The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-01-16
SCENES IN THE
BIG WORLD WAR
Former Publicity Man for Evangelist
~ scoville Writes Of some Things
He Saw on the Battle
fields.
HOW BRAVE MEs DIED
Lieutenant Guy S. Williams Was Fin
ally Wounded After Battle Of
Marne was Nearly
Ended.

Guy S. Williams, who was in heo
i Hulk as the publicity manager LOT
Evangelist Charles Reign ScoVille, is
row a lieutenant in the American
army In France, and in letter TO
Mr.. and Mrs. Scoville describes some
tslings in the war. His letter is dated
at base hospital No. 81, in France
August 20, 1918, and is as follows:
have been in France for SIX
months, thus being able to wear
service stripe upon my weak lett
arm. have commanded machine
gun company on the noted western
front for two months-that is, had
commanded one until July 81, when
III got carted to the hospital, so l
may and do wear wound stripe on
INV strong riglt arm. We were right
ii that glorious old battle OF the
Marine, and didn't get Knocked out
until couple Of days before It was
cuieted down.
Was Badly Frightened.
And you must not get the idea
into your heads that July "a marked
the beginning of my bellicose expert
cnces. My company was with the
French in Chateau-Thierry in June.
Il was pers onally, about as cheerful
some Of those days as blind man
at burlesque. Half the time my
heart was crowding my Adams ap-
lila hard for standing room In my
neck. But l got through 1t some
how. don't know what will happen
ID me in the days ahead. But
know that / am going to put up tne
merriest little battle you ever 1earo
tell Of to keep my beneficiaries from
pulling down my life insurance. II
; can get back to Battery Park with
two Identification tags. they're all
the military decorations l want
one lad was standing within ten
feet OF me the last night was up
there. 1t was in a wood A shell
hit and he went down like feiied
beef. His officer bent over him.
-Tm afraid we've lost man here,
he said. Tnat chap had very calmly
removed his gas mask 1--WE had been
wearing them for hours) and smiled.
Eyes, you lost one" he said, but
10 get 'em; I'm all right
I passed him, lying there in the
moonlight, hours later. He was
stark dead, of course, but the smile
vas upon his face He had just
fallen asleep. And think the angels,
when they took mis- spirit home, LETT
that smile TO show others OF 1s now
10 die. He wont be there when the
returning warriors swing up the ave
rue. Not for him 10 share the joys
.lf "apres la guerre" reunions. But
when the White Captain shall lead
in stately review. past the throne OF
the God OF justice and mercy, the
comrade souls OF the heroic dead,
rlere. the lights Of Paradise shall
jilumine his way and angels shan
press upon his brow the laurel leaves
OF victory.
The Men in the Trenches and eo1-
i was passing back over Es4c o1s
night where the fighting had tse1
hard a day or two previous 5T Ga1
side of the road ] cav two Ctt1ce-k,
living side by side. the head Of e@eh
testing on the outstretcaat s-l u
The other. Each had died trying 70
ease, as best he could, the. suffer
ings of mis- comrade.
One ceases to think about religion
over her, and remembers only God.
One knows there is God In the
lt1enches. The soundest proof OF the