Crittenden record-press., 1917-09-27
aui naturally 1t pu;s the fear of death
mo them.

r...- ..... ,t..s Ia I.urfI .Vl U.HIf. NIl lie .
...-......' .,,a L,,l ,,, t-.,nh.. ,nnn. .
..r.r,. .,..... ,.r..,, ,l.Y, tt.. r.ffrr .
,,.,a.. AZ, 1il,.tlo.grr ,,.r, either
Thor, vns n beautiful moon and
,,.,r, .,,..,,rt.... s., ...,i,f aul roarrcul
4, y.,y .I.rl f., r.,,il. finn, ,.crc v,.
, y.,r,, uu,ir, ,,,, c,,,ips thc Ger.
u,r, .flr,,l .,...r. and heard
mu os a.. MOS, bcautm music
ever listened 10 IN my life The ,on.
might start just opposite us. ana It
would o., taken mp all along tine line
and so.u It would seem as If UN thn
German, m belgium were singing
when th.y had finished We would az.
p,aud with gll uar I.at, ml then wu
would give them SOLE IN r.iUru.
4 rr-imcgt h. tie trenches started
NV old Kentucky Home" The men
were getting well nluu. with II when
SOME one IN thu German trenches Join.
cl the SINGING iu iu-t us good English
as uuv uf u, could s'rak. II WA. luau
um. bat Il made me awful. houc.
sick After thrf had nui.1.l thr Same
Gprmuu Nai.c sam. "Ialu..g . NrrWl'
and. believe wu. that fellow Cogld sing
rgstlwc lie va, appauIrd ulruarI.
.r.k url then vo sang some more
rnuu.9r SONGS for them. nud su II went
wiu the wee small hour. e the morn.
u, -.. .t... -, - - y
ur,,r. r. ,i.r, 81 ,.YuI, ~ op.
.,,,,.. .r,,,r,., ,, ,i,,,y, :, ~, Cor.
,,..,, ,.....,,, a,t ,.,,,, ,,,o,, tho. ,.,,,
,l,,,,.,rorh and , ,,,nr1 rhnv
vounJ ma IN, un,liuc rut on the rec.
/ .,l .,,1 ,.,,,.n..l , ,J.', ,f ,trIug IA
.,ar,,,... ,.,.r T,., ,.o, ,rovlo,
nnrk unvI,diYg N, .,ripr ns thcy
.omo 1no NOV, m,rpIpc thcy pr,,ed
/ no s,-.,, md I, .,,r,.d tho ua,bIpc
r,.vIr, m, SING which vns so poru.
| ror I, rp,.lo,d ~, ,,,,, tim, "N'L,n ",
wind IN m. Wo,rh an ,hc ubiuc Of
Van en-, lac, ,hot ,hot rh,u,cr,ph wo.
6u.J ,,,, ~ Iona ,r .nnr, ,r,I,r
ppr,rc the fcw vcok. directly efte,
Christmas vn. in the trenches ,us
south II Yprcs most u the time. Whcr
ON duty In the DAYTIME II was not +,
nad. hut the nights were awful III,
Germans had the advantage over u
I'm TINT their trenches were "a hlghc
ground. md they drained all the watc
down Iu,n our own We hnd oul
buckets 10 hnll with. aud It was yer
slow work. as well rs dangerous
Then. too. the cold weather lncroas"
our troubles
| notice In my diary. which ! kcp
from time tp time. that | entered u
Incident which shows our state. | vi
quote you Just what | wrote
Dee q. l"li Was talking w
, two boys NJ the Royal scots t"do'
They hnyc Just come down from n
ilollchckc trenches. aud they nrc IN ,c
rihlc condition. Their cnsunli,c, du
ing the last engagement were li-ht,
they lust only four Killed and uiuctc'
wounded but forty-two died from 9
posurc
"Ouc poor dc,il tells me that hc III
three brothers aud nftccn cousins
M. Ial,ali4 Two ~ his brolhc
died during the past two weeks. Ol
,t,upcd a bullet. hut tie gh,r ot
lruwu,-l rlght by his side Ia &
r..u,lr, md he was unable 20 o.
him
"A Io, ,amc in ou their hand, al
knee. and many ,amc dragging the
SOLVE. nu their ,fumn.hs through :
| mud II wa, terrible"
II one II ,hc suddrst things ha
II over seen is the last roll cau u IA 9,
Il .mcnt which ha. been cut 10 pIcr
| saw one regiment 20 into action
Il .hc ur,t time.
II I watched them 20 up SINGING o
I l.u,ur and m h.gh spirit, general
| The, were lluD strong going into
Il uou lut two day, later they ca
n ug' aud there were only ivou'ylh
y ~ them tu answer ,h" last r'il Of
| II wa. hcauurcakius sight ana
y .ossipr 10 forgct
| one dan went to some trcughc,
{. division had just taken over The
| 'rr was a.'o'c our knees nud there
3, ALSO about foot u' soft mrd. ]" ID
) ug around Tor Hrmcr i"u'Aold
foot struck something more Nulll u