The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-06-06

. song with the theatre band. q drum
and one or two Instruments. There wNs
music all day. After tho theatre our
battalion band played IN the village
TIL nishtfail. Al night rhere was dane
ing and more singing. And there ws
the inevitable boxing match. which Bob
Scanlon ran. On tho night Of the Ssth
Bob fought mi m old English sparrfng
partner to amuss tho of8cerA Thers
was . good preliminary ostwesn an
Enklishman nd . Belgian. VINO has
learned the Game n the 0tAo0. The
Belgian VA knocked out In the f0urth
round. OF course We did not see this
show-it was for tse ofncept0ut Bob
told us about II, and a. ne got to bed
at I A. NJ. ! suppose there was . time.
And With all this amusement about
SO . collected for the hospftas.
which, as q doctor remarked. was not
bad for mon earning . . n . day.
BulletA LIKE Pebbles, on Rec.
W. ere down II tho petit posts. here
at ths csmessry. stnos MAY We
means Soubenn. Trtnkard. Haeffelli.
Colin. tho two OcilettsA myself end
Casey. We are getting the usual shall
ing. As started to write everybody
had to duck into tho hack. Shrapnel
IL flying thick and fast. Geel but how
the bullets rattle on thu rood, Just like
a bunch OF pebbles. Souoeran had his
first experience OF them to-day. a. h
has been away. mendinS and running
threshing machines. &c. the last four
months. He was on sentinel duty and
tho shells began bursting about the
place. How Bob ducked ana crouched
In tho trench. not frightened. AZ he IA
not born that way, but because no Il
not used to the whims and ways Of
bursting shells and has not learned
their harnlessne ss.
Bob rave us an entertaining mono
lo1ue aftsrwNrd on what ne thought
be taken to how LONG he would stay
and whether he would have n nice little
nurse to attend 10 him. II recalled our
early days whom we had the same
feelings and used to hope that We
should be '~pleasan'ly wounded mean
ing 20 be hit somewhere where the least
injury wovid result. combined with the
greatest period Of inactivity aftsrward.
There was an attack at Berry-au-Bac
last night which we all watched. The
explosion OF a mine aroused us. The
magnesium lights thrown UP by each
side made night into day. Dozens
floated between the lines. The German
lights g!ve no sign OF their presence
until they burst into flame. hut the
French ones fare up like skyrocksA
MAY &.
while on N way to Blanc Sabion
TO get rations for the section. Bob Sou
beran walked into a post an smashed
his nose II was dark and raining in
torrents. Bob was carrying fourteen
loaves OF bread. four pounds each. and
has lost practice owing 20 benS away.
stunned by the post tpart OF a barri-
cade across the ROAD. ne said not a
word but stumbled on and fell into a
shell hole, still keeping silence Trink-
ard, who was following him. fell into
the same hole, but raised his voice IN
language hat cannot be printed, expos
tulating against Bob for not giving a
warning II was only when tho party
reached the kitchen hat n was seen
that poor Bob was bleeding furfou-ly
and that his nose was a sight, All
part OF the game" was his comment.
Bob got n letter from former Senator
Taliaferro OF Florida assuring us that
no law had been passed against Amer
leans taking part IN the a We had
heard that We were l!able to two years
prison. Capdevieille has received a
letter from Or. Carrel (of the Rookie
Teller Institute) saying ne would be clad
10 do anything for the Americans. OF
whom he feels proud, A friend OF Caps
father. although OF German parentage.
mas written tnat no INTENDS 10 GVe us
boys a home coming AFFAIR that shall be
a winner even In a city Of such great
doinss AZ New York can ne,
"Other people have written from home
letters that make us feel hat we are
It. but they do not know what an easy
time we are having. Rut we shall get
ours before long. az within tho last few
days more generals ave looked over
our ground than We have ever seen
They did not explain why 10 us prtvates
but something II doing!
"Our prolonged time of quiet has been
due TO the fact that the Germans IN
front of us hold such q strong position
It would be folly 10 attack II without
some special reason. and useless for
them 20 leave y 10 advance on our lines.
Painter Puts Time to ADVANTAGE.
MAY I.
I'VE have had to do some tall ducking
vat the post lookout pOst) since Yes
terday. \ sniper has our outpost posi-
ton spotted and we are kept on the
alert to save our skins, Bullets are
continually whistling around which has
never happened before. and We cannot
locate tho shooter.
CASEY hes o painting outfit and does
ONE work, always surrounded by 4
crowd of enthusia site n not expert al.
mlrers, He has sen for some ~canvases
to do some real pictures
May 8,
! "Wc leave for Curry in three hours
We have had quite a hot time for thres