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Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1917-07-20

Through my training In the " M
l., [ was able to read semapbora sig
nails. aud | caught the message from
the destroyer which escorted us. II
read:
Each ship for he-seif now. Make
break
We beat the other steamers OF our
convoy eight hours In getting to the
dock IN Liverpool. and. according to
what seemed to he the regular system
OF our operations at that time. we
were the last TO disembark.
The majority OF our fellows had new
er been IN England before. and they
looked on our travels at that time as
a fine lark. Everybody cheered and
laughed when they busted or one OF
those little toy trains and brought It
up 20 take US away In H. After we
were aboard Of IL We proceeded at the
dizzy rate of about four miles an hour
aud our regular company humorlst-
no company complete without one
suggested that they were afraid. II
they went any faster, they might run
OFF the Island before they could stop.
We were taken 10 Bramshott camp, IN
Hampshire. twelve miles from the
Aldershot school Of command The
next day we were given kings leave"
elght days. with free transportation
anywhere IA the British Isles. 1t Is
the invarlablc custom to give this sort
Of leave 10 all colonial troops immedi-
ately upon their arrival In England,
However. IN our ease Ireland was bar
red. Just at that time ireland was no
place for newly arrived Canadian |
looking for sport
After that they really began 10 make /
soldiers OF us We thought our train
INK IN Canada had amounted to some
.hlng We found out that we might
Is well have been playing croquet
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1917-07-20

Meta2ama. A British cruiser escorted
us until we were 400 miles or the coast
OF Ireland. Then each ship picked up
destroyer which had come out to
meet her AT that time notice was
posted In the pnrser's Office informing
Us that we were In the war zone and
that the ship would not stop for any
thing. even for a man overheard That
day soldIes fell of the Metagama
with 500 In his pocket, and the ship
never even hesitated. They left him
where he bad no chance IN the world
to spend his money.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1917-07-20

r DON'T lag claim % being much Of
writer. and "a tiil now have
8eyer felt the call % write nny.
thing shout my experiences With the
Canadian troops 10 Belgium and
ffIancc. because l have realised that
4 great nany other men saw quite as
much "a / dld and could beat ne tell.
ing about q. Of course ! believed that
my experience WAS worth relating, and
I lioaxht that tie matter Published Ia
the newspapers by professional writ
crs sort OF missei the essentials and
lacked the spirit Of the bitches" IA a
good mahy ways 10 spite Of rs excel
lent literary style. but ! didn't see any
resson wh3 Il was ~ 20 me 20 make
"a effort a. war historian until now.
New there - a reason. a. lock az r.
I believe can show the Two or three
niillens or say fellow couuifsmeu Who
viii be tout ihefe before this war is
over what they ars going 10 be up
against and What they ought 20 pre-
pare for pcrsorails and individually
That y ~ faf az J am eplue b. SO IN
the way ~ eAfuse. explanation eF com.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1917-07-20
In the Front Trenches.

We got into Poperinghe at n. M.
and the scouts had led us into the
front trenches at the next morning
our position was to the left of St Eloi
and was known as 1.-THE island" be-
cause 1t had no support ON either flank.
On the left were the User canal and
the blum which forms it's bank. On
the right were 800 yards of battered
down trenches. which had been rebuilt
by the German guns For some rea-
son, which I never quite understood.
the Germans were able 10 drop what
seemed "a toIerably large proportion OF
the output of the Ksupp works on this
particular spot whenever they wanted
to- Our high command had concluded
that 1t was untenable. and so we, on
one side OF II. and the British. on the
other. had to just keep II secuted and
protect our separate tanks. Another
name they had for that position was
the "bird cage That was because
the first fellows who moved into Il
made themselves nice and comfy and
put up wire nettlngs to prevent any
one from tossing bombs In ON them
Thus. when the Germans stirred up
the spot with an accurate shower OF
WIKI bangs and coal boxes" the
same being thirteen Founders and six
Inch shells. that wire netting presented
a spectacle of utter inadequacy which
hasn't been equaled In this war
They called the position which we
were assigned to defend THE grave
yard Of Canada" That was because
OF the fearful losses of the Canadians
here in the second battle OF Ypres,
from April 2l to June /. 1915. when
the tirst gas attack in the worlds bis
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1917-07-20
MOL. In Training
By Sergeant Alexander Meliinteek,
0. {. NJ. s5lh Overseas Bait.
Canadian 0ren. Guards.
Copyright. isiL by me Bell syn
dieais lne
PokEW0RD

