Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-12-11
HILO PHYSICIAN
HADPREMON|TION
OF COMMEMORATE
DR.. HindIey, Writing From the
Trenches, Said His SurviV-
ing Did Not Seem Likely

DR.. G. d. Hindley, formerly Hilo
physician, who is reported as having
lost his life when a medical transport
was sunk I'm the Dardanelles by a
German submarine, had feeling that
his death was imminent, as is shown
in letter which he wrote to a Hilo
friend on October 81, says the Hilo
Tribune.
Il don't know of course whether |
shall come out of this alive, II seems
rather unlikely this morning and has
frequently lately" he wrote. Then
concludes: But ! am quite satisfied.
Life is over-rated anyhow. Honor and
decency are far more important. !
don't want TO live IL ! am to be a
slave to a Prussian."
In this letter, DR.. Hindley refers to
the possibility that he may be trans
ferred to Serbia and expresses the
hope that he may later get hospital
position where he could be with his
wife, whom he states is attached to
the American hospital In Paris. He
urges his friends TO not pray for peace,
stating that victory is wanted before
peace.
Fear He Lost HE Life.
To DR.. Hindley's Hilo friends who
at first were inclined to doubt his
death, due to the comparatively re-.
cent dates of his letters, the reference
to possible transfer TO Serbia seems
to verify the statement that he was
drowned when a transport was sunk,
although the letter quoted from above
is dated Three weeks later than those
received week ago.
Extracts from the letter are given
below:
Everything here is sea Of freezing
slush--the most sticky, bright yellow
mud you can possibly conceive.
III you put your head outside, as
likely as not 'whizz bang VIII come
over and knock II off. A few days ago
the Germans sent over some aerial
torpedoes. I don't know just what
these are like, but they certainly do
make a most unholy din; they shake
the earth for mile around and make
a hole Is feet deep in the ground
They sent about dozen and no one
was hurt. One officer was buried In
earth, but that was all. We soon dug
him out.
$50. later on, we sent over about
Ok l0O-pound shells into their fire
trenches and watched the arms and
legs and barbed wire fly up In the
air. That was really quite exciting.
Could stay for Ten Years.
1--WE have an enormous superiority
over those chaps. We lose on the
average about one man week; they
don't seem to care how many they
lose. / am perfectly certain that they
can never break through here. we
are enormously strong. and could stay
here for 10 years II necessary.
81 am awfully well and fat. get
nearly killed at least once or twice a
day but still manage to tackle three
squares. Agnes is in Paris now work
ing at the American hospital. may
be able to get hospital job later. We
do not expect to be sent to Serbia, but
of course that may happen.
Don't you 60 to praying for peace.
No good people want peace now.
Americans only talk of peace because
II means dollars. But pray until you
are blue in the face for victory. There
has never been nobler cause. and
thank God was born at time which
has enabled me to do my bit--a proud
privilege, assure you.
II don't know Of course whether
shall come out Of this alive; it seems
rather unlikely this morning and has
frequently lately. But am quite sat
isfiec. Life is over-rated anyhow
Honor and decency are far more m
portant. I don't want to live II am
fn ka q slave to q Prussian."