Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1918-06-21

trench is unoccupled. so just get cou'
pie OF prisoners and return as quickly
as possible"
The sergeant on my right, In an un'
dertone, whispered to me:
"Say, Yank. how are we going to get
couple Of prisoners II the old fool
thinks personally that that part OF the
trench IL unoccupied.' kind OF
fishy, doesn't II mater
had a funny sinking sensation In
my stomach. and my tin hat felt us II
It weighed about ton and my enthusi-
asm was melting away. Old Pepper
must have heard the sergeant speak
because he turned In his direction and
In O laundering voice asked:
"what did you sayf' "''
The sergeant with n scarlet look on
his face and his knees trembling,
smartly saluted and answered:
Nothing. SIR"
Old Pepper said: ...
well, don't say II so loudly the next
time"
| Then Old Pepper continued:
an this section OF the German
trenches there are two or three ma
chine guns which our artillery. In the
last two or three days, has been un-
able TO tape. These guns command the
sector where two OF our communica-
tion trenches Join the front line, and
as the brigade is to go over the top To.
morrow morning want to capture two
or three men from these guns crews,
and from them may be able TO obtain
valuable information as TO the exact
location OF the guns. and our artillery
will therefore be able TO demollsh them
before the attack, and thus prevent
our losing q lot OF men while using
these communication trenches to bring
up re.enforcements."
These were the instructions he gave
US:
"Take of your Identification disks,
strip your uniforms Of all numerals
insignia, etc. leave your papers with
your captains, because | don't want the
Boches to know what regiments are
against them as this would he valuable
Information TO them In our attack TO.
morrow and / don't want any of you
| to be taken alive. What / want Is two
prisoners and II / get them have u
way which will make them dlvulge
all necessary information as TO their
l. guns. You have your choice of two
weapons-you may carry your.--'pcr.
suaders' or your knuckle knives, and
each man will arm himself with four
Mills bombs, these to be used only in
case of emergency"
II A persuader is Tommy's nickname
y for club carried by the bOmbers. II
o Is about two feet long, thin at one end
p and very thick at the other. The thick
q end Is studded with sharp steel spikes
while through the center of the clut
there is a nine-lnch lead bar, to give
1t weight and balance. When you gel
prisoner all you have to do Is Just
stick this club up in front Of him, ant
- believe me, the prisoners patriotism
! for Deutschland ueber Allies" fade,
. away and he very willingly obeys tn,
'e orders of his captor. If, however, tht
o prisoner gets high.toned and refuses I,
follow you, simply persuade" him b!
first removing his tin hat, and then
- well, the use Of the lead weight In tn,
to persuader Is demonstrated, and Tom
\, my looks for another prisoner.
IL The knuckle knife Is dagger affair
IL the blade of which Is about eigh
he inches long with heavy steel guart
in over the grip. This guard Is studded
with steel projections At night In
trench, which is only about three t,
he four feet wide, 1t makes very hand,
70 weapon. One punch In the face gen
orally skaters mans jaw and yo,
al can get him with the knife az he goe
down,
Then we had what we called Ou
"come.alongs." These are strands o
o. barbed wire about three feet Ions
made into a moose at one end; at tn
- other end, the barbs are cut off an
-. Tommy slips his wrist through loo
to get good grip on the wire. If tn
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