Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-03-08

soaked with pcrspiration. and pii'u
our rifles into stacks. y sergeant oi
| the X. \. 81. &. with yellow bahu
around his left arm on which was
-. f." tsanitary policeJ in black lei
| t"rS. took charge, ordering us 10 tih'
OF our equipment, unroll our puttces
and uHlaCc boots. Then. starting from
the right uf the line. he divided III
into squads of fifteen. | happcned u
hr in the first squad.
We entered a small room, where We
| were given i've minutes TO undrcsS
then filed INTO the bathroom. In here
there were fifteen tubs (barrcls sawed
| IN twoJ half full Of water. Each lul
contained IL piece OF laundry soap. The
sergeant informed us that We had just
twelve minutes in which 10 take ouI
baths. Soaplng ourselves all over. ".
took turns i'll rubbing each other
backs. then by means OF garden NOSE
washed the soap off. The water was
ice cold, but felt fine.
Pretty soon a bell rang and the wa
ter was turned off. Some OF the slower
ones were covered with soap but thls
made no difference 10 the sergeant
VINO chased US into another room
where We lined up in front OF little
window, resembling the box office in u
l.
and towels. From here We went into
the room where We had first undress
cd. Ten minutes were allowed IN
which TO get into our "clabbcr.'
My pair of drawers came up TO m!
chin and the shirt barely reached m!
diaphragm. but they were clcan-nu
strangers on them, SO ! was satisfied.
At the expiration OF the time allOt-
ted We were turned out and finished
our dressing 'on the grass.
When all OF the company had bath
ed II WAS Il case OF march back TO bill
lets. That march was the most un-
cOngcnial one imagined, just cussinS
ana binding all the way. W, were
covered with white dust and felt
greasy from sweat. The woolen UNI
dcrwCar issued was Itching like the
mischief.
After eating our dinner of stew.
which had been kept for uS--it was
now four o'clock-wc went into the
creek and had another bath.
II Holy Joe" could have heard our
remarks about the divisional baths
and army red tape he would hav"
tainted at our wickcdncsS. But Tom
my is only human after all.
l. just mentioned Holy Joe" or the
cliipIain in an irrcvrrvnt sort of way.
hut no offcnSc was meant, as there
were some very brave men among
them.
There aIc so many instances Of he
Ioic deeds performed under tire in res
tuing the wounded that II would tax"
several books to chronicle them. but !
lave to mention one instance per-
formed 10y Il chaplain. Captain Hall by
name. i'm the brigade on our left, be-
cause il particularly appeals 10 me.
\ chaplain is not Il fighting man: ne
is recognized as q nOnCOmbatant and
carries no arms. In Il charge or trench
raid the soldier gets Il feeling of con-
tidencr from contact with his rifle, re-
volver or bomb he is carrying. He has
something to protect himself with.
something with which he can intlict
harm on the cnrmy--in other words,
hr is able To get his own back.
liui the chaplain is empty handed.
and is nj the mercy of the enemy if
he encounters them. so il is doubly
brave for him to go over the top,
under fire. AMI bring in wounded. Also
:; chaplain is not required by the kings
regulations 10 20 over in Il charge but
this one did. made three trips under
The hottest kind Of fire. each time re-
turning with n wounded man on his
back. On the third trip hr received
Il bullet through his left arm but never
reported the matter to the doctor un-
ill late that night-just spent his time
administering to the wants of yQuqa..
e.lynH~ y. at,,e set ste,t,eeteeehiess..n'ss eeeiess..
The chaplains of the British army
are n fine, manly set of men and are
greatly respected by Tommy.