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the suffering and the groans of
the dying tend to depress and
blacken the pall that surrounds the
mind of the wounded soldier.
Suffering on the cold ground where
he fell, he longs for the coming
morning. But he knows not that
it shall dawn upon him. Ex-
hausted, bleeding, hungry, fam-
ishing and no one to fill his
canteen or bind up his broken
arm or shattered leg. And al-
though hours are dark and the
[ca?s] roar is not to be heard
yet every watch was disturbed
and the sentinel hears the groans
of his suffering comrades all
night long. Friends walked and
looked for friends and brothers