Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1917-11-29

nSe ways dug out Of the clayish earth
being just the width Of a stretcher
hnndle and no more. We trod gently
from stretcher handle 10 stretcher han.
die over the silent men, some of them
asleep with the blessed morphla In
their brains, others chcerily smiling
Others staring as wounded men do. All
who could move II hand had cign-
rette, now admitted to be the first
need OF all but the very dangerously
wounded.
Passing on. and using our electric
torch MS little as possible SO as not
TO disturb the sleepers, We came to
the main dressing room. Remember
II was all underground. NIL dark, and
that the oncomlng wall Of approach.
Ing shells, with immediate subsequent
explosions. was continuous.
In this main dressing room the
doctors, all young men, were washing
and bandugIng. | counted twcnty-four
patients In that small chamber We
crcpl onward and came TO another
room whore there were nine cases, and
again 10 II smaller one where lay the
more dangerously wounded.
Touching Sight.
These dressing rooms were protect
ed by some four or five feet of earth
above them. There was small OIL
GERS mess and medical stureroom,
which were merely shielded by cor
rugnlcd iron from rhrapnei splinters,
Kitchen, un Office, and that was about
MI. An operation for tracheotomy was
taking place In one Of the rooms.
In all my many experiences abroad
have never seen more touching
sight than this little underground gath
ering Of some twenty men. devoted
doctors and assistants. waiting amidst
the lncessant Smelling until the over
crowded maze could be evacuated Let
those who take their ease on u Sun
day afternoon, or any other afternoon,
realize that this same scene never
ceases. Let those who consider that
they are amply doing their Bit by
Keeping things going at home. be- crate
full that their bit Is not as that OF
these young men. We cannot all OF
us share the danger, but We can every
one OF us admit the inequalities OF our
respective war work. and let them
lose no opportunity OF tightening the
hard Bit Of those II, the front as fur
us lies IN their power.
Say this for me to the American
people Think. Nil Of you who have
sons husbands. brothers. either In the
ranks already or liable TO be called
for service. think Of the soldier hit by
u bullet or torn by shrnpnel. shattered
by bomb, mangled by high explosive,
or poisoned by the fumes ~ horrible
gas, To be picked NJ promptly and
to receive careful treatment means
life. To bc left lying long time on
the battlefield means, II not death.
permanent muiilation and disnblement.
Which Is II to bei That depends upon
you.
Help to Bring Victory.
"But that IL not all | would say to
the American people. would say
also this Bear In mind continually.
remind yourselves night and morning.
that when you subscribe 10 the Red
Cross, you are doing your little bit
toward the victory OF your troops, and
when you help to bring victory within
sight. you nrc helping TO make your
home sufe. Whatever part Of the coun-
Try you live In; helping to assert aud
to justify the claim OF the American
people to live us they choose 10 live,
not MS someone else wishes them to
1--we.
"'rhe war may seem long way OFF
from your home. You may find II
difficult To imagine any interference
~ outsiders with the way OF life TO
which you are accustomed. But think
u Belgium. think Of Serbia, think OF
Roumana. Think Of the north OF
France and Poland and the western
provinces Of Russia. There the peo-
pie have 10 live us Prussia orders
hem to live. They cunno, carry on
their businesses. They are not al
owed TO go out and come In Us they
plcnsc. They are liable nj any mo-
mcnt to be carried on into Germany
aud put TO eXh0us,ing hard labor.
Think Of the people OF Alsace and
Lorraine before the war. They were
not able TO live as they wished TO
i've. Think of the Danes In Schleswig-
IlolStcln who hvye been obliged TO
struggle against PrusSlnnlZatlon with
painful effort for fifty years. Think
Of the Inhabitants Of German Poland,
refused the right to have their chill
dren taught In their own language,
deprived Of their land, forced to sub
init To being GcrmnnEed In very harsh
and abomInablc why's,
Would Control the World.
"Gcrmnny's aim Is To control the
world, aus "'w IN, ICON a,pS,d
over o.. t,rc usIn ~ G,rmau wl,.'
rrs nnd speakers. II was made popu-
inr. Il was taught In schools. No con.
sidcratlon OF honor ar justice or hu.
muni,y was To be allowed To interfere
with II. Mav!H.i,m ll'r''n EDITOR
~ thr German wccllv r.r v l"d,
The Future Is man 800" re- Is
with the crowd Now hu
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