Evening star., 1918-10-27

Afternoon . Germ0n plaA9 g0t ball
looa end she observtr Jumped md lan1-
Gettfag Aim down. The wInd eaass uD
Ard We md to dodge fAIMne trees and
branches. As II wMg w. IouR gWo killed
and one wounded from thet enuse.'
Duxisd SeaHs ossnaans.
What night the Germans shelled us
am got three Killed and seventeen
back to the crossroad and after bury
ing q few Germans, some OF whom
showed signs Of having been wounded
stay.
ut looked like rain, and 50 wflmer
and went 10 IN old dressing station
to salvage some e0vef. We collected
a lot Of bloody shester halves ana
ponchos that had been tied to poles
to make stretchers, and were about
new grave. A rude cross made of
two stats from q box, had written
on it:
Lester 8. Wass, captain, U. 8. marines,
July IS, 1918.
''The old crowd at st. Nazaire and
Bordeaux-Wass and Summer killed,
Baston and Hunt wounded, the latter
through the left shoulder. We then
moved further to the rear and CAMP
ed for the might. Dunlap came TO
look US over; his ear was driven by
few of the marines, when one of the
latter yelled out, Hey, fellows! ANY
one want to see q real live gob-rfght
this way The COB held a regular
reception A carrier >piseon peFehed
cided to shoot him. 1t was then quite
dark. so the shot missed. then heard
the following remarks as I tried to
sleep: He'll! he only turned around:
Send up a flare; 'Can for g. barrage.
etc. The next day, further to the rear
still. a Ford was towed by with its
front wheels on q truck.
Licking the Wounds"
I'VE are now back in town for
some rest and to lick our wounds.
"As rode down the battalion where
march. @ now You see see atty s men 'ssa with %
kid second lieutenant in command; one
company commander is not yet twen-
ty-one.
After the last attack 1 caslsed in
the gold you gave me and sent it home
along with my back pay. I have no
idea of being bumped Off with money
on my person. as if you fall into the
enemys hand you are first robbed,
sure.
"Baston, the lieutenant that went to
Quantico with father and. myself, and
of whom father took some pictures,
was wounded in both legs in the Bois
de Belleau. 1t was some time before
he was evacuated and gas gangrene
set in. He nearly lost his legs. I am
told, but is coming out o. K. Hunt was
wounds fixed up and went back again
till he had to be sent out. CoRenburg
was hit in the hand-all near him
were killed. Talbot was hit twice. but
t. Ah II
the officers in the company that I
brought over. In the first fight 103 of,
the men in that outfit were killed or
wounded. The second fight must have
about cleaned out the old crowd
"The tanks as they crushed their
way through the wet. gray forest
looked to me like beasts of the pre-.
stone age.
Under Sinister Planes.
I'm the afternoon, as I lay on my
back in a hole that I dug deeper, the
dark gray German planes, with their
sinister black crosses, looked like
death lowering above. They were for
many-Sumner- for enc. He was al
ways saying. 'Deni8, let's go ashore"
Then there was Wass, whom I usual
ly took dinner with-dead, too. Sum-
crowd that stuck together-two dead,
one may never be any good any more;
Hunt, I hope, will be as good as ever.
ITO picture 4 fight, mix up a lot Of
hungry, dirty. tired and bloody men
with dust, noise and smoke. Forget
the clean swords. prancing horses and
Tapping ffags. At night, a gas-filled
woods. falling trees and bright, blind
ing fashes-you can't see your neigh
bor-that is war. In the rear it is all
confusion. The general told me,
Hurry to such a place,saN goes well,
we are advancing" His star. miles
away, all cleaA-one wxs shaving,
another eating hot calzeS-we had not
had a hot bite for two days. AS
| reached my jumRing-off place,
wounded men, killed men, horses
| blown to bitS-tlFe contrast.
I'VE advanced ten kilometers, with
prisoners and guns, and the bells
! fane in New York for the victory,
while we'll dressed girls and white
! shirted men, no doubt, drank our
health in many a lobster palace