The War Romance of the Salvation Army

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y saw some infantry coming, seven men whom they knew, but in such a plight! They were unshaven, with whit

place for those poor, tired, dirty men in the t

very little way, but they had no room to take in any more so they piled oranges in t

, who probably hadn't had a square meal for a week, and they decided to take them with them. So they woke them up when they arrived at the hotel. Oh, but those seven dirty, unshaven soldiers were embarrassed with the invitation to dinner! At first they declined, but the girls insisted, and they found a place to wash and tidy up themselves a bit. In a few minutes into

ys to their divisional headquarte

lis to Dam-Martin to stay for a

them for a canteen, and they set up their stove and went to work making doughnuts, and doing a

to move back to

t Saizerais, but the Boche airplanes ne

says 'beautiful moonlight nights' to me when

ables set out in front on the sidewalk. They could not help seeing that many of the boys were beginning to drink. Poor souls! The water was bad and scarce, sometimes poisoned, and their hearts were sick for something, and this was all that presented itself. It was no

or a hundred gallons of lemonade every day, and they had to squeeze all the lemons by hand, too! They told the boys: "When you feel thirsty just come here and get l

"vin blanche" and "vin rouge" and all kinds of light wines can be had. And, of course, many soldiers would drink it. The Salvat

only by keeping in constant touch with the Headquarters of that zone and always sending word immediately when any need was discovered. There is nothing slow abou

hink it worth while to go to bed at all; they had to run to the safety trenche

ere they were. They thought of course the bomb had fallen in the village, but they found it was q

th boards and sand, and were not bomb proof, but th

different outfits were passing and repassing that th

t bore the marks of much shelling. The Americ

eplacements. At Vaucouleurs there was a great bi

made doughnuts and pies,

nty-five at a time giving themselves to Christ. The boys would get up and testify of their chan

to the Salvation Army people and long to get the secret of their brave, unselfish lives, and that light in their eyes that defied danger and death. In t

d in a truck, stopping a few d