were retained byhim at the time of his discharge ormefurlough to the reserve, or if retain-!ed that they have been restored towelcome the bovs. The crowds as-! the government. Officers and enlistedha'sembled along the line of march men vv^° have returned the gas maskt cheered lustily the returning soldiers.de;do• *With about a third of their num-and helmet may make -similar ap-wiplication for these articles, and theyher absent, because of being killed j xv’^ he reissued if available.The chevron will be worn, point upin battle and lying wounded in hos-. pitals, the demeanor of the returned j nndway between the elbow and shoul-BrJoI thiisoldiers betrayed to the civilian tl.e | lt;»«• on the left sleeve of he coat and,1 overcoat, and on the shirt when worn1 11evident fact that these youths had!undergone one of the severest tests 1 ^Rhout l*ie coat. The wealing of thethat Ohioans ever faced. There were: uniform without this distinctive markJ some of the boys who helped captureMontfaucon. that heavily fortifiedrenders discharged officers and en-sitevlisted men alike liable to civil pvose-dahill in the Argonne forest which Ger-1acution and punishment “by a fine notA ri exceeding S?300 or by imprisonmentwi' man, French and British strategists ... ., , , ,, I not exceeding six months, or by bothsaid could never be taken by assault. . .It was in the Argonne that Lieut.such fine and imprisonment.”1Herbert Anderson. Sergeant Orville!Rangier, and Hollilt;Sergeant • Smith ofFred McFeters Defiance laid! ©© © © © © © © © © £ © © © tisdown their lives. Co. G boys were j ©among those who swam the Scheldt j©A Daily Line of Cheer©!ulriver in Belgium under a witheringmachine gun lire. This movement of©©©©©©©©©ch©I .| in© © © ©coIthe 37thDivision making possibleI’d Like To Go.the mrning movement in the north- jj. seeiylS’s (0 I11(* |0 goClern end of the line which was fol-! lowed by negotiations for the armis-Where the bells don’t ring, nor the jtowhistles blow.ticc.Only about half of the DefianceNor clocks don’t strike, nor gongshoys who sailed for France, lastdon't sound.hesc!d£l-I.summer, wore with Co. G when the lt;bovs arrived in Toledo at midnightAnd I’d have stillness all around, vc!Thursday. The names of those re-I.nturning follow': Albert Hedricks,Henry Flentje, Jesse Bates, JohnSimendinger, Robert Anderson. RayNot real stillness hut just the trees,Low whispering,or the hum of beesOr the brook’s faint babbling overstoneCubberly, Garrett Fitzwater, ArthuinnFoelker, Raymond Slough. JohnsonCavanaugh. Dewey Karnes, MelvinSchlosser, Harry Curtland, Carl Bis-In strangely, softly, tangled tones.mA\\Or maybe the Cricket or Katy-did,Or the song of birds in the hedgesnlt;tftol. John Hale, Alvin Karr, John Con-rov. Grover Wisda, Bryan Bennett,- Fred Bruback, Jesse Essex. Virgihid.Or just some such sweet sounds astheseHblt;M1S-m*MFinney, John Funk. Ezra Hammon, R. Virgil Parclier, Dewey Reynolds, John Ward. Clinton Ward, EarlTo fill the tired heart with ease.CIf ’twern’t for sight and sound andsitlsmellWells.ChristieSmith.ClaytonF r en c h.There are other Defiance hoys inVr-the 117th who are in other units,beinorGarth Weise,tln dkeamong them —Glenn Camp, John Figley, ClarenceHammersmith.Oilui-ie.Only seven Defiance men remainI’d like the city pretty well,tc0lt;But wflien it comes to getting rest,I like the country lots the best.Sometimes it seems to me I mustJust quit the city's din and dust,HeAnd get out where the sky is blue.And—say, how does it seem to you?tlfiwith the Sixth Regiment hand, Wm.Tragnitz, Win. Praeht, Ted BlueFrancis Shondel. Amog, Hill, GeorgeEugene Field.udStitsel and Lawrence Cox.The Sixth Regiment hand led the©©©©©©©©©©©©©©©fiparade today while the Elks, Girls ©and East Side hands were heartilyapplauded. Defiance was so largelyrepresented in the procession that a©The Daily Recipe©©a©©©©©©©©©©©©©Cincinnatian said it looked as mucha Defiance parade as a Toledo affair.1YLemon Cake PieAn excellent lemon pie, easily madetl.ASs
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Defiance Democrat
Defiance, Ohio, US
Thu, Apr 17, 1919
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