The Washington times., 1919-03-02
WOUNDED 52 TIMES,
DEAD ) MONTHS
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covering the deception, attacked tire
camouhaged German and sent him to
the earth in flames.
Starts For Front Trenches.
when got directly in FRONT or the
German machine FIRE, met Colonel
Reckord and another Lieutenant. We
were in about the NTH line of
] trenches. / was not protected even
| by my tin hat when the three OF US
slowly started for the front line,
| through interseoting communication
| trenches. The lieutenant was in front,
I followed about ten PAGES behind, and
Colonel Recl1ord followed me. The
shell FIRE about this sector was ter
rife, and the US were falling. about
10 to 100 yards Of terrain every
minute.
Suddenly I heard the 'whizz- bang
of a large one Many were the
thoughts that passed through my
head in the second that followed. l
thought, This one has got me sure;
my monogram, good-by.'
81 shielded my face with my arms.
at felE remember the binding
flash and seeing the lieutenant fall
ing in front opsned my eyes
twenty feet away from where the
shell fell, blown by the explosion.
"It felt as il the world was at an
end. 1 was dying! The colonel
came to me and paused over my body,
asking, How bad are you hit?'
Other Lieutenant Killed.
"I was too weak to answer. for l
was bleeding to death. Later the
colonel told me that 1 had landed
in No Mans Land and had rolled
back into the trench. Then two doc
tors were seen heading toward to
the front to establish a dressing
station, for the casualties were large.
They were called. One came to me
the other went to the other lieuten-
ant. Soon he also came-with the
word that my comrade had gone
west'-and / did not even know his
name.
II was soon lifted into a stretcher
and carried a tortuOus 100 yards.
Then we were taken into an ambu-
lance. in which / rode over a bumpy
road for nearly ten hours. The suffer-
ering 1 endured is indescribable. for
fifty-two places on my body were
pierced and bleeding.
Il left the ambulance at an evacua-
tion hospital. The doctors here Oper-
ated on me for more than two and
one-haIf hours. Then 1 was taken
into a ward. ! was bandaged from
head to foot l had only two small
wounds on my face, however, due TO
the fact that I had shielded il with
my arms, but they and my hands and
wrists were hit badly. Nearly two
score wounds were on my legs, and
half of my left foot was gone. But
yet ] am spry, and with half of my
left foot l am a fond devotee of dane
ing. Only a slight limp shows that
1 was hit at all
Hospital BOmbarded.
MY troubles were not over yet. for
from this hospital [ went to another
at Souilly, which was bombarded. No
body was hurt and soon l was sent
to a base hospital at Tours, Novem-
Der 10. was there when the war
ended and on that day the French
children paraded through the hos
pitaI. singing the Marsellaise.
From here ! went TO Brest and
the conditions for the casualties here
were awful. They did not have medI-
cal supplies. or even adhesive tape.
The food also was awful.
Il was glad to leave here for the
good old L. s a. on December II,
and docked at Hoboken on the La
France at Pier ST. I went TO Camp
Merritt after twelve hours of wait
ing.
And Then to Home.
From Merritt 1 went to Camp Dix,
and on February % I was examined
for discharge. I passed and the exam
ming doctor told me that / had more
wounds than any man who had passed
through the ward since the war
started"
SouIers is 2s years of age and for
merly practiced law in the District.
He attended the Georgetown Univer-
sity Law school and was commission
ed from the first officers training
caup at Eort MVar He Uas fOrmerIy