_Remarkable Experiences of an American Soldier_
_Told by Roméo Houle, of the First Canadian Division_
This story reveals in all its realism the reason why America
entered the Great War--to save the world from the suffering herein
described. Every American who reads this story will be aroused
as never before against the German War despots who forced this
horror upon civilization. To bring this war to an end the Americans
crossed the seas to fight with the Allies--and save humanity.
This true story of the trenches is undeniably one of the most
thrilling human documents that the great struggle has produced.
Roméo Houle was born in New Bedford, Mass., Oct. 29th, 1893, the
son of a local barber, Zacharie Houle, and Xeline Bagnoche. He has
a common school education. He moved to Montreal in 1912, where he
was a barber. When war was declared he enlisted in the Sixty-fifth
Regiment, First Canadian Division, Aug. 10, 1914. His father
secured the young soldier's discharge through Congressman Walsh of
Massachusetts on the ground that he was an American citizen and was
not of age when he enlisted. He made notes of his experiences while
in the trenches, and the subjoined production was written by him
for _Current History_ in collaboration with his friend Arthur L.
Bouvier, editor of a French newspaper at New Haven.