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New Britain herald., 1918-05-11
GOING OVER TOP
 PERIOD OF ANXIETY
Fear Of Proving to Be a Coward Uppermost in Soldiers Mind
Copyrighted by the British Canadian
 Recruiting Mission).'

Recruiting Mission).'
 . (By Sergt. W. II. Burch, c Company, r- 43rd Battalion, C. F. F.)
 The first time you so lover the top" there are some moments ten sion and anxiety--not so much fear that you will be killed as fear that you may prove q coward. You do not know yourself and you are not sure how you will act And above all things you want to do your duty. It was so with me and I believe this is the case with most of the men.
 But after you have been fifteen or twenty minutes In the thick of 1t, and even a comparatively mild beginning looks bad If it is the first, you find yourself" so to speak, and then you are no longer afraid. Your only de- sire then is to kill--not that you hate anybody, but it is simply your job, and if you don't do it you know tho enemy will kill you. You are keyed up to the highest pitch, and the only thought is to reach your objective, regardless of all else.
 Before this first experience just as you do not know yourself, so you miss your guess on your comrades
 
 pal of mine named Bill Marshall. He was a fine fellow, a first class Irish man, but he didn't look to me as if he would make any kind of a sol dicr He didn't seem to have any get in him. The third battle of Ypres was his first experience and the Germans were barding Us, All Of a sudden he shouted, I'm hit. I'm hit!" He was standing about five feet from me.
 "Where are you hit, Bill?''
 Get a stretcher bearer right away. l tell you I'm hit!''
 There was no evidence of his being hit and l asked him wfler ;.
 Dent talk to pe, man, bat get a .tretrher," was all I could get cut "f him. T turned back to another friend of mine, Sergt Major Laird "Bfll Marshall says he's wounded,' I told him. with some misgiyiugs. Laird came back With and we tried to convince Marshall that he was not wounded. We proceeded to take his re,uipnent off and told him his tuniC was not even cut or torn in the back where lie declared he was hit He insisted or going through all the signs If suffering and we looked at his hack sure enough. he had had an awful smash. There was a big mark fron, something flat which had not broken the outer skin but had braught the blood to the surface and
New Britain herald., 1918-05-11

left 8 badly bruised place. When we told Bill what we saw he stopped grooming and seemed absolutely mad for revenge. We were under heavy bonn bardment at the time. The Fritzies were coming over on Us and we opened rapid fire. You should have seen Bill Marshall. He didn't stop at the firing step. He jumped to the para pet and stood there yelling to Us, Como on men. They're coming! They're coming!" Never again could anyone have any doubts about Bill That first blow woke him up. Then and not till then, did he know and the rest of Us know where he stood. (By Major J. c. Biggs, 3rd Canadian
 Mounted Rifles).
 (The nuctuating value of an army great coat is illustrated by Major Biggs of the Chicago Depot of the E. C. R. M. in the following story),
 In November, 1915, The Canadian Mounted Rifles Brigade held the trenches in the front of Messines, which has since been captured. The trenches were very wet, being In the low grounds in the valley of the Dove River the Germans holding the high
  Neither side had any great amount Of ammunition for the artillery, but the Germans had more than we had. Nearly every afternoon they put on a bombardment of considerable inten- sity directed against some particular sector.
 The officer commanding one of the squadrons of the Mounted Rifles, who was an ex-mounted policeman, 8 thorough going fighter, had his leg broken by the falling of a sand bag during one of the bombardments . This occurred in the early after noon and it was not possible to move the major at that time from the front line trench because of the heavy fir ing from the enemy. The weather was cold and the heavy casualties which were occurring made it difficult for the men to receive much atten> ton. Nevertheless when evening came and it was possible to evacuate the casualties this major absolutely refused to be moved out until all the casualties, no matter how slight, had been evacuated. This was ment- cd upon up and down the line.
 The last man to be carried out was 1 the major, after his leg had been rudely attended to, rifle being strapped to it in the emergency in lieu of the proper splints. He was sent to England and later to Canada where he has completely recovered. Later, when this particular squad ron was in bi1lets, it was found that there was an unusual shortage of great coats. and on inquiry among the men, some sixteen were reported missing each man claiming that he had placed his great coat over the major when he was lying injured, and new great coats were issued to these men. When this information was given to tho major, first he laughed and then replied: tThere wasn't g damn coat put on m during the aft crnoon and I nearly froze to death.' The Mounted Rifles had been issued cavalry great coats which had very full skirts, and when these heca nn q
New Britain herald., 1918-05-11

