The Arizona copper camp., 1918-07-20
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CHAPTER u-After a period of train,
ng, Empey volunteers for immediate serv-
ce and soon finds himself In rest billets
somewhere in France" where he. first
makes the acquaintance Of the ever-pres-
mt Coolies"
CHAPTER III-Empey attends his first
hurch services at the front while Ger
nan Fokker circles over the congregation.
CHAPTER IV-Empey's command goes
nto the front-line trenches and is under
cHAPTER: Y-Empey learns to adopt
he motto of the British Tommy, IF you
re going to get 1t, you'll get it, SO never
worry"
CHAPTER vI-Back in rest billets, En-
pey gets his first experience as mess
rderly.
CHAPTER vIE-Empey learns how the
British soldiers are fed.
CHAp1Efx V1zi-Back IN rne IrUnr-nne
rench, Empey sees his first friend of the
trenches "go West.
CHAPTER IX-Empey makes his first
isit to a dugout in Suicide Ditch"
CHAPTER X-Empey learns what con.
titutes a days work" in the front-hns
pp" for the first time in charge on the
erman trenches and is wounded py
ayonet thrust
CHAPri A4I-Empey joins the sui
4e club the bombing squad is called.
kHAP- -. XIII-Each Tommy gets an
TER AIV> .rsurpvy ,.1vIlJs dig TN
o. dnced trench under German fire.
CHAPTER XV-On listening post" in
10 Mans Land. q
CHAPTER xvT-Two artiilerymen put
ne over" on Old Pepper, their regimental
CHAPTER xvII-Empey mas nar1u,, 90,
ape, while on patrol duty in No Mans
and.
CHAPTER XVIu-Back in rest billets
mnaV writes and STA q far
CHAPTER XIX-Soldie-s have many
avs to amuse themselves while ION their
CHAPTER xx-Empey volunteers for
achine gun service and eNyC BACK into
be front-line trenches.
CHAPTER XXIEmpey again goes
over the top" in a ehrge which cost his
pmpany II killed and 81 wounded
CHAPTER XXII-TricE with 9, machine
n-silences -bothersane Fritz
Every time there was knock at the
oor he trembled all over, imagining it
-as policeman who had come to take
away to the army.
Inc morning his fears were realized.
e enough, there stood policeman
Eh the fatal paper. Taking it in his
embling hand he read that he, Albert
lloyd, was ordered to report himself
the nearest recruiting station for
lysical examination. He reported I'M
ediately, because he was afraid to
sobey.
The doctor looked with approval
pom Lloyd's six feet of physical per-
ction, and thought what a fine
lardsman he would make, but exam
ed his heart twice before he passed
m as physically fit" it was beating
fast.
From the recruiting depot Lloyd was
ken, with many others, in charge of
sergeant, to the training depot at AL
Gshot, where he was given an outfit
khaki, and drew his other equip
ent. He made a fine-looking soldier,
ept for the slight shrinking in his
Builders and the hunted look in his
es.
At the training depot it does not
ke long to find out mans character,
ID Lloyd was promptly dubbed
Eindy." In the English army "windy"
cans cowardly.
The smallest recruit in the barracks
Dked on him with contempt, and was
slow to show it in many ways.
Lloyd was a good soldier, learned
ickly, obeyed. every order promptly,
ger groused at the hardest fatigues.
was afraid to. He lived in deadly
r of the officers and "noncoms" over
They also despised him.
One morning about three months
+er his enlistment Lloyd's company
s paraded, and the names picked out
the next draft to France were read.
hen his name was called, he did not
p out smartly, two PAGES to the
mt, and answer cheerfully, "Here,
% as the others did. He just faint
in the ranks and was carried to bar
ks amid the sneers of the rest.
That night was an agony of misery
him. He could not sleep. Just cried
whimpered in his bunk, because
the morrow the draft was to sail
France, where he would see death
all sides, and perhaps be killed him.
On the steamer, crossing the
lnnel, he would have jumped over
lrd to escape, but was afraid Of
'wning.
Arriving in France, he and the rest
re huddled into cattle cars. On the
of each appeared in white letters,
ommes 40, CheVaux g." After hours
humping over the uneven French
dbeds they arrived at the training
e of Rouen.
1t this place they were put through
Eeek's rigid training in trench war
e. On the morning of the eighth
they paraded at ten o'clock, and
re inspected and passed by General
=, then were marched to the quar-.
masters, to draw their gas helmets
trench equipment.
t four in the afternoon they were
lin hustled into cattle cars. This
ne the journey lasted two days,
ey diSembarked at the town of Ere.
BIT and could hear a distant dull
bming. With knees shaking, Lloyd
1ed the sergeant what the noise was,
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