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pfpo arrangement which fits over tho
barrel casing of tho gun nnd screens
tho sparKs from tho right nml left, hut
not from the front. So Tommy, always
resourceful, adopts this scheme: About
three foot or loss In front of the gun ho
Bon HhodoH nnd family woro enter
tained nt tho McLouth homo Sunday.
Our annual school mooting was
Hold Juno 17. J. M. Muhmoi was
elected clerk, W, L. Cowan mill OiihI
Mcl.onth directors,
Wo aro very sorry to lono our pres
ent mall carrier, Jako Koogiiinn. Ho
has given us lino biisliioHidlko Horv
loo mid has born accommodating In
every way practicable
Crops In tho valloy nro looking
lino sliicu tho rain, but tho rabbits
aro posts now,
J. II, llawslor and tho Staun"or
family spout Wodnomlay night and
Thursday In tho Buttes,
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CHAPTER XXII.
Punishment and Machlne-Qun Stunt.
8oon after my arrival In Franco; In
fact, from my enlistment, I hnd found
that In tho British army discipline Is
very Btrlct. One has to bo very care
ful In order to stny on the narrow path
of government virtue.
There arts about seven million ways
of breaking the king's regulations; to
keep one you have to break another.
The worst punishment Is death by a
firing squad, or "up against tho wall,"
as Tommy calls it
This Is for desertion, cowardice, mu
tiny, giving Information to the enemy,
looting, rape, robbing the dead, forcing
a safeguard, striking a superior, etc.
Then comes the punishment of sixty
four days In the front-line trench with
out relief. During this time you havo
to engage In all raids, working parties
in No Man's Land, and every hazardous
undertaking that comes along. If you
live through the sixty-four dnys you
arc Indeed lucky.
This punishment Is awarded where
there Is a doubt as to the willful guilt
of a man who has committed an of
fence punishable by death.
Then comes the famous field pun
ishment No. 1. Tommy has nicknamed
It "crucifixion." It means that a man
Is spread-eagled on a limber wheel,
two hours a day for twenty-one days.
During this time he only gets water,
bully beef and biscuits for his chow.
Ton get "crucified" for repeated minor
offenses.
Next In order Is field punishment
No. 2.
This is confinement In the "clink,"
without blankets, getting water, bully
beef and biscuits for rations and doing
all the dirty work that can be found.
This may be for twenty-four hours or
twenty days, according to the gravity
of the offense.
Then comes "pack drill" or default
ers' parade. This consists of drilling,
mostly at the double, for two hours
with full equipment. Tommy bates
this, because It is hard work. Some
times he fills his pack with straw to
lighten It, and sometimes he gets
caught If, he gets caught, he grouses
at everything In general for twenty
one days, from the vantage point of a
limber wheel.
Next comes "a B." meaning "con
fined to barracks." This consists of
staying In billets or barracks for twenty-four
hours to seven days. You also
get an occasional defaulters' parade
and dirty Jobs around the quarters.
The sergeant major keeps what Is
known as the crime sheet When a
man commits an offense, he Is
"crimed," that Is, his name, number
and offense Is entered on the crime
sheet Next day at 0 a. m. he goes to
tho "orderly room" before the captain,
who either punishes him with "a B."
or sends him before the O. C. (officer
commanding battalion). The captain
of the company can only award "C. B."
Tommy many a tlmo has thanked
the king for making that provision In
his regulations.
To gain the title of a "smart soldier,"
Tommy has to keep clear of the crime
sheet, and yon have to be darned smart
to do It
I have been on It a few times, most
ly for "Yankee Impudence."
During our stay of two weeks In
rest billets our captain put us through
a course of machine-gun drills, trying
out new stunts and theories.
After parades were over, our guns'
crews got together and ulso tried out
some theories of their own In reference
to handling guns. Thcso courses had
nothing to do with the advancement of
the war, consisted mostly of causing
tricky Jnms In the gun, and then the
rest of the crew would endeavor to lo
cate as quickly as possible the cause
of the stoppuge. This amused them
for a few days and then things came to
u standstill.
Ono of tho boys on my gun claimed
that he could play a tuno while tho
gun was actually firing, and demon
strated tlilH fact one day on the target
range. We were very enthusiastic and
decided to become musicians.
After constant practice I became
qultu expert In the tune entitled "All
Conductors IIuvo Big Feet."
