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Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1918-08-02
CHAPTER VIII.
On Runner Service.


One night man named Bartel and
] were detailed for runner service and
were instructed to go TO Dlxmude and
deliver certain dispatches to man
whom / will call the burgomaster and
report to the branch staff headquar-
tiers that had been secretly located In
another part OF town. We were to
travel in an automobile and keep "A
sharp watch as we went, for Dixmude
was being contested holly at that time
and German patrols were In the neigh
borhood. No one knew exactly where
they would break out next.
SO we started out from the third
line trenches, but very shortly one OF
our outposts stopped us. Bartel car
ried the dispatches and drove the car
too, so II was up to me to explain
things to the sentries. They were
convinced after a bit of arguing Just
as we were leaving message came
over the phone from our commander,
telling them to hold us when we came.
II was lucky they stopped us, for 9th
erwise we would have been out of
The commander told me, over the tele-
phone, that II French flag flew over
the town the coast would be clear If
Belgian, that our forces were either
In control or were about to take over
the place but that Germans patrols
were near. After this we started
again.
When we had passed the last post
we kept sharp lookout for the flag
on the pole OF the old fish market, for
by this we would get our bearings
and perhaps, II it should be a German
flag, timely warning. But after we
were down the road Bit and had got
clear we saw Belgian flag whipping
around In Il good, strong breeze. But
while that showed that our troops or
the British were about TO take over
the place 1t also indicated that the
Germans We're somewhere near by.
Which was not so cheerful.
AS we went through the suburbs
along the canal which runs on the
edge of the town we found that all
the houses We're battered up. We
II'h w man StN'Ihl HthuS lhhl STUCK
themselves out of the spaces between
buildings and stuck themselves back
Just as quickly, but we could not get
an answer. Finally we got hold of
man who came out from little
cafe.
He told us that the Germans had
been through the town and had shot
1t up considerably, killing and wound
ing few inhabitants, but that shortly
afterward small force nf Relpinn
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Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1918-08-02
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Then for the first time my feet be-
gan hurting me. Our boots were made
of rough cowhide and fitted very well,
hut IL was a days labor TO carry them
on your feet. began tagging behind.
I would lag twenty or thirty yards
behind and then try to catch up. But
the thousands of men ahead of me
kept up the steady pace and very few
limped, though they had been on the
march since n. IN. II was then about
IL a. M. Those who did limp were
carried i'm the wagons. But had seen
very few men besides the drivers rid
ing i'm the wagons, and / wanted to
be as tough as the next guy, so / kept
on. But, believe me, / was sure glad
when we halted for rest along the
road.
That Is, the re-enforcements did /!
Our company of the Legion had not
come from so far, and when the front
way along the road we kept on filing,
as the saying is. i did not care about
being tough then, and was ready for
the wagon.
Only now there were no. wagons I
They belonged with the other troops.
So had to ease along as best l could
for what seemed like hours-to my
feet-until we turned off onto another
road and halted for rest. / found
out later that our officers had gone
astray and were lost at this time,
though, of course, they did not tell
us so.
We arrived at our section of the
trench about three o'clock that after
noon and / rejoined my company.
was all tired out after this trek and
found myself longing for the Cassard
and the rolling wave, where no Mara
th0ns and five-mile hikes were neces-
sary. But this was not in store for
me-yet.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1918-08-02
CHAPTER VII.
Stopping the Huns at Dixmude.

