Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-03-29

Nv INV Va W0hNu hEA NO AyhStE{7 WI43/X
where in France Tnan old dIfsptd&tSs
house, the walls OF which were sass{D
with machine gun bullets. NO. q ~
ton Of the machine gun cof1pany ~
its quarters. The company = ,c0okk nl
pared the meals in this billet. Ona
fifth evening OF the bonlbsrdusAtg "
German eight-inch shell seEist4ftdN Z
direct hit on the billet and ylpsa NV
ten men who wers fsleuH mi H. snof
posedly bomb.proof ceslsS 1Asxi W. y y
buried the next rsx snd r ssts2l I NJ
funesai' ,Ssasssssi6 saaasss " sse Z !,
\ CHARTER xxvf, ~
All Quiet (7) on the WssA4sn FrS4h
At brigade headpuArters hAHb4 M
to ovethear conversation bsfwSeA h ~
u. O. 9. general ofIsrsf uxmnnaa4ik "
and the divisional cornf0hhdps. HIM.
this conversation I learned thHt3 W
were to bombard the derrnanf lIhfA 11
eight days, and on the nrsts Ok july tesd
big push" was to cotnIrences ] t M
On the afternoon or the eigAss ,aAx m
our "straSeing,' Asweil and I vlA
ding in fine front.lins trench sttfA59iIe
Tags and making out onr repeftsI ~ {
previous nights sour al tho tread u
which we had to turn fn to heAxtdyl
ters the following day, when "a idt3
was passed down the 'trstfeh sstst ~
Pepper requested twenty vuisJntsg}3 i N
60 over on a trench rusd thar 'ux1tis
Eryaapd set few German ~
insU.fd. ton purposes. \ tgurnedI
volunteered for this job. and sti99l Y I.
hands with Atwell, aud went 10 IA
rear to give my nains "a the oisscstx I,
charge OF the rfiding party Disf
was accepted, worse laesA gsEy
AT g:4sahat night We tapostsd, tsits'
hrlgade headquarters 'dugout to fArkl n,
INSTRUCTIONS from Oid pepnsr. y tgNs,
After reaching this duadpt I el iaslk
via Ma senirireie brodnds hitd,, aaif1Ifs
addressed MS as fnilows;s " ,
tAlt wsat yal, bavk 90 do Us 0sgs
over>to the German lines tSufSlif. ll
prise them, secure e0utses dk 81 IiI
ers, tsnH return irDnedint II. q d 4!
,tiilery mas bonsbarded atb3 II ssf{l n "
ths line for twc days and iytvsdAtl a
helisvs that that part. 0f sss}iA lgt1ft Y
trench IL anoce,pied, 40 jnat. ests n w
pie OF prisoners sud return a. dtis1kiis
~ possible" HtN N gsy lA
The sergeant on my right IN an sps-
dertone, whispered TO ma :is rss alF Il
"Say, Yank, how are we xatak h \
u couple OF prisoners ~ tile OH "
thinks personally tfiet that pSyt WI y
trench is unoccupied, '.4-sonads ktliy ~
fishy, doesn't II mater ~ ,t.AstA \.
{ / had funny sinking sensasIi \,
my stomach, and my tin hat feil zSt
10 weighed about a ton and my sthAy
ssm was melting away. Old Peps4
must have heard the sergeant ttit
because he turned in his iffettfont tAd
In Il laundering voice asked {: fsgss ,kl
"what did you sayr' 4, ;ssa BBssi
+, The sergeant with a scarlet ilecssa
nj. face and his knees tssrnStfAg,
smsrtiy saluted and answered: n sssi
Nothing, SIR" sgs2,,
Old Pepper said: y,
""weil, don't say itsc Loudly thA,a1xs
time" XII
Then Old Pepper continued. ~
"in this section of the GsEnksl
trenches there are two or TIRES M
chine guns which our artillery, m =
Inst two or three days. has bees ~
able to tape, These kuns command \ e
sector where two of Dur cofumuhi III
tlon trenches join tias front IiHSss tph
M the brigade Is to 10 over NJ .tupsf
morrow morning wsnt to. txpfsixs no
or three n,en from these furx Ts{le6,
and from Them / may bs.shist w. ~ n -
yalnstie Information As@tp Atssss e Et
If,Sa tion ~ the guiA, and Sds a4fflslFsss
win tisersfors be sbfsstb dSStfi4k 49,
before the sttsca. and 'tAuss pssysts
our losing lot Of men White gy(xe
these communication trenches TO Mstt
up conference.-the -t1!a 1T \
, These were the INSTRUCTIONS he txsA
US: ,s.. =, y Az
",Fake on your itientineaaIon diaAys,
strip your uniforms OF all nsFiAf9,
insignia. etc, leave y0nr papsTsi sBAl
your captains, because I don't. wsnttt3fs
Boches to know what regiments ale
against them as this would bsvAIaS \ 4
information to them IN cur Gt1n&g "
morrow and I dsa't want any e 10
TO be taken alive. What went is'c434
prisoners aud is I get them ! hssA3a
way which Will make them gdlvuajts
all necessary information ~ to ths4A
gus. You have your choice Of tses
weapons--you may esry your 'pAs-
suaders or your kDuckie knives, ma
each man will arm himself with fcsir!
Mills bombs, these to be used caiy saI
case Of emergency" t-
A. persuader IL Toinmyis nieksiAAss
for club carried by the h6sebsrs. III
is about tsvo feet long, thin 'ats enc epsr
aud very thick Mt the otlters sEhA tlii8k'
epd Is studded With sharp steel spikss. !,
while through the center og the elsihl
there Is nine-incli leadF bar. TO txftst
1t weight and balanse. When ssNu Esbi
u prisoner ell yoa i,SSs 70 DO IS Jnfrl
sriek this club mp la srO4lt OF hslItt "a A.