Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-05-24

A N AMERICAN CAMP IN THE LORRAINE
u SECTOR, May e2-Millikin lost man of
his outfit yesterday. The night before the
man had cried when it time to harness up
the mules and start that long uphill climb in the
dark.
Il amt fit to work in the supply company"
the man said "Lemme go back to the front
trenches. l don't mind it up there, but when I'm
drivin these doggone mules I'm scared"
So Millikin let him go. He said this morning
that when he got into the trenches with the shells
and grub and cartridges and water and odds and
ends that the supply company hauls he found the
man up there in dugout reading novel by can
die light and smoking a cigarette and now ana
then digging into can of corn willie and reason
ably happy. The Boche was bombing little tnat
night but the man didn't He at least had
company and the chance to fight back and had
been rescued from lonesomeness and the mules.
The outsider thinks of the man going over the
top as displaying the highest qualities of human
courage When he gets a little nearer the real
thing he greatly admires the artillery. The target
for each battery is some other battery most OF the
time and and then battery is hit. IL taxes
pluck to stand to it and feed the guns When the
enemy has ''bracketed" the battery and the gun
feeder knows the next shell may split the brack-
ct" and put his battery out. But the soldlers
themselves take OFF their mats 10 the heh VI 'ne
supply company.
Every of them guys has earned oecora-
ton, the infantrymen say.
The supply company's job is to haul every
thing soldier eats or wears or shoots or gets
Two nights ago the Boche had an exact registra-
ton on the road leading into this little village
From the shell hole in the corner OF the mouse IN
bursts of fire along it's length. They were regular
as though licked off by giant clock, but at 10
o'clock there came creakng of leather and a
rattle of wheels through the darkness and the
teams of the supply company rolled in. They were
a little late, and Milkin was apologize. Ihe
mules on the lead wagon had developed temper
manent and whenever a shell fell near them they
stopped on the road and blew loudly through ther
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But didn't lose a mule" M1llken concluded
happily.
That is the proof of a good nights work in
supply company outfit. 1t is taken for granted the
wagons will get through with their loads. But II
muIes are killed the next nights work will be
made difficult, because old Missouri is more pre-
cious than gold or fine stones over here. One
night last week the outfit started for an ammuni-
Six times the wagons called back by their
careful boss because of the danger of losing mules
At last the French, who rule in that sector, for
babe another attempt being made 1t relieved the
wagon boss immensely.
There was a dern fine chance of losing some
good mules fooling around that dump said ne
BUT THE MEN DON'T FEAR
Not one of the outfit officers or men, ever
seem to think that there is quite as excellent
chance of losing some good American citizens in
the same WY. The don't worry, with the
execution of the lonesome one who couldn't stand
lust sttin' on them dern dark wagons and holler-
in at them mules and bein' shot all to hell all
night long"
It's just a Job to the men. Their chief con-
Germ is for their mules. Mllikin says he picks
his mule drivers very carefully
after I've had man for a week l let him
go" said he "if find he don't steal feed for his
stock That's the test-stealing feed"
Just now our supply company is running rail
road 1t is narrow gauge affair, about three kilo-