When I had mastered this tune, our
two weeks' rest came to an end, and
once again we went up tho line and
took over tho sector In front of G
wood.
At this point the German trenches
nin around tho base of a hill, on tho
top of which was a dense wood. This
wood was Infested with machine guns,
which used to traverse our lines at
will, and sweep the streets of a little
village, where wo were billeted while
In reserve.
There wus ono gun In particular
which used to get our goats, It had the
exact rango of our "elephant" dugout
entrance, and every morning, about the
time rations were being brought up, Its
t"1Ms would knock ujj tlu duBt on the
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rbnd; more tHah one Tommy went
West or to Blighty by running Into
them.
This gun got our nerves on edge,
and FrlU seemed to know It because
ho never gnve us an hour's rest Our
reputation as machine pinners was at
stake; we tried various ruses to locate
and put this gun out of action, but
each one proved to bo a failure, and
Frits became n woreo nulsanco than
ever. He was getting fresher nml more
careless every day, took nil kinds of
liberties with us thought he wus In
vincible. Then one of our crew got n brilliant
Idea and we were all enthusiastic to
put It to the test
Here was his scheme :
When firing my gun. I was to play
my tune, and Fritz, no douht, would
fall for It, try to Imitate mo as an
added Insult This pinner and two
others would try, by the sound, to lo
cate Fritz and his gun. After having
got the location, they would mount
two machine guns In trees, in a little
clump of woods to tho left of our ceme
tery, and while Fritz was In the middle
of his lesson, would open up and trust
to luck. By our calculations. It would
take at least a week to pull off the
stunt
If Fritz refused to swallow our bait.
It would be Impossible to loente his
special gun, and that's the ono we were
after, because they all sound alike, a
slow pup-pup-pup.
Our prestige wan hanging by a
thread. In the battalion we had to en
dure all kinds of Insults and fresh re
marks as to our ability In silencing
Fritz. Even to the battalion thnt Ger
man gun was a sore spot
Next day, Fritz opened up ns usual.
I let him fire away for n whllo and
then butted In with my "pup-pup-pup-pup-pup-pup."
I kept this up quite a
while, used two belts of ammunition.
Fritz had stopped firing to listen. Then
he started In; suro enough, he had
fallen for our game, his pin was trying
to Imltato mine, but, at first he made a
horrible mess of that tune. Agnln I
butted In with a few bars and stopped.
Then ho tried to copy whnt I hnd
,plnyed. He was n good sport all right,
because his bullets were going away
over our heads, must have been firing
Into the air. I commenced to feel
friendly toward'bltn.
This duet went on for five days.
Fritz was a good pupil and learned
rapidly. In fact. Rot better than his
teacher. I commenced to feel Jealous.
When ho hnd completely mnstered the
tunc, he started sweeping the road
ngnln and we clicked It worse than
ever. But he signed his death warrant
by doing so, because my friendship
turned to hate. Every time he tired he
played that tune and we danced.
Tho boys In the battalion gave us
the "nn I Ha I" They weren't In on
our little frnmeup.
Tho originator of tho ruse and tho
other two gunners had Fritz's location
taped to the minute; they mounted
their two guns, and niso gave mo the
range. The next afternoon was set for
the grand finale. '
Our three guns, with different eleva
tions, had their fire so arranged, that,
opening up together, their bullets
would suddenly drop on Fritz Ilko a
hailstorm.
About three the next day, Fritz start
ed "pup-pupping" that tune. I blew a
sharp blast on a whistle, It was the sig
nal agreed upon; we turned loose nnd
Fritz's gun suddenly stopped In tho
middle of a bar. We had cooked his
goose, and our ruse had worked. After
firing two belts each, to make suro of
our Job, we hurriedly dismounted our
guns nnd took cover In tho dugout Wo
knew what to expect soon. Wo didn't
havo to wait long, three salvos of
"whizz-bangs" carno over from Fritz's
artillery, a further confirmation that
we had sent that inuslcul machine-gunner
on his Westward-bound Journey,
Thnt gun never bothered us ngnln.
We were the heroes of the battalion,
our captain congratulated us, said It
was a neat piece of work, nnd, conse
quently, we were all puffed up over tho
stunt
Tliero nro several ways Tommy uboh
to dlngulso tho location of his nmclilno
gun and get his range. Some of tho
most commonly used stunts are uh fol
lows :
At night, when ho mounts his gun
over tho top of his trench and wants
to get the rango of Fritz's trench ho
adopts tho method of whnt ho terms
"getting tho sparks." This consists of
firing bursts from his gun until tho
bullets hit tho German barbed wire.
