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American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-08-17
The German Dugout-and What
They Found.

Here and there along this line were
the abandoned dugOuts of the Ger
mans, and we made what use Of them
We could. but that was little. had
orders one day TO locate a dugOut and
prepare 1t for use as battalion head
quarters. When | led a squad In to
clean It up the odor was so overpower-
ing that we had to put on our gas
masks. On entering we first saw two
dead nurses with our CHASTITY fash
lights, one standing with her arm
around a post, Just as she had stood
when gas or conclusion killed her.
Seated at a table I'm the middle of the
place was the body OF an old general
Of the German medical corps, his head
fallen between his hands. The task
of cleaning up was too dreadful for
US. We just tossed in four or five
fumite bombs and beat 1t out of there.
A few hours later W. went into the
scared and empty cavern, made the
roof safe with new timbers and mott
fed battalion headquarters that the
place could be occupied.
During this time | witnessed a scene
which. with some others, | shall never
forget. An old chaplain of the Cana
dian forces came to our trench section
seeking the grave of his son, which
had been marked for him on a rude
map by an officer who had seer the
young mans burial. We managed to
find the spot, and at the old chaplain's
request we exhumed the body. Some
Of US suggested to him that he give us
the Identification marks and retire out
of range of the shells which were
bursting all around rs. We argued
that It was unwise for him to remain
In danger, but what we really intended
was that he should be saved the horror
Of seeing the pitiful thing which our
spades We're about to uncover.
Il shall remain" was all he said.
He was my boy"
1t proved that we had found the
right body. One of our men tried to
clear the features with his handker-
chief, but ended by spreading the
handkerchief over the face. The old
chaplain stood beside the body and
removed his trench helmet, barring his
gray head to a drizzle of rain that was
falling. Then while we stood by 81
lently his voice rose amid the noise OF
bursting shells, repeating the burial
service of the Church of England.
have never been so impressed by any.
thing In my life as by that scene.
The dead man was a young captain.
He had been married to a lady of Bal.
timore just before the outbreak Of the
a
The philosophy Of the British Tom.
mics and the Canadians and the Aus
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-08-17
simplified Medicine.

We got drafts 90 recruits before we
went to the Somme. and some OF our
wounded men were sent back 90 Eng
mud. where wc had left our safety
hrst battalion. That was really tho
Fifty nrst battalion OF the Fourth d.
vision 90 tho Canadian forces. com.
posed ~ the physically rejected. men
recovering from wounds and men In.
lurcd in training The Tommics. how
ever. called Il the safety drstr or "Ma.
lor Gilay's lleht Infantry" Major
Glday was our battalion surgeon. He
was Immensely popular, and Doe achiev.
ell a great name for himself lie made
one realize what e great personal
force a doctor can hc and what an un.
necessary elaboration there 10 ln the
civil practice of medicine.
Under Major Giiday's administration
no man In our battalion was sick n be
could walk, and II he couldn't walk
there was a reasonable suspicion that
he was drunk. The major simpllned
medicine down 10 an exact science of
two forms of treatment and two rem
edies-"uumher mines" and whale oil
Number Mines were pale oval pills.
which. n they had been eggs. would
have run about eight 20 an omelet
: Tor six persons They had an Internal
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-08-17
No.. 4. Shifted to
the SOmme
BY Sergeant Alexander M~ecllntOek.
d c. NJ. S7lh Overseas Bait.
Canadian dreu. Guards.
Copyright. im5. by tho Bell Syn
dictate. Inc.

Sergeant McCiiniock "a an AmerfcGn
boy ~ Lexington, ~, Who has seen
service ~ France. ioas decorated FOR
brersrp, rounded, iHralldcd home aud
Hotc q returning 10 accept q commits
sson This q ne fourth article "a me
series. IN ne Arsi article NJ told Of
Ma f%raiHfn0 up 70 the point loherc ne
reochcd iAe front line trenches IL me
second ~ outlined me elaborate prcpa-
rofions for q bomb raid. and ~ me
fAtrd fAe disastrous rod Was described
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-08-17
OVER THERE
The Thrill and the He'll OF
the Trenches. Described
by an American Boy.

