Archie did not stay long as a Second Lieutenant. By Christmas, following distinguished service in leading patrols in No Man’s Land, General Pershing recommended that Archie be promoted. In February Archie was made a Captain. One month later Captain Archie was wounded in the arm and leg by shrapnel. He received the French War Cross while lying on the operating table. “He lay wounded for fourteen hours unattended,” writes an American surgeon in a letter home. In May Archie was reported able to walk again. His wounds did not make Archie callous to the suffering of others. In July (1918) we read that “Archie’s request for aid for Sergeant F. A. Ross whose hand was amputated will be heeded by Colonel Roosevelt.” A shrapnel wound of its nature usually results in more serious complications than an ordinary bullet wound. On July 13 the Captain had to undergo another operation for partial paralysis of the left arm. His spirit never wavered. When wounded he had directed that the wounded men in his command be attended first. Archie was hurt worse than he knew. It would take eight months, at least, for him to recover. In September he was brought back to the United States for special treatment. [Illustration: © _Underwood and Underwood._ Theodore Roosevelt and Family at the Time He Was Governor of the State of New York] THEODORE, THE IDOL OF HIS MEN In the meantime Theodore was making himself feared, loved and famous. He was a Major, we said. He had been a Major once before, but under what different conditions—a Major in the Connecticut National Guards. He got into action from the very start. You could find him at the head of the most dangerous charges. In June (1918) he was cited for bravery after he had been gassed in the fight at Cantigny. Theodore, too, retained his tenderness despite war’s horrors. In July we read of his paying homage to Lieut. G. Gustofson, Jr. In September he writes to the widow of Lieut. Newbold telling her that he would be proud to have his two little sons grow up to live and die like the Lieutenant. Theodore’s men made an idol of him. That, however, did not save him a second wound—this time (July 24) it was in the left knee. He received it while leading a battalion in a charge at Ploisy. It was the same fearlessness which a month before had called forth the official citation. “On the day of our attack on Cantigny, although gassed in the lungs and gassed in the eyes to blindness, Major Roosevelt refused to be removed and retained the command of his battalion under a heavy bombardment throughout the engagement.” After his second operation Major Roosevelt was promoted once more, and it was as Lieutenant-Colonel that in November he occupied the headquarters of von Hindenburg’s son at Luxemburg. KERMIT IN MESOPOTAMIA AND FRANCE