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BERQEANT McCLINTOCK.
OVER THERE
The Thrill and hc Hell of
hc Trenches, Described
by an American Boy.
Sergeant Alexander McCIIntook of Lex
ington, Ky., nnd the Canadian Army Has
Oripplng Tale That Every American Will
Head, For He Tells the Faoti Unadorn
ed. Wounded, a Blitlngulshed Conduot
Kctlal Man, He Wai Invalided Home,
but It Going "Out There" Again to Fight
For Uncle Bam and Hii Alliei. An In
iplrlng, Interesting, Penonal Narrative,
rull of the Spirit and Atmoiphere of the
Trtnchei.
No. 4. Shifted o
the Somme
By Sergeant Aleaander McCllnlock,
I). C. M., 67th Ovcwai Had..
Canadian (Ircn. (luarJu.
UuPXrlKhi.
IIJ. by tli 1111
Hyn-
IB
Nrrprant iltt'llnlork U nn American
luy uf t.cjli.iitiiii, Ky., irhu hm $nn
nrvlce in '.(( r, uui tlrturntrit fur
bravery, iniumlnl, InmliJitt hmne unit
now it nturntnu tu aerepl a cummli
(m. Thli in fm fourth urlltlc In the
mlet. In Che flrtt arthlr he liiUI of
hit tltllntny up to the piilnl trhire he
rvaeheil the front Hue tremhen. In the
ttrvmi hti uutllnnt the t Infantile firtfxj.
rutUinn for ii lid mli mUl. ami in the
third tha dhatlruui rahl n tttictllrit,
AI'KW it) after the iH.iiildiiK
mll, Wllkll elided MJ dlkBkttVU-
y for iw. iwr IwIIhIUhi hui re
lieved from duly ihi llii- frviit line. mikI
the lll HO l.'lll MUM tllllt f Ml'fl' lo yu
iliiwn u (In IiIk uliow then IbUiik
plmn mi I liu KmiiiiiK Our tellef Mai
b lllVlklllll of AUkrullll. WJ ke,
; I lii aeetor illicit Me IimI In-Ill In Bel
li tun wa b irl uf n-iurMtury ehl
lor tin n'K'tiUr llKhtlnu over In I'tann-.
It mrhu'i linc before ve ma Into
Mlml you nilclit cull Hie Mi; Ii-hcuii
Ulllll'Kt, lllll III (III llleflllttlllle u hnd
it llllln ret from hatillni; I'rita ntul
tint uiHirliinlt)' In iiIm'itU1 ni'iin. thing
mIiIcIi mt'iii lo nn lo he wrtu IHIIiii;
, lilxiut. Tliimti of ynti who are erlu
lvely fond of tin kllrrliiK detail uf
wnr, audi bIhxiIIiih ud Im-Iihj kind
a niul UiiiiIiIiik ntul Iwytitii'UiiK'. ii-nl
wily kl m llllln of IliU W'ftiud mi
tiitlrcly mtUfniiitfy nuinunt uf mookv
. mill riiilrini'iil Inter.
Am hchiii r our rrlli-f ImttHlkui IimiI
cut In v iiiiivihI Iwik lo l'uiir1UKli
for n cuiipli of ilny nft. WV 'r' n
lin'tty ciHitt'iitril bih! JHnl ll. our
JllntlMPII l'H1'lllll,V. WlMlTf llll KtMlt lo
jji't nwny fmiH tin- ulrnln uf tnUnj: n
Xrwnt liviieli, mill tlur uorn niliur ad
MUiliiHt. 1'or limlMMrtr. Ido Mllcra-
tlHH llf (MIT ItHtnIlT llMl' to rntljltlt
UmiI mil (Hiim tliroiiHfa IhiIIhIIoh livil
Hrti. hwI tWri-fon- had In our
ittMH nlxtytliiw rum mtioun nl)it
ami ItMttllMK mid Utll UIM IMfH.
H
It Wat Qod CUan Fighting. Nebady
Flrad a 8hoL
Ttirro wmt n Cnnndlnu Hoot tu our
urowd who mid Hint tl'i only word
which dcMcrlhvd tlio aliuutlou hum
"tt'Mra-iidr
Thcro watt u good deal of Ji alouiy ut
that time bvtwvcn tho Curiudlunit uud
thu Auatrallnnv. ICnch liud tho aaiuu
force In tho llvld-four dlvUluim, Ki
th or forco won hlKttcr thun any other
ttrmy comWHt,d txiliulvoly of voluiir
Uth over huforu uMHPinhUHl, While
BffJuiilf to tho Cniiiidluu uriny mid bo-JU-vo
tho Ciiiittdhni ovvrxoitu foix-cs the
fini'Ht tmoi over led to wnr, I iiium
nay Unit I liavo nover m-i-n n IkmI.v of
jni'ii ho iiingiilllci'iit In itvoriiiui iihynhiuo
an tho AudtnillmiH. And hoiiio of them
wt-io oven above tho IiIk'i uvurime. The
juiiii tlmt piinehed me In thu eye In tin
Yittiiiiilim" In PoporlriKlio inmlo up en
tirely in lili own pernou for tho alt
ento of Ih Diirey fnnii tho Austru
Man ranks. I don't know Jut how the
IlKht Htaitnd hetween tho Au.trtilluns
nnd tin In Poporlnsho. hut I l:uow that
II liinU threo reKlmentH of Imperln'l
L)t'i to Mop It. Tho tnos-t convlnohiK
atury I heurd of tho orlulu of tho hut-
tie n told tn'e by one of our roru,
Mho on Id he w Ihi-re when It benn.