Sergeant Alexander McClintock Of Lex
ington, Ky, and the Canadian Army Has q
Gripping Tale That Every American win
Read, For He Tells the Facts-Unadorn.
ed. Wounded. a Distinguished Conduct
Medal Man, He Was Invalided Home.
but Is Going "0ut There" Again to Fight
For Uncle Sam and His Allies. An In
spirirg Interesting, Personal Narrative,
Full Of the Spirit and Atmosphere Of the
Trenches in France.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-08-17

A FEW days after the bombing
"A raid. which ended 30 disastrous
ly FOR ns, our battalion was re-.
lieved from duty ON the front line. and
the up We got was that We were 10 20
down 20 the big show then taking
place on the somme our relief was
q division of Australians. You see.
the sector which We bad held In Bel
gium was q sort ~ preparatory school
FOR the regular lighting over Ia France
Il wasn't long before we got into
What you might call the biz league
contest, hut ia the meanwhile we had
a little rest from battling Fritz aud
the opportunity 20 observe some things
which seem TO me 10 be- worth telling
about Those 81 you who are cxcln-
siyely fond Of tie stirring detail of
war. such as shooting aud being shot
at and bombing aud %bayonetlng. need
oniy skip q little of this We had an
entirely satisfactory amount " smoke
and excitement later
As o as our relief battalion had
got Ia we moved back 20 Puperinghe
Tor a couple ~ days rest. We were a
pretty contented aud Joyiul lot. our
platoon especially. We were an glad 10
set away FROM the strain OF holding a
front trench. aud there were other adj
y~antagcs For Instance. the altera-
lions % a muster due 20 casualties
had not come through battalion head
quarters, and therefore We had IN our
platoon slxty-three rum rations night
and morning and only sixteen men.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-08-17

On the night when we went In TO In
spect the positions we were to hold, our
scouts. leading us through the fiat des-
ert OF destruction, got completely turn
ed round and took us back through a
trench composed OF shell holes con-
nccted up until we ran into "A hattal-
ion of another brigade. The place was
dreadful beyond words. The stencil
OF the dead was sickcnlug. In many
places arms and legs OF dead men
stuck out of the trench walls.
We nude "a fresh start after our blum
der. moving IN single lille and keeping
iu touch each with the man ahead OF
him We stumbled along i'm the dark
ness through this awful labyrinth until
We ran into some OF our own scouts
at . a. m. and found that we were
halfway across No Mans land, sew
cral hundred yards beyond our front
line and likely to be utterly wiped out
In twenty seconds should the Germans
sight US. Fine guides we had ON this
Cooks tour AZ last we reached
our proper position, aud fifteen min
utos after we got there a whiz-bang. a
low explosive murderer. buried me
completely. They had 20 dig me out.
A few minutes later a high explosive
shell fell Ia a trench section where
three OF our men were stationed. An
we could ind after IL exploded were
one arm and one leg. which We buried.
The trenches were without trench
mats. and the mud was from six inches
20 three feet deep all through them
There were no dugouts. only merely
miserable funk holes dug where Il
was possible 10 dig them without un-
covering dead men. We remained in
this position four days. from the 18th
to the DIST OF October, 1916
There were reasons. OF course, for
the difference between conditions In
Belgium and on the Somme On the
Somme we We're constantly preparing
Tor a new advance, and we were only
temporarily established on ground
which we had but recently taken after
long drumming with big guns. The
trenches were merely she'll holes con
nected by bitches. Our old and ubiqui-
tous aud v%ariously useful friend. the
sandbag. was not present In any ca
pacity. and therefore We had no para
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-08-17

pets or dugouts. The communication
trenches were all blown In. and every
thing had 10 come 10 us overland, with
the result that we never were quite
sure when we would get ammunition.
rations or relief forces. The most aw-
ful thing was that the soil all about us
was filled with freshly buried men. If
we undertook to cut a trench or en-
large a funk hole our spades struck
into human flesh and the explosion Of
a big shell along our line sent decom-
posed and dismembered aud sickening
mementos Of an earlier hght shower
ing among US. We lived In the muck
and stencil Of glorious war, those Of
US who lived.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-08-17
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American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-08-17

