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Title: Soldier Silhouettes on our Front

Author: William L. Stidger

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SOLDIER SILHOUETTES ON OUR FRONT

by

WILLIAM L. STIDGER

Y. M. C. A. Worker with the A. E. F.

Illustrated by Jessie Gillespie

[Frontispiece: "Traveller, hast thou ever seen so great a grief as
mine?"]

New York
Charles Scribner's Sons
1918
Copyright, 1918, by Charles Scribner's Sons
Published October, 1918

TO

DOCTOR ROBERT FREEMAN

PIONEER RELIGIOUS WORK DIRECTOR
OF THE Y. M. C. A.

AND THE HUNDREDS OF PREACHER-SECRETARIES
WHO ARE SERVING SO BRAVELY AND EFFICIENTLY
ON THE CRUSADE OF SERVICE IN FRANCE
AND TO THE CHURCHES THAT SENT THEM

FOREWORD

Some human experiences that one has in France stand out like the
silhouettes of mountain peaks against a crimson sunset. I have tried
in this book to set down some of those experiences. I have had but one
object in so doing, and that object has been to give the father and
mother, the brother and sister, the wife and child and friend of the
boys "Over There" an accurate heart-picture. I have not attempted the
too great task of showing the soul of the soldier, although I have
tried to picture him at some of his great moments when he forgets
himself and rises to glorious heights, just as he might do at home if
the opportunity called.

I have tried to show his experiences on the transports, when he lands
in France, his welcome there, the reactions of the trench life;
something of his self-sacrifice, his willingness to serve eve