SERGEANT MoOLINTOCK.
'litre, .mil it-llilHH run WKIK, anu 1
can't. Furthermore, you're iiot able to
curry uie be. ause you've pot a!out all
any of yon can do to navigate a lime.
It doesn't ItMik an If It' going to l
any better here very soon. You all
proceed to (lie rear, and If you can pet
mine ono to tome after me I'll be
obliged to you."
They accepted the proposition be
cause It wag pood advice, and. besides.
It wa orders. I wan their superior
officer. And what happened right
after that eonflrmed me forever In my
early. Kentucky bred conviction that
there I a t reat deal In luck. They
couldn't have traveled more than fifty
yards from the shell hole when the I
shriek of a high explosive seemed to !
come right down out of the aky Into
I Tumbled In on Top of the Four.
my ear, and the detonation which In
atantly followed shook the slanting
aide of the shell bole until dirt In Ut
ile (luMy rivulet ciime trickling dowu
upon me. Wounded a I waa, I drag
ged myself up to the edge of the bole.
There was no truce anywhere of the
four men who hud Just left inc. They
have never been heard of since. Their
budle were never found. The big
ahell must liuve fallen right among
them urn) simply blown them to bit.
u ,uul .luancr to t in tne ;
morning when I was h t. I lay In the ;
neii uoio until z ill tne afternoon, stir
filing more from thirst and cold and
hunger than from pain. only hoped
the (icrmuua wouldn't drive t.ur men
lack over uie. At 2 o'clock a batch of
sixty prisoner came along under es
cort. They were being taken to the
i ear under lire. The artillery bom
bardment wua still pructUally undi
minished. I asked for four of the
prisoner and made cue of ihcm get
out hi rubber ground sheet, carried
around hi wulst. They responded
Willingly and seemed most icady to
help n.e. I bad a revolver (empty I and
i uie bombs In ray pockets, but I had
no need to threaten them. They bait
dragged me toward the rear.
Carried to the Hear.
It wa a trip which via not without
Incident. Every uow and then wc
would bear the shriek of approach
lug "coal box," und then my prisoner
stretcher beaivrs and I would tumble In
one Indiscriminate group Into the near
est shell bole. If we did that ouce we
did It a half doieii fines. After each
dive the four would-patiently reotgan
tee and arrange the Improvised stietch
er again, and we wou;d proieed. Fol
lowing every tumble, however. I wouid
have to ttghteu my tourniquets, and.
despite all I could do, the bcmoirlmge
ttvui my wound continued to How so
profusely that I was licglnulug to feel
very dlKy and weak, tin the way In
I sighted our regimental dressing sta
tion and signed to my four bearer to
carry me toward It. I couldn't talk
Ccimaii. The stathu was In uu old
(Icicmu dugout. Major i;:iday was at
the dmr. lie laughed when be saw
tti" Willi uiy own special ambulance
dtiu.l
"J. el'. i do you want':" lie.ir ked
"OVER m
The Thrill and (he Hell of
the Trenches, Described
by an American Boy.
Sergeant Alexander KcClintock of Lex
ington, Ky, and the Canadian Army Em
Gripping Tale That Every American Will
Bead, For He Telli the Fact Unadorn
ed. Wounded, a Diitinguiihed Conduot
Xedal Mm, Ha Wai Invalided Home,
but Ii Going "Out There" Again to Fight
For Uncle Bam and Hit Alliei. An In
spiring, Interesting, Fenonal Sanative,
Full of the Spirit and Atmoiphera of tha
Trenches ia France.
"Mo'sToT al'ITuia. T tTiiiiFT want
a drink of rum.'
He produced It fur me Instantly.
"Now," aim! lie, "my advice to you la
to keep on traveling. You've Rut a flue
special detail there to look ufter you.
Make "em curry you to IVIeres. It'a
only live miles, and you'll make It all
right. I've got this place loaded up
full, no stretcher beaiers, no assistants.
j 0 adequate supply of bandage and
medicines and a lot of very bad case.
If you want to net out of here In a
week Just keep right on going uow."
Ah we continued toward the rear we
wore the forgot for a immber of hu
morous remark from men coming up
to go Into the light.
"(Jive my regard to Blighty, you
lucky lieggar."
wu the most frequent
. i naylng.
"Ilir me." Hald one cik kney Tommy,
"there goes one o' th' ranudlaua with
, an esnirt from the kaiser."
, Another man stopped and asked
about my wound.
"Co-d work." he said. "I'd like to
have a nice clean one like that my
self." 1 noticed one of the prisoner grin
nl:ig at s Hue remark and asked hlni tf
be understood English. He hadn't spo
ken to me, though he hud shown the
gfeutest readiness to help me.
i eiiutuiy i understand ungiisn, ne
i replied, speaking the language perfect
ly. "I used to be a waiter ut the
! Knickerbocker betel In New York."
