The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1918-06-20
SYNOPSIS.


SYNOPSIS.
CHAPTER I-Fired by the news Of tho
sinking Of the Lusitania by a Germa.
submarine, Arthur Guy Empey, an Amert:
can, leaves his office In Jersey City and
IRoes to England where he enlsts in tho
british army.
CHAPTER IE-After a period Of train.
ing, Empey volunteers for immediate serv.
lice and soon finds himself in rest billeti
''somewhere in France" where he first
makes the acquaintance OF the ever-pres'
ent "cooties."
CHAPTER III-Empey attends his first
ichurch services at the front while Ger
man Fokker circles over the congregation.
CHAPTER IV-Empey's command goes
into the front-line trenches and Is under
fire for the first time.
CHAPTER v-Empey learns to adopt
1.-THE motto Of the British Tommy, III you
are going to get it, you'll get it. so never
worry"
CHAPTER vI-Back In rest billets, EN-
Orderly. oTa ~ ~
CHAPTER vII-Empey learns how the
British soldiers are fed.
CHAPTER vIII-Back in the front-line
trench, Empey sees his drst 1rleno OF tne
trenches 'go West"
CHAPTER IX-Empey makes his first
visit to a dugout in Suicide Ditch"
CHAPTER X-Empey learns what con-
;stitutes a days work" In the front-nne
I, CHAPTER xI-Empey goes over me
ton" for the first time in g. charge on the
German trenches and Is wounded oy
tbayonet thrust
CHAPTER xII-Empey joins. the sui
eide club as the bombing squad 1s causa-
CHAPTER VIII-Back in the front
line trench, Empey sees his first
friend of the trenches "go West"
CHAPTER IX-Empey makes his
first visit to dugout in "Suicide
Ditch"
CHAPTER X-Empey learns what
constitutes days work" in the
front-line trench.
CHAPTER XI-Empey goes lover
the top" for the first time in charge
on the German trenches and is
wounded by bayonet thrust.
CHAPTER. XII--Empey joins the
s'suicide club as the bombing squad
is called
CHAPTER ,xIII-Each Tommy
gets an official bath.
CHAPTER XIV-Empey helps dig
an advanced trench under German
fire.
CHAPTER XV-On ''listening
post" in No Mans Land.
CHAPTER XVI-Two artillery
men put one over on Old Pepper,
their regimental commander
CHAPTER XVII-Empey has mar
row escape while on patrol duty in
No Mans Land
CHAPTER XVIII-Back in rest
billets Empey writes and stages a
farce comedy.
CHAPTER XIX-Soldiers have
many ways to amuse themselves while
ION their own
Chapter XX-Empey volunteers
for. machine gun service and goes
back into the front line trenches.
. CHAPTER XXI-Empty again goes
9 lover the top in charge which
cost his company II killed and 81
wounded
CHAPTER XXII-Trick with a
machine gun silences one bothersome
Fritz.
Arweu trled to get in front of the
sentry to explain to him that it really
was the general he had under arrest,
but the sentry threatened to run his
bayonet through him, and would have
done it, too. So Atwell stepped aside,
and remained silent. I was nearly
bursting with suppressed laughter. One
word, and would have exploded. II
is not exactly diplomatic to laugh al
your general in such predicament.
The sentry and his prisoner arrived
at brigade headquarters with disas-
trous results to the sentry.
The joke was that the general had
personally issued the order for the
spy's arrest. 1t was habit of the gen.
eral to walk through the trenches on
rounds of inspection, unattended by
any of his staff. The Irishman, being
new in the regiment, had never seen
the general before, so when he came
across .him alone in a communication
trench, he promptly put him under ar
rest. Brigadier generals wear red
band around their caps.
Next day we passed the Irishman
tied to the wheel of timber, the be-
ginning Of his sentence of twenty-one
days, field punishment No. 1. Never
before have seen such woebegone
expression on mans face.
For several days, Atwell .apd made
ourselves scarce around brigade head
quarters. We did not want to meet
the general.
The spy was never caught.