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ular soldier, and If there is a delicate
spot In the history Of his regiment he
is bound to hear Of II from the men OF
other units, and If any derogatory re-
marks are passed he feels himself hon
or bound to fight the one who is re-
sponsible for the remark.
II you should chance to ask a Royal
Horse artilleryman what regiment he
belonged 20 he would Immediately
straighten up and answer you some
what after this fashion:
~ belong 10 the Royal Horse artil-
lery, the extreme right Of the line
and the pride Of the British army"
Then he would go on 70 tell when
his regiment was formed, what it had
accomplished, how many honors it has,
how many Victoria crosses the men be-
longing to it have won, how many IT,
tied officers belong to 1t, and so on, al
most indefinitely.
Nearly all the regiments have nick
names, and these names are very pop
ular. The Royal Scots claim to be the
oldest regiment in the British army,
so they are popularity known as Pom
titus Pilates bodyguard." The Glouces-
ter regiment is the only one In the
British army entitled to wear cap
badges in the back as well as In the
front. and the reason this privilege has
been granted them is that In some pre-
vious war the regiment became sur
rounded by the enemy, and, turning
back to back, they fought until relief
reached them.
Another regiment has the nickname
Of the Cherry Pickers." In some war
OF long ago this regiment was ordered
to make a charge through a cherry or
chard, and while passing through they
forgot their duty and stopped to pick
the cherries. From that day TO this
they have been known as the Cherry
Pickers." and the trousers of their dres;
uniform are of cherry colored mate
rial.
There is a certain Scotch regiment
which for some reason had its kilt
taken away and now has to wear
trousers made Of the same kind O.
plaid that the kits were made of. Thu
men are working like Trojans In thil
war to win their kits back again, anC
they will very probably be successful
as they have done some wonderful
work.
Each regiment finds something t
boast about, and the men never miss al
opportunity. The Seventeenth Lancer
are known as the death or Glor,
Boys as their regimental badge is tn
skull and crossed bones and death o
Glory is their motto.
The Royal Engineers have more Vic
toria crosses than any other regimen
in the British army, and it is no wor
der, for theirs is a very dangerOu
work and affords plenty of opportJ
mites for men TO distinguish then
selves. The first Victoria cross aware
ed in the present war was won by
driver Of an automobile, a member {
the Army Service corps.
Two days later word came aroun
that the regiment was going to II
front within the week. Ply hat tin
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CHAPTER l.
Sent to the Front.

TXACTLY one week from a certain
II. day when l landed in England
from the United States l was
notified hat my job was gone, as the
company that l represented was in
the hands Of receivers.
l was disappointed, of course, but
tried to look at the thing philosophical
" and to make the best Of it. l bought
my ticket for home, but as the boat
on which l intended sailing did not
leave for several days l proceeded to
enjoy the remainder of my stay in
England.
Things were certainly moving at that
time. Very soon | was as enthusiastic
as any of them, and in London made
inquiries as to whether could join
the army.
1 was told that / would have no diff
hculty at all. but on second thought l
decide l to let well enough alone. The
day before l was to sail from Liver
pool l hesitated again and talked it
over with an army officer. He was SO
nice about explaining everything to me
that | decided that might do lots Of
worse things than to see a little OF
the biggest scrap the world had ever
known.
That night | thought about the mat
ter some more and came TO the conclu-
sion that If they would take me into
a cavalry regiment l would have a
try at it. The next morning | enlisted
and was made a trooper in the Fifth
Dragon guards. That same afternoon
/ was on my way to Aldershot, but
had known what | was going to &c
through don't think l would have
been so light hearted as l was. In the
evening l was fitted out with my en-
tire kit and informed that from now OF
was a soldier.
was assigned to a bed In the bar
racks. and from that time my trou
bles commenced. ] was in with
crowd of old soldiers. men who he1
served from two to twenty years II
the army. and, while they were yer!
decent chaps, they seemed to resen
the fact that a "civie" had been pushe'
in on them. l was at once christene'
"Yank," and l believe they found
few other things to call me too.
The next morning at 8 o'clock tn
sergeant came around and dug me out
He took me down TO the stables an
put me in with a bunch Of rockies VII
weren't any happier than l was. w
were then instructed in the gentle al
of grooming a horse. l couldn't seer
TO do anything right. and they didn
hesitate to tell me so either.
Then we were marched down to
breakfast of bread, bacon and tea, br
we had as much as we wanted. ! fe
a whole lot better after eating. Breal
fast over we had room inspection, an
as soon as that was over we who wei
rockies were marched down to the ri'
ing school and handed over 10 the I.
rant who ruled there.
I had expected to find horses all sal
died. and it certainly was quite a shoe
70 learn that we got u saddles on
when we had earned them. In 9TH
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS.
IN THE PROBATE COURT OF POW.
FR COUNTY IDAHO