(Bv Sergt. Reginald Grant, 1st Divi- sion. Canadian Field Artillery.3 Since the world began I don't sup pose there was ever scene of such awful beauty, mingled with the ter r9r and suffering of men and horses; d bursting NeSuViuS made beautiful
 ":th the radiant colors of a thousand r2inhows; such was the work of single German shell which struck one of our ammunition dumps containing about 50,000 rounds of shells and ether explosives, such as rife gren- ades, Mills bombs. French mortar
 bombs. aerial torpedoes, high eXplo sive shells shrapnel shells, star and gas shells.
 A fire started that gathered strength every second, for all the world like a prairie fire. and the scenic effect was that of a gigantic fireworks exhibition. Destruction and death were hurled in every direction | with a hissing, crashing and roaring which hoggars description.
 One of my mates, Downey, and I were taking a piston rod and a part of a buffer to our gun positions up forward. We were on horseback, and 75 ere getting into La Boisselle Valley on the Somme when the Hun shell began it's work. We hastily dismount- cd. tying our horses to the barbed Wire iron pickets on the side of the lJad. We rushed over with a lot of men. mostly wagon drivers whose wagons were stalled on the road in the congestion, to save what amnnu- 1.ltion we could.
 Tn the first rush toward the pile an
 explosion snuffed out the lives of thirty or forty of the men. knocking the rest of us off our feet like so many nine pins, and killing several of the horses on the road. To add 1 to the indescribable chaos, several ! of the horses stampeded, racing | blirdly into barbed wire entangle l ncnts
 l The reflection of the fire from the i explosions was quickly observed by | Fritz. In short order he had his air 1 planes lowering over, dropping their bombs wherever we were seen try 1 tug to save a part of our precious am l intuition. In spite of the cum ulative 1 effects of that first shell and Fritz ! overhead endeavoring to complete 1 h.s work of destruction. we man. l aged to save about 10000 rounds out
 of that entire dump. It took nerve
 and q cool head to keep to the main | issue and ''carry on" on the edge of i tha, death-store loosed upon us. ! With our horses stampeding and screaming like wild things our men { dying and our explosives bursting in ] every conceivable direction with
 thousand different roars, the scene i cannot be pictured. For c. distance of twenty miles the reflection of the
 fire extended, the rockets themselves 1 hcing visible for about ten miles. 1 (By Sergt. Bryant Ambrose Andrews ! Argyle and Sutherland Highlanders l Princess Louise's Own)
 On civil life Sergt. Andrews was a l professional golf club maker and ex- | pert, formerly of the Rochester Golf i Club, England, and son of B. J. An
 dreWs of the Hyperion Field Club 1 Des Molnes, Iowa, Being thus
 equipped IS an expert range finder
New Britain herald., 1918-05-11

