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The Arizona copper camp., 1918-09-21

George Cavanaugh is back in Hay
den again after his experience in the
Canadian army. When our own army
officers rejected him, George decided
to have try at the Canadian army
This he did, after resting at his home
in Rochester, N. Y, for some time to
take on weight. The army accepted
him and placed him in training, but,
20 his great disappointment, finally
rejected him because of underweight
He blew in on Monday and is now
working in the general offices of the
Ray Con.
Cashier R. I. Ezell made a trip to
Phoenix Wednesday.
c. D. Ciffinger came up from Phoe-
nix on Monday to look after business
interests in Hayden. He expects to
return the last of the week.
M. P. Holiday made a trip to Globe
the early part of the week in connec-
ton with the work of the Council of
Defense.
Word has been received in Hayden
that the regiment with which G. M
Sabean enlisted has been outfitted
and sent to the front
Mr.. John Carney returned on Tues
day from Los Angeles, where he spent
the summer. He brought with him
two new recruits for the Noe Var
band. Mrs. Carney will follow as soon
as arrangements have been made for
house.
Mr. d. D. Moffat made a trip to
Phoenix on Tuesday, returning Thurs
| day.
| Mrs. L. M Pachl returned from
Missouri on Wednesday, after spend
ing the. sdEhmer at her old home there.
The Arizona copper camp., 1918-09-21

V. c. Couchman returned on Thurs
day from Colorado, where he has
been spending the summer. Mrs.
Couchman expects to return in few
weeks, not being able to travel at the
time of Mr. Couchmans coming be-
cause of recently undergoing an oper-
alton in a hospital there.
The Arizona copper camp., 1918-09-21

DR.. A. W., Atkinson superintendent
of the Arizona Mission of the Meth
odist church, was in town Monday,
holding the Fourth Quarterly Confer
ence at the church on Monday even
ing. Preceding the business meeting,
he gave splendid address in expla-
nation of the great centenary move
ment of the boards of missions. The
goodly number present enjoyed it i'm
mensely.
The Arizona copper camp., 1918-09-21

Sam Appelwhite of Douglas is visit
ing in Ray. This was Mr. Appel
whites first visit to Ray
The Arizona copper camp., 1918-09-21

Mack Street returned on Wednes-
day to Bisbee after spending a week
visiting his sister, Mrs. R. A. Conner.
The Arizona copper camp., 1918-09-21

dressed about twenty ladies at the
Gates residence last Sunday on war
work.
Sam Appelwhite of Douglas is visit
ing in Ray This was Mr.. Appel
whites first visit to Ray.
Mr.. and Mrs. Etter left Friday for
the coast. where they will spend their
vacation.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. B. Curwood ar
rived from the east and is the guest
of DR.. and Mrs. w. G. Barackman.
Colo, Thursday
Judge Nolan returned from a trip to
Globe, where he had a case before the
Gila county court.
Mrs. Mcclure left for Phoenix,
where she will spend the winter.
w. E. Kuencer left for Kingman on
Tuesday, where he is visiting his rela-
tives.
A. w. Harbold of Phoenix spent
several days this week in Ray.
r. J. Watson, travelling man from
ST. Joseph, Mo-, spent several days
this week visiting his customers.
The Arizona copper camp., 1918-09-21
:: GUNNER DEPEW,

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Arthur Page writes from France
that he has been promoted to the
rank of sergeant. He intimates that
he has seen some active duty on the
fighting. front. a.. G. Page, brother,
is there also, but still in training at
the time of the last word. The broth
ers met not long ago by chance and
had a good visit together.
The Arizona copper camp., 1918-09-21

Mrs. Davis; wife of Chief Electrician
Davis of. the A S. & R. Co., returned
on Friday from the coast, where she
had spent her vacation.
The Arizona copper camp., 1918-09-21

Mrs. C. L Knight returned to Hay
den on Sunday after spending her va
cation on the coast.
The Arizona copper camp., 1918-09-21

N. S. Nye, j. j. Ormsbee, w. T. Mac
donald and Henry Murray are to at
tend the Y. M. c. A. conference in
Phoenix
The Arizona copper camp., 1918-09-21

Continued next week.
The Arizona copper camp., 1918-09-21

E. c.. Taylor made a trip to Globe
recently, returning on Tuesday.
The Arizona copper camp., 1918-09-21

D. Fl. Lingle is in Los Angeles on a
vacation.
The Arizona copper camp., 1918-09-21

r. l.. Metcalf is spending his vaca-
tlon on the coast. During his alb
sence, Miss Jimmie Holt is acting as
manager of the Western Union Tele-
graph office. Mrs. Metcalf and chill
dren are making a visit to relatives
in Phoenix.
The Arizona copper camp., 1918-09-21
HAYDEN NOTES
Sincerely yours,
(Signed) E. r. Petskey, M. D.