him. Within sight Of the spot where
he sat wondering he later fen In action
and died. The scene which so inn
pressed him gave us all a feeling Of
great awe. Great shells from a thou
sand guns were streaking and crisis
crossing the sky. without glasses |
counted thirty-nine OF our observation
balloons. Away of IN the distance 1
saw II German captive balloon. The
other aircraft were uncountable. They
were everywhere, apparently In hun
dreds. There could have been no more
wonderful panorama picture OF war in
its new aspect.
our battalion was In and out OF the
town OF Albert several days waiting
for orders. The battle Of Courcelette
was then In progress, and the First.
Second and Third Canadian divisions
were holding front positions at terri
BILE cost. In the first part Of october,
1916. we went IN opposite the ia
nous Regina trench. The battle-ground
was just miles ana miles Of debris and
shell holes. Before we went to u
position the officers and non-coms
were taken In by scouts TO get the lay
Of the land. These trips were called
Cooks tours" On one OF them l
went through the town Of Poizers
twice and didn't know It. 1t had "A
population OF 1900 before the war.
On the spot where It had stood not
ever a whole brick was left. it seemed
Ito damnlitiop maa aonpfota Thaf
was an example of the condition OF the
whole country over which our forces
had blasted their way for ten miles
since the previous July. There were
not ever landmarks left.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-08-17

tralians on the Somme was a remark
able reflection of their fine courage
through all that hell. They went about
their work paying no attention to the
dying death about them.
III Fritz has a she'll with your name
and number IN il" said a British Tom
my 20 me n day. you're going to get
il, whether you're In the front line or
eve miles back. II he hasn't. you're
all right"
Fine lighters all. And the Scotch
kilties. lovingly called by the Germans
the women from hell" have the re
spect Of all armies. We saw little Of
the poilus. except IA few ON leave. An
the men are self sacrificing to one an
other In that big melting pot from
which So few ever emerge whole. The
only things it IS legitimate to steal in
the code of the trenches are rum and
flags" (cigarettesl. Every other pos
session is as safe as II It wore a patent
lock.
The ifth article Of this remarkable
personal narrative will appear soon
Il is entitled
No. 5-Wounded In Action.
This article describes the terrible fight
tho dead ana dying, the loss OF a pal and
tho final falling OF McClintock In No
Mans Land. Simply told. II Is ono OF the
most remarkable descriptions OF a battle
by a particulars ever put together
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-08-17
Down 70 the Somme.

We began our march TO the Somme
by a hike 20 81. Omer. tho first Brit
ish headquarters ia Europe. Then we
stopped for "A week about twenty miles
from Calais, whore wa underwent a
course OF intensified training for open
hghting. The Infantry tactics, In
which we were drilled, We're very SINH
lar to those OF the United States army,
those which. la fact. were originated
hy the United states troops In the days
OF Indian dghtlng. We covered most
OF the ground around Calais on our
stomachs Ia open order. While It may
seem impairment for me. a mere non
com. 10 express an opinion about the
larger affairs OF the campaign, | think
| may be excused FOR saying that the
! war didn't at all take the course which
was expected and hoped for after the
Hght on the Somme. Undoubtedly the
allies expected to break through the
German line. That Is well known now
While we were being trained rear Ca
lais for open warfare a very large
force Of cavalry was being assembled
hAAA lAfANNAAh ANA hNt 0AAlN HhA ibHff ~
was never used.
That was last August. and the allies
haven't broken through yet. Even
tually | believe they will break
through. but In my opinion men who
are drawn FOR service In the FIRST
half million or our new American
army viii bc veterans In Europe before
the big break comes which viii wreck
the prusslan hope OF success Ina this
war Aud II we Of the U. S. A. don't
throw Ia the weight to beat the Prus-
SLAMS now they viii not Doe beaten, and
IN that case the day win not be very
FAR distant when we will have 90 beat
them to save our homes and our ma
tion. War Is q dreadful and iuglorious
and IN smelling and cruel thlng. But
N we hold hack now we win be- in the
logical position OF a man hesltatlug 20
go 90 grips with Il drunken. savage.
shriehing. srcwiug maniac who has an
hut whipped his proper Keepers and IS
going after the oulookcr However. 1
wish We had had two months more OF
weather on the Sommc There might
have been a different story 10 tell
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-08-17

