The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1918-04-11
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OF German Warfare

address prepared by Lieut.. Wi'llam II
Emory, who served some time in thu
cavalry of the British army in France
. and Belgium before the United States
got into the war. He was gassed ane
wounded several times and returned tt
the United States and is now commands
: ing officer of a company at Camp Jack.
son. Lieut.. Emory's voice was seri-
ously affected by the poisonous gas and
on that account this address was deliv-
cred Easter Sunday at mess to the men
of the company by his clerk, Harry w.
Hiott, of Pickens. This has not been
published before, but we believe it will
prove of interest to the people gener-
ally:
have noticed for long time that
some of the men (very few am glad to
saw in this Wagon Company have not
got the right spirit, which is very
important factor in the efficiency of
every organization, whether civil or
military. Any farrier or blacksmith
can tell you that chain is only as
strong as its weakest link. If a driver
is careless about grooming a mule and
that mule gets diseased hoofs, his team,
or one link in the Wagon Company
chain is weak This one piece of care
lessness decreases the efficiency of the
Wagon Company. For the same reason
the Wagon Company is an important
link in the chain of the Eighty-first
| Division. An inefficient division means
a second rate army corps weak
corps might be the cause of the United
army being licked by the Germans.
Very few of you realize what that
means.
You have probably read about the
war for three years and have heard so
much talk of hardships and slaughter
that you think it is only tiresome rumor.
have had the privilege of carrying a
rifle for one year and half in Belgium
and France, and | can assure you that
all you have heard of the horror of
modern warfare as the Germans have
forced it to be waged, is only one hun
dredth as rotten as the real thing
The following is only one incident out
of many in which l happened to be an
eye witqess. Our regiment with two
others was ordered to capture the viii
lage Of Hooge, in Belgium. 1t had
been occupied by the Germans since the
beginning Of the war. We took it in
twenty eight hours of house to house
fighting. AS the Germans withdrew
slowly. the slaughter Of the defenseless
civilians was horrible Old men, old
women and children were lying about
on the street with their throats cut and
their bodies obscenely mutlated.
Naked girls from twelve years up were
crucified to front doors or tied to lamp
posts with their stomachs ripped open,
their breasts cut off and the initials Of
their murderers carved on their backs.
In many houses naked women were
slaughtered in their beds. with writer
statements thrust In their wounds thai
this would be the fate of the women OF
the world whose men folks were op
posed to German rule.
DO you men want this to happen tc
your mothers; wives and sisters? 1t i.
sure to happen the minute the Kaiser:
army lands on these shores. There il
only one way to prevent this, and tina
is to go abroad and kill them all befor,
they can get started. The Allies hav,
been fighting our fight for three and
half years, but they are wearing out
and it is up to the United States arm
to finish the work and to save the cvi
lized world
What want all Of you to understan'
lis, that each one of you should be prou
that you are alive and able to fight fo
this great cause, and to remember tha
each one Of you is an important link il
the great chain Of Freedom. Forge
all your petty troubles and discomfort
and realize how fortunate you are, whel
, you think Of the hell your comrades ar
going through in the blood soak ed
, flooded trenches abroad.
While you are in this army be care fu
to observe all military laws. Salute al
officers it's not the man you are salut
ing, but the commission with which tn
government has honored him. Littl
observations Of this kind show the spir
! it and efficiency Of ar organization
more than anything else. The soone
this war is over, the sooner we will al
get back to our homes, so start in nov
and go to it.
NAVAL. authorities have decided tha
, there shall be no saloons within fiv'
miles Of the naval academy. It will b,