CIOHT ENTERPRISE, INDEPENDENCE, OREGON THE INDEPENDENCE PAGE 8IX - - v - " I A mm Hi WO) If 1" aw mmcm soimr WHO WIST " Mi'tDiiYinprj MACHINE GUNMERERYING IN HUWCE ' 17 BY ABrww ttnr troty .FOREWORD "Over the Top" is a true story of trench warfare on the French front, written by an American -soldier who got into the great war two years ahead of his country. Sergeant Empey tells what the fighting men have done and how they have done it. He knows because he was one of them. His experi ences are grim, but they are thrilling, and they are light ened by a delightful touch of humor. CHAPTER I. -1- From Mufti to Khaki. It was In an office in Jersey City. I wns sitting at my desk talking to a lieutenant of the Jersey National Guard. On the wall was a big war map decorated with variously colored little flags showing the position of the opposing armies on the western .front In France. In front of me on the desk lay a New York paper with big flarlngr headlines: LUSITANIA SUNK! AMERICAN LIVES LOST! The windows were open and a feel ing of spring pervaded the air. Through the open windows came the strains of a hurdy-gurdy playing in the etreet "I Didn't. Raise My Boy to Be a Soldier." "Lusltanla Sunk! American Lives Lost !" "I Didn't "Raise My Boy to Be a Soldier." To us these did not seem to jibe. The lieutenant In silence opened one of the lower drawers of his desk and took from it an American flag which he solemnly draped over the -war map on the wall. Then, turning to me with a grim face, said : N "How about It, sergeant? Yoif had better get out the muster roll of the Mounted Scouts, as I think tbey will be needed In the course of a few days." We busied ourselves till late In the evening writing out emergency tele grams for the men to report when the call should come from Washington. Then we went home. . I crossed over to New York, and as I went up Fulton street to take the subway to Brooklyn, the lights in the tall buildings of New York seemed to be burning brighter than usual, as if t'hey, too, had read "Lusitania Sunk ! American Lives Lost!" They seemed !'o be glowing with anger and righteous hdignation, and their rays wigwagged the message, "Repay !" Months passed, the telegrams lying bandy, but covered with dust. Then, one momentous morning the lieutenant with a sigh of disgust removed the flag from the war map and returned to his desk. I Immediately followed this action by throwing the telegrams into the wastenasket. Then we looked at each other In silence. He was squirming in bis chair and I felt de pressed and uneasy. The telephone rang and I answered It. It was a business call for me, re questing my services for an out-of- town assignment. Business was not .very 'good, so this was very welcome, After listening to the proposition I seemeu to De swayea Dy a peculiarly ethng force within me, and answered, "I am sorry that I cannot accept your offer, but I am leaving for England next week," and hung up the receiver The lieutenant swung around In his chair, and stared at me in blank aston ishment. A sinking sensation came over me, but I defiantly answered his look with, "Well, it's so. I'm going." And I went. The trip across ,was uneventful. I landed at Tilbury, England, then got Into a string of matchbox cars and proceeded to London, arriving there about 10 p. m. I took a room In a hotel near St. Pancras Station for "five and six fire extra." The room was minus the fire, but the "extra" seemed to keep me warm. - That night there was a Zeppelin raid, but I didn't see much ,of it, because the slit In the curtains was too small and I had no desire to make It larger. Next morning the tel ephone bell rang, and someone asked, "Are you there?" J was, hardly." Any way, I learned that the Zeps had re turned -to their fatherland, so I went out Into the street expecting to see scenes of awful devastation and a cow ering populace, but everything was normal. People were calmly proceed ing to their work. Crossing the street, I accosted a Bobbie with : ) x "Can you direct me to the place of damage?" , -'; He asked me, "Wttat damage?" In surprise, I answered, "Why, the i 1 d-V, Tono " ! With