Crittenden record-press., 1917-10-04

Scotch regiments In our corps, ana
when they came out of the trenches the
first time they created great sellsa-
tion In the town. Their kits were
never falling source Of establishment To
the Bclgii'Ns The woman In the house
where was billctel thought that II
was cruel 10 make them wear the Ut
tie dresses" In the cold weather. She
wanted to know what they wore UNI
derucatiI them. and when | told her
that they wore nothing she wonldnt [
believe me. explained TO her that II
was against orders for them to wear
trousers under the kilt, hut still she re-
fused To believe.
At this time bomb throwing was be-
coming more aud more popular, and
besides using the hand bombs We were
using L.. :cr ,...s. So I we y thrown
By ontapault Nrnugcmc t, They
could be thrown Ing a laucc and
in many cases proved TO he very ot-
fec,ive. Bomb and grenade schools for
every division were opened, and the
men were trained 10 throw bombs
scientifically,
In some places We started dsins the
sliugshot arrangement with which The
French throw bombs, but II didn turn
out as Vrll for us rs II did fur them
| saw one case In which the us'n' "
one of these things was very disaS
trous one Of our fellows put u bomb
In the sling aud started swinging II.
As he tried To let It ~ the whole thing
hit the man standing next 10 him Iuu
In the jaw. OF course 1t exploded and
| killed several men who were staining
near. including the fellow who had
tried TO throw II.
pu. ny nm nt,R L In the Menin trench
cs | saw an iuu.lont tSat VIII me- 4"
for.rt- cur fellows IL t9'cn tWt
lines " trenches IN n yo.y fcw m'n.
utes. In some places thee we're 'et
mans occupying part ~ ueA,"
while we held the other part.
4 big lrlshmnn came dashlng up with
"A lond ot boplhs and ~ he came for
ward saw these Germu.- ral,e their
rifles 10 tire at han The lsGmnn wa
to- quick for teen. though for h'
chucked Il bomb into thr trench they
were In, aud hrlrl Bis yci, "splh
that between yc. " swine
II wiped out the whole crowd fticr
| Of course. and the best part of " W.
that the .ri .limsn didn't alter his siri
the least bit Tho expression has Il
come qui,c y pular among "1omhrrs."
We hrdr't been IN ropcriugh" man
days bc lc the German nerup aur- 10.
gan comiug over US. They didut d
any dnu.ase nj nrst. and ! w,Hhcrc
Why they didn't drop any bombs, T.
cry morning about . o'clock two o
three taubes would appear ard d.
back and forth FOR few minutes. ant
then they would 80 away. and W.
wouldn't sce any more u them unit
the next III, ruin- ut the same hour.
At last we co' used TO them. and the
didn't bother u, at nj. ouOc IN awlil'
our guns would bring one of them /,
earth. and then there would lie on
grand rush to the place where the ma
chine had fnlcn. saw ono fellow fali
one morning and as had by motsr'
bike hoppcd on and dashed down th'
road to try and md him. He had come
to earth safely. but his engine had been
put out Of commission by piece OF
shrapncl. lie had set IRE 10 the mn
chine and was calmly sitting On Tho
ground some distance from where {.
was burning
Some dying corps fellows were ther
Just few seconds ahead of me. aud
they made him prisoner. As lie got &
his feet he remarked In perfect Eng