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aim and naturally missed me, but if he had
been wide awake he could with ease have
punctured me with his bayonet l did not
stop to pass the time of day with him, for
the place seemed suddenly alive with Huns,
as he called Heinz, einz!'-probably the
name of his corporal. But 1 dived into
a shell hole and fattened myself as much
as possible. AS I was lost to sight and
escape, they began to cover the ground
with bombs. These all went we'll be-
yond me, and had it not been for
'Butterhngers' I might have escaped. But
a bomb slipped from his hand, roll
ing into the hole in front of him. He
jumped back into the safety of the trench
and did not know that the bomb had fallen
on it exploded. But knew tiny
left leg was broken in three places, twelve
wounds in my right, and others on my
back, twenty that afterward had to be
dressed, not counting some other scratches.
Then they came out to look for my friend,
almost stepping on me, but after half an
hours fruitless search they gave up. About
two hours later started home on my long,
painful crawl. 1t took me about twenty
minutes to pass the sentry near where
was lying, but after that there was no
danger of discovery, the front line still ap-
pearing almost unoccupied; but 1 was get
ting dizzy and not sure of my direction.
knew, however, where there was derelict
aeroplane in NoMan's Land, and made
toward it. When l sighted this was over
come with relief and laid my face in the
mud for while to recover. l had now
crawled about six hundred yards, dragging
my useless leg And my elbows were
skinned through, being used as grapples
that dug in the ground ahead, in that way
dragging myself few inches at time. /
knew our trenches were still about two
hundred yards away, and the sweat of fear
broke out on me as I remembered the two
machine guns in front of me that would
fire on anything seen moving out there,
and no one expected me to return that way.
So | crawled higher up the line, where It
was safer to enter, and few yards from
our trenches gave our scouting CALL Several
of my boys came running out and tenderly
picked me up. l was all in and could not
move q muscle. My own boys would not
allow the stretcherrbearers to touch me,
but six of them put me on stretcher and
carried me over the top just as day was
breaking. They would not go down into
the communication trench or she'll holes,
because they thought it would be too rough
on me, and so carried me over the exposed
ground, and when they got me to the dtess-
ing station they said: You will come back
to US, sir. won't your I said: Yes, hpys,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-21
THE Trained Scout
1 Is Cautious

How does one go about these nightly
maraudng trips? Here are few hints
for the beginner:
"The trained scout moves very cautiously
in No Mans Land, with all his senses at
high tension. After moving from one she'll
full minute. If there are any human beings
near, they will likely betray themselves by
loud breathing, a muffled sneeze, or some
rattle Of equipment. If satisfied that the
way is clear, he moves forward into an
other hole. Should he suddenly come into
sight Of the enemy, he is taught instantly
to freeze, and the chances are he will not
be noticed"
Prisoners and information arc what
the scout seeks. y Here is the way six
men set out:
at was a pitch dark night and the occa-
sional star shells only served to make the
black more intense when they faded. As
we crawled out one behind the other we
had to keep our hands on the foot ahead
several Intellectual attempts to find the
opening in our barbed wire and then cut a
new one. Was this like the darkness after
Calvary? The red signal rockets escend-
Ing from the cnemy's trenches gave no
light, but only burned for second or two
as a rudy star. And the green lights
turned tho vaporous fog sickly yellowsh
green az though II were some new poison
gas Of tbs devils over there. led the way
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-21
SOLDIER died in New York
last week who probably knew
as much about No Mans Land