Stopping the Huns at Dlxmude.
i was standing In communication
trench that connected one Of our front
line trenches with crater caused by
the explosion of mine. All around
me men of the third line were coming
up, climbing around, digging, hammer
ing, shifting planks, moving sandbags
up and down. bringing up new timbers,
reels of barbed wire, ladders, cases of
ammunition, machine guns, trench
mortars-all the things that make an
army look like general store on legs.
The noise OF the guns was just deaf
ening. Our own shells passed not far
above our heads, so close were the
enemy trenches, and the explosions
were so near ard so violent that when
you rested your rifle butt on something
solid, like a rock, you could feel IT
shake and hum every time shell
landed.
Our first line was just on the out
skirts Of the town, in trenches that
had been won and lost by both sides
many times. Our second line was in
the streets and the third line was
almost at the south end of the town.
The Huns were hard at 1t, Smelling
the battered remains of Dixmude, and
to the right stretcher bearers were
working in lines so close that they
looked like two parades passing each
other. But the bearers from the com
pany near me had not returned from
the emergency dressing station and
the wounded were piling up, waiting
for them.
A company of the 2me Legion Etran-
gere had just come up to take their
stations In the crater, under the para
pet of sandbags. A shell landed among
them just before they entered the era
ter and sent almost whole squad
west besides wounding several others.
Almost before they occupied the
crater the wires were laid and reached
back to us, and the order came for us
to remain where we were until further
orders.
Then we got the complete orders.
We We're TO make no noise but were all
20 be ready in ten minutes. We put
on goggles and respirators. In ten
minutes the bomberS were TO leave the
trenches. Three mines were to ex-
plOde and then we We're to take and
hold certain portion of the enemy
trenches not far off. We were all
ready TO start up the ladders when
they moved Nig's section over TO ours
and he sneaked mp to me and whis-
uered behind his hand, BE sport,
Doe; make 1t ffty-fifty and gimme n
chaEce."
did not have any idea what he
meant and he had to get back to his
squad. Then the bombers came up 10
hr ladders, masked and with loaded
sacks on their left arms. zone min
ute now" said the officers, getting on
their own ladders and drawing their
revolvers--though most of the officers
Of the Legion charged with rife and
hayonct like their men.
Then-BOom Slam Bang land
the mines went off.
"Alle2W and then the parapet was
filled with bayOnets and men scram-
bling aud crawling and falling and get
TN" 10 again. The smoke drifted back
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1918-08-02
CHAPTER vi.
Fritz Does a Little "strafelno."

LOGS d LiItlc StTdIeIu0.
My outfit was one OF those that saw
the Germans place women and chill
dren in front of them as shields
against our fire. More than third Of
our men, should say, had been pretty
tough criminals in their own countries.
handful of cards or roll of the
bones whenever they got chance.
They had been in most of the dirty
parts of the world. This war was not
such Il much to them; just one more
job in the list. They could call God
and the saints and the human body
more things than any boss stevedore
that ever lived.
Yet they were religious in way.
Some of them were always reading
religious books or saying prayers In
different ways and between them they
believed In every religion and super
stition under the sun, / guess. Yet
they were the toughest bunch l ever
saw.
After they saw the Germans using
the Belgian women the way they did,
almost every man in my company took
some kind of vow or other, and
most of them kept their VOWS, too, l
believe. And those that We're religious
got more so after that.
Our chaplain had always been very
friendly with the men, and while /
think they liked him they were so
tough they would never admit it, and
some of them claimed he was Jonah,
or jlnx, or bad luck of some kind. But
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us cursed so much then. though we
were pretty handy with language at
any time. But when you are under
heavy fire like that and cannot give
Il back as good as you get, you go
crazy unless you have something to do.
Cussing is the best thing we could
think of.
Up the trench the third bay was
simply smashed In and the Germans
We're placing bomb after bomb right
I'm II and in ours. The captain yelled
out that he was going up to the next
bay TO examine 1t, hut no more had
he got there than he had his head
taken clean Off his shoulders.
At daybreak our trenches were all
pounded in and most of our dugouts
were filled up. Then Fritz opened up
with his artillery fire right on us. We
thought they were going to charge and
we figured their barrage would lift
and we could see them come over.
We received orders TO stand to with
| fixed bnyoncts. Then the man at the
periscopc shouted, "They come"
A battery directly behind us went
into action first and then they all
| Joined in and inside of Ave minutes
about eight hundred guns were raising
Cain with Fritz. The Boches were
caught square In No Mans Land and
our rifles and machine guns simply
moved them down. Many OF them
came half way across, then dropped
their guns and ran for our trenches
To give themselves mp. They could not
have got back to their own trenches.
II was shame to waste shell on
these poor fish. If they had been civ
vies the law would prevent you from
hitting them-you know the kind.
They could hardly drag themselves
along.
That is the way they look when you
have got them. But when they have
got you-klcks, cuffs, bayonet jabs-
there is nothing they will not do to
add to your misery. They seem to
think that 1t boosts their own courage.
An artillery fire like ours was great
fun for the gunners, but II was not
much fun for Fritz or for us in tho
trenches. We got under cover almost
as much rs Fritz and held thumbs for
the gunners to get through In hurry.
Then the fire died down and It was
so quiet IL made you jump.
We thought our parapet was busted
up good deal, but when we looked
through the periscope we saw what
had happened to Fritz trenches and.
believe me, they were practically
ruined.
| Out In No Mans Land II looked like
Woolworth's five-and-ten; everywhere
were gray uniforms, with tincups and
accouterments that belonged to the
Germans before our artillery and ma
chine guns got to them.
Our stretcher bearers were busy,
carrying the wounded back to first-aid
dressing station, for, Of course, we had
suffered too. From there the blesses
were shipped to the clearing station.
The dead lay I'm the trenches all day
and at night they were carried out
by working parties to "Stiff park" as
called 1t.
A man with anything on his mind
ought not to go to the front-line
trenches. He will be crazy inside OF
month. The best way Is not to
care whether II rains or SHOWS: there
are plenty of important things to
worry about.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1918-08-02
The Bombers Were Fishing In Their
Bag and Throwing.

