The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-05-20
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IN f1t. tsf-.Ni LIS. Ntl-l 49,
olsy lsm, E.y baptism @. Ele Ia
Co., .rvLlers. Nvs.vrds, use .esl tae
i.cn roads We had as-a guarding
hcLlud scissors roads cg watch tlr
Cny thing that lives is Tai popla~s.
ruads where the 0aly sisGl - piutUl
ruined houses
The Baptism OF Gre that others
received IN past vars Nss far dit
;5reut from mine Here there IS
TO ROSY ausS Of excitement. none OF
the glory OF var. no charges o.
taNalry, no pretty marches and
coCntermsrches II regiments and
bai,blions aealnst another marching
enemy There Is none of the physt
ca exercise which warns your
hood. gives son courage 70 stand
and hsht lou rarely go forward
and yoa cane run away n you
tr!ed Go run & would De committing
uicidc AZ thc FIRST Jump The best
sou can DO is 10 SIT down IN iae
mud al The bottom % the trench
and pray that a bomb from a can
non or AZ aeroplane visit get you.
u soar courage is high Won stand
~. peep our OF a llttle n0le look
car on a bare space nor unlike C.
reid OF deeply ploughed ground
ard there YOU win not see a soul 20
shoo' at. while you arr wondering
Where the enemy Is there comes a
whisl,ing nclse in the air and Won
viii guess tnat some BODY - or TOO
fect aWay has seen your slado%
tor Is TOO poor sh0; 10 hit ron.
u you hear a noise Ike tha1 o. a
whip cracked about your ears. you'd
letter get ont OF the way. for some
0ody who .lnows how 20 shoot Is
splitting bullets into the earth about
oH peepholc.
Ny baptism OF FIRE began in this
way. and the longer IN lasted the
s-oFse IL got. Ny regiment GuTtu ia
I the night Crawled down the side q.
Tie yailey Of the Aisne. dodginz
tray bombs here and there. as car
easily De- done II YOU keep JouI
,sis open cad listen 20 the direc
tion Of tho roar We relieved f0F
SIX DAYS tho Two Hundred and
yourrh regiment % the lire. divided
ourselves Up INTO sections among
their trenches. placed our sentinels.
rut sat down 20 walt
r'c could hear the Germans talk.
ng IA their trenches across that lit
lc patch Of ground torn up hv the
cr, and shell OF a month OF min
ins and counter mining They must
aaye known Ne were a new req
mcnt and entertained hopes Of driv-
Ing Us out We had hardly got set
lied before they began on us with
milrsileUsc. rifles. small mountain
cannon and the rest
~ night long IL was a series OF
such alta Il. cQynicr-attaeks o., our
part hand-,o.hand fights outside our
trenches when TIE Germans tried 20
rush us-kiliing. stabbing wound
ing. amid The deafeninE roar OF the
s1pporting srtilery during which
10 was next - impossible - hear
the cries and groans OF the wound.
I'd the terrible shrieks u men cut
in two hy vicious pieces Of bUr'aing
she'll friend OF mine and a good
courade was shot In the head be-
side me. vet I didn't have n min
uts's time 10 care for Lin. To cap
al, With the morning came a cold.
dreary rain, just heavier than mist.
Was I 'gh'e1eds can't say.
but the fnsi In preston LEFT on me
vas one 81 supreme disgust. IN.
speakable misery rs Ike living n
huge morgue for the crowned. -
10 orr Hne.s IN mud and water.
every huge thread Of clothing wet
Our rides sriFks RESTING ALREADY. r.
fusing 20 explode their cartrjees
W. must keep Of catching cold
pneumonia perhaps. and continue
firing. kiiline ss IL 40 were butch.
or What a life And This g. The
twentieth century
T. Is in such times A. this. With
death rubbing elbow. on every side.
that appreciate The wonderful gf'
a. q lie o. peace. This death. ~
booms and cFasLes over our beads
IL whistles in our cars. 10 lies AZ
our fee when The trench is dyns
mited. And when ! see mr. com.
iades drop a. nv side lead or
woundcd how thank God 70 hts
protection. how begin 20 lo-e ne
home life that once seemed without
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