IN THE PROBATE COURT OF POW
Err COUNTY. IDAHO.
In the matter of the estate or
George a. Forbes. deceased.
Notice is hereby given by the under
signed. administrator with will an
nexed of the estate of George A.
Forbes. deceased. to the creditors p
all persons having claims against said
deceased. to exhibit such claims with
the necessary vouchers. within four
months of the date of the first pub
LEGATION of this notice. to said admin
istrator. at the office of o. R. Baum.
American Falls. Idaho, which said Of
nee. the undersigned selects as his
place of business in all matters con-
nected with said estate Of George A
Forbes. deceased.
Dated this Sd day of October. 1917.
A. c. HAAG,
Administrator of the Estate OF
Georse 4. Forbes. Deceased.
o. r. Baum. ". c. L~Oufbourrow' Al
tornevs for Administrator, Residence
American Falls. Idaho.
1O-f2-19-26; 11-2.
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PREFACE.

Prior to my drriVGl IN Eng
land the idea Of participating N
the great todr had cue entered
nly head. / pent abroad on bust
ness, and I expected to return
to this country Gs oon as my
toork toGs completed. II seemed,
though, that fate decreed other
tctse. I had been IN England q
good many times before, and IN
France and Belgium, too, for
that matter. Ny father a0ds q
sea captain, and I acds born
aboard his ship. In fact, I HUed
the fret str years Of my Hfe on
shipbodrd. This last trip across
the. Atlantic made the ttoenty-
third time for me, 80 l CGs quite
at home IN the British isles. Al
most before / kneto it / had tar
en- the step that 1ods responsible
for the most terrible pet 0
derfuI experience that ever came
to me-.
In telling my story hare tried
to take the important eUents and
set them dozen in chronological
order. / hare endedUOred also
to link them together 30 as to
make It possible for the reader
to foIlotC me through the princi-
pal happenings during my time
Of serUice. Many of the more
sordid details Of this great tcdr
I hare been Obliged to IeGue out.
I hare dlcelt neither on the hOr-
rOrs of tcdr nor get on the glory,
but I hare tried to picture the
daily routine Of the fighting
mans life as it really Is.
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TOhnQ OlueF uiHSS ~ WV
head and tail and legs and everything.
Why, l wouldn't trust you blighters to
drive my duck to water. There isn't
one Of you who could ride a table"
etc. We were dismissed at 4:3O and
told that this was Our routine for ev-
cry day until we had passed out and
earned our saddles.
don't think | was ever so tired in
my life as l was that night. and l de-
cided to turn in right after supper.
That shows how much | knew o a
barrack room. After supper all those
who couldn't get permission to 20 out
seemed to blame it on me. for | was
battered aund until they were tired
of IL. q hen l finally got into my
bed l Va, "a a pretty bad way.
l soon found out that it was futile
TO try to get even Such an attempt
only made matters worse. and the only
thing to do seemed to be TO grin and
peal it. The next morning we went
down to riding school again and had
the same old drill all day. except that
in the afternoon they turned us around
so that our backs were toward the
horses heads and made us ride that
way the rest of the day.
As I was crossing the parade ground
in the evening a fellow who was In
my room asked me how I felt. told
him in two words.
We'll" he said. IF you want TO be
let alone you do as l tell you. Tonight
when you go into the room pick out
the biggest man you can find and don't
say anything. but just walk up and
paste him with all your might. You
may get licked, and YOU may not, but
you won't have much trouble after
ward. whichever way it N out.
Well. | didn't know whether Id have
the nerve to do 1t or not. but the more
thought about it the more thought
he might be right. | hadn't passed
through the door TO the barracks be
