The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1919-07-17

| to participate in this celebration OF
the divisions homecoming. He fin
ally obtained permission and one OF
his pals as he says, brought him to
New York for the gala event.
Il met lot of my old friends he
said, land we had fine reunion.
wouldn't have missed it for any
thing
Downhearted? Goodness no. Young
Silverman is making plans to join
some relatives in Colorado. 81 haven t
decided on what kind of work / am
going to do, but l shall work at
something. I am young and life is
interesting. Every wounded soldier
ought to do something," he said. 1T
keeps his mind employed and is good
for him.
Then, while one is discussing hos
pital heroes, there is Archie Raesler
Can you imagine any greater tragedy
than this young man has suffered
during the past two years? In this
short space of time the young hero,
whose home is i1r Auburn, \. Y, lost
his brother in the same fighting in
the Argonne, in which he himself lost
his right eye and partial sight of the
| left. received more than so wounds
and a fracture of leg in two places.
Then he returned home to find that
his mother had died in thesmean-
time. For boy of % this is much
to endure. But is he cast down? Not
a bit.
Eyes, there was a GIRL" he says,
'sbut we quarreled before left for
France. She has written me since,
but l haven't replied. What's the
use? am not the same now, and l
shan't inf1ict myself upon any one.
don't want sympathy. I just want
to get we'll now and get back into
business with dad and begin life
over again." he explained as he limp
ed to his cot in Gun Hill hospital.
"When they pick the rest of this
shrapnel out of me, I'll be all right. l
brought back more than so pieces
| of sharpnel in me as souvenirs. But
they're gradually getting them out,
and those that don't bother me, per-
haps we'll just leave in. am not
worrying. Hospital here is fine, food
good, doctors O. X, nothing better
and I'm lucky bird to be alive, just
let me tell you. Haven't I lot to be
thankful for?"
What kind of nature does fellow
possess that does not permit him to
feel moody after looking at life from
hospital cot for ten straight
months, with part of these months
passed in a German hospital camp?
That's natural question any one
might ask meeting George H. Ringler,
of Houston, Tex. Some of the hos
pital staff in Gun Hill hospital call
him handsome. No one would ques-
tion their opinion, and his optimism
and consideration for nurses and 9TH
er patients of his ward has pronounc-
ed him by Col. Walter Sherwood,
chief surgeon of the hospital, and the
ward physician, Lieutenant Ableman,
one of the pluckiest and most pa
tient men of the 1,400 on their big
list of badly wounded.
Young Ringler was severely wound
ed at -Thierry last July.
Both his legs were fractured and
gashed by ragged bits of shrapnel.
For two days without food, without
even a glass of water, he lay in the
German lines before being picked up
and transferred to German prison
hospital.
ct was in three different hospitals
in Germany" he said. 'My legs were
operated on without anesthesia, and
it took five men to hold me down.
But was determined to pull
through" he explains brightly. Il
knew there was nothing I could do
to advance matters for me. I was
helpless. decided to make the most
of nv misfortune. I decided to laugh
my way through to home and health.
1t helps, it helps lot to feel like
that"
.On Christmas day an English off,
Ger rescued me with some English
patients, and after other experiences
of being transferred from one place
to the other, I finally arrived here.
That British officer was certainly
fine man. I am mighty thankful to
him for getting me out of Germany.
Then there's the boy who had to
have his arm amputated because of
oonorono setting in