Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-08-10
OUR BOYS
OUR CQuN1RY'S SERVICE

sca;ved a most interesting letter 1roi'
1roodman. Of the firm OF T" aus
! 1roodman. from France whe'e
,ranap is engaged in Reo i've
- previous to his leaving town AZ
woodman was chairman OIL NY "a
psd Cross and is most ei'io
1.-Two worker. The letter Is as io''o
INV e-pear Bert: Thanks ioi
.ooa letters and newspaper chpp
1.u ION YOU news from nome iooNS
.isnt,. rood and l simply eat up every
800 az IL | have been dehniteis a.
signed as home service worker 'N
.ss.rcber'' The latter is one WIZ
\ 49, ~ men whose families nave mo-
,..ra from them or If a man IS wouho-
- i locate him for his family. II re-
5000 ,,;llad or missing to find out par
ticu,ars from men in his compah! "no
might know circumstances Oh his
7 am to be assigned to some NV
and stay with it wherever u soea
rank as lieutenant in Red cross Wv
that means practically nothlhs
tainIv nothing like corresponding ram
in army. and that is as II snou'u w.
They promised TO put me IN same civ
sion with Gannett who mas peeh soiie
from here for a week. Following the
recent German offensive and Franco
American counter attack there nave
been many wounded brought to PaFis
hospitals. / have worked Two hish''
running at an evacuation hospital mere
as stretcher bearer. We take men,
(Amerlcans mostly. few trencn9
from ambulances into hospital anu
after wounds are dressed carry them
up from one to four fights of stars 10
the wards. The way these fellows
stand their pain IS wonderful ana you
get a fine chance to talk with them
while the fight is still in their minds.
They come in covered with mud and
dirty heyond words a few can walk
hut they are mostly stretcher cases
These fellows had the Germans or the
run Yesterday and day before and 'ha'
is all they want to talk about. After
thew got them started they went out IN
groups hunting Germans Just like you
60 after deer. One fellow told me ne
was Having the time of his life until
they got him. Another had his COM
rade shot down by German ofllceE
with revolver and himself shot through
hip with same weapon stayed on MS
, feet long enough to get to the German
who put up his hands and yelled
''kamerad" This boy didn't say
word but he let the Germans intestines
out with his hayonet Also in this hos
pital are three sons Of very prom-
nent American; l cannot mention
names. | think l wrote YOU we had
been shelled with long range guns and
that no one PAYS the least attention 20
it, Also the alarms blew for an air raid
a couple Of nights ago but for some
reason the BosChe didn't come over. Be
sure and keep UP the home service end
Of Winthrop branch. 1t is very import
ant If requests come through from
some man TO look after his family don't
he afraid to spend money on them.
July 2lst: Since writing YOU yesterday
have had rather interesting expert
ence. SO have opened the letter and put
this in. l went to one Of the r. r. sta
tons here as stretcher bearer to help !
take wounded from train. We thought
they were all to be Americans but only |
one train came in while | was there and |
it contained about 800 wounded French |
men and nine wounded German prison.
ers | was lucky enough to go into |
their car with a Red Cross man who |
could speak German. He asked them, /
How many Americans have you been |
old were in France?" Answer: OFF |
GERS told US 5000 to 10000" CUES
What are conditions in Germanv,"
Ans. Everybody very poor and hard 4
t. get food" Cues. Were many Ger
mans lost in Franco-American attack"
Ans. 'Yes, thousands" Cues. Are
You glad to be taken prisoners" Ans
You bet / am with smile CUES
DO YOU want to go back to Germany"
Ans. After the war" This man also
said he had relatives in St Louis. New
York and Toronto. Asked if boys were
being put into the war, he said. Not
under IS. They were all between q
and 81 L should guess and looked well
nourished except as they showed suf-
ferlng from their wounds. Same Red
Cross man questioned German lieuten-
ant yesterday and when told there were
a million Americans in France now and
ten millions coming, he said il was i'm
possible because we did not have the
ships but said if it were true the war
would last 10 years. It gave me a pecu-
llar sensation to see them after reading
so much. Thought it might be inter-
estinS to YOU.
ii. ). Woodman, A. r C.
The American Hotel Paris.
10 Avenue Friedland,
no E1,..a