The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-08-31

meant when your feet got the coldest.
but I do not think they suffered very
much with trouble In the feet-not
when they were advancing. anyway.
The time eard might read something
like this; Fret wave. xero. advance.
rapid walk. barrage rs In 10 seconds.
take nrst trench. 0.20; second wave.
same as the nrsL pass irst trench.
o;2ai take second trench, O;So. The
third wave IL ordered to take the third
trench, and ~ on, for as many lines
as the enemy IN entrenehed, The other
waves mlght be Instructed TO occupy
Inn 7. ~ sOS. or dig In behind rock
~ a. Here. zero Ii understood. tho
FIRST figures standing for minutes aud
the others for seconds. II might take
several hours 20 carry out the pro.
gram. but everything IL laid out to
an exact schedule.
was In the sixth line of the third
wave of attack aud zero was Also
a. m. Whistles we're 20 be- the signal
for sero and We were 90 walk to the
nrst line Turkish trench. As We came
out our harmge IRE would be burst.
Ing 80 yards ahead Of Us and would
lift 20 yards every 10 seconds. Our
stunt wal to take advantage OF II
without walking into IT,
No one man can see all OF an attack,
which may extend over miles OF
ground. but during the three weeks
l was In the trenches on the Gallipoli
peninsula We made four grand attacks
and many minor ones, SO ! know In u
general way what they are like. Zach
wave In organized like the others.
First come three lines OF what you
might call srenadiera. though they are
not picked for size IN the old kings
grenadiers used 20 be. They ara de
| ployed In akirmish formation, which
means that every nan In three yards
from the next. They were armed only
with ~grenades, but, you can take II
from me, that II enough Behind them
come two lines. also In akirmish for
nation, and armed with machine guns
aud grenade rifles. The first men on
the left carry machine guns, then come
three rifle g~renadiers, and then anoth-
or machine gun and so OF down the
length Of the line, After these come
two lines of rifemen with nxed bay
onets.
Then come the trench cleaners, or
moppera-up, aa we call them. They
we're some gang. believe me, Imagine
a team Of rugby players spread out Ia
two llnes-only with hundreds OF men
on the team Instead OF eleven, and
each man a husky, capable OF han.
ding n baby grand piano single
bundled. These fellows were armed
with everything you could think of,
ana u whole lot more that you could
cot dream about In a nightmare. II
used T. remind me ~ a trial l saw
Ia New York once, where the poles
had raided u yeggmen'a flop and had
ali their weapons In the courtroom as
exhibits.
The mOppers.up were heeled with
sticks. clubs, shillelahs, black-Jacks,
iwo.handed cleayera, axes, trench
knives, poniards, u%p-to-date toma-
hawks, brass knuckies, slung shots
anything that was ever invented for
crashing q man with, | guess, except
firearms. These knoek-down, drag-0ut
artists follow the rinemen very closely.
Their job was 10 take care Of all the
Turks who could not escape and would
not surrender.
There ARE lots OF men In any army
who will not surrender. but l think
probably there were more Turks or
that gameness than men in most other
armies. have heard that II IN a part
OF their religion that a man. II he
dies fighting. oes 10 q very specially
fancy heaven, with plenty TO eat and
smoke. And | suppose II he surren'
ders they believe he will be put In
the black gang. sticking for eternity
down below. II was awfuily hot at the
Dardanelles and l guess the Turks
did not want II any hotter, for very
few OF them ever surrendered. and the
trench cleaners had a lot 10 do. Their
Job In really important. for II 10 danger
ous "a have groups Of the enemy alive
and kicking around In their trenches
after you have passed. Almost every
prisoner we took was wounded.
The one thing | do not like TO have
people ask me 10. "How does II feel TO
kill q msnr' and l think the other
boys feel the same way about II. IL
10 not q thing you like 10 talk about
or think about either. but this time,
ut "" beach, when we got past the
FIRST and second Turk trenches and
were nj work on the third. ! do not
mind saying that ! was glad whenever
] slipped my bayonet into a Turk and
more glad when ! saw another
coming. ! guess ! saw red all right.
Each time ! thought. maybe you are
the one who did poor old Murray"
And l could see Murray ~ he looked
when they took him down from the
st0rehouse wall. Then l would stick