The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1918-03-14

To us, the soldiers who have been
there" to those of US who have suf-
fered and who knew, one of the basest
of base calumnies which the German
propagandist scatters abroad is the
slurs against the Red Cross.
On the battlefield we do not actively
think Of the organization as the Red
Cross. To US it is but a branch of the
Army-the Army Medical Corps, the
R. A. M. G. But we know full well
that the Red Cross is working through
them, that the one insignia is the hon
or bar of all.
Of the four and a half million odd
of casualties which have occurred in
three years of fighting, only 21a per
cent. of the men have died Of wounds
Learn those facts by heart. They are
indisputable = Ottawa, London, or
Washington will supply you with the
same figures, When the insidious story
of the German snake reaches you, fling
these facts in the teeth of it.
Lie WUISJ 1S OFeL.
To-day, the casualties of necessity
must be less. Three years ago, two
years ago, one and half years ago
and one year ago, we were forced to
throw half-trained, and partially equip
ped troops into the field against foe
which had had forty years of siren
uous and scientific preparation. To-day
we are prepared. Our three years of
holding the foe back with one hand,
and getting ready with the other hand,
have been full and fertile. We have
succeeded. We have the foe where
we wanted him. We have still long,
tedious, difficult job ahead Of us to
complete the victory, but with trained
men, finished equipment, and plentiful
munitions, allied to our stout hearts
and our indomitable courage, we must
win.
There must be Victory before there
is Peace.
Your boy is not bound to die, nor
yet is he bound to be physically in
capacitated for all his days, but he is
offering all gladly for the ultimate
triumph which civilization must have.
Why the Wounded do not Die.
Why do the wounded not dieg
We do not die because we have such
infinite faith and hope and trust
We do not die because we are firmly
convinced of the infallibility of the
Red Cross. j
I lay on the battlefield after I was
wounded for ffty-two hours, without
dressing, without water, and without
food. Nothing was with me, but God
and hope.
I knew that if "they" found me, I
would be safe. I knew that I could
not die.
It is seldom that a man has to lie
out after being wounded. The main
cause of such happening is the man s
own fault. [ crawled away and hid
for I feared capture by the Germans
who. had taken all that were left alive
of my comrades. We knew that they
killed our wounded at times, and we
had seen the bodies of our crucifed SER
geants. [ was not unconscious and in
stinct' led me TO hide. That was why
the stretcher bearers did not come
across me between Friday and Mon
day; besides the Hun does not respect
the sign Of the Red Cross, and the
man with it on his arm is as liable
to receive bullet while he is dis
charging his dangerous duty to the
wounded as is the fighting man in the
ranks.
Red Cross Miracles.
I am not the only wonder case of
living after a sever wound. I know
young fellow from my own home
town of Edmonton, who was shot in
more than five places, whose leg was
shattered, and lay out for FIVE days and
five nights, and to-day he is able to
go about-lame it is true, but living.
In my case one side was totally
paralyzed as a. result Of the explosive
bullet which hit me. For long I suffer
ed torture with the weight of my