for all they were worth. One of them
had his mask and face blown off yet
he was trying to talk, with the tears
rolling down over the raw flesh. lie
died five minutes later.
One night. while was lying back In
the trench trying not to think of any
thing and go to sleep the bombs began
to get pretty thick around there, and
when l could not stand 1t any longer
I rushed out into the bay of the fire
trench and right up against the para
pet. where IL was safer.
Hundreds of star shells were being
sent up by both sides and the field
and the trenches were as bright rs
day. All up and down the trenches
our men were lodging about, keeping
out of the way of the bombs that
were being thrown In our faceso 1t
did not seem as II there was any place
where It was possible 10 get cover.
Most of the time was picking dirt out
of my eyes that explosions had driven
into them.
If you went into dugout the men
already In there would shout, "Don't
stick in bunch-spread Outw While
you were in n dugout you kept expect
Ing to be buried alive and when you
went outside you thought the Boches
were aiming at you direct-and there
was no place at all where you felt
safe.
But the fire bay looked better than
the other places to me. l had not been
there more than few minutes when
a big one dropped In and that bay was
just one mess. out of the "a men in
the bay only eight escaped.
When the stretcher bearers got there
they did not have much to do in the
way Of rescue--it was more palbear-
er's work.
A stretcher bearer was picking up
one OF the boys, when grenade land
ed alongside of him and you could not
find fragment Of either of them.
That made two that landed within
twelve feet Of mes yet ! was not even
scratched
When ! got so that could move
went over To where the captain was
standing looking through periscope
over the parapet. ! was very nervous
and excited and was afraid to speak
TO him, but somehow | thought i
ought TO ask for orders. But l
could not say word. Finally a
shell whiz2od over our heads-just
missed us II seemed like, and | broke
out: what did you see? What's all
OF the newS?" and so on. ] guess
Chartered like monkey.
Then he yelled: you're the gunner
officer. You're just in tlme-Tve To-
Gated their mortar batteries"
] surely wished | was the gunner
officer | would have enjoyed It more
II ! could have got back at Fritz
somehow But ] was not the gunner
officer and | told him so. | had 10
shout AT him quite n while before he
would believe me. Then he wanted
me 10 find the gunner officer, but
did not know where to find him II |
could have got TO our guns | guess
would have had another medal for
working overtime, but / missed the
chance there.
About this time another bomb came
over and clouted out the best friend
| had in my company. Before the
war he had been one of the finest sing
ers In the Paris opera houses. When
he was with us he used to say that
the only difference between him and
Caruso was $500 a night,
A pollu and ! dragged him into n
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1918-08-02

they all told him their vows rs soon
MS they made them and he VIZ sup
posed to be sort of referee as to
whether they kept them or not,
During my second stunt in the front
lines things got pretty bad The Ger
mans were five to our one and they
kept pushing back parts of the line
nand cleaning out others. And the
weather was as bad ~ II could be
and the food did not always come reg
ularly. Now, before they took their
vows, every last man in the bunch
would have been kicking and growing
all the time, but. as 1t was, the only
The Dermott news., 1918-09-19
j. 5. GOVT. WANTS
CHILD EDUCATION
BECAUSE OF NUMEROUS OPPOR-
TuNITIES A GREAT MANY
HAVE QUIT SCHOOL.
SCHOOLS SHOULD Be FULL
National Government Sees Possibility
Within Next Few Years of Real
National Crisis in Shortage of
Technically Trained Workers.