Here q = itfraf3 product lcAirh u az
oscc an admirable eTampfc II me farce
u simple realism a. ne description 81
fAsaos srhlch are ai8lcafi Of ordinary
comprehension, and a handbook and
gsiae for eperv pfospeefire soldier u
oar arufcs
Sergeant Mcciiafofk has nor lcrt.fcn
siorits about ne star. NJ has icgifien
me rar ifseil. reducing a. ore might
eimosf saH 70 cords Of enc spiigele.
get tfiH0is0 70 ne reqdcr's ricfc. cicey.
" and ririaiF. ne rafious aspecfs 81
me great struggle. hidden 10 an except
me man p1o is actually pars ~ a.
ne contribution 20 M hisiofy of ne
scar nssf b. ciastfd a. one iehieh
shiac1 lriih q He,o HIGHT
~ = fasaiHafiag u ~ qfupiieifp W.
thrilling III ~ eoariaeiH0 deiak n
fcads orc. eifa epsferorla0 aad con.
peiifHo istoesf. fran casual coHrey.
saiIon "a hofei ~ Nfso Yak through
sesnes ~ strife ard blood and thrilling
coHaiet 10 no moment iehsa ne King
end qaers n Ea0iead ceme 10 ne bel
ride of kcafuetg toaih ~ London
hospital % thgnk hlm ~ me- aaRfg ~
Their nation fof ne services ~ ne
cease tchleh ee hare nor come 10 rec.
oeaise as that of ic0rid amp,aaiiv
ScrgeeHf HcCiiHinck rcecfced me Dis
fingpsssed ccNdaei modal before leap-
ssg Eseiaaa for home on leape. ne u
rrfaralag 70 accept q eeHmissioa ~ TIE [
Caaediaa orefseas Iofces. The story q
told ~ HcCiiafccks oica unad1fHed !
srae
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1917-07-20

Painted Sign Above the German
Front Trench.
Official orders now tell every soldier
what he is to do with his handker-
chief or a piece of his shirt if he is
caught In a gas attack without his
mask.
The nearest l can come in print to
telling you what the soldier is ordered
to do IN this emergency is to remind
you that ammonia fumes oppose chic
rine gas as a neutralizing agent and
that certain emanations of the body
throw off ammonia fumes.
Now that I've told you how we got
from the Knickerbocker bar and other
places to situation which was just
100 yards from the intrenched front
of the German army in Belgium |
might as well add couple Of details
about things which straightway put
fear Of God in our hearts. At day
break one of our Fourteenth platoon
men, standing ON the firing step. push
ed back his trench helmet and remark
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1917-07-20

ed that he thought 1t was about time
for coffee. He didn't get any. A Ger
man sharpshooter. firing the first time
that day, got him under the rim Of bis
helmet, and his career with the Cana
dian forces was oyer right there. And
then. as the dawn broke. we made out
big painted sign raised above the
German front trench. 1t read:
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1917-07-20
"0yfR THERE
The Thrill and the He'll OF
the Trenches, Described
by an American Boy.

Sergeant Alexander McClintock Of Lex
ington, KY, and the Canadian Army Has
Gripping Tale That Every American Will
Read. For He TeIls the Fscts-Unsdorn-
cd. Wounded, a Distinguished Conduct
Medal Man, He Was Invslided Home,
bat Is Going "0nt There" Again TO Fight
For Uncle Sam and His Allies An In
spring, Interesting, Personal Narrative,
Full OF the Spirit and Atmosphere Of The
Trenches
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1917-07-20
WELCOME,
EIGHTY SEVENTH CANADIANS

