The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1919-04-11
One of the Horrors of War

Ii. the suferings and horrors of war will not be
printed during the next hundred years, even though
the papers and magazines published nothing else VI
the muttudes who went to hundreds of thousands
carried the story untold to the and of those who
returned their lives will be spent in trying to forget
aI-to wipe out from the memory all the suffering and
misery that filled the days and weeks and months, IN
camps, in trenches in hospitals.
One branch of the work of the Red Cross devoted
to an effort to sustain the morale of the and of the
felix's home but of this great work they only touched
the edge just spot in thousand So many families
SO many men, suffered in silence fortunes which were
than death
Men who were in camps frequently taken and
sent aboard ship and sailed without opportunity to
write line were entirely lost their people for months
in some cases. during the whole of the war
We have seen many letters from boys who stated that
they had not heard line from home in months
Many men who wrote home regularly, never had
line get back home We had personal letter this
week from a young who in the Marine corps,
whose people had line from him from August,
when he sailed, until January, when he wrote from
hospital in France, where he had been since he
wounded in the early days of October. He had written
as regularly as it possible for him to do and his
folks had written too but of the letters got
there. Can you we'll imagine suffering worse than
the mental anguish of this sort?
We know of other cases almost bad, but quote
from the letter mentioned:
l received The Journal regularly while was in
training camp, but after left the states did not
receive a piece of mail until after l back to
this hospital (Portmouth, Va and my father writes
that they had written almost every week notice
that Marietta boys came over on the same boat
/ on, but l not outside very much, and l
did not happen to any of them.
l have not until yet human being since l
enlisted May, 1919 that knew before. 1t seems
that would have some one in the hospital but
1 did not, and l won't know what to do when l see
l used to know
There several fellows around the hospital
from Georgia, and met business men in Nor
folk from Georgia, S it good to meet some
one from your own state, if you don't know
them.
And there is complaint in line of this letter. he
further goes rejoice in the glorious weather, and
praise the treatment in the Portsmouth hospital and
to say how glad he is get back to this country.
This just private. He left his daily work
to go-no time to qualify himself officer, and no
political influence to pick easy place, but when the
government fails honor and help these who offered
everything for it, Will TO be proud of country
When the congress gracOusy allowed gift of
S24O each of its civil employees in the city of Wash
ngton Just because they had worked for the
during the war; and at the time allowed bonus of
one-fourh the the discharged soldiers quietly
chalked up score against the said congressman who
anxious reward their clerks and appontees,
who frequently ackers, and paid insurance.
Of course there only about 100000 of these Wash