FANtit2NlIlS.-
The United States Bureau OF EdI-
cation LIZ asking educational InstItu=
tons, teachers and school officers IN
all parts OF the country to assist IN u
nation wide campaign tor keeping the
schools of all grades and kinds 10
TO their full measure OF efticIenCy,
and 10 prevent AS far as may be pos
sible, any falling off in attendance.
Attention is called to the fact that
within the last year, On account OF
the numerous opportunities open -
boys and girls to make money.
great many OF them have dropped ont
OF school The national government
sees in this the possibility, within Tie
next few yeas. of a real national
crisis in the shortage OF technically
and professionally trained men and
women.
Within the past two weeks the Uni
versity OF Arkansas has received hun
dreds of letters from young men who
are of proper age and who have had
the opportunity to graduate from hfst
class high schools, but who have
dropped out OF school before gradual
ing. These young men desire to en-
ter the students army training corps,
where they might obtain college ed
ucation with all expenses paid by tho
United States government. However.
the inhcxible minimum of -four years
of standard high school work, or the
equivalent, has been set by the gov
eminent as an entrance requirement
for the students army training corps.
and these young men have lost their
opportunity. The attractiveness OF
positions which paid them wages c.
salaries which at the time seemed
large, has caused them to lose .ie
greater prize.
There is need OF the assistance e
not only persons connected with tie
schools, but of all patriotic citizens. %
assist in this national campaign 10
keep the young people in school
The Dermott news., 1918-09-19
EUGENE DEB5 IS GUILTY
NOTED LEADER CONVICTED IN
FEDERAL COURT
Charged With Violation OF Espionage
Act-Says he Has Nc Com.
plant TO Make

Cleveland Eugene Y bcts charged
VIII violating the espionage az. VA
found guilty by jury IN tAe United
States district court here
Talking to newspape9 men after III
verdict, Docs said
1t is all right have no compla II
to make Il viii come out all right il
Gods good titae,
or the original II counts Of tho n.
dictnonl only four remained when The
jury retired To consider me evidence
Thu verdict found him guilty on tire
no. guilty on one
He was found guilty oil IempIin.
10 iuc.tc INSTRUMENTATION. dislnyalty.
etc. IN lie military and naval forces /.
attempting to obsiruct recruiting and
Wtcrlns language tending 70 ine4tc.
provoke and encourage Resistance to
the United States and 10 promote hi
cause 81 The enemy
The coun5 on which ncbe was adj.
Judged innocent charged that he op
posed the cause OF the United States.
Counsel for both sides said they con.
stdcred Judge Westenhayer. instric.
toms falr
The Dermott news., 1918-09-19
AMERICANS IN BIC PUSH
CONTINUE TO PUSH FORWARD
AT ST. MIHlEL
Neck Of Escape Is Only SIX Miles in
Width and Is Under Fire OF the
Yankee Artillery.

London III their offensive against
the st. Mihiel salient the Americans
have captured large number OF
guns. according to the latest infor-
nation from the front
The advance Of the Americans into
the 5 Mihiel salient from the south
has reached 4 depth Of eight miles
according 20 the same information.
The enemy Is blowing UP ammu
milton dumps in Nationwide in the
middle OF The pocket
--latest reports Of territory taken
Nv the Americans indicate tha: the
neck OF the salient has beer mar
rowed to less than six miles and the
American artillery can reach ali tho
points OF escape
Dispatches from tie front indicate
that prisoners to the number Of %,
600 are now in the hands Of thc Van
KEGS
The Americans are making such
rapid progress that the sftuafion is
changing every moment. and they
are reported to be far in advance OF
the points mentioned III the latest
dispatches
The attack on the western side Of
the pocket has run INTO more dif
icult country and more aerious re
sistanee. buf tie Americans have ad-
vancod there 10 4 depth of three or
more miles
The Dermott news., 1918-09-19

pr. c. v. Garrison, state health
Officer. say that numerous requests
are coming in for typhoid serum to
be glveh in school communities where
the disease is prevalent In a recent
letter to health and school officials,
DR. Garrison called attention to the
fact that the government is requiring
typhoid immunization treatment for
all soldiers, and suggested that It
would be good measure to adopt
for schools in localities where the
disease is prevalent The serum IL
furnished free by the state
The Dermott news., 1918-09-19
EXPECT NEW BLOW
AGAINST HUNS LINE
WILL BE ALLIES ANSWER TO
PEACE PROPOSAL OF THE
CENTRAL POWERS.
BRITISH POUNDING GERMANS
There Is No Information OF An Off
cial Character From General Perish
mo as To Present Operations
Expect More Attacks.

