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CHAPTER xXII-continued.

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rbic nunishment is awarded where
there is q doubt as to the willful guilt
~ man who has committed an Of
fence punishable by death.
Then comes the famous field pun
4shment No. 1. Tommy hasenicknamed
II "cruciflxion." It means that man
,s spread-eagled on a timber wheel,
two hours a day for twenty-One days.
During this time he only gets water,
hullv beef and biscuits for his chow.
You get "crucified" for repeated minor
offenses.
Next in order is field punishment
No. 2.
This is confinement in the "clink,"
without blankets, getting water, bully
beef and biscuits for rations and doing
all the dirty work that can be found.
This may be for twenty-four hours or
twenty days, according to the gravity
of the OffenSe.
Then comes "pack drill'' or default
ers' parade. This consists of drilling,
mostly at the double, for two hours
with full equipment. Tommy hates
this, because it is hard work. Some
times he fills his pack with straw to
lightel it, and sometimes he gets
caught. If he gets caught, he grOuses
at everything in general for twenty
one days, from the vantage point Of a
timber wheel.
Next comes &c. B." meaning ICON
fined to barracks" This consists of
staying in bfllets or barracks for twen-
ty-four hours to seven days. You also
get an occasional defaulters' parade
and dirty jobs around the quarters.
The sergeant major keeps what is
known as the crime sheet. When
nan commits an Offense, he is
'crimed," that is, his name, number
and Offense is entered on the crime
sheet. Next day at 9 a. m. he goes to
the "orderly room" before the captain,
who either Furnishes him with &c. B."
Dr. sends him before the o. G. (Offcer
commanding battalion). The captain
IF the company can only award &C. B."
Tommy many a time has thanked
he king for making that provision in
his regulations.
~ SC11A IAAS LALAC VI q S1AdAL SOAN1CAO
Tommy has to keep clear of the crime
sheet, and you have to be darned smart
to do it.
have been on it a few times, most
iy for Yankee impudence."
During our stay of two weeks in
rest billets our captain put us through
a course of machine-gun drills, trying
out new stunts theories
After parades were over, our guns
crews got together and also tried out
some theories of their own in reference
TO handling guns. These courses had
nothing to do with the advancement of
tne war, consisted mostly of causing
tricky jams in the gun, and then the
rest of the crew would endeavor to To-
cate as quickly as possible the cause
VI the stoppage. This amused them
1or few days and then things came to
standstill
One of the boys on my gun claimed
tnat ne could play a tune while the
gun was actually firing, and demon
S'rated this fact one day on the target
range We were very enthusiastic and
ueclded to become musicians.
Alter constant practice I became
9ulte expert in the tune entitled "An
conductors Have Big Feet"
"hen had mastered this tune, our
TWO weeks rest came to an end, and
Vnce again we went up the line and
'OoH over the sector in front of G.
wood,
AT this point the German trenches
t 4"u around the base Of a hill,. on the
Wp OF which was a dense wood. This
"Uou was infested with machine guns,
".1ch used to traverse our lines at
W." %1l' and sweep the streets of a little
Image where we were billeted while
IN reserve.
NJ, .nere was one gun in particular
o ~nicn used to get our goats, it had the
e e1act range of our Elephant" dugout
ti u'iance' and every morning, about the
b,l Ire ratlons were being brought up, it's
ro H1,etS would knock up the dust on the
wou' more than one Tommy went
them. e'S w
ana 1nlS Gun got our nerves on edge,
ho I rl]z seemed to know it, because
ron never gave us an hours rest. Our
staI l'"Cloh as machine gunners was at
And W" tried various ruses to locate
eao, Put tbs gun out of action, but
sue proved to be a failure, and