Cheyenne record., 1919-04-24


and asked II I had . drink for him.
I had not had any water all day. and
I told him 20, but he kept on asking
for It all the same. Some Of the Turk
ish bembers must have >sneaked up
pretty close to our lines, for when /
looked out Of the hole toward our
lines, and q shell burst near them,
I could sss q Turk coming toward us.
We played dead then, but I had my
bayonst ready for him In case he had
seen ~ and decided to come up to the
hole. Evidently he had not, for when
he got near the hole he stssred 10 the
side and went around.
The other garby was cheerful when
he was not asking for water, but you
could see he was going fast. 30 We sat
there In the hole and he died. Shortly
afterward the IRE Slackened Q little
and got out and started toward our
lines. But I remembered about the
other wounded man I had passed
when ! was carrying Philippe Pierre.
% began hunting for him, and after
q long dime found him. Hs was still
alive Hls chest was all smashsd In
and h was badly cut up around the
nssk and ahouldsrA I picked him mp
and started back, but ran into some
ba1bsd wire and had to 20 around.
I was pretty tired BY this time and
.awfully thirsty. and I thought II I did
not rest little bit could never make
It. ! was % ursd and nervous that
I did not care much whether I did
got back or not, and the wounded
garby was sroaning al the tina
20 when I thought the shells wsrs
coming pretty thick again I got into .
shsll hole and Il was he came one
I had lskt not long bskoeA TAs dead
gaxby WAS thsse Just a. had lsft him.
The wounded one was bleeding all
ovsf. and my clothes wsss 3ust soaked
with blood from the thFse men, but
most Of all from him. There was some
Of my own blood on ma. too. for when
I was Knocked down by he shsll my
nose blsd and kept bleeding for long
time. but, Of course. that was nothing
compared - The bleeding ol tie
othara
Ths worst Of an was that hs kept
EroaninS for water, and it made me
thirstisr than I had been. even. But
there was not . drop Of water any
where and I knew there was NO use
searching any bodies for TASKS. 80
We Just had 10 sick It out. Pretty
soon the wounded man quit groaninS
and vas quiet. and I knew hs was
going 10 die too. Il made me mad 20
think that had not besn Of any use
In carrying these two men around.
but II I had gone On with either Of
them II would have been Just tAs same
they would have died and probably
I would have got It. too. When I ns-
ursd Il out this way I quit worrying
about Il, only I wished the IRE would
let up.
30 the othsr nan died. and thsrs
ware two Of them In the hole. I read
the numbers On Asir Identification
disks when shells burst near enough
70 that I could SO them, and after .
while got back 10 our lines and rolled
In. I could not remember the rum
bsrs o. the names By that time. but
working party got them, along With
Others, % It was al right
Ny clothes were q mes, - have
said. and I was 70 tired I thought I
could sleep for . wssk, but I could
not stand II In my clothes any longer.
II was absolutely against regulations.
but took OF an my e3othss-ths
blood had soaked into the shn-and
wrapped myself In nothing but air
and went right to slesp. I did not
sleep very wen, but woke up svsry
oncs In . while and thought I was In
the hols again.
During the night they brought ~
water, but I was asleep and did not
know Il. They did not wake me-.
but two men saved By share
though usually IN Q case like that Il
was evsrybody for himself and let the
last man % dzy. You could not baaAe
them. other. % I thought Il was
pretty decsnt q tAsss two % save ~
share for ne. I believe tAsy must
have had Q hard tine kesping tAs
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