Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-03-12

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unless specially ordered TO 10 SO from
brigade headquarters. Blime me. if
anyone dISohcyed that con mand, our
ycu.ral--y"S. il was Old Pepper
would hav" conrtmurtia!"d IN" who'll"
| -xp"ditIonary force. Nobody went out
Oi their way Ia disOl,.y Old Pepper in
those DAYS. because he couldn't be
called Il parSon: he was more like a
pirate. II at any time the devil should
feel lonely and sigh for Il proper mate.
Old Pepper would get the first call.
Facing the Germans wasn'r half bad
Cumpar red with an interview with that
old firebrand.
IF IL company or battalion should
give way It few yards against i Su-
pcriOr force of BochcS. Cid Pepper
would send for the commanding OFF,
! GER. In about half an hour the officer
would come back with his, face the
color of "A BRICK and in Il few hours
what was left OF his command would
hc holding their original position.
Il have seen an officer who wouldn't
say d for a thousand puid spend
live minutes with the old boy. and
when no returned the flow o. language
from HIS lIpS "oulh IlahS u nav -
blush for Shame.
What | am going to tell YOU is how
two Of us put il over on the old scamp
and got away with il. Ii was a risky
thing, too, because I'll. Pepper
wouldn't have been exactly mild with
us If he had got next 10 The game.
Me AMI my mate. Il lad named Har-
nv GaSScll. Il humb;trdier in ID 23S bat
terry. or lance corporal. :ts !ou call II
IN the infantry. used Ia relieve the
lclcphunlsts W" would do two hours
on ana fOIr off. ! would he on duty
IN the advanced observation post.
WhiI. h." would J." At III" other end ol
The wire in In" battery du:out signal
IN: station. "" w"r" SUPPOSED 10 Srnd
through orders for the battery To ire
when ordered Ia dn so 10y the uhS"rra-
ton Oftirrr in The advanced PoSl. 'ut
very few messages w"r" sent. III WAS
only IN cas-. Of an actual attack that
We would get - chance to earn our
TWO and sin a day. You see, old Pep
per had issued orders not TO fire en-
cent when The orders came Erum him.
And with old Pepper orders ~ orders.
and made Ia obey.
"Thc Germans must have known
about thcs, orders. for even N the day
their transports and troops used Il"
cXpuS, themselves rs If they were on
Da,TIdr This sure got up cur nose.
sitting there day after day. with I'm"
targets in front of uS but unable to
send over u shell. We heartily cuSsed
old Pepper. his orders. the govern
mcnt. the people al home. and every
thing in general. But the BorheS
didn't mind CuSSing, and got very care
less Rlimc me. they were bally in
sulting Used 10, when using certain
road, throw their caps into the air as
a ,aunt at our hclplcSSnesS.
'CaSScll had been Il tcl"sraphcr in
civil life and joined up when war Was
declared \s for me. knew Morse.
learned II at the Signal"rs' school back
I'M 1910. With an officer IN the obScr-
yatiun ,uSt. We could not carry on the
kind of conversation that's usual he
tween two mates. ~ We uScd inc
Morse code Tn send. one of us would
tap tn" ir;InSmitiCr with his iinS"r
nails. and III" on" On the other end
would get il through the receiver.
Many an hour MAS whilcl away in this
manner passing compliments back ANA
forth.
I'm The observation posi- IN" officer
used to ST for hours with Il powerful
pair of field glasses 10 his eyes
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III pam view ol. our i'oS'' r"I 'h' ."H'
thre" ui'ES frli" ifiu nI""S',' '"'hl"
mes "i lr"olS """h inns r"a" III "I"''" |"
dIEIiSht' ihcE were never H"'i'e"'
Whenever inns happened lhe captain
would Iroth al me mouth an" 'e. ou'
Il volume oi old Pepper rcllsI"h
which used l" MAKE me love MN.
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