Ogden Daily Standard | 1918-12-06 | Page 6 | First Casualty Train Goes through with Heroes from American Army in France

IFiSHR0U0H AWTH HERO ES FROM : AMERICAN AMY IN FRANCE I The realities or war made themselves them-selves felt in Ogden this morning when a train carrying two cars of wounded soldiers stopped over for a short time. There were forty boys, all of whom had seen from one year to IS months actual service in the trenches, and now thoy are being taken to th.e Lot-terman Lot-terman hospital in San Francisco, the hospital nearest their home, for all these boys are from the state of California, Cali-fornia, and California may well be proud of them, for it has been a dear sacrifice they have paid for their victory. They were all wounded. Some had suffered the loss of an arm or a leg. One poor chap who had been gassed, and was feeling the altitude. Yet they were happy and brave, because they were getting nearer home, and as one said, "'The nearer home we get the better wo feel." The men were in charge of Captain Thibodo, and every attention was given giv-en these boys by the man who was carefully taking them from their landing land-ing at Ellis Island, "N. Y., to the hospital hos-pital at the coast. New Bandages. Already thoy were beginning to make preparations for their departure from the train, which will not take place until tomorrow. But their arms wore being placed in clean fresh slings, their bandages all changed to pure white ones, and everything was being done to make them as comfortable comfort-able as possible. Canteen workers wont through the trains with ice cream, cakes, smokes .and everything that boys from the front would like to have. And as the train pulled out, one felt that words wore too few that might be said In commendation, in praise, in gratitude tor these men, who had gone over, and had made the sacrifice for country.