Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1918-04-25

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u 10 q mechanical dsvteA VA q
osvsr. fitted Into Q Gee ct - 10
which extends half vay srognd -
circumference and 10 held In place q
the bottom By . fixing pin. In this ptA
there 10 q small metal ring. for The
purpose Of extracting IL PIN when
ready to throw.
You Do not throw Q bomb the way Q
baseball 10 thrown. because. when In
. marrow trench. your hand IL liable
to strike against the pafados. traverse
or parapet, and then down goes the
bomb. and, in q couple Of seconds or
%. up goes Tommy.
In throwing. the bomb and lever are
grasped.in the right hand, the left foot
10 advanced, knee stih. about one and
. half its length to tho front. while
the right leg. knee bent Is carried
slightly to the right. The left arm 10
extended at an angle Of As degrees.
pointing In the direction the bomb il to
be thrown. This position Is similar
to that Of shot putting, only that the
right arm Is extended downward. Then
you hurl the bomb from you with an
overhead bowling motion, the same a.
In cricket, throwing It fairly high in
the air, this In order to give the fuse
Q rhoncn fn h,spu do~n m mot uphnN
the bomb lands, it Immediately ex-
plodes and gives the Germans no time
to scamper out Of its range or to re-
turn It.
As the bomb leaves your hand, the
lever. by means Of a spring. is projected
into the air and falls ~hnrmlessly to
the ground a few feet In front Of the
bomber.
When the lever flies off 1t releases
a strong spring, which forces the firing
pin into a percussion cap. This ignltes
the fuse, which burns down and sets
off the detonator, charged with fulmi-
nate Of mercury, which explodes the
main charge Of ammonia.
The average British soldier is not an
expert at throwing; 1t Is a new game
to him, therefore the Canadians and
Americans, who have played baseball
! from the kindergarten up, take natu.
rally to bomb throwing and excel In
this act. A six-foot English bomber
: will stand in awed silence when hi
: sees a little tive-foot-nothing Canadian
outdistanee his throw by several yards
: | have read a few war stories Of bomb
? Ing, where baseball pitchers curvet
. their bombs when throwing them, bu
] q pitcher who can do this would make
"Christy" Mathewson look like a piker
. and is losing valuable time playing i,
U the European War bush league, whel
0 he would be able to set the obi
q league" on fire.
: We had a cushy time while at thl
u school. In fact, to us II was a regula
. vacation, and we were very sorry whel
y one morning the adjutant ordered u
- to report at headquarters for trans
. portation and ratlons to return to on
units up the line.
;. Arriving at u section, the boy
= once again rendered us the glad init
but looked askance at us out Of Il
ia corners Of their eyes. They could nj
- conceive, Us they expressed It, how
. man could be such a blinking idiot {
;. to Join the Suicide club. I was begfl
"a ming to feel sorry that I had becom
a member of said club, and my life
me appeared doubly precious.
Now that I was q %sure-enoug
bomber l was praying for peace m
hoping that my services as such woul
not be required.