as any soldier in the war. This
was Captain R. H. Knyvett, of the 18th
Australian Infantry, who BIAS been lect-
urng in this country. Nearly year ago
ne was wounded by German bomb in a
night encounter among the boys and
she'll holes of the desert between the
lines. Now he is dead, of tuberculosis of
the blood; but the record he has left as
scout in No Mans Land is almost un-
exampled.
This familiarity Of Captain Knyvett's
with the dread land between the lines
came as the result of his being made a
front line scout and intelligence officer.
de did his most distinguished work in
the region of the Somme, his duties gen.
orally taking him into No Mans Land
just before an assault in investigations
OF German positions. Yet only once was
he wounded in this most dangerous of
tasks, being bombed near Bapaume after
many desperate encounters.
Mr Knyvett has written a book called
Over There with the Australians"
Particularly timely is an article
OF his in "scribner's" dealing with this
work. Here in the space of few pages
one will find the outlines of No Mans
Land pretty we'll indicated. Take, for
example, his remarks regarding sounds
IN No Mans Land
not human sounds, for such carry far
the beat Of hammer on a post, the sharp
wang Of unrolling barbed wire as it catches
ana then springs away-voices even come
a. through mcgaphone in the eerie silence
odt these are long drawn signs that pene-
aa'e the inner consciousness and hushed
"afmurs that fall on the ear of the soul.
nave felt touch on the shoulder as
."'aen one would speak TO me when there
nas been no one by. 1t is the grave of ten
thousand unburied dead, but the grinning
a'is ard auivering jelly or the few rags
mat hutter in,thc wind are not the COM
RACES that We knew. think their spirits
mover near, for they cannot 20 to their
ss'oing place till victory has been won.
1hsy are ever seeking to pierce the veil of
.snse 10 that they may add their strength
:, our arms, and these mako for us of No
S""S Land mo strange place. and give to
saf sensries encouragement until the land
~" Man vanishes and our possession
4 lsaenes TO the barrier OF the enemy barbed
wire"
naturally, in this land of barbed wire.
so1pSes, reeking shell holes and tapping
s'senine guns, with occasional star shells
ssn.'nx up every nook and corner with
10y light, strange encounters were
81 hound 70 occur
ners vas one night when cot 4 huge
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-21
But you know how to earn something to

But you know how to earn something to
eat
"He began to tell me something I knew
was all rubbish, and 1 swung at him with:
You swine! If you tell me those lies I'll
strip your badges off you and send you in
as private 1 was surprised at the effect
this threat had on him, though knew that
was the one thing that never failed in
bringing German officer to book He
trembled and paled and gave me lot of in
formation that I afterward proved to be
correct"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-21

could have had his hand drilled by Just
putting it up.
Right then and there Boche machine
gun was located:
Il tore page out of my notebook and
placed it in crevice between the sand
bags, just under the gun. Hours after
ward, when all was quiet, returned to our
own trenches and fastened another piece of
white paper to bush half way across No
Mans Land that 1 noticed was in line with
a dead tree close to our 'sallyport,' and my
first piece of paper. In the. morning the
artillery observation officer could see these
two pieces of paper quite plainly with his
glasses, and they levelled that trench for.
fifty yards.'
Contrary to general belief, No Mans
Land is not necessarily the most danger
Gus part of the front, according to Cap
tain Knyvett "My nights in No Mans
Land, if added together, would total
many months, and l got to feel that. it
was one of the safest places on the
whole 'front.'"
Moreover, it is perhaps safer ip the
day time than at night, unless active
fighting is proceeding. One day he took
out a bucket of concrete and dumped it
over the end of pipe from the German
trenches, through which the Germans
were planning to gas the British. He
was not seen by either side, and not
shot was fired at him.
"Afterward 1 found crawling in the day.
light in No Mans Land to be less danger
Gus than at night On a quiet front there
is very little rife or machine gun fire by
day for fear of betraying machine gun and
sniper positions. Never once. in two or
three daylight excursions into No Mans
Land was I seen by the enemy or our own
sentries"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-21

