White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1918-06-09
DANCED
J|CCS As THEY
MADE CHARGE

The following is reproduced from
the Big Rapids tMich.) Pioneer. The
letter was written by Rev. Fl. ID. Bor-
ley. a pastor in that city and now
engaged in Y. NJ. . A. work at the
front. The Rev. Borley is an acquain-
lance OF A. r. Lightfoot OF Ely:
Our boys are doing a great SER
vice already. am permitted to say
this now. for already it is history
here. In the great fight of these
last weeks. our boys. In accordance
with our generals offer to assist.
poured in between columns of Eng
lish and French and proved a mighty
support in the great struggle. AS
is everywhere known now, the allies
systematically withdrew Z great
stores of ammunition previously pre-
pared and slaughtered the Huns by
thousands as they came. At last the
order came to Hold For miles OF
front line the enemy me this: First
q line OF machine guns: back OF
these carriage wheels locked so that
a muzzle pointed within every foot;
back of these the big guns. The fool
huns, drugged so that they actually
danced jigs as they approached,
came on into these awful jaws of hell.
and the solid line twelve men deep
went down in a heap. The second
wave met a similar fate. and the
third and the fourth and the fifth,
on and on. till seventeen waves were
dead. piled fifteen feet as thy crawl
ed upon their dead companions.
Ordinarily such an attack would
go through for the English and
French, worn as thew are with the
years of terrific struggle, simply
must have a little respite. a little
breathing spell. But the secret of
the holding was that the gunners
sll the way along were Americans,
and would not listen to being relieved
for an hour. At last the huns were
all spent, and the line had not moved
an inch.
Opposite hat long ridge of Ger
mar dead. piled high like a ridge OF
uneven ground. lay the allied COST
one nan every twenty feet. This
is probably an old story to you now.
for your papers have such news long
before We do and II is old with us
now. But TO me ii indicates the
whole situation nov and no more
need be said. We still have a great
cost to pay. but We will pay it cheer
fully, for the world that will follow
ms will reap a benefit which must
be secured now or LOST forever
Il wish that you might do me one
favor. | have been away from the
United States so long that e move
ments have come TO assist the boys
of which | have not heard One
thing is being brought to US here
called the Smileage book, which is
new to ms and has no value here as
far as We know. II is evidently good
good in the L. S. A. as admission 20
entertainments. etc. for which there
is a charge. Here We provide the
grandest concerts and entertainments
any Of US have ever had the privilege
of enjoying, but the only feature lack
ing is the admission fee all Is en-
tirely free. even 10 the greatest grand
opera performances European and
American talent can supply
Some boys are having these
books sent to them. II SCENT to me
the folks at home should know that
these books are without value here
and merely a waste of good money
that is being needed in other things.
May | ask you to follow your own
judgment as to how best this informa-