SATUMAY.IJIJNIJ 8, lOld:
0Yer the Top'
; By Ail Amertcu SoMer
, " Wi Went, ; .
ARTHUR CDY PMPEY
Machine Cunnsr Sctvlnf In Francs
; ; V- - '-.V. 8YNOR9IS. .-,-
CHAPTER I Fired hv tha Mn Af tha
staking of the Lusltanla by a German
submarine, Arthur Quy.Kmpey. an Amerl
'Can. ldavea hie offlce In. Jerssv' Cltv. and
foe to Kugland where he enlists In the
rlllah army. ,. . ..'.".. :
CHAPTER II After a narioil of train.
ing, Kmpey volunteers for immediate serv
ice and Boon finds himself In rest billets
"somewhere In France." where he first
makes the acquaintance of the ever-pres
nt "cooties." .-
CHAPTER III Emmiv attends his first
ehurch services at the frontwhtle a Ger
man Fokker circles over the congregation.
CHAPTER IV Kmnnv'n-commnnd roes
Into tle front-line' tranches and s under
Are for the first, time. '
CHAPTER" Einpoy learns to adopt
the motto of the Brtlsh Tommy, "If you
are going to get it, you'll get It, so never-
worry."
CHAPTER VT-Back In rest WHets. Em-
pey gets bis first experience as a mess
orderly. - .- -
CHAPTER VIT Emnev learns haw Ula
British soldiers are fed. v , .
CHAPTER VIII-Bnck In the frnnt.Un.
trench, Empey sees his first friend of the
trenches "go West." .
CHAPTER Iff Emnev makes his first
visit to a dugout in "Suicide Ditch."
CHAPTER X Emnev learns what con
stitutes a "day's work" 'in tile front-line
trnrh. . ,
THAPTER XI Emnev roes "over the
top" for the first time In a charge on the
German troncheB and Is wounded by a
bayonet thrust. - '
CHAPTER xn Emnoy loins the "sui
cide club" as the bombing squad is called.
CHAPTER XIU-Each. Tommy gets an
official bath. y. J, ... -i. -
-OTATTEltXIV-rEmiv helns dlsS an
ladvanced trench under German fire. ' -
CHAPTER XV-On "listening nost" In
No Man's Land. .-. : . ,
ftTIAPTER XVT Two artillervmen "out-
one Over" on old .Pepper, their regimental
commander., i -j ' ' . v -.. ;
'CHAPTER XVII Bmpey has narrow es
cape -while .6a potfoj duty in No Man's
Land-. - x '.' .-'- '.,-'."
nwAPTER'SXVIII Back In rest billets
Empey writes an-1 stages a farce comedy.
CHAPTER XlX-Soldlers have many
ways to amuse themselves while "on their
own."
CHAPTER XX Empey volunteers for
machine gun service and goes back into
the front-line tronches. .
CHAPTER XXI-Empey . ngnin goes
'nvur.the ton" In a charue which cost his
company 17 killed . and 31 wounded.
CHAPTER XXII Trick with-n .machine
Igun Blleh'Cel ohfi "Bothersome r m.
CHAFfER XXIII German attack,, pre
ceded- by gas wave, is repulsed. .
CHAPTER XXlV-Empcy is forced to
take- nnrt in an execution as a member
IOlheflrln SQinrI , ,
CHAPTER XXV British prepare for
the Big Push the battle of the Homme.
CHAPTER XXVI In a trench raid,
preceding the Big Push. Empey Is deS-
ieraiely TTOUIiubu intu nwo uiu.uubuwu u
Jo Man'sLand for 36 hours.
chapter XXVII After four months
in a British hospital; Empey is discharged
Vivalia)lv unfit tnr further war .serv
:; ' h Blighty.
r Frora this first-aid post, after inocu.
ilatltig me with nutltetnuus serum to
lnr-pc-nnt InplHnw. T war nnt Into, in nm.
jbuhince and sent to a temporary hos-
pltal behind the lines. To reach this
hospital we had to go along a road
about five miles In length. This road
wasundor shell fire, for now and then
alflnre would light tip the sky a tre
mendous explosion and then the roud
seemed to tremble- We did not mind.
though no doubt somo of ns wished I
In "Blighty." '
that a shell would hit us and end our
misery. Personally, I was not portlcu
Inr. It wns nothing but bump, jolt, rat
tle, and bang.
Several times the driver would turn
around and give us a "Cheero, mutes,
we'll soon be there "- fine fellows,
'those nnihlilunce drivers, a lot of them
go West, too.
