La Junta tribune., 1917-11-22
SOLDIER BOY IN FRANCE
Jack Harris In Anbslaace Corps
Fragneat oi she,l Cats Red
Cross on His Car

Mn. W. c. Chiffon recently re-
ceived . copy OF . letter written by
Jack Harris. son Of Mrs. c. J. Har-
ris. u 81. Louis. who has visited
In L. Junta and is quite well known
here. The letter gives some inter-
ssting details of the life led by our
soldier boys in France. Young Har-
ris he's been In the Ambulance Corps
n E-ance for several months and
writes Of some OF his experiences as
follows:
There 10 not much to write about
here at the hospital. a. we are now
not doing anything but taking sick
men to various places and We are
far from anything exciting. Our
real work came during the great At
tack We worked In and ruined our
poor old Bucks 70 they are not tit
for anything but the work we are
doias now. I cannot tell you where
we were. - II IL forbidden. but II
will make . good story when I get
home In December; that IL. II I am
fortunate enough to get away when
my Enlistment expires.
We had two poste de secours
where We ran to get our wounded
and worked constantly. sleeping in
our "tin derbys." which. by the way.
make very good pillows after you
get used to them. living on bread.
preserves and sardines which We
could buy IN . little ruined town.
Our poste was In = forest that was
20 thick with guns that you could
not hear your partner unless he
yelled In your ear. and the Bosches
rained in explosives and gas shells
all the time; At night you found the
road BY feeling more than anything
else. for the guns (our guns) blind-
ed you with their flash. Our other
posts was In what was once . village.
but vnlch u nov only . lot Of stones
strswn ovsr the ground with one
houss still standing. though well
punctufed with shell holes-our
poste wns In the cellar Of that house.
The road TO the village was In plain
sight Of the Germans. However.
they did not fire on the ambulances.
Once was unlucky enough to be
o. the road at the same time ~ two
artillery trucks and they cracked
loose At ~ With three shells. but
did not score . hit. though some
rock did fall through the car. Once
. frasmsat Of she'll cut the Red
Cross nag off Of my car. but was
not II Il at the time.
whils vs we're at the front vs
sav enough TO last. ~ for Q good
while. All Of ~ we're glad We we're
there. for that attack was one Of the
greatest Of the var and will mn.
doubtsdly 20 dova In history a.
such.
All ths kids In this village wear
soldier fatigue caps. I viii Try to
gst oas 70 bring homo. have Q
German helmet aad could have got
tsa . gross Of then. but they are
too clumsy to carry. Also picked up
some shells. that will make good
vases whsa Furnished. Our section
must have carried at least 100
wounded Bosches. The Preach were
vsry kind to them and treated them
we'll. ! gave . BoeAs . sardine
sandwich Of which I had eaten half.
aad be boltsd Il In three bites. Il
vas not made Of soft white bread
either. but Of war bread, With .
ernst on Il like . steel hoop.
Our food over here has bsen very
GOOD. We have hotel chef for our
cook. and the Red Gross allows the
section money for food. but UNDER
stand Il will bs cut off. 20 Il will not
- - sood. We always have TO
nv ear breakfast. bscauss the
Preach ealy eat bread and coffee In
the morning. aad that is no break.
fast for ~ Amssicsa. We pay %
esats for . little. chocolate cake a.
Inch thick aad aheut six inchss 10
diameter. This b oil because SUGAR
= - scarce.
TIE knittsd things mother seal
cane yesterday. Thoss socks are
fins 70 sleep ID. ! slspt 10 mins last
night aAl aveks tais nossins with
~ fesl warn ses The first Nas h
two vssks. II II we're .pesait,s -
naks thsn heavtss Il veull ~ ~.
~. - net1iAg 60 ~ 10 heavy fos
~ ee0iag visess. Dsys vhe vses
Aees lase vtntse ~ n b psst - -.
Desn11e - beso warn. nveo ~
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