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H.
This punishment is awarded where
there is a doubt as to the willful guilt
Of a man who has committed an Of
fence punishable by death.
Then comes the famous field pun
ishment No. 1. Tommy has nicknamed
1t "crucifxion." 1t means that a man |
Is spread-eagled on a timber wheel,
two hours a day for twenty-one days.
During this time he only gets water,
bully beef and biscuits for his chow.
You get "crucifed" for repeated minor
Offenses.
Next in order is field punishment
No. 2.
This Is confinement in the "clink,"
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 offense.
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 it is hard work. Some
times he fills his pack with straw to
lightel it, and sometimes he gets
caught. If he gets caught, he grouses
at everything in general for twenty
one days, from the vantage point Of
timber wheel.
Next comes &c. B." meaning "con-
fined to barracks" This consists of
staying in billets or barracks for twen-
ty-four hours to seven days. You also
get an occasional defaulters' parade
and dirty jobs around the quarters.
The sergeant major keeps what is
known as the crime sheet. When a
man commits an offense, he is
"crimed," that is, his name, number
and offense is entered on the crime
sheet Next day at 9 a. m. he goes to
the orderly room" before the captain,
who either Furnishes him with &c. B."
or sends him before the o. G. (officer
commanding battalion). The captain
Of the company can only award &C. B."
Tommy many time has thanked
the king for making that provision in
bis regulations.
To gain the title of "smart soldier
Tommy has to keep clear of the crime
sheet, and you have to be darned smart
to do it.
have been on it few times, most
ly for yankee impudence."
During our stay Of two weeks ir
or tot, -
course of machine-gun drills, trying
out new stunts and theories.
After parades were over, our guns
crews got together and also tried GU
some theories of their own in reference
to handling guns. These courses hat
nothing to do with the advancement O
the war, consisted mostly of causin
tricky jams in the gun, and then tn
rest of the crew would endeavor to lo
cate as quickly as possible the caus
Of the stoppage. This amused ther
for few days and then things came t
standstill.
One of the boys on my gun elaine
that he could play a tune while tn
gun was actually firing, and demon
strated this fact one day on the large
range. We were very enthusiastic an
decided to become musicians.
After constant practice I becam
quite expert in the tune entitled "a
Conductors Have Big Feet
When had mastered this tune, O,
two weeks rest came to an end. an
once again we went up the line an
took over the sector in front of G
wood.
AT this point the German trench
ran around the base of a hill. on II
top Of which was dense wood. TIL
wood was infested with machine CUR
which used to traverse our lines
will, and sweep the streets of a lit
village, where we were billeted viii
in reserve.
There was one gun in particul
which used to get our goats, it had t
exact range of our elephant" dugo
entrance, and every morning, about t
time rations were being brought up,
bullets would knock up the dust on +
road; more than one Tommy we
West or to Blighty by running in
them.
This gun got our nerves on ed
and Fritz seemed to know it, becar
ne never gave us an hours rest. q
reputation as machine gunners was
stake; we tried various ruses to loo,
and put this gun out of action,
each one proved to be a failure, a