Oxford eagle., 1918-07-04

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fact. from my enlistment, ] had found
that IN the British army discipline is
very strict One has TO be very care
fui In order 70 stay on the narrow path
of government virtue.
There are about seven million ways
81 breaking the kings regulations; to
keep one you h1ve 70 break another.
The worst punishment IS death by a
firing squad, or mp against the wall"
ns Tommy calls H.
This ie for deserti0a, c0Wardice, mu-
tiny. giving Information to the enemy,
lea1nE. rape. robblng the dead, forcing
q Safeguard, striking superior, etc.
Then comes the punishment OF sixty
four days ln the frant-line trench with
ont relief. During tfas time you have
n engage in an raids. working parties
in No MONS lind and every hazardous
undertaking thar comes along. II you
live through the sIzty-four days you
are indeed lucky.
This pur Isfmant is awarded where
there 5s 8 doubt IS ta the willful guilt
Of mon Who ls committed an Of
fence punish Die hr death.
Then come fha famous field pun
Ishmeut Eo. T. Tommy has nicknamed
d scruafzi1n.r II means that a man
Is Trea5e8Elef "a a timber wheel.
two hours 81 dav for tReuty-one days.
purlue thls time he only gets water,
bully beef and biscuits for his chow.
You get "craa.Hed1 tor repeated minor
ofIensev.
Next In order is field punishment
NJ. ..
This is confinement IN The "clink. ="
without blankets. getting water, bully
beef and biscuits for rutions and doing
al the dirty work that can be found.
THIS may be for fwentT-four hours o.
twenty days. according L. the gravity
q The cIvrre.
Then COMES eraes drilI~ or default
ers. parade This consists Of drilling,
masiiy 81 the double. for two hours
with ful equipment Tommy hates
tins. because i 3 Hard work. Some
lines be CHS h.s peck uith straw 70
tighten &c. and sometimes he gets
caught III De gets caught. he Eronses
at everything 10 general for twenty
one days from tie vantage point Of q
timber wheel
Next comes &c. b. meaning "con-
fined 90 barracks" This consists q.
staying in t1lats ar barracks for twen-
ty-f0ur hours 90 seEeu days You also
get an occasional defaulters' parade
and dirty 5ohs around TIE quarters.
The serF cant major keeps what is
known as The crime sheet When q
man commits an oTense, he is
"crimed," that S. his name. number
and offense Is entered on the crime
sheet. Next day at Q q. m. he goes "a
the orderly room" before the captain
Who either puulshes him with &C. a.
or sends Dim before the o. c. (offlcel
commando tlftaHon). The captain
Of the conDa can only award 20. B.
Tommy many a time has thanked
the King f.r making that provision IL
his regulations
To gain ,he title ~ a "snart soldier
Tommy has t0 keep clear Of the Grim,
sheet and you have TO be darned smar
10 90 r.
I have been on At q few times, most
ly for Yankee inputence."
During our stay Of two weeks Il
rest billers our captain put Us througl
a course OF marhine-Eun drills, tryin
out new stunts and theories.
After parades were over. our gun.
crews gnt together and also tried on
some theories ol heir own In referenc
to handlinr guns. These courses la
nothing DO 3o with the advancement G
the war. consisted mostly Of causln
tricky Jams in the gun. and then N
rest of the crew would endeavor to !,
cate as quickly as possible the caus
of the stoppaEe. This amused thel
for few days and then things came I
standstin.
One Of the boys on my gun elaine
that he could Iay a tune while II
gun was actually firing, and demol
strated this fact one day on the targ,
range. We were very enthusiastic an
decided 20 become musicians
After constant practice 1 becau
quite expert ia lhe tune entitled "a
Conauctors HaV BIG Feet"
When had mastered this tune OF
two wee.-z' Iest came 10 IN end. an
onee again we went up the line an
took over the sector in front Of c.
wood
at this point the German trench,
ran around the base Of a hin. on n
top Of which was dense wood. tn
wood was Infested with machine gun
which used to traverse our lines
vii, ond sweep the streets OF a lit
village where we we're biIleted whi
II reserve.
There was one gun in particuli
which used % eet our goats. 1t had Il
exact range 0f our elephant dugo
entrance. and every morning. about Il
time rauons were being brought un. .
bullets would knock up tha dust on 4
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