Mexico weekly ledger., 1919-01-30
LIEUT. WORRELl HEARD
BY MANY SUNDAY

while We were over there. You mada
it possible for us to change our cloth
ing" And here Worrell suppressed a
smile. The Red Cross is the greatest
organization in the world. 1t supplied
us with tobacco, razors, writing paper
and anything we needed. No army in
the world was given these but the Am
erican Army IN France"
Lieutenant Worrell said the Amer
leans received more clothing, because
they wore out more. The French SCI
diers, he said, had theirs cleaned and
pressed, but it was no use to clean and
press the American soldiers clothing
when he came out of the trenches for
there wasn't anything left of them TO
clean.
The fighting equipment Of the Am
orleans was about the same as the
other Allied soldiers. The Americans,
he said, used shot guns and the Ger
mans called them inhumane. But the
Huns didn't seem to think a trench
knife that had teeth like a saw was
inhumane.
"Do not think all of the German SOL
dicrs were towards" said Lieutenant
Worrell, for when they managed to
get into the rear Of our armies and firc
their rifles at our backs, it meant GER
tain death for them and hundreds Of
them took this chance. That was
nothing more than bravery. But the
American ingenuity and brains equal
ed hat of the Hun at every turn.
They tried the liquid fire, which we
were able to duck. We followed with
thcrmite which would burn through
iron. The Germans, used gas. We
replyed to it with the worst gas in She
world, a gas that would penetrate
the German mask. We made them sick
of the gas proposition. At one time
we shelled a town for AZ hours putting
over gas shells. From the result of
that attack, we made the Hun sick.
In speaking of their rations, Lieu
tenant WorrelI said the Poor Red
Cross nurses lived on the regular
Army rations because they were in the
service. They had to be satisfied with
beans, morning, loon and night. Beans
were the most common food because
some of the other food did not get
across. However, the Lieutenant add
ed that they had plenty behind the
lines. Their food equalled the French
but was better than the British, he
said. They obtained their mess in the
trenches from trolleys and pack mules.
There was no assurance that they
would get it however, for an eXplod-
ing shell might kill the mule or cut
the trolley wire. The meat they were
served in trenches was Monkey meat
australian beef and bully beef,
which is the American product. While
in the Argonnc Forest battle, the
speaker said, their rations ran out and
they didn't get anything for several
days at a time" But" he added,
1--WE didn't want anything. We didn't
have time for it,"
The soldiers, according to him,
didn't kill the rats and cats they
found in the trenches. They were
scavangers. becoming very tame and
seldom bothered the boys.
at gets on a fellows nerve" Lieu
tenant Worrell said, "when you have
to ask for volunteers to do a danger
Gus thing; something that means al
most certain death. You call the first
time for a volunteer to deliver a GEL
tain message. There are plenty who
want to go. You pick out a man,
watch him, and see q shell blow him
to pieces. Then you call for more vol
unteers; that message must be del;v-
cred. No trouble to get volunteers.
On every side you hear: I'll go, I'll
GO You pick out a second man. He
goes across. Presently you see him
spin. He has been mortally wounded.
But that message must be delivered.
You send a third man and Sc him flap.
SO on until the object is accomplished.
All the time you have to stand there
and sec them killed and can't 90 your
self. Over there you love your reH
and they love you. l know they love
me that's why l was able to come
home. Perhaps if they had not loved
me. l would not be before you tonight"
Lieutenant Worrell told many other
interesting things some of which the
people of Mexico have already heard.
The meeting was a special n in
honor of the boys, who were on the
roll of honor at this church. They mad
either returned from overseas or from
camps in the United States. Rev. At
kins said there were SO stars on that
roll of honor. Four of them were N
rcd, representing the young ladies in
the service; five were silver, signifying
that five of this number had been
wounded and one in gold for Monty
Brooks, who died in camp. He added
that there might be two or three more
gold G but he hoped not. He then
offered up a prayer for those who had
lost sons either in the camps or IN
France.
The meeting was opened with the
singing of the Star Spangled Banner.