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Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1917-08-03
WELCOME,
ElGHTY-SEVENTH CANADIANS

we were new battalion. We Ind
been less than scvcnty-two hours on
mo continent OF Europe. ana the Ger.
mans were not supposed To know any.
thing that was going on behind orr
llnes
we learned nftcrwnrd that conccnlef
telephones In the houses of tho Bel.
ginn burgomastcrs OF the villages OF
Dinklebllsch and Rcnninghclst. nenr
our position. gave communication with
tho German headquarters opposite us
ono or the dulles OF detail OF our
men soon after that was to stand these
TWO hurgomastcrs up against a wall
and Shoe, them.
In concluding this first article | want
to say frankly that any man who
claims he Is not afraid when for thr
iirst time hc goes into that he'll OF fire
on tho western front Is llnr, and iii
tell him so TO his faco. Later wo be.
eamo impcrvlous. but that first dny
prayed, and | would hnvc bent down
and prayed only my knees shook 80.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1917-08-03
were tho last TO dIsemhnrE.

The majoxlty of our fellows had new
or been i'll England before, and they
looked on our travels at that time as
fine lark. Everybody cheered and
laughed when they busted off one Of
those little toy trains and brought It
up to take us away in it. After we
were aboard of 1t we proceeded at tho
dizzy rate of about four miles IN hour,
and our regular company humorist-
no company complete without one
suggested that they were afraid. II
they went any faster. they might la.l
of the island before they could sto,.
We We're taken 10 Brarnshott camp. in
Hampshire. twelve miles from the
AldcrShot school cf command. The
next day we We're given Kings leave
eight days. with free transportation
anywhere in Tie British Isles. Ii is
the invnrlable custom To give this soy;
Of leave to I'LL colonial troops immcdi.
ntcly upon their arrival In England.
However, In our case Ireland was bar
rcd. Just Mt that time Ireland was no
place for IL newly arrived Canadian
looking for sport.
After that they really began to make
soldiers of us. We thought our train
Ing I'm Canada Ind amounted To some
thing. WE found out that we miriit
as we'll have been playing croqrot
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1917-08-03

ment, call it what you WILL The rest
Of my story is simple relation Of
facts and occurrences in the order in
which they came to my notice and hap
pened to me. 1t may start off little
slowly and jcrkily, just MS we did, not
knowing what was coming to us. I'd
like to add that it got quite hot enough
to suit me later several times. There
fore, rs my effort is going to be to
carry you right along with me I'm this
account Of my experiences. don't be
impatient IL nothing very important
seems to come off Mt first felt lit
tie ennui myself ut the getaway. But
that was certainly one thing that didn't
annoy me later.
In the latter part of October, 1915. I
decided that the United States ought
to be fighting along with England and
France ON account OF the way Belgium
had been treated, if for no other reason,
AS there seemed to be considerable
division of opinion on this point among
the people at home, came to the con-
cluslon that any man who was free,
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1917-08-03
In the Front Trenches.

