The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-08-08
Z rISlI OLDIRRS
KEEP OWN DIAR. les
OF WAR ACTIVITIES

Isperson when found. Most OF them
were written by his mother. ~ gentle
ddle-aged woman, according to her
photograph, which the boy carried
with him. The letters are addressed
to: Our dear son WILL There fs
Is photograph that shows VIII
among his five sisters and there y
another taken when enlisted, show
ing wine . chubby youngster with
wondering innocent stare In his
large eyes. He Is clothed In q very
smart uniform that is q trfde too
large. One can almost sense his
endeavor to NIL 1T.
Remarkable Document.
The most remarkable document in
the lot is that Of e Captain +. 4.
Lynch, regiment unknown. There IL
some doubt as to the second initial,
which may be intended fora n, Z
or ~ -
His diary is wen kept. gives the
most minute details, and mirrors a
mind constantly under great strain.
There are in It many illusions to
himself as lucky man or q man
with g charmed life
The captain left Pugby on Wednes-
day, March IL, for Alexandra. The
French he met en- route he refers as
stay in Egypt is given in the diary
In bleak notes devoid of interest. On
Wednesday. April 81. his ship ar
rived in Saros Bay. On the same
day the Turks fred on the British
transport Manita" with the result
that about seventy soldiers Jumped
overheard, of which number. about
sixty were drowned. according to. the
entries in Captain Lynch's dairy. y
OF the many entries a few will
be given here in the exact words Of
Captain Lynch:
sury,ivor mt If a comnanv az eirhtv-
five rank and Ale the majority of
whom were killed outright. IN the
morninr inst before We retired. /
banda ged 4 sergeant Of the r. NJ. 81.
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took q little time to locate the devil.
and fred shot f,rinpfng him down
a fiii 1000 feet above, II took the
nockat for u lTaansaIys. n was very
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