The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-11-21
BLUFF WON FROM
The GERMANS
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of shell shock. according to the
sergeant.
Imagine yourself in the midst OF
the explosions, so intense that they
rattle windows in buildings forty
miles away. And they keep coming,
those big shells, at the rate Of one a
second. The last reports showed 75,-
900 soldiers in British asylums.
Many of them recover. In fact,
physicians declare that recovery Is
almost assured for all Of them.
Absolute quiet Is necessary, to such
recovery.
Insane Charge German Line.
"Out in the trenches, when a man
loses his mind, some Of the boys
take charge OF him, and send him
back to the asylum. Some times. a
man driven mad, leaps to the para
pet of his trench, and starts toward
the German trench. He 10 quickly
stopped by German bullets"
Sergeant Murphy has high praises
for the French people.
I'VE are treated as men by them,
and we are expected TO act the part
OF men. Do that, and you'll get
along fine with the French people,
said the sergeant.
IF there is any trouble between
the soldiers and the people, the sol
diers are generally to blame. But
there is very little trouble.
How They Made Bombs
Ticker Artillery was a big fea-
ture in the early days Of my service.
That Ia what we. called our jam pot
bombs, because the jam was made at
Tickler's factory.
we were allowed one can OF jam
a day, and when we ate the jam, we
sent the cans back. The engineers
loaded them with explosives, pieces
of iron, or anything that would hurt,
and then sent them up to US. We
used to hurl these at the Germans
when they were giving us high
class bombs.
our condition and equipment all down
the line in those tough days. We
certainly were q pretty thin line or
men and munitions.
Wounded Sleep to Death.
Sergeant Murphy tells most inter-
estingly OF the wounded soldier.
poor devils". he said. Hit by q
bullet, or shell fragment, they get
the notion that they will be hit again
IL they stay in the same place. So
they crawl to one side, often out OF
the trenches and back into some
place where the stretcher bearers
miss them. In the morning they VIII
be dead OF exhaustion and exposure.
''You can't realize what It AL
means Mud, mud. everything mud,
and YOU work hour after hour, with
out relief. Then you finally get out
OF the trenches and are sent back 20
your billet. So tired, so fatigued,
that YOU want to sit down by the
road ana cry. / have seen great, big
strong men, sitting by the roadside,
CRYING and sobbing like children.
And then someone comes along and
gives them kick, and stirs them into
action again, for IL we left him there
he would probably fall asleep ana
never awaken. So low IL mans
vitality after such a siege OF Work.
You can't appreciate 1t without nav
ing been through II.
'sThey used to send us in for 4o-
hour shifts. But we were lucky II we
cot ont in 8. week. Living in a ditch
81 mud is what we did in those
sarhe care of the wounded is a big
feature. Why, they rebuild men these |
days. They take you and make you |
over again SO completely that you
know yourself" confded the
sergeant, who was himself put out |
OF action by a bullet in one leg, re-
ceived in a charge in January, 1915. |
II was a machine gun bullet that
did the business.
AT the clearing station. they in
oculate the wounded against lock- !
Jaw, common because Of the condi- /
ton OF the soil, which is highly fer |
tilted because OF the intensive farm
Ing carried on by the farmers Of the
lighting zone"
Canada Eniists Whole Force.
That Canada is enlisting her whole
available force for war work, was in /
iicated by Sergeant Murphy.
Under the Canadian draft act, all /
single men between lis and As are
enlisted for service. and classified.
Glass "A men are lighting men, class
men are used IN transport and
similar work. while class G men