when I woke up again in hospital just a month after leaving it the first time.
 A few months later I was able to join my unit in the Somme. I was not in any too good shape and was detailed for special duty at Delville Wood. There at the collecting sta- ton for the killed my job was to col lect the pieces. Many times we would not identify the men. I was about all in myself and did not think much about the peculiarity of my work-it was just carrying on" as ordered.
 Notwithstanding all the evidence of our unpreparedness in those days when the Germans, well-equipped
 were having things much their own way, the prisoners we took insisted that they were simply defending their own homes and their lives; that France and Great Britain had ag- gressively ombined against them. Fighting to save their country" they all insisted. But believing pom- pously in their own superiority these Prussian Guards used to raise black boards over the side of their trenches
 with sarcastic jibes: Come along, you English You arc lazy today was typical of their humor. It seemed as if about all of them spoke English.
 The prisoners we took in 1916 in Delville Woods were very different. Often they were men forty-f1ve and fifty or boys of sixteen and seven teen. Still they believed they were fighting flor their country" but they did not show as much fight neverthe- less. There the information was ri oYcS whom we took that they had received orders not to capture any more Of our men, to kill all. Then our eyes were opened to the real situation.
 From Delville Wood we were sent to La Transloy there to prepare for the attack at Bapaume where the line was extended and we took it over from another regiment. At Bapaume I was hit in the knee and that knocked me out, this time for good
 Flight years and ninety-one days IS inc length of service I have rendered my country. (Bv Private R. A. Quigley)
 tRefore the war MT. Quigley was Postmaster at Franklin, Warren Co.,. Ohio. Being by birth an Irishman he said he felt it was his duty to line nm with the British when they need ed him. He says, T gave up very good position, and l consider it is every mans duty, no matter what po- sition he holds, to help his country against the enemy.)
 Nv first time over the top was at St. Eloi on the Flanders front. The
 getting off of mines has left seven enormous craters, part of which were occupied by the Germans The plan was for us to get these craters from the Germans and hold them.
 While we were going over the Ger mans got wise" and opened up n1a- chine gun fire and started throwing bombs from their consolidated posi- tions We lost very heavily, but we reached the craters and managed to drive the enemy out and they never were able to regain them.
 I had a very narrow escape in go- ing over that night. The Germans
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-04-02
Mourning Their Losses

DlSPATCHES continue to come from llol-
IL land telling the story of endless trains
Of wounded Germans being borne to the rear
being deposited in cities. towns and villages,
crowding the limited facilities OF these COM
munites and casting cloud of horror over
them all. These long lines of suffering men,
and there must be tens OF thousands OF them.
have depressed :hc German people if reports
are to be believed, has nothing else since
the war began. They are depressed because
they know that victory" achieved at such
a price must turn to ashes.
This causes the world TO wonder how long
the German people can remain lo"al to
government that drives them TO death with
such utter ruthlcssncss. How long could
any civilized people tolerate autocracy
that places small value upon the lives
and fortunes of the men and women and
children which it rules? If Germany
were fighting for its life as nation, the
sacrifices which her people are making
might be expected, but she is not fighting
for her life She is lighting for more power.
for more lands. for the subjugation of other
nations, for domination OF Europe. and.
through Europe. for the domination of the
world
1t is easy to understand how kings and
potentates may dream such dreams, how they
may ycarn for such elorics and may gamble
with death 10 achieve them, but it is impoe-
Slnie 10 understand NOW any lnteluBent peO-
pie would willingly lend themselves to such
conqucsts Yet il is foolish 70 assume that
the German people have failed to support
their government in this There have
been strikes in some places; there have been
hunger riots and other minor outbreaks but
there has been no real rebellion On the
contrary, there has boen steadfast support
from the very first day of war.
II remains tC be seen what sort Of a rcck-
oning these people will demand ii this pres
cnt great offensive fails, as fail it must. 1t
remains to he seen what feelings will pos
scss tho millions Of German women and
children when they find that hundreds OF
thousands Of their husbands and fathers have
becn killed or manned for life in campaign
that accomplished nothing. 1t remains TO be
seen whether or not the German government
can hold their faith when it is forced to
confess failure in the present campaign and
possible failure in tho campaigns to come.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-04-02
F0R DELINQUENT GIRLS
PRESIDENT Sets Aside S:5n,Goo 10 Estnb-
fish Rr!ormnt"ry iaciIi,ic. Near
Southern Training Camps.

