The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-10
Sergt. Glenn f. Logan, with q Field
Hospital corps in France.

Hospital corps in France.
once IN a while. are worn. The viii
lage male seems to go in keenly for
sashes too and tam-o 'shanters. The
women all seem to have some work to
do, either factory or farm, and 1t does
look odd to see the women working in
| the fields. A bunch of US went swim
ming one day and stopped coming
back and put up a crop of hay for
some people. Three men and four
women were working on it, but they
had two days work ahead of them
the way they work, while, doing it in
American fashion, it took a little over
half an hour to finish the raking and
| load two wagons. You could have
knocked their eyes off with a stick
| they were SO astounded and the
| thank yous" flew from them like
sparks from a fire.
The people where I was bilIeted
were very nice and clean as well. We
have gone on from there now and are
| doing actual work closer to the front.
1t seems good, too, we We been drilling
so long that the drill was about the
| most boresome affair in the world, 1t
was even worse than a sorority tea
battle. We have a very pleasant place
| here and like the work, as I had the
good fortune to draw a place in the
| surgical end of the game AS a sur
geon, I'm short several thousand per
1 use race track term, but I can roll
| decent cigaret even If I do say it
myself. S shouldn't, and as long as
| my two good forefingers hold out I
! reckon the patients who can't roll EN-
will get along all right.
| eff there are any of your friends
who don't keep their magazines for
i binding annually, remind them about
the notice on the covers that pertains
to the placing thereon of a 1-cent
stamp and mailing. Magazines can do
wonders in killing time for man on
| his back, or up and veil for that
matter.
| zone hears some very interesting
| things over here. The theory that
there is no romance in this war as in
days of long ago is not So There is
| plenty of romance, many acts OF IN
| dividual heroism that pass perhaps
| unnoticed among the big details, take
| place nevertheless. I was talking to
a Tommy some time ago who was tell
| ing me about the Scots, The Ladies
| From He'll and of an incident that
occurred in one of their engagements.
| The Scots had been holding long
sector of trench for several days when
| a superior German force came over
the top towards the Highlanders. For
some unknown reason the Kilties were
struck with a sudden panic and losing
| their heads turned and ran. but not
| far, There was one man who kept MS
| head and scorned death-just Scot
| fish piper. but he was made OF nero
| stuff And before his commander
had completely lost control OF his men,
he sprang to the top of the parapet: IN
the face of rifle. machine gun IRE
and German hayonets. stood stu q
| mou3ent breathing his contempt OF
the enemy and then began parao,n,e
back and forth along the parape. n,s
nfpes pealing forth, The Campoehs
Are Coming
"Above the din and roar of the bottle
rose. the raIlying tune of the Hle IN
lands and struck upon the ears ol tne
retreatins kilties and they stopped IN
their rush as tho a stone wan was IN
front of them and looking back saw
their comrade striding back and fortn
IaIone the top of the trench PLAYING
as tho on parade. And then they
came back came back with a yell ano
a rush. Rifle fire and mach1ne gun
fire was of no more use against them
thar so much hail and with cold steer
they cut their way thru and forced the
hoche back only stopping when they
had taken the German trench'' TOT
thew were drunk with slaughter ano
the music of the lone piper who played
i even after he had fallen with his legs
shattered. And that was the way
they found him-propped up agains'
the loose earth of the trench. hi.
hands gripped to the pipes that nae
|
In spea king of the prohibition ques,
ton in England. Sergeant Logan sale
in letter that the liquor was so oil
luted in London that there was no
: much danger of the boys becoming
addicted to the drink habit In rae
he said that "to spend a week in Lon
don would make a teetotaler OF an!
one"
!, Miss Sweet and Miss Mary Swee
received a letter yesterday from thei
| sister, Miss Annie B. Sweet. who l
> now in Paris. She is living at tn
| Eotel Petrograd. as are many othe
Americans. The six young womel
who went to France in the interest o
the Y. w. c. A. were still in Paris a
the time Miss Sweets letter was writ
: ten, but they were expecting to be as
: signed to their various places WITHIN
I few days. Miss Sweet said she woul
: prefer to be bookkeeper in one of tn
= hotels and it was probable that sh
would be given that place. but sh
+ Eored she would not be asked to tax
. charge of one of the cafeterias.
v Upon arriving in Paris the 81
q young women were met at the trail
r and taken in the Y. W. G. A. car t
t their hotel. They just got settle
t down for a good nights rest whel
: raid was reported. Every one dresse
J.. and went down into the hotel corrido
v but there was no raid.
;. Miss Sweet spoke of the celebration
d of Belgian State day soon after he
: arrival in Paris. There were band
= from all the allies and long parade
e Miss Sweet and some of the othe
n young women were asked one day t
e sing to the soldiers and went forth t
p do their part. but writes Mis-
Il Sweet can you imagine our embar
= re- ssment when we found we wer
= SanGwiched in between some Of tn
a talent of PARISH,