The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-11-05
COLD LEMONADE FOR
THE WOU n De D
MANY LIVES SAVED BY SAL
VATION AMY-GIVE COLD
DRINKS TO SOLDIERS
lBy Capt. Harold Niillsl

'p''noH Illc Win variant success
which must make every American
heart swell with pride-and so did
the Salvation Army. ] have Just
come from that sector. Fverywhere
heard stories OF the intrepid cour-
age with which the Annex soldiers
bore the brunt Of the attack. Every
where, also, | heard stories of the
Salvation Army girls, their calm in
difference to danger, their unending
untiring work among the wounded
These stories came mostly from the
soldiers themselves.
Call Came Suddenly.
The call came suddenly. There
had been an unusual amount of
troop movement preceding the drive.
Salvation Army hutS and supplies
were ior the most part packed and
ready for instant dispatch to any
point where the troops might finally
be stationed. Among men, and
among Officers OF lesser grade, there
was a feeling OF uncertainty and
much discussion As to where they
would be sent, but there was always
to be heard the hope that it would be
to hold the German advance.
"If YOU go, we shall go also" said
the girls. Then, one night, the divi-
sion disappeared - vanished rs
though into thin air.
\ few days later word came to
b that the - Division. together
with other French and American
forces, had smashed its way into
the German lines and forced the
enemy to retreat At noon Capt.
Violet McAllister and her sister Alice
Adjt. Bill' Hale and Capt. Howard
Margetts took to the road in Staff
Capt Goes Ford, others following
as rapidly as possible in big supply
trucks. All through the night and
until half past | o'clock the follow
ing afternoon they Travelled toward
the scene OF action, At sunrise the
auto rolled over the brow of a hill
and there, before them, lay a wide
fertile valley carpeted with ripening
grain and lush, green meadows.
Three roads climbed gently along its
slopes and over them moved all the
.
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