That sounded like a voice from home,
and I wanted to bug him. I didn't
However, I can say for him he must
have been a good waiter lie gave me
! good Bervlce.
I , Of the last stage of my trip to To
' rleres I cannot tell anything, for I ar
' rived iwicouKcloua from loss of blood
The last I remember was that the for
mer waiter, evidently sce'ng that I
wa going out. asked me lo direct hlui
how to reach the Held hospital station
at I'orlere and whom lo ask for when
he got there, I Came back to con
sciousness In a clean hospital eot the
I next ii'oriilug.
; x I realized a I lay on that cot I wa
out of the modern hell for a time, and
my mind drifted back over the days
Just passed Wounded men. grim re
minders, were all aUiut me. many of
them worse oft than I was. I had seen
all kinds of bravery British officers
climbing calmly over the top with a
monocle In their eyes and a cane In
their hands Into almost certain death,
like a man getting Into a tub of water
, where he knew he would ct wet,
Come on; lot' go!" they would
drawl. My rcspe-ts to them,
Alld a,M) tu ,e eilpluy Tue Germaa
officer flglit to the last. Few surren
der. My bat off to them And the
dead brave Major Lewis and poor
Muefarliine, my close comrades. And
only the other day I read Lance Cor
poral (ilass. the man I carried In after
our lirst bombing raid In Belgium, hud
been killed In action In France. I shw
It In a Montreal pajHT.
They vnccluuted me for everything
while with the nrmy everything ex
cept i: alnst being shot. If a man
could Invent a:i antitoxin for that
well, he would be a hero.
No. 6. Decorated For
Bravery; Home and
Unclejatn.
By Serjeant Alexander McClintock,
D. C. M., 87tli Oversew Ball.,
Canadian Gren. Guard.
Copyright, 1917, by th Roll 8yn-
aicate, Inc.
! Thit ii the coin luding article of the
uriet vfsi by irgant UiVlmtock,
,an incriiiiii hoy of Lcrinyton, ffy.,
) iirnce in tramt, irui
ifmirafcd fur Iraicry and iarufided
iwc. Wc Aa keen promiscrf a com
miitm in our army. The fr.t Ire in
ttitltmrntu tulti of the fighting in Bel
gium and on the Samme, rher he vat
dr,yirntily tcounded. Thit final in
itiillntnit aYtin'.V hit juurmy to tht
renr wiA Urrntg-ttro pitrrt of thrapntl
in one Ug ami Ait melting vith the
king in o Loudon Aotpitut,
I WAS ta'i . f.-(.L, I'trticre to AH-ert
in a I'm. ! i::.i''iilumt- or. as the
T.cua-s would say, a "tin LlMie."
The uau who drove this vehicle would
make a good cbauTeiir for an adding
machine. Apiureutly he wu counting
the buuii In the road, for he didn't
mis one of them.. However, the trip
was only a matter of seven miles, and
I was In fair condition when they lifted
me out and carried me to au o's-ratlng
table lu the Held dressing station.
A chaplain came along and murmur
ed a little prayer In my ear. I Imagine
that would have made a man feel very
solemn If be had thought there wa a
chance be waa ubout to pass out, but
I knew I merely bud a leg pretty badly
smashed up, and while the chaplain
waa praying I wa wondering If they
would have to cut it off. I figured, If
so. thia would handicap my dancing.
The first formality lu a shrapnel case
I the administration of an anti tetanus
Innociilation. and wheu It I done you
realize that they are sure trying to
save your life. The des-tor uses a borne
syringe, and the Inject Ion leaves a
lump ou your chest as big as a base
ball, which stay with you for forty
eight hour. After the Injection a
nurse fills out a diagnosis blank with
a description of your wounds and a
record of your name. age. regiment,
regimental number, religion, parentage
and previous history as far a she can
discover It without asking questions
which would be positively Indelleute,
After all of that my wound were giv
en their first real dressing.
Immediately after this was done I
was bundled Into another ambulance
and driven to Contay, where the C. C.
S. (casualty clearing station) and rail
head were located. In the ambulance
with me were three other soldiers, an
artillery officer and two private of In
fantry. We were all ticketed off aa
shrapnel cases and probable recoveries,
which latter detail Is remurkuhle. since
the most slightly Injured of the four
had twelve wouuds, an, there were
sixty odd ahell fragments or shrapnel
balls collectively Imbedded In us. The
nurse hud told me that I had about
twenty wounds. Afterward her count
proved conservative. More accurate
and later returns showed twenty-two
bullets and shell, fragments were in
my leg. They took these out and pre
sented them to uie. I have been giv
ing them away for aouvenlrs.
