The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1918-06-13


obout two bo,rs who, sr,,on,r III
seemed to break loose in the form O,
machine gun and rife fire.
We dropped down on our belI,es In
the shallow trench, bullets Knocking
up the ground and Swapping In the air
Then shrapncl butted In The must,
was hot and Tommy danced.
The covering party was having a
rough time Of IL: they had no cover
! just had to take their medicine.
Word was passed down the line e
| beat II for our trenches We needed M
| urging: grabbing our tools and stoop-
| Ing low. we legged II across No Mans
| Land. The covering party got away
to poor start but beat us In. They
must have had wings because we low
| cred the record.
Painting and out of breath. we tum-
hled into our front-line trench. tore
my hands getting through our wire.
hut. NJ the time. didn't notice II. nv
journey was too urgent.
When the roll vDs called we found
that we had gotten II IN the nose for
63 casualties.
Our artillery nut n bnrro,e ON Fritz
front-line and communication trenches
and their machine-gun and rifle fire
su ldenly ceased
J'pon tho cessation ~ ,bts nr,
stretcher hearers wen, IN, On lool f,r
killed and wounded Nov, d,, ro
learned that u Of our mon had noon
killed and ~ wopndcd riyo rnor 80,
missing. llost I'm tho d,rk,.ss ,,,v
must have wandered ov., into en-, CO..
man lines wh.r. tbev wore ,ither
killed or coptur,d
Spenkinr of stra,cbe- haar,rs nm,
wounded II is v.rv hnrJ f,r ~, -
age civilian IN comnrcb.nd m. o,,r.
nous cost M taking c,r. a, ,o,,,,d
and the war I'm general n, mr. s,,,, ,,,,s
so accustomed "a seeir, hiI,i,ns ., al
lars I'm nrint ,hot ,h, si,rt,,.r,.,, -,
tho omount 10 n.sso1 ,,o- ,,.,,h,,,,
thougbt
From nm official s,o,o,n.r, ,,,,,it,,.,,
in ona of tho Iondo, ,,,ars 4, A.,
stated that 4, costs h.,,.oa,, 81, -
sevan Thousand r,u,1, fsoo 900 =, so-
oooI to rim or ,.,,,,,d n soi,t,, nj.
resul, WINS attained hv ,ot.ir,, ,h., o,
of tho wor to d,t, aud ,,i,.I,,inr, 4, A..
tho killed. and r,,,dad
II may sound h.,r,,oss and ,,h,,o,
but II IL n fac, ,ev.r,toIoss 90, e.,
n military s,ondroi,, 4, A. h.,,,.- o..
man In he Killed than wounded
II :, man - tui,,t a., Il. ,,,rt,, 80,
the resnn,sibilitv az ,h., ,.a,or,,,,,,.,
ceoses avc.p,i,c for ,ho 90, a., ~
people receive n napsi,n nm, ~ a ,,.,,
is voundad n ,,l,o, IT,. -, g,
the drlny limo tho y-ou,,.d ,,,a, ,nJ
two mon IN curry hin, o. ,h,, - :,
the advanced f,rst.oId nos, H. ha 4.
attended nv , doc,or nor,ans oss,,,
ed nv tvo II =, NJ a. mon T,on Il, L.
nm, int 49, a,,h,,,a, -,
bv n crayv NJ ,,vo or ,hr.o A, a., o..,1 |
bospltoI where no ren.r,,iy CO.'S no.
der nm unestbatic other ,n no hts
wounds cleaned arr Ia ha o,,ra,,a 80,
he requires the services of ahont threa
10 five persons Eron This noint AZ,
other ambulance ride Imnrrsses moro
men n his service and thap ot the am.
bulance train. nnotber corns ~ doc.
-ors. II. AN q men Rod Cross nurs.s
md the trims CROW From ,h. ,r,in
ne enters the bose boSpit.l mr. cosn,Ity
Hearing station whore +. ,ood-sizod
.orns OF doctors nurses atc ora to,t
,usy. Another ambulonce iourpev A.
,exf I'm order-tbIs time ,o tho bosni,oi
hin. He c-o>sos the channel ,rriyos
n Blighty-more omhulnnces and nor
laps n ride for five bours an an Enc.
iSh Red Cross train with IFS crev ~
Red Cross workers and al last n.
caches tho bosnI,oI Ge,oroIIv be
tavs from twa 10 six montbs az lone
r. I'm this bospi,ol From hera ho 4
ent TO a conynlescent home for siy
-eeks.
II nv wounds he Is unfittad for fur.
her service he's Discharged ,.iyon .
enslon or committed Ia a soIdi.rs,
ONE for tbe rest of his Iifa-opd s,ul
ne expense niles mn. When Won reoI-
70 that all tbe ombuiorces trains and
hips. not 10 mention the man mover
sed I'm TRANSMITTING a Uounded man 1
-, a,