The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1918-08-22

tH"i H'feFS iliib you OUGHT 10 ne iFtHttI
the same way =,
The wound in my mouth made 1t I'M
possible for me 10 answer him, asid
was suffering too much pain 10 be
hnrt very much by anything lie could
say.
He asked me If l would like an
applet could just as easily have
eaten Il brick.
When lle got no answers out of Inc,
lie walked away diagustediy.
"yOu don't have TO worry any more
ne declared. as a parting shot. For
you the war is over
was given little broth later IN
+, the day. and as began 10 collect my
thoughts ! wondered what had hap
pened 10 my comrades in the battle
which had resulted so disastrously TO
!. me. As began to realize my plight
worried less about my physical con
djfion than the fact that. as the doc
tod had pointed out. for me the war
WIS practically over. ] had been in il
bni short time, and now | would be
! prisoner for the duration OF the war
The mex; day some German fiyins'
officers yislted me. and must say they
treated me with great consideration.
They to!d me of the man had brought
down. They said he was Il BavariaD
and fairly good pilot. They gave me
his hat as a souvenir and compliment
ed me on the fight ! had put up.
I Ny helmet, which was of soft
leather, WIS spill; from front to back
by bullet from a machine gun, and
they examined it with great interest
When they brought me my uniform ]
I found that the star of my rank which
had heen on my right shoulder strap
had been shot of clean. The one on
my LETT shoulder strap they asked me
for rs souvenir, as also my Il. i. c.
l,;iI.eS which | gave them They al
loys,d me 20 keep my wings which
wor- on my left breast. because they
~er~ aware tIias that is Fhe proudest
poses sion of British flying officer.
| think am right in saying that the
only ehivalry in this war on the Ger
mar side OF the trenches has been dis
/ played by the officers of the German
asing corps, which comprises the pick
of Germany. They pointed ont to me
| thai and my comrades We're fighting
purely for the love of II. whereas they
were lighting in defense of their conn
try. tut still. they said. they admired
us for our spo-tsmanship. ] had no
ton 10 ask them II dropping bombs on
London and killing so many innocent
people WAS in defense of their country,
but / was in no position or condition
TO pick quarrel a; that time.
That same day German officer was
brourh. into the hospital and put in
tho bunk next To mine. OF course j
casually looked at him. but did not
pa, particular attention Ia him at that
time He hay there for three or fonr
! hours before ] did take real good
look af him. ] was positive that he
could mt speak English, and naturally
/ did not say anything 10 him. Once
when looked over in his direction his
/ eyes were on me, and 10 my surprise
he said. very sarcsstieally, What the
/ hi are you looking at and then
smiled. AT this time i was just be-
/ ginning to say few words, as my
wonnd had prevented me from talking.
/ but said enough to let him know
what I was doing there and how
4 happened TO be there he evidently
I had heard my story fror4 some of the
others. though. hecause he said 1t was
! too bad ! had not broken my neck /;
! that he did not have much sympathy
with the flying corps anyway. He
asked me what part OF America ! ceInc
I from. and l told him 'Califernia."
After few mere questions he
1 learned that hailed from San Fran
cisco. and then added to my distress
by saying. How would You like to
have good. juicy steak right out OF
the Hofhraui" Naturally told him
II would hit the spot but l hardly
thought my mouth was In shape just
then TO cal Il. j immediately asked.
OF course, what ne knew anour rn-
Hofhrar. and he replied. AZ was con-
nected with the place good many
Years. and i ought TO know all about
IT.
After that this German officer and
| becnme rather chummy. that Is, as
! far as could be chummy with an
enemy. and we whiled away good
many long hours talking about the
days we had spent in San Francisco.
and frequently in the conversation one
OF us would mention some prominent
Californian. or some little incident oc-
curing there, with which we were
both familiar.
| He told me when war was declared
he was. of course. intensely patriotic
and thought the only thing for him TO
,lo was la go hack and aid in the de-
Tense of his country. He found that
he could not so directly from san
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