The state herald., 1919-03-28

troops. In small sroups-what was LEFT
oe squads and platooos and sinsiy.
Our captain had got It q nth time,
meanwhile. but b would not leave N,
- he was the ranking omcse. He had
q scalp wound. but The othsss were In
bic arms and shouldsrs. He could nol
move his hands at all
But - led our charge whsa W ran
fue the weeds. We carried some ma
chine guns witA - - w went, and
the gunners would run Q piece. sst up,
6rs while w opensd up for them. and
run on again. Some troops came out
of trench st1ll farther to the Fight
and helped %, and We drove the Ger
mans out Of the woods and oecup6ed Il
ourselves.
From there. we had tAs Germans in
our old trench almost directly from
tie rear. and We smply cleaned them
out. I think al The vows were kept
that day, or slse he men who made
them died nrst.
I was shot through the thigh some
time o. other aftsr the captain got
back. Il felt Just IKE q needls-prick
ct nrst, and then for Q while ny LEG
was numb. 4 couple oe hours afte We
took our trench bach. ] started out for
the rear and hoepital N wound had
bssn hurting for some 4me. Thsy eaE.
ned the captain out % Q strsteAsr
about the same time. but he died o.
the way from los Of blood. rfssh
troops came up 70 relieve ~. but our
men refused to 90. and though o@cial.
" they were not there In the trench.
thsy stayed until they took the cap
tain away. Then. back 10 billsts- not
bullets, this time. I believe that We 70.
esivsd an army dtat3ea for that piece
of work, but ! Do ~ know. - I was
In tie hospital for . mort time afesr.
ward. DO not remember much about
going to the hospital except that the
ambulance made an awful racket going
over the stone-pavsd streets Of Etaples.
and that the bearer who picked up one
end Of my stretcher. had eyes liks dad
nah floating on water: also. that there
were some civvies standing around the
entrance a. We were being carried in.
The frst thing they do In tie boz.
pital 10 to take OF your old dirty band
ages and slide your stretcher under q
big electric magnet. 4 doctor comes
In and places his hand over your
wound. and they let down the magnet
over his hand and turn on the Juice.
II the shell fragment o. bullet In you
u more than seven ceotimeters deep,
you cannot fesl the pain. The arst
doctor reports to the chief bow deep
your wound u. and where Il 70 situ-
ated. and then Q nurse comes up to
you. whsrs you lie. with your clothes
still on. and asks you to take the
pressure"
Then they ltft you on q four.wheeled
cart. and roll you'to the operating the
ater. They take OF your clothes there.
] remember I liked 70 hook At the
nurses and surgeons; they looked 20
good In their clean white clothes.
Then they stick hollow needles Into
you, which hurt good deal. and you
take the pressure. After . while. they
begin cutting away the bruised and
maybe rotten flesh, removing the old
cloth. pieces Of dirt. and 20 forth, and
scraping away the splinters Of bone.
You thint sQI suss you are going to
bleed to death. fhs blood f6shss
through you like lightning. and II you
get . sight Of yourself. you can fesl
yourself turning pale. Then they hurry
700 to your bed. md cover you over
with blankets and hot.water bottles.
They raise your bed on chairs, 20 the
blood viii run up toward your head,
and after . while. your eyes open and
he doctor says. "Oui. oui, n vivrs,"
y %':n,ns :1.as sa3. S!Z zeS = a.! ale .s@a time
The treatment We rot In the hospital
was frcat We received cisafsttsS, 70.
bSeco. matches, magazines, and clean
clothes. Jhe men DO not talk about
their wounds much. and everybody
trss 70 b happy and show Il. Ths
foed was ans. and thers was lots Of Il
] Do not think there were any doe.
tom IN The world better than ours, and
they ware siways trying to mahs
things easy for q. Thsy did not sip
the dressinss Of your wounds IKE
some Of the butchers DO In some of our
dispsnsaries that I know Of. but took
them on carefully. Everything was
very clean and sanitary. and some Of
The hospitals had son pariors, which
were well uesd. yoa can bs sure.
Some Of he nsn made toys ana
fapcy articlsA eseA - buttca hooks
and Dapsf halves They made tAs
handlel from enpu shsll cassA q
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