The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-05-23
SYNOPSIS.

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CHAPTER I-Fired by the news OF the
sinking of the Lusltania by a German
submarine. Arthur Guy Empey, an Ameri-
can. leaves his office in Jersey City and
goes to England where he enlists Ia the
British army.
CHAPTER u-After a period OF train
Ing. Empey volunteers for Immediate serv-
Ice and soon finds himself In rest billets
somewhere In France where he first
makes the acquaintance of the ever-pres-
ent coolies"
CHAPTER II-Empey attends hts first
church services at the front while q Ger
man Fokker circles over the congregation
CHAPTER Iv-Empey's command goes
into the front-line trenches and Ia under
FIRE for the FIRST time.
CHAPTER v-Empey learns to adopt
the motto of the British Tommy. eff you
are going to get II. you'll get II, 10 never
worry"
CHAPTER vI-Back IN rest biilets. EN-
pey gets his first experience as a mess
CHAPTER vII-Empey learns how the
British soldiers are fed.
CHAPTER vIII-Back in the front-line
trench, Empey sees his first friend of the
renches "go West"
CHAPTER Ix-Empey makes his first
visit to a dugout in Suicide Ditch"
CHAPTER x-Empey learns what con-
stitutes a days work. In the front-hne
trench.
CHAPTER xI-Empey goes lover the
top" for the first time In a charge on the
German trenches and Is n by q
bayonet thrust.
CHAPTER xII-Empey Joins the sui
eide club as the bombing squad IL called.
CHAPTER xIII-Each Tommy gets an
oflcia. bath.
CHAPTER xIv-Empey helps dig an
advanced trench under German IRE.
CHAPTER xv-On listening post" in
No Mans Land.
CHAPTER xvI-Two artillerymen put
one over on Old Pepper. their regimental
commander.
CHAPTER xvII-Empey has narrow es-
cape while on patrol duty In No Mans
Land.
CHAPTER xvIII-Back in rest billets
Empey writes and stages a farce comedy.
CHAPTER X~Ix-Soldiers Rave many
ways to amuse themselves while ION their
own"
CHAPTER xx-Empey volunteers for
machine gun service and goes back into
the ~front-line trenches,
CHAPTER xXI-Empey again goes
tower the top" in a charge which cost his
company II killed and 81 wounded.
CHAPTER xXII-Trick with a machine
gun silences one bothersome Fritz.
CHAPTER XXIII-German attack, pre-
eeded by gas wave, is repulsed.
CHAPTER xXIV-Empey is forced to
take part in an execution a. a member
of the firing squad.
CHAPTER xxv-British prepare for
the Big Push-the battle of the Somme-
CHAPTER XXVI-In a trench raid.
preceding the Big Push, Empey is des-
perately wounded and lies unconscious In
No Mans Land for 3e hours.
CHAPTER XxVII-After four months
In a British hospital. Empey is discharged
ice.
/ reported at headquarters with six
teen others and passed the required ex
animation. Out of the sixteen appli.
cants four were selected.
was highly elated because / was, /
thought. in for a cushy job back at the
base.
The next morning the four reported
TO division headquarters for instruc-
lions. Two of the men were sent to
large towns in the real of the lines
with an easy job. When 1t came our
turn the officer told US we were good
men and had passed a very creditable
examination.
My tin hat began to get too small
for me, and i noted that the other man.
Atwell by name, was sticking his chest
out more than usual.
The officer continued: 81 think / can
use you two men to great advantage
in the front line. Here are your orders
and instructions, also the pass which
gives you full authority as special IL.
p. detailed OF intelligence work. Re
port at the front line according to your
@aAu.rn&t0nn IL 10 rfaEn rvnrH on6 II
wish you both the best of luck"
My heart dropped to zero and At
wells face was a study. We saluted
and left.
That wishing us the best of luck"
sounded very ominous In our ears II
he had said II wish you both a swift
and painless death" ii would have been
more to the point.
When we had read our instructions
we knew we were in for 1t good and
plenty.
What Atwell said is not ft for pub
lication, but l strongly seconded his
opinion of the war, army and divisional
headquarters in general.
After a bit our spirits rose. We were
~full-fledged .spy-catchers. because our
instructions and orders, said so.
We Immediately reported to the
nearest French estaminet and had sew
eral glasses of muddy water. which
they called beer. After drinking our
beer we left the estaminet and hailed
an empty ambulance.
After showing the driver our passes
we got in. The driver was going to the
part of the line where we had to re-
port
How the wounded ever survived a
ride In that ambulance was inexplica-
BILE to me. II was worse than riding on
a gun carriage over a rock road.
The driver of the ambulance was a
corporal of the Il. A. NJ. c., and he
had the wind up" that is, he had an
aversion to being under fire.
/ was riding IN the seat with him
uhfla Atwau WAS sitting in the amin