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Show SALT- LAKER IS IN THE WHB ZONE Salt "Lake, Nov. 9. Tribune:: An intimate sketch of the feelings of a British soldier who has been living under the terrible strain at the wpst-crn wpst-crn front during tho past year is cnn. tained in a letter received here ypk-terday ypk-terday by J. S. Earley, city passensor agent for the Salt Lake Route The letter Is from Robert Licht-bound, Licht-bound, who Is now a major in the English army. Lightbouud was in Salt Lake when the war broke mit a year ago last August. At the time ho Tas a salesman, operating in thl territory. Previous to that he wa Pullman conductor on the Salt Lako Route. He will be remembered by scores of persbns who knew him horr Major Lltghbound, though a spa-soned spa-soned veteran before he entered thic great war. indicates in his lottor that he is thoroughly sick and stunned hv the awful conflict into "which he ha been thrown. He went through, ihf Boer war In South Africa and attained at-tained the rank4 of captain. Asked to Report. One day shortly after tho present war began a letter came to him hpro in Salt Lake, giving him a commission commis-sion as major and requesting that hp report for duty at once. -With the old fire of tho battlefield immediately kindled, Lightbound Jumped at the chance to take hli place in tho great struggle, and immediately im-mediately left for England. This l what ho has to say after less than eighteen months of fighting, his lpt-ter lpt-ter being dated at Penenridge Bank camp, Staffordshire, England, October Octo-ber 20: "Still alive, and Tit again. Ready for tho next '90.' This war is no joko at all. I wish it were over. "However, I don't expect I will know when It Is oyer. "You are bound to get it sooner or later and it's only a matter of luok-how luok-how often you, get wounded befom you're finished. I've not seen vprv much, as I was 'gassed' almost as soon as I got out. Got through that and went back and in our third 'go I was hit by pieces of shrapnel in a square. at . Had to come back to tret the pieces cut out, and am now waiting wait-ing to go.,over again. "I got a nasty scratch on my chepif and neck from au overfamillar German Ger-man (or Boscher, as wo call theml It will leave a scar all right. "You see some awful sights and smell some awful smells. It seem as if there was no end to the ballv thing. You get hardened to It. hut you will never feel the same again You dou't care whether you're hit today or tomorrow, because you know you have got to get it. "It was fine when I had to leave here, but it's awful up at this placp We have no sun around here at all." no |
