The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1915-01-20
Who DIGS THE IRENCAEs2
THE PIONEER OF THE ARMT
WORKS AT NIGHT.
A Human Mole Who Does the Reel
Dirty Work at the War and Gets
No Credit Therefram.

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| KARLSRUHE, Germany, Jan. =
At night, when the searchlights fit
from trench to trench OF the enemy
and when gunners send Rhells into
hostile works which during the day
have beep singled out for this atten-
ltention, the human mole-the pioneer
i-gqes TO work. The present war ct
close quarters has made II impossible
Tor him TO labor In daylight. Not
alone is every part Of the field scru-
tinized with powerful glasses by the
observation officers. but men In aero
planes are also constantly on the
lookout for d red or brown scar in
the. landscape that might show
pioneers at work digging trenches.
\ Contrary to popular, belief. trenches
are but seldom dug by the infantry
men nowadays. The little spades they
carry serve for the sole purpose OF
throwing up cover when daPing an
attack the firing line, owing to sup
jefiority OF fire from the enemy's p0-
Isition, must enterenef itself superfi-
lcially until achievements can be
brought up. The trenches OF the
4 permanent positions are dug by the
u pioneers, as are also the approach OF
trenches; bomb-proofs and tunnels,
which make upra modern position
fight" line.lb ~ ttsifqsths
What 1t means-to. be O pioneer Is
wen told In letter which has Just
A been published In the German press.
The writer explains that the division
,ieta1 haa thought it advisable to ad.
I tynnce closer to the French trenches.
Before this could be done ,ss trench
f,nA e., hn
siary sent there would h6ye been moved
J down by the IRE from tha ~ other
lside. The lccalityio iof the pfopORca
trench lay between the French ana
German trenches, W,
$50 we left the half.ruined, little
II Village on the banks Of the canal,
8 reached the highway, ana ,iabored
I through theisdeep mud and around
the holes blown in the ground by the
I lBfelis,n continues the pioneer. About
! lus Eummed bullets which seemed to
thave loat their way, and the spades
I beat gently against the rifles. I
tAfter wadipg through muddy fieidS
we crossed o pontoon bridge. upen
which our steps resoundedF I'm dull
/. conclusions. Later ,ve entered along
the SPHERE Ca ssss siss as;;ss, sssss
had to get into the ditch along the
4 road 10 escape them. Il After that we
creased more muddy fields, ii crept
I through barhed wire fences, and
I finally reached the spot
Where's Vesd deployed and want To
lwoTk. Itshad started to rain again.
land the Ground we worked in be-
came goftef shan at had beeh.9 We
! ENorked like maniacs to get cover
iegaiast the siEe pf tue enemy Thopgh
I It was dark the bullets hit the vail
{ OF o nearby house like hail,
q eAfter while the are grew; worse.
/ Lay doWni' c&lne the command. We
Irested soft enough Ia the mud. but
\ there was o e.nasiY smell about II.
y For ten minutes we waited ia this
) Ipositidn. and then fesnfzasd oar work.
& Some of the ground We Wers on had
stheen filled In. itaseemed. for after
d a while We hit O layer OF .irisil ffag-
{ lments which seriously rStafticd onr
a pfogress. sasS sttz tss..'' ~ IS
q 'iThs trench we were Gigging was
lof the enemy. some uf the brayest OF
: I@lioin had percied themselves In she
u Icrowns of some wiilew trees and were
Il popping away OF us. s. S.
4 sBut q winter thunder storm came
4 10 our; mid; itsl anwnppnr caused the
l ardonr 4of the men In the trees 70
n cool. ~ III (: - .S IS
eve kept on with our work 10 lthe
: lheavy artillery fire from both RfSiea,
Nov and then tie bombafdment
IwoSid develop tntn 3 long. rolling cans
!. lnonade. Hhrfehine and h0al ling. the
q stneojecel liea rushed th9eiigh the air.
/ fteboye slss % .exyl ylo6G on either aide
with terrible crnAS s,s sfsk q
y 'hieahWhile We Had buried cur
Il 6elye fel tue tlles cart - sllll yhe;f
1.-THE fsE1 ceased ana thG bullets be-
l Igaii fiis % eosa u y How
{ ltreas 81 o6sl I'd 40 fcnREt fnbless AS
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!. ! iiSS;sia shcat ns. hut we were heieu
/ re sSs6;5 Is e ne Rssspet ys'assI
Il Anotnar lIii1 n7,JT 5ii7.1 5Sis W 4 wa :
IL was done. Without o. dry thread on
i0nr bodies. ana ie0sSfed with mud
I tfrum head to foot we returned to our
I flQuarters, accompanied by the huIa-
sisniAk o. the pAiiess n'hiel Ased about
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Z they lcs,ze tnfE a. a eflt eeeA 10
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