Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1918-10-09

the United States is one of the out
standing characteristics that excite
the admiration of all who come in con-
tact with them. They make the Amer.
lean proud of his nationality and
| arouse the envy of those who, by cir
cumstances over which they have no
control, are denied the privilege to be
one of them.
If there is yet an American who
does not hate the Hun, he or she
should have seen the first trainload
of American wounded that arrived
here from Chateau-Thierry. As these
heroes modestly related their expert
| ences, one had mingled feeling Of
worship for them and intense hatred
for the bloodmaddened beasts who are
responsible for the awful agony which
the world is now suffering.
In compartment with number Of
French wounded was a nineteen-year-
old boy from Chicago. He was all
alone and surrounded by men who
could not speak his language. He was
in the most terrific pain, but managed
to keep down the slightest groan.
Nothing could have drawn a whisper
from him before his French comrades
in arms.
A Red Cross doctor asked him If
there was anything he wanted.
"Just drink of water, please" was
the low answer
He got 1t. The doctor asked II there
was anything else he wanted. The
boy wanted to be turned on his side.
With machine-gun bullet through
his leg and wound that had scorched
its way across his hips, to say moth
ing of an injured arm, he was perfect
ly incapable of helping himself.
The doctor turned him on his side
and then discovered the lad had had
nothing to eat for 80 hours. Unfor-
tunately he was only one of many in
the same fix. The Red Cross did its
best and soon had what emergency
food it had in the hands of those who
were still able to use them. The more
seriously injured. of course, We're the
first to be removed by the long line
of waiting ambulances. .,
IndomltabIe Spirit.
Before the train pulled in the ambu-
lances were drawn up and waiting. So
was Il small crowd. As the first am
5ulance quit the station the crowd
started to cheer. There was dough-
boy on the front seat with the driver,
one arm in a sling, the other stuffing
sandwich into his mouth. He waved
the sandwich In acknowledgement,
while a contented look came over his
drawn and tired face.
The crowd increased as the ambu-
lances formed almost continuous
train. Words of sympathy were heard
on all sides not unmingled with tears
as the flower of Young America that
had marched forth so valiantly a few
short months before was painstaking-
~ transferred to base hospitals.
At the end of the procession came
cortege that the crowd grasped the
meaning of In a moment. They were
ambulances, but their destination was
the cemetery and not the hospital.
The women wept openly end crossed
themselves. while the hat of every
man in the crowd came off in a re-
Spectful salute to the dead.
The sight was one to wiring the
heart, but the indomtable spirit of
America bObbed up whenever man
able to talk above gasp was found.
Many of the wounds We're from shrap-
mel. Where they We're not really
serious the possessors told the tale
of what they had been through.
1t was five o'clock in the morning of
July Is before the platoon to which
Louis Cooke of Rayville, La. belonged
saw the Germans approaching.
"Our officer Just yelled, Let's get
EN-, boysv and we started after
them" said Cook 1.-THE Henies were
coming up on the south bank of the
Marine and there We're only eight OF
us to about sixteen of them. but we
sure cleaned out that first batch. My
pleasure ended right there, though,
for piece of shrapnel banged me in
the left arm and it was back to the
woods for me. Bnt, believe me, my
company ulu ltS SIitTt III uilNihS thN
{ Huns into the river"
Didn't Know When to Quit.
If anyone wants to know why the
Americans were at first driven back
from the river bank, they are hereby
referred to Lonnie shelton of Bur
dine, Ky. Skeletons unit alone took
over $50 prisoners when the Ameri-
cans returned to the cOunter-attack,
and but for the fact that a number
of them We're knocked out. as Shelton
was. they would have still been going.
"They Knocked us back at first by
the most terrific barrage I ever saw
turned loose but we didn't stay back
long" declared he. 1--WE got the order
TO counter-attack, and the way we
waded back into Mr.. Boche was some
thing to write home about. I've never
seen such bunch as we had. They
advanced yelling like hell, bayonetted