The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1918-12-20
GOOD OLD pep" never LEAVES
YOUR UNCLE SAMUEL'S FIGHTER
the Battle Line Lying Wounded in Hospital His Chief Charac-
teristic Is His Indomitabe SpHt-If There Is Yet an
American Who Does Not Hate the Hun He Should Hear
the Tales of the Heroes of Chaeau-Therry.

Paris.-The indomltable and uncon-
ouerable spirit Of the soldiers from
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 ana
arouse the envy of those who, by cir
cumstances over which they have no
control. are denied the privilege to De
one Of them.
If there is yet an American VINO
does not hate the Hun, he or she
should have seen the first trainlond
of American wounded that arrived
here from ChateauThierry. As these
heroes modestly related their expert
ences, one had mingled feeling OF
worship for them and Intense hatreu
for the blood maddened beasts who are
responsible for the awful agony when
the world is now suffering.
In a compartment with number OF
French wounded was 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
10 keep down the slightest groan.
Nothing could have drawn whisper
from him before his French comrades
In arms.
A Red Cross doctor asked him II
there was anything he wanted.
"Just a drink Of water, please was
the low answer.
He got 1t. The doctor asked II there
was anything else he wanted. The
how 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 notn-
| ing of an injured arm. he was perfect
| ly Incapable Of helping himself
The doctor turned him on his size
| 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 It's
best and soon had what emergency
food II had in the hands of those VINO
were still able to use them. The more
seriously injured, Of course, were the
first to be removed by the long line
Of waiting ambulances.
Indomitable Spirit.
Before the train pulled in the ambu
lances were drawn up and waiting. Sc
was small crowd. AS the first am
bulnnce quit the station the GROVE
started to cheer. There was dough
boy on the front seat with the driver
one arm in sling, the other stuffinf
n sandwich into his mouth. He waved
the sandwich in acknowledgment
while contented look came over hi
drawn and tired face.
The crowd increased as the ambu
lances formed almost continuous
train. Words OF sympathy were heart
on all sides not unmlCgled with tear
ms the flower Of Young America tina
had marched forth 81, valIantly few
short months before was painstaking
ly transferred to base hospitals.
At the end of thu procession cam
a cortege that the crowd grasped tn
meaning Of In moment. They wer
ambulances, but their destination wa
: the cemetery and not the hospita
The women wept openly and crosse
themselves, while the hat OF ever
man in the crowd came on In a r.
spectful salute to the dead. 81.
The sight was one to wiring tn
i.eart, but the indomitable spirit
America bobbed up whenever a ma
able to talk above gasp was foun'
Many Of the wounds were from shraI
mel. Where they were not real
serious the possessors told the tai
III what they had been through.
It was five o'clock In the morning
July Is before the platoon to whic
Il Louis Cooke Of Rayville, La. belongs
II cav the Germans approaching.
sour officer Just yelled, Let's g
nm, boys!' and we started AFT
-nem," said Cook. "The Heinies wei
on,ipg -, ~ tAs south bank Of u