tie was told me by one Of our men.
who said be was there when 10 began
lie said one Of the Australians had
carelessly remarked that the British
generals had decided IA was time TO
get through with the sideshow Ia Bel.
GUM. and this was the reason why
they had sent regular troops like the
Australians IA TO relieve the Canadians.
Then some sensitive Canadian wish
ed the Australians luck ana hoped
they'd finish Il up as well as they had
the affair In the Dardanelles. After
that our WI days rest was made up
principally OF beating Il out OF esta-
mlnas when strategic requirements
suggested a new base or beating II into
estaminas when It looked as II we
could act as efficient re-enforcements.
That fight stopped for forty-eight
hours. and the only places It didn't
include were the church and the hos
pitfalls. IN bet 10 this day that the
Belginns who run the estaminas in
Poperinghe will duck behind the bars
n you Just mention Canada and Aus
trnlia IN the same breath.
BUT I'm bound 10 say that II was
good. clean lighting. Nobody fred a
shot. nobody pulled a bayonet, and no.
body got the wrong idea about any
thing. The Australian heavyweight
champion who landed on me went
right out In the street and saluted one
OF our ileutenants. We had just one
satisfying reflection after the fight was
over the Australian battalion that re
lleved rs fell heir 10 the counterattack
which the Germans sent across to even
up on our bombing raid.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-08-17

The hfth article Of this remarkable
personal narrative will appear 500
IL As entitled.
The Pulaskian., 1917-08-03
MAY BE GREATEST
 CONFLICT 0F WAR
FRENCH AND BRITISH TROOPS CARRY OUT JOINT ATTACK
 SOUTH OF YPRES.
GERMANS WERE PREPARED
Losses of the Allies Were Relatively Small, While the Germans Suffer ed Heavily-10 Villages and B.
 500 Prisoners Captured.

New York.-The great assault Of the entente allies, for which the big guns had been preparing for three weeks, has begun in Flanders along a front of about 20 miles from Dixmude to south of Ypres around Wareton.
 Starting with the first peep of day the attack, carried out jointly by French and British troops the Frenchmen holding the line north of Boesinghe and the British between that town and gained all that the entente had sought. The Frenchmen hold two lines of captured German trenches and Field Marshal Baig's men three lines, in addition to 10 or more towns and villages and more than $500 prisoners.
 Although the Teutons had massed almost countless numbers of guns and many fresh divisions to hold back the expected onslaught, the British and French carried out their operations with dash and determination. Al some points so determined were the attacking forces that frequently they passed the assigned objectives and pressed on and took ground that had not been figured on.
 The losses of the allies were rela- lively slight, while the Germans suf- fered heavily
 Although the latest reports are that the Germans are launching a heavy counterattack at the point where the British and French forces meet, statements from the front say that the morale of the allies is splen- did while that of the Germans is far below their normal.
 A majority of the positions taken by the allies had been in the posses sion of the Teutons since they in- vaded Belgium The French attack which resulted in the capture of Steenstraete was pushed on beyond that town and penetrated the German lines to depth of nearly two and d half miles. The British placed their deepest wedge into the line to a depth of two miles.
 The French troops operating along the Aisne front have put down strong attacks by the army of the German crown prince at Hurtebise and Cerny and have assumed the offensive and have advanced their line along the entire front.
The Pulaskian., 1917-08-03
EXEMPTION BOARDS
 GET INSTRUCTIONS
THEY ARE GIVEN WARNING OF SERIOUSNESS OF THEIR TASK
 JUDGES OF HUMAN LIVES.

