Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-07-30
WHY They Didn't GO
One Was Yellow and the Other Too
Mean.
EXCEPTIONAL TYPES OF The DRAFT
Il Takes All Kinds Of People to Make
an Army and While Most OF nem
Are All Right, There Are Some
Who for One Reason or Another
Fail TO Measure Up.
passcd by the Ccnsor.)

Corr..u,ndence The Yorkville Enquirer.
Comp Sewer. July 2O.-I ran across
B.aslry today. I'll call him h'iS"S
whether that's his name or not. IL
doesn't matter This story * StraiHh''
Names don't count for much in 'h'
army anyhow. | thought hc was III
France. giving the Huns In" dcNh
along with the rest of OLD company r.
or the lighting llJth and tn" thirth'h
f,yIsinn. o." was slated to x" WIN
h.. rest oi tn" outfit. ~" didn't "r-
rnus, he wasn't ready then. nat -
what IL" told mc today.
VAS ON my way over 10 th' camp
rosioilicc tins morning. i phlh no
pnrticular attention Ia number o'
rris,,u,.rs who w-r" working III thh'
vicinity. guards with E.niicldS an"
wicked American hayon"ts acting as
oNrrS""rS.
Hello. sergeant" called on" OF th'
,Jisnnrrs to mc, and II was Il nihl'"
al. two before | realized that ! had run
iptu another member at III" old com
n,uy. still on this side. tie wore
oycralls. His hair WAS long. His lac"
wns dirty. He needed Il shave. f'
lacked like Il man ashamed.
"Nhut the dickens are YOU doing
here" | asked. Il thought You went
over with the old company i"w
months ago"
mo. | didn't have the CUTS I" -"
and ran away. wanted to Sc" my
wifi. again. had just gotten out oi
tho hospital Il few days before t"'
regiment left. and didn't feel liz"
soldering over there. Honest. serge
ant. was up against something ing
or in my life than ever happened ne
fore.
"Whcn got the news the old com
pany WAS leaving, ON TN" day ti'H "'"
leave | was IN misery. W;thu'" |"
s,,. nv wife and baby one NOR" time.
At the same time knew ! r"nId not
get permission Ia 20 To my Noi'h
Carolina home at that lat" hour.
knew Il was my duty To 20 with the
r.s, of the company and to 20 in III"
best of spirits. still ! WAS just ont
of the hospital after sicg" WIN
nucumonia. wasn't in no shape. on
Cours,. that amt no excuse, know.
81 turned and twisted until late that
night on my cot, knowing the company
was leaving on the morrow. ! co'lid
see. myself being all shot mp hy the
Germans. saw myself being publish
ed TO the world as a Stacker ana q
traitor and all Of that II | ran away
to home. My wifc's face and m!
hahy's face kept looming up before
mr. | tell you I went through hell
that night.
About one or two o'clock decided
WAS going to North Carolina in
stead of To France, and that | would
70 to France later with some other
outfit. II was an easy matter 10
rid, the blinds ont of Gr""nNilir ana
yet Ia home which reached mex,
day.
1 STAYED "a month and then began to
think about returning Ia camp. max
inr a clean story of II all and taking
"A chance on bUing sent over with
somr. other outfit. I,mt didn't, and
finally 1 was arrested and brought
back here. You see where Am now
i'm the iug awaiting trial on the charge
oi AWOI. or dcscrtion. | don't Know
which yet"
The soldier hung his head and cri"d
an honest cry. He is % years old too.
and WAS raised in Il county where few
of the women even cry.
"l want to 30 now" he said he
tween his sohs. Il know done
wrong to skip out. lsut | wanted to
scc my folks dnc" more.
II amt altogether Ia blame. (ou
ain't married and you don't know how
IL Is. am going To make clean
breast of the whole business when
they give mc Il trial. and tell the story
lust about as have told II to you.
81 am ready To 20 over and in II
now. wasn't ready three months
ago. Ir they will just let me I'll live
this thing down. Still. II | get five
years or ten years in prison I'll ac-
ccpt II without Il murmur. ! reckon |
deserve it,
Come on here you.' said the guard
TO lscaslcy. you've been talking
enough. Get busy. now
Rcaslcy. who laid down when his
command went over. slouchcd around
the corner of Il building and out OF
sight.
Too Mean to Go.