Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1917-11-13

most 40 much n the men, and Jet they
keep cheerful and supply the tender
womanly sympathy which means %
much when In physical anguish. They
are q wonderful body Of women. and
their work is appreciated. Some o1
them are close enough to the front -
be under fire, and they are 40 brave 90
the men when 1t comes to facing dan
ger.
During an aeroplane raid last fall I
had q chance to watch some OF the
nurses. We had about thirty German
aeroplanes over our encampment drop
ping bombs. As they went back to
their own lines they dew over . hos
pital located in an open field. There
were huge red crosses painted On the
top Of every tent, 90 It would sssa
that any mistake AZ to the nature d
the camp would be impossible Never.
theless AZ the taubes passed over they
dropped several bombs in the hospital
and killed quite a number Of the poor
chaps who were already wounded. The
nurses worked a. hard a. they could
trying to quiet the rest Of the men.
and It u no easy task. for. while q sol.
der may face almost anything when
he II well, It Il q very different matter
when he is lying helpless. wounded ana
In pain, on q stretcher.
was very much interested to learn
how q mans mail was taken care Of
when anything had happened to him.
Il seemed to me that the chance OF his
letters being returned before his people
could bs notified was very great On
asking about this l found that when .
man has been killed, his letters are
marked "Killed." but instead OF be.
Ing sent directly to his people they are
returned to the war Office and are sent
from there, after the casualty has been
made known, to his relatives. In this
way many people are saved Q great
deal Of premature worry and uneasi-
ness.
I shan never forget the time saw
the Royal Horse artillery 60 into action.
for Q more thrilling sight would b
hard to imagine. was out alone In
the car, and ! had been doing patrol
duty. I went rather closer to our DR..
lng line than I intended to. but decided
to push on until I struck the "routs
rationale" 90 l would have good road
al the rest Of the way back to camp.
had to 60 through the village Of
Dickebusch. and as came to the cross
roads Just outside the village Q sentry
stopped me and said I could not 90 on.
II seems that some Germans had got
machine gun In the steepls Of the
church and were cleaning up every.
h'"" th,t +-'nd 10 nass The horse
eetillery had been sent for. and ! learn.
ed that they were OIL their way even
then.
! decided to wait around and See
what happened. 80 l pulled In to the
side of the road. had hardly stopped
when ! heard q rush and rattle that
sounded like nm old Hivver In the dis
tance. Around the curve dashed eight
horses on the dead gallop. pulling IN
eighteen FOUNDER behind them. They
dashed by, but about fifty yards ahead
Of me they swung around and trained
that gun on the church.
There was q moments pause, and
then she spoke, and away went steeple,
Germans, machine gun and oil. The
first shot had been q direct hit. and 1t
couldn't have been better II they had
tried q thousand years.
1t was the very next day after this
event that got into a. tight nx % !
ever care to find myself. ! was order
ed to take three officers to place call
ed KENNEL. had been there before,
and from what had seen then wasn't
eager about making the trip again.
We started Oh about o'clock and
expected to be back BY q ! noticed al
I came to the KENNEL road that there
we're two sentries on duty there. but
a they only saluted the officers and
didn't say anything I thought no more
about It. Now. KENNEL lies at the foot
Of q hill and II tucked In between
Mount Noir and Mount KENNEL Il
would be q coy little place In peace
time. but II Ii an awful trap to get
caught in when there Is war on.
/ sent the car up the hill al fast she
could 20, and 1t was . long climb. Az
We went over the brow and started on
the down grade we ran right under the
nose of the German artillery observers.
This road was officially closed. and
those sentries should have stopped us.
Well, It scared me 70 that I vent
down that hill 30 fast those oficers
must have thought they were IN q para
chute. Az We entered the village the
shells commenced to drop In on N. and
we ran for the nearest shelter. which
happened to be brewery.
There wasn't much left Of the place
anyway, as It had been In German
hands, and We had shelled them ont OF
II, and when we had taken It they had
shelled 10 out Of It. anyway. We left
the cur and crawled Into the cellar. It
was vet and 6lthy. hut It looked Just
IKE heaven to me that day.
We lay there in: al this nth hour
after hour. while the shells literally
poured In al around ua They GER
tainly wasted lot Of good ammunition