Hugh Gordon Logan Met
Hero’s Death
Mrs. Nannie Logan, whose son, Hugh Gordon Logan, was killed
in battle on November 9, has received a letter under date of December 4 from
Capt. John R. Costine, commander of Co. M, 324th infantry, giving
details of the young man’s death. The letter told how on Saturday, November 9,
at 11 o’clock the company was going fine until the boche, in the words of the
captain “got our range and we came under a terrific bombardment. It was during
this bombardment that a small piece of shrapnel hit him.
“None of his comrades knew that he had been hit until the
command, ‘Forward!’ was given again, when he was seen to rise but staggered.
His comrades then realized that he was wounded. One of the sergeants rushed
over to administer first aid, but realized that he was dying.”
“Thus your son set an example for all men around him to go
‘To the Last,’ even at the supreme sacrifice.
“I congratulate you on rearing a son of such caliber,
loyalty and courage, and hope that I may some day be able to meet his mother.
With deepest sympathy.”
This was the first information the mother had received of
the death of her son, the announcement from Washington merely giving the date.
In his letter, which the mother will treasure, Captain Costine said that he
could not help telling Mrs. Logan what he and the men of Co. M thought of the
fallen hero. “He was very prompt in doing his duty and he did it willingly,”
his commanding officer said.
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