straight across. 1t was too dark to pick
trod on the bodies of forgotten comrades
1t was impossible to repress a shudder as
the hand met the clammy, rotting flesh and
the split light from rocket exposed the
marble eyeballs and whitened flesh of the
cheek, with the barred teeth cleaning vet
more white.
eve waited drawn-out minutes while tn
dark 4smothered US and our thoughts
haunted US. Home and love of
life sought to drag us back to the shelter
of our trenches, but duty, like an iron
stake, pinned US there"
The six surprised and surrounded
eight Germans, who promptly surren-
dered. Then occurred one of those tfage-
dies of No Mans Land which are some
times necessary. The Germans found
out that the six were Australians, and
were terrified.
"Probably they had been fed up with
tales about our savagery and that we tort
~AS" WI PAAooAiSAo' any way, IIcy WOulu
not bulge, and we could not carry eight
hulking Germans and had no means of
tying them together. Presently the dis
turbance attracted notice from both
trenches and there was only one thing to
do. My sergeant called out: Look out,
sir. Well be seen in a minute. What
shall we do?'
"The contest was short and sharp. They
outnumbered US, but we went to it with
will 1t was sheer butchery, but l had
to the fatherland than lose one Of my
boys"
When prisoners are brought in various
means are used to obtain information
from them. However, it is to be ex-
pected that men are instructed before
hand what to say, so that getting accu-
rate information is an artists work.
How the author got results from an OBJ
stinate yoNng cadet qualifying for his
commission by night prowl follows:
81 spat question after question at him,
such as: What's your regiment?' How
long have you been in the trenches?' ETC.,
but in English he replied, 4 won't tell you
anything. You can't make me-
II took him to the dugout, which shared
with the medical officer in the support
trenches, and sent Pat, my batman, to get
together the best meal he could.
"Pat was genius as n provider.
"On this occasion Pat got together a real
slap-up fcfd-some timed sausages, mashed
potatoes, strawberry jam, preserved pears
and cream, not forgetting bottle of cham
payne. I sent for the doctor and we fell
to with gusto and never offered his nibs n
bite, though the eyes were popping out of
his head and his mouth watering with
hunger.
"Toward the end of the meal I said to
him: I can't compel you to tell mo any
thing, but am not compelled to feed you.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-06-20
Will SEND
AN ARMY TO ITALY
Few Divisions Will Be Put on
Line For Moral
Effect.
By United Press.

Washington, D.. c., Tune 17.-Ameri-
car troop aid for Italy will be forth
coming soon.
With the Austrian offensive UNDER
way, this fact developed today. In line
with the pledges of President Wilson
and Secretary Baker, United States
forces will take their places along with
the Italians and other allies.
They will not be vast numbers. Their
purpose is to show Italy, concretely,
that the United States is backing her.
American aviators and forces of other
kinds have been in Italy for some time,
but there has not been n announce
ment Of United States soldiers in the
Italian trenches.
The initial stages of the offensive
caused no undue alarm here today.
The Italian embassy's messages indi-
Gated that, while the Austrians had
made some progress, the ounte at
tacks had developed quickly and salts
factorily.
The Enthusiastically reassuring thing
about the struggle thus far was the
splendid resistance Of Italians and
British. There will be no great yield
ing such as accompanied the previous
Teuton smash, 1t Is felt.
The Italian morale is satisfactory.
Infusion of British and French and the
promise of early American troop par
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-06-20
Secretary Baker Asserts
Foreign Draft Resisters
Should Be Sent Overseas

Washington. June 1S.-Sentences
ranging from IS months to 20 years
imprisonment imposed by courtmartial
upon socalled conscientious DIRECTORS
who refused military service at Camp
Upton. New York, and Camp Gordon
Ga, were approved by Secretary
Baker.
Most of the men objected to fight
Ing against Germany or Austria be-
cause they have relatives there. In
approving the findings Of the courts,
the first Of the kind to reach the de-
partment, Mr.. Baker went on record
as favoring the return of such men to
the countries of their preference"
after the war.
In my judgment, said Secretary
Bakers approval the sentences should
be executed and If after this war is
over some process a be devised by
which these entirely undesirable citi-
zens can be returned to the countries
Of the preference, it would be highly
desirable from the point of view Of the
United States.
oro ! haye not the least doubt as ot to
cases, nor am l uncertain as to the
correctness of the results reached.
Defense Too Weak.
1.-THE soldiers in all these cases were
either naturalized citizens of the Unit
ed States or native citizens of the Unit
ed States born Of parents from coun-
tries with which the United States is
now at war. They are properly men,
bers of the United States pursuant to
the select draft law. : =" .
They were summoned before proper Of
1cers Of. the army and asked whether
they would in fact fulfill their military
obligations by fighting against Ger
many and Austria in Europe. They all
answered they would not. .
There was the same shuffling on the
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-06-20
Italian Women Pray
for Victory; Offer
Jewels to War Pund

