Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-10-22

toned at vantage poiHlo' 6ehSioH5
some extremely dangerously located
high ground just back Of the trenches.
TO report movements. take cognizance
Of prospective attacks and the like.
Twice he narrowly escaped being
listed among the casualties. Once a
piece Of shell flew some twenty feet
into a dugout where he had taken ref
uge and struck him a glancing blow on
the shin. Again in his observation post
he was spotted by Hun gunners. and
as he dived to sidestep q big one. the
shell broke within a yard Of his cradle
There is an advantage in being
close 10 a shell as we'll as far away,
explains the young veteran. You see
il hits and breaks in what We call q
flower pot. The shrapnel goes up in
curtain OF death like fan, only COW
ering a round area. / was so close to
this boy that it's spray went complete
ly over me. When ! woke up from the
shock. which didn't take me long.
was almost completely covered with
dirt in crater several yards wide. I'm
lucky to be here l guess, but in spite OF
my good fortune l did hate to leave
the boys back there"
The Sixth Infantry, according 70
Corporal JanOwitZ. is stationed, or was
stationed, in the Vosges mountains
lust by the brink of the Black and
White lakes, where the crown prince
had one Of his SUMMER homes. The
palace Is now q mass Of ruins, as this
part of Alsace has been wrested from
the German grasp. From his obser-
vation post he could see German train
movements into Colmar, Germany
and at times on clear days. he could
see across to the snow capped noun.
tains of Switzerland.
The meeting of Corporal Janowiti
and Sergeant Holden 1T Camp SEWER
a few days ago was quite a surprise to
both lads. each thinking that the other
was back on the lines in France. AS u
rule when Off duty. at Camp Sewer
they may be found together.
Both officers and enlisted men OF
Camp Sewer and those Of other camps
and military stations over the countr!
will be interested to learn that leather
leggins for army officers are going to
be forbidden in all oversee service In
the immediate near future, and even
tually abolished as a part OF the OIL
GERS uniform throughout the United
States army, If the suggestions Of ex'
perienccd officers are adopted. These
officers point to the government warn
ings against shortage of leather and
the waste of 1t for the purpose of ele-
gancc. But that isn't the big reason
for banning the fancy brogans. 1t Is
this:
The leather leggin is extremely con-
spicuous, and makes it easy for tho
enemy to distinguish between officer
and enlisted man. Naturally the enem!
makes special efforts to pick on the Of
ficers. The ordinary per centage oi
casualties among lieutenants Is figured
as one in fifty, on the basis of there
being five lieutenants to a company
The per centage Of killed among lieu
tenants is much higher than this. and
officers in the United States are inclin'
ed to believe that the conspicuous leg
gins Is one cause.
An officer o. experience Is quoted as
saving that chevrons Of non -commis.
stoned officers seem to be making
corporals and sergeants distinctive
targets. Though improvements have
been made in rendering the non- CONS
chevrons less conspicuous, there Is
known to be an unusually high pei
centage Of casualties among the non
CONS.
SO the call is on for leather leggins
to be shut off altogether and chevrons
made more blurry.
Orders have been issued from Head
quarters of the GOTH, Division prohiD-
iting enlisted men from visiting any
mill village of Greenville or suburbs
without written permission from their
respective commanding officers.
Complaints from the managers Of va
rious manufacturing plants Of Green
Vile have been received at. headquar-
ters to the effect that the employees
of their respective plants have been
more or less annoyed by the presence
of soldiers Of Camp Sewer. Under the
order prohibiting soldiers from visit
ing mill villages and communities with
out written permissions, 1t is specified
that company commanders and other
organization commanders will be held
strictly responsible for the enforce
ment Of the order.
Jas. D. Grist.