a wink he replied : "There was no damage; we missed them again." After several fruitless Inquiries of the passersby,, I decided to go on my own in search of ruined buildings and scenes of destruction. I boarded a bus which carried me through Tottenhnm Court road. Recruiting posters were everywhere. The one that Impressed me most was a life-size picture of Lord Kitchener with his finger point ing directly at me, under the caption of "Your King and Country Need You." No matter which way I turned, the accusing finger followed me. I was an American, In mufti, and had a little American flag In the lapel of my coat. I had no king, and my country had seen fit not to need me, but still that pointing finger made me feel small and 111 at ease. I got ofT the bus to try to dissipate this feeling by mixing with the throng of the sidewalks. Presently I came to a recruiting of fice. Inside, sitting at a desk was a lonely Tommy Atkins. I decided to In terview him in regard to Joining the RriHah urmv T nnenert the door. He hooked up and greeted me with "I s'y, myte, want to tyke on 7 ' T looked nt him and answered. "Well. whatever that Is, 111 take a chance at it" . Without thA nld of an interpreter. I found out that Tommy wanted to know if I cared to join the British army, tie nslrort mo- "Did von ever hear of the Royal Fusiliers r Well, In London, you know, Yanks are supposed to Know everything, so I was not going to ap pear Ignorant and answered, "Sure." After listening for one half-hour to Tommy's tale of their exploits on the1 firing line, I decided to Join. Tommy took me to the recruiting headquarters, where I met a typical English captain. He asked my nationality. I Immedi ately pulled out my American passport and showed it to him. It was signed Guy Empey. by Lansing. After looking at the passport, he Informed me that he was sorry but could not enlist me, as it would be a breach of neutrality. I Insisted that I was not neutral, be cause to me It seemed that a real American could not be neutral when big things were in progress, but the captain would not enlist me. With disgust in my heart. I went out in the street. I had gone about a block when a recruiting sergeant who had -followed me out of the office tapped me on the shoulder with his swagger stick and said: "S'y, I can get you In the army. We have a lef tenanf down at the other office who can do anything. He has Just come out of the O. T. C. (Officers' Training corps) and does not know what neu trality Is." I decided to take a chance, and accepted his invitation for an In troduction to the lieutenant. I entered the office and went up to him, opened up my passport and, said : "Before going further I wish to state that I am an American, not too proud to fight, and want to join your army." He looked at me in a nonchalant manner, and answered, "That's all right; we take anything over here." I looked at him kind of hard and re plied, "So I notice," but it went over his head. . He got out an enlistment blank, and placing his finger on a blank line said, "Sign here." t " - I answered, "Not on your tintype." "I beg your pardon?" . Then I explained to him that I would not sign it without first reading it I read It over and signed for duration of war. Some of the recruits were lucky. They signed for seven years only! Then he asked me my birthplace. 1 answered, "Ogden, Utah." He said, "Oh, yes, Just outside or With a smile, I replied, "W ell, ltls up the state a little." Then I was taken before the doctor and passed as physically fit and wns Issued a uniform. When I reported back to the lieutenant, he auggestod that, being an American, I go on re cruiting service and try to shame some of the slackers Into Joining tho army." "All you have to do," he said, "Is to rn nut on the street, and when you see a young fellow In muftl who looks physically fit. Just stop nm ana give him this kind of a talk: 'Aren't you ashamed of yourself, a Britisher, phys ically fit, and In muftl when your king and country need you? Don't you know that your country Is at war and that the place for every young Briton la on the flrlrtsc line? Here I am, an American, In