lie ntd one of the AliMrnllntin hud
ninti-mly reinarkeil that the Hrltlnh
k'i-iu-riil Imd ili-clili'il It mi tlinn to
Ket throucti with the alilenhuw In del
tlinn, mid IhU wim the rrumiu why
Ihey hiul nent regular lnmiH like tho
Auttrnllnna In to rellere thiiCuiiuilliiiii.
Then tome M-imlllve (.'niihiIInii wlnli.
ed the Aiutrullniiii luck and hoped
they'd (InUh It up nn well im they Imd
the uffalr In (hit Dunluiiellr. After
tlint our two cloya' rent w mado up
principally of beatluji It nut of cilo
mliinii when hIiiiIi-kIo reipilreineutii
liU'i;i-t(il a new Immt or bentliiK It Into
entiniilnim when It liMiked ii If wo
could act eineleiit re enforcement!.
That ncht never toppil for forty-elKht
houm. and (he only phicea It didn't
tueliide Mere the church and Ilia ho
pllntn. I'll lit to till- ihiy that Hie
llelclan who run the entamluaii In
I'olHTluKhe Mill duck behind llm bnn
If yuu Jiin ineiitloii Ciiiiudn mid An
trtilla In the nine breath.
Hut I'm hound to nay that It wan
rood, cli-nu tluhlltiu'. NnlMHly fired a
het. nolxxly pulleil n biinuet. nud no
iKxIy i'ot the wriiuK I'lca alwut any
thing The Auntnillan hearywelKht
clini)ori who luiidetl mi mo wenl
rlk'hl out In the at reel and naluted one
of our Unit rim ii In. We had Jut one
ntUfylliK rellecllon after the tlKht nn
over-the Alwtmllan bflttallon that re
tleteil im fell heir to the counterattack
whkh the (lermaiiR cent ucrom to even
up on our bomhlui; raid.
Down to the Somme.
"We lietan ur iiuirt-li lo the Homme
by a hike to Ht. Oiiur. the drat llrlt
Uh hendiiunrtera In Kuroe. Then we
Hopped for n week about twenty iiiIIm
from I'nlah. where we underwent a
eoume of Intcmdncil Iruliiluit for open
f) Kht I n if. The lufmilry taetlea. In
wlileli we weredrllleil. were very alml
lar to thoAr of the Culled Ktatei army.
Iluwe which, lit fact, were originated
by 'the Cnlted Htntea Iroopa In thedaya
of Indian flehtlui;. We covered moid
of the KTiiuiul around (.'alula on our
ktomnchi In tcii order. While It may
aeein Impertinent fur me. ii mere nnii
com, lo exprenn no opinion ntiilt the
larccr uffalra of the rninHhti. I think
I may be cxeuncd for wtylmj that the
war didn't at all take the coume which
naa expertcd and bitped for after the
fiirtit mi the SoMiue I'liiliMibliilly the
allien expiH-lwl to break thrirtlKh the
(iirmali line That U ell hnown uow
Whlle we Mere leliiK traliuil near C'a
ImU fur niul Marfme a ery larKe
fere of tatHlry mum beliiK UMiembletl
a lid piepared fur the hum it purponc. It
wu never nul, ,
Tlmt ivm luat Atncuat, and tho alllew
hni-n'l broken throiiiih yet. ISVeu
tuully I U-lleve they will break
ihrouKh. but In my opinion meu who
are drawn for aervlce In the flrat
half million of our new American
army will be veteran In ISurope liefore
the blk' break come which will wreck
Ihv l'rulnn hope of auece lu Ibla
war. And If we of the U. H. X dou't
throw In the welttht to beat tho I'ru
kIuiih hum- ihey Mill not lie beaten, nnd
In that iae the day will not bo very
far dlatant when we will hiivit lo beat
them to uve our humeri and our nn,
tleu War I u dreadful and liwlorloint
and III kiiielltiiK uud cruel thliiK- Hut
If we hold back now we will be lu the
lok'l- al poaitlun of n limn heiiltatlux to
l'o to trli'H with u drunken, anvaRe.
khrleklnir. apewlm; iiiauluc who linn all
but whipped hi proper keeper and I
IcotiiK after the onlooker, lluwuver. I
mUIi we had hnd two month moro of
weather oo the Koniuie. There wight
buve been a dltTercut tory tu telL
Simplified Medicine.
