The daily Alaskan., 1918-01-17

The people in pOperiughe, while they had seen British troops before, had never had them in the town for any length of time. and they seemed to be very glad to see Us. We had several Scotch rrgt|cniS in our corps, and when they ,.a.nu cut ,r the trenches the first time lu;y IcI,Cd great sensa- tiOu ill t..> ,y"I. TEC.: kits were ncvr. .G. Es.U.rc of aSlOnlShment to the Tc'. .":S. TLc woman in the house where | was billc;cl thought that 1t was cruel tp make them wear the "lit- tie dresses" in the cold weather. She wanted to know what they wore un- derneath them. and when told her that they wore nothing she wouldn't believe me. l explained to her that 1t was against orders for them to wear trousers under the kilt, but still she re fused to believe.
 At this time bomb throwing was be- coming more and more popular, and besides using the hand bombs we were using larger ones, which were thrown by a catapault arrangement. They could be thrown long distance and in many cases proved to be very ef- fective. Bomb and grenade schools for every division were opened, and the men were. trained 10 throw bombs scientifically.
 In some places We started using the slingshot arrangement with which the French throw bombs, but it didn't turn out as well for Us aS h did for them. I saw one case in which the using of one of these thin%S was very disas- trous. One of our fellows put bomb in the sling and started swinging It. As he tried to let it go the whole thing hit the man standing next to him full in the jaw. Of course 1t exploded and killed several men who were standing near including the fellow who had tried to throw it.
 During an attack in the Menin trench es saw an incident that l will never forget. Our fellows had taken two lines of trenches ill a very few mln- utes. In some places there were Ger mans occupying rart Of n trench while we held the other part.
 A big Irishman came dashing up with A load of bombs. and as he came for ward I saw these Germans raise their rifles to fire at him. The Irishman was too quick for them, though, for he chucked bomb into the trench they were in. and l heard his yell, split that between ye. yc swine"
 It wiped out the whole crowd of them of course. and the best part of It was that the Irishman didn't alter his stride the least bit. The expression has be- come quite popular among "bombers,'
 We hadn't been in POperinghe many days before the German aerOplanes be- gan coming over us. They didn't do any damage at first, and l wondered why they didn't drop any bombs. EY- cry morning about 6 o'clock two or three taubes would appear and fly back and forth for few minutes, and then they would go away, and we wouldn't see any more of them until the next morning at the same hour.
 At last We got used to them, and they didn't bother us at all. Once in awhile our guns would bring one of them to earth, and then there would be one grand rush to the place where the ma chine had fallen. l saw one fellow fall one morning, and as l had by motor bike hopped on and dashed down the road to try and find him. He had come to earth safely, but his engine had been put out of commission by piece Of shrapnel. He had set fire to the ma chine and was calmly sitting on the ground some distance from where 1t was burning.
 Some flying corps fellows were there lust a few seconds ahead of me, and they made him prisoner. AS he got tC his feet he remarked In perfect Eng Heb ar bod a DrpSentimpnt that