Gunnison news-champion., 1918-03-22

a'Itnusu py uoStof. perhaps assist
- by two X. A NJ C. men. Then he is
put into a motor ambulance. manned
hy q crew Of two or three AT the field
hospital. where he generally goes un-
der an snesthetic, either to have his
So uGnds cleaned or TO be operated on.
Hs requires the services Of about three
2" five persons. From this point an
u'her ambulance ride Impresses more
n"u In his service. and then at the am
al.ance train, another corps Of doc
'u-s Il. A VI. C. men. Red Cross nurses
% 'he trains crew. From the train
.- enters the base hospital or casualty
caring station. where IA goOd-siZed
u.-T's Of doctors, nurses. etc, ar. kept
'G-y. Another ambulance journey is
...vr In order-this time TO the hospital
p. He crosses the channel. arrives
BlEhty-rnOre ambulnnces and per-
o ride for five hours on m Eng
% Red Cross train with its crew Of
".t Cross workers. and at last he
arh"s the hospital. Generally Ne
'.ys from two to six months. or long
or IN this hospital. Prom here he is
-.a' 20 q conyalescent home for SIX
rrES
II by wounds he is unified for fur
.Ns- service. he is discharged. given
.- -ainn. or committed to a soldiers
.r0r for the rest OF his life-nnd still
O.. O.. cvrense piles mp. When you real
. That all the nmhulances. trains and
-..'.-. not 70 mention the. man power,
.,i in transporting wounded man.
4 De used for supplies. ammunition
p ra endorsements for the troops M
-'. front. II will not appear strange
$50. from a strictly military stand
NJ Il dead man Is sometimes better
'.h live one (if woundcd).
N1' long after the first digging party.
r. general decided. after careful
Er NJ inspection Of the communIca-
n trenches, upon IAN ideal spot" as
ne. termed II. for machlne-gun EN-
cement: took his map. made a dot
70 H. and ms he was wont. wrote "dIg
%. re-" and the next night we hic.
There were twenty In the party. N.Y.
>,If included. Armed with picks,
-.vclS and empty sandbags we ar
I'D at the Ideal spot and started
o. -clng. The moon was very bright.
lur we did not care as we were well
out Of sight Of the German lines
We had gotten about three feet
down. when the fellow next To me. aft
"r n mighty stroke with his pick. let 20
Of the handle. and pinched his nose
with his thumb and forefincer. at the
same time letting out the explosion,
Colt strafe me pink. I'm bloody well
GUSsed. not 'alf ! amt" ! quickly
turned In his direction with an inquIr-
ing look. at the same instant reaching
for my gas bng. soon found out whn'
was ailing him. One Whit was enough
and lost no time in also pinching my
nose. The stencil was awful. The rest
Of the digging party dropped their
picks and shovels and beat II for thu
weather side of that solitary pick. The
officer came over and inquired whv the
work had suddenly. ceased. holding our
noses we simply pointed in the direc-
tion of the smell. He went over to the
pick. Immediately clapped his hand
over his nose. made an about turn"
and came back. Just then our cap
tain came along and investigated, but
after about n minute said we had bet.
ter carry on with the digging. that h.
did not see why we should h1v'
stopped rs the odor wns very faint,
but If necessary he would allow US our
gas helmets while digging. He would
stay and see the thing through but he
had to report back to brigade head
quarters Immediately. We wished that
we were captains and also had a date
mt brigade headquarters. With oar gas
helmets on we again attacked that hole
and uncovered the decomposed body OF
German: the pick was sticking In his
chest. One of the men fainted. &as
that one. Upon this our lieutenant
halted proceedings and sent word back
to headquarters and word came back
that after we filed In the hole we could
knock off for the night. This was well
come tidings to us. because
Next day the general changed the
dot on his map and another emplace-
ment was completed the following
night.
Inc Ouor from the dug-up, decom-
posed human body has an effect which
- hard to describe. 1t first produces
nauseating feeling. which, especially
after eating. causes vomiting. This re-
lleves you temporarily, but soon
weakening sensation follows. which
leaves you limp as a dishrag. Your
spirits are at their lowest ebb and you
feel sort Of hopelessness and q mad
desire to escape It all. to get to the
open fields and the perfume Of the fow-
- In Eighty. There IL q sharp,
pfickling sensation in the nostrils,
which reminds one Of breathing coal
gas through radiator In the floor, and
you want to sneeze. but cannot. This
vas the effect ON me, surmounted by q
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