The Nevada County picayune., 1918-08-15
CHAPTER iIl-Continued

as we were marching we suddenly e-seeftsad an order tO surround certain ilouse at the left of us. Our captain declared that Il shot fired from that house had killed a soldier. None of slS tad heard anything, however. The fsouse fI1om which the shot was alleged to ttnSc been fired was soon surround e<i and hand grCnades thrown into it "sisraugh the windows In q minute all she ,ssufs were atlamc. The air pres esire frpm the exploding grenadcs was sreut that doors in the house flew from their hinges and the walls of sev- rCat rooms were crushed.
 Ntmost at the same time five civil saus ran into the streets with raised Srstads- They were seized at once and ted before the officers. who constituted themselves immediately into court martial Ten minutes later sentence 1lttt ts.sen executed. and five men lay on the ground with eyes handased, .rfddtssl with bullets.
 la zach case Stx of eur men were ,lvays called upon to execute one sfs7s7'E s4zateRee. am sorry to say That wus one of the thirty called fI5.an ~ this occasiaa The condemned s'saa ulo ii WAS oar dut2 to shoot Was ztissre forty yeafs &G.1aH and straight He TePsr hlinlteG IN the handage was xesl8 s1a- fIe WIS fed =to ahe garden ot the naase near by=and lis back placed ' ID the houae. After our captain said 70 tss tastf t Wa~ eur duty to tdm true asaes etd ;he tragedy quickly. We took epasr lFetstfj0us tiY paces in front of the s.,yz4snaFmt.S raan The sergeant com -ss1xaseavr xss previously gave us instrue- ytsqgss IhaT we wcrr to shoot the con \ I..snlAea men through the breast.
 tyNy1e We formpa into two rows. one bphind she other. The order sounded sss load aad aim and we each put five .S.saxya4slgss into our rfes Prepare to .sire~--yhe men in the first row knelt down md tho second TOW took their v,sare. Our guns were now held so vSss1f the barrels were forward and the b,iffs were hip high. "Aim"-and sst1Jsy tse aimed. holding our guns tsf~hay with the butts against our ssaogyyilfiers anh eur fingers on the trig ycers.
 Yhe sergeuut paused half minute sg,d ffaen ordered Us to fire. do not | ixras,ss as this day whether our victim [. eH,sa at vnce. HOT was there ever an -ssppo7funity 10 tearn how many of the ,.iv &uuets found tGetr mark. All day 2 went around like d nan in a trance. 'l.,sswoarhiug myself bitterly for having -, prfssl .S7sr part of eNeeutioner. For s.psg egme could net bear to speak s.sspgsi II to my comrades, for felt raiisS. and get what eoGtd We= soldiers
 b, ,,sher than exeeH;e fbr orders given @zsy
 "a the eyeNtas '. Neat o'e camp VI .tn apcn ticld. pis.ha@ t.if- and iAe r3rn sleH conttnae8 Ht etarrh
 'Taa- asagtl4 tafa8-e Hhfh We ,,i,ssssl ,-a~ Unf8tgs. #.u4 4al offered st.,thluG n fhe var al variety. Tlw re,, giny villages fhuesu vhrh We ; "a, S,svl had all Aeei llaus sued and .lt,. ps,ur looking houses mostly de sfyayyyt lon. uwUs of fugitiveS p.sss4s2 as eou8uu. lv. The~e#people NeVrrs ae a rule fh0e,' vha had escaped ~whea tbe French a-tay rrjeeated and
 
 trnarrs destroyed hy fnr ro9~h hand "f rVus
 After a tnHE marcn, interrupted only t9v hN,ts and short h'auaeS, we ala- ENoachrd the large Bel lGau- FrHnch Dor aev towa af SdsUy located oil the Bclz nssu @isle of the horjet Y was nhout Jl,-sss, and As tlle fhuRder af cannon <rHsSantly grew stronger, which indt- snss%6 taat q new Eatt'N was develop ing we hoped to bn ablc to remain in ttIs towu overnight. thout one o'clock We entered and were hNjetcd m big barn. Most or the soldiers eefHSed to ent grum she field kitchens. and reQui- esss,syed eggs chickens. geese A-ld seaing pigs soon every hodY wns c~noEiag. ! a'a sorry n say thai most af tiooSs Nhu tor3Sod h1d r'fn>od to 1pay far whnt they had taken.
 sSssVeral .,oldiers naw arrived with ttnss-.p's .f wine aud ajev many bottles ysxt,5ch were instantly opened and cup 's5sNt The ohy1oVs rr>pited. and soou nesny ENon0mai>~ionrd officers and oea we've NctptcS>lv trunk Tn" owner oF ssat tsasg, t,ad po~~6~sed th~Ne large t,,>Y-s stac " five d5Rukrn HeHeoW rs,als>ss.ups'd officers er.e& te iill 0ae If 5tssys. gyop~ with duti pocket 6nitc He 33nd turtuct-,i tr, p3nf hcaSt almost ts, 8,-sfh when ths aHtuat NaS merd "ssSty kiite1i tv a huuet | few mln .t,st,s af,rrv n q in, oNeer vent te t3sks4p 9I> Nps nov an sTaippie aud