We graduolly drew out of the lire
zone and pulled up In front of nn Im
mense dugout. Stretcher-bearers car
ried me down a number of steps and
plnceiLnie on a white tnble In a brightly
. lighted room. ,
' A sergeant of the Royal Army Med
ical corps removed my bandages and
cut off my tunic Then the doctor,
with his sleeves rolled up, took charge.
He winked at me and 1 winked back,
and then he asked. "How do yon fee!,
Smashed up a bit?"
I answered : "I'm nil rleht, but Ta
give a quid for a drink of Buss.'
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1 could only open my mouth about a
quarter of an Inch, but I got away with
every drop of that ale. It tasted Just
like Blighty, and that is heaven to
Tommy.
: The doctor nld something to nn nt
'derly, the only word I could cntch was
"chloroform," then they put some kind
of an arrangement over my nose and
mouth and It was me for dreamland.
When r nnened tnv eves I wns Ivlna
on a stretcher, in a low wooden
building. Everywhere I looked I saw
rows of Tommies on stretchers, some
ice.
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alosrwoHfi-TSirTMi a
tag In Mr months, . , ,. ......
. The- niala topic of their conversation
was BUjrlity. - Nearly all had a grin on
theUr faces, except those who didn't
have; eoaucb face left to grin with. 1
grinned wilb mjr right eye. the other
woe baridaged.
' Stretcher-bra reri came in and !be-
gun,to rnrry the Tommies outside. Ton
could hear, the chug. of the engines IS
the waiting ambulances. , 4 ....... ,
I was put Into an ambulance with
three others aud ewny we went for an
eignteen-mue ride.
I was 4)n a bottom stretcher. The'
lad right across from me was smashed
up something horrible. , . ,..
Right above ine was a man from the
Royal Irli-h rifles,' while across from
him was a. Scotchman. , :
We hod gone about three mlleu whan
I heard1 the death-rattle in the throat
or tne man opposite. He had gone to
rest Across the Oteat Divide. I think
at the-time I envied him.' ' .
The fnan of the Royal Irish rifles
had had his left foot blown off, the
jolting of ' the ambulance over the
rough road had loosened up the band
ages on p'.s foot, and had started It
blecdlnr again,' -This blood ran down
the. side ,ot the stretcher and started
dripping. 1 was lying on my back, tod
weak to move, and the dripping of this
blood got me in my unbandaged right
eye. 1 closed my eye and pretty soon
could not open the lid ; the blood had
congealed,and closed if, as if it were
glued down.
An English girl dressed in khaki was
driving the ambulance, while beside
her oil the sent was a corporal of the
It. A. lf..e Tlieyliept up a running
conversation about Blight which al
most: vrtecked, my. .nerves;, pretty
soon front the stretcher above me,. the
Irishman , became aware of the fact
that the bandage from his foot hud be
come loose; It must have pained htm
horribly, because he yelled in a loud
'voicet'v ,)";';. ;'
. "If you don't stop this bloody death
wapon ind flz this d bandage on
my foot, I will get out and walk,".;,-'
The girl on the seat turned around
and in a sympathetic voice asked,
,"Poori i fellow, are you . very badly
wouqded?" v ' 'v-
The Irishman, at this question, let
out a 'howl of indignation and; an
swered,,,"Am I very badly wounded,
what bioody cheek; no, I'm not wound
ed, I've only been kicked by. u. canary
bli-tl." ., :(! "Vi-nv- ;..'. f
Tlie'nmbulance Immediately stopped,
and 'the: corporal came to the rear aud
llxctl ltliu up, and also washed out my
right Vv'e.' I was too weak to thank
him, but It was a great relief. Then
I must have become unconscious, be4
cause when I regained my senses, the
ambulance was at a standstill, und my
stretcher was being removed from it.v
- It' Wsnlaht,. lanterns were luishlpg
here and there, and I could soe stretcli-cr-bcurers
hurrying to and fro, Then
I wits curried Into a hospital train,
Tue,lo!de of. this train looked tike
heaven to me, just pure white, and' we
lnct-oux. first Red Cross nurses; e
thought they were angels. Aud tbey
wcre.s . . , .
Nice -little soft bunks and clean,
white sheets. : .
. A Red Cross nurse sat beside me
during the whole ride which lasted
three hours. Sue was holding my
Wrist; I thought I had'mdde a hit, and
tried to tell her how I got wounded,
but she would put her finger to her Hps
and say, 'Yes, I know, but you mustn't
talk now, try to go to sleep. It 11 do you
good.' doctor's orders." Later on . I
learned that she was taking my pulse
every few julnutes, as I was very weak
from the loss of blood and they expected-me
to snuff It, but I didn't;:
Froth the train we went Into ambu
lances for a short ride to the hospital
ship Panama. Another palace and more
nngejs. I don't remember the trip
across the channel. .; ' .'
