Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-07-07
BY Wolcott LeClear Beard
of the YigilanteS.

There recently arrived in New
York "a husky, outstanding, college,
bred young Kentuckian, wearing the
uniform Of the s7th Canadian Infan-
try. He came because he wished to
offer his services as an officer under
his own flag. Nobody, apparently.
would listen to him..
Therefore he enlisted in his inter-
ests Senators James and Beckham of
his native state and Senator Smith, Of
Arizona, with three members OF the
House Of Representatives thrown in
for good easur These gentlemen
investigated, in order to ascertain why
such services were not at once accept
ed.
They found out. It was because
Congress had not acted.
It was shown hat Mr.. McClintock
was a qualified instructor In bomb
throwing. That he was a graduate Of
two schools carried on for education
England and the Second Army School
in France. No such schools existed in
the United States.
1t was explained that the graduates
of this school had to become ac-
quainted with the minutest details OF
construction 0 only Of twenty-seven
varieties of grenades used by the Brit
lSA lOICcS, Jul VI Tic uCdIlyc 111iuAllSA
able French, German and Austrian
varieties as we'll. Moreover, that the
graduate was obliged not only tc
know how to handle and throw these
grenades, but also to screw them fast
to rods and SO, by firing them from
the service rifle at high angles, tc
lob" them into the enemy's trenches
That such a graduate had to learn
and to teach others, how to handle
| fhn rnr q n GO CO oc RI cAt.fh0rr infF
the German trenches before they
could damage the thrower, but sc
that they would explode before this
enemy could pick them up and tosl
them back.
Also it was explained that the in.
structors were obliged to understand
the use of the Stokes bomb, which
weighs nine pounds, and which cause.
a local but extremely efficient com
bination Of earthquake and landslide
That he has to understand the ust
and management of wet g%uncotton, IL
slabs measuring eight by ten by tire
inches, and detonated by dry wafer
Of the same material. That he had t.
preach and practice the n Of US
ing these larger affairs in blowing VI
the emplacements after a charge, AM
in rolling the smaller ones into III,
mouths Of dugouts in which Fritz Sat
taken refuge, thus sending dugout ant
Fritz to glory-or elsewhere-at tn
same time and by a single operation
It was also pointed out that ii
these, as in other branches of knowi
edge, hat nothing can qualify a mai
to teach like exhaustive experience i,
that which he wishes to impart t.
others.
= Nothing could be done, however
toward enabling the army to avail it
? self Of this store Of knowledge. Con
! gress had not acted.
To the facts previously brough
forth, other facts then were added
That. for example, Mr.. McClintoc,
was a thoroughly trained %all-aroun
soldier. That he was a good rifle sho'
: that he knew and could use-tha'
moreover, he did use-the Maxim
Colt and Lewis machine guns wit
neatness and misunderstanding dies
, patch. That he could read maj
which not everyone do. Also tha
he could read photographs taken fror
. aeroplanes, so as to pick out the en-
: placements Of machine guns and othe
points that would need particular a,
\ tention when the enemy's position wa
taken, and that this is a thing whic
Z comparatively few people anywhe1
and In this country almost no or
can do.
But there vas no use In talking /,
Il THESE LnlngH a NJ acte,
1t was then mentioned how some /
Mr.. McC1intock's knowledge had bee
a acquired. How he and his lit
q friends, in their latest exploit, he
walked oyer four hundred OF She
d lpttted, 1ead-stormed yards Of n,
mans land, rushed over fifty yart
more and dropped into Fritz's trenc]
es. Flow Fritz thereupon skedaddle
s for other trenches, three hundred al
fifty yards In the rear Of the FIRST one
. and how his progress had been m,
teTially accelerated by one OF his ov
machine guns, which Mr.. McC1into,
turned upon him with that end
view. Then how he--Mr. McClinto,
land his friends, proceeded to tai
b second line Of trenches, and Fri
IA very considerable number of hi
-as well.
But still the services of Mr.. nj
Clinfock, It seems, were not avaa1abl
Congress had not acted.
Then still other facts were bro,Ip
= forward. Notably these.
MI. McC1fntock,s rank il at preae
q that of a sergeant, but this liz Of i
own choice and because Of his 81
- patriotism. He has earned 4 fh
to -iteutenancy In the British service. a
r. the o ur1ission awaits him
1T soon as he cares to claim il. Al a.
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