The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-02-27

y down over his uniform. His eyes are
g gone, he thinks. and something Ia
h wrong with his mouth. II Is his chin.
probably. that is missing. he says. He
was caught in tho face by part Of ma
exploding grenade.
d But" he says. II can walk, I still
= have arms. I can lea and II Is great
g e. know that
He WAS too happy before without
y knowing Il. he continues. lie has
% seen lots during those months up there
{ and he has no complaint. He thinks
probably Of the grooming load inside
= and OF the possibility that maybe
4 chance after all has favored him. Hc
! can still do lots. he says. to make his
life useful. Hundreds Of others are
s. IN the same situation. II is thus with
the French soldiers.
4 Most Of the wagons the car now
passes are going In the same direction.
AZ the driver turns to the left Of the
road To 20 by he takes broad chances
in the darkness with possible teams
coming from the other direction. Az
10 continues back trees aad buildings
spring M on both sides o' the road
and driving becomes moi. difficult
The driver has developed a new sense
Nj present something seems to guide
1lHi tIii NttS ibI eNlSt on INV UttuTU
when the car is empty. Then again.
he almost stops. working his way
slowly ~ the right. and reaches out
70 feel tho trees he knows to he along
NE side.
suddenly No haits lie hears and
gees nothing, but he feels there is
something in front. lie gets on and
walks some distance ahead and runs
into a load Of raillike bars projecting
from the back of a wagon. TIL sharp
ends ar" on a level slightly above
that of the radiator Of the ambula nee.
Had h." gnn" Il few feet further the
points would have caught both men on
the seat. The wagon suddenly pro-
cecds and the driver goes back and
again starts off. He has had this ex-
pcriencc several times.
Half AN hour later he enters the
town where lights are permitted n
several minutes later, guided by the
cars headlights. he pulls up at the
surgical ambulance. Here the trains
nrriV" daily To- tai the wounded col
lectrd ~ the las; ~twenty.f"ur hours
tn ~ IN ;hc rear, safe from shell
fire.
The ambulance represents Il group
Of tents. some wooden structures n
several giant motor trucks. their rear
re- ends connected To- certain ~ the tents.
go II" Whole thinC is arranged to be
n packed into the trucks ana got under
way IN u few hours.
As the ambulance stops the motor
at the front end of one If the trucks
starts up. Immediately everything Is
~, flooded viii light. Inside. doctors
put on clean white uniforms aaid sew
cral order,icS come toward the car.
I'll, t,tA.. ,f,.., s,r,,nt,a,,a nvn
ing the condition " the wounded as
they are unlN,ded.
Some time later. after being passed
." through several tents, the wounded
lie On tables ~ the operating room
W awaiting IN" surgeons. Two Of the
! mon present horrible sights. De-
IL iirlnus with pain they Gnash their
" teeth and cry for death. 1t Is hard
- regard them as men. They are
n almost incredibly torn: hut still they
~ i've. The human body can stand n
'' lot.
-, 70 Tartoi. the crack surgeon OF the
r ambulance. 1t l. always the same
a story. In times If attacks when sec
's "r5s count | have seen him cut into
a man skull and with hammer and
l. chi~cl rcim un, a hole large enough
.d tu litc. several fiuc"rs on the brain.
II Sow The scalp over the hole, and then
l- sun q ",.d Of gtuze into a small
~ "lrrturr left open. som" weeks latey
90 I have road = card from the same
$ ~,lI."r written at q hospital in the
south hlrt.ug linn for his life. In
.c - rush. TartJI viii perform such an
- or'ra'.un 10 tWo,tN minutes. Other
u wise. there t. little hope. An am
uUil,l"n b." does in a few minutes.
AZ 'm the rrturu. the driver takes n
.,G.. u.rtr.I.I man f,,,, tho un,h,-