Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-06-18
BANGOR YOUNG MAN
HURT THREE TIMES

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Young man who, in the three years
that he has been in tie Canadian
army, has been engaged in scores OF
conflicts, was wounded three times,
decorated with the Belgian colors by
King Albert for saving from the Ger
mans three times the little section of
Belgium still in the hands of the Al
lies, and decorated by France with
the French gray for his services at
Nimy ridge, was in Bangor Thursday,
after spending vacation with rela-
tives in East Holden.
Private Gray says that war is ex-
citing; it's great, but kc really WAS
more interested "Wednesday than at
any other time in his car eer, when he
made a big catch of trout in a
stream near Holden j was much
more fascinating than war, he de-
clarcd, and the glory of The battlefield
in his opinion cannot equal that of
catching more fish than anyone else
in the party.
II came home in kits as a member
of the Cameron Highla ldcrs." he told
a Commercial reporter. "but ] had
such an ugly looking wound in my
knee. where was raked with shrap-
mel that gave them to my wife to
make into a dress for herself. ! felt
like o barnyard savage in my plaid
pettio ats When in civilization,
dress as they do there is my motto.
MY wife is an English girl whom ]
visiting my folks in East Holden now
I'm the army, my little bit was TO
SPRAY the Huns with read from
Lewis gun and I have Zone some OK
ccution with it, too. II weighs only
&c pounds and deals death out In
wholesale lots. There are two Lewis
cunners with each platoon. at either
end. and our work is to keep tho
Huns heads down SO that they can't
aim at our boys as We go over the
top.
Private GRAY declares with en-
phas;s that the American army Will
win the war for tho simple reason
that our soldiers are Of the same stuff
as the Canadian army. which has
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never failing to hold q position it
was ordered to hold, TOR failing to
take a position it was ordered to take.
The Canadians had 50 much pep and
go that they were used as storm
troops most of the time. One general
remarked Give me 100000 more
Canadians ard You can take the en-
prit oh "a Fro nd
The English, Gray says. are stubborn
fighters. but lack the dash that char
acterizes the Canadians and Amcri-
cans.
The vast numbers of superior
American troops going 10 France will
turn the scale in favor Of the Allies,
he is sure. The Americans and Cana
dams are the best soldiers on earth
for they combine energy with brains
and are always eager Tor fight
While in Liverpool recently, 10000
Americans landed in week, and the
English people outdi / themselves
welcoming their cousins from over
seas. Rela tons between the two
countries have changed wonderfully
for the better since America began
sending troops over.
Why. when / first went into
the Canadian army and they found
out | was a Yank. I had three fights
every morning before breakfast. One
morning an officer went for some
boxing gloves to give TO myself and
another fellow. Before he got back
we had mixed it up so strong that we
knocked the wash house down. The
officer was satisfied y then that we
didn't need any gloves. But after we