Gunnison news-champion., 1917-11-30

- called . hill, Tor 70 me- i1 looked
I'M Q little rising ground end thars
an. but ~ bad ninsey-two batteries of
artdnsry playing an over n. and they
keot up The heaviest poasible Bernhard
0snt for thirty-6vs minutea whsa
ye0 think Of So6 cannon pouring shells
into such small place a. one little hin
Il may give you some idea Of what We
save The Germans who were trying 20
bold II against u.
Ths bombardment stopped q abrupt
b a. Il started. and n soon a. II ended
the mines We had laid under the hill
were set Oh. The earth seemed to
trembIe for Q moment, and then came
. great rumblins roar. followed BY an
0pheaval Of earth which seemed to
reach the clouds The moment the
mines had been set o6 our chaps left
their trenches on the dead run, and
they charged across the crater whero
hill 90 had been but . few moments
before.
The heavy artillery Ore We had given
the Germans had partly defnoralized
them. The explosion Of the mines On
fshed the Job. and they fed like sheep.
Our machine gun was pouring steel
into them for a few moments. but We
had to stop. as our own men were pur-
suing them, and II was not safe to con-
tinue our Gre any longer. II was all
over In q very short time and while
We had to stand by all night. our work
did not Inst long during the actual
battle.
Soon after this battle secured my
6rst "leave" to go to England for a rest
OF seven days. and though this is sup
posed to he story OF experiences
while on the Aghting front. | will re-
late something that happened while I
was in Giasgow. scotland
or all TIN. cities In tile British isles
Glasgow hns sent more men to the
front than any other In proportion to
her size The business trims of tile
City encourage their men to enlist AMI
do all the, tan to make things ensy for
them to leave their families In many
cases firms continue TO pay men their
saiar ries while they are at the front
The street raf company In Glasgow
has sent thousands. and their places
are taken by women while the men are
away
Not only are there women conductors
OH the street cars. hut women drive the
ears too When one arrives Al tile sta.
tion In Glasgow II seems very odd tn
have woman step up and ask to carry
your bag Women have taken the
places Of the porters In the stations.
ScOtland has responded nobly to the
countr, > .-:::: N many OF the small
villages the entire male population has
gone to the war. excepting. Of course.
the men who are too old or those who
are physically unnt.
In the British isles during this war
great many Of the women have been
helping recruiting" by walking the
streets and putting Q white feather In
the buttonhole Of every man they meet
who II not wearing khaki
I was standing just outside the Cen
tral station In Glasgow when q woman
walked up to Q man who wax standing
near me. and without . word she pulled
q white feather through his buttOnhoie
He was great big fellow and she had
to do some reaching to get IT him. He
smiled when be saw what she had done
and said Thank you madam" very
politely.
That was like waving q red flag be
fore . bull. and she grew crimson and
started telling him what she thought
Of him he listened until she was all
through. and then he asked. ''Hsve you
another one Of those feathers. by any
chanceY"
.Yes. ! have. you coward she snap
ped. and she put another feather on
him. As she did 40 he pulled Vic
toria cross from his pocket and pinned
Il right under the feathers
That woman gasped and suffered
and stammered trying to make an
apology. and she reached out to take
the feathers back. but he stopped her
mo. madam" he said. .l'll keep these
as souvenirs II you don't mind. but
I'D like to say . few words to you
about what you are doing.
Because am In civilian clothes does
not signify that am coward For
all yon knew might have been med
ica.ly unfit for service. might have
been q married man with ten or dOx-
en- small children depending on me.
might have been any number Of things
that would have prevented me from
joining the army. but you didn't even
wait to inquire
You simply thought that because
was not in khaki was coward. and
you thought to shame me into joining
the army AZ matter Of fact. have
been at my home recovering from
wounds received when ! won this IT.
tle cross. and am nov On my way
hack to Join my regiment
..lf you viii accept suggestion fro0
man who knows men. yos wial stoD
this silly huaineaal Tor you are 0etng
more harm than anything else. end Il
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