We got drafta of recruit before we
went to the Botunie, and voiue of our
wouuded men wero aeut back to Kne
land, where we had left our "aafety
Crat battalion," That waa really the
I'lfty-nrnt battalion of the Fourth dl
vltlou of the Canadlau force, com
Kted of the phyalcully rejected, meu
recoverliiK from wound uud men In
jured In training. The Tpmtulea, how
ever, called It the "aafety tlrt" or "Ma
jor Ollduy'H LlRht liifuiiiry." Major
Ullday wit our Imttnllon Htiriicou. lie
waa Immeuaely populiir, uud he uehlev
ed n yrent uamu for bluiHclf. Uo made
ouo reullzo whut u ureiit peraoual
forco u doctor can bo uud whut an un
necessary elaboration there I lu the
civil prnctlco of medicine.
Under Mujnr Ullduy'a administration
uo muu In our battalion wna hVU If ho
could wnlk, nud If he couldn't Willi;
(hero wiir a rciit,oiiiblo uplclou that
ho wua ilntnk. Tho major Hlmplllled
medlcluo down to un oxuet science of
two form of trentntout nnd two rout
edles "number iiIiiuh" mid whnlo oil.
"dumber ulnea" wero pule ovul pills,
which, If thoy hnd been etfk'S. would
havo run about elnht to un omelet
for six persoiii. They hud uu lutcvuul
effect which could only be dcflnrd
dynnmlc'. After our men hnd become
acquainted with them tlinnmli peiKoual
experience they Mopped cmIIIii them
"number iiIiich" and culled thnui
"whlx-lmiiK," There weie only two
pomilbHllleH of error under Mnjor fill
iIiij'm ayatem of Hlmplllled medicine.
One wim 'to lake u whlx-bniiK for
trench feet and the other to uxo whnlo
oil externally for noiiio form of dluca
lloual hi-Hltimcy. And In either cunu
uo pcimiiucut Imrtn could reniilt, while
the error Him mm Minple of curiecllon
nn the comruiiiiil "about fine," mighty
nn then-fore not wry popular with
our biittulloii. blh.'hly beliiu the trench
mime for llu hiiNpllul.
Two week niul n half after e left
HelKlum we nulled al Albert, having
marched all llm wny. The MfiUt which
met our e-e nn we rounded Hie rocJJ
ipiurry hill nilalde of Albert wn won
ilerful beond deocrlptloii, I remem
ber how licmcndoiuly It lmpreed
my pal. Mai-fnrliiiic He nut by the
roudklde mid lookeil round over tho
lilliUrape in If he were faacliiated.
"Hoy," m 1 1 he, "we'io at the big
ihow at Innt."
I'oor fellow! It wn not only the bl(f
ahow. but the Ihhi iK'rformaiice for
ili
-Doy," aald ha, "wa'ra at tha big ahow
at Utt."
him. Within aluht of the apot where
he ant wonderliiK he later fell In action
and died. The accue which ko Im
preMil him k'ave u all feeling of
great awe. (I rent ahell from a thou
aand k'lin were ktreflklnc and crlia
crofHlui; the aky. Without Rlaiue I
coiiiilcd thlrly-nliie of our obaervallon
bulloon. Away off lu tho illxtance 1
a w one ftermun captive balloon. The
other aircraft were uncountable. They
were everywhere, apparently lu hun
dred. There could have been uo more
wonderful pauurama picture of war In
Ita new anpect.
Our battalion waa In nnd out of the
town of Albert kctcral day waltlnp
for order. The battle of Courcelette
wa then lu procrcf. and the Hrnt.
Second and Third Canadian division
were holding front jioMtloim at terri
ble cost. In the tlrnt part of Octolx-r.
HMO, we "went In" opltc the fa
uiou Itck'lnn trench. The batlleRrouud
waa Jimt inllc and mltea of debrl mid
ahell holea. Hefore we went lo our
ixmltlou the olllcer uud non-com
were taken In by aconta tu get the lay
of the laud. Tluwe trip were called
'Took' lour." On one of them I
went ihroiiKh the town of ri4xem
twice nnd didn't know It. It had a
pojmlutHHi uf 1U.000 before the war
On the Kit where-It hnd Mood not
even a whole brlik wum left. It teemed.
Ita demolition waa complete. That
wn mi example of the condition of the
whole country over which our force
had blntttcd their wny for leu mile
aluco the prevlou July. Thcro were
not even landmark left.