We were fairly comfortable lu the
ambulance, and t especially had great
relief from the fnct that the nurse bad
strapped my leg In a sling nttnehed to
the top of the vehicle We smoked
cigarettes and chatted cheerfully, ex
changing congratulations cm having
got "clean ones" that Is, wounds not
probably fatal. The artillery officer
told me he had been supporting our
battalion that morning with one of the
"sacrifice butteries."
A sacrifice battery, I might explain.
Is one compwd of Held pieces which
are emplaced between the front and
support line and which In case o'i
attack or counterattack are fliTf at
point blnnk range. They call them
sacrifice butteries because some of
them are wiped out every day. This
officer said our battalion that moniliiT
had U'cn supported by an entire divi
sion of artillery and that on our front
of 4K yards the eighteen pounders
alone. In a curtain fire which lasted
thirty-two minutes, had discharged
15.000 round of high explosive shells.
I was Impressed by h's statement, of
course, but I told him that, while this
wa an astonishing lot of ammunition,
It was even more surprising to have
noticed at close range, as I did. the
number of Germnns they missed. To
wnrd the end of our trip to Contay we
were much exhausted and pretty badly
shaken up. We were beginning also
to realize we w ere by no means out of
the woods surgically. Our wound had
merely been dressed. Euch of us faced
au extensive and serious operation.
We arrived at Contay silent and pretty
badly depressed. For tweuty-four
houra lu the Contay cnsualty clearing
station they did little except feed ua
and take .our temperatures hourly.
Then we were put Into a hospital train
for Iiouen.
Germans Eomb Hospital Train.
Right here I would like to tell a lit
tle story about a hospital train leavbiu
i Contay for ltouen not the oue we
were on, but one which had left a few
days before. The train, when It was
j Just ready to depart with a full quota
j of wounded men, was attacked by
Cermai. aeroplanes from which bombs
! were dropped upon It. There Is noth
I big apparently that makes the Ger-
I mans so fearless and ferocious as tha
lid Cross emblem. On the top of each
of the curs in this train there was a '
hed Cross big enough to be seen from
miles lu the air. The Germuu aviators
accepted them merely as excellent tar
gets. Their boiuba quickly knocked
three or tour cars from the rails and
killed severul of the helplessly wound
ed men. The rest of the patients, weak
and uervous from recent shock and In
Jury, aouie of them half delirious and
uearly all of them absolutely helpless
and tu palu, were throwu Into near
panic.
Two of the nursing glsters in charge
ofjhe tralu were the coolest Individ-
Train! into Monmouth
L've Tortland 7.35, a ra, Gerlinger 10:20, Independ'ce 10.32, Monm'th 10:50
" Satem 9.15, "
" " 1.40, pm Dallas 2:45 " 3:10
" " 3 45, " Gerlinger4:3S, Independent 4:55, Monmouth 5:05
" 6.00, " " 6:45, " 6:57, " 7:10
" Portland 3.20, Connecta with above
" Corvallis 6.45, a m Independence 7:35.... Arrive Monmouth 7:45
" 1.15, p m " 2:14 " 2:35
" Dallas 700, a m, Arrive Monmouth 7:25
" Airlie S30, a m and 3:40, pm. Arrives Monmouth 9:05 a m and 4:13 p m
Leave Independence, 6.50 am, 7.35, 8.45, 10.55, 1.30, p m 2.20, 4, 4.40, 7.00
Trains out of Monmouth
L've Monmouth 7:05 a m. Independence 7:35, Gerlinger 7:49, Ar Salem 8:30
" Same as above Portland 11.10
" Monmouth 1:45, pm, . " 2:14, " 2:27, Salem 3:10
" Same aa above " Portland 5:25
" Monmouth 4:35, " 4:55, " 5:10, Salem 6:00
" " 9:05, a m Dallas 10:10 " 11:10
" " 4;30, pm " 4:55, " 6:00
" " 9;05, a m, Independence 10:32, Corvallis 11:20
" " 4;55, p m, !' 6:57, " 7:45
" " 7;25 a m and 3;10 p m. Arrives Airlie 8 a m'and 3;40 pm
Leave Monmouth 7.05, a m, 8.15 9.05, 10.50, 1.43,p m, 2.35, 4.15, 4.55, 7.10
Electric Light and Power
WIRING
Credit given up to 4 months on payment. Have your
building wired now and pay later.