khaki, who came four thousand miles to fight for your king nnd countrv. and you. as yet have not enlisted. Why don't you Join? Now Is the time.' "This armraeut ought to get many recruits, Empey, so go out and see what you can do." TT then cave me a small rosette red, white and blue ribbon, with three little streamers Imnglng down, mis was the recruiting Insignia and was to be worn on the left side of the cap. Armed with a swaccer stick and my patriotic rosette, I went out Into Tot tenham Court road In quest of cannon fodder. Two or three poorly, dressed civil lans passed me, and although they ap peared physically fit I said to myseir, "They don't want to Join the army; perhaps they have someone dependent on them for support," bo I did not ac cost them. Coming down the Btreet I saw vnnnff dnndv. ton hat nnd all. with fashionably dressed girl walking be side him. I muttered. "You are my meat," and when he came abreast of me I stepped directly in his path and stopped him witn my swagger sncK savinc: "You would look fine In khaki ; why not change that top hat for a steel helmet? Aren't you ashamed of your self, a husky young chnp like you In muftl when men are needed In the trenches? Here I am, an American, came four thousand miles from Ogden, ntnh. lust outside of New York, to fight for your king and country. Don't be a slacker, buck up and get into uni form; come over to the recruiting of fice and Til have you enlisted." He yawned and answered, "I don't care If vou came" forty thousand miles. no one asked you to," and he walked on. The girl gave me a sneering loo ; I wns sneechless. I recruited for three weeks and near ly got one recruit This nerhaDS was not the . greatest stunt in the world, but it got back at the officer who had told me, "Yes, we take anvthlne over here." I had been spending a good lot of my recruiting time In the saloon bar of the wheat Sheaf pub (there was a very attractive blonde barmaid, who helped kill time I was not as serious in those days as Twmi little later when I reached the front) well, It was the sixth day and my recruiting report was blank. I was (retting low In the pocket bar maids haven't much use for anyone who cannot buy drinks so I looked around for recruiting material. You know a man on recruiting service gets a "bob" or shilling for every recruit h entices Into iolninsr the army, the recruit is supposed to get this, but he would not be a recruit If he were wise to this fact, would he? Down at the end of. the bar was a young fellow in muftl who was very patriotic he had about four "Old Six" ales aboard. He asked me If he could Join, showed me his left hand, two fingers were missing, but I said that did not matter as "we take any thing over here." The left hand is the rifle hand as the piece is carried at the slope on the left shoulder. Near ly everything in England is "by the left," even general trafflc keeps to the port side. I took the applicant over to head quarters, where he was hurriedly ex amined. Recruiting surgeons were busy in those days and did not have much time for thorough physical exam inations. My recruit was passed as "fit" by the doctor and turned over to a corporal to make note of his scars. I was mystified. Suddenly the corpo ral burst out with, "Bllme me, two of his fingers are gone." Turning to me he said, "You certainly have your nerve with you, not 'alf you ain't to bring this beggar In." The doctor came over and exploded, ''What do you mean by bringing In a man In this condition?" Looking out of the corner of my eye I noticed that the officer who had re cruited me had joined the group,' and I could not help answering, "Well, sir, I Was told that you took anything over here." I think they called It "Yankee Im pudence," anyhow It ended my recruit ing. . , In training quarters, "some where In France," Empey hears the big guns booming and makes the acquaintance of the "coo ties." Read about hie experi ences in the next Installment. (TO BE CONTINUED.) "Newport News." In Virginia's early days communica tion with the mother country was, of course, wholly by ships, and when one was expected the colonists were