LIFE'S LITTLE THINGS.
DYING SOLDIERS' THOUGHTS,
LONDON, December 23. A medical correspondent of the Times says wounded soldiers, in the hospitals at the, front avoid references to the campaign. Their, tales ar«» singularly /unwarhke in character, antf consist principally of sentimental stories woven round the Christmas., home.
These facts rather startle the visitor, and kill his illusions about soldiers' thoughts.
A dying sapper -who was formerly a signalman in. Yorkshire persisted in* recounting his experiences of a day's work when he had three trains daily. ''The last one,'" he said,, "was often late, but my wife always kept my supper hot." A Scotsman, who was formerly a roadman, dwelt upon the chancres due to motor traffic. A wounded German described his home life. "My wife and children/' he said sadly, ' will miss me at Christmas."
The soldiers. are not joyful; thev shun the recollections of flip battlefields) and possess no | zest for killing.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 13575, 31 December 1914, Page 4
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