Z
NASHiNGToN. April l.-Prcsiden.
Wilson has aat aside s25o,oco from his
sloo."Oc."hp war emergency fund for
tho use o: tho comm lssion on training
camp activities In establishing add.
Nonnl rc;cr.nrtory facilities and hou.e,
81 detention for da!irducrt girls and
woman ioun! near military camps. Tho
money viii i" spcn, IN tho South.
where rnjcrity of ,hc camns ar,
iocaicd and Il is planned to aid sev-
eral cNist'Na state rc.ornatories bv
building neE cottages which viii ac-
com'nodR'e thirty or sIN,y occupants.
Each state viii J.. required TO share
;he cNp"'se az construction hy arpro-
7ria'!nS 4 sum equal to It's allo,rnen,
and agree to complete tn. rciormatorv
Within one wear n,
The only state so FAR definitely Sc.
lec;eI TO received Il slft is South Caro-
'ina. which has made AN appropriation
OF land and money for ref.rma,ory
near ColHmh.I
special committee 10 dl-hurse tn.
fund. now bong organized by Sir Fas-
dick. includes anon. its personnel Mrs.
newton - Ii5l;"r. vie OF the Score
tary or War. who has been active IN
sociological and welfare work among
the soldiers. II W.T., wo-k ~ connec-
ton with thr coiaIr,'tee or protective
WORK tor girls and tho law enforce
mont bureau. hoth adiuncts of tho
training camp commission.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-04-02
Knitting Socks,

Mrs. L.. ~. W, Lynchburg.-Th
.d WIN sock" is the latest word in the
Instructions arc followed. Two socH.i
may be built 1T the same time: IN.
.op tthe hurled rortioG) OF each sock
must be knitted separately: therefore
knit this Top portion Of ono sock in
NE usual manner, and when that por-
ton Is finished. ;akc ii OFF with :,
ni INC second sock, leaving il on the
n ne a. Then slip the irst one inside
tins needle take up IRON, nrst one and
then the other, alternating, beginning
win the FIRST siitch from the needle
inc cord. Hold the SOCK toward you.
purline. the first stitch, which is from
me SOCK mat was on the needle. and
knitting the second stitch, which l.,
from the one that was on the cord:
proceed with first puri. and then knit.
holding one thread over the first finger
The second Gnser for knitting. and soon
YOU VIII acquire rhythm. 'i'he result
or tkniiting the twin socks IN this way
will lie together: tlat is, the sides
which are in sight will he the wrong
siGes: when you get 10 the heel. take
heel, always purl the one next TO YOU
and knit tho other. To narrow, take
FIRST and third stitch. puri them ard
stitch from the opposite sock. which
slip onto your needle and narrow knit
ting. There Is no slip and bind in this
sock. When finished. slip the needles
your. thread oyer-always keep it to-
S %aF SoSr hee s ns one p"s sa back
sane sane IS when a fnissed de sydney "ss sse
monthly Output by this metSod fnem
$4,000 pairs OF socks to 10000.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-04-02
Books and Authors

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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-04-02
News Of Fifty Years Ago
tFrom the Richmond Dispatch. April .. 1868

Chief Justice Chase entered the Senate cham
Der At the usual hour yesterday and opened the
nnpe"c hmeht court After the reading OF the
Journal. the chict JUST icc said: "'rhc managers
VIII Row proceed in tnc suppor; OF ti,c articles
OF impeachment l;ut tier then opened his arEu-
n!cnt and did MOI close uutil 4 O'Clock The
seats reserved Tor members of the House OF
iicprosehiat ives being nearly all e!npty and the
SaitcricS almost deserted MIR wilson then
proceeded 70 read INC dOcuInentnrv evidence.
but had proceeded but Il snort way bcfnrc a
motion 10 adJ"ufh va. made and carried
General Order No. 10, issued yesterday re-
CURES coiLiiiisS.hncTS "f election to report ut
once all state and county u.n.crs in Virginia
whose terms hUvc expired Jnis cy,Jnni Iy
means ne" Appointments and viii throw open
10 the hungry iaaic.Is u large number of
in jsaficr Them. fh"r. seems ia Il. IN ,nul,t
ihai Genera! Wells viii be made Governor
J. G. Gibson. in addressing the Constitutional
Convention yesterday on Il resolution offered by
iiamcatary rules require me io rccorm,ya Tim
,iinhhicItt) as ne S.alcii,:, from Richmond
hut 10 Jaw. par:"mcntary or otherwise can
make me recognize MIN ;ts n rnnijr,nnn out .
side OF this hall lunnicu,, mad M ranl,,
George w. peasants has been eloc,od ,,ortby
patriarch OF Laurel iii Division sons of Tom,
peraHce. '' =! 80
Married March "a. al Monumental church
Miss Bella. daughter OF the laic John Ioncs
Tho petersburg rr"s;, ono of tho snicIcst
uaiiy PAPERS, 'h;tt comes our desk will be
sold at auction on April Ii.
thc ChlcaEo convention OF tho national Re-
publican party viii admit no Southern dele
gates except from States rcproscn,nG IN ~ Tnn
ETcss: y ms Is \ SAD blow to Underwood Hun
h'cut'' thShc' Lewis Lindsay &c Co
&, nna stevens mas written letter strongly
indorsinE inc candidacy OF General Grant FOR
the presidency. NiA"l ~
General Grant has gained n suit In Missouri
" receiver d shaii farm belonging TO Mrs. Grant.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-04-02

