The Arvada enterprise. (Arvada, Colo.) 1908-1970, 1918-10-03

When It was at all possible our snipers
were allowed dry quarters. the best Of
food. and they did not have to follow
the usual routine, but came and went
a. they pleased.
Our shippers, a. Q rule, went over
The parapet about dusk. Just before
Fritz got his star shells going. They
would crawl out to shell craters or
tree stumps or holes that they had
spotted during the day-in other
words. places where they could see
the enemy parapets but could not b.
seen themselves. Once in position,
they would make themselves comfort.
able, smear their tin hats with dirt,
get . good rest for their rifles and
snipe every German they saw. They
wore extra bandoleers Of cartridges.
dnce there was NO telling how many
rounds they might IRE during the
night. Sometimes they had direct and
visible targets and other times they
potted Huns BY guesswork. Usually
they crawled back Just before day
light. but sometimes they were out "a
hours At q stretch. They took great
pride In the number Of Germans they
knocked over, and II our men did not
get eight or ten they thought they had
not done . good nights work. OF
course 1t was not wholesale killing,
like machine cunning. but 1t was very
useful. because our snipers were al
ways laying for the German snipers,
and when they got SHIPPER Fritz they
saved Just 20 many Of our lives.
The Limeys have q great little ex-
preston that means lot: Garry on"
They say 1t II Q cockney expression.
When 4 captain falls In action, his
words are not q message to the girl
he left behind him or any dope about
his gray-haired mother. but Garry on.
Lieutenant Whosis." II the lieutenant
gets his It IL "Carry on, Sergeant
Jacks" and 10 on a. far a. it goes.
30 the words used to mean, take
over the command and do the Job
right" But now they mean not only
that but keep up your courage. and
90 to It," One man will say 1t to
another sometimes when he thinks the
Arst man u getting downhearted, but
more often, II he 10 q Limey. he will
start kidding him.
our men. Of course. did not say
Garry on" and In fact they did not
have any expression in French that
meant exactly the same thing. But
they used to cheer each other along,
all right. and they passed along the
command when 1t was necessary, too.
I wonder what expression the Ameri-
can troops will use. (You notice I
do not cali them ssmmiesO
took my turn at listening post With
the rest Of them, Of course. A listen
ing post is any good position out In
No Mans Land. and 10 always held BY
two mea. Their Job ID, to keep i've
ear ON Frits and In case they hear my
thing that sounds very much like an
attack one man runs back to his lines
and the other stays to hold back the
Boches as long a. he can. You can
figure for yourself which 10 the most
healthful Job.
As many times - I went on listen
ing-post duty I never did get to feel
ing homelike there exactly. You have
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would 20 to sleep before l had been
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