Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-11-02

Dear FolISs:-I am sIl Workins
In the @. NJ. ofice, a safe JOB pehlha
the lines. sc you do not need 70 "oaIy
Tor a while. OF course l NAV TEL
down stairs ard break my neck eut
outside OF taet I am as seio as
were At home. am II thS wratc
that ! was in last winter whcn VIZ
about tAas famous cathedral ~
IN nc ton OF that cathdral ana hNo
,te.y ~ 1 chsurrOundlnB cOuhtiy'
also lcaracd something OF It's nlstoIy;
ii was started IN the year e4O ~ ~
completed IN 11fO. There Were 81
sfeps from the bottom TO the top OF
~ an entertainment given
~ n g.. A. list night ana II
va Great they give three shows q
week ard movies every Saturday ar
ternoor. clio boys behind the ,hos
are certainly sitting in the world
from tho gas and though my eyes
looi. rcd. they will como around IN
time Ny fatal beauty is marred more
or less by tho absence or soap anu
water. Anyway / hayo a lot TO DC
thankful for ] am still in the lahd OF
the living. though I gave myseit up
for dead many a timo July
~ nnd %. You SEQ I was a runner
that axaited and honorod position
known In civil life as messenger boy,
but in the army IL is moro diSnihed'
ALI YOU s-nvo to do Is to carry mes
RACES. ~
IL is rot tho carrying so much PC
cause the messages do not weigh very
rnttch (ail you heve to do IS REMEMBER
them) but wher0 you have TO carr
them For fnstancc-one
u,as ordered TO reinforce the infantry
md report to Colonel - we pro
eaeded about a mile and halted whiIa
mo captain, accompanied py yours
trulv. started to find Colonel -.
We lont looking for him and every
nlace we went wo were informed that
IL had lust left. We kept on and
ecached the second line. They tolu
re thaY he had left for the front hno.
We'll we had orders to IND him anu
orders are orders In the army VIC
started for tho front line when pinso
tho old Dutchmnn started O couhteF
nttncp and threw q barrage into~tho
second limo o keep rufntcrcements
freno eorninr9 up. Well we were De-
tween first and second lines and u
ura'iy $. O.. i. r,,o
Pang. a srell landed close by; Inc
r, ntain received a wound In les
and me walking right beside him was
rot hit (the luck OF the lrish).
T got into q shell hoio and bandaged
bia leg While I was doing this an
other shell hit the bank right above
orr heads and the conclusion 1arreo
ne sorae. The captain k me III J
was hit. When I got my heart paeS
: began TO foel around a little.
moved one leg-Fine: moved the
io4her-dandy; felt around n bit not o
rcrafcb. More luckl Tho Smelling let
nm md I went back to tho second ilne
TO get more help 70 bring the captain
fr. We got him IN thu aid station ~
sts,a ,acond isnc. He suddenly ennem-
-a 80 =. t..1 nnf found the COl-
sorel vet and as no could not walk
and I was stlll all together was SO
feeted 10 ind him. / started out ask
ed n guy whore Colonel" was, ne
ap,d that no was standing over there
md 80 7 reported to him. l reported
Tho facts and brought him back 10 inc
cnptain for further information. !
yrsa tickled to death. We had found
fho Colonel and I had visions of "a nice
little nap. l saw tee captain n the
colonel looking at a zap n crawl
cd into 9 hpis>and lay down to Sleep
II Tbt-s,stabIs 1sttled w wsS,
~,-and he said, do o think You
ian frd yo,ir way back to the COM
pany?" oh boy, what a grand and
rlorious feeling. / had to go back
through what l had just been con-
T-atulntin~ myself on coming through
alive. or course I said yes. We had
como up on h run N petween
aucking ahells and splitting dirt out or
nv mouth from hitting the ground.
did not havo any time to observe any
lane marks. He said. take this maj
10 the - and tell him to bring the
company to tho place I have marked
on here" ! took the maj n put on
my belt. grabbed my u and started
Of. The captain wished me luck ard
told me not to get hit. Going back
was tho same; walk a little way, hea'
mo coming, hit tho ground and get
Stp cuss,ng and splitting dirt. I was