We got into poprringhc at { n. H..
and the scouts had led us into the
front trenches at /. the next morning.
Our position w:la To the left of st. Eloi
ana was known ns "the island" be.
cause IL had no support on either flank.
On the left were the User cnnnl and
the blum which forms It's bunk. On
tie right were 200 yards of battered
down trenches, which had been rebuilt
twice ana blown In again each time
ny Tie German guns. For some rca.
son. which never quite understood,
the Germans were able TO drop what
seemed Iolcnbly large proportion of
the output of the Krupp works on this
particular spot whenever they wanted
to. Our high command hnd concluded
mat IL WAS untcnnbe, and so We, OH
one side of it, and the British, OH the
other, had To just keep 1t secuted and
protect our separate TANKS Another
name they had for that position was
the bird cage" That was because
tic first fellows who moved into Il
mnde themselves nice and comfy aud
put up wire MEETINGS TO prevent any
one from tossing bombs I'm ON them.
Thus, when the Germans stirred up
the spot with m accurate shower OF
"whiz bangs" and "coal boxes" the
same being thirteen Founders and six
Inch shells, that wire netting presented
n spectacle OF utter inadcquacy which
hasn't been cqualcd I'm this war.
They called the position which we
were assigned TO defend "thc grave.
yard of Cnnada." That was because
OF the fearful losses of the Canadians
here in the second battle of Yprcs.
from April ri TO June 1, 1915. when
the first gus attack in the worlds his
tory was launched by the Germans,
and, although the French on the left
and the British on the right fell back,
the Canadians stayed where they were
put.
Right here ! can mention something
which will give you an idea why de-
scriptions OF this war don't describe it.
During the first gas attack tho Cana
dians, choking TO death and falling
over each other in fight against q
new and unheard of terror I'm warfare,
found way-the Lord only knows
who first discovered 1t and how he
happened to do ito stay through n
gas cloud and come out alive. 1t isn't
pretty to think of, and It's like many
other things in this war which you
can't even tell of in print, because the
simple description would violate the
nice ethics about reading matter for
the public eye which have grown up in
long years OF peace and traditional dcf
cency. But this thing which you can't
describe meant just the difference be-
tween life and death to many of the
Canadians that first day of the gas.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1917-08-03

Y DON'T lay claim to being much of
Il II writer, and up till now I have
never felt the call to write my
thing about my experiences with the
Canadian troops in Belgium and
France, because 1 have realized that
n great many other men saw quite as
mich as l did and could bent me tell
ing about it. or course believed that
my experience was worth relating, and
] thought that the matter published in
the newspapers by professional writ
.ers sort Of missed the essentials and
lacked the spirit of the bitches" in n
good many ways in spite OF its excel
lent literary style, but didn't see any
reason why it was up to HE to make
IN effort as war historian until now.
Now there is reason, as look Mt It,
i believe can show the two or three
millions Of my fellow countrymen who
will be ''out there" before this war Is
over what they are going to be up
against and what they ought to pre-
pare for personally and individually.
That is as far rs am going to go in
the wny Of excuse. explanation or COM
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1917-08-03
No. 4.-shifted 60 the somno.

Sergeant McClintock takes part in tho
greatest OF nll battles aud tells OF tho
hell Of II. rhc front In UcItIum ,vn.
really rest sector In comparison with
H. ho says. The extensive prepare Iong
o. tho nllica Tor open warfare mfterward
abandoned because OF tho failure OF cx-
pccted Developments
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1917-08-03
A Call For Volunteers.

On June 2. after tho third battle OF
Ypres, while Mcfarland and were
sitting YEARLY OH our hunks during
strange hour In tho afternoon when
nobody had thought of anything for
us to do, II soldier came In with n
message from headquarters which put
sudden stop to the discussion we
were having nbout the possibility OF
getting leave to go UP to London. The
message was that tilr First. Second
and Third divisions or the Canadians
had lost 40 per cent or thCir men in the
third light At Yprcs and thnt 800 volun.
tecrs were wanted frcm each Of our
hnttalions To iii sp t':t gaps
Forty per 60 IT," said Mcfarland.
getting up quic,l,'. My Cod. think of
it! Wei, I'm or to tell 'cn I'll no."
l told him / WAS with him. and We
started FOR headquarters. expecting TO
be received with applause aud pointed
out rs heroic examples. We couldn't
even get up to give in our names The
whole battallcn had gone up ahead OF
us. They heard about 1t first. That
was the spirit of tho Canadians. 1t
wds about this time that story went
round concerning nn English colonel
who had been called upon to furnish
volunteers from his outfit TO replace
casualties. lie backed his regiment up
against IL barrack will md said:
Now, all who don't want 10 volun.
tecr step three PAGES to the rear"
In our battalion scrgcants and even
officers offered to 20 rs privntcs. Nc
Fnrlnn0 ana ! We're not accepted; our
volunteers went atlonce and we were
REINFORCED up TO strength by drafts
from the Fifth Canadian division.
which was then forming IN England
IN July, when we were being kept
on the rifle ranges most OF the time,
all leave was stopped. Rnl we were
ordered to hold ourselves IN readiness |
TO 20 overseas. In the latter part of
the month we started. We sailed from
southampton to IIavre Oh u big trans |
port, escorted nll the way by destroy. |
crs. AS we landed we got our first |
sight of the harvest I'll war; a big hos. |
pital on the quay. was flied with |
wounded men. We hnd twcnty-four
hours In what ;Hey called II "rcst
camp We slept on cObblcstoncs I'm
sliackS which were so utterly comfort
less that II would lie nn insult 10 n
Kentucky thoroughbred To call them
stables. Then we were OH the way TO
the Belgian town of ropcringlIo. which
Is 100 miles from Ilnvrc and was nt
That time the rail head of the Yprcs
salient We made the trip In box ears
which weAe marked in f'icnch, Eight
horses or forty men," ana we hud to
draw straws to decide who Should lie
down.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1917-08-03
No.l. In Training
BY Sergeant Alexander McClintock,
ID. G.. NJ, S7th Overseas Batt.,
Canadian Gren. Guards.
Copyright. 1911. by tho Bell Syn
dictate, Inc.
FOREWORD.

