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SYNOPSIS.
CHAPTER -TnA by th MWt of th
linking ot the Luslluila by ft Germsn
submarine, Arthur Guy Kmpsy, mi Ameri
can, htm hi offlr la Jersey City ftnd
to to England wher h ftnllati In the
Brltlah army.
CHAPTER n-Aftar a period of train
ing. Empay voluntter for lmnwdlat ierv.
lea and aoon flnda hlmaelf In rest blll'tt
"aomawhara Is Franca," whara ha first
stakes thy acqualnunoa of tha avcr-prea-
CHAPTER m-Empay attends hli (I rat
church aarvlcea at tha front whlla a Ger
man Fokkar circle over tha congregation,
CHAPTER IV-Empay'a command go
Into tha front-line tranche and la unoer
fir for tha flrat time.
CHAPTER V-Empay leama to adopt
tha motto of the Brtlah Tommy, "If you
are going to get It, you'U get It, ao never
CHAPTER VI-Baek tn raat biiieia, Em.
per gets hla flrat experience aa a meaa
orderly.
CHAPTER VII-Empey leaxns how tha
British soldiers are fed. . .
CHAPTER vm-BIck In tha front-Una
trench, Empey eea hla flrat friend of tha
trenches "go West"
CHAPTER IX-Empey make hla flrat
Tlalt to a dugout tn "Suicide Ditch."
CHAPTER X-Empey leama what eon
tltute a "day' work" tn the front-line
trench.
CHAPTER XI-Empey go"
top" for the flrat time In a charge on the
German trenchea and la wounded by a
bayonet thru
CHAPTER XIII.
My First Official Bath.
Bight behind our rest billet was t
large creek about ten feet deep and
twenty feet across, and It was a habit
of the company to avail themselves of
an opportunity to take a awlm and at
the same time thoroughly wash them
selves and their underwear when on
their own. We were having a spell of
hot weather, and these baths to us
were a luxury. The Tommies would
plash around in the water and then
come out and alt In the son and have
what they termed a "shirt hunt" At
first we, tried to drown the "cooties,"
but they also seemed to enjoy the bath
One Sunday morning the whole sec
tion was in the creek and we were hav
ing a gay time, when the sergeant ma
jor appeared on the scene. He came
to the edge of the creek and ordered :
"Come out of it Get your equipment
on, 'drill order,' and fall In for bath
parade. Look lively, my hearties. Ion
have only got fifteen minutes."" A howl
of Indignation from the creek greeted
this order, bat out we came. Disci
pline Is discipline. We lined up In
front ot our billet with rifles and bay
onets (why you need rifles and bayo
nets to take a bath gets me), a full
qnota of ammunition, and our tin bats.
Each man had a piece of soap and a
towel After an eight-kilo march along
a dusty road, with as) occasional shell
whistling overhead, we arrived at a
little squat'frame building upon the
bank of a creek, Nailed over the door
of this building was a large fign which
read "Divisional Baths." In a wooden
shed In the renr we could hear a
wheezy old engine pumping water.
We lined up In front of the baths,
soaked with perspiration, and piled
our rifles Into stacks. A sergeant of
the R. A. M. C. with a yellow band
around his left arm on which was
"S. P." (sanitary police) In black let
ters, took charge, ordering us to take
off our equipment unroll our puttees
and unlace boots. Then, starting from
the right of the line, he divided us
Into squads of fifteen. I happened to
be In the first squad.
We entered a small room, where we
were given five minutes to undress,
then filed Into the bathroom. In here
there were fifteen tnbs (barrels sawed
. In two) half full of water. Each tub
contained a piece of raundry soap. The
sergeant Informed us that we had Just
twelve minutes In which to take our
baths. Soaping ourselves all over, we
took turns In rubbing each other's
backs, then by means of a garden hose,
washed the soap off. The water was
Ice cold, but felt fine.
Pretty soon a bell rang and the wa
ter was turned off. Some of the slower
ones were covered with soap, but this
made no difference to the sergeant
who chased us Into another room,
where we lined up In front of a little
window, resembling the box office In a
theater, and received clean underwear
and towels. From here we went Into
the room where we had first undressed.
Ten minutes were allowed In which to
get Into our "clabber."
My pair of drawers came up to my
chin and the shirt barely reached my
diaphragm, but they were clean no
strangers on them, so I was satisfied.
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who vent
MIKilJYWEY
MACHINE GUNflCR. JCRVING IN FRANCE- 1
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A Bathroom at the Front
ai tne expiration or tne time allot
ted we were turned out and finished
our dressing on the grass.
When all of the company had bathed
It was a case of march back to billets.
That march was the most uncongenial
one Imagined, Just cussing and blind
ing all the way. We were covered with
white dost and felt greasy from sweat
The woolen underwear Issued was
Itching like the mischief.
After eating our dinner of stew,
which had been kept for us It was
now four o'clock we went into the
creek and had another bath.
If "Holy Joe" could have heart our
remarks about the divisional baths
and army red tape he would have
fainted at our wickedness. But Tom'
my Is only human after all.
I Just mentioned "Holy Joe" or the
chaplain In an Irreverent sort of way,
but no offense was meant as there
were some very brave men among
them.
There are so oany Instances of he
roic deeds performed under fire tn res
cuing the wounded that It would take
several books to chronicle them, but I
have to mention one Instance per
formed by a chaplain, Captain Hall by
name. In the brleade on our .left be
we
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cause it particularly appealed to roe.
A chaplain la not a fighting man; he
la recognised as nonrombntant and
carries no arms. In a charge or trench
raid the soldier gets a feeling of con
fidence from contact with his rifle, re
volver, or bomb be Is currying. He has
something to protect himself with,
something with which he can Inflict
harm on the enemy In other words,
be Is able to get his own back.
