The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1915-08-10

SultcJ lIIS
point which it was visible in its en-
tirety.
Kirthia, once a fourishing Greek
settlement, presented a melancholS
spectacle. The Allied shells had
wrecked every house and fire had con
sumed most Of the debris. A Re"
starved cats We're its only denlZenS;
One of the streets of the place is still
swept by the rifle fire from a British
trench. The party advanced as far
as this street and then decided to
return, instead Of visiting II 1urklsh
positions some 1000 yards south OF the
last house.
There was a surprise in store for the
party on the return. Just before the
danger zone was approached the off,
Ger recommended that one man at a
time cross the summit at full gallon.
The interpreter, an Arab, went nrSt,
the correspondent second, the two RID
ing about 800 yards apart. evidently
the Allied runners guessed that the
| men, who. half an hour ago, had raced
| down the slope, would return that
way, and were ready. One after an
| other the shrapnel shieked overhead
| or burst close by, but shelter was
reached in safety.
THAT was experience enough Tor
one afternoon" said General Weber
lIldt II az AAAIlS
fess that the Allied artillery is very,
very diligent. Just Why they go to
the trouble of wasting shells on indl-
viduals 1 ont know. No doubt they
have plenty Of them"
During dinner, General Weber went
over the major features Of the cam
paign of the Allies against the OAR
danelles. His praise of the Turkish
soldiers was unstinted.
'They are probably the most frugal
of men," he said, IAN accomplishing
to a fault. I am beginning to under
stand the military successes of the
| Osmanli when they first came to Eu-
rope. The Turks soldier is satisfied
with a piece Of dry bread and a little
water, when he can't get anything
else. He is remarkably immune from
disease, injured to hardship and al
: most shock-proof. He has nerves, of
course, but I am sure they do not
: bother him. His Indifference to the
possibility of dying any instant is due,
t I believe, to his fervent adherence to
his religion. The Mohammedan, gen
orally. is very pious, and to him a life
4 hereafter is much more Of a reality
! than to most others. To be as sure Of
: eternal bliss as the average Turkish
soldier is makes dying easy
Turks Prefer BayOnets.
The Turkish soldier prefers bayonet
work to rifle fire, because in this man
ner he gets at his antagonist, thought
Weber Pasha. There is an exhilara-
q ton to man-to-man fighting which al
other phases of combat lack.
The second days visit at the front
started with a lively cannonade short
1y after daybreak. A run through the
fire zone, or bent low behind the
e trench parapets, and the advance
trench, was reached. On a low earth
y bank running the length Of the trench
u ,,MAo~ kAc Sok -oo-r M
Their rifles stood beside them.
u Machine gun were passed. LITTLE
L. dugouts for officers and men were no
:. tieed. Here and there a fatigue squae
was busy improving the trench. Som
I. men were mending their uniforms
r some were smoking. several were writ
% ing, while others passed the time play
y. ing with pebbles. All these men wer
er waiting for. and ready for, IN attack
ID for which an English officer in tn
trench 200 yards away might at tina
< very instant be issuing the orders.
s. Just waiting for them," said
e. Turkish non-commissioned officer O
as we aren't afraid. Let them come!
IN Over the trench circled a Births
or %aeroplane, the sunlight shinin
i. through its canvas wings. The ma
In chine was at an elevation of at leas
en- 5000 feet. Would the men in it thro,
to stsel-darts or bombs? Those in th
he trench were not interested In eithe
possibility. There is lots OF room Out
by side the ditch. they said.
ng by looking through this hole 70
N. will see the British trenches" sal
en- the officer guide But don't look to
he long. They have mighty good So
glasses on the other side"
SD Between the Turkish and BIRTHS
he trenches could be seen a 200-yard WIG
CHI patch Of sun-dried grass with blac
dots here and there-the dots wei
he dead tnen~awaiting burial, which tt
ed rigors Of modern trench war denie
them. Beyond the yellow patch ar
its black dots ran a low red line-tf
eff parapet of the British trench. Again
lsh '"io palape. rested more oead men.
les sLSAI AFIIlIcTy oCalOn.