The Glenwood post., 1918-06-15
0YNOPsIS.

CHAPTER 1-Fired by the new4 Of IT,
submarine. Arthur Guy Empey. an Ame1-
can, leaves his office In Jersey City and
goes to ENGLAND where no enlists In the
British army.
4 CHAPTER H-After q period Of train.
ing, Empey volunteers for Immediate serv-
be and soon finds himself in rest billets
somewhere In France" whore he first
,aakes the acquaintance of the ever-pres-
ent "cooties."
CHAPTER III-Empey attends his first
man Fokker circles over the congregation.
CHAPTER Iv-Empey's command goes
into the front-line trenches and 10 under
dre for the first time
nc motto dt e BrtsR TO fcSRs s5s
Are going to get 1t, you'll get It. 30 never
CHAPTER v1-Back in rest billets. EN-
'ssS ssfSSerIs' fIst' his first experience as a mess
CHAPTER v11-Empey learns how thu
British soldiers are fed.
CHAPTER vIII-Back in the front-nns
t1ench Empey sees his first friend OF thS
trenches ''go West"
visit to a dugout in Suicide Ditch"
CHAPTER x-Empey learns what con.
edtutes days work. In the front-hhs
trNnch-
CHAPTER XI-Empey goes "over tho
top" for the first time In charge on the
German trenches and Is wounded oy
CHAPTER XII-Empey Joins. the ''sui-
ode club" as the bombing squad is called.
CHAPTER xI11-Each Tommy gets an
official bath.
CHAPTER X1v-Empey helps dig an
advanced trench under German fire.
CHAPTER XV-On Listening post" in
No Mans Land.
CHAPTER xvI-Two artillerymen put
ono over on Old PEPPER their regimentai
commander.
CHAPTER xvII-Empey has narrow es-
fape while on patrol duty In NO Mans
CHAPTER xvIII-Back in rest billets
Empey writes and stages a farce comedy.
CHAPTER XIx-Soldiers have many
own"
.cHAfTRR xEI-Empey again n,. E9eis is
cover the top" in a charge which cost his
eomnany II killed and 81 wounded.
About three the next day, Fritz start
ed "pup-pupping" that tune. I blew
sharp blast on whistle, it was the sig
nal agreed upon; we turned loose and
Frtz's gun suddenly stopped in the
middle of a bar. We had cooked his
goose, and our ruse had worked. After
firing two belts each, to make sure of
our job, we hurrledly dismounted our
guns and took cover in the dugout. We
knew what to expect soon. We didn't
have to wait long, three salvos of
"whizz-bnngs" came over from F'ritz's
artillery, further confirmation that
we had sent that musical machine-gun-
ner on his Westward-bound journey.
That gun never bothered us again.
We were the heroes of the battalion,
our captain congratulated US, said 1t
was a neat piece Of work, and, conSe
auently, we were all puffed up over the
Stunt.
There are several ways Tommy uses
to disguise the location of his machine
gun and get his range. Some Of the
most commonly used stunts are as fol-
lows:
At night, when he mounts his gun
over the top Of his trench and wants
to get the range of Fritz's trench he
adopts the method of what he terms
"getting the sparks" This consists Of
firing bursts from his gun until the
bullets hit the German barbed wire.
He can tell when they are cutting the
wire, because a bullet when 1t hits
wire throws out blue electric spark.
Aachine-gun fire is very damaging to
wire and causes many a wiring party
to 60 out At night when It Is quiet to
repair the damage.
To disguise the flare Of his gun at
might when firing. Tommy uses what II
called flare protector. This Is stove
pipe arrangement which fits over the
barrel casing Of the gun and screens
the sparks from the right and left, but
not from the front. 80 Tommy, always
rssourceful, adopts this scheme: About
three feet or less In front Of the gun he