fore the kidding started again, and
knew what would follow.
So | screwed up all the courage
had. and. seeing a big chap who wa
making a lot Of talk. ! swung as hare
as could aud let him have II.
won't say anything about what hap
pened to me. but the next afternoon
found I'd been unlucky. as usual. TIL
man / had picked was a heavyweight
champion of the British army in Sout'
Africa during the Beer war. Thing
were much better after that. though
and | made some mighty good friend
among those fellows.
At first II amused me greatly 70 hea
!, tho men talk about the regiments the
belonged TO. but later came TO under
stand that their reeiments meant NOR
70 them than anything else. In peac
rime when a man joins the army he !
obliged to learn the history Of the reg
ment he joins from the day II wa
; formed TO the present day. Tradiuo
Z plays a great par in the life OF a re.
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Of his service had been done In India,
50 be knew the ropes pretty well.
AS soon as we were of duty we three
made for the nearest estaminet Tor
small cafe in the Flemish town. We
were just putting away some bread
and eggs and coffee when the general
commanding the division walked in
with two OF his officers. OF ours
we jumped to attention and were about
10 withdraw. but he told US TO finish
our meal.
We were the only British troops to
land at Ostend, and, being the first the
Belglans in that part had ever seen.
we attracted a great deal Of attention
Our horses and equipment seemed to
amaze them. They would come up
and handle the saddlery and ask, off
cierf' When we would tell them that
1t was just a troopers equipment and
that all the others were the same they
could not seem 10 get over il.
Although il was after / o'clock fl
the morning. everybody seemed 10 be
up and at work. The Belgian peasant
has no interest in the eight hour law.
He works from before daylight until
long after dark. The peasants seem 70
I be very poor. and a fraic means more
to them than several dollars would 10
our farmers.
We left Ostend about 8 o'clock in a
hurry. No u seemed to know where
we were going. and all sorts Of wild
rumors were flying. As a matter of
fact, we left at 9 and the Germans
were in there at 6 the same night, but
we didn't know this until long after.
ward. The Belgiaus were most kind
to US. They would bring US bread
eggs. wine, etc, and would not take
any pay for the things. They were
kindness itself and couldn't seem tC
do enough for US.
We did most OF our travelling al
night, and it wasn't much fun. We
we're not allowed 10 show a light Of
any kind and were even forbidden Il
smoke. As ! said before. we hadn'i
II idea where we were going, but We
were all sure we were on our way t
meet the Germans, and there was
great deal Of speculation as TO wheI
the meeting would come.
On the morning Of the third day VI
came to the town of ROulers. A hal
was called, and we went about max
ing ourselves comfortable. The Pee
pie were extremely cordial, too, an'
there was nothing that vas too mucl
trouble for them to do for US. l 90
into a house where the man spok
English. He had been In the shipping
business In Antwerp and knew a grea
many Of the firms my father had deal
with. l really felt quite at home.
They asked me If 1 thought they haI
better move or whether the German
would ever get as far as ROulers. 1.
never forget how l scorned the ide
and assured them that they were q
safe there as they would be in Ems
land.
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hard biscuits all the way over. so the
first place We sought when Of duty
was a restaurant.
l had chummed up with a fellow
named Harry McGarrow and also with
the heavyweight. The latter was an
old soldier and had served more than
twenty years in the army. Nine wears
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LET THE PEOPLE KNOW
THE TRUTH.

