Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-02-12

things at one time and do them all
we'll Up 10 now ii is all l can do "
perform one Gisk ut u time as II
should he done, because this military
stun is all very strange {" me. Bn'
/ am ambitious To take Oh IN" othrr
five.
They had some OF Us out on what
is called the ''bayonCt run this
morning for the first time. KUN
is right, except there were numerous
iumps and climbs included in II ana
when il was over ! felt like u house
looks after Il cyclone has struck IL.
This bayonet run Is composed OF Il
series of obstacles several hundred
feet apart and the object Is to tram
the men TO negotiate these obstacles
in the quickest possible time. Thcre
are two hurdles, q zig-zag ana a solid
wall some ten feet high. each built
of pine logs. The first hurdle is APP
proximately twenty-four inches In
height; the second strikes me around
my neck. The zig-zag Is a frameI
work Of loes abaMt- ten feet n -hssSass'
the poles being surmounted by single
pine logs about four inches in width
and the surface Of which is hewn
smooth" other single logs nailed
to the main poles at about Il forty
five degree angle, support the frame
work proper. The ten foot wall re-
rerred to above is constructed Of pine
logs one above the other as closely
as possible: and the builders had no
thought for leaving the soldier who
had TO climb them, hand or toe
hold. These are the barricades and
barriers i'm USE "over there" and we
must learn how to go over them
here.
There were two squad or sixteen
men in the crowd that started over
with me this morning and none of
us had ever seen or heard Of bay
onet run before. In fact we didn't
know where we were going until we
were on our way. The sergeant in
structor gave command something
like: Run. men and git over, and
devil take the hindmost." Somebody
started forward and of course the
est followed The first hurdle was
easy enough. The second hurdle
some fifty feet further on. and neck
high, wasn't to easy and most OF us
including myself. decided that the
hest way over it was under IT. ana
consequently about eight crawled
under instead OF over We then
started to run toward the zig-Zag
arrangement. An officer was stand
ing nearby watching us and he had
observed those of us who ran under
the high hurdle. l heard him say
something about You can always
calculate that there Is streak OF
yellow in n fellow who isn't willing TO
take a chance at getting hurt when
he has hard task to perform"
stopped right there and turned
around, resolved TO jump that hurdle
II | broke my neck. A little Jew next
to me who had also ducked under,
turned around and started back also
The others who slid under were or
dered back Then second order
over the hurdle" was given and we
started over again. | shut my eyes
and turned myself loose. fully ex-
pecting to break an arm 1T least, and
the next thing | knew | was on the
other side with my legs over my arms
and my nose in two inches Of mud
The little Jew who was running be-
side me had also gotten over and
landed OH my back pushing my head
into the aforesaid mud. But We were
over, and there was no stigma oi
yellow" Connected with us any more.
Then we tackled the zig-zag and
started up the supports to the affair
II isn't easy climbing q pine pole
four inches through and ten feet high
at an angle Of forty-flve degrees and
in order to get on top at the frs,
trial all OF us had to coon" it. as the
experienced men termed our action
That is we Rugged the pole and
cl;p,had I'M Tho polae On the ton O1