The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-07-12
"STRAFE THAT CHICKEN"
NOW MEANS TO CARVE 1T
Stern German Anathema, as Used by British in
Trenches, Becomes Elastic Term of Action and of
Representatives, Fond of Drawing Danger.

was TO slip out as soon as 1t was really
dark with a machine gun and "A dozen
men and get behind the German own
sand bags and give them a perfectly
informal reception when they returned
to go on with their work.
Before dinner, however, = VINO
was to be the general Of the expedition,
and his subordinate made u rcconnais-
sance. Two or more officers or men al
ways GO out together on any trips OF
this kind in that tickllsh space bctweeh
the trenches where it is almost certain
death to he seen by the enemy. III one
is hit the other can help him back. III
one survives he will bring back the
result OF his Investigations.
Like Hoy scouts.
i had his own ideas about comfort
in trousers in the trench In summer.
He wore trunks with his knees bare
When he had to do a crawl he un.
wound his puttee legsings and wound
them over his knees. He and the other
slipped over the parlpet. which did not
attract the attention Of the enemys
sharpshooters.
on hands and knees. like boy scouts
playing Indian. they passed through A
narrow avenue In the ugly barbed wire
and still not a shot at them. \ matter
Of the commonplace to the men In tho
trench held the spectator In suspense
There was a fascination about the thing
too, that OF the sporting chance, with
out a full realization that failure In
this hide and seek game might mean a
spray OF bullets and death for these
two young men.
They entered the wheat. moving slowly
like two land turtles. The wheat parted
III s"a'nh over 'heIn' 'u,V.' ".
mans mig see the tu'''tS "I'l3 "s
they were raised 10 LOOK around aooNe
mat green sea. 40 oncer can or VOC
young or supple Tor tnls klnd OF WORK,
Here the company otlcer Just out Oh
school is in his element with an advan-
tage over older officers. That pair we're
used to crawling. They did not Keep
their heads up Ions They knew Just
how far they mig expose themselves.
They passed gu, OF sight and reappeared
and slipped back over the parapet again
without tn. being any the
wiser.
Hard luck II is an unaccommodat-
Ing world. they found that the patrol
which had examined the bags at night
had failed 10 discern that they were old
and mus, h.y,. been there for some time,
..ruI ,,ko tho u,arhire pnn ou, ANY,
how /, the Colonel viii perri, .. said
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We were half through dinner when a
corporal came to report that a soldie,
on watch thought that he had seer
? some Germans moving ia the wheat
, very near our barbed wire. Probably 4
/ false alarm but no one in "A trench eve,
r acts on the theory that any alarm (.
l false. Eternal vigilance is IN. price %,
? holding a trench. Either side l. cudcel
Z. ling It's brains day and night 20 sprin.
= some new trick ON the other. II OF,
. succeeds with a trick the other imme.
diately adopts Il. No international copy.
right on strategy Is recoen zed.
2 We rushed out OF the mess hall int.
I the firing trench. where We found the
men on the alert, their rifles laid on the
5 SPOT where the Germans were suppose.
E to have been seen.
who are YOU? Answer. or we fire
4 called the RANKING young Lieutenant.
D II any persons present out at fror'
e In face Of thirty rifles knew the Eng
lish language and had not los, the in
, st!nct OF seIf-preserva,!on they woulC
+, certainly have become srt.cula,e In re
Spouse to such an unveiled hint. No
. a sound came. Probably SOM. rat 90,
-, mole running through the wheat ht
been the cause OF the alarm. Bur Vol
!, AXE no risks. The order wa, G ven. al,
y the men comhed the wheat with A fusi
' ladc.
: "Euouyb Co..o sr. ,r cold ,ho .ct,.u
Nobody there! II there had been ",
should have heard the grpau OF a
wounded man ur seen the wheat stir p
e the Germans Rugged closer to the ear'l