The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1918-12-13

Detachment was noe Ia reach III IT.
a. fire very uaeh. bui the shells
| made ap Tor IL.
Our division has done much mors
than ito shars u lighting np 80 date
and has received the highest praise,
and understand has been cited by
ts~ae,si psrshing a. the best jisls-
ion he has. Ne have hesn la three
big drives. snd when they have a
particularly bard nut to cr#ck IL
seesns thew throw our dlvisipn in
aud We have never lalltd 10 put ,he
Hun on the run.
wss with the Hospital Corps At
Chateau rhirrry and north ut Soi-.
sons, III Junigncy. ! sent over the
top" with ths second wave oi Ia
ianry. The big shells we're drop
ping op all slides, blowing holes la
the ground that would Aimee, do
Tor wells, and machine san huilr,s
were coming thick aud last Bsfsse
| went over IL Was hard ior me
10 imagine | could keep walking
toward such terrific Are, hu, ws did
il upsil our detachmsnt found 4
plas Of partial safety where we ~,
tabl:shsd our dressing stasions A.
M whlls there, ans DAY our ,ha,ial.
ION was lying in reserve, or support,
ready to 40 into action, VIZ were
strung out up a hollo~ in the open
and were attacked by an aeYoplane
with bombs and machine guas He
dropped two bombs which missed
us completely, then came ut us with
machine gun and hi, boy right by
m@ in the elbow, then went up n.
gain. and the next time he made =
dive Tor W. | was standing up d.
1sinst a solid rock bluff aud il
looked 10 me like he made bee
line Tor me with bic ma chime gun
rAtilina A. fast ~ he could shoot.
tried my best TO stick myself w
into that rock hlud. but / couldn't
get into the rock. neither did hs HIT
the, although Was expect ng
bullet 10 get me every second
| have slept In every kind oi
place from the finest bed | ever
saw 10 the dirt floor OF q Boche
dugou.. Have slep, in the hanse
occupied by the German Crown
Prince. in the house which was his
Headquarters when III that section,
in caves. barns. cnwsheds holes
sladed ON, in the hillsides, any.
wttvrs msn eSnfId ei~.p s@snrrt.
There have not been more than two
weeks since VIZ landed AT Chateau
rhirry that we have not been in q
bomb nided area every clear night,
and believe me when you are lying
out in the open eth the canopy II
heaven ios cover, aud the planes
begin their nightly visits and you
bear them coming apparently
straight toward YOU, il is mighty
easy to think oi the things YOU ~Irh
you hadn't doDr aud TO ask yonr
Maker 10 keep you from injury
There Is not tree IN The woods
where ". nov are that has DOT been
wounded by shell or .lrspn.i. and
many raw sll hss,las. sst,a, ~: sad
the und.sgruw,h. which WAS origin
ally thick. ~ entirely shot away.
There ~ one part 81 the war zone !
especially wish YOU could s"e, that
~ the part ot the Verdun sector "
ing Is CT ~ miles north II Nefdun
There are thausands and thousands
vi acres NJ land which il an ahso.
lutte waste ion can scarcely End
place ten feet square that 10 not
Gu, by a trench ~ blown Up by al
-hel. % has dusout Lots oi the
iugou,s have fallen 10 OF have been
blown 10 by shellhr snsDs sre huili
NJ logs on % oi the ground others
are dug down thirty nr forty fee,
under ground and htscsd hy heavy
.imhers. h@as haze tseen lfi hY'
electricity and have perfec. ieIe.
phone system We uAe a great ma
ny N the dpsoais, sn'i the Germans
have left q stove iat US nearly ev-
sryuhsye We need il. chairs. tables. |
ink and food. All vess:st on In this
section has b~en killed by gas,
Az TO the number Of dsctnra a
regimen, has. each regiment ~
suppssesi TO have ten, ! think. Vel
have al presen, Eve ca az. ard ,wo'
dentists. Sometimes ~~ have b1u-- |
70 10 do our operating in. and some
times ws us~ dasouts. or sny place
we can Snd which 10 suitable for q
dressing ssstion. 4
Thsfe are 2rssi many things
one learns IN army llfe For in
stance, We have been snyay,ns pan.
cake cooked on a metal slsa about
,wo teet by six taken from hu.
man grave. and which ga. ON TN.
ally usei Tor q grave cover.