Ho can tell when they are cutting tho
wire, because n bullet when It hits a
wire throws out n blue electric spurk.
Machine-gun fire Is very damaging to
wiro and causes many a wiring party
to go out at night when It Is quiet to
repair tho damage.
To dlsgulso the flaro of his gun nt
night when firing, Tommy uses what Is
called n flare protector. This la a atom
-iooyo).
next evi
Showing How Fritz I Fooled.
drives two stakes Into tho ground,
aboil five foot apart Across tluso
stakes bo stretches a curtain inmlo out
of empty saiullings ripped open. Ho
soaks this curtain In water nnd tiros
through It. The water prevents It
catching II ro and effectively screen
the fiare of tho tiring guu from tho
enemy.
Sound Is n vnluahlo asset In locating
mnchluo pm, but Tommy surmounts
this obstacle by plnclug two mnchluo
guns about ono hundred to ono hun
dred nml fifty ynrds apart Tho gun
on the right to cover with Its flro tho
lector of tho loft pin nnd the gun on
the loft to cover thnt of tho right
pin. This mnkos their flro cross; they
arc fired simultaneously.
By this method It sounds Uko one
pin firing and gives tho Germans the
Impression that the gun Is tiring from
n point midway between tho guns
which are actually firing, nnd they ac
cordingly shell that particular spot.
Tho machlno pinners chuckle nnd say,
"Fritz Is a brainy boy, not olf ho
ain't"
But the men In our lines nt the spot
being shelled curse Fritz for his Igno
rance nnd pnss a few port remarks
down the lino In reference to the ma
chine gunners being "windy" and
afraid to tako their medicine.
(To Bo Continued.)
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July 2-3-4
It come to Bend immediately
following it remarkable Port
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IMNKIIUIIST.
(Continued from Pago 2.)
homo or C. II. Spaugh ono evening
this week.
W. C. McCulston nnd family mo
tored down from Bond Sunday nnd
spent tho day picnicking on their
farm horo.
F. V. Swisher nnd family woro In
Bend Wednesday attending tho
Smith-Douglas nuptials.
Frank McNanamon, n recontnr
rival horo from Ellonshurg, WaTTh.,
has ben called for service In tho
army and will icavo In a fow days
for Camp Lewis.
A crowd of friends gathered at
tho Snyder homo Tuesday evening
with cowbells, tin cans, etc., and gavo
Mr. and Mrs. Nowcomb an old fash
ioned charivari. All returned at a
late hour, having spent a very pleas
ant ovonlng.
Tho annual bcIiooI meeting was
held at tho school house Monday. A
special tax was voted for school pur
poses. C. W. Howell was re-elected
director.
Miss Bernlco Couch is sponding
tho week-end with her father In
Bend.
Tho farmers in this vicinity aro
enjoying sunshine and showers the
last fow days.
D. W. Dleterlch loft Friday for
Portland to secure medical treat
ment. Ho has been suffering for
somo tlmo with heart trouble.
Mr. nnd Mrs. II. A. Nowcomb loft
Friday for Pilot Hock, whoro Mr,
Nowcomb has a stock ranch,
I. E. Wlmor nnd Chas. Spaugh
motored to Bond Thursday on busi
ness. A very pleasant ovonlng was spent
at tho homo of Mr. and Mrs. F. V.
Swisher Thursday. Tho gathorlng
-was In honor of Mr. and Mrs, Robert
Smyth. Flno treats were sorved by
the Hostesses.
Sovoral from this community at
tended tho farowoll party for tho
soldier hoys In Tumalo Friday ovon
lng. Wo hopo thoy will soon cap-
turo tho KaiHor aim como iiiarcuiiu;
home again.
Mr. and Mrs. G. M. Couch woro
calling at tho J. N. B. Corking homo
ono day this wcok.
NEW POSTMASTER
FOR STAUFFER
STAUFFKR, Juno 24, J. M.
MuHsor has been appointed 'pnHt
mastor to fill tho vacancy of Mrs.
Graco Hasslor, resigned, and will
tako chargo of tho office on tho first
of July.
