Daily Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1918-191?, 1918-05-17

the third line. There is much differ
ence between the first three lines.
They're not very far apart. and lis
easy to 20 visiting from one TO the
other. We usually knew most Of the
gossip Of what was going on In the
lines the other companies were liv-
ing In.
"In my company they served out
twelve sets Of high powdered glasses.
You can't find any fault with them
glasses. they're the best money can
buy. Our line wss.about 900 yards
from the German trenches, but when
you took a squirt through the glasses
the Germans seemed 10 be about
twenty-five yards away. Some Of the
shsrpshooters had telescopes mounted
on their guns. but some Of us got al
most as well using the double glasses.
At that we could dump bullet most
any place we wanted 10 on the Ger
man line without using glasses
This Ia the way we worked in the
daytime. The dugouts were built
right into the trenches. II was Just
as II you made a hole In the breast
works and dropped q box In II and
piled dirt over the stop. OF course.
that isn't the way it's done. The dug
out Ii built up Of timhers and snoring
just the way a mine tunnel h. But
the top Of the dugout 10 Usually Of
boards.
"Then another set Of boards h laid
over the roof, but q space Is left be-
tween the roof and the second layer
Of boards. the dirt being piled up on
the second set Of boards. This leaves
a narrow slit open which Is your
shooting station. You can see the
German trenches fine, but they can't
see you. unless they are looking at
your section Of the trench just when
you shoot and see the fash Of the
rife.
"The FIRST time we went into the
trenches we stayed ten days. We
were all crazy to get q shot, but II
rained most Of the time and the Ger
mans kept pretty low. But we got a
few shots at some Of the wagons we
saw on the other side and tried out
some shots at places where the Of
heers had doped Il out that the Ger
man Shippers were laying.
ION our second trip in we got more
chances. for the weather was better
and we could get the range better.
Then we'd had a chance TO talk things
over when we went back TO our bill
let for a rest and some Of the officers
give us some good dope.
II got as good a place TO shoot
from on the second trip as I had the
first time up. About the first day we
were In the Germans put some tin
cans up and we sure did pepper them
cans. Then. Of course, we were al
ways watching for the periseopes.
But it's getting so that II is hard to
knock them down. because the Ger
mans keep moving them and you got
TO dope out which way the stick is
going to move and get II on the wing.
II takes some shooting even from
good rests like we had 10 get a NOV
ing little box like n periseope on the
wing.
1.-THE best time Of the day for US
was early in the morning. II seemed
like as II the Germans weren't 40
careful then. Anyway. the light
seemed better. after the mist was
burned out. and we sure used TO put
in some good ticks after breakfast.
Il doesn't do for man 10 be always
shooting. The first thing he knows.
his shooting post viii be spotted. We
got SO we used to do our looking from
one peekhole and when we saw some
thing that looked suspicious or some
thing that was moving in one Of the
traverse trenches. we'd jump over 10
our firing stations and try one on H.
by this scheme We didn't stand
much chance Of getting hit. because
we never did any shooting from the
place where we did our spotting and
we spent most Of the time trying TO
find a good mark TO shoot at.
81 don't know what u was that
made my gun bust. Maybe some wa
ter got into IL some way. ! never did
find anybody who could explain Il
very clear. But the old gun decided
to bust and my left hand got some Of
IL. They say II won't ever be Of any
use TO me and from the looks Of II !
guess II won't II happened on De-
cember 2s. just two days before
Christmas. I sure had a rotten
Christmasi
"But I'm not worrying much. My