But the chaplain Is empty-handed,
and Is at the merry of the enemy If
he encounters them, so It Is doubly
brave for him to go over the top, under
Ore, and bring In wounded. Also
chaplain la not required by the king's
regulations to go over In a charge, but
this one did, made three trips wider
the hottest kind of fire, each time re
turning with a wounded uihq on his
back. On the third trip he received
bullet through his left arm, but never
reported the matter to the doctor until
late that night Just spent his time ad
ministering to the wants of the wound
ed lying on stretchers.
The chaplains of the British army
are a fine, manly set of men, and art
greatly respected by Tommy.
CHAPTER XIV.
Picks and 8hovela.
I had not slept long before 'be sweet
voice of the sergeant Informed that
"No, 1 section had clicked for another
blinking digging party." I smiled to
nysc'.f with deep satisfaction. I had
been promoted from a mere digger to
member of the Suicide club, and was
exempt from all fatigues. Then came
an awful shock. The sergeant looked
over In my direction and said:
"Don't you bomb throwers think yon
are wearing top hats out here. 'Cord-
In' to orders you've been taken up on
the strength of this section, and will
have to do your bit with the pick and
shovel, same as the rest of us."
I put np a bowl on my way to get
my shovel, bat the only thing that re
sulted was a loss of good humor on
my part
We fell tn at eight o'clock, outside
of our billets, a sort ot masquerade
party. I was disguised as a common
laborer, had a pick and shovel, and
about one hundred empty sandbags.
The rest, about two hundred In all,
were equipped likewise: picks, shovels.
sandbags, rifle and ammunition.
The party moved out In column of
fours, taking the road leading to the
trenches. Several times we bad to
string out In the ditch to let long col
umns of limber, artillery and supplies
get past
The marching, under these condi
tions, was necessarily slow. . Upon ar
rival at the entrance to the communi
cation trench, I looked at my Illumi
nated wrist watch It was eleven
o'clock.
Before entering this trench, word
was passed down the line, "no talking
or smoking, lead off In single file, cov
ering party flrat"
This covering party consisted of 30
men, armed with rifles, bayonets,
bombs, and two Lewis machine guns.
They were to protect us and guard
against a surprise attack while dig
ging In No Man's Land.
The communication trench was
about half a mile long, a zigzagging
ditch, eight feet deep and three feet
wide.
Now and again, German shrapnel
would whistle overhead and burst In
our vicinity. We would crouch against
the earthen walls while the shell frag
ments "slapped" the ground above us.
Once Fritz turned loose with a ma
chine gun, the bullets from which
"cracked" through the air and kicked
up the dirt on the top, scattering sand
and pebbles, which, hitting our steel
neimera, sonnnea tue naimioue.
t'non arrival In the Are trench an
officer of the Itoyul Engineer gnv us
our Instructions and acted as guide.
We were to die an advanced trrncn
two hundred yards from the Germans
(the trenches at this point were six
hundred yards apart).
Two winding lane. Ave feet wide,
had been cut through our barbed wire,
for the Damage of the diggers. From
these line white tape had been Inld
on the ground to the point whore w
were to commence work. Thl In or
der that w would not get lost In the
darkness. The proposed trench was
also laid out with tape.
The covering party went out first
After a short watt two scouts came
bark with Information that the work
ing party wa to follow and "carry on"
with their work.
In extended order, two yard apart,
we noiselessly crept serosa No Man'
Land. It wa nervous work; every
minute we expected a machine gun to
open lire on us. Stray bullets "cracked"
around us, or a ricochet sang over
head.
Arriving at the taped diagram ot
the trench, rifles slung around our
shoulder, we lost no time In getting
to work. We dug quietly a pos
sible but every now and then the noise
of a pick or shovel striking a atone
would send the cold shivers down out
bark. I'nder our breath we heartily
cursed the offending Tommy.
At Interval a itar shell would go up
from the German lines and we would
remain motionless until the glare of It
Ml llcbt died out.
Continued next week
Train into Monmouth -
L've Portland 71.5, a in, Gerlingur 10:20, Indvpt-nd'ce 10.32, Montn'th 10:50
" Salem 9.!5, " " " " " " "
" " U0,pm Dallas 2:46 " 8:10
" " 3.45, " Gerlinger 4:24, Indcpendencu 4:37, Monmouth 4:55
" " 6.00, " " 6:46, " 6:67, " 7:10
" Portland 8.30, Connects with above
" Corvallia 6.45, a m Independence 7:35.... Arrive Monmouth 7:45
" 1.15, pm " 2:14 " 2:30
' Dallas 7.00, a m, Arrive Monmouth 7:25
'. Airlie 8.30, a m and 3:45, pm. Arrive Monmouth 9:06 a m and 4:13 p m
Leave Independence, 6.50 am, 7.35, 8.45, 10.35, 12.20, 1.30, p m, 2.20, 3 50,
4.40, 7.00
Train out of Monmouth
L've Monmouth 7:09 a m, Independence 7 Gerlinger 7:49, Ar Salim 8:80
" Same as above - Portland 11.10
" Monmouth 1:45, pm, " 2:14, " 2:27, Salem 8:10
" Same as above Portland 6:50
" Monmouth 4:05, " 4:40, " 4:55, Salem 5:80
9:05, am Dallas 10:00 " lis
" " 4;30, p m " 4:45, " 6:36
" " 9;05, a m, Independence 10:32, Corvallia 1120
" " 4;55, pm, " 67, " 7:46
." " 7;25 a m and 8;10 p m. Arrives Airlie 8 a m and 8,40 pm
Leave Monmouth 7.05, a m, 8.15 9.05, 10.60, 12.30, M, 1.45, p m, 2.36, 4.15,
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