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THE CONDON GLOBE PAQE & nvro thp Tf9 fi Arthur Oar t"w a ImIhi ukdlw . 5 r rom peg 4 ' . Then the protaso wou)r tk an. oilier handful of mud and OU the tin, after which bf would punch holt la tho lid of (ho tin and pot It over tbo -C fcp of ih "uib, to fu, Meting out. Vhea perhaps he would tightly wrap wir around tbo outside Of tbo tin. and tho bomb waa reedy to tend ovor to Prill with Tommy's compliment. A piece of wood about four Inchta wldo bad boon laaund. Tlila waa to bo trapped on tho left foroarm by moana of two leather atrape and waa Ukt tbo aide of a match boi; It waa called a "atrlker." Thero waa tip Ukt tho head of a match on tbo fust of tbo. bomb. To Ignite the futo, you bad to rub It on tbo "striker," Juet tbo aamo aa atrlking a match. The fuat waa timed to fire second or longer, fomt of tht futea laaued In thoao days would burn down In a tecond or two, while t other would "slat" for a week before exploding. Back la Blighty tbt muni tion workers weren't quite up to snuff, tho way they art bow. If tht fuat took a noil n to burn too quick! jbey gen- orally burled (be bomb maker" next day. to making bomba could not bt called a "cuaby" or aafe Job. After making several bomba the pro feaaor laatructa tbt platoon In throw Ing them. Bo take a "Jam tin" from tbt Ore ettp. trembling a little, be catut It la Dervoue work, tapedally wbea new at It, lights tht fuat on hla atrtker. Tht fuat begiua to "lx" and eputter and a aplral of siuoke, like that from a amoldertng fag, tlaea from it. Tbt platoon apltu In two and docka around tbt traTerat neareat to them. They don't like tbt looka and aouad tf tbt burning fuat. When that fuat begtna to amokt and "alai" you want to aay good-by to It aa toon aa potalblt, ao Tommy with all hla might cbucka It or or tbt top and crouchea against tbt parapet, waiting for tht explosion. Lota of timet In bombing the "Jam tin" would bt picked up by the Ger mane, before It exploded, and thrown back at Tommy with dirt result. After a lot of men went Went in thla manner an order waa Uaoed, reading eomethlng like thla: "To all ranka In tbt Brltlah army 4f'. Igniting tbt fuat. and before Compare Values We invite you to compare our Ed. V. Price suit values with any in town. ., , ,, ,, ,, We are not afraid of any compari son you can give these offerings as we know if you give them a rigid test it will 'only bring out their merits more clearly The spring samples and styles, look good to us. They will to you. Come and see. Open Sundays. Lester Wade's Exclusive Store for Men. Condon, Oregon tWmWtHMMMUMMI Mil ttlMI X Fossil, Phone 3 Condon, M51 Mayville, 3 J GONE LUMBER COMPANY Lone Rock Oregon Manufacturer of all kinda ot rough and draaaod lumber and moulding f An up-to-date mill Newly Improved I Good Grades i Right Prices THE WELL, GROOMED MAN Attract! 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Tommy read the order he reada them all. but after he lenltMt tlxi fnu and It begun to mnke -order were forgotten, and awy die went In record time and back h came to tbt further illnromrort of the thrower. Then another order waa Imued to count, "one hundred) two hundred I three hundred P Hut Tommy didn't tare ir the order read to count up to a thouaand by auartera. be waa colna to get rid of that "jam tin," becauae rroin experience be bad learned not to trnt It When the power that bt reallaed that (her could not chanre Tntnmv thejr decided to change tbt type of bomb and did ao aubatltutlng the "hair brush." the "cricket ball," and later the Mill bomb. The atandard bomb need In the RHf lh army la the "Mill." It la about the inape ana alte of a large lemon. Al though not actnall lemon. Frttc In alata that It la: Derhane he lunVee It by the havoc caused by Ita explosion. ine sun bomb I mode of ateel, the outside of which la corrnaated Into 4A amall square, which, upon the erplo- aion or the bomb, scatter In a wide area, wounding or killing any Frit wno i unrortunate enough to be bit ny one or the flying fragment. Although a Terr destructive and ef fldent bomb tbt "Mill" ha the con fidence of tbo thrower, la that be knowa It will not explode until re leased rrom hi grip. It I a mechanical device, with a lever, fitted Into a slot at th inn which extenda half way around the circumrerenct and la held In place at the bottom by a fixing pin. In thla pin there la a email metal ring, for the purpose or extracting tbt plo when ready to throw. I Ton dd not throw a bomb the way a Daaehau la thrown, becauae, when In a harrow trench, your hand I liable to attike again the parados, traverse or parapet, and then down goes the bomb, and. In a couple of aeconda or ao, up goes Tommy. In throwing, the bomb and lever art era sped At the rleht hand, the left font la advanced, knee stiff, about one and a half Ita length to the front, while me ngnt leg, knee bent, la carried Slightly to the right The left arm la extended at an angle of 45 degrees, pointing m the direction the bomb la to bt thrown. Thla position la almllar to that of ahot nnttlne-. onlv that th right arm la extended downward. Then you hurl the bomb from you with an overhead bowling motion, the same aa in cncaet, throwing it