Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-11-06

steep or rest ana took command OF th(
company soon after we started over
the top, and brought the company out
had no officers left. am acting first
sergeant now and am checking ur
what we have left IN the company.
You can't imagine the condition OF
the country where we go over. it is
torn all to pieces and covered with
the dead.
| have German pistol / am going
to send you, if | can get it there and
you can take care of it for me; may
send few other things"
Sergeant Nimrod Hendley was
slightly gassed.
Sergeant Carlisle Toilet was slight
ly ga. sad and shocked by the explosion
of shell near him, which destroyed
his gun. His injuries were not severe
enough for him to go to the hospital.
Luther Scarlett, son OF Henry Scar
lett, Grab Orchard, writes his father
that he is slightly wounded.
NATHAN LEMERT WRITES
We take the following interesting
extracts from letter written by
Nathan Lemert to his parents:
By the time you get this letter you
will have heard of Milo getting killed
in battle Sepember 20. | don't see
why he couldn't have gotten through.
Some of the boys got through with
out a scratch. There is no use to
grieve tho, Mama. He was willing
and ready to 60. He gave his life
for his country and there wasn't an
ounce of cowardlce 10 his big body.
He died like man and hero No
one can die a braver death than he
did.
If he could have pulled through this
time think he would have been all
right as he was recommended for the
training camp again and would have
left about the first of October. |
know it will hurt you all and Nellie.
You know, Man'a, how much he was
to me. We have been together near-
ly all our lives and there was nothing
in the world he wouldn't do for me.
We slept together the night before be
went up to the line and he told ME
to be careful and not let a she'll get
me while | was coming up with the
rat'ons.
There isn't another man like him
in the world. Every man in the
loved him and would do any
thing for him. He was right in the
heaviest OF the fighting, trying to
keep the boys together and run out a
nest of machine guns when a machine
gun bullet got him through the body.
His last words were Il am finished,
boys, give them hell. wish that
every man who has to die over here
could die ike he did: like man
fighting for his country. helped
bury HIM. We put him with the rest
Of our boys who were killed. They
certainly did put up fight. | wish
you knew how brave our boys are
Don't worry about Mike, 1t can't
be helped now and he was willing to
go. Don't worry about me for will
De coming home soon.
FRED TALLEY WRITES
From letter written by Fred Tai
ey to his mother we take the follow !
pg: The letter was dated October 6.
Dear Mother: A week ago today
We broke the famous Hlndenburg line
1t one of the strongest places. We I
lad several boys wounded but not
many killed. Will send you a five |
mark note of German money as
of that fight.
1t wont be long till some of our
Jrossville uoys will be back home and
few will never get back.
The Kaiser had punched what he
allied his best fighters to attack US
The next morning, but we beat him to
t. They haven't got the nerve to
ght it out with the bayonet. They
7ant to shoot at US with machine
uns TIL we get bayonet at their
eek and then they want mercy"