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Maybe you have served 10 the rnuks
aud know all about IL; but. II not, let
me tell you that var develops strange
things In men. la a company Of 100
men you viii lind more love. ronance
and sorrow than you would neal OF
among Loo men at home. n was a
comrades pleasure aud duty TO share
these things with n comrade. At home
n man would not have talked OF his
love. his hopes and fears ever 10 n
brother. Down there In the enemy's
country. IN hut or tent or lying under
the same blanket after the days fight
or march. mnn turned to man md wills
pcrrh his secrets IT was because we
marched together. fought together, ate
together aud the shadow OF death coy
rrcd ny aIi alike.
You He . man who has shared sour
har;lshipS, you love him when he las
siiur,al your dangers SO II was that
one might sit down with the company
roster lafUre him aud tell of those who
had left wives bclilnh them. and those
who had lrfi swpct!Icarts. and those
who h!ni found correspondents and
wcrr mingllmg romance with war.
Il WAS known. az n il were II family
matter. HAT the orderly scrgcant's wife
hHh Iird since hc left home, leaving
four children InOthcrlcss; that Private
Hayes had quarrclrd with his sweet.
heart; that Corporal Iohmson's farm
WIS going to rark and ruin since lie en-.
listed We heard these things and n
thousand offers. and we stood always
ready to congratulate or sympathize
with each other | have known The big
sergeant To ZONE rushing into n winter
hut occupied by six men and wake
them NIL Up that he might read n letter
from h1Hip telling TINT the baby actu,
ally lad taken three whole steps all by
hlmSrlf We were men as to war. VIC.
fneD us to gossip. children as 10 triHes.
II WIS 50 will all Of Company q ex
cept In one slngle instance. Trooper
iIaSklns was n stranger among us
when hc enlisted lie continued to be
n stranger TO his last hour. When we
sized him up. as men size up each 9th.
er. we knew that he had some secret IN
his life which he did not care 20 lay
bare 10 the world. One could see by
the sfOop Of his shoulders. by the look
IN his eyes aud by the wrinkles On his
face that lie had been hard bit and
would suffer to the cud.
Az men VIC respected his secret and
praised his courage In bearing up un-
Nor Lilo nrp,vr It,e no .1IrK,u. as. f,lt
that hiS lack Of confidence 10 us was
an imputntion We stood ready Ia con
dole and sympathlze. but he kept us at
arms length We felt sorry for him at
first that hr received no l~etters-that
there was moi one single person in all
the world n write "A word OF chcer-but
his careless Indifference soon provoked
our Indignation We gave zach other
the gossip OF country and village as we
marched; we read each Others letters
rs W. smoked at the campfire; we
whispered orr condolences In the dark
ncss-u all except Private HaskIns. Uo
had no friend He had n comrade. but
only In the sense that he shared The
sane fly tent and the same ratlons.
When the romrnde had failed to dis
cover whether IIaskins was married or
single. divorced or n bachelor, a man
who had hrcD deeply wrouged or q
cynlc- when hs could get nothing what
ever from him as to his past-he turned
away from him and said to us:
Boys. I can't make blm out. and I'm
not going To try any further. II he
don't want TO DO o Of US. let him
slide"
We got down on Private Hasklns to
the extent that he was socially ont
iawed That meant more than can
explain to you We gave him credit
for his Soldierly qualitles-and II waH
useless to deny that he was n brave
Inan-but he was forced to live alone,
rs II werr. 10 the midst Of thousands
He noted every move made against
him. and many Of them must have hurt
his feelings and added 10 his burdens
but no nne ever benrd him complain. !
beIieve be- secretly WINS glad Of his lso.
IaiIon II gave him time TO think and
mediate. and he would do this by tbe
hour. We didn't mjsJndge he man.
am glad TO recall. hut we simply ostru'
EiIed BIN IN 0 social way. Just az 6oele-
" crowds out tbe men who frnmpIes
on the copveptIopoli'!es. On bis p0Ti
bo mnst have felt thai 20 words Of
sympathy from Us could have made bis
Epse better. or be would baTe "cbpm'
med up spl teep ope OF uA
BY and ~. afteT TWO OF thrRP bat
Nles. str9nsc vl!sregs WERE cEeu9tec
about regarfiag Private passtpS IA
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