Here IL literary product achich is at
once an admirable example Of the force
OF simple realism IN the description of
things tchich are difficult of ordinary
comprehension and handbook and
guide for every prospective soldier of
our armies.
Sergeant McClintocE has not acriitcn
stories about the 1car. He has. 1ciittcu
the ,car Itself, reducing II, ono might
almost say, to a0ords of ono syllable,
net bringing to the readers Vic,u, clear
IN and Uividlu, the va,ioas aspects of
the great struggle, hidden to all ertopt
tho man ,oho Is actually part of IT,.
HIS contribution to tho history of tho
aoar must DO cldsscd as ono 4ohich
shines toiih a nc,o light.
1t Is fascinating IN It's simplicity, net
thrilling IN its convincing detail. 1t
leads ono, tCith opcr0rO ioing and COM
polling interest, from q casual CONFER
.sation IN a hotel IN Nc,o York through
scenes of strife and blood aud thrilling
conflict to the moment 1chcn tho King
and queen of England came to the bed
side of a Kentucky youth ~ a London
hospital to thank him In tho ndmo of
their nation for his Scrriccs IN tho
cause tchich acc have noio como to rec
.O9niSc as that of 1corld humanity.
Sergeant lfcClintock rccciucd the Dis
.finguishcd Conduct medal before lcdu-
ing England for homo on lcduc. He Is
returning TO accept Il commission IN tho
Canadian overseas forces. The story Is
told im McClintock's oi0n unddorncd
..CdV.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1917-08-03
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
Gripping Tale That Every American Will
Read, For He Tells the Facts-Unadorn-
ed. Wounded, Distinguished Conduct
Medal Man, He Was Invalided Home,
but Is Going "out There" Again to Fight
For Uncle Sam and His Allies. an IA
spring, Interesting, Person live,
Full of the Spirit and Atmosphere Of the
Trenches.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1917-08-03

Tho five remaining articles IN this
remarkable sprlcs will appear ono each
week. They nro MS follows:
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1917-08-03
No. 5.-Wounded In Action.

This article describes the terrible fight
the dead and dying. the loss OF II pal and
tho final fnlllng of McClintocls I'm No
Mans Land. Simply told, II Ia ono of the
most remarkable descriptions or u battle
by participant ever put together
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1917-08-03

white aud twenty-ona and felt rs diu
ought to go over aud get into 1t single
handed on the side where his convic-
lions led him. II there wasn't some par
tcular reason why lie couldn't Nrhere-
fore | said goodby TO my parents aud
friends i'll Lexington and started for
New York with the idea of sailing for
Franco and joining the Foreign legion
of the French army.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1917-08-03

Tho English Tommy'a battle cry ms he
breaks from his trench. Tho bomb raid
anu what happened. or sixty that start
ca iorty-slN failed to return because the
uermhhs had prepared ana mined the
trench Graphic description OF Sergeant
McCllntock's terrible cNperIcncc
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1917-08-03

This concluding article OF tho series re-
lates In detail how England cares for thu
wounded. How tho king ana queen came
to tho bed OF IN American boy and dec
GRATED him In n London hospital for gnl-
lantry. Interesting. Intimate md amuI-
ing incidents told by and of tho wounded
Tonmlcs. Trying to fight for Uncle Sam.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1917-08-03

No. Elaborated For Bravery; Home
and Uncle Sam.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1917-08-03
No. 2.-Tho Bomb Raid.