all eagerness for the news from home. On the occasion of one, it may have been the first, of a certain Captain Newport's expected return from Eng land, at or near the plape now bearing his name, a large number of persons collected to receive "Newport's news." Hence the name, now shortened to It nroBonf farm . .. . RAISE CROP OF RASPBERRIES Yields In Different Section. Very Qr.stly-Sscure Plants From Re liable Nurseryman. (Prepared by the 7nUd , V"mH' (Fr P mint of Aurumlturo.) Yields from raspberry plantations vary gwitly aecordlr : to the vnrMloi raised, the rare Riven then., and tha condition under which they are frown. In the eastern t'i'lt'l sl,' 11 ' agreed generally U't ' wU to which they lire adapted "", l""'0 sort are Hie most productive, the blackcap next, and the red varieties the least productive. Hecords of red rasplierry growers In Nw York Statu Indicate that the avenge yield Is be tween l.MiH) and l.-HHi quart per acre, while the best Melds K. us hUh us !,"' quarts, lllnck raspberries In the same state aveiHKe between 1,1"" unai'is per acre, and the purple varieties aver age between t.TH and H,8il quarts. Yields In different sections as well as from different varieties vary greatly. Plants of the different varieties of raspberries may he secured from any reliable nursery and usually In start Ing a new plantation this Is done. Many grower having tin established plantation propagate their own stock. To propagate new plants, the lips of the new canes of black raspberries and of the purple varieties now under cultivation should lie burled In moist soil In late summer. I!y the following spring, the tips will have rooted and formed good plants. The cane then should be severed, leaving four to Ight Inches of cane with the new nlant which Is to be set 111 the Held. If the lips of the canes of black ami uirple varieties are pinched ff .when they are about 12 Inches high, the canes will branch freely and a large number of tips for burying will be so cured. With many growers the first crop from both black and purple rasp berry plantations is a crop of plants. Ia fact, a large part of the plants dis tributed by nurserymen are produced In this way by raspberry growers, who In turn sell them to nurserymen. Ited raspberries send up new canes from ttie base of the obi canes, as do black nnd purple varieties. In addi tion, they send up suckers from un derground roots at various distances from the crown of the parent plant. In starting a new plantation the strong est of these suckers are used. If a quantity of plants for selling Is needed each year for several years, It may prove desirable to take tip all plants In a given pnrt of the Held, both the old ones iind the suckers. Ity the fol lowing year, a solid stand of plants suitable for setting will have sprung up from the pieces of roots left in the THE SOLDIER'S MOTHER Pi Na M: -MINN II. m beautiful my .hy ..ml Ilia mm kliwil cuiis wm ,!,. ,".;!," l'lu. !"' ""'"I"' ' Mu tientlty flr Ami r.-h n '" " ,y'or 1 i cvr omiM b itlnl with lose. .n,i my little eon! l m days wad nlsbu to kH him (nUod'Tii fresh lr ami unllght to my Ooo.w'o.1 and Ply. 'l lltliful tlilims of Hfn. I wanted ilylcl rfctl.,ii, for I nevar eouM l will""'"' "v11'1 lift was s brlnht and clovor, my bl iont . . .... .. Ha i-i,rv hniil of Sellout. I m linn ..",- . Puny Ins !' mltilit know nu lacs ... I,. i., .Li hltf heat. Or fuel no itor of imsrpaa rinsed tO Him, I never couM Io sainneu wmi And yrt tint now my well Moved eon. I'Vir your peTrrilon r"" '" " " Or would 1 have you play the coward's With m'tlflili. shrlv.'leil soul too small to .1w..ll Within no fair a frninoT Is lht my I luuKl'iMhe b-st! fihH I ! satisfied with li'T Ny. I would hitvs you honorable, my son- Juiit. loyal, brave, and truthful, scorning fear And lies nd nif h iihk re.dy to tlefond Your homo, your mother, and yuur coun try' l!"K lie's koiik! I'r Ood! With blradlng heart I know I ntlll eoul.l no tie tillne.t with least -Siuuh lli-nton Punn, In Nswr York Times. e si ft"' ft- Harvesting Berries for a Cannery. ground. When these are dug nnd the ground Is rich, another stand will grow for the