Jackson County journal. (Sylva, N.C.) 19??-19??, 1918-05-31

..,os training camps dhu VI o"AAA" W
'a'uss ,,strom Of fierce realities, the
~ .icon soldiers are proving they are
Al,''S : tho same stuff which carried
p'.. forafatAers through the tests OF
Wv, irving periods of American his
uF nritcs Don Martin in the New
York Herald 49,, ,oo
~ have seen them in action. l have
tber, under shell fire which lit
s s-lr sprayed them with flying earth
~ sbrapuel, and their relatives ana
w. hock IN New York, California,
,",n. Florida. Montana or wherever
.an nlea>e. may take the word OF an
.nitue,> that they have already
,.l4p their places among the most
saIo-ops ana sturdy fighters OF this 81
r.rtc world war. :.
Very recently l visited them IN NJ
i, ,iIlacr n, close TO the enemy lines
8 rrits can be quartered. l had gone
y soc the artillerymen at their task
.nl instead of anticipated tranquility
con INFO the tiercest kind of excitement
the first these particular Yankees
Nod known. II all burst suddenly and
uexpectedly, just as most war devel-
spments break.
Shells Break 1900 Yards Away.
From the rear window Of headquar-
srs in charge of an American captain
and French officer shells could be
vpu breaking on Il sloping hillside.
Tho nearest one while was observing
sU perhaps 200 feet away. They
we're aimed at an American battery.
ITS nothing" said the captain,
salwart handsome man, who only
low years ago was renowned fOOtDall
,syer in a Michigan university. They
throw over a few shells every day, but
they never hit the town."
With the musical kissing Of the
hpIls for an accompaniment we con-
,prsed about news in America and had
hpcheon-a good luncheon, too. There
vas no talk of war. Beside the table
n which we ate was Sagging cot
With wrinkled blankets. The captain
leeps there.
Sometimes at night" he said, 1.-The
AeIing is pretty heavy and it's hard
sleep, but I'm getting used to It,"
Clerk Indifferent to Smelling.
Just beside the open window In the
Nsr-the window was more like 6
barn door than window and had ne
Isss-a clerk was pegging away at
typewriter. The dropping of the shell!
made no impression upon him. A
home, learned, he is a clerk in al
express otfice-a 1.-the, we'll grOOmet
youth who has dreams of future com
neda greatness.
these shells come a little too clos
iu comfort, don't they?" / observed
They won't get any nearer"
To a war amateur the spectacle o
PNelS striking so near yet coming n
bearer, when it would have been s
ay to blow the town to bits, was
natter Of wonder.
Yes, they could hit the town, Q
purse" was the captains common
but they never have shelled it. SOl
On unwritten understanding, / inns
ae' They have towns similarly sitl
d which we could shell, but the
Nt want them shelled."
Vher understandings were that tn
F'nans spare some towns becaus
adf own people have property
n Whatever may be the reasO
parng certain towns all reason
was wrong with respect to tn
Ducular village where l was havir
~neon We had just finished whe
commissioned officer entered tt
FMN room, considerably out I
Nu but In no way excited, ar
@lutins said:
Battery Connections Broken.
w battery Is being shelled wi
Su telephone connections ha'
70 broken"
'eu orders were issued. 1t W;
"re quickly and quietly. The foe
r"yer, now a captain, acted as
A., se'e coaching an old team
M, ileSehtly men were seen SGT
tn, ~ through the fields toward t
'Iwept zone wherein the batteri
boo Ivy dropped fiat two or thr
tsv ny all crossed the danger b,
t, "u disappeared in the mo
s% Shattered region. This acti
ks ,o,s oeeh put into effect when s
mi Y,u'er appeared before the CT
'u Saluting and standing ere
Ab !" report, sir, that the sh
hnov .s,olning more severe. She
a, , ,a'l,ng in the village"
as ,rs atoy whizz of the flyi
Of ~ 'ne boom and crash at I
AS fl s . street gave terrifying G
te wv we Sharp cut words of |
abmt ~ y one was so vexing as
MOI , u'e "unwritten understa1
e@ had bomb the town. VIII
eve,v ~, :, railing at the rate
Nonn,.u iree minutes, they W.
'snlnn. ~ the rate of four
qmr nu'e. They wore striking
Nts AUS Of the village.
~ Nh "a "elhg nOthino to ~ =.