Show As told by irvin S cobb ENOUGH TN SEPTEMBER of 1018 col boze 1 I man bulger then a major in charge of the press bureau of the A E was driving in his car up toward the front on the afternoon of a day when there had been hard fighting with the stubborn germans limping down the high road on the way from thu forward trenches to rest billets came a company of infantry or what was left of it just relieved after more than a week of practically continuous service under fire the officer in command was a lanky youth of perhaps twenty two whose face was gray with exhaustion where it was not yellow with of dried mud he saluted bulger ask ing for something to smoke he had been without tobacco he said for tour days without food too tor most of that time but tobacco was what he mainly craved bulger left his car and he and the youth sat down together in a convent ent shell hole to pass the time of day between long grateful grate rul puffs on a cigarette of bulger s providing the youth discoursed of hia recent experiences in the slow drawl of a south westerner major he said we ve had it pret ty tolerable tol erble tough these last few days the shelling us day and night communication interrupted and liaison broken no chow to speak of no makens no nothing except mud and wet and the chances of being blown into little scraps As a matter of fact pret ty rough sledding eer since I 1 got oer here and more than a bear ago I 1 haven t had any leave they seem to have overlooked me when they were passing out the trips to paris and other places and I 1 ve been working my head off when I 1 gasn wasn t in the line on active duty and now finally to top off with we have this week up from where are ou aroa asked bul ger texas replied the youth yes sir I 1 was teaching school down there when we got into this war I 1 had a mother dependent on me and while I 1 wanted to go and do my bit I 1 thought it better on my mothers account that I 1 should wait until the draft took me but while I 1 was trying to decide sen ator morris sheppard Shep pird of our state ime to our town and made a recruit ing speech he said it was high time we ere satisfying our national honor well sir that phrase hit me right where I 1 lived the next day I 1 went in as a volunteer and after a spell I 1 got a commission and here I 1 am pitting in a mud hole in france major I 1 don t regret haling done what I 1 did do if it was to do over again I 1 reckon I 1 wouldn t hesitate but major as I 1 look back on what I 1 ve gone through with faver since I 1 landed and more especially on what a happened to me lately I 1 don t mind telling you in strict confidence that my nation J tuner Is dern near satisfied by the central pres association |