Norwich bulletin., 1915-11-26

phonists endeavored to carry him to l safety, he insisted that they leave him and tend the wire.
 Lieut.. Pusch. London Infantry, led a party of bombers during the ad- vance through Loos Going alone fu- although shot in the face by one of | them. Notwithstanding his wound he continued clearing the enemy out of ! the cellars of the town.
 Capt. Williams. Welsh Guards, was | in command of a squad of machine guns. After having a wound dressed he went back to his place and contin- ued to direct the work until midnight, although the nature of his wound compelled him to lie fiat on his back all the time.
 1 Lieut.. Wood. Gordon Highlanders, l took PTS prisoners in Loos, marched | them back under heavy fire with a small escort and returned with much needed ammunition for the men in the 1 firing line. Being by this time the only officer left in his company, he rallied it on. the slope of Hill 70 and | held his new position with great | bravery and resource.
 | Captain Kearsley, Welsh Fusiliers, l although wounded early in the fight 1 ing, continued at the front of his men
 and maintained his position until he had been hit seven times. l Record as SniPer.
 l Letters from the Gallipoli Penin-
 man named Sing holds the record
 among the Australasian troops as a
 sniper. Up to the first of September
 Sing had shot s1 Turks of whom al
 least 50 were killed outright. Sing was
 a crack marksman before the war and
 had won prizes for his shooting al
 Brisbane and at Sydney. Since en- gazing in systematic sniping in the
 Dardanelles operations he has rarely
 missed one of his human targets.
 Day after day and night after night
 he settles down comfortably in some pet position and waits with fnexhaus-
 tible patience for his chance. He sitt
 for hours with a telescope as an aiC
 watching the Turkish tracks over the ,l hills or the lengths of the Turkish
 shows himself. If the Turk is wary
 and quickly bobs up and then dowr
 again Sing does not fire He pro-
 ceeds on the principle that embold-
 ened by fancied security the Turl
 will gradually risk first his head, ther ! his shoulders and finally the upper
 half of his body. At this stage Sings
 rifle cracks and the Turk is seen tc
 fall. A notch is made by Sing in g
 stick which he keeps by way of a
 record. Sings sniping> performances
 are said to be beyond question fol
 every telling shot by him has beer
 checked by some officer.
 WheP the Admiralty Needs Ships.
 'tFrom the point of view of tho
 shipping man, the whole history of tho
 war as far as the transport service is concerned is a wicked story of ignor.
 ance, ineptitude and colossal waste
 declares the editor of Syren and Ship
 ping, the leading journal of the Eng fish shipping trade. He adds:
 Costly and useru1 ships were useS for months as prison ships. Super ships like the Aquitania were employ ed on scouting missions, their magni [ ficent passenger equipment gutted Ships were allowed to load cargo O. to book a full passenger list and thel
 owners were informed that the Ad , miralty required these boats" ii, . An instance is given of a 7,000-tol boat which was all ready to sail witt t 200 passengers when 1t was taken owe 5 and sent empty to the west coast o 3 South America, although it migh . have been loaded with coal and real r ized a small fortune. Another case i 5 given of a 6,000-ton boat at Huelv 7 about to load with a cargo of iron-or 3 for England which was requisitfone
 suddenly and sent empty to the Paci t fic, although there should have bee plenty of merchant ships availabl 7 much nearer the desired destination l How long," asks the jour.lfi. wi l these methods be tolerated? sn tn national interest, committee of ship . ping men should have been selecte l to organize the Admiralty chartering.