The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1918-06-07

int0sh. steel helmet, two blankets tear.
shelf goggles. 4 haiaeiava hesmss,
gloves and n tin at snsifros;bifs grease
which In excellent for Ereasing the
boots Add 10 this thu weight Ut his
rat;ons. and can you blame Tusnmy for
growing at twcnfy-kiIo roase march I
Having served ~ sergeant naajoe In
ths United States s==s'fy. tried 10
tell tina English drii seTg~anss their
business. but II did NOT work. They
Immediately pus me as batman In their
| Mess. Many a greasy dish Of stew was
accidentally spilled over them.
Iwouid sooner nEht than b. waiter,
no whea the order came through from
headquarters calling for draft Of
$50 rs.enfRcements for France. | vol
4aasaaEea, !,
Then we went before the NJ. a.
| yiasdieal afnret) for another ftyssssf
examination. This was very brief. He
| asked our names and numbers and
said FIT" and we went ont 10 fight
We were put into troop trains and
sent 10 Southampton. where we de-
trained, and had sur trench rifles Ii.
sued 10 tis Then In columns Of twos
We. went up tho gaagplank Of q little
steamer lying alongside the dock.
At the head Of the Rangpiank there
was an cid sergeant. who directed that
We lins ourselves along both rails Of
the ship Then he ordered Us to take
life belts from tho racks overhead and
put them on. have crossed tho ocean
several times and knew ! was not sea
siek. but when I huckied on that life
belt I had a sensation of sickness.
After we rot out into the stream sil
I could think Of wss that there we're
million German Submarines with tor
psdo on each, across the warhead Of
which was inscribed my name and ID.
dress
After ave hours We came alongside
a pier and disetnharked. I had at.
tainsd another one Of my ambitions,
was somewhere in France" We
slept In the open that night on the side
Of tho road. About six the next morn
isHz .'ws. were nrdsret % entrsln, J
lossked sroaad for the 1asssnrvr'
coaches, bat all I could see ON the sid
lng were cattle cars We climbed. into
these. On the side Of each car was
n sign reading "Homnss M, Chevaanx
4" whea We got inside Of the cars.
w~ thought that perhaps the sign
painter had reversed the erder Of
things After ~ hours 10 these trucks
We detraincd NJ Rouen. AZ this place
we went through an Intensive training
for ten days.
The training consisted of the rudi-
ments Of trench warfare. Trenches
had been dug. with barhed wire co
tan1lemrats. bombing saps, dngca,s
observation posts and machine gun en-.
placements We were given snat.
sering Vt trench cooking, sanitation.
henh throwing. reccnnoIsersns. listtn-
I'i6e pcstS tt6struetfifk afsd as,sAx
harhed wire. varying In" parties
methods used In attack and defense.
wiring parties, mass formation. and
the procedure for pciscn gas attacks
On the srnth day nv again met cur
friends -Hemmss ~ Chev~aux s.
Thtrty,stx hours nfote or fufssry, and
We arrived q, the town Of p
After unloading our rs,icns and
equipment. we lined up on the road In
columns at seurs waiting for the order
to march.
A dull rumbllng ceald b. heard The
sun was shining. turned to the man
ca my left and asked, what's the
noise. Mut' He did not know. eu, his
facv was Of Q p<a-sreen color. Jim.
on my right. also did not know. bat
suggested that I ~awsk" the sergeant
Coming towards n was n old Srss-
sisd sergeant. property fed up with
, the war, ~ ~awsk<d" bin.
"Thlnk It's going to raia. ssrreantr
He lceked It ne In ccntempt. md
| Erunted~ OwH u N-Gctn ter ram Win
the eleo1sin' sun a-sAinln'r looked
guilty,
'rhsms the runs up sh< Ina me
lad. ami yoaIi gss sncuxh IL EN- 10
fore wa gets back 10 RiSkty."
Ny knees s~eTsscd 10 wilt, and !
sauesk~s out weak ~ohr"
Thea we started cur march ~ 10 the
tine tn tea.kilc ,rcks After the erss
iny's march We arrived at cur rest
h,l,ess In France they call then, TVS,
h,llets because while In thea Tommy
works seven days q week and ca thu
eighth day Il the week he, Is s.ven
twsn,y-fcar hours "oa els ewn.-
Oar billet MAS spacious affair.
larye barn co the .ets SIDE O. the rad.
| which had eCv hundred entrances
n.nssy>alne for shells rats. wind snd
rsln and TIE eaadzstsA Gee fas Toxn-