The Harrison times., 1914-10-24
Indifference Shown in Story of
English Sergeant.
WITNESSES LITTLE OF STRIFE
Writer Tells Of Wounded Soldier Who
Even Did Not Know How He Got
lnJured-"It was ell Of
a Charge"


up the role of wounded hero Of the
great war, which several Of us had
pressed upon him, writes Herbert
Casey in Chicago Daily News.
Don't get too bally near me-" said
the sergeant. First thing you know
you'll be stepping on my sore foot,
And then III jolly well bash the man
as does It,"
But there are ways OF modifying
wounded heroes, and a British soldier
could never be convinced that ale
could be the slightest drag upon con-
valescence. He had just returned from
France, where he had been wounded
in battle with the Germans, His
wound was not serious. He hoped to
be back on the fighting line in
month.
Where was the battle in which you
were wounded?" some one asked
Then was revealed the fashion In
which a fighting man looks at bat
tle-much as an ant would look at
sand bed, He could only see the little
grains OF sand Immediately before his
eyes, OF the strategy involved, Of the
numbers in conflict, Of the general plan
OF battle, he knew no more than we
did who stayed at home.
Didn't Know What Happened.
"All | know is they we're fighting
hall over" he said "Mornins you'd
wake up to ear them same guns 90.
ing, Everywhere they were at it
all around. Sometimes the Germans
seemed in the rear Of us and some
times we were In the rear Of the Ger.
mans, | don't know what happened
We were somewhere In Belgium"
The troop Of cavalry to which he
belonged had not been engaged dur.
ing the first day OF the big battle
Three or four times It had been or.
dered here or there,
Just like we'd be going out to ex.
erclse our 'orses like" said he I'VE
never got near the Germans. Some.
times we'd see 'em and they'd see US,
but both Of us went on about our
business"
He saw the wounded brought nack
from the front, II was pretty tough,
he said, to stand In ranks and watch
wagons full of groanlng, oursing
screaming men file past, The worst
Of Il, he thought, was to watch the
blood drip through the seams OF the
wagon beds, The undergear OF some
Of the wagons grew to dark dusty
purple, When his troop was ordered
on scouting duty the man took II as
q relief
1T was odd, now" said he, TO watch
the water wagons that used to
sprinkle Londons streets come Jolt.
ing UP with water for us, They took
your mind hon the fellows that 'ad
been 'urt And the buses When |
got my 'urt ! rode to the rear In a
CharIug Cross bus, that maybe the
old woman used to ride In every morn.
ing when she went down town, Rum,
aren't itY"
Ordered 10 Mount
His troop was sheltered behind n
hill, he said, wh@re the shells couldn't
get at them II was hot, and most
OF tho men were standing by their
horses They had loosoped the grthB
and opened their own tunieS, He was
concerned about his own horse.
"Old 'Ydraulio," no said, got to
lathcrIng bad that morning feared
the ole beggOr were going to be
sick"
A stan officer eantefod up IN q per.
feetly mattef.of.faet way and gave an
order to the commanding officer The
word TO mount was passed along. II
was obvious that another scouting OK.
pcdItIuu was on foot, The sergeant
heard one OF the men In the ranks
say to eomrRdo that one OF these
days they'd get bally we'll caught by
the sausageH going around this way,
careless like, lie reprlmanded the
speaker
"'E was just oornerboy In Lon,
don, said the sergeant II could toll
what sort e IL directly laid eyes
on i'm They always ave more strat,
egy than ole Il himself"
The troop took the long hin NJ a
walk Tho warm, tired men loled In
their saddles until the sergeant made
them alraighten UP to save the backs
Of their horses, They were distinctly
not Interested Half dozen Of these
expeditions had been untrulttu They
had aocn nothing of Significance IN the
movements ot the enemy
HAL at onee," said the sergeant
in a louder tone, ale sounded the
charge
When the clash Came
The men took the crest Of the Hill
nj n gallop, The FIRST Of the trooT
were already tearing down hlll toward
company Of German laneefs wht
we're Oh level ground not a hundred
yards away The noise Of battle which
filled the air for II miles Oh either
side had masked the approach Of eaef
from the other
"lt was a ell ot u charge" tBld the
sergeant In disgust I'VE didn't ave
NH.H .al