The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1918-07-10
LIEUTENANT HALTON
SPEAKS In MANNING
Canadian Officer Talks on True Con
dition of War. Has Served 10
Years in Regular Army

shot. | was shot in the arm. and the
horse in falling rolled on me and ny
other arm was broken. ! was taken
up, my wounds were dressed and
everything done for my comfort. One
of their men then rode 81 miles TO
notify the British | had been wounded
When we fought the Zulus we we're
allowed to send out our men unie.
the Red Cross and gather up our
the Germans, no such thing was al
lowed, as they were Immediately shot
down.
Across the entire front from, Flan-
ders, across France, Italy and down
into Mesopotamia extend the trench
es of both Allies and ner enemies. The
! first line trenches are Sin feet Ge4D.
Along the top cXte:cdS & wall Of sand
bags Three hundred yards back Of the
first line trenches are the second. The
Germans have reinforced their trench
cs with steel and concrete. Back OF
these lines extend tunnels, far hacI;
to the border. Here the Germans are
able to conceal vast numbers of ygGn
from our observers. They are deler-
mined to stay in the trenches. hut
they have got to come out, if i .aA@S
two years, if it takes five years. i
IL lakes Il1ty years.
In the day time no movement is al
lowed in the trenches. AS YOU e!.!e-
you will see some of the soldiers writ
ing home, some are cleaning their
guns, while others are watching -r4
enemy through the pcriscopcs. NblcJ,
are placed at intervals of thirty feet.
Over the. enemies lines YOU will SOS
the immense sausage balloon. with
their observation cages. These a:t
captive and can be raised or lowered
at will. Every move of the mc,, IS oo.
srvcd and reported, and if any move
inent were seen in OR. trenches they
would Immediately order thai part
shclled Hence the order for 40 !aoTC-
ment III the day time. Our armies
also have their captive balloons anr
as closely watch the moven.enta OF
the enemy.
Looking through the periscone you
sec first the sand bags of our ljnes
then our own barbed wire cntanCle-
ments, II yards across. Then you see
| desolattion, crater holes, large ana
small. This is No Mans Land. Be.
yond is the enemy wire cntanglennent
his sand bags and trenches.
At night all is activity. Back
OF the lines water, ammunition, ra-
tions and other supplies are being
brought up into the first line trench.
es. It is then that all movement o1
troops is made.
Suddenly you see bright light
This is called the salient light. ii is
thrown up by the enemy to watch tho
movements of our men. When tn.
war first started our men We're very
eager for souvenirs, and what couic
be better than German hcln1rt? S;
they. would organize raidinG party
OF SIX or eight, unknown to the OF.
ticers, and go over and capture {
number of helmets apiece, killinr +;
man for each one. The Germans he.
came so nervous they would no. sta,
in the first line trenches at NIGHT, am
rather than shoot whole army, sci.
cntists invented the salient LIGHT
which lasts for three minutes, anc
! lights up the whole surrounding couu.
try. When the enemy is very merry.
Gus he sends them up every five min.
utes; when not quite so nervous, ever,
10 minutes, and nights when he Is
feeling fairly secure, or is planning
some meanness, every 20 minutes
These are the nights W. go over. These
lights cost $12 to SD apiece, and as
they have not yet invented a one sid.
| 'toio Wal SSO Viz Dcflctji, ant
the kaiser pays the bill.
Liut. Halton then gave a praphi,
description of scouting party goinp
out on, No Mans Land seeking infor.
nation. His information was first
hand, and was very real to his hear.
ers. During his talk he introducct
bits of humor, showing that the sol
der can still see the ridiculous side OF
life. w. '''> W.
In closing he told Of some Of III.
own experiences in Oeing wounded
giving the highest praise to the Y. M
Z. A. and the Red Cross for their won
derful work in the war zone.
Lieut.. Halton returned to Amcric;
ON the hospital ship Llandovery Cas-
tie, which was recently sunk. He ex
poets to return soon to as near posi-
tion to the front as possible.
-W-S-S-
Last Monday morning while Mr.
Clarence Iseman and Charles Brad
ham were returning from Sumter
they had the misfortune of RUNNING
off one Of the bridges in Black River
and while neither was flurt, the cal
was badly damaged. 1t seems tha,
Clarence, who was driving the car
fell asleep, and when they reached the
bridge the machine did not know
which way to turn without being told
SO dived over into the stream, ant
when the boys found themselves they
were at the bottom Of the river.
Have you read "Over the Top ?" Il
not get book at once and read it, ant
then see it later at The Pastime.