Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-04-12

PIE can tell from the noise OF a shell
whether it is coming or going. [ can
not. Except when they passed over
head, doubt If / heard them at all.
certainly / never heard the great
obus at Arras until IL burst I'm the
next yard within fifty feet ] heard
that
Following the fireworks we lunch
ed on some cake we had bought at
Ia little country store not far from
the armored train More delicious
morsels were never bought I'm Paris
They were of every flavor and of ev-
cry shape mention this to show
that the presence oi war does not af-
feet pastry cooks and that all OF war
IS not hell
Homeopathic Dose of War.
We We're now to see the real front
and In homeopathic way to share
the excitement of war. After motor
ing some fifteen miles we left the car
under cover of a hedge and walked
TO another observation station.
As there are more houses than
trees in this country, ! need not fear
betraying It's whereabouts when say
1 II was in "a house ] am sure ! am
betraying no secret, because the en-
emy had struck it just before we ar
rived The Instruments had been re-
moved ana repairs were being made.
We were about to start for another.
going by the name of dolls house, -
when we learned that the Germans
had preceded us to the extent of hit
ting Il sixteen times. Finally We lo-
Gated the station In use and again
looked over that mo mans cOun-
] A.
we stood the English trenches were
distant from 300 to 500 Yards in an
irregular arc, which ran Off in tam
gents to the distance. The German
lines were about as far again.
Shortly after our arrival shells be-
gan TO drop and explode. I got a very
fair idea of the moral effect of high
explosives There is no defense against
them. If II is heading your way it
gets you: that's all. Walls and
mel out You have protection.
Against high explosives you have only
the safety of chance.
Tries strongest Nerves.
/ Against fire like this one would
expect the fatalistic Indians to be the
best. They are not IT drives them
i
both told me that only thoroughly
trained troops can stand it,
From the observation station we
walked to a building in which were
housed a hundred or so Indian sol
diers. Whether from a feeling of
! loneliness or desire for warmth, re-
llieion. or custom, they were jammed
1 in like rabbits in a warren.
| The rifles and aecoutrements were
hung on rails overhead, and they
sang together an Indian song which
seemed to have as many parts as
singers.
| tried English on one or two with
I the idea of buying a little loot, but
without success
Perhaps the English got on so well
with these native troops because the
natives do not compete for water TO
wash with. was considering a
scheme to drive the Germans from
their trenches by pumping the atmos-
phere from the Jat nest into them
when my chaperons startled me with
the English, I'VE must get on and
so had to leave my ghastly weapon
iuninvented.
/ The day was passing. We were
miles from home and the roads were
soon to fill with troops advancing TO
relieve the men in the trenches.
! But our delightful experiences We're
not vet over. As we tramped back to
iour car we came upon a battery OF
ihowitzers in action.
Watch Howitzers i'm Action.
! At the request of the officer con
ducting us we were allowed among
the guns to gaze with bulglng eyes
az they were loaded, to stick fingers
| in our ears like children on the
Fourth of July as they were fired
land like children TO watch delighted
| ly the shell start on its mission OF
death. mount into the heavens, ana
suddenly disappear.
[ The guns were not in line, but in
an irregular circle hidden undef
available cover.
The commander was at q tele-
phone i'm the center ard as word of
each shot was received from the OBJ
servation station would below
through megaphone: Number one,
one degree left, twenty feet short,
land so on.
ID is strange artillery work, firing
by the dial and never seeing the en-
envy In a long war it must be tedi-
Gus. But the tedium cannot last in
definitely. for sooner or later a sharp
eyed enemy in tower or farm house
or possibly an airman will see the
fash Of gun.
There will be a few ranging shots
land then it will rain death until the
/ guns are Imbered up and away to
new cover--as many as get away.
Back in the motor we find the
cushions particularly comfortable
Night falls as we are on the road,
and the patrols, not content with the
pass of our driver, push candle III
lanterns into the limousine and look
us over.
one especially particular picket
asks me in French who I am in tnat
uniform and ! answer truthfully III
inv mother tongue that he is the nv
ling image Of j. Raglan Patchmore'
He is satisfied and we pass.
Calls ON General French.
caller at the home of the
commander in chief at the fash
ionahle hour of and present
ed nv card. It was taken from me,
I should say taken away from me, by
an austere man who my large ex-
perience of soldering, gained from
| historical novels and the opera, told
me was a major general az least
The martinez, piercing my paitfy as
guise. Immediately recognized me ror
journalist and passed me on 10
more approaehahle soldier, a colonel
a. d. c. to the field marshal
This entirely charming man VINO
became my guardian angel during my
stay with the British and my guardian
when + yielded to Reilly's insistence
and tried TO get into the firing line,
took nv letter Of introduction to the
commander in chief, brought back his
invitation to dinner the following