The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1918-05-02
CHAPTER XXI.

CHAPTER XXI.
Punishments and hachine-Gun Stunts.
Ssou after my arrival in France; in
fact. from my enlistment. had found
that in the British army discipline is
very strict One has to be very care
full In order to stay on the narrow path
of government virtne.
There are about seven million ways
Of breaking the kings regulations: to
keep one you have to break another.
The worst punishment Is death BY a
firing squad. or up against the wall"
as Tommy calls 1t
This Is for desertion. cowartiice. mu-
tiny, giving Information to the enemy.
looting. rape. robbing the dead. forcing
q safeguard. striking q superior, etc :
Then comes the punishment Of sixty
four days In the front-line trench with
out relief. During this time you have
to engage In all raids, working parties
In No Mans Land. and every haxardous
undertaking that comes along. II you
live through the sixty-four days yoa
are indeed lucky
This punishment Is awarded where
there 10 q doubt as to the wiIiful guilt
Of a man who has committed an Of
fence punishable By death
Then comes the famous Geld pun
ishment No. L Tommy has nicknamed
It 'crucifxion-" II means that q man
is epread-eagied on O timber wheel.
two hours q day for twenty-one days.
During this time be only gets water.
bully beef and biscuits for bis chow.
You get -crucihed- for repeated minor
.offenses.
Next in order Is Geld punishment
No 2
This Is confinement In the "ciink.-
without blankets, getting water. bully
beef and biscuits for rations and doing
all the dirty work that can be found.
This may be for twenty-four hours or
twenty days. according to the gravity
Of the o1ense.
Then comes pack drill or default
ers' parade. This consists Of drilling.
mostly at the double, for two hours
with full equipment Tommy hates
this. because Il II hard work Some
times he fills hts pack with straw to
tighten II. and sometimes he gets
cnught- II he gets caught. he grouses
at everything In general for twenty
one days, from the vantage point Of q
timber wheel.
Next comes &C. b. meaning -con-
fined to barracks-- This consists Of
stnying In hillets or barracks Tor TWEEN
ty-four hours to sssen days. You also
get an occasional defnuiters' parade
and dirsv Jobs around the, Quartcrn
The sergeant major keeps what u
known as the crime sheet. When q
man commits an offense. he Is
''crimed." that Ia his name. number
and offense is entered on the crime
sheet. Next day at o q. m. he goes to
the orderly room" before the captain.
who either Furnishes him with &C. n
or sends him before the o. c. fofncer
commanding battalion). The captain
Of the company can only award &C. b.
Tommy many a time has thanked
the king for making that provision In
his regulations
To gain the title Of q smart soldier
Tommy has to keep clear OF the crime
sheet and you have 10 Be darned smart
to do Il
have been on Il few tfmeA most
" for Yankee impudence.~
During our stay Of two weeks In
rest btllets our captain put m through
q course Of machine-gun drills. tr,fng
ont new stunts and theories.
After parades were over. our Eunsf
crews got together and also tried out
some theories Of their own In reference
to handling guns These courses had
nothing to do with tho Advancement Of
the war. consisted mostly Of causing
tricky jams in the gun. Snd thcn the
rest Of the crew would cndeavor to To-
cate a. quickly "A possible the cause
Of the stoppage. <STnls amused them
for a few days and 'thsa thinss cams T.
q standFtill A.
One Of the boys on my gun claimed
that he could play tune while the
~s- -. actually nrina. and densna-