We were a new battalion. We had
been less than seyenty-two hours on
the continent of Europe, and the Ger
mans were not supposed to know any
thing that was going on behind our
lines,
We learned afterward that concealed
telephones in the houses Of the Bel
gian bhrgomasters of the villages of
Dinkiebusch and Renninghelst, near
our position, gave communication with
the German headquarters opposite US.
One of the duties of a detail Of our
men soon after that was to stand these
two burgomasters up against a wall
and shoot them.
In concluding this first article | want
to say frankly that any man who
claims he is not afraid when for the
first time he goes into that he'll Of fire
on the western front is a liar and I'll
tell him so to bis face. Later we be-
came impervious, but that first day
prayed, and l would have bent down
and prayed only my knees shook so.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1917-07-20

Feb. IA, 1917
Sergeant Alexander McCntock served in the Eghtyevenh
Canadian Grenadier guards from September 1915 until
November 1916 the four months of that time at the front
France where he gained the Distinguished Conduct medal by
his devotion to duty and bravery under fire.
As his former commanding officer testify to his good
qualities and consider he would make valuable officer
(Signed) S. MEIGHEN
Brgadier General Commanding Canadian Training Division,
Bramshott.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1917-07-20
lover THERE"
The Thrill and He'll of the Trenches De-
scribed by an American Boy

We have secured series of six articles by
Sergeant Alexander McClintock of Lexington,
KY, and the Canadian army. He has gripping
tale that every American will read, for he tells
the facts, unadorned Wounded, Distinguished
Conduct medal man, he was invalided home, but
is going Over There" again to fight for Uncle
Sam and his allies.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1917-07-20

! ~ nlen-and drop into exhausted sleep,
only to turn out at a. m. to give a
sudden and exact initiation OF what
we would do to the Germans II they
sneaked up on US before breakfast In
six inches OF mud Toward the last,
when we thought we had been driven
10 the limit. they told us that we were
70 have period Of real, intensive train
ing to harden US for actual fighting.
They sent US four imperial drill SER
geants from the British grenadier
guards, the senior foot regiment Of the
British army and the one with which
we were affiliated.
II would be quite unavaiIing for me
to attempt to describe these drill ser
geants The British drill sergeant Is
an Institution which can be understood
only through personal and close con-
tact and Is about as cordial as loose
electricity. II he thinks major gen.
eral Is wrcng he'll tell him so ON the
spot In the most emphatic way, but
without ever violating single sacred
tradition Of the service. The sergeants
who took us In charge to put on the
real polish to our training had all seen
from twenty 70 twenty-five years OF
service They had all been through
the battles OF Mons and the Marne.
and they had all been wounded They
were perfect examples Of a type. One
Of them ordered all of our commission
ed officers, from the colonel down. to
turn out for rifle drill one day and put
them through the manual of arms
while the soldiers OF the battalion stood
around looking on.
"Gentlemen." said he very politely
IN the midst OF the drill when | see
Fou handle your rifles feel Ike fall
ng on my knees and thanking God |
hat we've got a navy"
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1917-07-20

nsenf. call II what yoa win The rest
or my story Is staple relation Of
facts aud occurrences ia the order m
which they came 10 my notice nnd hap
J'eBesi 70 me. u may start on Il little
slowly sud Jrrkily. Just as we did. nor
knowing shat Was coming 20 us. I'd
HE 10 aid fhat !, got quite hot enough
10 suit nae later several tim4s There
fore. a. r,y effcrt ~ going 10 be to
carry yo1 right along With me IN this
ae~<e nt Of MY experiences. don't be
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1917-07-20
No. 2.-The Bomb Raid.

