In Memoriam
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Excerpt from In Memoriam: This Book Is Affectionately Dedicated to Our Gallant Comrades Who Lost Their Lives in Service With the Battery in France; The Memory of Their Sacrifice Will Always Be an Inspiration to Us This is my farewell to the men of Battery whom I had the honor to command through our campaign in France. I know they did their best, and they do serve praise for the record made. There is a warm bond of sympathy between all men who shared the perils together, and only they can realize how this sympathy and fellowship softened the hardships, and hardened the nerves for any dangers that came our way. Beyond all praise, and beyond the honors of military decorations, is the exalted spirit of the soldier who serves the flag in battle. In darkness and storm, and the horrors of war, it is this spirit that helps us to carry on. Praise for the soldier means little to him; it is not necessary. He is conscious of this spirit, and that suffices. So nothing need be said by me of the men of Battery Din the way of praise. They and I fully understand one another. It was our good chance that our Battery was the first of our regiment to fire on the enemy at the front, and that it also fired the last shells in the Division on the afternoon of November 10th across the Meuse. General Briggs said that our Battery was the first mounted organization of the American Army to cross the River Vesle. These facts are interesting even if they justify no special distinction for us. They do show, however, that we were ready when the orders came. For our dead, and the mothers and kin who still grieve for them, nothing can be said. They have paid and are still paying for our Victory. I know what it means. My devoted mother wore out her dear heart with anxiety and suspense. She saw me come back safely and then passed away; as if it were all finished. So to these mothers and kin of our dead I would say that I know their hearts. But now the order comes Sound Off, the band plays, and the world moves; and we now know that it moves forward to the Peace we fought for. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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