A farowoll was givo Konnowi
ifnllnmn Tuesday evening. Ho has
boon called to tho colors and will
Icavo tho 24th.
J, Hasch started Tor Bend Friday
morning to bring back with him 14
head of cattle.
Mr. Shroy of Butto waB In tho val
ley Sunday.
J. M. Mussor and Robert McLouth
mado a trip to Hampton IIuUcb tho
last of tho "wook for a load of pota
toes. The purchaso price waB 25
contB per sack, .
PLAINVIKW, Juiio 24. A rocop
tlnii was given nt tho ChaKiiu homo
last Thursday ovonlng for Mr, and
Mrs. Hubert Armstrong and Roy W.
lloartt, Somo Jolly games woro
played on tho Inwu and later tho
guests onjoyod various games of
cards, A dollghttul lunch was sorved
by tho hostess. Miss Graco Rlggs of
Redmond nnd Louis lloniiott and
Mrs. S. L. Burgess of Bond woru
guests prcsotit from town,
Mr. nnd Mrs. A. W. Armstrong
and granddaughter Wlliua returned
Tuesday ovonlng from n trip to Tho
Dalles. Their son Hubert, nt present
on a short furlough from duty at
Brownsville, Texas, and tils young
brldo woro members of tho returning
party. Aftor spondlug several de
lightful days among Plalnvlow
trlonds Mr. nnd Mrs. Hubert Arm
irnnr lufl Umlmntiil nttirtlnv morn
ing for Tho Dalles en routo to tho
Texas border.
Miss Graco Rlggs of Redmond was
n guest at tho Chalfnn ranch sovoral
days last wook.
Roy Heartt loft Plalnvlow Monday
morning to report In Bond at 10
o'clock for military Inspection pre
paratory to starting for tho training
camp.
Mrs. 8. L. Burgess of Callow, Ore
gon, was a Plaluvlew cnllor Thurs
day. M. W. Knickerbocker. James HI
kins and H. T. Hartley havo boon
riding for cattlo for sovoral days.
iinv nnii U'llmn Armstrong and
guests, Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Arm
strong, enjoyed n trip to huuio isico
last Thursday.
Mr. nml Mrs. A. E. Hoss nnd
daughter Idn, Mrs. Peterson, Messrs.
Roy and Edgar lienrtt, air. ami .mp
v. W. l.nvnrnnx. Mr. and Mrs. A. W.
Arnotrnni- II nv nml Wilms, and Mr.
and Mrs. Hubert Armstrong woro
guests from Plalnvlow at tno rocoo-
tlon for tuo ooys lenving inr train
ing camp In Tumalo Frldny evening,
rv v. rlmlfnn nnd Lloyd Powers
returned Sundny -with n flno mess of
fish after a several nays- trip 10 mo
lakes.
ir n,1 Mm. Hnrtlnv wore callers
at tho Knickerbocker homo Sunday.
Miss Wilma Armstrong rocoivoa a
bad cut from "barbed wire across bor
right eyelid. Tho wound is healing
ranldlv mid no sorlous results aro
anticipated.
Mrs. J. A. w. Hcoggin, .Mr. ami
Mrs. Paul Scocdn and Master Wood
son Bennett were guests for supper
t tho Box A ranch on Sunday even
ing. . ,
-Mr. Mcdor of Bend wns a Plnln
vlow caller Sunday.
Tho O. I). O. club will hold Its
regular meeting with Mrs. Print Van
Tassol on Thursday afternoon, Juno
27th.
Mr. nnd Mrs. A. E. Hoss nnd Miss
Idn, Mrs. Patterson and Messrs uoy
and
id Edgar Heartt were guests for,
8 o'clock dinner ut tho Chalfan Homo,
Rumlnv ovenlnc. Roy Heartt. who
Is soon to leavo for Camp Lewis, was
guest of honor.
Business callers In Bond for tho
wook were: Ray, and Constance
Knickerbocker, Mr. and Mrs. A E.
Hoss, H. A. Scoggln, Miss D. L.,Bur
goss, Ray Armstrong and Mr. and
Mrs. P. A. Scoggln.
Mlbs Luolla Burgess and Mrs, H.
A. Scoggln spent Wednesday at tho
homo of Mrs. H. T. Hartloy.
