Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1918-06-07
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battery consisted of four as howit-
zers. and fired 35-pound H. Il. she'll.
AS you know, II. Il. means high ex.
plosive.' don't like cumming up my
own battery, but we had n record in
the division for direct hits, and our
boys were just pining away for n
chance to exhibit their skill In the
eyes of Fritz.
"On the afternoon of the fourth day
of Fritz contemptuous use of the road
mentioned the captain and l were at
our posts as usual. Fritz was strafe-
ing us pretty rough, just like he's doing
now. The shells were playing leap
frog all through that orchard.
II was carrying on conversation
in our tap code with Cassell ut the
other end. 1t ran something like this /:
"'Say, Cassell, how would YOU like
to be In the saloon bar Of tho Kings
Arms down Rye lane with bottle Of
Bass in front of you, and that blonde
barmaid waiting to fiji 'em up AGAIN.
"Cassell had fancy for that par
ticular blonde. The answer came back
in the shape of volley of cusses.
changed the subject.
after q while our talk veered
round to the way the Boches had been
exposing themselves on the road down
on the chart as Target II. What he
said about those Boches would never
have passed the reichstag, though l
believe II would have gone through
our censor easily enough.
THE bursting smells were making
such din that packed up talking
and took TO watching the captain. He
was fidgeting around on an old sand7
bag with the glass to his eye. Occa-
sionally he would let out grunt, and
make some remark l couldn't hear on
account of the noise, but / guessed
what 1t was all right. Fritz was get
ting fresh again on that road.
"Cassell had been sending in the tap
code to me, but / was fed up and
didn't bother with 1t. Then he sent
o. s.. and I was all attention. for this
was call used between us which
meant that something important was
on. / was all ears in an instant. Then
Cassell turned loose.
"'You blankety blank dud, ! have
been trying to raise you for fifteen
minutes. What's the matter, are you
asleepT Gust as If anyone could
have slept in that internal racketD
Never mind framing nasty answer.
Just listen
care you game for putting some
thing over on the Boches and Old Pep
per all in one?'
~ answered that was game enough
when 1t came to putting 1t over the
Boches, but confessed that had
weakening of the spine, even at the
mention of Old Peppers name.
ale came back with, It's so absurd
ly easy and simple that there is no
chance of the old heather rumbling It.
Anyway, If we're caught, I'll take the
blame
''Under these condition told him to
spit out his scheme. II was so daring
and simple that 1t took my breath
away. This Is what he proposed:
"If the Boches should use that road
again. To send by the tap system the
target and range. had previously
told him about our captain talking out
loud as If he were sending through
orders. Well, If this happened, l was
to send the dope to Cassell and he
would transmit it to the battery com
mander as officially coming through
the observation post. Then the bat
terry would open up. Afterwards, dur
ing the investigation, Cassell would
swear he received IL direct. They
would have to relieve him, because II
was impossible from his post in the
battery dugout TO know that the road
was being used AT that time by the
Germans. And also il was impossible
for him 20 give the target, range and
degrees. You know "A battery chart Is
not passed around among the men like
newspaper from Blighty. From him
the investigation would 20 TO the OBJ
scrvation post, and the observing Off
Ger could truthfully swear that / had
not sent the message by phone, ana
that no orders 70 Ere had been issued
by him. The Investigators would then
he up in the air, we would be safe, the
BOches would receive II good bashlng.
and we would get our own back on Ola
Pepper. 1t was too good To be true.
gleefully fell in with the scheme.
and told Cassell / was his meat.
"Then | waited with beating heart
and watched the captain like II hawk.
"He was beginning 10 fidget again
and was drumming on the sandbogs
with his feet. At last, turning to me,
he said:
"'Wilson, this army Is a blankety
blank washout. What's the use of hav-
ing artillery If II is not allowed to fire?
The government at home ought to be
hanged with some of their red tape.
It's through them that we have no
shells
II answered, Yes, sir and started
sending this opinion over the wire to
CasselI. but the captain interrupted