Oxford eagle., 1918-05-02

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school IDve my name and was a.
cepsed- hnd Joined the Suicide ciul.
and my froufles commenced. T'hir4--
ikso L. "a fl.r as..sA...l,.al Including sA.-
kE1z NFzss s f sss-rs
<s'ni through course In hu7nisin-.
Here we were instructed in The use
mefhods Of flArowinr and nganufae5ll ?
- various kinds Of hand grenade
nm the old '.5alD tin now obsolei ..
- fhe present Mills bomb. the s1andal
E - the British army.
- all depends where you are as s.
U11f you sre called. In France the =
onu Jon bomber" and give you me,-
- while In neutral countries the
cnh you m anarchist and give yea
ma"
from the very start the German ;
Rcre well equipped with effecfia {
1oU1s and trained bomb throwers. bIlt
- English army WIS as little PR
I'D a rhls Important department of
u Gs In many others. AT bo1nl,-
- - an old sergeant Of the Grell-
ards. whom ] had the GOO
&rE&11e u meet told me of the diScour-
nanfk this brnncn Of the service
I'D before they could meet tie
mnw on an equal footing. lPaca-
- md small array people In the
~ = pleas read with care) The first
- expediti"rgary forces had no
&1u1n NJ all. but had clicked q lot 81
DIktes from those thrown by the
11ncA One h-5-hf morning someone
~ ID had an idea and ISSUED an
- oerailln- two men from each
1oonn 20 go 10 bombing school TO
- me duties of bomber and how
uluufacture bombs NoncOlnmls-
r0o4 ofscers were generally selected
- course. Alter about TWO
l41D ~ scheol they returned TO their
D n rest billers or In the IRE
rs the case might be. and got
1enching their plHIeons how 70
ro ~fan II
1ously an order had been issued
- ranks 70 save empty jam tins
1znanu-a 0f bombs A pro
x 81 bombing would 81 On the
u3er 81 his section crOwding
10 see him work
rs left would he q pile Of empty
Ery Sam tins. while beside him
- IRE step would be q miscella-
assortment Of material ssed in
nufacture Of the liam tins
II would sioop down. get an
-
mud from the parapef. and line
SIDE of the tin with this sub
Then he would reach over.
y his detonafor and explosive.
Dsert them In the tin. fuse pro-
y On the FIRE step would be q
q fragments of shell. shrapnei
bits Of iron. nails, efc-anything
Hns hard enough 10 send over 10
80 be would scoop up handful Of
NIX and put II In the bomb Per-
one OF the platoon would ask him
1< ne did this for. and he would
&n that when the bomb exploded
bits would fly about and kin or
- any German hit by same; tie
Ioner would immediately pun q
3.A OA hls AlIAAc anu n1uG IL 10
1 bomb maker with, .'well. blame
efnd this over as a souvenir" or
4er Tommy would volunteer an
rusty and broken jackknife; both
N~1&d he accepted and inserted.
Zen the professor would take an
- handful Of mud and I'll the tin.
Il which he would punch q hole in
ID of the Tin and put II over the
- the bomb, the fuse sticking ont
- perhaps he wouId ugnrIy wrap
- around the outside Of the tin. and
- bomb was ready 10 send over TO
111u with Tomny's compliments.
= piece Of wood about four inches
W11e had been Issued. This was 10 be
nmpped on the left forearm by means
Ct fxo leather straps and was like the
xzde OF match box; II was called q
x<r1ker." There was q tip Ike the
fee4 OF match on the fuse OF the