A SURGEON
IN ARMS
BY
CAPTAIN R. J. MANION, M. C.
OF THE CANADIAN ARMY MEDICAL CORPS
D. APPLETON AND COMPANY
NEW YORK LONDON
1918
COPYRIGHT, 1918, BY
D. APPLETON AND COMPANY
Printed in the United States of America
TO
MY WIFE AND BOYS
I AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATE
THIS LITTLE BOOK
FOREWORD
The greater part of A Surgeon in Arms waswritten before the United States entered the war inApril, 1917. Therefore, the Americans are notmentioned in many paragraphs in which the soldiersof the other allies are spoken of. The Canadiansoldiers on the Western front have won undying famefor their marvelous feats in many actions, from thefirst battle of Ypres in April, 1915, to Vimy Ridgein April, 1917. As soldiers they take a place secondto none. And, I believe, the American soldiers will,in the lines, show the same courage, dash, andinitiative, and win the same fighting reputation and honorsas the Canadians; for do not Americans and Canadiansinherit the same blood, literature, history, andtraditions; do they not both live in the same widespaces, speak the same mother tongue, aspire to thesame ideals, and enjoy the same free institutions?
CONTENTS
CHAPTER
I. Life in the Trenches
II. Over the Top
III. Overland
IV. Kelly
V. The Language of the Line
VI. Just Looking About
VII. Gassed!
VIII. Relief
IX. Dugouts
X. The Sick Parade
XI. Caring for the Wounded
XII. Cheerfulness
XIII. Courage—Fear—Cowardice
XIV. Air Fighting
XV. Staff Officers
XVI. The Battle of Vimy Ridge
XVII. A Trip to Arras
XVIII. Ragoût à la Mode de Guerre (Trench Stew)
XIX. Leave
XX. Paris During the War
XXI. Paris in Wartime
XXII. In a Château Hospital
XXIII. On a Transport
XXIV. Decorations
XXV. On a Hill
A SURGEON IN ARMS
CHAPTER I
LIFE IN THE TRENCHES
Life "out there" is so strange, so unique,so full of hardship and danger, and yetso intensely intere