Tho great preparations nnd rchcnrs,ny
FOR this attack Volunteer. for tho ioh
taken hchind the line where tho German
trenches are exactly reproduced. Tho
days OF preparation. Heretofore unwrlt-
ten detail OF modern trench raids. This
article concludes with tho men going out
TO their job.
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No. S-"ovor tho Top and Give EN-
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Norwich bulletin., 1917-01-13

that there will be further delay through an appeal to a higher court. Since there has been a determined ef- fort IT ade to put a stop to such dis regard for American rights, these matters have been less in the lime light. The evidence that this coun- try would not tolerate the contin- uance and the punishment which has been meted out 70 others in previous cases have had their good effect, yet they do not offer any reason for over looking the offenses for which Con- sul Bopp has been found guilty by the federal court.
 This case has served to bring out new facts in regard to the plots which have been started and backed in this country by. the representatives of foreign nations. Whether. or not the lower ccart's jury will be sup ported in it's verdict remains to be determined, but if it is the accused deserves full punishment for his op- erations. It is in fact @ situation where the country which he repre- sents must feel itself deeply interest ed if not called upon to repudiate whatever he may have done which was in violation of this nations laws.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-01-13
INSTITUTIONAL FIRE PROTEc-
 TON

A lesson to which no slight import
 ance can be attached is furnished by
 that instance in Kentucky where the
 lives of 80 prisoners were threatened
 by a fire raging in the jail building,
 which made 1t impossible to enter
 that portion of it where the cell block
 was located and it became necessary to blast through the outer walls in order to release the men who were locked in individual cells.
 Fire as we'll as escape is one of the things which cannot be too carefully guarded against in such an institu- tion, but it is a danger which must be kept constantly in mind in every place where many people are kept or reside, particularly when they are handicapped by age or restrictions from looking out for themselves un- der such conditions. It may be possi terror of those prisoners. even though the cell block was of fire proof con struction, for it must be remembered that even though they might have been protected against being burned alive there is always that additional danger of suffocation.
 It is probable that a reoccurrence of that experience will be carefully guarded against by those who main tain that Kentucky jail, but 1t is nev- ertheless a warning to all others else where upon whose shoulders a simi- lar responsibility is placed. Such warnings may not be an every day feature of the news. for which there Is every reason to be grateful, but it ought not to be lost sight of when ever and wherever 1t occurs. Inmates of public institutions, or even private ones, ought to be carefully safe guarded at all times and the only time to do this is before such trouble de- NrelnYoS
Norwich bulletin., 1917-01-13
AFTER THE DOG,

While the need for more sheep is being pointed out in order to con- tribute to the wool and meat supply something more than talk is going on in the neighboring state of Massachu- setts. There the board of agriculture has voted to ask the legislature to en- courage sheep raising and it would have it do so by taking determined action against the sheep killing dogs.
 Its idea is to have created a staff of dog officers whose duty it would be to see that sheep killing dogs are eliminated from sections where sheep are raised.
 Whether this would be the most satisfactory method of dealing with this problem is uncertain, for if it would accomplish no more than is done by some of the fish and game wardens in prevention of the viola ton of existing laws, it would not be likely to help the situation very much. But there is one thing, about it and that is that the Massachusetts board of agriculture has made up it's mind that the sheep killing dog must go and it is not believed that they would insist upon the carrying out of their plan if one could be presented that would be more effective.
 The dog has gotten himself in dis repute. Massachusetts is not the only state which has determined to take steps to see that he is removed or kept where he belongs and in the in terest of the sheep industry it is high time that the matter should get con sfderation at the present session Of the Connecticut general assembly
Norwich bulletin., 1917-01-13

