Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1918-10-17

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gtan women and children.
CHAPTER W-contlnued.
The lieutenant came back with fhe
etretcher bearers and he asked one Of
them. so the boy could not hear him, IL
the boy would live.
The stretcher bearer said: II don't
think SO. One through his chest and
right leg broken"
The boy had kept quiet for while.
but all Of sudden he yelled, ''Give me
q cigarettel" I handed him a ciga-
rstte butt that had found in the dug
cut. We were all out Of cigarettes,
So they lit It for him and he kept
quiet. As soon as they could they rot
around the corner Of the fire bay with
him and through q communication
trench to a field hospital. The lieu
tenant and walked a little way with
him and he began to thank us, and he
told the lieutenant, "Old man, you
have been q father and a mother to
me-"
And the lieutenant said to him:
You have done well, old boy. You
have done more than your share"
When they started into the commu-
ntcation trench the boy began to
scream again. And the lieutenant
acted like wild man. He took out
his cigarette case, but there were no
cigarettes In It, and then he swore and
put It back again. But In q few min.
utes he had the case out again end
was swearing worse than ever End
talking to himself.
The boy isn't dying like gentle
man" he said. "Why couldn't he keep
quiet" do not think he meant It.
He was all nervous and excited and
kept taking out his cigarette case and
quitting 1t back again.
The other officer had gone on to In
spect the sentries when the boy rolled
into the trench and q poilu came up
- tell US that the officer had been hit.
We walked back to where I had been
and there was the oMcer. Il had
been there would have got It too.
I guess. He was an awful mess. The
veins were sticking out Of his neck
and one side Of him was blown Of.
Also. his foot WAS wounded. That IL
what shrapnel does to you. As I
erawled past him happened to touch
his foot and he cursed me all over the
place. But when tried to say was
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8ixed and died moment later.
There was a silver cigarette case
sticking out Of the rags where his
side had been blown away and the
lieutenant crossed himself and reached
fn and took out the case. But when
b pried open the case he found that
u had been bent and cracked and all
the cigarettes were soaked with blood.
He swore worse than ever. then, and
threw his own case away, putting the
other officers case In his pocket.
/ At this point our own artillery be-
gan Smelling and we received the order
to stand to with fixed bayonets. When
we got the order to advance some Of
the men were already over the para
pet and the whole bunch after them,
and, believe me. I was as pale as a
sheet, just scared to death. think
every man is when he goes over for
the first time-every time for that
matter. But was glad we were going
10 get some action, because it is hard
70 sit around In a trench under fire
and have nothing to do. I had all I
could do to hold my rife.
We ran across No Mans Land. I
cannot remember much about It. But
when we got to the German trench
z fell on top Of young fellow and my
6ayonet went right through him. It
WAS crime to get him, at that. He
was as delicate as a pencil.
| When got back to our trenches
after my drst charge I could not sleep
Ior long time afterward, for remem-
bering what that fellow looked like
and how my bay0net slipped into him
and how he screamed when he fell.
he had his legs and his neck twisted
under him after he got 1t. I thought
about It lot and It got to be almost
h habit that whenever I was going to
sleep I would think about him and
Nnen ill hope Of sleeping was gone.
Our company took a German trench
Chat time and along with another
company four hundred prisoners. We
had to retire because the men on our
sides did not get through and We
were being fianked. But we lost q lot
h men doing It,
When we returned to our trenches
our outfit was simply all in and We
were lying around In the front line,
Nike q bunch Of old rags in narrow
alley. None Of us showed any signs
r life except working party that
Sas digging with picks and shovels ct
Nbme bodias that had been 1re1en into
- MI e ~ trench,