Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1917-12-06

rescued. The salt water, while it
added greatly to my torture, was
a boon after all, as it cleansed the
wounds, preventing infection, and
caused the burned skin to heal
much more rapidly.
We then proceeded to a little
port called Skyro, where we were
transferred to big French
steamer, the Vile de Marguncia,
which hailed from Bordeaux. We
arrived in Saloniki the next after
noon about O'clock. | was
rushed to Fourth Canadian hos
pital. where my wounds were at
tended to. | stayed i'm this hos
pltal for twenty-five days, and
then | Went into the city of Salon
iLi. and was put up at the Bristol
hotel by the American consul.
While i'm he hospital. the
Germans bombed many nearby
hospitals. killing a great number
of he wounded men.
In this torpcdoing, two of the
American gunncrs with myself
were injured, and four of the
ships crew We're lost.
had only been in the Hotel
Bristol a few days when Saloniki
caught fire. The fire ragged for
five days, destroying practically
all of the business district. 1t
left 100000 people homeless. |
volunteered my services to the
American Rcd Cross. One after
noon while working there a Ger
man plane came over and started
dropping bombs. After the first
explosion, which broke all the
windows and Knocked me down. /
started to run. Five more bombs
were dropped, and while many
dropped to their knees i'm the
streets praying for safety, ] was
doing by best job running for
safety.
l stayed in Saloniki about one
week after The fire, and while
there | had chance to go to the
Macedonian front, so | visited the
front in the uniform of a Can
adam major. was in the first
line trenches for about five
hours. The roar and the noise in
the trenches is indescribable.
While | was there the British
We're using liquid fire, and saw
hundreds of dead bodies lying on
the field after one charge across
No Mans Land. If this is the life
OF soldiea, prefer to be on
board ship. The troops engaged
on the Macedonian front were
English, French, Italian, Scrbians.
and Greeks. The opposing forces
were the Bulgarians, Turks, Ger
mans and Austrians.
came back TO Saloniki and
proceeded from there to Athens,
where | stayed almost month,
Visiting many of the historical
points OF the old world. After
that l left for Patras and caught
ship across the Adriatic to Gall
lipoli, Italy. stayed i'm Gallippoli
a few days, and then proceeded to
Naples. While in Naples Wis
lted Mount Nesuvius and POmpeii.
a few days after than a Ger
man informed ship from Manila
came into port. | went aboard
this ship and left for New York,
where arrived safely on Novem-
Der Al.
j ann home on a tcn-day fur
Tough, and expect to go back in a
few days and try my luck again.
] will volunteer for transport
SERVICE, as | am like the freshman,
and Want TO find the fellow who
hit me, and will bet that he can't
do it again.
Mr.. Wilson paid fine tribute
to Secretary of the Navy Daniels.
HE says the men in the navy will
swear by him. as he has made the
navy entirely democratic. and
promotions come from merit and
not through pull. He says all the
men in The nayy declare that Mr..
Daniels is the hest secretary the
department ever had. After his
talk he invited The audience to ask
him any questions they desired
and many poinds were brought
out about life in the navy. Re
ferrlng to the emblems on his
sleeves he explained that his rank
IN regular naval duty is coxswain,
but that on merchant ships he is
a gun pointer. He says he is the
fellow who pulls the little string
which does the business. Mr.
Wilson is quite witty and many
of his remarks brought forth
considerable laughter.
Rev. Price was then introduced
and in ten minutes gave one oil
The strongest prO-American talks
heard in many day, Rev. Price
is patriot through and through
and his theme treated with eacf