The "Cook'a Tour."
On the "Icht. when ire went in. to In
pect the iKMiltlona we wero to bold, our
acouta, leading u through the flat de
ert of dcttructlou. cot completely turn
ed, round and took u back ihrough a
trench composca or ahell hole con
nected up until wo ran Into a battal
ion of another brigade. The place was
dreadful beyond word. The Blench
of the dead wn lckcnlng. In many
place arm and legi of dead men
Muck out of tho trench walla.
Wo made n freah Mart after our blun
der, moving lu alngle tile nud keeping
la touch euch with the uinu uhead of
him. We Mumbled along lu the 'dark
uea through this awful labyrinth until
we ran into aoiue of our own acouta
at '4 a. in. nud found that we were
halfway acroa No Man' land, ev
oral hundred yard beyond our front
line and likely 'to "bo utterly wiped out
In twenty aeconda Bhould the German
alght ua. Flno guides we had ou thla
"Cook'a tour." At )nt we reached
our proper position, aud fifteen min
utes after we got there a whir-bang, a
low explosive murderer, buried me
completely. They had to dig mo out
A few mluute later a high explosive
BJUill fell lu a trench section where
three of our men were Miillom-il, All
w could llud nfler It exploded were
one arm mill ouo leg, which we burled.
Tho irciuliffl wero without, trea'h
mill, and (lin;iind wim from xlx Ineheti
lo three feet deep all Ihrough them
There weie uo dugoiita, only inircly
mbienible "funk hole." dug where it
wnn poHMlhlc to dig them without un
covering dead meu. Wo remained In
Ihi ixmltlou four day, from the 17th
Hi (lie 'JIM of October. Ill ID.
There were renwm. of eoume, foi
llu dinrcreiici) between condition In
Hclghim and on the Homme. On the
Homme we were coiiMaiilly preparing
for a new advance, and we were only
leiiiHinirlly iiitiilttlMu-il on ground
which we had but recently tnkeii aftei
long drumming wllh big gun. The
trchcliiw were merely ahell hole con
nected by. dltchea. Our old nud iiblqul
ton mid vnrlouMy useful friend, Hit
Hninlbii, wn not present In any en-lai-lly.
and therefore we hnd no para
iet or diiKout. The con uiunlcatlon
treuchea were all blown lu, slid every
thing had to come to u oteilaud, with
the result Hint we never were quite
sure when we would get ammunition,
milium or relief, force. The most nw
ful thing was thai the noil all nlxnit U
wa tilled with freshly burled men. If
wo undertook to cut a trench or en
large a funk hole our npflde struck
Into human flesh aud the explosion of
a big shi-ll along our line sent decom
posed and dUiuembcrisI and Mlvkeulug
memento of au earlier fight shower
ing among us. We lived In the muck
and Blench of "glorlou" war, thoso of
u who lived.
The German Dugout and What
They Found.
Here and there along this line were
the ubnudoued dugout of the Gcr-
(Cnntlnucd on I'ago C.)
Home teloes vanl lo k.eep
away fiom hot shoes and
warm kitchens
COOKED DISHES
-for-
LUNCHES
DINNERS
help to keep them from be
ing won out by the heat.
PARE
for Jinnr ri
PRE
D MEATS
ircihet one
Order inVxJic mornintf. o
that we may Jtliver early.
Then you can put your
meat on the ice to cool.
We have a number of delight
ful dihe we can autftfe't
M Us
McGrath's Grocery
Bond Street
Shoe Repairing
Dunn In a l-'HlST-CIwVSS inau-
ner, mIiAc you wait.
I (loodnian, Aiposlto linker's
(JroVery.
Joe Rock
CONTRACTOR
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j
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Lrave otittt at
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Oiqcoa Sbctt
Shoes for Real Service
OUH 81'KCIAI.TV lA TO MAKK 8II0KS THAT
8TAM) THK TKHT
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Is eaneclnllymndo for thla kind of country. Nono are bet
tor made, I -.
TILT SHOE
A handsome!
boaten for the i
aoif iceiiblo droaa ahoa far men.
Ivo theso shoes n trial,
Cannot be
on
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linnd-mado and cno of tho very best of Us kind. Special mado-to-ordor
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ation to the roof you arc conE to put on. You
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Thru quality and cheer merit
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There are many.
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aridn of qualiry nnd ptarcnlttd ca&faction.
Ccrtaln-teed Slate-Surfaced Asphalt Shingles
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kit luct as good looking, wear better, won't fill off, buckle or rpllt. TUx
xc (Irc-rctirdiat, sad do cot Lave to Le related or stained.
Ccrtaui'tccd Pcin!s and Vercuhes
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The name CBRTAlK-TCnD on a
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