I opened my eyes; I wns being cor
rle.d on a stretcher through lanes of
people, . Eome cheering, some wnvlpg
Anns, Snd'others crying. The flags were
Union Jacks, I was In Southampton.
Blighty,' at last. My stretcher was
strewn wltii flowers, cigarettes, and
chocolates. Tears started to run down
-my cheek from my good eye. I like a
booby wns crying. Can you beat It?
' Then Into another hospital train; a
live-hour ride to Paignton, another am
bulance ride, and (hen I ftas carried
Into Munsey ward of the American
Women's War hospital and put Into a
reiil bed;"" ' ':"- ' ; ' '
.This real bed was too much for my
unstrung nerves and I fainted. .
When I came to, a pretty Red Cross
nurse was bending over me, bathing
my. forehead with cold water, then she
left and the ward orderly placed a
screen around my bed, and gave me a
niuCh-ncedcd bath und clean pajamas.
Then the screen rtus removed and a
houl of steaming soup was given me.
It tasted delicious.
Before finishing my soup the nurse
came back to ask me my name and
number. She put this information down
In a Mttlc book and then asked: , .
"Where do you come from?" I an
swered: "From the big town behind the
Statue of Liberty ;" upon hearing this
she stiirteii. Jumping tip and down,
clnpplng her hands, and calling out to
three nurses across the ward:
",Oiui here, girls at last we have
got n reaf live Ynnkee with us."
; They came over and besieged me
j tflth questions, until the doctor nr-
lived. Upon learning that I wns an
I American he almost crushed my hand
j In his grip of welcome. They also
" '
IMe
The doctor very tenderly removed
my bandages and told me, aftej view
ing my wounds, thnt he would have to
take me to the operating theater Im
mediately. Personally I didn't care
what was done with me.
In a few minutes, four orderlies who
looked like undertakers dressed In
while, brought a stretcher to my bed
and placing me on it carried me out of j
the ward, across a court ysrd to the
operating room or "pictures," as Tom
my calls It ' , .
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I don't' remember HaTtng thefnelv
tfceetlc applied.- .. . s :
. When. I came to I, was again lying In
a bed In Munsey ward. One of the
nurses had draped a large? American
flag' over the head of the bed, and
clasped In my hand was a smaller flag,
and II made me feel good all over to
' again see the "Stars and Stripes."
.At that time ( wondered when the
boys In the trenches would see Jhe
emblem of the' "land of the free and
the home, of the brave" beside them,
doing Its bit In this great war ofivl
lizntlon. -.'. ,
.My wounds were verf painful, and
several times at night I would dream
that myriads of khaki-clothed figures
would pass my bed and each would
. stop; bend over me, and whisper, ."The
best of luck, mate." "
Soaked with perspiration I would
awake with a cry, and the night nurse
would come over and hold my hand.
This awakening got to be a habit with
me until that particular nurse was
transferred to another ward. .
In three weeks' time, owing to the
careful treatment received, I was able
to sit up and get, my bearings. Our
ward contained seventy-five patients,
00 per cent of which were surgical
cases. At the head, of each bed hung
temperature chart and diagnosis
sheet. - Across this sheet would be
written "G. S. W." or "S. W.." the for
mer meaning gun-shot wound and the
latter shell wound. The "S. W." pre
dominated, especially among the Royal
Field artillery and Royal engineers. - .
. ; About forty different regiments were
'represented, and many arguments en
sued as to the respective fighting abil
ity of each regiment, The rivalry was
wonderful. A Jock arguing with an
Irishman, then a' strong Cockney ac
cent would butt In in favor of a Lon
don regiment. . Before long a Welsh
man, followed by a member of a York
shire regiment, and, perhaps, a Cana
dian Intrude tltemselves and the argu
ment waxes loud and furious. The
patients In the beds start howling for
them to settle their dispute outside
and the ward is in an uproar, The
head sister comes along and with a
wave of tho hand completely routs the
doughty warriors . and ' again silence
reigns supreme. ,.
.- Wednesday and Sunday of each week
Were visiting days nnd were looked
forward to ty the men, because they
motint parcels containing fruit, sweets
or fags. - When a patient had a regular
visitor, he was generally kept well
supplied with these delicacies Great
jealousy Is shown among the men as
io their visitors nr.d many word wars
ensue after the visitors leave.