dogma, si! But Corsica-no! She belongs to Italy geographically, but politically to France And the great est of all these outworlSs in Sicily.
 As in the case of Japan, the sur rounding sea makes a vast difference in the Italian climate. Judged by it's position alone, the peninsula should be about the hottest part of Europe 1t is only 90 miles from the southern shore of Sicily to Africa. But the twin seas and the ever snow-capped noun tains temper the heat, and the regional peculiarities are such that we find Turin. for instance, colder in winter than Copenhagen, and Milan as warm in summer as Naples. These same striking differences characterizos the vegetation also. North of the Apen- hines nothing will grow that cannot withstand sharp frosts, yet in vir- tually the same latitude the strip of coast called the Riviera di Geneva sports luxuriant palms and cactus and olives, while oranges and lemons are the most important crops"
Norwich bulletin., 1917-01-13
THE ENEMIES REPLY.

The reply which the entente DOW CTS have made to the note of Presi- dent Wilson follows the line which this country had reason to expect. It has even gone further than that from the central powers inasmuch as it contains an outline of the terms which would be agreeable to them in the establishment of peace, but it has named terms which, while no differ ent than those which have heretofore been voiced by the premiers and apokesmen of the several countries. there is no reason to believe that their opponents will accept. Whether it will result in a presentation of the demands Of the central powers re- mains to be seen.
 The allies take pains to point out that they are not fighting for sell fish interests, but for the safeguard ing of the independence of peoples and the rights of humanity. They take the opportunity to re1terate again that the central powers are re- sponsfble for the war, that they have sion, that they have not been guided by the rules of war but have pro- ceeded to engage in a series of un- dustihable acts, massacres, barbara ties, and murders which has culrni- mated in the deportation and reduc- ton to slavery of civil populations.
 It may be that the allies have not closed the door to peace, but they have nevertheless set forth their terms in a manner which gives no hope that the enemy will meet them 1t will be possible of course to con- tinue the talk as to what compromises might be made but it is their belief that 1t is impossible at present to at- tain a peace which will assure them reparation, restitution and guaran- tees to which they claim they are en- titled. They insist that they will continue the war until victory makes that possible,
Norwich bulletin., 1917-01-13
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Not ToId HaIf the story.

Mir. Editor: Please allow another sufferer from the ''N. C." EorWlch gas voice approval of the protests made through the medium of your valuable paper. The letters already published have not half told the story or the discomforts caused by inhaling the nauseating fumes of the ''N. G. gas the commissioners are giving us.
 It is a miracle that everyone who ig obliged to use that vile stuff calico gas is not under a doctors care. It they are not they will be, for there is likely to be an epidemic of throat and lung diseases as the result of inhalinG this poisonous ordor that will be more fatal than the infantile paralysis Of last summer. The author of letter No. l, printed about ten days ago, asks: How long are we to endure, etc" A yet we have had no answer to the question-not even a peep. Here is another question: Are the men who run our city gas plant asleep, or are they altogether unmindful of the i'm terest and comfort of us poor mor~ tals? Perhaps they are fortunate enough not to be obliged to use the deadly sickening stuff for illuminating and cooking and so do not know how vile the odor is It is claimed there is nothing about the gas that can impair our health.
 Now Mir. N. G. Gas Man. I know if Q beautiful healthy plant will droop and shed all it's leaves in a few hours ttiS SeiiilC eiNAlDbptlGiE AluHL uE LAT AAADlE disastrous to human beings. "Do we need to have the gas and electric commission doubled again?" Decided ly, No! but we do evidently need a commission that is awake and alive to the interest and comfort of the people they are chosen to serve, as well as an efficient superintendent. Have we such a commission and superintendent2 If there are no satisfactory answers to these questions, let Us ass residents of The Rose rebel by shutting off every pipe and going back to the good old methods of lighting by burning oil or even candles.
 ANOTHER SUFFERER.
 Norwich, Jan. II, 1917.