The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-03-12
ne Back From 4 re IIar BoieUulg
n HeLLs-Says Zdah 1l'Glone Gibson

suthos Of "consessIens Of wife"
Who Has, Just Returned from
Trip to Europe, Where She Went
Under the Auspices Of the Amer
lean Red Gross and the Daily "eSE
VIreintan.
editors Sote-3irs. Idah McGlone
Gibson, author OF Confessions OF
WIFE has just returned from the
war. where she went on special
mission for the American Red Cross
and The west Yirginian.) She IS
writing her experience and obseTTa-
tons cover there" IN a special series
OF articles. OF which this IS the first
Others will follow at frequent inter
vals.-Editor>o The West Vtrginlan.
CCu7right. 1918. by the News
paper Enterprise Association
have just returned from france
where / have been Everywhere with
the American Red Cross"-and 70 IN
Spect the activities OF the Red CroSs
over there" means seeing war IN
III its impressive horror..for just now
the American Red Cross is bIno1ng
ND the crimson wound OF the whole
warning world.
MI first vivid impression Of war |
received Just before left America l
met one afternoon Captain Latham
Of the Connaught Rangers, which was
one of the little army of Contempt
bels'' sent By England to France IN
IL DAYS after war was declared be-
tween England and GERMANY These
mn are perhaps prouder OF the med
al commemora,inS that glorious run
away" to the Marne. where the Ger
mans lost the war-although it has
not seemed yet to have penetrated
thetz thick skuils-than they are Of
their Victoria Crosses.
This young Irish captain has been
wounded five times and gassed once,
aud is one of only five left OF the or
igfnal quota OF his regiment. He was
aud is still over here on recruiting
duty =.but he told me that he was
going back very soon 70 Join his TeS
iment-the regiment of which he
does not know man. the other four
survivors OF the original quota beng
SO disabled the cannot return.
His Story-and it is most interest,"
iag-I am going 10 tell later. but
Z have Just said this much 70 try and
make one OF the things he said as
vivid to those who read this as II
was to me.
I had told him what expected to
see over there. and we had some wa
strayed to a diacugsion OF the great
spiritual awakening var brings TO az
most every soldier.
II don't care what your religion IS.
Mrs. Gibson he at last said earnest
: ~ "I don't care whether you are
Protestant. Catholic. or Jew. but /
do know this. il you go over there
and You sec What you VIII see WITH
the Red Cross as your Sude and
friend. you will come back believing
in God-Believi2g in God, as sure as
HeY''
And that is one thing learned
. most thoroughly whs2 cane n
contact with French. E.lsiiah and
:: American soldiers wh3 had been
in the trencfes-tka: the~ believe
in God. whatever may have been
thei- belief before.
Perhaps no; in the thoroughly Or
thodox way that VIC have been t::1:sfat
to believe is the way 10 evcr!as- NJ
life. But they certainly have good
enough faith to fiG;,t by and die win.
felt as talked with those who
had faced death in the trenches that
they had faced God
And most 500 ic-'G are ctIrSin&
lot. Words that have never beaG
thought OF b. men in time OF peace
rise to the surface when those men
speak of a foe as malST a2tiy c:-1eI
: and savage as the Hun. but neTe"the-
less found all these men have mac
their peace with God in way that