following year. If this prac tice is followed, the fruiting planta tion need not be disturbed by digging up sucker plants. Sometimes growers of the Marlboro and Ruby varieties wait until suckers appear In the .spring and set these out. Such plants will he small, but should be very free from insects and diseases. Raspberries may be propagated also by cuttings of the roots or canes if necessary. In ordinary practice, how ever, cuttings of either roots or canes are rarely used. ERADICATE APPLE TREE PEST Bert Wash for Borers Is Thick Coat of Paint Applied Before Egg-Lay. ing Season. (From the United Status Department of -. Agriculture.) Probably the best wash for apple tree borers Is a thick coat of paint, mnde from raw linseed oil and pure white lead. Remove the earth for a distance of two to three Inches from the base of the tree;- scrape off the dirt and loose bark scales, and, afer worming, apply to the exposed trunk a thick, uniform contlng of the paint to a distance of about one foot abova the ground. Worming and painting should be done annually nbout early May, be fore the .beginning of the egg-ln'ying season of the parent beetles. White lead paint has sometimes caused in. jury probably on account of Inferior in gredients. : POULTRY IN : BACK YARDS Poultry ntul rgits hnvo never lieetl cheap food for the city dweller. Mill there Is no hope that they ran be, dur ing the continuance of the war and Its n.M-eSMirlly attendant high prices, even ns reliiilrely ch.ap ns they have ordlimrll.v been. The only possibility of cboup eggs for the city family, ac cording to the I'a'ti'd States depart ment of agriculture. !!? In keeping enough hens In the bactt yard, where they run he supported principally on kitchen wiiste, to supply tin- family ta ble. The keeping of liens In luick yards Is at once an economic oppor tunity, for city families nnd an essen tial pnrt of Hie campaign for Increns-' lug poultry pruductton, What tuny te done with fowl In a hack yard depends upon the al.o of the ynrd, the diameter of the Hull, the eoadlt Ions of minllght, shade and ven tilation, and the Interest and skill of tlh' poultry keeper. The smallest nnd least favorably situated buck yard af fords nn opportunity to keep at least eaouKli hoiis to supply eggs for the loMisi-lnil'l. The number of hens need ed for that purpose Is twice the num ber of n-i's in h to' be supplied. Hence the smallest lloek tube roi ddercd eon. slsls of four liens. Where hens are kept only to furnish eggs fur the tnble no mule bird in needed. A mop for a (lock of I'mir bens should have on urea of nbout 'jo square feet, or about five feet -r ben. -'ur larger lle''ls the space iilbiwauee per bird may be a little less, because the space Is iiKod in common nnd cadi bird litis the use of all the c."p except what lier companions a'-ttmlly occupy. For the ordinary Mock of lo to l."i bens the space allowance should be nbout four square foot per lien. With proper care the b:o k yard poul try keeper can keep hem. '.,r laying only, eonlinltig them com innmcd y to their coops, and have tin :n lay well nearly ns long; ns they would lie prof, liable layers under nalurnl , idltlons. While liens like freedom, g I feed nnd enre reconcile tln-m to eoiiline ment, and mature, rugged birds often lay more eggs In elo.se conliaciiieiit than when nt liberty. If the space ndmltH of g!' Ing tho little Imck-yard flock re room (hun a coop of iho minimum size rctj ul rod, the condition of Hie bind will deter mine the form In which the aildi'lonul space should he given. If ti. soil is well rt ruined nnd free from Mich filth as often contaminates the .soil (,r small back ynrds, a yard fur the fowls may be fenced In, allowing () t,, ;M) S(lU,,ro foot of yard room per bird, 'ibe op porlunlty for exercise on the 'and and In tho open uli- which tbl g,V(,s ti1(! hens will benefit (hem and .nalce life for thoin more interesting. If the soli is poorly drnii. d mol foul the hens will thrive and i,,v belter If not allowed , at Ml. Tn lli.it ease till-best way to Km. tm.m s,,ln ;l(m,n( of the extra space available is lo hmid adjoining the. cop a !,.,, ,(lV(,rI ''iMnit the same nin iunl. of g,.