The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-07-12
BRITISH FOUND CITY
OF BAGDAD IN RUINS
They Came just i'm Time TO Save the
Lives Of Christians.

Lives Of Christians
Boston Globe: i've never felt so com.
pletely dirty or so extraordinarily fit in
my life" writes Major c.. an officer in
| Prince Alberts own. a crack Indian cav
airy regiment from Bagdad. There's
no doubt about it, if ones constitution
is good, rough, open life is the best
/ for one
Rough this majors life has certainly
been-little sleep and bad food for
months, and fighting in the saddle for
twenty-four hours on end the general
thing He goes on:
Here we are in Bagdad. II seems
almost impossible to believe Since Feb
ruary "a he writes on March l2) we
really have had a devil Of a time and
are heartily glad of a rest.
Il believe tomorrow I'm going to have
bath What I long for is q change
OF clothes: but. alas, I can't get 1t till
! it arrives from wherever it is now. /
have only what I stand up in. and can
tell YOU it's better 20 draw a veil over
that
First Real Nights Sleep.
Last night we had the first really
good sleep since we started as we have
only had an average Of about two hours
sleep in the twenty-four for long time
and it does take it out Of one.
1--WE been much troubled with my
eyes. owing to the dust and glare. and
practically lost the sight Of my left eve
for several days. but its all right again.
and otherwise I'm as Fit as ever l was
in my life. in fact better
The Turks put up a good fight and
made a stiff stand outside Bagdad and
we We're practically at them night and
day. and we have lost an awful lot of
horses from sheer exhaustion.
we got into Bagdad yesterday. The
| Turks had fairly played hell with the
place. and the American consul, whom
old smith and I went 70 see this morn
ing, SAYS he has had very anxious
time for the last three weeks. as he
could get no news as TO whether Am
erica had declared war or not. He also
said if we'd been twelve hours later the
Christians and Jews would have been
Imassacred.
we had lunch al the hotel that day
il was a luxury after what we've been
through. though il consisted Of beef
steak and beans, curry and oranges
washed down with champagne. II was
so topping TO be out of the desert ant
70 see a tablecloth again.
Il actually saw some French girl.
this morning. There are seven Of then
here-teachers in a mission. They wer'
allowed by the Turks TO stay on as they
volunteered TO nurse the wounded. They
did look funny somehow in such Z
place.
; Boston Man Interpreter.
, Two Turkish flying officers cam'
. and surrendered TO me this morning
They had been hiding in house, bu
gave it up as a bad job
d. Il was badly off for horses on tn
: last hunt left my gray and anothe
=. horse in camp near Kut 20 give then
a rest. thinking we would only be on
for a day or two and so was entirel.
dependent on a rat Of a troop horse I'll
/ got another very debilitated one from
r one Of the staff. who was pushed ou
killed
= Ny gray and the other horse hav
l. Just arrived. also that fool OF beare
of mine. but he has brought me no ki
> OF any kind except change Of clothes
S own that's something. but ia hav
s. welcomed a tent.
4 What I want more than anythinl
else are goggles. Of which l have thre
pairs with my kit. and lip salve. VI
lips have been in an awful state-cracl
ed 70 pieces ! saw my face In looA
ing glass this morning Tor the first tim
n for a week and il made me roar Wit
!. laughter. ! looked rather like a Boe
n and a very dirty one"
ION March i3." the major goes or
II went into Bagdad today TO try an
q get bath. but couldn't find the biloxi
x who told me he knew OF a house wher
p there was one.
: L lunched al the hotel again wit
u the Interpreter He is an Armenian an
@ an American subject He was born
Boston and his father. who was mi'
sionary. took him 10 Turkey. where III
u family was killed out, except one. II
Z Joined the Canadians at the beginnin
{. OF the war and went 10 France and wa
s. then sent 10 Gallipoh and Egypt. an
u then here as Interpreter"