The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1918-09-27
CHAPTER xxji--Eentinued.

This punishment ~ awarded where
there In doubt az 10 the wiilfnl guilt
Of man who has committed AN OF.
fence punishable by death.
Then comes the famous heid pun
Ahment No. |. Tommy has nicknamed
Il "crucinsIon," II means that man
IL spread cagled on 4 timber wheel.
two hoats DIZZY fsS twenty one anyS
During this time he only gets water.
bully teef ana biscuits for his chow
You get "crucihed" for repeated minor
Next In order IL field punishment
No :.
THIS IL confinement Ia the "ciink."
without blankets, getting wafer, bully
.beef anj biscuits for rati0ns and doing
ati thn diety woka that can hc found.
This may b. for tweaty fnnr houss or
twenty days. according to tho gravity
bf the oftense.
Then comes pack driil' or default
er~' parade. This consists Of drilling
mostly 1T the double. for two hours
with full equipment. Tommy hates
this. because II Ia hard work. Some
times he tilla his pack with straw 20
tighten II. and sometimes he gets
caught. II no gets caught, he grousrs
ut everything IN general for twenty"
one days. from the vantage point Of q
Humber wheel.
Next comes &c. H." meaning "con.
tned to barracks" This consists IT
staying Ia bllets or barracks Tor twen-
ty.feur hours tn seven days. You also
grt mn occasional defaGltcrs' parade
sni dirty Jobs around the quarters,
The srrNraet major keeps what ~
Anown as the crime sheet. When IA
nnu enmmts an ofrcnse, he Is
"crimed lhnt II, his maine, numbe1
std GsFYir4sN ~ f.asFtsynt ssia 'ttys ssT.Sse
sheet Next day Mt o. tG h. goes to
the orderly rcvu" before the cartHIu
who elthor puHishrs him With &c H.
or sends him bvfarr the q, &. tct'iger
commanding hRttntton, Tho captain
Of the company can only award &c T.
Tummy many time has thanked
tho King Tor making that provision In
bis regulations,
To gain The title Of 'stnart soldier
Tommy has % keep clear OF the crine
sheet. and you have to he darnrd smart
To- do II,
have hecn on II u few times. most
iy for "NsnkeN lmpulFnrw"
During eur stay oy tve weeks tn
rrSt hltlets pur captain put us through
a course ~ machine KUN drills trying
out new stunts ard theories
Aztec rRraars were over cur guns
crews gut tesethsr, and also tried sstp
Ap,ne 'thcorics ~ their uun IN reference
60 handling guns These courses hail
nothing 20 Do with tho advancement ~
the war. consisted mostly Of eauslas
tricky 'awN N the gun. aud then the
rest of the crew would cntlcANor 10 10.
cate as quickly ss possible the cause
OF the stoppaxr This sguusei them
for few days and then things came 70
s,sndSHli
one IL the boys IN my gun claimed
that he could play a tupe while the
gun was actually Grtne. and demon
strsted this fact Vnr day IN the target
range We were very enthusiastic and
decided ~ h,,~u,c musicians
After constant rrpceto became
quite expert In the tune entitled All
Cne3ntscrs Have Ns Feet
Naen had mastered this tune our
two weeks rs~t came IA an end. ana
c,pe sgaIn are went up the ltne snd
t,,oS ever the sector In frent II t.
wood.
A. This p,ans the Gcrmsd' ,rvcch~.
r}n ar,s0oa the base 81 a bill. ca TIE
Ny ~ which Was dcnse ~4AAA This
wgNNl wss Infested with machine suas
which e>t3 te traverse oar lines ri
VII snI sweep tbs streets ~ q Htsie
y,Aaks. whsyrs' wr we're hllleted while
In reserve
There Was ere gun In particular
which u~yei ., ses eur c,sts IL had the
exact rAaSr ~ our elephant dueyssit
ent-sntt' and every morning. about the
tire rationS wsrs e~ing hr1,asht up It's
kalletS v>G'i sn,,t& ur tae dgss "a the
Rad; rtvr than enc Tonray weas
West ar TO Il sNSy by running Into
their.
This gnn Eet cor nerves ~ edge,
and trtts sev~ned T. kHcw e. hccsnSe
be never SSvs u an hairs rest Uu-
reputation "a nra ts''ae sua0ers was nj
seAks. we trtsa various rgS,S % ie-atr
Asd put this Kun sat II sctioa. sat
AcA eoe rcsrvi &c be failure. a15