Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-05-27

replied why, last night was unus-
ually quiet 1 learned soon after
that she was quite right. Some
times it would be so noisy, with the
pounding of the artillery, that one
would feel as if ones head were be-
ing pounded. The flashing of the
the nights. Notwithstanding the
PROXIMITY to the front, or the shot
and shells, we had our meals regu-
larry and l Was quite surprised that
first day near the front. to be calm
ly called to dinner. I had not thought
of eating under the circumstances
but l did so and always after that
was able to do SO even though the
place was under shell fire.
On one occasion Miss Dunn was
in the same village for some time
with the little Belgian Princess. the
13-year-old daughter of King Albert
Of Belgium. She was very sweet and
gracious and not at all unlike an
ordinary child. notwithstanding her
royal blood. Miss Dunn met her fire.
quently and also had the pleasure
of the King and Queen of Belgium
Then they came. to see their little
daughter, who was under the care of
her governess.
During the entire two years and
i months. Sister" Dunn did not
once meet any person whom she had
known in America. OF course the
first two years she cared for the
British soldiers almost entirely but
with so many Americans in the Ca
madam forces. Once she took care
Of q young man whose mother and
brother lived in Augusta, Miss
Dunn's home. and this was the near
est to home" that she came.
Lieut.. Leslie G. MacCorison, late
of the 25th Nova Scotia Battalion,
Canadian Forces. was the guest over
Sunday of his brother, Leroy Mac
Corlson, in Belfast. Lieut.. MacCori-
son is the son of the late Capt.
George MacCorison, drowned in
Cape Cod canal a few weeks ago,
While in. command of a barge in the
Boston Harbor service. He enlisted
in tho Canadian services on August
e. 1914, one day after war was de-
clared, and saw active and continu-
GUS service until the end of the war.
lie was thrice wounded and confined
to hospitals on each occasion. From
a private he won his pormotion to
first lieutenancy. and during the last
lew months of the war was acting
captain. in line for further promo
lion. Had the war lasted q month or
w longer he would have returned
q captain.
Lieut.. MacCorison took part in
nearly all Of the big battles of the
war, including Amiens. Cambria, Ar
ras. Fimy. KENNEL, Vierstraat, St.
Eloi. Voormezeele. Hill 80, HODGE,
Zlliebeke. ~Courcelette. e g i n a
Trench, Bully Grenay, Arleaux, Lens.
Hill 70, Passchendaele, Mercatel,
Melville Vi:asse.
Like all the real warriors, Lieut..
MacCorison is 10th to talk of his
experiences except to now and then
tell of some particularly interesting
thing which especially impressed
him, for he went through so much
and so many hardships and had so
many thrilling "~A hairbreadth es-
capes, that like the great majority Of
those brave men who won the day,
he would forget. if he can. He has
received his discharge and after
passing a few days with his brother
in Belfast. leaves on Tuesday for
Boston to visit mis- mother. Later he
will go to Moosehead for a fishing
trip and he will take a good long
rest before making plans for the fu-
ture.