Naii"aE and Power Company. and a.
such: Ice! II Is my duty TO say few
We! az IN defense OF my coWorkers
~ inc Present time tho majority OF
inc employees OF the Nirriniu Railway
anh rover Company are recent ad-
Unions TO the service and arc unfa-
nh!llar with the names and location of
ne d;heren, thoroughfarcs. owing 10
,he Tact that Richmond is not their
native town Unfortunately am com
PEELED 10 admit the truthfulncss OF
your statements. but why stick to In.
WORKOUT custom OF knocking" tho
a.'.r' car company. Get at the roof
OF The trouble and have your cit. ON
Gals place signs at interfering strects
,,tstlhs us what stree; II is. II is not
IN" Stranger within our gates who
complains 80 much ~ II IS Mr.. Car Hog
"ho Ahreahs OUT his newspaper and cS-
poets conductor 10 perform tho f,Inr
CONS OF a valet or butler In com
btr'son 10 other cities. Richmond, un-
der existing conditions, has street ca
scr"icc OF the Class y typo. Investi
cation VIII verify this. Don't knock"
BOOST" GEORGE "a. Jrc,1n'
richmond. Va. April ]. 1918
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-04-02
Voice Of the eople
Letters must give the name md nd
ores. Of the writer. Name will not u.
published IL writer 80 re4uesth.
Yards Open To All Shippers.

TO the Editor CT The Times Dispatch:
Sir.-Onc of the readers OF The
Times Dispatch sent US a clipping OF
The issue OF March l?. representing an
Associated Press dispatch. reporting
the Federal Trade Communication proceed
ingS at Omaha, Ncb.. by Francis j.
Honey. their general counsel. While
IN" article published in The Times
Dispatch included no local comment.
the tact that 1t appeared in your col
CwnS may have had some effect on
some Of Your readers in line with that
desired by Mr.. Heney. AS the name
OF swift & co. is mentioned In the
article We believe ii proper to acuuaint
your readers with the facts in the
matter. IN SO far as swift d co. Is
concerned.
We wish to state that whatever
hnanciaI interest swift ~ &C. has in
STOCK yard companies or banks was
not acquired and IL not being utilized
Tor the purpose OF taking unfair ad-
vantage Of the live stocls producer. The
stock yaTGs all over the country arc
public markets, open 10 all shippers
On the same basis. The buying and
selling operations arc on Il strictly
competitive basis. Tho charges made
FOR yardaee and feed are reasonable
and on ;nc average do not eArced
cents per leo pounds OF tho animals
fed SWIFT 4 90
Chicago. March co. 1915.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-04-02
CHAPLIN HERE NEXT WEEK
Motion Picture Comedian VIII Speak
on Liberty Loan ON
tpriI II.
my Associated prcas. !

WASHINGTON. Apri! l.--Charlic
Chaplin, motion picture comedian. will
start his tour OF Virginia and the
Carolinas In the interest of the Lib
crty loan with an engagement April
II in Petersburg. lie will appear III
Richmond that night. The remainder
OF his itinerary, made public to-nig At
follows.
April -. Rocky Mount. N c., 10
y. ri: Wilson, y. c., +. NJ: Raleigh.
l.. NJ and r. NJ: April IL. Green's
boro. y. c., II ~ NJ: Winston Sa lie m.
2 II. NJ; Lexington. \. C., 6 r. NJ:
Salisbury, y. c.. $50 T.. NJ: April u.s..
Columbia. s. G.. afternoon and Sumter,
s. c., that evening.