Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1918-10-25

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all bumped off, as many of
them express it. Several Rock
castle boys I know have been in
the thlckest of it. So far 1 have
only seen one of them among the
KILLED in action" Vess Brown,
an old school boy of mine I
know how hard it must be for
his loved ones and the loved ones
of any others who may pay the
price that the liberty and the de-
tense o. Christianity demand,
but if they could see and under
stand, as we do over here and as
all will soon understand, they
would know that he died in the
greatest cause any being, save
the Master Himself. ever gave
his life for. How 1 wish our
homefolks could realize that it is
worth mans life. Our men
are giving a fine account of them
selves, but in the words of one Of
our past leaders "We are begin
ming to fight" and the Hun who
said we would never fight will
come TO the conclusion as others
have in the past. that we will
never stop fighting. This does
not mean that we are a warning
nation. Nor does it mean that
our boys will come out of this
harden or with the desire and
lust for blood that some people
seem to think will follow. Far
from lit. The boys who come
back from that hell of death and
destruction; shreiking shells,
bursting shrapnel; poisonous gas
and liquid fire tells US it almost
invariably has the opposite ef-
feet that it burns the dross from
their lives and leaves them pur-
er and better men, less selfish
and more considerate of rights
of mankind and -clasar- zsla-
ton to his God. which can only
come through the realization Of
q Christian service, bravely and
nobly performed.
have heard from several Of
the Rockcastle boys but so far
have only seen four, Floyd Gen.
try, Will F'rakes, Geo. Jarber
aud Alb Owens, from Maretburg.
They are all getting along nicely
aud making good soldiers, the
latter three being in the same
camp with me and it is about
all the four of us can do to hold
down the size camp We have.
Of course the Colonel and other
officers help US some. 1 must
tell you of what one of the COL
ored soldiers said the other day.
One of the Y. M. c. A., girls
ask him how he liked the war
and he said, "Miss, alb jes likes il
so much, 1 wish I was baby in
my mudders am and a girl baby
at dat" Before I left the coloted
hut a great big good natured
southern darkey walked up to
the counter and bought a package
of cakes. AS he turned away he
said to the crowd standing round
"Dem what ask me for some O
my cakes don git none. Den
what don ask me, dom wan
none". The fellows over here
certainly do pull some good ones
and I wish 1 had time to write 6
book OF war stories. Of course
there are some chronic grumb
lers among both white and black
officers and men, but they really
mean nothing by it. Its just /,
part of their every day life. L
they do not like the program Of
the kind of tobacco we Sci
they "cuss" the Y +; if they d,
not like what they b; We to eat
and most the time its as good a
they had to eat at home, they
"cuss" the mess Sergeant and !
they get sick, they ''cuss" the doc
tor, but all the same, they Away
show up at the Y. when they ar
lonesome, at the mess hall whel
hungry and at the doctors offic
when sick. And after all, it
not a bad life over here. Non
of them ever eat a meal withou
meat. good white bread an
sugar. l have an idea that
more than a lot of you BAG
home Can say. Just as they al
IN the states so they are her,
the best fed, best clothed an
best cared for army in the worlt