The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-27

CT and found his man lying m a trench unconscious and bleeding freely. Foster bandaged the wound. He re- vived his man. and despite the heavy German fire, he got him back safely to the advanced medical post.
 So far he was sticking to his job. But he had seen enough of the fight to realize that services such as he could give might be called for at any time, so when his charge had passed into other hands. Foster lodged back into the trenches and remained for three days and three nights.
 In such a battle composed of nu- merous small attacks and frequent periods of quiet or intensified bonn bardment Foster found many oppor- tunities of administering to the in fantrymen. In those 72 hours in the front line and in No Mans Land, he clamped two arteries, dressed almost G score of wounds, and carried wounded back. When the battle was ended, his commanding officer, Doctor Dudley, said to him:
 Foster, it's strange there are no shock patients among those men yod cared for. l was going to give you a hypodermic, but l was afraid you did not know how to handle it."
 -Hypodermic, hell,' replied Foster. q gave every one of them half a grain of dope out of my bag"
 The dector looked into the bag In stead of rations. Foster had taken some anti-tetanus preparations, some bani- ages and some opiates with him. Lit tie of each remained. I asked Foster where he had learned his art
 Well. sir" he replied, q used to Dc an undertaken in New York city Be- fore I joined I was working in the Westinghouse plant in Chipewee Falls, Vt. Everything you learn, it seems, comes handy in this war"
 The machine gun and other small units occupying strong points in the trenches haG terrible experiences for the enemy concentrated heavy fife upon them. We were told frquently in our talks with the men now they were buried alive not once, but several times, and had to dig themselves oat or hope for their companions to save them. Lieutenant Day, of Springfield, Mass. and his crew were caught by big Ger man shell, which threw them to the ground and covered them with q heavy layer of mud Their machines were knocked ont. dismantled, and pieces streTn about On severs. occasions it Wd5 necessary to rebuild a gun.
 Believing they had silenced the Amer ican fire, the Germans meanwhile started wave straight for the machine gun emplaccments Lieutenant Day and men worked feverishly on their sun. and got it set again when the Germans svero almost uron them. The first burst killed or wounded every German in the first line of advance, and the rest were ei her dealt with similarly, or forced to retreat
 It was then Lieutenant Day sent the following message to the commanding officer: "AU emplacements shot away. All gurs working like hell
 Lieutenant Ferguson, of Somerviile, idass., had almost similar experience. He was in charge of six men and a Stokes mortar battery. The Germans evidently spotted the Stokes, for they concentrated on it and every man or the unit except the officer was Sit One of the wounded men tried to assist in .he firing, but collapsed.
 The lieutenant, however, did no deaert his battery. For while he worked the gun himself, using his teeth on the detorator while both hands were work irg the gun. Presently one man came to help him, and the two stayed in the exposed position all day making Il fine barrage.
 GUNS WORKING LIKE HELL
 Everyone in the regiment is telling the story of Able Flesher of Boston. Abie, they say, had neither the appearance or the habits o- fighting man. Everyone told funny stories at Abie's expense. For instance one day Able was seen starting out on a march with some 20 or 30 pounds of packages in addition to the sixty odd the army provides. They asked him what he was taking along, and he replied everything
 But why don't you leave it here, Abie?"
 Its such a big army now" Able replied, you never know who is honest"
 Able never saluted stiffly enough Able spoke too familiarly to his off cers. Able, in short. was not much of a soldier
 On the day of the attack Abies corn pany was iE reserve. Volunteers were called for to take up ammunition to the trenches and every man in the company volunteered. Able was one of the men chosen.
 Not all the men came back Able did
 I'm the luckiest Jew in the army" he told his company. We was three carry ing the stuff, one in front of me and one back, when the Germans they shoot the fellow in front and the fellow in back, but they don't touch me Some body's watching over me, ain't it?''
 The officers called for another group