Pomeroy Burton. an Ameri-
I can citizen who for several
: years has been editor Of an
I English paper, ia a recent ad-
! dress told some things the
American public should know.
We know little about the war
? because the facts are kept
from us. We are lethargic be-
cause we DO not realize the
necessity for action. Il is
/ hoped that every reader will
! read extracts from his ad-
dress under the heading.
; Throwing the Spotlight on
: the War. in this issue. It is
I the duty of every American to
/ be informed. We can not do
! part unless we know the
size Of the task set for us.
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In the next chapter Mr.. Robinson
gives some OF the incidents OF the nrst
battle Of Npres.
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d =. III 7 INIL-1
Sheriff.
BY FRED WALWORTH. Deputy.
O. r. Baum. W. c. LoOfbourrOw, At
torneys for Plaintiff, Residence. Amer
lean Falls. Idaho. lO-l9-26; ll-2-s
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NOTICE OF SALE UNDER EXECU-
TI0N.

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE
FIFTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF
THE STATE OF IDAHO. N AND
FOR POWER COUNTY.
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~ AND OFT or row y.


Miss Ndelaide caurhy, Of Baltimore.
IS guest Of Mr. ami Mrs '.anGon
BERN" Edwards at th"ir home on Park
Avenue.
Mrs Whlpughby Reid Of Hayerford.
70. is visiting Miss Frances B. scott
at ~ West Franklin Street,
Miss chlo" Tyler Cooke is :, gucs,
Of Miss Crirh Greene in Norfolk this
week
~, aud Mrs. X. CARY Montague. Of
t.lkias. " Va, Will be at the Shen-
nud"nh Apartments until February -.
Mrs Fred w Scot, has returned from
New York city. whcr. she has been for
short stay.
Miss Roberta Newton. OF Norfolk. ar
rived on Tuesday g be the guest OF
Misses Ida Byrd and Elizabeth War
;-ick.
Mrs. T. W spilnsan has returned to
Narrcnt"u. after :. visit TO JuGr g
James Keith on Cathedral Place
Miss Mary l.Hon Tyler is in New
York tity, where she viii spend the
remainder Of the winter season.
Mrs clifford r. caperton and little
daughter. Melinda Montague, are vis-
ittnc relatives in New York and New
Haven.
Miss Kate s. Chjttcnden, dean OF the
American Institute of Applied Music
New York city. also dean Of music at
Nassar College will he the guest Of
Miss Helen Baker next week At Ores
ham Court
Miss Martha Massie. nf l.ynchburc
has been visiting Miss imogcu Gordon
~ her home on East Franklin Street.
!. y. Hayes has returned /" Newport
News. after = bri2f stay in this city.
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TOO WEAK
TO FIGHT

The Come back man was really
never down-and-ou His weakened
condition because Of overwori lack Of
exercise, improper eating and living
demands stimulation To satisfy the cry
for health giving Appetite and the
refreshing sleep essential 10 StrcnIt til.
GOLD MEDAL lIaarlcm oil Capsules.
TIC National Remedy OF Holland. Will
do the work. They are wonderful.
Three OF these capsules each day viii
pnt man OH his feet before he knows
II: whether his trouble comes from
uric acid poisoning The kidneys. gravel
or stone i'll the bladder. stomach de-
ranScmcnt or other ailments that be-
IAN the oNcr-zca lou% American. Don't
wait until YOU arc entirely down and
out. but take them to-day. Your drug
-'| VIII GLADLY refund Your money II
thcN do not help YOU. 25,. 5uc and 81 90
pcf DON Accept no substitutes. Look
Tor the name GOLD MEDAL. on every
Dos. They are tho pure. original. nm
ported iiaarlcm Oil Capsules -Adl
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DEBATING TEAMS CHOSEN
viii Hrrrr~cui WH>hinnton aud Lc,
tuiNcrsity at Two
Meetings.

~re,i;.l (. . 'rhc Tine. Di:I.;.tyll
LEXINGTON, VA. January 25.-Try
outs Tor the intercollegiate hehatln =
teams which will represent Washing
ton and Ice in debates with Trinity
College and the University OF GcorGi;,
have been completed, and the two
teams viii be composed OF the fol-
loving men: II. y. r'aik Tampa. Fla
i. &. Stipcs. Flint, Mich: Gus often
hcimcr. Little Rock, Ark. J. l.. Early,
Sinuntou. Va: q. i. Wilson. panvjlie,
Va: Berkeley cox. Lexington. Va. and
J. II. owens Rome. Ga.
Trinity College Will be met at Lex
inrt"n on March =. and the University
81 Georgia ~ Athens during the last
week i'm April. The question TO be
debated is. Resolved. That Congress
Should pass It law providing for the
compulsory arbitration az disputes
between interstate railways and
their employees. Washington and
Lee has the affirmative to uphold in
both debates.
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TIA" Circuit Court y Petersburg.
Judge Southail presidinz, Viii open on
Monday.
William II. Baldock. vino died on
Tuesday in Lynchburg, is survived by
his mother. q sister Mrs. X. Z. liris-
tow aud brother. G. X Baldork all
OF this city.
William = pugh for q nuinbcr Of
Years in the employ Of the Virginia
National Bank, in this city. has &C.
copied the position OF cashier of the
Northampton Bank, at Jackson. y G.
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Double Marriage.

y double marriage ia which tho
principals were residents of this scc-
ton. took DiaC. at the Hotel Rich q
lcond. i'm Richmond. yesterday after
noon. III" couples were Miss Elizu-
beth Hosc aud William H. Slate. and
MISS May Louise Roach and Richard
NJ. Rose. In.
Miss Clara H. Jones. daughter Of Nj.
;rd Mrs, I. j. Ju.cs. Of Brunswick and
Edgar =. Clarke. OF Biuwjddic. were
married in this city yesterday after
noon by Rev. ]. i. Mcclure. OF the
Second Presbyterian Church.
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brey Young have charge of this. Those
cnrd Tournament ro-Night.

