Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-06-07

long. whose customs In many instances
differ from ours. but whose loyalty &c
truth and whose ability TO distinguish
the high aims OF others make them q
shining example to their comrades In
arms.
In the immediate war zone which
our authorities control no liquor foI
beverage purDoscs-light wines in
cludcd-is available.
| The American army has absolutely
no rum ration.
Pure or purified water in ample
quantities Is available always. ] have
drawn it from great cooled canvas
bags at the very front. saw n hug
water main nearing completion in on
general headquarters. n water main
| that the local authorities said could
not bc laid until tho frost was ont oi
the ground. While the discussion pro-
cceded. General Pcrshing proceeded tc
complete the job. Hot coffee was
served our lads at the last obscrva-
tion post in the most advanced posi-,
tions less than three hours after q raid
that American troops repealed will
valor covering themselves with imp"r.
ishable glory.
| My story Is ovcrlong and 1t is
scarcely intimated. I have discovered
to my own satisfaction: First. that ON
military authorities I'm Franc" are ag,
grcssively and successfully prosecuting
keep the American soldier PHYSICAL!
competent and morally 1T ever at.
tempted by n nation nj war. Second
repeating what have already written
that the American army in France
and found this true Of tho army IN
the great camps nj homc--is living o'
n higher moral plane than tho mora
plane Of civilian life.
I have found my facts: no man ha.
given me tho story: I have soon:
have heard: have lived: hr"c spent
ten days with five nun'lred officers nj
sea: | have Travelled II. trains, in III.
,omobilcs, and by foot across cities anC
through camps: ] have visited hos.
pitals and headquarters: have messed
with those in command; and for six
unbrokcn days ] have eaten Chow
with the private within the first line
/ have had an interview with Genera
iershing and scores OF interviews witt
Young Mems Christian Association
secretaries, chaplains and civilians
| have convcrsed with medical officers
specially charged with the moral and
physical interests of the men. In sea
| ports. in Paris, and In the shell-lev.
cllcd country villages where the sound
of no child's voice Is heard and where
no woman remains have gathered my
information. II has come from thu
artillery and the infantry. from the en-.
sineers and the headquarters COM
panies, from the white and from the
black. have slept In a dugout within
sixteen hundred yards Of our first
trench and within eighteen hundred
yards Of Germany; have helped
Young Mems Christian Association
secretaries serve weary. bedraggled
mud soaked men just relieved from
trench duty and after having expert
enced gas, shell-fire, and a raid
helped these secretaries serve these
heroes with tea, in a building thrice
hit by fragments Of shell just a few
hours before and located within the
zone OF constant she'll l have beer
with these same men in a barrage
gone with them head first into a ruined
trench to escape the bursting shrapnel
seen them carrying their own and Ger
man wounded; have drawn the blacl
waterproof above those who went ou
and met the iron death: and in the
Iabsence Of a chaplain I have buriet
them.
have the facts: God pity me II
fail to make them known; God pity mi