The Arvada enterprise., 1919-02-06
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II certainly was hard, when the next
day came, TO sive up your whole ration
and 20 without that day. But I never
saw . man hedge. or even speak Of It
And We did not have any food pirates
among us either: We were not captains
Of industry BY any means.
There were times when some Of us
could not eat certain Of our rations.
For instance. many and many . time
I was - hungry ~ anybody could be,
and I wanted to eat my bread. but It
seemed - II I could not get II into
my mouth. TAso ! would trade It with
someone else for bis "shadow soup or
his barley coffee.
We were dying every day In Bran
denburg and after each death the
senior men of that barracks would DE-
tail twelve of their number to 60 out
for half an hour and dig the grave.
while others made little crosses, on
which they wrote or carved the mans
name. when he was captured, and his
regiment or ship. In the middle Of
the Cross were always the letters.
r. L P.-Rest In Peace.
One time We were ordered to report
to the German doctors for Q serum
treatment Of some kind-to receive IN
injection. in other words. There was
no choice abost Il this time, ~ We
were simply Asrded together to the
hospital baEraeAs. Now, ! knew what
these things were like and how brutal
the German doc1oss were In Giving an
injsctioo. % I wanted to b. the very
nrst nAa and Dct have to witness the
othse men gstt1ng theirA
30 ! pushed up to the head Of the
line, With the crew Of II. n. g. Nomad.
who had beea captured In the Jutland
hattie, and By the time W got to the
hospital. was Tie very nrst man In line.
but the sentry threw me hack and
there were several men ahead Of me.
Each of them hsred his chest and the
doctors s,ashed them across the breast
with . very thin knife. - you can -
that II was very painful. When II
came to my turn they slaahed me three
times In the shaes Of . triangle Just to
one side Of the breast. And that was
ali thses was t0 it-no injection. notA.
ing q The knife that I could so.
New. I Do not know what the Dlsa
was. Every man Of % was disxy for
the rest of The day aud could not Do
anything bat hay around the barrucks.
And hardly any q - blsd . drop.
though the gashes were deep. I DO not
think We had any blood In - to run.
nnd that 10 the truth Of II. Il was
Just another German trick that - one
could explain.
One day q war correspondent named
Beanett, from . Chicago paper. came
to The camp and went through oil the
barncks. When hs came 70 osr bar.
racks I told him ] was ~ American
and asked for the newa Instead Of
answering he began to ask all SORTS
Of questions. Finally. after had told
him had been in the French service.
] asked him u he could help me in any
way. He answered that I bad only my.
self 10 blanc and that Il served me
right II ! had beea n oos of the allied
aPmieaL
did not nike his hooks much and he
seemed unfFiendly. but when he began
smoking . cigarette Il almost drove me
Grassy and ! could not help asking for
one. He refused me and said ! should
have stayed In my own country. where
] could have had plenty Of ciGarettea
After while be threw away . ciGa.
rette stub and not only I but three or
four others who were near made dive
for Il. A man named Kelley got IT.
crazy man who went around trying
to eat wood and cloth and anything
he could hnd.
When my three weeks were up and
hnd not heard from Mr.. Gerard I was
just about ready 10 80 down to the
lake and pick ont . vncant spot and