The sun., 1916-12-10

re ueScrlDes In detail tho dressinR
or relief station to which he and hi
comrades were bringing the wounded,
He traversed shell torn highways ana
forded streams in his car.
when I finally did reach the posts"
he goes on. II was greeted by fu,r
shells landing on all slices of me. mona
more than fifty yards away and ons
within ten yards. 1t was imposslbis
to return on the same road With ms
blcsse. l found that there was a muis
path through the fields. I could uaa
that and did. ! did 1t without too
much trouble and no bad shaken N
my blesse. 1t was the first time siucs
the French had dropped back TO their
present lines that any vehicle but a
two wheeled mule cart had gone "a
the poste."
Life Is getting more exciting" m
writes Of an experience during thu
summer. I'VE work nearly ever.
night. The bochcs shell the roads A
good deal. The other night a shell fell
fifteen feet behind the car"
The road had been shelled terribly"
he wrote a few days later. "and We
were Just able to get by and UP 10 thu
poste. The boches were trying an
afternoon to get n battery JUS, beslde
the road and tho road was In awful
shape when we went through az mid.
night.
I'VE started back. but several TO.
vitaillement wagons had fallen into ths
holes and our road was blocked. We
telephoned to have other cars come lin
to the Calvaire. which was Ave hun.
dred yards away.
Two of our cars a back and for.
ward from the posts and We had h
carry our men Ave hundred yards 10
the other cars. / can assure you that
1t was no fun to carry a stretcher over
a shell torn road and in mud several
inches deep. I thought that my arms
would fall off when finally all the
blesses were transported.
I'VE hid u cars as best we could
behind a hill where the road was In a
defile. Then we walked to the posts
about four hundred yards away Al
usual the French were very kind and
VIC were put in our stretchers In
dugout to sleep. We spent all day
there and at night when the road had
been cleared we went back."
Writing under date of September 10
young Allen tells of the coming Of the
autumn rains.
1T poured down in torrents" hs
says, and the roads were rivers &
mud and water. In places at our posts
especially we had to walk In mud
above our knees. For the last I'VE
days a thick mud has covered both
me and my car
Throughout the letters appears the
ardor Of youth. There IL a total alb.
sence OF thought for self as he goss
on his errands of mercy along the
shell torn roads and the battlefields.
In the official army order in which
he Is cited Julian Allen Is praised for
having volunteered to transport
wounded requiring urgent care from
relief posts to hospitals over a route In
sight OF the enemy. frequently shelled
and swept by machine gun Are, a fine
example Of bravery and endurance"
In view Of what the lad has lone
his father thinks that II is time that
he returned to his own country. Julian
was in the fourth form at ST. Paul's
when he went abroad. His family
want him TO come back now and begin
work under n tutor so that ne will ne
able tn enter Harvard next fall. So
application has been duly made for his
discharge. and they hope 10 see him
back by Christmas Day.
His sisters made their debut az Q
dance at Sherry's given on tho night
Of the day on which the newspapers
printed the cable despatch telling Of
the honor which had come 10 their
brother at tho front