The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1916-01-15

when was asked my name | spelled
il 'Tressler.' because | didn't want
ANYBODY to know that couldn't recail
where | came from or who | was.
Is Reported Missing.
consequently T. F. Trusler' went
on the rolls of the missing. Conse-
quently also, | failed to get mail from
my fianCee and my parents. II was
not until last summer when l was
wounded in the leg so badly that was
sent to England that | made any at
tempt to find out who l was. | con-
! fided nv story 10 an Englishwoman
| OF high rank who was interested III
| the hospital She made inquiries
among the officers of my brigade VINO
| remembered 'Trusler' who came out
| with the contingent.
My parents were communicated
with and my mother remembered an
old scar on my foot Sure enough
the scar was there Even when
returned to Montreal | didn't recog-
nize my mother and don't yet.
learned | was engaged 20 be married
before | left for the front and on my
return home my fiancee was at the
station with my mother and father.
| didn't recognize any of them. but
they took me home"
Here Mr.. Trusler admitted that ne
had fallen in love all over again ana
with the same girl.
Although the gunner cannot remem-
Der what happened before January oil
last wear, he has a vivid recollection
of what has happened since, and his
description of the battle of lpres II
April and of the effect of the poison
gases used by the Germans is mos'
vivid.
About five o'clock of the evenint
of April 90" he said. we were get
. ting quite bored. for we were in th'
reserve force along the Poperingh'
road. three miles west of Gpres. Ih'
dull monotony was rudely broken b,
: the sudden appearance OF swarms o
y French colonial troops. Singhalese an
/ Zouaves, rushing in from the from
J. trenches, clutching at their throatS
e holding their sides. rolling on tn
S ground. gasping for breath, eyes BLOOD
o shot and staring, many of them bleec
ing at the mouth, but most of ther
g unable to explain the cause of thei
t. peculiar actions.
y Asphyxiatine Gas Cloud.
% Along with them came scores
h refugees. men. women and children
is bearing with them all they could TAX
s. from their burning and wrecke
la homes At that time we had nevt
is heard of asphyxiating gas and were
to a loss to make out what 1t all mean
ty The order stand to your arms VIZ
to quickly passed along to the reserve
d. The Montreal Highlanders were Il
first to get on the move. 1t TAX
longer to get artillery wagons on Il
ne move, and while we were working
,b feyerish haste the Highlanders we
at bv. each man singing and smilin
~. although they must have known tn
ph many of them would never return.
70. AT seven o'clock the artille
r.
vi for the order to move forward. | sh;
never forget the scene at the mOmel
ho From the city of Ypres there arc
we high in the heavens huge Jets
fv flames, while overhead shells bun
on by the hundreds. and in our ears W
oh the din of falling walls and all Sol
an of indescribable noises.
cd When the order came to move f
a ward we urged our horses with
lin cheer and a song. 1t was necessa
Id for us to make a detOur south of GpI
on. in order to get TO the main road le
nd ing to our damaged front. 1t a
was necessary to cross the User car
,ea about half a mile south of the toy
,ut on a pontoOn bridge. The first e
MID got over safely, when along came
IN German shell and destroyed it.
,od Under a deadly fire, for the G
4 mans had the range, we waited wi
ned the engineers worked to construct
de. other bridge Two long thick pc
on we're placed across the narrow ca
Int and crossways on them timbers
ny logs were piled. The second
went across precariously. but
om- third was upset by a rolling log.
nv cannon carriage falling on one side
. To the narrow bridge and the six hor
ain on the other While the cannon
inc horses seemed to be seesawing
vie way and that across the bridge s
cult nut an end to all the trouble.
use Then a third bridge was constr