The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1918-05-10

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PIT into q motor a1bnl1nre. rn1nned
b. usH q tEo q ,hree- AZ tn Sid
hospItnl where he Eener1lly <oes m
Der an nnesrhefic. elrber 70 have his
uOunds cleaned - 70 b. sperzted %.
he requires TIE services u ab.o1f fhree
10 fEe personk Frun this point an
Other snbulaDce ride iInpresses more
men a his sefrice. and lien ~ the am
balance train another corTs q DO
Tors. r A IL @ rnen. Red cross nursrs
and the frzin's rreu. From the rsin
- enfers the b.se hospilai q czS1alty
clearing station uhere q eood-sizef
corps Of DOCTORS nurses. etc. are 4epl
busy. Another azshr'anre journey =
nexf In oryier-fhIs time 10 the HOSPITAL
ship. He crnSseS fhe eiannel. Arrives
in Blighfy-more aDbni1nces and per-
h1ps ride Tor gre hbrrs On an Eng
fish Red Cross train with is crew OF
Red Cross WORKERS. and 81 last be
reaches the hospital GrnsrAIIy he
stays from TWO 70 six HsGnIils. or long
er. In this hospital Fno.a here he i
sent TO q convniescent home for six
weeks
II By vnands be Is unified fc- fur-
Their service. be i discharged. riven =
pension. Or cofnraftfed - soiciefs
home for the reSt Of HIS lise-aul s..il
the expense piles up WHEN Jon real
lie that al the smbulanees. trains end
ships. not 70 mention the man power.
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could be used for supplies. ammunition
and re-enforcernents for The troops At
the front. Il win not appear strange
that from strictly military stand
point. a dead man Il sometimes better
than q live one (if wounded1.
Not long after the first digging party.
our general decided. after . careful
+ tour Of inspection Of the communion
tion trenches. upon -an ideal spot a.
I he termed II. for machIne-gun en-
placement: took his map. made dot
on II. and as he was wont, wrote -dig
here and the next aIght we dug.
There were twenty In the party. my
self included. Armed with picks.
shovels and empty sandbass re ar
rived at the ideal spot and started
digging The moon was very bright.
but 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
er mighty stroke with his pick. let 20
Of the handle. and plnched his nose
with his thumb and forennger. at the
same time letting out the explosion,
.'Gott strafe me pink. Tn bloody wen
eassed. not 'alf ! aint.- quickly
turned In his direction with an inquir-
ing look. at the same instant reaching
for my gns bag soon found out what
was ailing him. One Whit was enough
and I 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 the
weather side Of that solitary pick. The
officer came over and inquired why the
work had suddenly ceased. holding our
noses. we simply pointed In the direc-
ton 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 q minute said we had bet
ter carry on with the digging. that be,
did nor see why we should have
stopped rs the odor was very faint.
but II necessary he would allow rs our
gas helmets while digging. He would
stay and see the thing through. but he
Ind to report back 10 brigade head
quarters Immediately. We wished that
we were captains and also had date
at brigade headquarters. With oar gas
helmets on we again attacked that hole
and uncovered the decomposed body Of
German; the pick was stitching In his
chest. One OF the men tainted. was
that one. Upon this our lieutenant
halted proceedings and sent word back
10 headquarters and word came back
that after we filled In the hole We could
knock OF for the night This was wei
come tidings to us. because
Next day the general changed the
dot on his map and another emplace-
ment was completed the following
night.
The odor from the dug-up. decom-
posed human body has an effect which
is hard TO describe. II first produces
nauseating feeling. which. especially
after eating. causes vomiting This re-
lleves you temporarily, but soon n
weakening sensation follows. which
leaves you limp as dlshrag. Your
spirits are at their lowest ebb and you
feel sort Of hopelessness and mad
desire TO escape II all. TO get to the
open fields and the perfume Of the flow
ers in eighty. There Is a sharp
prickling sensation in the nostrils.
which reminds one OF breathing coal
gas through n radiator In the floor, and
you want to sneeze. but cannot This
was the effect on me. surrnounted by
vague horror Of the awfulness OF the
thing and an ever-recurring reflection
that. perhaps !. sooner or later. would
be in such state and be brought to
light by the blow OF pick In the hands
ofsome Tommy on a digging party.
Several times have experienced this
odor. but never could get used to 1t !;
the enervafinu eensafinn vsas alwavs