Evening star., 1917-12-09
GOES over TOP AT |:
WOMAN SLAcKERs
Sergf. Empey, American Suh
dier Of Fortune, Flags Felnl.
nine War idlers.

'The thing was worried a6su4 ~aa
not how to ret the bayonse out sf I'm
but how. to get Il In him. satd ewR4
Arthur Guy Empey Of the LenAen Ter.
ritorials yesterday. telling Of his sS-
periences while fighting hand-te-hsnd
with big PrussiAn In Q Germaa
trench after his company had gone
"over tho top"
Yesterday's lecture was held unasr
the auspices Of the war work cosncil
ISOLATION. and shortly after o'clock
the standing room only sign was
hung out. testifying to the popularity
thousands OF Americans what war on
the western front really ID like.
Work Of the Red Cross. the Ye1ng
Mems Christian Association and the
in providing comforts and help 10 chs
soldiers In the trenches wer6 de-
scribed by Sergt. Empey. He carried
his audience Uith him from the Tina hs
sailed from New York to sniist ia L.enr
base hospital with q nurse standing
over him after trench raid. In which
seventeen Of a company OF twenty were
killed.
-: How Women Fight.
go through the country Of England
through the factories OF Woolwich and
London. there you will see why wsnen
will do a great share in winning the
war;" said Sergt Empey. Every wom-
an working in overalls in England to-
day "a releasing . man to hght
in fine Inc clothes clothes and and furs | are a eve every one
Of them keeping q man from tbs Afink
line. When. at the close Of the var
our boys march in review through he
lea the women in ovefslls win consta-
tute & guard OF honor to the fighting
men.
"a SAns q, then where will the women m
They win be somewhere in the bedk
streets. keeping out of the view Of
those who won the war;"
trseest. secss EmPsys ,s stories Of lie r sss
humor. HIS characterisatiens Of sss
speech and actions OF the British SOL
der won his audience. Eulogising the
s%omradeship conn Of the British soldier.
MY conception Of the Britishsr has
changed. Before I enlisted I pictured
the British soldier as q great brute,
with a red coat holding q struexlinc
American by the neck. found that
my conception was only modelled on
humorous lines. The Tommy" % TIE
finest comrade in the world. and sure
tly9 no better soldier can be found. Al
ways full OF humor and long-headed
and cool in the thick Of battle. his stay.
ing qualities endear him even to an
American. to whom such qualities are
everyday matters"
cover the Top"
Going over the top. the ultimate aim
of every soldier was described graphic
ally by Sergt rEmDey. MY company
received word that the barrage fre
would be lifted at 4 o'clock to the
hour we were to go over and take the
German trench. And they do not say,
Please go over and take that trench
IN France When they say take Il
second in the line which was to mount
the ladder Of DEATH the soldier name
Tor the sealing ladders In the trenches.
Well. figured out that the flrst Ssw
1y get 1t, as bullets from the machine
guns were knocking little spurts Of
sand. In our eyes as We waited for the
whistle. thought an American must
back in the middle. and yelled that I
had left my gas mask in the dug
out. and started back for II. I hadnF
gone ten steps before q British SER
After that there was nofhinS to
but to go. even withfonly one man In
front OF me, and ove& we went
Il hadn't gone five cards through the
line in the barbed wire before the man
In front Of me spun to the side and
dropped over on his back. I had no
feeling in my legs. but the ground
seemed to be moving to the rear, 90 I
! thought / must be going right, and
sure enough before I knew Il 4 was
facing q monstrous Prussian Funi1y
thing. couldn't remember the instruc-
tons of the bayonet sergeant back in
BfiEhty as to how to parry a bayonet
thrust, and there was that biz hoche
with what seemed like seven bayonAts,
all searching for q atste Of Empey
blood. -
Somehow I got my steel into. him and
then lost II. for the weight Of his body
pulled the gun out of my hands. Gum
less and bombless stood in the trench
watching q combat between four Tom
mics and q German officer. when I felt
q shock in my shoulder. and was lost
to the light from that time on"
German propaganda in the United
States was scored by Sergt. Empey, who
declared a pro-German attempt to In
terfere with the work Of the Red Cross
Is now being conducted in this country.
Sergt- Empey spoke last night in Bal
timore.
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