i was shot through the thigh some
lme or other after the captnin got
nck. It felt Just like a needle-prick
it first, and then for a while my leg
vas numb. A couple of hours after we
ook our trench back, I started out for
he rear and hospital. The wound had
een hurting for some time. They car
led the captain out on a stretcher
ibout the same time, but he died on
lie way from loss of blood. Fresh
roop3 came up to relieve us, but our
nen refused to go, and though offlcial
y they were not there in the trench,
hey stayed until they took the cnp
aln awny. Then, back to billets not
lullets, this time. I believe that we re
eived an army citation for that piece
Í work, but I do not know, as It was
in the hospital for a short time after
ward. I do not remember much abou'
going to the hospital except that thf
ambulance made an awful racket golnf
over the stone-paved streets of Etaples
and that the bearer who picked up one
end of my stretcher, had eyes like dead
fish Coating on water ; also, that there
were some civvies standing around the
entrance as we were being carried In.
