Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1917-11-06

turned from Franco, Wner0 az Qro8Oou
guardsman. dispatch rider and motor.
car driver he served fourteen months
under the British flag. Out Of thirty.
one motorcycle dispatch riders hs was
one Of four survivors
shouting orders at the top Of his voice.
Dave was the only cool man In the
car, and he was sending shot after shot
at them as calmly as II be were on q
rife range. He shouted to me-: "Go
like h-ll Crowd 'em Off the roadT
When they saw how we were gain
ing three of them left the road and hit
out across country. I thought Dave
must have hit the other fellow. for ne
simply put the spurs to his horse and
stuck right to the middle Of the road
He didn't attempt to fire at US at all.
He was Just going for all he was worth.
When I saw this I started after him
lii earnest, and he didn't have chance
In the world. That car had done seven.
ty-eight miles an hour on her test. and
hardly gave German horses credit for
such speed as that. AS we got closer
to him Dave quit firing, for it would
have been murder to shoot man In q
trap such as he was in. He kept to the
center Of the road. though. and he
wouldn't give an inch.
was blowing that old siren for oil
1t was worth, and opened the cut-out
to make all the noise / could, trying
to scare his horse Off the road, and the
animal wanted to get out Of the way.
too, but the rider held him In.
At last Dave said. "I'll make him
move" and he sent a bullet so close
I'll bet he could have kissed 1t as 1t
went by. He gave way then all right.
and as he did pulled up alongside Of
him. AS we came up he pulled re-
yolver and fred two shots, which just
went over my head. Dave leaned over
and caught him by the belt He yank-
ed him clear of the saddle and slung
him into the back Of the car. He land
ed on top of the captain. and those two
were SO mixed up you couldn't tell one
from the other.
stopped the car as quickly as
could, and we soon had him Saying
Uncle" though he fought like wild
cat for q few minutes. The captain
got the worst Of 1t, for he had beau.
tiful "shiner'' and the skin of his
knuckles. When we searched him we
found thirty.three English ten shilling
notes on him. He had taken them
from some Of our fellows, Of course.
but what made us mad was that the
captain would not allow US to keep
them.
He said II would not be honest, but !
nti,.ed that when we handed him occr
To some French cavalry q little later
they didn't hesitate about taking them.
and Dave and sat In the car and
watched them splitting 1t among then'
selves. felt rather sorry for the poor
devil. for he said that he and the rest
Of his squad had been hiding for five
days and FIVE nights and that they
didn't know where they were. They
had become desperate and decided to
run for 1t In the open. The others
came In and surrendered later In the
day.
Supplies are brought across the chan
mel daily. The railway lines run
straight down to the docks, 80 the
goods are put on the trains as they
are taken out Of the ship. Each dlvi-
sion, army corps and army has its own
railhead, or, In other words, each one
Of these units has its own station In
which its supplies are delivered. Ev-
cry unit has its own supply column,
which Is made up Of any number OF
motor trucks, the total varying accord
Ing to the strength Of the unit. These
motor trucks pull up on each side Of
the train, and the supplies are shifted
in very short space OF time. Zach
motor truck is loaded with only one
kind Of goods, and as the column leaves
the station yard all vehicles carrying
the same kind of goods group them
selves together so that when they final
ly move OF ten trucks Of meat may DO
leading the column. followed BY vart
GUS numbers Of truck loads Of bread.
groceries, clothing. hay and grain.
petrol aud mechanical supplies In this
way the goods are a.l dumped together.
and they practically form separate lit
tie stores for each Article.
The "first Dump" as 1t IL called, Is q
place cleared away on the side of the
road where the men may deposit the
supplies so that 1t will be convenient
for the horse transport to come and
get them. Here the goods are unload
ed, and the motor column returns to
headquarters. After It Is dark the
horse transport comes down from the
trenches. loads its wagons and imme-
tiiately returns to the trenches, where
the supplies are issued to each unit for
distribution to the smal.r units.
The motors complete their work In
an incredibly short time. They have
seven or eight miles to carry their
loads and In some cases even farther.
yet within two or three hours from the
time they leave their camps In the
morning they are back again. and the
army has been provided for another
day.
To each motor vehicle three men are
assigned. They are known az the 6rst,
second and third drivers and are all OF
them qualified chauffeurs. In case any.
thing happens to the 6rst driver the
others are there to take his place. The
first driver has the care Of the engine
and the driving Of the truck. while the
other two men have the greasing and
oiling and cleaning Of the vehicle, and
they also assist In the loading and un.
loading Of supplies. The motors are In
spected daily. and II not In perfect
running order they are at once taken
care OF by the column workshops.
These workshops are very ef1cient.
and Il Is remarkable what thorough
work they can turn out They are each
fitted with lathe, forge. benches. etc.,
the lathe being run by small motor.
cycle engine provided for that purpose
II for any reason the column d un-
able to repair q motor. that vehicle Il
sent to one Of the bases where there
are stationary workshops, and new
truck is sent back to replace It The
mechanics IN these workshops are al
trained men and are obliged to pass
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