Mrs. Nels Johnson and Mrs. Way
attended the War Work conference
of the Y. M. c. A and the Y W. c. A.
at Phoenix on Tuesday.
The Arizona copper camp., 1918-09-21

Mrs. Trueman visited from Sunday
to Tuesday with her son, Jesse, who
is employed at the Arizona Eastern
depot Mrs. Trueman makes her
home in Phoenix.
The Arizona copper camp., 1918-09-21

E. P. Patterson, democratic candi-
date for county attorney is spending
several days this week in Ray in the
interests of his campaign
The Arizona copper camp., 1918-09-21

Word has been received in Hayde1
that the regiment with which G. M
Sabean enlisted has been outfitteC
and sent to the front
The Arizona copper camp., 1918-09-21

R. L. Metcalf and family returned
home Monday from their vacation.
The Arizona copper camp., 1918-09-21

J. V. Hoagland left on Friday for
Phoenix, where he will attend high
school. Also w. j. Braman and his
friend, Lewis, will attend school there
when the term opens.
The Arizona copper camp., 1918-09-21

M. P. Holiday made trip to Globe
the early part of the week in connec-
tion with the work of the Council of
Defense
The Arizona copper camp., 1918-09-21

Mr.. and Mrs. Etter left Friday for
the coast, where they will spend their
vacation.
The Arizona copper camp., 1918-09-21

j. B. Hardwick is the new deputy
sheriff.
The Arizona copper camp., 1918-09-21

John Carney, band leader, is ex-
pected to return soon from the coast,
where he has spent the summer His
family will accompany him.
The Arizona copper camp., 1918-09-21

Jack Travis returned from Kansas
City and Camp Funston, where he has
been visiting relatives, and saw quite
number of Ray boys, among those
being Anton Magyar, Pete Capalette
and Paul Mccoy.
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Pretty soon the cook poked his head
In the door and shouted: "Hey, Yank,
come out here and clean your dixie ="
protested that had wasted half
hour on it already, and had used up
my only remaining shirt in the at
tempt. With a look of disdain he ex-
claimed: "Blow me, your shirt! Why
in - didn't you use mud?'
Without word in reply got busy
with the mud, and soon my dixie was
bright and shining.
Most of the afternoon was spent by
the men writing letters home. 1 used
my spare time to chop wood for the
cook and go with the quartermaster to
draw coal. got back just in time to
issue our third meal, which consisted
Of hot tea. rinsed out my dixie and
returned 1t to the cookhouse, and went
back to the billet with an exhilarated
feeling that my days labor was done.
| had fallen asleep on the straw when
once again the cook appeared in the
door Of the billet with: "Blime me, you
Yanks are lazy. Who in a-goin' to
draw the water for the mornin' tea?
Do you think I'm a-goin' to? Well,
I'm not" and he left. / filled the dixie
with water from an old squeaking well,
and once again lay down in the straw.
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sons, he does not care 10 have I lieht.
ed cigarette In his mouth.
Stretcher bearers carry fags for
wounded Tommies. When q stretcher
bearer arrives alongside of Tommy
who has been hit the following CONVEX
sation usually takes place: Stretcher
bearer-sWant fng? Where are you
hit?" Tommy looks up and answers,
Eyes. In the Leg"
After dismissal from parade, we re-
turned to our billets and had to get
busy Immediately with the dinner is
sue. Dinner consisted of. stew made
from fresh beef, a couple of spuds,
bully beef, Maconochie rations and wa
ter-plenty of water. There is great
competition among the men to spear
with their forks the two lonely pota-
toes.
After dinner I tried to wash out
the dixie with cold water and u rag,
and learned another maxim of the
trenches-"It can't be DONE" 1 slyly
watched one Of the older men from
another section, and was Mortified to
see him throw into his dixie four or
five double handfuls of mud. Then he
poured in some water, and with his
hands secured the dixie inside and out.
| thought he was taking an awful risk.
Surprising the cook should have seen
him! After half an hour of unsuc-
cessful efforts returned my dixie to
the cook shack, being careful to put on
the cover, and returned to the billet.
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p major, two Of them were exploring
their shirts, paying no attention to the
occasional shells which passed over
head. The major was writing letter !;
every now and then he would lay aside
his wrtting-pad, search his shirt for a
Hew minutes, get an Inspiration, and
then resume writing. At last he fin
Rshed his letter and gave 1t to his rum
ner." was curious to see whether he
fwas writing to an insect firm, SO when
the runner passed me engaged him
In conversation and got glimpse at
the address on the envelope. 1t was
addressed to Miss Alice Somebody, in
London. The runner" informed me
that Miss Somebody was the majors
sweetheart and that he wrote to her
every day. Just imagine it, writing a
Sove letter during "cootie" hunt; but
6nCh is the creed of the trenches.
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Over the Top
BY Serg Arthur Guy Empey