Wo buy all kinds or hldos, pelts,
furs, wool. Brie' Socond Hand
Store. 37tfC
ALFALFA MAN
ENTERS SERVICE
ALFALFA, Juno 24 Marshall
Roberts has boon called to tho colors.
Ho ho bocn In Alfalfa about a year
and mado many friends who gavo a
social at Curt Hollowoy's In his
honor Saturday ovonlng. Cards woro
played until midnight, whon Ico
cream, frosh strawborrlos and cako
wero served. Mr. Roberts loft on
Tuesday morning's train for his
homo in Scholl City, Mo., having rcg
Isteced there.
Harry Aton, ono of tho first Al
falfa boys to enlist, has risen to tho
rank of first Houtonniit.
Miss Nannlo Btoollor and Mrs.
Mary Bonn mado n Hying trip to Bond
Friday evening.
Larson & Tatti traded a cow for a
horso noar Bond. Thoy also pur
chased a voal calf from A. Shults,
Gustavo Borry was shaking hands
with old frlonds In Alfulfu Saturday
ovonlng and Sunday,
Mr. and Mrs, William Pyntt re
turned from Idaho Tuesday, bringing
with thorn a beautiful baby girl,
Ooorgo T, Ogla will ussumo his
duties ns mall carrier on the Alfalfa
routo July 1.
M. L. Plutt, Mr. and Mrs, Martin
Palmlund and Mr. and Mrs, Churles
Pyatt expect to Icavo Monday via tho
Ford for Idaho.
Eldor Piatt will bo ditch rldor.tho
remainder of tho soaBnii,
MIbs Ada Ferry, who linn spent
sovoral months near Orogou City,
will arrive homo Saturday,
Herbert Clarko Is bollovcd to ho
on his way to Franco, lila mother ro
colvod his sultcaso and belongings
Friday,
At tho school election Monday
Frank Post was oloctod dlroctor, Al
bert Shults ro-olnctcd and Curt Mul
lor ro-olocted clork. It was also
voted to build a small barn,
Mr. and Mrs, Billy Robinson aro
sporting a Maxwell car.
Mr, and Mrs, Curt Holtoway woro
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Redmond visitors Thursday and Fri
day. Miss Josslo Hartley of Powell
lluttn has boon engaged to loach tho
Alfalfa school tho coming term,
Albert Hliults and fnm'.ly and Les
lie Clarke, and family pout Huuduy
picnicking on the Doschu'.o abovu
Bond.
Sovoral farmers will bruin cutting
alfalfa July 6. Prospects are un
usually Duo,
Tho Jolly Neighbors club mot with
Mrs. Win. Forry Wednesday. Thoy
aro piecing n Red Cross (jullt.
university man
Visits in county
HAMPTON BUTTE. Juno 20.
Professor Hnll of tho California uni
versity, Mr. Potorsou nnd Mr. Lift
field stopped at Brookings' Wodno
day night.
Tho district hold Its annual school
election last Monday. Ilort Mtoks
was oloctod director and Vic Schredor
clerk.
Thos. C, Ewlng sold 10 head of
cattlo to Jako Book.
.Mr. Mussor of Los. Crook was up
Saturday to got potatoes of Paul
Street.
Mrs. V. P. Wray of Bend vlsltod
with Mrs. Ilort Meek ovor Sunday
Mrs. Alma llrlckey was a visitor
nt Brookluga' Monday afternoon.
Jako Book and Hampson brothers
of Bond nutood out Saturday and
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Miss Evelyn Crow and MUs Almit
Buhl nro guests ut tho llrlckey ranch
tills wook,
Oscar Black and Jim Wells nro out
from Bond for a ihort stay,
Carlton Donning emtio In on ,
Wray 'a stage Friday to spend sovoral
wooks with irlonds,
Cecil Alberts passed through hurt
ono day this wook, being on his wuy
to Bond to visit his mother, Mrs.
Carl lllumnii,
Horace Brookings and son Paul
havo returned from their much nt
Terrebonne, whoro thoy havo boon
Irrigating their crops,
James M. llrlckey has sold his.
cattlo to Mr. Coffey of Brothers.
Mr. Ousloy hud tho misfortune to
break tho crnnk shuft In hi car yes- ij
terdny and was towed to Bond by
Newton Morris, who passed through
horo on his way to Bond.
Chas. Cochruiio was a visitor horei
Tuesday.
Fred StnufTor was n guest nt the
Brookings hotel last Saturdny night,
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