.When a man is sent to a convales
cent home, he generally turns over his
steady visitor to the. man In the next
bed. - v , :
Most Visitors have autograph albums
nnd bore Tommy to death by asking
lilm to write tho particulars of his
wounding In same. Several Tommies
try to duck this unpleasant job by tell
ing tho visitors that they cannot write,
but this never phases the owner of the
album ; he or she; generally she, rTffers
to write It for then and Tommy is
stung Into telling his experiences.
The questions asked Tommy by vlsl-1
tors would make a clever joke book
to a military man.
Some kindly looking old lady will
stop at your bed and In a sympathetic
voice address you : "You poor boy,
wounded , by those terrible Germans.
You must be suffering frightful pain.
A bullet did you say? Well, tell me,
I have always wanted to know, did it
hurt worse goln$ In or coming out?"
Tommy generally replies that he did
not stop to figure it out when he was
hit..' .. ,; '.
One very nice-looking, overenthusl
nstc y.ning thing, stopped at my tied
and asked, "What wounded you In the
face?" '
... In n polite but bored tone I an
swered, "A rifle bullet." , -
. With a look of disdain sho passed
to the next bed, first ejaculating, "Oh I
Only a bullet? I thought It wns. a
shell." Why she should think a shell
wound was more of a distinction beats
me." I don't see a whole lot of differ
ence myself. -
The American Women's War hospi
tal wns a heaven for wounded men.
They were allowed every privilege pos
sible conducive with the rules and mili
tary discipline.. The only fault was
that the men's passes were restricted,
To get a pass required nn net of par
liament. Tommy tried many tricks to
get out but the commandant, an old
Boer war officer, wns wise to them nil,
and it tgok a new and clever ruse to
make him affix his- slgnuture to the
coveted slip of paper. '
As joon as It would get dark many t
patient climbed over the wall and went
"on his own," regardless of many slgw
staring him In the face, "Out of hounds
for putlents." Generally the nurses
were looking the other wuy when one
of Ihesc night raids started.. I hope
this Information will get none of them
into- irouuie, nut i cnnnoi resist tne
temptation to let the commandant
know thnt occasionally we put It over
on him. '.' ' " -'
'One afternoon I received a note,
through our underground channel, from
my female visitor, asking me to attend
a party at her house that night, 1
answered that she could expect me nnd
to meet me at a certain place, on the
rond well known by all patients, and
some visitors, as "over the wall." I
told her I would be on hand at seven
thirty. '
About seven-flffeen I sneaked my
overcoot and cap out of the ward and
hid It In the hushes. Then I told the
nurse, a particular friend of mine, that
I was going for a walk In tho rose gar-'
den. She winked and I knew that ev-i
erytning was nil rignt on ner crni.
Going out of the ward. I slipped Into
the bushes and. made for the wall. It igetier. This service rocs with the
was dark ni plt and I wos groping corset anil such comfort,
through the underbrush, when sudden-! A full lino of the latest models al
ly I stepped Into space and felt myself ways on hand. Priced at 12.00 and
rushing downward, a horrible bump. ; up. ' , .
nnd blackness. When I came to my n i? O
wounded shoulder was hurting horrl- IVllS. IxODl. I dttlSOtl
bly. I wes lying against a circular' CoraptlPrA
wall of bricks, dripping with moisture.1 , r. a nn
and far away I could hear the trickling Res. 1702 Oak. Phoi Red 3221
of water. I had In the dnrkn" fallen
Into an o3dUuaed wH.Bul " Why
wasn't I 'wet? According to all rules
I should have been drowned. Perhaps
I was and didn't know it. :' .'
As the shock of toy sudden stop
radually wore oft it came to me that
waa lying on a ledge- and, that the
least movement on my part would pre
cipitate me to the bottom of the weir.
- I struck a match, In its faint gltlre
I saw that I was lying in a circular
' bole about twelve feet deep the well
had been filled in): The dripping I had
heard came from a water pipe over on
my right. -. ' .'" . "
With my wounded shoulder it was
Impossible to shinny up tha, pipe. I
' could not yelt for help-becauso the
rescuer would want to know how the
accident happened, and I woald be
haled before the commandant on
charges. I Just bsd to grin and bear
It, with the forlorn hope that one of
the returning night raiders would pass
and I could give him our usunl signal
of "siss-s-s-s,7 which would bring hlra
to the rescue. . ' . -
Every, half-hour I could hear the
clock In the village strike, each stroke
bringing forth a muffled volley of
curses on the man who bad dug the
well. -' ". v.. .'.-.-.-
After two hours I heard two men
talking In low voices. ; I recognized
Corporal Cook, an ardent "night rald- j
er." He heard my "slss-s-s-s" and
came to the edge of the hole. I ex
plained my predicament and amid a lot
of Impertinent remarks, which at the
time I did not resent, I was soon fished
out ;;' .".;;'."'. ;
Taking off our boots, we sneaked Into !
the ward. I was sitting on my bed In
the dark, just starting to undress,
when the man next to me, "Ginger"
Phillips, whispered, " 'Op it, Tank, 'ere
comes the matron." . .