Washington.-The gravity of the task which faces members of local exemption boards is called to their at tention in solemn language in com munication sent broadcast by the War Department and made public by Pro yost Marshal General Crowder.
 ''The selected man offers his life" :" says Gen. Crowder. Tt will strength en you to remember that for every exemption or discharge that is made for individual convenience, or to es- cape personal loss of money or prop erty, or for favor or affection, some other man whose time would not otherwise have come must incur the risk of losing his life"
 The boards are told they are not courts to adjust differences between two persons in controversy.
 You, acting for the government" ]" says the communication, "are to in- vestigate each case in the interests of the nation and never in the inter ests of an individual"
 Gen. Crowder closes with the dec laration that the nation needs men quickly, and the boards will receive little praise and some blame"
 Your only reward" he says, must be the knowledge that at great per sonal sacrifice you are rendering your country an indispensable service in a matter of the utmost moment"
 President Wilson issued an execu- tive order directing government off cials to exercise the greatest care" in issuing exemption affidayits to em- ployes in the civil executive depart ments, emphasizing the high nation al importance of carrying out "the spirit of the selective service act and of securing it's fullest effectiveness by holding in military service all drafted men who are not absolutely indispensable" to department work.
The Pulaskian., 1917-08-03
COMMISSIONERS DoWELL, HALL AND BERGER BEGIN TOUR
 OF DISTRICT.
ACCOMPANIED BY ENGINEER
Ditch in Cache River Rottoms Will Be Thirty Miles Lone-Estimated Cost Is 300,o0o-RecIaim Thou
 sands of Acres.
Jonesboro.

ooA-OSNOAO.- s. c. Dowell of Walnut Ridge, Ben H. Berger and A. w. Hall of Jones' boro, the commissioners of the Tri- County Drainage District of Craig head, Lawrence and Jackson counties, with the engineer, James Rhine of Corning, left for two weeks trip over the bounds of the district to ar range for the assessment.
 This ditch will be 30 miles in length, and will cost in the neighborhood of $300,000 The ditch will reclaim many thousands of acres of land that is not now available for cultivation The ditch is in the Cache River bot toms, which is very fertile part of the three counties embraced in tic district.
The Pulaskian., 1917-08-03
WAR TAX INCREASES
 ARE DECIDED UPON
TOTAL WILL REACH $2,ooo, 100000 UNDER BILL-coMMITTEE
 IN ACCORD.
LIQUOR LEVY IS REVISED
Senate Finance Committee Estimates That With Additional $1 Per Gallon On Distilled Spirits $9o,ooo,oo0
 Revenue Win Be Added.

Washington.-Incr Of the pend ing war tax bill to total of S2.00S,- 000,000 was decided upon by the Sen ate finance committee by increases on corporations normal income taxes, on income taxes of individuals of sl5,000 and over and further increase of q per gallon on distilled spirits and 50 cents more on beer, together with a few other minor tax increases.
 The committee decided to increase the present two per cent normal rate on corporate incomes to six per cent, as against four per cent in the bill as originally drawn, yielding $162 000,000 additional revenues. The increase in surtax rates on individual incomes of $15,000 and more was estimated to raise from s25,000.00o to $36 GOO additional.
 In revising the liquor schedules, tho committee estimated in adding $1 per gallon to the tax on distilled spirits, or to total of $3.20 per gallon-$2.10 over the present law--that $90,000,0 000 more revenue would be secured from that source. The increase of 50 cents q barrel on beer was estimated to yield $25,000,000 more revenue, mak- ing the beer tax s325 per barrel, as compared with s1.50 under existing law and $2.75, as originally proposed in the bill.
 The exact rzfes Of the surtax in- creases on individual incomes of Sis,- 900 and more were not decided.
 The income tax increases would re- suit in total levy upon corporate and individual incomes of the war Of at least $1 ,049, 100000. It was stated that the committee might decide against further increase on excess profits.
 The additional taxes on liquor would increase revenues from that source from $155, ,900,O ,O00 to at least s270,000,- GOO, with the increase of S90, DOC, GOO from distilled spirits and S25. 600, ,00O from beer. Senator Sinnlons also stated that wine taxes also will he in- creased. The committee plans, how ever, to raise sS,000,000 more reue. nues from wines.