La Junta tribune., 1917-11-15
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Il oA0oS sooAy ~ ~ e<<s - t&&yHO - n
an attack. The Eensfal staff calls
Ius up in the office when fhars h a
fattsck. giving us the location for III
Red Cross trains and by the tine
the wounded are dressed, thsir Rad
Gross train II there 70 brlng then
to the base hospital far behind ~.
We have field hospital at this point
where emergency dressings are
made. The Red Cross trains havs
specially fitted cars with swinging
cots. Each carry their owh doctors
and nurses.
Our regiment carries its own
field hospital. We have our own
corps OF doctors and nurses. Five
doctors and twenty nurses. all men,
are always with Us and have been
since We left Chicago. All serious
cases OF course 90 10 the base hos
pital at -, 80 miles behind
US. We have our own ambulances.
We have five or six men at the base
hospital now. We have our men To-
Gated at different points on the line
but the headquarters staff Is To-
Gated here. We live as good as can
be expected. OF course We don't
have eggs. sugar. butter, etc. only
meat and vegetables. No meat, ex-
cept beef and mutton. but its mighty
good. wholesome food. It's . little
hard alright. but l have no COM
plant. | always figure II II is the
only sacrifice l shall have to make
will be happy. The war will be
over by spring. We shall be back
by next fall at the latest. The en-
barge will win 1t. think Wilson
Is the biggest man we have ever had.
l have changed on several questions.
l used to argue with you that the
Crown Prince would eventually cap
ture this city. but have also
changed my mind on that. He 10
very far from II now. and he left six
ty-five divisions dead before he gave
II up. He ruined . wonderful city.
but he never took II. though he
drenched the valley with blood.
lGraveyards dot this country by the
hundreds. A little wooden cross
with = little French inscription,
Mort au Champ D'honneour"-
Dead on the field OF honor" and
they are seen by the thousands a
every turn. Noble France surely
saved civilization. The world viii
kneel In thanks some day to the
brave little army Of France and the
mighty British Navy. One could
hardly read about the great miracle
on the Narne and study the stra-
Eetic part Of that battle without
either believing In a God or believ-
ing that Providence always IL on the
side OF right. I have walked over
the ground on that first Marne field.
II was not a great battle--only q
hundred thousand men fell there
but the world will learn how II was
won someday. How the French
General Joffre. cooperating with q
small handful OF British, completely
outthought and outwitted the Ger
man Won Kluck and led lim straight
into n trap. Only 100000 soldiers
turned back oven q million and q
helf Germans. and held them, and
Paris and the world was saved. Ger
man confidence. and officers drunk
with their own importance. forgot
that brains were necessary. I ate sup
per in q hotel IN the city Of
where We first campcd. and ate al
the same hotel where the Crown
Prince ate when the Germans took
the town without resistance In 1914.
He stayed there two nights with his
staff. He failed TO stop on his re-
turn. They never destroyed that
town - they figured they would
some day return.
Am sorry. Reg. that you never
came along. You would never have
regretted Il. would n0 have
stayed At home for worlds and II
had ! never would have been on
speaking terms with my conscicnce,
know you VIII enlist II Il keeps
on. Would 20 love to zee you ovss
here. The chances are u you came
We should never meet. ! want 10 g
TO England for Xmas. TIE review
before the king Of England VA
worth . lifetime. ne king Of Italy
was out here the other day on 9
tour Of The froat. George has u on
him for looks. but then he 70 older
too. ! imagine the Italian has II
on him With the ladies. however.
Well. Reg. must close. ny deer
regards 10 Mr.. Orr. Mr.. NacKie and