Rome, June 1S.-Vittorio Orlando.
the Italian premier, in an interview
said that the Italian troops by tenaci-
ously resisting the Austro- Hungarian
troops in their new offensive in north
ern Italy and by repeated counter at
lacks were strongly holding the enemy.
The struggle, he added, was most Bit
ter on the eastern. slopes Of Monticello,
and west Of Sandona di Piave.
The Italian army vas prepared for
the Austrian attack and there is con-
fidence that it will be able to break
the force of the blow.
Throughout the country there Is q
feeling of tense expectancy. The grave
solemn faces of the people are ex-
pressive Of the seriousness Of the hour.
but ais Of the pride which is felt in
the army for it's splendid defense all
along the different battle fronts. The
churches were more crowded than
usual today, throngs of women praying
for victory and for the safety of those
at b front. Many women brought
Jewels as offerings. -ssSssc2S15s4sugT~
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BY Associated Press.

Amsterdam, Jun 17.-Prussian mill
tarism will bring victory to Germany,
says Emperor William in reply to a
telegram of congratulation on the 30th
anniversary of his ascension, from
Chancellor von Hertling. The emperor
declares that he leads 1.-The most
capable people on earth" n expresses
the hope that the German people will
have strength to bear their sufferings
and privations. The telegram reads:
Il express cordial thanks and kind
wishes to your excellency and the state
ministry on the day on which, 80 years
ago, | assembled the throne. When |
celebrated my 25-year jubilee as ruler
| was able, with special gratitude, to
point out that | had been able TO do
my work as a prince of peace.
Since then the world picture has
changed. For nearly four years, forced
to il by our enemies. we have been en-
gagged in the hardest struggle history
records. God, the Lord. has laid a
heavy burden upon my shoulders, but l
carry it in the consciousness Of our
good right, with confidence in our
ships, our sword and our strength and
in the realization that l have the good
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-06-20
AMERICANS BREAK
UP RAID by HUNS
Boches Attack Xivray on Toul
Front But Only One Small
Party Reaches Village
and Is Captured.
BY Associated Press.

With the American Army in France,
(Sunday) June 16.-In their attack on
Xivray, on the Toul sector, today, the
Germans hoped to enter the village and
carry off a large number Of prisoners,
but the alertness Of the American ar
tillery observers completely overturned
the enemy plan. Examination Of the
Germans captured in the fighting dis
closed that the enemy planned the raid
a week in advance n that the 900
special troops who took part in it were
rehearsed behind the German lines.
The enemy plan was to send forward
a large party without preparatory ar
tillery fire. This party was to take
up a position near the American
barbed wire and then send up a signal
rocket for a box barrage to Xiv
ray village and the approaching conf
munication trenches while the heavier
artillery was to lombard the villages in
the rear.
American artillery observers saw a
large number of Germans creeping
about in No Mans Land, and think
ing they composed a large working
party, they signalled for a barrage.
The American artillery n machine
guns went into action Immediately,
and before the enemy barrage could
get started, had Inflicted heavy losses
on the unprotected Germans in No
MAN y Lana anu pldyeu IldNOC Witi
the plans for the raid.
The original enemy plan was for the
attacking party to divide into three
sections and enter Xivary from three
different directions. Only n section
actually reached the outskirts of the
villages, out only after 1t had been cut
up badly by American barrage fire. OF
these only a small group got into
Xivary, where they were quickly sur
rounded by the Americans n either
captured or killed. Eight prisoners,
including a lieutenant, remained in the
American hands
A majority Of the American casual
ties which do not include any missing
resulted from the German artillery fire.
The Germans captured an American
soldier in their attack On Xivray, but
he did not remain a prisoner very long.
At the edge Of the village three Ger
mans came upon a wounded Amer
lean. He was placed under guard of
a German private and started for the
enemy line. Reaching a point near
the enemy wire entanglements, the
American suddenly drew a revolver
and forced his surprised custodian to
march back across No Mans Land in
to the American lines. After turning
his prisoner over to fellow soldiers,
the wounded man fell unconscious
from loss of blood.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-06-20
GENERAL WOOD,TO
GO BACK TO FUNSTON
War Departments Intimation
For Important Work Makes
1t Seem This In Temporary.

