Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1918-03-22
|Soldier From Trenches Tells
OF Conditions And Needs

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as the Foreign Legion, Of the French
Army. spoke here sunday morning
to a packed house at the Presbyter-
ian Church, whore he told of har-
rowing war experiences he has had,
OF war conditions that no civilian
can know about, and of the needs
of the men in the first line of de-
Tense the trenches.
Mr. Knight iS in poor health. the
result of being gassed by the deadly
chlorin" gas used so effectively by
the Germans Ii H. said that those
who recover from the first effects
Of III" gas never live long. and Mr..
knighi shows the effects Of some
terrible suffering. At times his
voice grows weak. and he turns
very pale, as though il We're a great
effort to speak.
| A touching incident in his ad-
dress was his prayer in which he
thanked his God for the sound of
women's voices, for houses to liv.
in. and for beds to sleep in. and for
church houses to Worship in, and
tears were seen to streak the cheeks
Of many of his hearers when he had
finished
| Mr.. Knight showed the great ne
cessity Of the people at hone. the
peOpl" Of Durant, supporting every
movement To help win the war. He
begged everybody to do their bit In
buying War-Savings Stamps, in buy
ing Liberty Bonds. in helping and
working for the Red Cross, eac.. so
that after the war they can have a
clear conscience. Otherwise, when
the boys return. after the kaiser has
been whipped. they will be misera-
BILE. because for those who did not
do their part. the returned soldiers
will have nothing but scorn
We know the importance of the
soldiers holding the front line
trenches. II is Just as important
that we hold the lines here at home
We must have n united effort And
speaking of his wlr experiences.
Mr. Knight told of treating wound
Jed soldiers with Red Cross bandag-
les. which may have been made in
Dnrant. Mr. Knight brought nom
Ito his hearers other necessities of
tn" women working for the Red
Cross. and said that he hoped thu
women who did not work will feel
guilty of the suffering caused sol
di"rs hv III" lack of Red Cross sup
piles He said that last winter many
soldiers had their ears frozen he
cans" they did not hav" knitted hcl
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given their time 10 other things and
have not been AT tn" Red Cross w0rn
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