The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1916-08-18

.shrapnel bursting all around! EJsry
time he heard n whistle he'd dive IN
der his car.
A Narrow Escape.
1.-TWO ~brancardiers were killed right
alongside of him and he wasn't
scratched. Well, we got the tire on
in a jiffy, and he ven off. Just as
he got t. the end of the town n Lit
him and wounded the three
'blesses' who We're inside, but didn't
touch him at all. That was the worst
night w e had. really.
Our French lieutenant found two
shrapnel balls in his clothes, but he
wasn't touched. Waldo had put his
pocketbook in his left hand breast
pocket for the first time in his life
that night-a shrapnel ball vent clear
through it and all the clothes, but he
wasn't touched. Two men were killed
right beside him.
THE night Of the 2eth poor Barber
got w~ounded-a piece in his lung, one
in his stomach. and a large chunk, as
big as your fist, out Of his back. How
ever, he is getting on very well and
is very happy, as he had the distinc-
ton Of being the only American M
bulance driver to have ver received
the Medaille Militaire. The whole Sec
ton is also very proud and happy
proud that n of us got it and happy
because he is all right and is getting
well.
II rolled all day the 27th, covering
$50 kilometers and carrying eighteen
touches and six 'assis' all night, SO |
had twenty-six hours of rolling. OF
course, ! stopped for q bite of lunch
and supper. Then I rolled every night
until we quit.
I'VE are now back on 'repos,' and
we're all dead tired. Everybody's car
has holes or mudguards or something
smashed. Mine was very lucky, and
is whole and intact with the excep-
ton of a section of the rear mudguard
about a foot long, which was beat up
by an artillery wagon. Half the sec
ton went into Paris yesterday for
.forty-eight hours, permission granted
for the good work we had done, etc.
The French lieutenant gave the other
half of US a dinner hast night, which
was very good fun, at which he an
nounced that Mr.. Hill had been cited
again. That, being his third citation,
will give him q palm leaf, and that
Jackson, Clark. and l know you'u be
very pleased. | also would receive the
CrOix de Guerre.
when he called out my name I
was SO darned surprised that l must
have looked at him very queerly, be-
u he said, Yes, YOU asked Hill
why ! got 1t later. and what he said
meant u great deal more to me than
receiving the c. G. However, l know
you'll be pleased.
Reign Of Terror Over.
"The reign Of terror is over and it
all seemed like a bad dream. I've
still got a black and blue spot on my
leg where the brick hit me, but that's
all, thank the Lord. / hope we don't
strike anything like that again.
Il can't explain my feelings about
It, except that | WAS terrified abso-
lutely, and how I managed to so out
night after night, and on an average
of three trips d night, l don't know.
The psychology OF the thing is eAtraor-
binary. There We're certain spots in
the road where you felt perfectly safe,
and others where l just had to make
myself go through. Verdun. though un-
der continual shell fire, was always
q blessed relief. In fact, l slept like
4 baby there night from nine un-
til twelve before l started. Everybody
says the same thing. You can't mag
Inc the strain you're under. Every
body was swapping at each other all
the time about nothing. just from
want Of sleep. I've slept from about
ten until five during the day. at least
l always did. Some OF the boys used
to get up for lunch, but l slept In
stead, and was glad OF 1t, because l
lasted much better at night that way.
TON"