Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1918-11-28

me I would soon be able to hear the
groaning, though ! had not said I
minded It, or anything about Il Then
he said again what an honor It was,
and asked II I had O. drink for him.
I had not had any water oil day, and
I told him 80. but he kept on asking
for It all the same. Some Of the Turk
ish bombers must have sneaked up
pretty close to our lines, for when I
looked out Of the hole toward our
lines, and a shell burst near them,
I could see a Turk coming toward us.
We played dead then, but I had my
bayonet ready for him in case he had
seen US and decided to come up to the
hole. Evidently he had not, fol-. when
he got near the hole he steered to the
side and went around.
The other garby was cheerful when
he was not asking for water. but you
could see he was going fast. So we sat
there in the hole and he died. Shortly
afterward the fire slackened a little
and I got out and started toward our
lines. But I remembered about the
other wounded man I had passed
when I was carrying Philippe Pierre.
SO I began hunting for him, and after
a long time I found him. He was still
alive. His chest was all smashed In
and he was badly cut up around the
neck and shoulders. I picked him up
and started back, but ran Into some
barbed wire and had to 60 around.
I was pretty tired by this time and
awfully thirsty, and I thought II I did
not rest a little bit I could never make
1t. I was so tired and nervous that
I did not care much whether ! did
get back or not, and the wounded
garby was groaning all the time.
So when I thought the shells were
coming pretty thick again I got into q
shell hole and It was the same one
I had left not long before. The dead
garby was there Just as I had left him.
The wounded one was bleeding all
over, and my clothes were just soaked
with blood from the three men, but
most Of all from him. There was some
Of my own blood on me, too, for when
I was knocked down by the shell my
nose bled and kept bleeding for a long
time, but, Of course, that was nothing
compared to the bleeding Of the
others.
The worst Of all was that he kept
groaning for water, and 1t made me
thlrstler than I had been, even. But
there was not o drop of water any.
where and I knew there was no use
searching any bodies for TASKS. So
we just had to stick It out. Pretty
soon the wounded man quit groanins
and was quiet, and I knew he wal
going to die too. It made me mad Il
think that I had not been Of any use
in carrying these two men around
but II I had gone on with either oil
them It would have been Just the same
they would have died and probably
I would have got It, too. When / Ag
ured 1t out this way I quit worrying
about It, only I wished the fire wouli
let up.
So the other man died. and ther,
were two Of them In the hole. I rea{
the numbers on their Identification
disks when shells burst near enough
80 that I could see them, and after I
while got back to our lines and rollet
IN ! could not remember the mum
bers or The names by that time. but
working party got them, along will
others, 30 It was al right.
My clothes were . mess, as ! hav,
said, and I was 10 tired I thought
could sleep for q week, but ], coul
not stand II In my clothes any longer
It was absolutely against regulation,
but I took of all my clothes-th
blood had soaked Into the skin--an,
wrapped myself In nothing but al
!, and went right to sleep. I did nc
, |, sleep very well, but woke up ever
. once in q while and thought I was l
. tho hole again.
: During the night they brought q
. water, but ! was asleep and did nc
] know II. They did not wake m,
! but two men saved BY shar
though usually In Q case like that
was everybody for himself and let Ii
last man 60 dry. You could not blam
them, either, 10 I thought Il vi
9 pretty decent Of these two to save n
= share for me. I believe they mui
have had q hard time keeping Il
others Of Of Il. to ray nothing Of Their
selves, for there really was not moi
q than enough for one good drink 4
around. Il tasted better than anythir
70 I have ever drunk. 90 dry for
% hours IN the hottest weather you q
nnd, do q nights work like that, o.
e come to IN the morning with . 4
y cup full Of muddy water being hand,
to you. and you will know what
y mean.
. At 0aba Teps there were steep lit
u hills with auarriss 10 between thei
J. and most Of the prisoners. 10 to,
were caught n he suasriss Y