The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-01-04
GERMANY MAKES Things!
5IiIII.'.SijihIOOTHLY AND.NITH.:SPEED'

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SORRY, sir!I None available at this
momeht,," the sergeant would say.
one Of the officers thought he would
have to get 4. agon. No No matter now.
This attitude took the case out OF the
sergeant,s hands. Just then the4 base
commander entered the outer room.
The officer turned to him with an IN:
PRODUCTION of himself by himself and
a vigorous clack ofthis heels.
very sorry :! Have no wagons here
Just now, said s,the base chief In
friendly tone which for !. all Of it's
warmth told theaother that the intor.
nation given by the sergeant would
have sufficed. e:ltah 3tf's
A major entered. He had been sent
from Berlin toisuperinten the Harvest
OF the grapes which were or. the verge
OF rotting on the hillsldes. but whose
iuice would be welcome to the wound
ed in the hospitals It,,seemed that
he had, causedsa large and suitable Gel
lar ito be- cleared Z for. the barrels in
which: the juice was to be held. Dur
ing the night a cavalry organization
need ed shelter for its horses and had
used the cellar for this purpose. The
major was Indignant. s.,
THAT. will happen.t said,the captain.
Get the cellar cleaned again and then
we'll station guard there. -
Tho incident was settled, Abuttthe ma
Tor had more trouble. He did not
have men enough to gather the grapes
and what men he had were none too
proficient. BIZ.
every we'll" we can fix that. ASK
Berlin to send you q hundred or more
landstrum men from some town IN
thes 5Paiatinate or along the,s Rhine.
They would enjoy the trip.
The. major; said he. would do that
and left fully. satisfied.
The campaign in Serbia has been
disagreeable enough to have soured
the disposition or anybody. Rains
have fallen constantly, and men figure
no longer on tile absence of mud but
on how little there rs. Everybody re-
joiees when she mud e, only ankle
leep and roads are called bad only
when the slush runs into the top.boots
from. above. d:
CONGREGATION at table IN the mess
started and ended with mud. A train
officer know his business in coping
with the thick. adhesive Serbian gum.
DO, to the last. detail. Somebody want.
oisto Enow 6f-hihn Siiysoxeis we're bet.
ter sSiian&horSss& as draught animals
on muddy roads. The questioned Off.
Ger was a guard cavalry officer and
inwardly resented the sighting tone
with which the. S"train2 spoke OF
horses: sE =
simple" explained the train Off.
Ger. due to the construction OF the
hoofs OF both animals. When the
horse steps into stiff mud, its hoof re-
mains as big when it was pulled out
as.it was when set down. Tho mud
meanwhile, has. closed over the hoof
and every Stfne4the animal must exert
a pull Of about five Kilograms Il lbs.)
to get its foot out With the. OK It
different, because the ,hoot, being cloy.
en-; opensS on the downwardf motion
and closes on the upward motion. 1t is
smaller when pulled out than it was
when set down. In addition the
weight OF the body is better distrtout'
ed in the OK.
The officer had never before moved
anything by means OF oxen. But a
few days, contact, with the animal had
made him theoretically and practically
an, expert in the; handling of OK trains.
Away from their duties the German
officers proved most agreeable com
panions, men who could land and &C.
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