Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-03-12
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sinking OF the Lusitania by German
submarine, Arthur Guy Empey, an Amerl.
can, leaves his office In Jersey city and
goes TO England where he enlists In the
Il British army
i CHAPTER If-After a period OF train
ing, Empey volunteers for immediate serv-
Ice and soon finds himself In rest billets
somewhere in France" where he first
makes the acquaintance of the ever-pres.
ent coolies.
| CHAPTER Ill Eirpsy attends his
FIRST church services at the from
while German Fokker circles ovel
4 he congregation.
| CHAPTER ~ -Empey'$ cJmmanc g-cs
4 into the front-line trenches and is under
fire for the first time.
CHAPTER .v--Empey learns to adopt
| tile motto of the British Tommy IF you
are going to get It, youth get It. so never
| worry"
! pey gets his first experience as d mesa
| orderly.
CONTINUED from Saturday.
| Nineteen names were put In steel
helmet, the last one out winning the
pickles. On the next issue there were
only Is names, as the winner isselini-
mated until every man in the section
has won bottle.
The raffleais closely watched, because
Tommy Is suspicious when it comes to
gambling with his rations.
When the issue is finished the cor
poral sits down and writes letter
home, asking them If they cannot get
some Nj. r. (member Of parliament) to
! have him transferred to the Royal Fly
ing corps where he won't have to issue
| rati0ns.
| AT the different French estaminets
in the village and at the canteens Tom
my buys fresh eggs, milk, bread and
pastry. Occasionally when he Is flush,
he invests in a tin Of pears or april
cots. His pay is only a shilling day,
"a cents. or cent an hour. Just mag
inc, cent an hour for being under
| fire--not much chance of getting rich
out there.
When he goes into the fire trench
/ tfront line), Tommy's menu takes a
tumble. He carries in his haversack
what the government cnlls emergency
or iron rations. Jrhey are not supposed
to be opened until Tommy dies of star
| vation. They consist of one tin of
Ibully beer, four biscuits, d little TIN
which contains tea, sugar and Oxo
cubes concentrated beef tablets).
These are only to be used when the
I en- ny establishes curtain of shell
lire on the communication trenches,
\ thus preventing the carrying in OF
rations or when in an attack a body
4 Of troops has been cut of from its base
OF supplies.
The rations are brought up at night
by the company transport. This Is a
section Of the company in charge of
Of men, mules and limbers (two-
wheeled wagons), which supplies Tom
my's wants while in the front line.
! They are constantly under shell fire,
I The rations are unloaded at the en-
trance to the communication trenches
and are carried inn by men detailed
for that purpose. The quartermaster
sergeant never goes into the front-line
trench. He doesn't have to, and have
never heard of one volunteering to
do so.
The company sergeant major sorts
the rations and sends them in.
Tommy's trench ratious consist of all
the bully beef he can eat, biscuits.
cheese, timed butter sometimes II
men to a TIM, jam or marmalade, and
occasionally fresh bread (ten to a
q loaf). When 1t is possible he gets tea
and stew.
4 When things are quiet, and Fritz is
behaving like gentleman, which sell
dom happens. Tommy has the opportu-
nifty of making dessert. This /.
trench pudding" 1t Is made from
broken biscuits, condensed milk, jam
! a little water added, slightly favored
with mud--put into a canteen nnd
cooked over ii little spirit stove known
as ''Tommy's cooker"
| "a firm in Blighty widely advertlses
these cookers as a necessity for the
men in the trenches. Guiible people
buy them--ship them to the Tommles
who, Immediately upon receipt of SANS
throw them over the parapet. Some
times a Tommy falls for the I'D. ant
uses the cooker In dugout to the dis
gust and discomfort OF the other oe
cupants)
This mess is stirred up in tin ant
allowed to simmer over the flames
from the cooker until Tomrny decides
that 1t has reached sufficient (gluelilse)
consistency. He takes his bayonet ant
by means of the handle carries ths
mess up In the front trench to cool
After 1t has cooled off he tries to eat it
Generally one or two Tommles In {
! section have cast-iron stomachs ant
the tin is soon emptied. Once tastet
trench pudding. but only once.
In addition to the regular ration is
sue Tommy uses another channel t
enlarge his menu.
In the English papers "Lohel,
, Soldier" column is run. This is FOL
the soldiers at the front who are sup
posed to be without friends or reIa
! tives. They write 10 the papers ant
their names are published Girls ant
women In England answer them, ant
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