The January card tournament will bs
h"ld at thc W"nau's club this even
ing at H.lj o'clock in tho parlors OF
the club. and supper viii bc served as
usual after the game is over. Mem
rers ar" privileged Ia invite men Us
partners. and tables must he registered
not later ,han 10 o'clock this morning
tn" tournament Was postponed from
'hSi Friday evening on account OF thu
Confederate ball. which Was held AZ
tn" club
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rested yesterday afternoon ou sus-
picion Of having been Implicated IN tho
murder Oh sunday night last OF En-
gincer Nathaniel -. Davis y fourth
negro. Edward Johnson Was arrested
this afternoon near the scene Of the
murder. All the men arc held for fur
their Investigation.
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The Boy scout rouncii of this city is
arranging I" engage At scout cNccn-
two to take actiy" charge of the or
SANITATION. There have been num-
her Of applicants FOR the position.
but mos, OF them have been eliminated.
y rIau OF experience" and executive
ability is wanted Meanwhile. Rev. t..
+. cambridge. general Scout master IS
regularly meeting and instructing the
Sc out masters representing the sew
.ral reiie ious denominations.
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james = Sellers, who Was tried IN
the Hastings Court yesterday OH the
charge OF bringing twenty quarts OF
liquor into the city in violation OF tn"
prohibition law. proved that he was
merely transporting 1t through 10
North Carolina. A. this was case
Of 'intcrStdtc commerce" he was ac-
Quilted. and the court returned the
liquor To him with the advice to get 1t
away as quickly as possible. The adj
vice was needed.
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wO,iE\'S MEETINGS.

The Travellers Ma Society will hold
its annual meeting this afternoon at
o'clock III Room go at tho Jefferson
Hotel. Or. Douglas :. Freeman viii be
the speaker Of the afternoon. and mem
hers Of tho board Of directors will be
elected. All volunteer workers and
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BANQUET |NAuCURATEs
Membership CAMPAIGN
President Henry l.. Smith. OF Wash.
inStOn AMI Lee. Princi-
pal Speaker.
GETS BACK HIS LIQUOR
Man Who Was Arrested in Peters
burg Proves lie Was Merely
Carrying Twenty Quarts Through
the State to North Carolina.

rETERSBURI;. VA. January %
President Henry Louis Smith. OF Wash
.uS;on ;nd Lee University. WIS the
speaker at the Y. NJ. G. y. banquet this
evening. ~ which was iuauguratcd a
campaign to increase the member shit
Of the association to 500.
The membership campaign viii beg in
at once, with wcll-oreauiZcd teams to
prosecute IL and IL contest for tho
honor Of securing the greatest number
Of renewals aud new members
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hscated by ii representative of prohibi-
ton Commissioners Peters. and have
been removed from til" local express
company's charge. Many OF the ship
mcniS were conhscatcd By the state
because they were found 80 contain
advertising matter
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SlnuShtcr-'rhomsun.

Special TO The Times Dispatch
l.fNCfiBtItG. VA. January Is
Marcellus Slaughter and Miss Helen
Temple Thomson. daughter OF Mr. and
Mrs Spottswood L. Thomson, OF Lynch
burg. were married in Bristol on Tues
day. having eloped TO that city.
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Finds Condition. FnIr.

J. l.. Marks. representative OF the
Virginia AntitubcrculosiS Association,
who for some days has been inrcst-
eating sanitary conditions in the fac
tory districts in this city has about
finished his work. He reports finding
the factories in fair sanitary condi-
tion with the owners interested in the
health OF their employees.
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rifty-ri,- Quarts Cond>catcd.

Especial to The Times Dispatchl
LYNCliRURG, VA, January p
Fifiy-tivc quarts OF liquor consigned to
I.ynchbura people. practicaily al of
which came from Baltimore. never will
be lcliNcred. for they have boon cnn.
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Blnntl-isnkcr.

Especial TO The Times Dispatch.l
fREDERICNSBURG VA. january
2J.-JOhn Bland and Miss Fannie Hun.
tcy Baker. both OF this city. were mar
ricd last night at the home Of Rev.
Decatur Edwards, the officiating min
ister
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y H., w,

Thr Woman's Foreign .iissionary So
C'"t! cf the Second Presbyterian
church VIII hold it's quarterly meeting
at $50 o'clock this afternoon. Rev
y T. iaSscl. III Japan. viii address
the meeting. and al the women OF
tn" church are cordially invited to at
I.,n