The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-07-27

ection of bayonet thrust and con-
rolled by button at the left hand
.rasp of the rifle. Besides his rife, all
# these men carried six or eight Mills
70. hand grenades, weighing from a
)ound and five ounces to pound and
seven ounces each.
The Lineup.
| They are the same shape as a turkey
| ,gg and a little larger. Upon with
lrawing the firing pin lever sets
our second fuse going. One Of these
yrenades will clean out anything Hv-
ng in a ten foot trench section. 1t
will also kill the man who is throwing
t if he holds it more than four sec
)nds after he has pulled the pin. The
bird man Of each ten was an expert
| bomb thrower, equipped as lightly as
| possible to give him freedom of ac-
| ion. He carried a few bombs himself,
out the main supply was carried by
he fourth man, who was not to throw
my unless the third man became
casualty, in which case No. 4 was to
AXE his place. The third man also
carried knob kerrie, a heavy bludgeon
% be used in whacking an enemy over
he head. Ours were made by faSten-
ng heavy steel nuts on a stout stick
If wood, g very businesslike cOntri-
rance. The fourth man, or bomb car
.ier, besides having a large supply of
<1ae. I,6 ,<,ly hNr he n
De used in smoking the Germans out
If dugouts and later, if necessary, in
covering our retreat, and also fumite
bombs. The latter are very dangerous
% handle. They contain mixture OF
petrol and PHOSPHORUS and weigh
hree pounds each. On exploding they
release a liquid fire which will burn
through steel
The fifth sixth, seventh and eighth
IN line were called utility men. They
were to take the places of any of the
first four who might become casual
ties. In addition they carried two
Stokes gun bombs each. These weigh
nine pounds apiece, have six second
fuses and can be used i'll wrecking
iugouts. The ninth and tenth men
were sappers, carrying slabs OF gun
cotton and several hundred yards of
instantaneous fuse This explosive is
used in demo9ishing machine gun en-
placements and mine saps. The sap
pers were to lay their charges while
we were at work in the trenches and
explode them as soon as our party was
far enough out on the return journey
TO be safe from this danger. In addi-
ton to these parties Of ten there were
three Of us who carried bombs and had
orders to keep near the three officers,
to take the place Of any one of them
that might go down and meanwhile to
use our own judgment about helping
the jolly old party along. was as
signed one of the three.
In addition to the raiding party
proper there was a relay call across
No Mans Land at ten PAGES interval,
making a chain to show us our way
back, to assist the wounded and, In
case of opportunity or necessity, to re-
enforce us. They were ordered not to
leave their positions when we began
to come back until the last man OF our
party had been accounted for. The
final section Of our encourage was COM
posed Of twelve stretcher bearers, who
had been specially trained with us, SO
that they would be familiar with the
trench section which we were to raid.
The Raid and It's Result.
There were two things which made
It possible for our raiding party to get
started across No Mans Land One
was the momentary quickening of the
blood which follows a big and unac-