H.M. SUCKLEY'S DEATH RELATED

Details of the death of Henry Montgomery Suckley '10, of Rhinebeck, N. Y., who, as told in the CRIMSON recently, was killed by a bomb dropped from a German airplane, when serving with the American Ambulance near Saloniki in March, have at last reached Mr. Suckley's friends in this country in a letter from Reginald Signoux of Great Neck, L. I., who served with Mr. Suckley in the same section of the American Corps. The letter says:

"You have doubtless heard long before this reaches you of Henry's death. It was one of the saddest and most unnecessary--and yet the finest possible.

"We had got our first active service, and I regret to say were rather cracking under the strain of the long runs on these terrible roads with the new nervous tension of carrying real wounded who groan and cry out at every bump. Henry had left the front, where we are stationed, and gone back to our base, when a Boche avion passed over the camp and dropped four bombs on it. When the first fell Henry hurried out to see if any one was hurt, and, as he left the tent, was struck by an eclat from the second which made a ghastly wound in his hip and thigh. Fortunately one of the ambulances was near and he was hurried to the hospital and operated on with all possible speed.

Accident Happened at 1 o'Clock.

"This happened about 1 o'clock, and I did not get down from the post to the hospital until 4.30 with my wounded. I found him perfectly conscious and apparently not suffering. He seemed so strong and cheerful that I did not give up hope, although the doctor said he would die any minute, as the shock to his heart had been too great. Everything possible was done for him, and they allowed me to spend the night with him. He did not suffer at all, and talked rationally about the work of the section, and was much interested in the good news from France that just reached me. He lived until the next morning, and practically died urging me to go to bed so I could work as usual."