No. 2.-The Bomb Raid.
The great preparations and rehearsing
for this attack. Volunteers for the job
taken behind the line where the German
trenches are exactly reproduced The
days OF preparation Heretofore unwrit-
ten detail of modern trench raids This
article concludes with the men going out
to their job.
No. Slower the Top and Give 'Em
He'll"
The English Tommy's battle cry as he
breaks from his trench. The bomb raid
and what happened. or sixty that start
ed forty-six failed to return because the
Germans had prepared and mined the
trench. Graphic description of Sergeant
McClintock's terrible experience.
No. 4.-Shifted to the Sonme.
Sergeant Mcclintock takes part in this
greatest of all battles and tells of the
hell of it. The front in Belgium was
really a rest sector in comparison with
it," he says. The extensive preparations
of the allies for open warfare afterward
abandoned because of the failure of ex-
pected developments.
No. 5.-Wounded In Action.
This article describes the terrible fight.
the deau ana dying the loss or pal ana
the final falling of McClintock in No
Mans Land. Simply told, it is one of ths
most remarkable descriptions of a battle
by participant ever put together.
No. elaborated For Bravery; Home
and Uncle Sam,
This concluding article of the series re-
lates in detail how England cares for tn ..
wounded. How the king and queen came
to the bed of an American boy and dec
GRATED him In a London hospital for gal
lantrY. Interesting, intimate and anus
ing incidents told by and of the wounded
Tommies. Trying to fight for Uncle Sam
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1917-07-20

The five remaining articles in this
remarkable series will appear one each
week. They are as follows:
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1917-07-20
A Call For Volunteers.

On June 2, after the third battle of
Ypres, while Mcfarland and | were
sitting YEARLY on our hunks during
strange hour In the afternoon when
nobody had thought of anything for
us TO do, a soldier came in with a
message from headquarters which put
n sudden stop TO the discussion we
were having about the possibility OF
getting leave to go up to London. The
message was that the First, Second
and Third divisions of the Canadians
had lost 40 per cent Of their men in the
third fight at Ypres and that 800 volun-
teers were wanted from each OF our
battalions to I'LL up the gaps.
"Forty per cent" said Mcfarland,
getting up quickly. my God, think OF
I'll Well I'm Off to tell 'em I'll co.
told him | was with him, and we
started for headquarters. expecting TO
be received with applause and pointed
out as heroic examples. We couldn't
even get up TO give in our names. The
whole battalion had gone up ahead of
us. They heard about it first. That
was the spirit of the Canadians. 1t
was about this time that a story went
round concerning an English colonel
who had been called upon to furnish
from his outfit to replace
casualties. lie backed his regiment up
against a barrack wall and said
Now, all who don't want to yolun-
teer step three PAGES to the rear"
In our battalion sergeants and even
officers offered to 20 as privates. Nc
Tarland and were not accepted; our
volunteers went at once, and we were
up TO strength by drafts /
rom the Fifth Canadian division, !
which was then forming In England
In July, when we We're being kept 1
IN the rifle ranges most of the time,
Ill leave was stopped, and we were
ordered to hold ourselves in readiness
o so overseas. In the latter part of
he month we started We sailed from
to Havre on big trans
,drt escorted all the way by destroy
rs. As we landed we got our first
light of the harvest Of war. A big hos
'ital on the quay was filed with
,Vuhutu men. we duu twenty -Aoul
Iours In what they called rest
amp" We slept on cobblestones In
hacks which were so utterly comfort
ess that It would be an insult to a
kentucky thoroughbred to call them
tables. Then we were ON the way to
be Belgian town of Poperinghe. which
J 100 miles from Havre and was at
. - ~
alient We made the trip In box cars
'hich were marked IN French. Eight
orses or forty men" and we had to
raw straws to decide who should lie
own.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1917-07-20

impatient II nothing very important
seems 20 come on at FIRST | felt III
he ennul myself at the getaway. But
that was certainly one thing that didn't
annoy me later.
IN the latter part 81 October. 1915,
decided that the United States ought
TO be lighting along with England ana
France on account Of the way Belgium
had been treated. II for no other reason.
As there seemed 10 be a considerable
division Of opinion on this point among
tbs people at home, l came to the con
clusion that any man who was free,
white and fwcnty.one and felt rs ! did
ought 10 e. over and get into II single
handed on the side where bis c0nvlc-
tions led him n there wasn't some par
ticular reason why be couldn't There
fore said goodby 10 my parents aud
friends IA Lexington and started for
New York with the idea Of sailing for
France and joining the Foreign legion
n the French army.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1917-06-06

