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COMRADES AT FRONT SEND . turning. They heard the shell corfi-LETTERS OF SYMPATHYing, and started for the dugout, but Dc* | with his usual self-sacrifice, Ira was jthetruhoiThe following communication was i the last to start in, and that caused handed us by J. 0. Jones of this city, |his death. . A piece of shrapnel kilt-Oclober G, 19 IS. |cd him instantly and painlessly. When My Dear Mrs. Joneso : if see how so many of our men snf-It is with genuine sadness indeed; for and linger before death, I must an that 1 try to convoy to you any nicn- frankly be thankful that God in His i hisage of sympathy in your bereave-! mercy has spared Ira a like fate. [sinment. Your boy was so near and j We immediately'Sent for him, and dear to me and was so faithful and i the next morning gave him a militarydutiful in all his actions that from jfunor'al. He now rests in peace cter-this point alone our, Company h»sjmil wjth comrades both French andTost one of its most faithful men.%Ira has been my best man allthrough the drive and of course wewere side by side all through. Onfoibnin*anatasAmerican.At his head is a cross—-the sweetsymbol of that Force and Life which, . . showed bv His resurrection and ay-one occasion he went into a town fW ^ ,v- i . . - - - , . .tension that death can be conquered,which was bcmir sncdled and entered ;:x shelled building and dressed three1 , ( covexed the mound withinjured men. On another oc-asion. • f UWers’ aml wiH do 80 as Ion» as ^ so he with thro.- other*. was carrying a ' sre m'nr' ^fU'r w° ,eave* som° ,k*!,r.'fr liUor patient ro an ambulance owr :°}c] F re,,ph who have felt}road which was being heavilv shell-(tho *l,nR aml suenf.ee of war wi« • ed. A Mud! struck very near. ym, . «”t.r.ue our work. ; vmy boys wore covered with dust :i;*,d ! ^ SOems impossible to !rock from the explosion, yet they nil i fi mother sympathy for the loss ofjU Stuck to their posts and came out all her son, but we can truly say of Ira. i right. 'I hen we were marooned on a : “Others he saved, but himself he road by gas and shell fire, but God.could not save. His life aml work in His Providence, guided us nut!since I have known him have quali-sitfely. ;fied him for n place and seat in that mLast Thursday there were many ! realm where the Prince-of Peace is s w! casualties, and Ira went with his r and whose holy silence is nntjthsquad for duty at the front. We hnd.,narre^ ^y the cruel clash of war.hit usucceeded in evacuating ad of our; After all. there is no death. Dearhjth patients and then started on our rc-; is the more unfolding and entry into let turn trip. But as we started the=a newer and fuller life. Our spirit [hr enemy put over a tremendous bar- lives forever. ioirage of shells, and we stayed where : The enclosed flowers are from nlmwe were, fully expecting every min- * i - . ho„.._ 'vreaih which we placed upon his V?wTltc to be our last, tmt again Our .......,,....... UFather Kuilt;K-l us to aaf.lv. 'frav?- itAs we dismounted from the .»r t!'' tr f ^ 1 *1 rIndance at the static.-, Ira said: -Wdl 1 J*'.l.ieutenant, we'n, just luetv. hut « l ’ I .. by ***i 1.1 t r* ■ .nc ever dismayed. 7cant be lucky afwnys. It is quite J V r - Kstrange that one day while going up! . Others of us will some day make u trail we passed some dead soldiers, i sacriifec. H is not for ourselves’-In; stopped and said: 41 Well. Lieuten-'wo cnme- byt for our lt;I«ar mothers. v, nnt, if ever I (all I hope they won';1 :: homo- Thoso mothers are always ’ let me lie around like those toys. :5,1 my [lOT0*' n,y fuith and n?y Pra*’ And we did not IK* had said this to ersTruly (for him) the strife is o'er,. Iriseveral others.Well, I had just gotten in about 55ix in the* evening, and then sat down to supper. I had almost finishea •itn a message ame tolling me of fra's sad deaih. He had gone with his squad for supper and was ju?t re-the battle done--u victory of life is won, AHetaUah!1'With kindest sympathy, your sincere friend,—Alvin E, Belden, First Lieutenant, Medical Corps.Eo\\tl
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Avalanche
Lubbock, Texas, US
Thu, Nov 21, 1918
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