Washington Another blow against
the German lines as an answer to tn,
peace proposal of the Central powers
10 expected momentarily by military
officials here.
The point of the expected attack :
a matter of wide speculation by OIL
GERS. Several Simultaneous attacks
will be delivered. with the Flanders
front, the French operations about ~
Fere directed al I.aon and the new
American front across the mouth Of
the old St Mihiel salient as the logi
cal positions from which Marshal
Foch would strike.
1t has been significant To some of
ficors that the British have not press
ed very heavily on the front between
Npres and Douai. North OF Dolai
there has been only one minor oper1-
lion by the BelEians since the allied
counteroffensiye began. British At
tention has been concentrated to a
large extent on clearing up to the
Douai- CAmbrai-S Quentin front ard
many observers believe III. lines hay :
been Strengthened sufficiently atong
this sector now for ne" movement
TO the north. II has been noted how
ever, that British artillery has been
pounding the German lines West Of
tanblal Win 'Sptclal NlHof recently,
which may be- the prelude to a direct
drive for the capture OF that city.
There Is no Information OF an eli
cal character as TO neral PershiES :
present operations. The greatest e.
ttccnce apparently l. betnE enforced
or press correspondents III discussing
the tactical disposition OF the Am.ti-
can army a this time and 10 ohsery,
RS here this Suggests thai prepafa
tons for new advance are We'll IN
der way. The logical objective. II
Is said. would b. the occupation OF
the Brley iron Fields and an effort To
encircle Metz from the west If Gea=
eral PcrshnE Is moving toward tina
goal nov, II Is SAID Joint attack hy
his army and the French army hold
lnE the Nerdun front would be Il preo
The Dermott news., 1918-09-19
EXEMPTION FOR R. R. MEN
Regional Directors Told to Act on
Behalf Of Certain Ones Con
sidcred Essential

Washing on Regional directors o.,
the railroad administration were III
recied 10 claim deferred draft elias
sincation for general railroad men
who are peeullaly essential 10 the
proper conduct N tho transportation
systems OF the country
The list includes telegraph and tel.
ephonc operators aud skilled yard.
men
The Dermott news., 1918-09-19
Gen. Gorcas Satisfied

Paris MAJ Gen William {. Cor
gas. surgeon general OF the United
states army. following an inspection
tour OF the Paris military hospitals
where Americans are undergoing Tor
treatment expressed his satisfaction
with the manner in which the wound
"a are being cared for,
The Dermott news., 1918-09-19
Telephone Removal Rate.

Washington. Telephone com.
panies Mare directed by Postmaster
General Burleson Il make aat
charge Of 81 for moving subsesib-
er's telephone from one location >
another within the same premise.
The order amends regulations made
August 2S. under Which tho cEasse
Was to be- based upon actual cosf
The Dermott news., 1918-09-19
To Prolona Agreement

Berne. Swift - The commercial
convention between tho United
States and Switzerland expires on
October g. and negotiations for its
profongation will be commenced soon
says an announcement.
The Dermott news., 1918-09-19

Grover Greek, aged Is, died al tho
home of his foster mother, Mrs. Mary
Growder. near Pocahontas, a few days
ago. II is said that after the boys
death Mrs Growder said she had noth-
INK 10 live for and would welcome
death \ few hours later she dropped
dead OF heart failure.
The Dermott news., 1918-09-19

An aviator performed over Morlil-
ton last week and during the per-
Torrance chickens and birds, accord
ing 10 the Morrilton Headlight, hu4-
died together in frightened groups ar
flew about excitedly as If they did
not quite understand the big bird
soaring aloft.
The Dermott news., 1918-09-19

Rome -Fhe Vatican does not III
heve that the former Russian en-
press is dead, Tor 1t Is considered
probable IL would have been ~
formed il there were confirmation o.
.hn report.
The Dermott news., 1918-09-19

II was announced that the $4,000
minimum for the girls industrial
school and reformatory at Little Rock
for women has been pledged. and 1t is
the intention to increase the pledge
10 100000 The government refused
10 aid the plan unless minimum OF
$4,000 was given by residents OF tho
state.