The Garland City globe. (Garland, Utah) 191?-1925, 1918-12-28
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There were six OF us.

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There were six OF us.
aCurly" wallace was chilled "Cur,v''
because no bod the cutest little Della
Fox or sn,t Curl ma tho gum-cbewers
call n. Won ever. saw. Wallace was
nroud NJ TINT cur, ana oove A. tho
host NJ attent,on and core He was
Scotch
aUnnpv. Uoupbton earned bis nick.
nome Inv bis constant smI,e ana bannv
dIsposltion. He wos English. ION
doner.
"Uunqrv, Toxcroft reo,,v eorned his
Nt,e He tool snocIaI noins tbot our
rotIons would NOT become mIldewed INV
lying around too long In the dampness
of our durout. He WINS English: nlso
from London.
"rkov, Uonnev. duhhod aI,,ov, be.
cause in one Of our theotrIoo, NJ.
tennis no took tbe nort Of "Il,ev 20.
.bensteIn - and mode ouite n bIt rne.
iIab vIa Iondon 4,
"D,c,,p Turn,n c,,,od ap,c,,, In
momorv N Tho notor,ons b,chwov,ran
He used 70 helm the auortcrmaster ser.
rennt so the name wns very opproprI-
ate. He WINS Irish. from Dublin.
was the sixth. The boys put the
prefix "Ynnln TO my nnme, because I
was american and hailed from the
.Big Town" behind the statue of lib
erty.
The six of us composed the crew of
gun No. Q OF the ----th brigade ma.
chine company. We were mnaalno
gunners and our gun was the yickers.
light, 1903, water-cooled.
II was a rainy afternoon I'm June,
and we were sitting IN our dugout in
the front.llne trench. nbout 400 wards
from the German lines.
II Won sbouId oslt n Tommy Atkins
.Whnt is n ducoutp" no would look nj
vou In nstonisbment md nItving vou
for your opparent lack az education.
would answer "ybot,s n dugout3
WHY n dupout Is a--well. n dueout,s n
ducout" ONLY being Tommy pro
tem-pro fem In nv case meaning afor
duration of war"-I will trv 10 do.
acrlbe 10 the hest of nv ability this
porticulor dupopt.
dugou, Is n bo,a in thu ororna
Cats ne mama hacousa 4, q. dns ont
NV tho RovoI rng,naors or u E,s 40
ye cali them n is used N shelter the
,,on a. ,ho ,ronchds ero,, .hsu a.
T,cv oIso s,oon In ~ or ,ry 40 Fron,
o,r ,o,nt 80 ,,,o,,, ,,s ,,o,r uso a. 90
aro,n The trenches =, muddy water
and olive ns rbernot,sm u o,so
uotos a GOOD ho,a, for ro,s Thaso
,,,,as,, ,oo,, ,no, ne as t,,r,5o.s ava
eomn,o,n ,hot 200 oyarcrowd nc Mace
o..as,onoi,, ,,a ,,,,,o q, 90 ,,nn, ana
,ota . trrn In ,ho ,,anch 10 Foot orr-
.a,vas
nnr a,,o,t uos ohon, ,won,v ,.ot
AEON or % Least tnora were twentv
woodan stems Headline down 10 ~ The
.a,I,ng and walls were hroced NV
hoayy sororoc,t ,,rhor, Over tho
.I,anors ~ ,,a oo,,,na shaa,s %, cor.
rngatad Iron were snraod 10 toon ,he
10, oarth sron, fol,,,g In an ne The
.,,t,.on.o ,,as haayIIv sondhasoad and
wor,, norro,,,. ,hara ,,os civ roor, Cor
ono narson % Ioova or enter ~ a time
Tho couIn, wos civ rsot b,ob ana the
aao. snaoe ya. ,an ssa, hy civ Foot
Thropgh tbs ceiling a s,xinch souore
.,rshaft WINS cut We used m take
,n,ns s,eeoIng undar thIs IN wet
we,ther
Tba timbers hroclng the wills were
sr,ven fuu 81 rails to hang onr eou,n.
ment an AFTER onr ammunition beIt.
s,IIn, moch,ne aou,nment riaes etc
mad heen stored away there WINS NOT
much snace for six men 10 live. NOT
Forgetting the rats
m was very dark In the dupout and
.s we were only issued n candle and n
An,f every twenty-four bours we had
a. economics on light Woe betide the
hast mar, who left the candle burning
In This hotel Of ours we would cir
around tbe lonely candle and through
A.. thick ba1a Of tohocco snoto would