Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-04-09

was DunNiSeu.
Stretchcr- bearers came IN ana DC
gan to carry the rommies outside. you
could hear the chuG OF the engines III
the waiting ambulancrs.
MAS put into an ambulance with
three others and away We went Tor an
eighteen mile ride.
was on a bottom Strrtchrr lh'
lad right across from III" was smashed
up something horrible.
Right above me was man from the
ROYAL Irish rifles. while across from
him was Scotchman.
", had gone about three miles wheh
heard the death rattle in the throat
of. the man opposite. lie had gone u
rest across the Great Divide. | THINK
nj the time | envied him.
The man of the Royal Irish rines
had had his left foot blown on, the
iolting of the ambulance over the
rough road had looscncd up the hand
orcs ON his foot. and had started IL
bleeding again. This blood ran down
the side of the Strctchcr and star1eu
dripping. WAS lying on my back. TOO
weak to move. and the dripping OF TINS
blood got me in my unbandaged right
exc. | closed my eye and pretty soon
could not open the lid; the blood had
congcaled and closed II, as If it were
glued down.
An English girl dressed in khaki was
driving the ambulance. while beside
her on the seat was corporal ot the
X. \. NJ. &. They kept up running
conversation about Blighty when al
most wrecked my nerves: pretty
soon from the strctchcr above me, the
Irishman became aware OF the iac'
that the handagc from his foot had be-
come loose: It must have panied him
horribly because he yelled In loud
voice:
III You don't stop this bloody death
wagon and iix this Il bandagc on
my foot will get out and walk.
The girl on the seat turned around
and in Il sympathetic voice asked
Poor fellow. are You very badly
wounded"
The lriShman. Mt this question, let
ont "A howl Of indignation and an
swercd. Am very badly wounded
what bloody check: no. I'm not
wounded. I've only been kicked by a
canary bird
The ambulance Immediately stop
ned, and the corporal came In the rear
and fixed him up. and also washed out
my right eye. | was too weak 10 thank
him, hut il was n great relief. Then
| must have become unconscious. be-
cause when regained my senses. the
ambulance was at u standstill. and my
stretchcr was being removed from 1t.
II was night. lanterns were flashing
here and there. and could see stretch
er-bcarers hurrying to and fro. Then
l was carried into a hospital train.
The inside OF this train looked like
heaven to me. just pure white. and we
met our first Red Cross nurses; we
thought they were angels. And the!
were.
Nice little soft blankets and clean
white sheets.
A Red Cross nurse sat beside me
during the whole ride which LASTED
three hours She was holding IN.
wrist: l thought l had made hit, and
tried TO tell her how I got wounded
but she would put her finger to hel
lips and say. "Ies, l know, but you
mustn't talk now. try to go TO sleep. II
will do you good, doctors orders
Later on | learned that she was taking
my pulse every few minutes. as l wa:
very weak from the loss Of blood ane
they expected me to sniff 1t but didn'
From the train we went into ambu'
lances for a short ride to the hospita
ship Panama. Another palace ant
more angels. don't remember the triI