fairly high In the air. thla In order to alva the fnaa a cnance to burn down ao that when the bomb lands. It ImmiutliitAlw plode and give the German no tlmt to ecamper out of It range or to re turn it. Aa the bomb leavea vonr band, the lever. oy means of a inrlnir. la nrowtod Into the Mr and falls harmlessly to the ground a few feet In front of th bomber. When the lever file off It releaaea a strong eprlnff. which forces the flrins pin luto a percussion cap. This Ignites we xuse, winch burn down and ets off the detonator, charged with fulmi nate of mercury, which explodes the main charge of ammonal. The averace British aoldler la not an expert at throwing: It la a new nm to him, therefore the Canadian and Americans, who have played baseball from the kindergarten un. take natn. rally to bomb throwing and excel in mis act. a six-foot English bomber will stand In awed alienee wben he ROCS a little five-foot-nothtnir Canadian outdistance his throw by several yards. i nave read a few war stories of bomb ing, where baseball pitchers curved their bombs when throwing them, but a pucner who can do this would make "Christy" Mathewson look Hko and Is losing valuable time niacins- In the European War bush league, when ne wouia ne able to set the "big league" on fire. We had a cushv time while at thla cnooi. in Tact, to na It waa a romilnr vacatlon, and we were very sorry when one morning the adjutant ordered us to report at headquarters for trans portation and rations to return to our units up tne line. Arriving at our section, the hov once attain tendered na the eind mitt but looked askance at ua out of the corners of their eyes. They could not conceive, as they expressed It, how a man could be such a blinking Idiot as to Join the Suicide club. I was begin ning to feel sorry that I had become a member of said club, and my life to me appeared doubly precious. , Now that I was a sure-enough bomber I was praying for peace and hoping that my services as such would not be required. CHAPTER XIII. J My First Official Bath. Bight behind our rest billet was a large creek about ten feet deep and twenty feet across, and It wa8 a habit of the company to avail themselves of on opportunity to take a swim and at the same time thoroughly wash them selves and their underwear when on their own. We were having a spell of hot weuther, and these baths to ua were a luxury. The Tommies would splash around In the water and then come out and alt In the sun 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 : "Comejrot of It Gjgt ygui: equipment on, 'drill order? andTfulT In for bath parade. Look lively, my hearties. Too have only got fifteen minute." A howl of Indignation from tbt creek greeted tbl order, bntjiut wt cam. Disci pllne la discipline. We lined up In front of our billet with rifle and bar ouet (why you need rifle and bayo net to take a bath get me), a full qnota of ammunition, and our tin bate. Each man had a piece of soap and towel. After an elght kllo marcb along a dusty road, with an occasional shell whistling overhead, we arrived at a little squat frame building upon tbe bonk of a creek. Mailed over the door of liil building was a large lgn which read "Divisional Bathe." In a wooden bed In the rear we could bear a wheezy old cnliie pumping water. We lined up In front of the baths, soaked with perspiration, and plied our rifle into slacks. A sergeant of the R. A. M. C. with a yellow band srouna his left arm on which was "S. P." (sanitary police) In black let ters, took charge, ordering u to take off onr equipment, unroll our puttees and nniace boot. Then, starting from me ngnt or the line, he divided us Into squads of fifteen. I happened to be In the first squad. We entered a small room, where wt were given five minutes to undress, then filed Into the bathroom. In here ! , 1 1 i jt -a Jt -" 1 .ai A Bathroom at the Front there were fifteen tubs (barrels sawed In two) half full of water. Each tub contained a piece of laundry soap. Tbe 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 waa 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 ve 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. At the expiration ot the time allot ted we were turned out and finished our dressing on the grass. When all ot 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 dust 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 heard our remarks about the divisional baths and army red tape he would have fainted at our wickedness. But Tom my to 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 many Instances ot he roic deeds performed under fire In 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 brigade on our left, be cause It particularly appealed to me. A chaplain Is not a fighting man : he Is recognized as a noncombatant 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 he Is carrying. He has something to protect himself with, something with which he. can Inflict harm on the enemy In other words, he is able to get his own back. But the chaplain Is empty-handed. and Is at the mercy of the enemy If he encounters them, so It Is doubly brave for him to go over the top, under fire, and bring In wounded. 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