AFFORDING HIM PROTECTION.

Woodville Examiner, Volume XXVIII, Issue 4627, 14 May 1915, Page 1 (Supplement)

AFFORDING HIM PROTECTION.

“ One of the characteristics' of my old comrade, Amos Stillman, was bravery in actual fighting'service, said the old American soldier. “ Another characteristic was a sense of humour which stood him in good stead, even in the face of danger, and contribu”ted not a little to the gaiety of his comrades. “At the battle of Cold Harbour, before the charge, and while under Confederate fire, our corporal, who was oved six feet high and scarcely bigger round than a gunbarrel, became excited as the enemy’s bullets ploughed up the earth about‘him. “ ‘What kind of a place is this to keep a man in?’ he demanded; ‘absolutely without protection!’ “He had no more than spoken when Private Stillman stuck his ramrod in the ground. . 1 " ‘Here, corporal.’ said he. get behind that/ w