See GLEN WHITEAKER at Monmouth Hotel
uula present. Ttfey wull;cd calmly'up
and dowu Its length, urging the pa
tients to remain quiet, directing the
mule attendants bow to remove the
wounded men sufely from the wrecked
curs and puylng no attention whutever
to the bombs which were still explod
ing near the train. 1 did nut have the
privilege of witnessing this scene my
self, but I know that 1 have accurate
ly described It, for the details were
told in an official report when the king
decorated the two sister with the Uoy
al lied Cross for valor in the face of
the enemy. ,
The trip from Contay to Rouen was
a niglitmure-twenty-six hours travel
ing 1.7) miles mi a train which was
forever stopping and starting, Its Jerky
and uncertain progress meaning to us
Just hours and hours of suffering. I do
not know whether this part of the sys
tem for the removal of wounded has
been improved uow. Then, its Incon
veniences and Imperfections must have
been inevitable, for in every way after
ward the most thoughtful and tender
care wus shown us. In the long tows
of huts which compose the British gen
eral hospital at ltouen we found our
selves iu what seemed like paradise.
In the hut which constituted the spe
cial ward for leg wounds I was lifted
from the stretcher on which I had trav
eled all the way from Poizers Into a
comfortable bed with fresh, clean
sheets, and Instantly I found myself
surrounded with quiet, trained, effi
cient care. I forgot the pain of my
wounds and the dread of the' coming
operation when a tray of delicious food
was placed beside my bed and a nurse
prepared me for the enjoyment of It
by bathing my face and hands with
scented water.
On the following morning my le;
was X rayed and photographed. 1 told
the surgeon I thought the business of
cperating could very well be put off
until I had had about three more
square meals, but he couldn't see It
that way. In the afternoon I got my
first sickening dose of ether, and they
took the first lot of Iron out of me, I
suppose these were Just the surface
deposits, for they only got five or six
pieces. However, they coutlnued sys
tematically. I had five more opera
tions, and every time I came out of
the ether the row of bullets and shell
scraps at the foot of my bed was a
little longer. After the number had
reached twenty-two they told me that
perhaps there were a few more In
there, but they thought they'd better
let them stay.
My wound had become septic, and It
was necessary to give all attention to
drulnuge und cure. It was about this
time that everything for awhile seem
ed to become hazy and my memories
got all queerly mixed up and confused.
I recollect I conceived a violent dis
like for a black dog that appeared
from nowhere now and then and be.
gau chewlug at my leg, and I believe
I gave the nurse a severe talking to
because she Insisted on going to look
on at the ball game when she ought to
be sitting by to chase that dog away.
And I was perfectly certain about her
being at the ball game, because I saw
her there wheu I was playiug tUird
base.
The Alarming; Cablegrrni.
It was at this time (on Nor '"-. lino,
ten days after I had been n.Vtli
thut my father in Lexingt. ; , J
the following cablegram frt , ;.
Two of the Nursing Sisters Were the
Coolest Individuals Present.
cer ThTharge of fCe Canadian records
In England:
Sincerely regret to Inform you that Ser
geant Alexander McCltntock la nflviniw
reported dangerously III In No. S general
hospital from gunshot wound In left thigh.
, Further particulars supplied when re
ceived. I It appears that during the time of
my adventures with the black dog and
the Inattentive nurse my temperature
had ascended to the stage wheu the
doctors began to admit another method
of treatment might have been success
ful. But I dldu't pass out. The one
thing 1 most regret about my close call
Is that my parents In Lexington were
in unrelieved suspense about my con-
; ditiou until I myself sent them a cable
from Loudon on Dec. 15. After the
first official message, seemingly pre
pared almost as a preface to the an
nouncement of my demise, my father
rPCPlvo1 tin nan-a ... ... I.
v iH-no ui me wuaiever.
And, as I didn't know that the official
message had gone, I cabled nothing to
him until I was feeling fairly chipper
again. You can't have wars, though,
j without these little misunderstandings.
I If it were possible I should say some
thing here which would be fitting and
adequate about the Englishwomen
; who nursed the 2,300 wounded men in
! general hospital No. 5 at ltouen, but
I that power isu't given me. All 1 can
: do Is to fall back upon our most pro
found American expression of respect
! and say that my hat is off to them.
One nurse in the ward in which I lay
had been on her feet for fifty-six houra,
; with hardly time even to eat. She
finally fainted from exhaustion, was
1 carried out of the ward aud was back
again In four hours, assisting at an
operation. And the doctors were do-
, mg their bit, too, in living up to th
obligations which they considered to
be theirs. An operating room was In
every ward, with five tables In each.
After the fight ou the Somme. in which
I was wounded, not a table was va
cant any hour In the twenty-four for
days at a time. Outside of each room s
was a long line of stretchers contain
ing patients next awulting surgical at
tention. And In all that stress I did
not hear one word of complaint from
the surgeons who stood hour after
hour, using their skill and training for
the petty pay of English army medical
officers.
On Dec. 5 1 was told I was well
enough to be sent to r. d, and on
the next day I went , , . ,ital train
from Jlqueu jtp JIu- el was