Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-11-30
THRILLS AUDIENCE
With DESCRIPTION
OF BATTLE FIELDS.
N o tie d Canadian Soldier
Tells Big Crowds War Is
Real and >Cruel-Urges
All Possible Help.

A crowded house greeted the first
appearance of Sergeant F. +. Wells at
the Majestic theater Thursday, and |
cheered the hero soldier repeatedly, at
times. making it impossible for him to
proceed with his thrilling description
of the horrors of the battle front.
With his left sleeve empty. and the
cuff neatly tucked away in his uni
form coat pocket, his face deep lined
and his eyes set in a firmness that
was almost startling. he presented a
compelling personality that told in sill
ent tones of the suffering, the misery
and torture he had endured during
his two years of service in the Cana
dian seventh overseas contingent on
the western front.
ENLISTED TO FOLLOW FRIENDS.
He spoke of enlistment as occurring
from the desire to follow his Canadian
friends and to see for himself "the
conditions on the battlefield" He told
briefly of his departure and sailing
and eventual training in England be-
fore his regiment was taken to the
front. Il found" he said the battle
front lined with young fellows. and
older men filled with one ambition,
and that to fight to the finish an en-
envy that had become universal foe"
His description of the British tanks"
was vivid and one could almost see
the giant land dreadnaughts leaving
their base and sweeping In great
waves across NO Mans land" and
down upon the Germans.
WOUNDED IN BATTLE AT YPREs.
Doc" as he is known by his SOL
der comrades, was wounded at the
battle of Ypres. In telling of the
| charging and leading his troops
over the top after their officers
had fallen, one could easily see
| the marked sincerity and vivid mem
| Dry evident in his manner. "A bay
| onet thrust at me pierced my left
| arm, disabled me, so that l could go
no farther, and had it not been for
my arm 1t would have undoubtedly
gone through my body" he said. "A
lad next to me later was fatally
wounded by. the same Hun. Aftea
wandering helplessly about on the
| field for three days l was taken a
prisoner of war, and held four months
| in a German camp, from which / es-
capped by feigning insanity"
BITTER AGAINST SLACkET.S.
| Sergeant Wells spoke in fiery terms
against the Stacker. If there is any
one who" he said, does not believe
that the atrocities committed on wom-
en- and children are horrible beyond
description, worse than what can tell
you here because you are mixed au-
dience, il anyone does not believe
that when a soldier dies In the
trenches, he dies for you, for your
wives, sisters and mothers protection,
for me and everyone else, then let
them go over there and see as have
seen with my two eyes. both SCARED
and marked for ever by the rough
Shaping from a German officers
glove. Let them see for one moment
the center of the conflict. II there
is anyone who refuses to do the things
he can do because he says that 1T Is
not our war. 1t Is England's and
Frances war, II he Is a Stacker. he
ought to be taken out and shot. II
have trampled on anyone's feet ! an
glad and l hope they have corns. Any
one can do something. II they canno
enlist. or buy bonds. or do any one o
a dozen other things. they can at leas
spend a few minutes day writing I