Daily Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1918-191?, 1918-03-26
CHAPTER XXI.

that In the Britisn army ulsclpiinc ~
very strict. One has 10 be very care
full IN order 10 stay on the narrow path
Of government virtue.
There are about seven million ways
Of breaking the kings regulations; TO
keep one you have 20 break another.
The worst punishsnent ~ death by
firing squad. or ''up against the wall"
as Tommy calls II.
This is for desertion. cowardice, mu-
tiny. giving Information 10 the enemy.
looting. rape. robblng the dead. forcing
a safeguard. striking n superior. etc.
Then comes the punishment OF sixty
four days In the front-line trench with
out relief. During this time you have
/ 60 engage IN all raids, working parties
In No Mans Land. and every hazardous
undertaking that comes along. II you
live through the sixty.four days you
are indeed lucky.
This punishment Is awarded where
there is u doubt rs TO the willful guilt
OF a man who has committed an Of
fence punishable by death.
Then comes the famous field pun
ishment No. 1. Tommy has nicknamed
II "crucifixion." II means that a man
Is spread-eagled on a timber wheel.
two hours a dny fer twenty-one days.
During this time he only gets water.
| bully 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 10 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 hntes
this, because u Is hard work. Some
Vines he fills his pack with straw TO
tighten II. and sometimes he gets
caught. II he gets caught, he grouses
at everything In general for twenty
one days. from the vansage point Of a
timber wheel.
Next comes &C. b." neanIng econ
fined to barracks" This consists of
staying IN billets or barracks for TWEEN
ty-four hours 10 seven days. You also
get an occasional defaulters' parade
and dirty Jobs around the quarters.
The sergeant major hecps what Is
known us the crime sheet. When n
man commits On ofrense, he IN
'crimed." that Is. his name. number
and offense Is entered OH the crime
sheet. Next day ut o n. m. he goes 10
| the "Orderly room" before the captain.
who either Furnishes him with &c. b."
or sends him before the q. c. (ofilcer
commanding battnllon). The captD!n
Of the company can only award &C. H."
Tommy many n time has thanked
the king for making that provision In
his regulations.
To gnln the title OF smart soldier"
Tommy has 20 keep clear OF the crime
sheet, and you have 20 se darnsd smart
20 do Il.
have been on II n few times. most
ly for "YaRkee impudenes."
During our stay Of rwo weeks In
rest b!ilets our captain pat us through
a course Of mnchlne-guh drills. trying
out new stunts and theories.
After parndes were over. our guns
crews got together and also tried out
some theories OF their own In reference
10 handling guns. These courses had
nothing TO do with the advancement OF
the war. consisted mostly OF causing
tricky jams In the gun. and then the
rest OF the crew would eAdeavor 20 lo-
cate as quickly us possible the cause
OF the stoppage. This amused them
for few days and then things came 10
a standstill.
One OF the boys on my gun claimed
that he could play a tune while the
gun was actually firing. and demon
strated this fact one day on the target
range. We were very enthusiastic and
decided 10 become musicians.
After constant practice / became
quite expert In the tune eptitled "All
Conductors Have Big Feet"
When had mastered this tune. our
two weeks rest came 10 an end. and
once again we went up the line and
took over the sector In front Of c.
wood.
Al this point the German trenches
run around the base OF a hill. ON the
top Of which was a dense wood. This
wood was infested with machine guns.
which used 20 traverse our lines ut
will. and sweep the streets OF little
village. where we were billeted while
In reserve.
There was one gun In particular
which used 20 get our goats. Il had the
exact range Of our elephant dugoui
entrance. and every morning, about the
time rations were being brought up. its
bullets would knock up the dust on the
road; more than one Tommy went
West or 10 Biighty by running into