The Cordova daily times., 1918-04-27

IhieS "rsucPOSS the Wdru'
 C0msra, girls-at last we have got rsve Yankee with us."
 Theyne over and besieged me with qops, until the doctor ar rived, m learning that I was an AmeTioie almost crushed my hand in his of welcome. They also were Alcans, and were glad to see me.
 The ier very tenderly removed my 'banes and told me, after view ing my inds, that he would have to take m, the operating theater i'm mediate Personally I didn't care what wione with me.
 In minutes, four orderlies who Booked } undertakers dressed in white, 1ght stretcher to my bed and plas me on 1t carried me out of the wa across a courtyard to the 'operatieoom or "pictures," as Tom my call.
 1 doFemember having the aneS- thestle,lied.
 tWheeaTne to 1 was again lying in a bed Munsey ward. One of the nurses l draped a large American flag oHtlle head of the bed, and claspedmy hand was q smaller flag, and it de me feel good all over to again she Stars and Stripes"
 At t time I wondered when the boys inc trenches would see the embleIf the Hand of the free and the hoa0f the brave" beside them, doing bit in this great war of civi- lizatiol
 My lnds were very painful, and severames at night 1 would dream that nads of khaki-clOthed figures would ss my bed and each would stop, u over me, and whisper, 'The best otck, mate."
 SOal with precipitation l would awaketh a cry, and the night nurse would me over and hold my hand This akening got to be d habit with me III that particular nurse was transfed to another ward.
 In te weeks time, owing to the carefweatment received, was able to sit and get my bearings. Oul ward ltained seventy-five patients 50 pe:ent of which were surgica cases. 1t. the head of each bed hung a tenrature chart and diagnosis sheet. Across this sheet would bt wrltte'G. s. w." or IS. w. the for mer ming gun shot wound and the latter ell wound. The IS. w" pre- domint1, especially among the Roya Field iIlery and Royal engineers.
 Aboforty different regiments were represA1, and many arguments en sued ap the respective fighting abil ity of A regiment. The rivalry was wondet A Jock arguing with al a strong COckney ac Ccul WI putt III III 1dNOL OI a AOLl don reFent. Before long a Welsh man, sswed by a member of a York
 s ss Agl dian rdt1e themselves and the argu loud and furious. The patiei in the beds start bowling fol theIn settle their dispute outside and ward is in an uproar. The headster comes along and with a wave the hand completely routs the loud warriors and again silence 
 w eesday and Sunday of each week Ver9 siting days and were looked 'orWa to by the men, because they neaIn narcels containing fruit, sweets IT rag When patient had a regular 'isit'p The was generally kept well nppN with these delicacies. Great ealoW is shown among the men as 0 thY YYisitors and many word wars nsuek CT the visitors leave.
 WhMl man is sent to a COnvaleS- cnt lmp, he generally turns over his teadX Xitor to the man in the next ed.
 Mos sit0rs have autograph albums nd tWf Tommy to death by asking I'm W rite the particulars of his '0unHD in same. Several T0mmies y 10 EtI this unpleasant job by tell ls the itors that they cannot write, ut tASeVer phases the owner of the Ibuin or she, generally she, offers WI Hft for them and Tommy is -ung 20 telling his experiences. The NlstiOns asked Tommy by yisi- ITS Nn1l make a clever joke book a nlMry man.
 Some indly looking old lady will op al Sur bed and in a sympathetic 'lce aoress you: You poor boy, those terrible Germans. Du nAs be suffering frightful pain. bulleIlid you say? Well, tell me, nave EaFays wanted to know, did it lrt Wer going in or coming out?' Tommygenerally replies that he did t stop figure it out when he was one Ney nice-looking, overenthusi- JIG y9llg thing, stopped at my bed d asSe( What wounded you in the ce?"
 In aDlite but bored tone I an- cred, rifle bullet"
 Wilh alook of disdain she passed the IIeS bed, first circulating, "Oh! ny q Khllet? I thought it was all." Ahy she should think q shell