The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1919-02-18

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merous to count, and several cars
carrying both French and American
officers
I'VE are ready to serve. We, too,
are now u part of this big program
of warfare. | am eager to meet the
boys. One feels queer little thrill
Of excitement as they come marching
up the road, one big picture Of NOV
ing khaki.
Our captain has gone down the
road a way to inform the command
ing officer that we are ready to serve
the boys with hot coffee and dough-
nuts If he would permit them to stop
long enough en- route to accept this
truly American refreshments. de Sises
hiS consent
Doughnuts Surprise bey3
sour big tank OF coffee is placeA on
a wooden boa outside the canteen.
10 10 boiling hoe Hundreds of fresh
~ baked doughnuts furnish surprise
Do the boys as they tilt theip Gin mats
backwards to set better siew of the
refreshment COUNTER Die Nt . curl
osity In this place, it seema
n youth from Sew York observed
this big attack on che doughnuts.
'Geev he said, 'yos girls muse have
begun baking When we starte6 Grom
the Statess
"'How did you sSes ges up Neree
one asked 'Arenf you afraid Of the
Boche bombs? When did you leave
the States?' an6 dozens o6 other cues
lions.
"They likes our coffee. yhey praised
our apple pie Their enthusiasm is in
fictitious Everybody 10 cheere0 by
their presence, and as everyone says,
their self confident mannW insurss
victory.
"The ROOF of our dugout % covered
with sandbags, but the enemy is de-
termIned to wreck the town. Our men
have news to that effect We have
been told by the authorities that we
must leave, as the danger Is too great.
This has been busy center for
many weeks, and we Sivs ID up reluct-
antly.
"Two weeks latef: PtAought it was
quite an event when I distributed
doughnuts to the boys In the trenches,
but here we are in the thick of the
battle itself. Travelling since siN
| o'clock in the morning, ~ two We
| reached small town from which tie
| Germans had been drieen only eiSy
| hours before. The earth at timAa
| seems to tremble with the vibratiH
OF the guns as we stand before tksl
improvised evacuation hospital. !.
"While our men unload the big sup
| ply of oranges, lemons and sugar We
have brought with us, sister and re-
port to the doctors. D continuous
moving line Of ambulances Is bringing
in the wounded-Americans French
| and Germans alike. AS their wounds
are treated and dressed they arr
placed in other ambulances and SEN
to the special trains waiting ant
thence to the base hospitals.
Doctors Work Like Mao
"The doctors are working like maa
The chief surgeon scarcely looked a
me. Yes he said, get them some
thing cold to drink, and get 1t quick.
eve have lemons and sugar. l said
we can make lemonade
"fDo it quick he snappee. AM
have 1t cold
"While we squeezed lemons into
bucket Billy Hale hustled off in tn
canton in search of water. 1t didn'
take him long to find spring witt
water clear and cold as ice. He fillet
the huge tank and sped back to us
We soon had gallons OF lemonad
ready to serve to the boys, hot ant
feverish from the fight.
"They are wonderful, these boys 0
ours. Being an American, this mo
ment thrills one with pride. Battere
and broken In the fight, and surel.
suffering terribly from the awfu
wounds that war has inflicted, thes
boys are marvelously brave. Lynn
there on blood-stained stretchers
calmly, patiently waiting the doctor
hand, no complaint is uttered. Their
is no outcry from these young heroes
almost superhuman, 1t seems to me-
their super self-control"