Gunnison news-champion., 1917-12-28

line, there are no such things - beda.
and one simply lies on stretcher with
his clothes all on.
pital found q policeman on duty
fhere. but I simply said the magic
word Duty and walked right BY him
! got 4 lift on q motor Iorry for four
teen miles. and I walked the other
eight back to camp
When I returned and reported my.
self they asked me for my discharge
sheet. but said had lost Il. so there
was nothing they could do about IT,
In the spring OF 1915 the kaiser paid
. visit to the German trenches guess
be came very quietly for the first We
knew of II was when the Germans In
the trenches opposite US raised 4 big
board above their parapet. on which
wns printed something like this:
THE EMPEROR WAS HERE YEsTER.
DAY.
HAD rot ONLY KNOWN
THE ENGLISH WERE EVER Slow
Our chaps printed Q board which
went them one better. II said:
THE KING HAS BEEN HERE TWICE
TOMORROW THE PRESIDENT
OF FRANCE COMES
WE ARE NOT AFRAID TO TELL YOU
NOW
FRITZ. YoU ARE HARMLESS,
To carry the joke to the end some
body dug up u silk hat from some
where. and about o'clock all the fel.
lows began to cheer. They stuck the
hat on the end Of q stick and carried
Il along the trench SO that II could be
seen.
That hat WAS absolutely iddled with,
bullets. but they carried II clear to the
end Of the trench. and then they threw
both hat and stick over the parapet. 10
that the Germans could see how they
had been fooled And how our fellows
howled!
The Germans were 30 mad ! think
they would have done VI violence had
they had the opportunity A little
thing like that means . lot to the boys
IN the trenches. and II d the subject
Of conversation for days and days
afterward
Later We began to have more trouble
with spies- We caught punches Of
them. but there always seemed to bs
more about Occasionally there would
b Belgian among them. but for the
most part they were Germans. and We
could not understand Il We caughf
them In al guises. but for the greater
part they seemed to fancy kits o. b.
ing above suspicion. On the face .of
the thing this b ridiculous for Who
can initiate the Scotch accent % = -
get BY In the British linesf
In one week We caught fourteen Ger.
Dans who were wearing the kilt. and
they all seemed very much surprised
that they should have been captured
while posing ~ Scotchmen-
To put q stop to this spying Il vas
decided to close all roads fpe y period
of twenty-four hours All men were
warned that from . O'Clock on such
and such . night until O'Clock the
following night they were not to leave
their units without the special paD
provided for these twenty -four >houA
Sentries were placed 200 yards apart
On all the roads In the daytime and 100
yards at night AL these preparations
were made very quietly and the great
sst secrecy preserved. I was detailed
with ny car to patrol certain roads
during the twenty-four hours. and. oe
course. all the other roads 'wers %.
troiled too. We bad orders to stop ~
cry one We met, and u they we're ose
provided with the special pass We were
to take them prisoners regardless of
what uniform they were wearing. lt
looked like tfresome work. but Il prov
ed to be rather exciting.
started over my route promptly at
o O'Clock. and you may be sure Mas
all on edge to make Q capture. Ny
car was flying the nag Of the army
corps headquarters, 20 I wss not both
cred by the sentries stopping me. I
went over the route the 6rst time with
out meeting Q soul who wasn't quite
all right. was much disappointed.
for thought would be picking up
spies wholesale On the second trip I
began to think that was going TO
have about the same tpck - did %
the nrst. for everything seemed vsfy
Nuief and peaceful
came to the village os Herzee3e and
turned into the road which leads 70
;Wafoo. and. q said. was begin-
ming to b slck sf ny lob. Tbese was
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