Washington. D. c., June 17.-Major
General Leonard Wood has been re-
assigned to his command at Camp
Funston, the war department an
nounced today.
When General Wood recently was
withdrawn from the division that he
had trained at Camp Funston on the
eve Of its departure for France, he
urged strongly that he be given more
active duty than he would find as a
departmental commander.
No explanation accompanied a brief
announcement by the adjutant general
that the assignment had been charged.
There has been limitations that the
war department contemplates giving
General Wood some special assign
ment Of great Importance, that he goes
to Camp Funston only temporarily un-
til the plan can be worked out.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-06-20

I part OF some Of the soldiers as to what
they meant by their answers ~ some
long winded refinements were under
taken to the effect that some of them
willing to fight Germans and Austrians
generally, but would not fight their
own relatives, although they offered no
explanation of the process by which
they were going to discover whether
particular Germans and AustrianS
whom they were required to shoot at
from range happened to be related to
them.
I'm one OF the records the soldier
claims to have an uncle evidently too
old to be in the military service of
Austria, whom he once saw and he had
heard of 10 or ~ other relatives in
Austria Of some Of whom he had seen
photographs which must nave been Of
a very persuasive character since they
aroused in him emotions OF blood kin
ship strong enough to overcome tho
obligations Of his own allegiance as an
American citizen.
Had Full Citizenship.
"These men were full citizens of the
United States, most of them by the
voluntary act Of naturalization. They
were full citizens in the sense that
they had equal rights and privileges
with other citizens. They also have
equal responsibilities. Among these
duties and responsibilities is to protect
the United States against all it's enc
mics, domestic and foreign. No right
is extended to a naturalized citizen to
pick and choose"
The IL DIRECTORS were sentenced as
follows:
Hyman Polkes, William j. Solder,
Joseph White, Anton Zsolak, Julius
Levinthal, Louis Silverman, Mayer
Suffkind, Louis H. Blumenthal, Sam
uel Spire. Paul Bauer, william Charles
Schwab and Michae Ciupa.
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TWO DRIVES beaten
OFF BY AMERICANS
Huns Fail to Dent Lines In
Marine Region Held By
U. S. Troops.
BY LOWELL MELIETT.
United Press Staff Corresnopdenf

With the Americans on the Marine,
June 1S.-American forces holding
Belleau wood beat off two German at
tacks within two hours yesterday
morning. They inflicted heavy losses
on the enemy. but got off without a
scratch.
The attacks followed a fruitless
enemy assault about 1880 Saturday
night. A barrage announced a resump-
ton Of the effort about 2 o'clock yes
terday morning. The boches showed
up at the edge of the wood, on sche-
dule, but were driven off by a wither-
ing rifle and machine gun fire. The
barrage failed to claim a victim and
the enemy infantry did not get close
enough to do any damage.
The attempt was repeated at 4
o'clock. Following the usual barrage,
the German infantry came slipping
down a deep slope into a wheat
field. AS they broke from the field and
rushed toward the wood. the American
rifles and machine guns again drove
them back. They fled in disorder.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-06-20
Prussian Mizltarism to Bring
Germany Victory, Kaiser Ayers
Emperor on 30th Anniversary Of His Accession to Throne De-
clares That He Leads THE Most Capable People on
Earth, and Is Sure of Outcome"

fortune to stand at the head Of the most
capable people on earth. Just as our
arms under strong leadership have
proved themselves invincible, so also
will h home land. exerting all its
strength, bear with strong will the suf-
feiings n privations which just now
are keenly felt.
Thus, / have spent this days ~activi-
ties midst my armies and it moved me
to the depth OF my heart, yet, filled me
with the most profound gratitude for
Gods mercy.
II know the Prussian militarism, so
much abused by u enemies, which
Iforefathers and | in aspiring TO duti-
fulness, loyalty and order and obedi-
ence have nurtured has given Ger
many's sword and the German nation
strength to triumph and that victory
will bring a peace that will guarantee
the German life. 1t will then be my
sacred duty, as well as that of the
states, with all our power to see to the
healing Of the wounds caused by the
wal and to secure a happy future for
the nation. In most faithful recog-
milton of the work hitherto performed.
| rely on our approved strength and
the help OF the state ministry. God
bless our lane n people.