The daily Alaskan., 1917-09-20

some bombs in my pockets, but had DO need to threaten them They half dragged me toward the rear. Carried to the Rear.
 It was a trip which was not without incident. Every now and then we would beaY the Bhriek of an approach ing ..tcoal box" and then my prisoner stretcher bearers and would tumble in one indlscrimInate group into the near est shell hole. If we did that once We did 1t a half dozen times. After each dive the four would patiently reorgan- tEe and arrange the improgised stretch CT again, and we would proceed. Fol lowing every tumble. however. l would have to tighten my tourniQuets, and, despite all I could do, the hemorrhage from my wound continued to flow so profuSely that was beginning to feel very dizzy and weak. On the way in sighted eur regimental dressing sta tion and sisned to my four, bearers to carry Ra toward. It. |. couldn't talk German. The station was in an old German dugout. Major GDdsy WAS at the door. He laughed when he saw me with my own special ambulance detail
 "weiL, what do you wantT' he asked.
 ~Most of all" said, 'I think l want q drink of rum"
 He produced 1t for nc instantly.
 "Now," said he, my advice to you is to keep on travelling. You've got fine special detail there to look after you. Mako 'em carry you to Pozieres. It's only i've miles, and you'll make 1t all right I've got this place loaded up full. no stretcher bearers, no assistants, DO adequate supply of bandages and medicines and a lot of very bad cases. If you want to get out of here In a week just keep right on going now" AS We continued toward the rear we veee the targets for a number of hu- morous remarks from men coming up to go into the fight
 "GIve my regards to Blighty, you lucky beggsr," was the most frequent saying.
 "BlP me-" said one cockney Tommy, ''theTe goes one O tn Canadians with an escort from tho kaiser"
 Another man stopped and asked about my wound.
 Good work" he said. "I'd hko to have a nice clean one like that my self"
 I noticed one of the prisoners grin ntne ak pome remark and asked him If ho understood English. He hadn't apo- ken to me, though he had shown the greatest readiness to help me
 Certainly I understand English" he replied, speaking the language perfect ly. T used to be 8 waiter at the KnIckoFbocker hotel in New York" That sounded like 6 voice from home, and wanted to hug him. didn't However, I can say for him he must have been good waiter. He gave me good service.
 Of the last stages of my trip to Pc zieres I cannot tell anything, for. l ar rived unconscious from loss of blood The last ! remember was that tho for mer waiter, evidently seeing that l was going out, asked me to direct him how to reach the. field, hospital station at posisres and whom to ask for when ha got there. l came back to con selonanesa in . clean hospital cot the next morning
 I realized as l lay on that cot l was out of tho modern hell, for . time, and my mind driftsd back over the days just passed. Wounded men, grim re- mtnders, were all about ma, many of them worse oG than was- I had seen all kinds of bravery-British officers climbing calmly over the top with c monocls fn their eyes and q cane in their hands into almost certain death. rke e man getting into tub oe water where ha knew hs would get wet ,lEl
 Come on; let's RoF they would drawL My respects to them hi
 And also to the enemy. Tns German cheers fight to the last.r.~Few snrren' der. My hat oR to them. And the SooA b.ora AEaio- Tnu4u and pOnn