The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-04-09

one speaks IN. whispers, and the first
time one goes there q creepy feeling
runs UP and down ones back, can
assure you.
Thorn In Side Of Germans.
THE second poste lis the bois du ].
This Is Just dugout by the side Of
the road. and about 800 yards from
the Germans. Although the German
gunners could knock US to smithereens
II they took It into their heads to do.
so, we 90 In the day time, and as yet
we have had no accidents. The third
and most important is the Carriere de
p. This is o very unique and pic
turesque spot, an abandoned quarry.
now one OF the most important bases
along the lines. completely built into
the side OF hill. It reminds one OF
the cave dwellers Of Colorado. It is
built on the side OF hill running
parallel with the lines. The German
shells cannot fall down straight
enough to hit It. but their guns shell
the hill behind the quarry and the
road by which we approach nearly
every day. 1t is 700 yards from the
I'VE have always four cars on what
Is called the G service. Three Of them
at g. to answer any call that may
come and one at the Carriere. There
is always one of our cars right there.
AS soon as a wounded man comes in,
the car takes him back to T Thirty
kilometer5 and they telephone to
G for car to replace the one that
has left. The wounded are given.
preliminary dressing. operated on II
necessary, but very rarely.
; THE road to T is terrible for the
first seventeen kilometers. and not
weather. continuous rain. They. are
cut UP by amending conveys Of food
and ammunition wagons. These work
at night only, all without lights and /
can assure you 1t is no joke to drive
along in the inky blackness without
light anywhere, and driving more by
hearingsthan seeing. The four nights
was there 1t was cloudy, and the
moon was waning. did not hit any
thing, but cannot understand why
not.
1.-THE Germans sent twelve shells
about 100 yards away from the quarry
while / was there. The French bat
tories are behind us and shoot over us
and the noise Is deafening. as the IS.
120 and 155 millimeter guns answer
the German seventy-seven. The
French seem to outshell the Germans
in about the proportion OF six to one.
They seem TO have all the ammuni-
ton they want, II not more The Ger
mans. however. are very active with
their trench mortars. The losses on
both sides have been very heavy, con-
sidering that there has been no attack.
The ten days OF work here at T. is
done nearly all in the morning, vacci-
mating the sick and wounded to the
hospital trains to be sent to the south
or center OF France. We evacuate all
the hospitals back of the lines for
about fifteen miles OF tho front.
FOrds Are Busy.
''0ur Ford machines are doing great
work. i have carried as many as six
big French soldiers, with their guns,
knapsacks and all their other equip
ment. They go over these awful roads
very well and we are all complimented
by the French for their usefulness. ri
am Just back from four days work at
the very first line. where I got good
dose OF shell fire. 1t was not pleas
ant. but was not frightened; still
! thought New York not bad winter
resort. shall be back at T.. for ten
days and then return for four days
more at the first lines. Do not worry
over me. as am all right.
This Isl all i can tell you about
our work. BY the way have slept
in barns on straw, in my car. in a
barn where not six feet away from me
were horses, and on a stretcher, and
am all the better for It. cat any
thing that is given to me. although
French army rations are by no means
made OF delicacies. am having a
wonderful time and experience, and
am crazy about the work"