Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-03-27

on my left and asked, "whats the
noise b'nr he u'd moi know, ""' n''
race was OF pea-xrsen eo'or. jim,
on my nRnt n,so uu 20, Know, ou'
sugses'eu that ! a"'k ne se'se"n'
Coming towards us was an OLD gri.'
xled sergeant properly fed up Win
the war; 70 "awsked' hlm'
Think It's going TO rain, sergeantf
He looked at me in contempt. and
gruntcd. lows II n'foln' tor rain with
the bloomin' sun n-shInin'f looked
guilty.
'Them's the guns up the line, me
lad. and you'Il get enough Of 'em be-
fore you gets back 10 BlIghiy."
Ny knees seemed 10 wilt. and !
squeakcd out weak "Ohl"
Then we started our march up to the
line In ten.kIlo trcks. After The nrst
days march we arrived at our rest
bllletn. In France they call them rest
blliets. because while In them Tommy
works seven days week ana on the
eighth day OF the week ne u given
twenty.four hours "on his own
Our billet was a spacious affair, o
large barn ON the left side OF the road
which hpd one hundred entrances.
ninety'nlne Tor shells, rntS winu ana
ram ana tne nunnreu'" one TOT ION
my ! was u,eu ou'' snu uS,ns my
sn.apn'''proo' ne',nc' N.'sp"e' p''o'
unu . p'ccc =, nns"pnc' ni's W. o'
I'm M" io' p"o"' my uoNs ~ w,
s''n", unu was soon Ins, as'e'p.
must n"'e n,ep' ap"n' wv" n""'s. WIZ,
h"oke WIN p''en'"s rsnsauon ~,
Owe, me- M uousn'' me "'aw ~"
wo.seu ,nrousn my un'I'.m' wofs
w INC Ie'"w ',,nk On "y '''' ""o ~.
osen w ne ''ne oeio'e' anu "sheo
MN
Does the straw bother you. matei
us WORKED tnfousn my UNIFORM ana
cant sleep.
In : sleepy voice ne answered.
"Fhat amt straw, shems coolies
From that umc on my friends the
coolies" were constantly with me.
Coolies or body lice, are the bane
OF Tommy's existence.
ns "s','as' IN .s .. :, Wv 'n'usss .sa.' 49,, ss.s
ss'." ."" ~" | % s "'' '''""
" .e" ~ "'s
40 "n N'"sS'cnn ne. means " s'nnn
'nsee' nr'neu Win p"yone. wn" ~
won' 70 'ap y 'n'o you nnu '"en mop
SKIP anu JUMP 70 .ne neA' p'hce 20 ~
a''ncNea. ine1c - an "u."n"k. ~
na.,nk he"s on YOU 'ns'e"u y, .oo''es
10 ."n. ~ one " a' ea.snueu yu'"pS
, s"'' nsn = "av'. @ ~ ~nu % y" w a, ,sr
'ow n'As /" sou =" '"s ". 1sa .,''.
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~ ""u "".ss' s".us " "s :" '"''
"s "''a' - ""'s
lnele = no WAY 20 se. r,u o' 'nem
permhnsn''y' TO matter now oa'cn
you pa'ns' anu . .ns. = no' sssy o.'sn. @
OF now nl"ny unes you vnnnke your
underwear your .renos sne cooues
are always . ~ es,uen'e. ins ', va''e's a,s =
in'es'eu WIN u.e.,' espss'"" ~ -
there - sua" on 'ne no
I have taken q bath and put on
brand'new underwear; In fact, COM
plete change Of uniform, and then
turned In for the night. The next morn
Ing my shirt would be full Of them. II
II common sight to see eight or ten
soldiers sitting under u tree with their
shirts over their knees engaging In .
"shirt hunt"
At night about half an hour before
flights out" you can see the Tommies
grouped around q candle. trying. In It's
dim light. to rid their underwear Of
the vefmin. A popular and very quick
method II to take your shirt and draw
ers, and ruppthe seams back and for
ward In the flame from a candle and
burn them out. This practice ls dan
gerous, because you are liable to burn
holes In the garments II you are not
VMr0TmI.