The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1918-04-05

"For killing or wounding an En&'i2a =
private, the Sniper gets one maEG Ets
killing or wounding an English iEes
he gets five marks. but if he kills & :sesf
Cap or English general. the snireT gEsGss
twenty-one days tied to the wheel oz g.
timber as punishment for his car";esa-
ness"
Then he paused, waiting for ne sae
bite, suppose.
l bit all right and asked him why tfss-
sniper was punished for killing aa
English general. With a smile Ee Nee
Piled:
"Well, you see, if all the English gear
erals were killed, there would be Aa
one left to make costly mistakes
I shut him up, he was getting fs8
fresh for prisoner. After a white s@
winked at me and winked back. 'hre
the escort came to take the pris~:,e-sac
to the rear. l shook hands and WishesA
him "The best of luck and safe 5*sce--
ney to Blighty."
liked that prisoner, he was Ssa-
fellow, had an Iron Cross, too. I aGk
vised him to keep it out OF sight ar-
some Tommy would be sending it huERa-
to his girl in Blighty as souvenir
One dark and rainy night while Gae-
guard We were looking over the taGRs
from the fire step Of our front-taDGs
trench, when we heard a noise intIae-
diately in front Of our barbed We
The sentry next to me chaEeaga-
Halt. who comes there?' and breusaaR
his rife to the aim. His challen;,f wNE
answered in German. A captain in sA1n=
next traverse climbed upon the sa aCS
bagged parapet to investigates Bravo
but foolhardy deed-"Craek" went ss
bullet and he tumbled back into tac~
trench with hole through his stornas5a7
and died few minutes later. 4 sanS9
corporal in the next platoon was 50 ese-
ragged at the captains death that Aae
chucked a Mills bomb in the directiaEa
of the noise with the shouted warning
to us: Duck your nappers, my lucky
lads" A sharp dynamite report, q faE&s-
in front of us, and then silence
We Immediately sent up two stue~
shells. and in their light could see rw9
dark forms lying on the ground cs0ss
to our wire. A sergeant and foua
stretcher-bearers went out in frout z NJ :
soon returned, carrying two iI!1r
bodies. Down in the dugout. IN the
Pickering light Of three candles vG
saw that they were two German Of
GERS, one a captain and the othev a5E.
"unterofizier," rank one grade htehez
than sergeant general, but below Ing
grade of lieutenant.
The captains face had been aFEtesa
completely torn away by the b0m5&
explosion. The unteroffizier was alive .
breathing with difficulty. In a few Hs2ss--
utes he opened his eyes and blinkeG, mi
the glare of the candles.
The pair had evidently been drirtk~
ing heavily, for the alcohol fumes wsEes~
sickening and completely pervads'sf sar-
dugout. / turned away in ,jss-zs-
hating to see man cross the GrssC Gf.-
vide full Of booze.
One of our officers could speak GR~-
man and he questioned the dying Ezs.as-
In faint voice, interrupted by F.e-
quent hiccoughs, the unterof6zier to}aA
his story.
There had been drinking 5~HEG~~
among the officers in one of the GE--
man dugouts, the main beverage being
champagne. With drunken feer k2er
informed us that champagne was Es'Ess4-
tiful on their side and that it slii cass----
cost them anything either. About seTsa.s
that night the conversation had turnesa
to the "contemptible" English, sFoss esar:'
captain had made wager that Azas2'
would hang his cap on the Eng@SAa
barbed wire to show his contempt mn
the English sentries. The wager ES2E'
accepted. At eight o'clock the c%pSsaS7i
and he had crept out into No MaRsi
Land to carry out this wager
They had gotten about halfway
across when the drink took effect szas
the captain fell asleep. After abNGe
two hours of vain attempts the uaFE-
offiZier had at last succeeded IN wax
ing the captain, reminded him @f as'
bet. and warned him that he would be-
the laughing stock Of the officers EassE
if he did not accomplish his ebje@ut. flssEz
the captain was trembling ALL oxen arES :
insisted on returning to rffe GefrHsaz
lines. In the darkness they lost tiaeiF
bearings and crawled toward the E0Ssse
lish trenches. They reached the bartseE2
wire and were suddenly challenged By
our sentry. Being too drunk to reaIsRs :
that the challenge was in English tAS
captain refused to crawl back. eInaIEE
the unterof1izier convinced his superkoc
that they were in front of the EGgafsE :.
wire. Realizing this too late toe: aaxs~
tain drew his revolver and With 81 nua-
tered curse fired blindly toward SEK
trench. His bullet no doubt killed ozr>
captain.
Then the bomb came over and there
he was, dying-and good job too, ve>
+bouoht Tho nantain doad9 Well EfE.