Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-04-22
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!. !. WANTS TO SEE
HIS Old HORSE | s. !
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will DE Said Doctors. !:
Was Cheered by Former
Friend; will Recover.

With the .AmsrIcanS Army 3nni
France April i3S;----tSG6frespphdence,
of The AssociatedS sAIasri-
can captain fof ARTILLERY lying wound
led In IN American hospitalssat Ssstne'
rear Of onr| sector northwsst&ot FOUL
|other day and said " ~ /. sEss r v a s (
I'm feeling pretty goodssnow but
I'D feel q whole lot better ,ifsl only II
could see, old Bin. my horse. :aS II
The orderly spoke td4thA. WardSPhy-
stefan. the surgeon, in charge Of the
hospital telephohed TO artillery. head.
quarters and soon afterward' andsor
the e'f hospital spms snsi 'aisiso Sn sas f0aa y
/. Here's Captain Won Blanks
horse" said he. The captain wants
to see him. f,.ff n .:,
So orderly ana horse I were led
around to a, window. in a long low
building. Three windowa down they
stopped. The orderly. looked In and
saw his captain lying on q cot just
Good morning. captain" he said.
81 have brought Bill, around"
The wounded captains face broke
into a SMILE 3Mfi MR.: y a
Have him stick his head in" he
But the horse had heard q voice he
knew and he put his head inside the
ward window without any urging.
There. was his master lying fiat on his
back, a small bandage around his
head where just, q little piece OF rock
hit And pinned to the pillow of his
cot was a little bronze cross Suspend
ed from a green and red ribbon-the
Croix de Guerre. ..
For half an hour the wounded cap
tain talked to the horse, calling him
IS0Id Row md old Nnrp ovd .faAhl1,
stroking the animals soft nose. The
horse apparently understood. for he
kept his nose as close as possible and
stood perfectly still. He only moved
his head once OF twice and then 1t
was to. rub his nose against, his mas
tiers palm. 49,. -. =
The surgeon standing nearby. mo-
and the horses head was withdrawn
from the window. : The orderly rode
him away-back toward the batteries.
The captain watched the window for
a minute or two and then said to the
surgeon:
well. I feel better. II Bill /, can
come round every day I ought to be
moving o In a week or So. I.
So Bill-he isn't one OF the kind of
horses that the army calls an ''artil-
ilery plug" he's real American horse
and looks it-probably will be, a reg
.ular hospital visitor for some days to
come. $50 =
For some months the captain had
(affectionately, cared for his, mount.
Before the artillery unit to which the
officer belongs moved up, to the line
he and the horse we're together every
day. and sometimes all night. They
understood each other perfectly.
Then came the to the front
and for several weeks the officer did
not get many chances to ride; there
being work to do with batteries train
ed or the Germans. Then there was
an American raid IN the enemy lines,
with its barrage and enemy counter
battery work. The captain was in the
thick Of it and, during the time when
German shells were falling. heaviest,
arouhd our guns, he wa obliged to go
out into the pen to give orders to
some Of his men.
A shell dropped near and exploded
and a splinter tore into the captains
chest. Three days later he was in an
evacuation hospital within sound Of
his own guns and declared to be in a
dangerous condition. 1t was feared
by his friends that he would die.
However. his strength and excellent
medical attention have pulled him
through until today, when, according
to the surgeons, he is on the road to
recovery.