The Alaska daily empire., 1916-02-16

for Che last time we were in the trenches was twonty.six killed and wounded in the whole battalion.
 March 17-In the bllets all day. Re- lieyed the Fifteenth battalion tonight. Company No. 2 is ln reserve for the rest of the battalion. went out with fifty men on an engineers fatigue, building up new parapets We got back at l.8o a. m.
 March lS-We sleep all day and work all night. ] did not SO out with the rest of the company tonight The men got back about the same time os last night We have to take the ra- tions and ammunition up to the rest of the battalion.
 March l9-Took the rations and am. munition on to the front trenches. At n o'clock at night we went on engin. eers' fatigue One of the engineers was wounded In the arm and he cer- tainly kicked up hell.
 March 2O-Had a good sleep aii day. We got relieved by the Fifteenth bat tallon at 7:SO a. ID. We went back to our old bnlets. The reserve is the best of them all, as we get plenty of sleep here
 March 21-I have not been very well for the past few days have 8 pain in my back just above the hips and it certainly bothers me. It is probably caused from sleeping on the wet ground. There was some heavy rifle and machine gun fire tonight. We had to stand to for three hours.
 March 22-capt. English has gone to the hospital; something is the mat ter with his head. saw Q clip Of German cartridges taken from dead German. All the balls were reversed. This makes them what is called the dunn dum."
 March 2i-In billots today. March off at 7:SO D. m. for the trenches Re leyed the Fifteenth Battalion. We went in on the right this time All the trenches are mud from head to foot.
 March 25-Have been on duty all day in trenches. It has been raining on and off all day long. The trench es are mighty bad places to be in when 1t is raining. It has been the luietest day we have had since we have been Tn the trenches. l guess the Germans are hunting for their iugouts the same as we are. Some time ago when Worrell and went on patrol, sergt. Smith and two men al- so went. We have been informed to- day that the Germans evidently spot. ted the other men when the separat. ed from us. for Smith and one other man were found badly wounded. The other man is missing.
 March 26-We are still in the trenches. Private Gould was wound ed in the shoulder while attempting to get to a man in the Fifth Platoon, who was wounded while in the rear of the trenches, trying to get some potatoes. Private Drake of the com. pany stretcher bearers. belonging to my platoon. was wounded while going out to this man. He kept on going md dressed the man. He will more than likely get the D. c. Nj. for t. Gould and Drake are the first men of No. 6 platoon who have been wound ed. Got relieved from the trenches by the Worcesters. They are certain ly little men. We marched to Es- taires; got there about II D. m. Damn near all In when we got to our billet
 March 27-I am company orderly sergeant today. There are two French women in the house where l am bll- leted. Hope they are good cooks. The company had a march of about five miles this afternoon.
 March 2S-We arc stll in bllets. We are going into hard training here. We have physical exercise every morning; drill In every line and a march in the afternoon.
 March 29-We arc still carrying out our regular plans of training. We are having about three or four hours hard march every day. No. 4 and 5 pla- toons had to SO out and dig reserve trenches all night. Got back at { a. m.
 March SO-The training we are go- ing through is harder than we have gone through yet We are all getting in the pink of condition. No. and No. platoons. which are bnIeted about 200 yards from us. are quaran- tined. We are stI Quartered in the house where the two French women are.
 March s1-I am still company or derly sergeant and am unable to SO on morning parade on account of or derly room We have Swedish drill at 7.SO a. m. every morning and then drill at g Q. m. and 12:SO. At 9 p. ID. we 80 on a march .in p. m. One of the German aeroplanes visits us every morning and drops one or two bombs on the town. They have not done any damage yet.