Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-04-08
SIRE ETCHER BEARERS
WORK IS IMPORTANT
George A. Myers Writes From
France On The Dangers OF
Ambulance Work
STIRRING POEM ENCLOSED


under the date of March 1S George =.
Myers. son of Henry B Myers. of this
city writes of the work of the ambu
lance company. 70 which he belongs.
and particularly uf the stretcher
hearers
The letter. with poem on the sub-
iect, follow
.In looking over the Stars and
stripes la weekly paper. printed for
the American soldiers over herel,
ran across i very pretty poem, written
.by one of The boys II the infantry Il
applies Is our company and thought
perhaps sou would like @ publish sailt
poem Iii your paper. 10 lei the people
.at home see that the company we are
i'm really had dangerous work while
over here
The Streteler Bearers
While they're passin round these
Croix de Queries an y. $. C'.'s an
such.
There's d guy ia like 70 recommend
he isn't mentioned much
His job Is nothin fancy. an he doesn't
gcg much fame
He il just stretcher bearer, but, be-
Iieye me, Bo he's game
tWho am Why just d doughboy.
Perhaps you know my rep.l
An | used 10 kid the Pill Brigade fer
gettin out Of step:
But since we had this war of ours.
I've seen what they can do,
An perhaps this little story may ex-
plain my change of view
II was lyin there one morning, with
my nose 5ammca In the dirt.
While the bullets all around me made
the tiny ust-clonds squirt
JUST a-wishin was thinner an a.
longin to be home,
0r any place away from there, from
Mexico 10 Nome
Ny PAL was lyin wounded, up hum
dred yards ahead,
An knew We couldn't reach him. 50
gave him UP for dead;
But two stretcher bearers started, an
iggered they was gone.
Still they hesitated just went on, and
Oh, and on,
They just sort o. hunched their shonI-
ders like IL was d shower of rain,
An they went ont 70 my buddy an
they brought him back again
ITS not SO hard 70 face the Boche an
let him shoot 81 you,
When you've got an automatic an can
do some shootin too,
But those two boys went marchin out.
without single chance
Except 10 push up daisies In some SUM
ny field In France
They saw their job an did It, without
any fuss or talk,
Just as calmly an serenely as you'd
start out fer d walk
Believe me that takes courage. an I'll
hand Il 10 them, then.
You may call them noil-combatants.
but they're soldiers and they're
Men.
FRANK C. TILLSOG
u am sure now the fellows that
laughed and jereed III the Pill Roll
ers have changed their opinion, for
they we're surely glad to see us Red
Cross men when they were lying
wounded and sick up front
Our commanding officer, First Lieut.
WI G. McLeIIand, NJ C., has been
awarded the croix de guerre; also two
or our seTgeants have won same.
We are still in this muddy France
and are not scheduled to leave until
June, our division l19thl follows the
26th division home
We are all surely anxious To set
home and are patiently waiting or
ders.
While sitting here writing. one Of
the fellows just thought of very good
way to gel rid of coolies
He says, carry d pocket full OF
salt around with you and once week,
go down TO the creek, and take of
all your clothes and Iay them az the
edge Of the creek The .cuotiea' will
leave your clothes to get q drink. and
while they are drinking. jnst grab
your clothes and run
This Was quite some great scheme.
We all had good laugh on him
We have had SOME very pleasant
weather here, the French have started
10 plow and SOW their crops. although
today has been very cold. and It snow
cd quite d bit.
All the boys are quite well. -Four
OF our hoys have been sent home with
in the last month from broken arms
Have been reading of 20 many
home" Toys being back.
.It wlli surely hs great To be back
among yon al again.
sIf yOH VIII publish the enci0ssd
p0em. surely will appreesste same
AGr. Vernon Abbott Waited hts annt.
Mrs. a. b. &cAGanus, at Hg0o ad.