( nn(1 bvin tho from; lneb.sed 0,y with wire nettla,;. The fl ear,!,' n,lcr Is shed should be removed ,,l the 'or filled m f,.w l,,,i , ,s ,,,. la- old surface with f,,,sh ,,,., Where Conservation Fails. The Kreai M!.,1,,hu..id , "J" '".Wing. .,, ,, , ",,S vn ""Wdust. is .,. d "nil niKs and ,,., , "1,u u weur and Hosiery The 1 T' -ciotbiin,-;,,,-;;;;.- try Is a hcW, but liy nJ ' aUS" less of a hit , 18 ls ",ore or RAISING ANIMALS FOR AR1,1 Gavrnmnt nH rarms.. a. ""Hi bfMMta..: In Production of Cavalry (n4 J miery Memounti, (rropirsd by tit ttnitMj gt,tM mont of AsTleultur.) " la order to encourago th( prodllctl(, of horsea unliable for cavalry ind j , artillery uaes, tho 'nWt State, imrtnumt of nitrlculturo, n tv, hiK with tho war lepartin"ot, k plncod In selected loralltles j Bound Btalllotu of proper typ lti ferrd mure owners Hheoliil Inte inenta to luaki) tis nf jh,. plnn, jnnd possible by pruvMoo, poncrosa In 1013, grew wit of tbtjr pulty tho envornaient hm had j curltiif a ku (Helen t number of annjr, mounts. Light horse nt , terloriittHl, duo to tho curtailed J mnnd ns ft result of thn growim pq t.,lw ...l... r..t.l..1...i ...J mi o j i...ofi o nn, sijy mnjw had tumeu their a'tentlnn to Ireptn Iiik tho henvler draft borne. Tho dan rmidlstH primarily In pk litir Htiittlcrts of merit, ritlstrrtd Ian proier Htud bunkH ami Monglnj J tho Tlmroiiglibrcd. American M( Stnndiirdbred, and Moreno brwslii sultnblo loonlltli'M In Vrrmont, M llnmpNhlrc, VlrglnlH, Went Virtu!! Kentucky, mul Tennessee JIaraow ith may trHHl tu thene Htatlion on t' following terms. Tim owner of d uinrt tigreoa In writing nt the Uiwi breeding to Klvo the government an $ tbn on tho resulting colt aa tM year-old nt n stnteil price, whirl 1 far has 1hmi $1.'). No mrvic fa charged unless the owner of a c. wl.ihel to bn released from the opfl in which enno It In $'-''. This means that prnctlrally 4 money In Invested in service fees. A the colt 1 jHirchiiKed by the gnvm ment no fee la charged, nor ia M any cbnri If tho colt la offered to rt government nnd imrclmiw refused cause It doe not qualify. The bw er de not hnvo to pny a aerrll on a colt which Ulea, which b W formed, or which Is seriously InJaVJ Only snunil inures that approach fl :iw a cavalry or a ljht artillery tyt used. Iterords taken June SO, 15,, Hhow that 3,tW! colts hnve been pf" duced since this plan wus put la ertulon nt tho beginning of the bm Ins MenHon In 101.1. ' The plan hna a number of ate! tuges both to thn government and 4 Morgan Stallion Owned by Govw ment Thia la the Typ Being W to Breed Army Remounti. farmers. Tho brood mares are ly furm work aiiliiinH which genew; pay for their feed by doing f nnd thn eoltH ro brought UP ! " without cost. HlKh-chiss stallions .... . mt'npni 08e nvniiaiiia ior mo iiiiuu "" ,,.. Community breedlrik', whlcH " esumuom vaiue, in -m object of tho remount breeding Is to select for and breed aound pOH-seasIng quality, 1 nmina and durance which conform to the aror needs, nnd such nnlmalH will 180 useful for frc-nornl farm work wpw. ly In mountainous sections. n"e. Is true that the heavy draft nu.- more valuable for most far wort there are mnny sect Ions where u horses are bettor smieu u- . their activity, miro-footcilnen. m or lung capacity and endurance. The government's plan of fnrmers In produclnff army giving thera mnterlnl as well a catlonal aid In developing on i'" tunt phase of their furnilng 01 tlons. Good horse po"V('r 11 ln, 1 sable to successful" f a mH horses cannot bo produced . good sires. From h 8rC,"L standpoint alone, the Plll,licnl ,,() te the remount breeding work sno extended to other mailalile W to say nothing of the l-oHUItnnt In adding to the defensive strew, the country in a niilltm'y way. BREEDING OF BEEF ANIMALS Aim to Develop to Greatest Portions of Body From w Secured Choice Cuts. (Prepared by the United State' P6"" ment of Agriculture.) In tho Improvement of eci (be care hns been tnken to lvelopo( tfie greatest extent those Pr1' "nS h!gh body from which are secured P $ priced cuts 'of beef. ThcseMliftW snowa De Kept in mmu "-- hreedlng animals.