Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-03-12

| been only per cent or the total. only
per cent in three years Of all those
men have been killed.
Of the four and n half million odd
| Of casualties which have occurred in
three years OF ighting. only i: per
cent of the men have died OF wounds.
Learn those facts by heart. They are
Observation-Disclosures London. or
Washington will supply you with the
same figures. When the insidious
story Of the German snake reaches
you. Hing these facts in the teeth OF
II.
Today. the casualties OF necessity
must he less. Three years ago, two
years ago. one and half years ago.
we were forced TO throw half-trained
and partially equipped troops into the
| field against foe which had had
forty years Of strenuous and scientific
preparation. Today we are prepared.
Our three years Of holding the foe
back with one hand. and getting ready
with the other hand, have been full
and fertile We have succeeded. We
have the foe where we wanted him.
We have still long. tedious. difficult
| job ahead of US to complete the VIC
tory. but with trained men. finished
equipment, and plentiful munitions,
allied to our stout hearts and our in
domitable courage, we must win.
There must be victory before there
is peace.
yet is he bound TO be physically in
c;.pacitatcd for all his days. but he is
Offering all gladly for the ultimate tri-
umph which civilization must have.
Why do the wounded not die?
We do not die because we have such
infinite faith and hope and trust.
We do not die because we are firmly
convinced of the infallibility of the
Red Gross.
lay on the battlefield after I was
wounded for fifty-two hours. without
dressing. without water and without
food. Nothing WAS with me, but God
and hope.
| knew that if they found me.
would be safe. knew that | could
not die.
II is seldom that Il man has TO lie
out after being wounded. The main
cause of such II happening is the mans
own fault. crawled away and hid
for feared capture by the Germans
who had taken all that were left alive
of my comrades. We knew that they
killed our wounded at times. and we
had seen the bodies of our crucified
scrgeants. | was not unconscious and
instinct led me to hide. That was why
the stretcher- bearers did not come
across me between Friday and Mon
day: besides the Hun does not respect
the sign Of the Red Cross, and the
man with II on his arm is as liable to
receive n bullet whilst he is discharg-
ing his dangerous duty to the wounded
as is the lighting man in the ranks.
| am not the only wonder case of
living after Il severe wound. ! know
Il young fellow from my own home
town of Edmonton, who was shot in
more than five places, whose leg was
shattered. and who lay out for five
days and five nights. and to-day he is
able to 80 about--lame 1t Is true, but
living.
In my case one side was totally
paralyZed as u result Of the explosive
bullet which hit me. For long suf-
fered torture with the, weight Of my
k knapsack pressing into the gaping hole
below my right lung through which
the bullet had exploded. At last
chewed through the strap of it. and at
length too. was able with my left
hand, feeble though its movements
were. TO loosen the string Of the
emergency dressing with which every
soldiers tunic is equipped In a con-
cealed pocket. l was able to plug
roughly and only temporarily theI
bleeding cash. What If the supply OF
emergency dressings had given out be-
fore reaching me? If all the Red Cross
workers who handle surgical dressings
could realize even TO half the extent,
the importance, the vital Importance
OF their work, there would be three
women to each job where there is
only one now.
You may save the life of your own
son, husband, brother. or sweetheart, |
by commencing to work for the Red
Cross within the next hour.
IL could not die" We youngsters
who get into the trenches for the first
time, know that some time, somehow,
some place, we are going to get
plugged" We are rather curious
about the matter. We see q man who
is wearing one or two or maybe four
or five of the gold honor bars on his
tunic cufr. We know the insignia Of
honorable wounds. We ask him
questions. II he is French poilu, or
an English Tommy. or Canadian
Canuck. or an AnZac or yet Boer
from South Africa. he will tell you OF
the impossibility OF dying once they
get hold of you" He will tell you Of
the treatment in hospital-"Excel-
lent" He will tell you Of the doctors
Magnificent" He will tell you of
the nurses-"Angels Of Mercy"
Then ones own faith grows and one
tells the story. In a while one Is
veteran too, with gold stripes and ex-
oerience which lends color to the un-
doubted facts. The Red Cross is al
ways 100 per cent efficient. That ef-
ficiency Is Indispensable, but 1t can
not be kept up without continuous
and increasing support. Increasing.
because of the increasing offensive
which we Allies must take, increasing
because Of the increasing numbers OF
our troops in the field. increasing be-
cause of the larger number OF Hun
prisoners we are taking each day.
The Red Cross sells the goods to