I immediately gat under thejcovers
and feigned sleep The matron stood
talking In low tones to the night nurse
and I fell asleep. , : -..
, When I awoke in the morning the
night sister, an American, was bending
over me. An awful sight met my eyes.
The coverlet on tho bed and the sheets
were a mass of mud and green slime.
She wns a good sport nil right, and
hustled to get clean clothes and sheets
so that no one would get wise, but "on
her own" she gnyo me. n good tongue
lashing but: did not report me. One of
the Canadians In the wurddescrlbed
her as being "a Jake of a good fel
low." j .. --t
Next visiting day I had ah hwful
time explaining to my visitor why I
had not met her at the appointed time
and place.-, -.. ' .. , - -
And for a week every time I passed
a patient he would call, "Well, well,
here's the Yank. - Hopo you are feel
ing well, old top."'' . . ,'
1 The surgeon in- our ward was an
American, a Harvard unit man, named
Frost. We nicknamed hlra . "Jack
Frost." He was-loved by all.. If a
Tommy was to be cut up he had no ob
jection to undergoing the operation if
"Jack Frost" was"to wield the knife.
Their confidence in him wns nnthetlc.
He was tho best srlort I hnvo ever met,
" one Saturday ifiivrnlng the Command
ant and some "high up", officers were
inspecting the ward, when one of the
patients who had been wounded in the
head by a bit of shrnnnel. fell nn the
'floor In a fit. Thev bromrlit lilm round.
and then looked for the wnrd orderly
to carry the patient back to his bed
nt the other end ot the wnrd.' The or
derly wns nowhere to be found -like
our policemen, they never are when
needed. The officers wore at a loss
how to got Palmer Into bis bed. Doc
tor Frost was fidgeting around In n
nervous manner, When suddenly with
a muffled "d- n" and a few other
qualifying adjectives, be stooped down
und took the man in his urms like a
baby he was no feather, eitherand
stoggered down the wnrd with him, put
him In bed and undressed him. A lowj
murmur of approval came from the pa
tients Doctor Frost got very red. nndl
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the only corset with the patented
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; Ra fitforl in thn-rnrset desiimed far
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i fr every figure. They are always I
;filted b 8cj0ntjfjCally trained cor-
as .soon 'tis he had SnTiucif undressing
Palmer; hurriedly left tho ward.
- The 'wound in my face bad almost
healed mid I waa a horrible-looking
sight the left cheek twisted into a
knot, the ej - pulled down,and . my.
mouth pointing In a north by north
west direction. 1 was very downheart
ed and could Imagine myself -during
the rest of my life being shunned by
nil on account of the repulsive scar, :
, Doctor Frost arranged for me to go
to the Cnmbrldge Military hospital at
Aldershot for a special operation to
try and mako the nr prescutnble. -
I arrived at the hospltnl and got as
awful shock. The food was poor and
tho discipline abnormally strict. - Ko
patient was allowed to sit on his bed,
and smoking was permitted only at
certain designated hours. ' The' face
medalist did" nothing for me except
to look nt the wound.' I made appli
cation for a transfer back to Paignton,
offering to pay my transportation.
This offer was accepted, and after to
weeks' absence, once again I arrived
in Munsey ward, all hope gdW.
The next day after my return Doc
tor Frost stopped at my bed and said :
"Well, Empey, If you wanf me to try
and see what I can do with that scar
I'll do It, but you are taking an awful
chance."' .
1 answered: "Well, doctor, - Steve
Brndlo took a chance; ho halls from
New York and so do V ..: : ...
Two days after the undertaker
squad carried me to the., operating
room or "pictures," as we called them
because of the funny films .we see un
der ether, and the operation was per
formed. It was a wonderful piece of
jrw .o,Ahhc ,eTtJ
t r, ' ,.r " "
The Author. Just Before Leaving for
. Home. . , . ,
surgery and . a 1 marvelous I success.
From now on that doctor can have, my
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