BETTER SANITATION NEEDED IN
RURAL SCHOOLS

I'm the interests of efficiency and
l'halih there is an increasing necccs-
sity for The application of scientific
medical and sanitary knowledge Ia
The administration OF the public
schools, in the opinion of the public
Health Service.
I'm general the faults observed in
rural schools, the annual report Of
the Service declares. are due to a
lack ~ skilled advice. especially in
REGARD to the location. construction
and equipment ~ school buildings
/, and disregard of sanitary principles
governing water supplies. the dis
po-8l of sewage. ventilation. tenn
lpera'urc. illumination. and the ar
ranerWcnl of school desks and
hl3rkbuards. During The past fiscal
year surveys have been made in
rural districts Of several states and
many thousand school children have
been examined Those examination.
have included thorough testing Of
the ewes by competent oculists,
tests Of mental capacity, and the
effect Of sanitary environment on
school progress. as well as inspcc-
tions for the customary physical
defects.
The conclusion is reached that
there is great need for improve
mcut in rural schools and that com
munites themselves will benefit il
conditions are bettcrcd. the schools
serving as object lessons for sur
rounding sections. Conditions in
country districts have been found
below those i'm the cities and il is
apparent that organized health
work has largely been confined "a
the latter. Considered from a sani-
tary standpoint alone the Public
, Health Service is in favor Of the
\ consolidation Of rural schools. since
is must eventually result in the pro-
viding Of better buildings and the
organization Of systems OF enlcien,
sanitary inspections.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1917-06-06
THE CHIME RINGER

The ringer stood at the keyboard,
Far down beneath the chimes,
And patiently struck the noisy keys,
As he had uncounted times.
He only knew his duty
And he did il with patient care;
But he could not hear the music
That noated through the air.
Only the jar and the clamor
Fell sharply on his ear,
And he missed the mellow Ginning
That everyone else could hear.
So. when our quiet watch-toWers,
May be sending a sweet refrain,
And gladdening the lives OF the
lowly,
Though we hear not a single
strain.
Our work may seem but a discord,
Though we do the best we can;
But others will hear the music,
If we carry out Gods plan.
The Congregatlonallst.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1917-06-06
WHY THE CITIZEN COSTS

People ask why The Citizen costs
more than the st. Louis Star and
some other papers.
All local papers cost more than
the great city papers, and most pa
pers as large and well printed as
The Citizen cost $3.50 a year.
We use good paper so that child
rem and old people can read 1t
easily. The white paper on which
The Citizen is printed costs US rear
ly twice what it did when we be-
gan.
We print no immoral advertise
ments, and no fraudulent or doubt
full advertisements, and no adver-
tisements Of liquor or tobacco.
We get no subsidy from any po-
litical party.
The Citizen is not run to make
money. All we get 10 laid out In
making the paper as good as II can
be made. The present Editor has no
salary, and the stockholders who
own the paper do not expect to make
anything on their investment. We
are out to do good and TO help the
families that subscribe.
II is impossible TO make a paper
like The Citizen and put the sub
scription price at less than one dol
lar.
And we intend 10 give the sub
scriber information and inspiration
in every single number that Is worth
that whole dollari Read Il and
Judge for YOURSELF
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1917-06-06
THE SERVANT IN THE HOUSE

The drama lovers of Berea were
given a royal treat by the members
of Doctor Raine's Public Speaking
Glass Thursday night. They were
assisted in their rendition OF The
Servant in the House" by William
Owen of Chicago and by Doctor
Raine. Mr.. Owen in the character
of the drain man" simply captiva-
ted the audience and won his way
quickly into every heart. The part
of the bishop" was played by Doc
tor Raine and with credible success
The other parts were taken by the
members of the class who, as ANA
tours, covered themselves with glo-
~. The people of Berea are GER
tainly indebted to these good people
for a real work Of art.
The play is by Kennedy and is one
of the really great productions OF
modern times. Mr.. Owen has play
ed his part since the play was staged
and consequently his interpretations
were superb. Berea owes debt
OF gratitude TO Mr.. Owen for sc
generously consenting to come to
Berea.
The players and understudies
took dinner with Mr.. Owen and
Doctor Raine at the Tavern Friday