Evening star., 1918-04-04

pens, and one hour later the car is again
in service May say, the thicker. The
shells the quicker the workf The sheue
were about the only thing could hnd to
pesd of the up axle ns IS sTae q al, msohsniesi
changes. A car upside down in ditch
over a hillside or In river Ii merely q
passing event in a day. At one time only
chanical assistance. 1t was so peculiar
must write of the instance.
When Shell Hit a Car.
''The car was loaded and the driver.
although one of the bravest was the
youngest Of the lot on the road that day.
He had bad run and a very rough
road, and the connections on his front
/ radius rod gave In. He left his car an4
ASSISTANCE assistance and Ia also OF for % me talked Win
him and told him to transfer his wuunde0
and run the wrecked car to tho neAreef
E putting In .as,,. the car oSS SnasT 81. ,ss
above or below It. He did 30. but In.
stead of staying inside the due0ut he
stood in the door watching for mo to pAeo
time he was awaiting me the Germans
spotted ammunition moving along the
road and began to shell same. and aft1f
the the tnrd ss, hs seGss % a fss but ss IA s e
still stood in the door. and a shell I'll
about five yards from the dugout, q pieet
of the debris striking him In the cheR
on the right side.
THE next ambulance passed about ten
minutes later and we carried him over
TO the dressing station and doped him up
and bandaged his wounds. Although thA
shelling had let up by this time, the dOos
tors did not want us to leave with him,
but after while gave In, SO we loaded
UP the kid. putting him in the bottom
stretcher rack on the right side OF the
.A-l n
where we have the choice of two roAds..
One is two kilometers shorter but heavily
shelled. the other HITLER but somewhat
safer. reached the crossroads and the
and had gone about 100 yards when
started to thank myself as the plateau
was getting 1t pretty heavy. had eottsA
nearly to the top before any shells hit
near me and then one fell Just on the
side of the hill as the car passed. heard
the debris hit the side, but thought moth.
ing of it and reached the top before any
more hit, then put on all the speed. gave
it the gas and thirty-ive minutes later
pulled into the 'Buage" safe. I got out
and opened up and everything looked
safe. except for the rear right wheel, but
/ looking forward saw where several pieces
OF shell had struck. pulled the hid out
Che looked dead), and to his misfortune,
the last. one had got him again in the
chest, but on the left side. He IL getting
along fine now, and. with his war medal.
will be out in about four months. This
occasion was rare-hitting the car in one
spot, the lad at another, and the other
hit on the hill.
To-day it looks as though II IL nsars
lily over. If the Russians make peec1
we will break the line In the spring
with American help. II they do NOT
make peace Fritz will. 60 the out16oN
is very encouraging.
Y. M. C. A. Plays Big Part.
The Y NJ c. A. has played q paSe
in the war second only to the infAnef3
and artillery. without the huts bSs
hind the English and French lines life
would not be worth living. A man In
the trenches counts the hours until he
can get back to the hut for the music.
the environment and also for the hand2
shake and smile of the Y. NJ c. A.
worker. In Paris ON leave It 10 thS
same.
Another thing I must mention and
then l am done. The great need in our
Army is more chaplains. I don't want
one with a division or one with rekf.
ment; / want two with every COMPANY.
A line sergeant Is a necessity. q mess
sergeant is a necessity, so are the cooks
and forth. but before this war Il
over the L. S. will see that chaplain
to every fifty men is as necessary a.
every line officer or even as q cook.
Their words and smiles are what put
faith into a fellow. When the men
start over the top with faith the
barbed wire and 'tir de banajas' are
worth nothing"