did not matter. On one slde of me
disk was inscribed your rank, name.
number and battalion, while on the
other was stamped your religion.
O. Of e., meaning Church OF Eng
land r. c., Roman Catholic; W.. Wes-
leyan; p, Presbyterian; but II you
happenedSto be an atheist they left 1t
blank. and just handed you a pick and
shovel. On my disk was stamped G. Of
f. This is how got it: The lieuten-
ant who enlisted me asked my religion.
/ was not sure Of the religion of the
British army, so I answered. "Oh, any
old thing" and he promptly put down
g. of e.
Now, just imagine my hard luck. Out
Of five religions was unlucky enough
to pick the only one where church
parade was compulsory!
The next morning was Sunday. I
was sitting in the billet writing home
to my sister telling her Of my wonder.
ful exploits while under fire-all re-
fruits do this. The sergeant major put
his head in the door Of the billet. and
shouted: &c. Of Il. outside for church
parade!"
kept on writing. Turning to me, in
, loud voice. he asked, 'Empey, aren't
you G. Of E.?"
answered, "Yep."
In an angry tone, he commanded.
."Don't you yep me. Say, Yes. SER
geant major"
II did so. Somewhat notified, no
ordered, "Outside for church parade"
I looked up and answered. II am
not going to church this morning"
He said, "Oh, yes. you are!'
l answered, "Oh, no, I'm not But
I went.
We lined up outside with rifles and
bayonets, 100 rounds of ammunition,
wearing our tin hats, and the march
to church began. After marching about
five kilos, we turned of the road into
an open field. At one end Of this field
the chaplain was standing In timber.
We formed semicircle around him.
Overhead there was black speck CIR
cling round and round in the sky. This
was German Fokker. The chaplain
had book in his left hand-left eye
on the book-right eye on the airplane.
We Tommies were lucky. We had no
books, so had both eyes on the air
plane.
After church parade we were
marched back to our billets. and played
football all afternoon.
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stNsnty-oas days on the wheel. that Il,
he received twenty-one days. field pun
ishment No. 1, or "crucifixion," as
Tommy terms It.
This consists of being spread-eagled
on the wheel of timber two hours q
day for twenty one days, regardless Of
the weather. During this period, your
rations consist of bully beef, biscuits
and water.
A few months later met this sentry
and he cOnfided to me that since being
"cruclfed," he had never failed to pass
the word down the trench when so or
dered. In view. Of the offense, the
above punishment was very light, in
that falling to pass the word down a
trench may mean the loss of many
lives, and the spelling of some impor-
itant enterprise in No Mans Land.
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DaGram Showing Typical Communication Trenches

lance we could see their flashes which
lighted up the sky with red glare.
Against the horizon we could see
numerous observation balloons or "sau-
sages' as they are called.
On the afternoon of the third days
march I witnessed my first airplane
being shelled. A thrill ran through me
and gazed in awe. The airplane was
making wide circles In the air, while
little puffs of white smoke were burst
ing all around 1t. These puffs appeared
like tiny balls of cotton while after
each burst could be heard a dull
"plop." The sergeant of my platoon
Informed Us that it was a German air.
plane and wondered how he could tell
from such distance because the plane
seemed like little black sspeck in the
sky. I expressed my doubt as to
whether 1t was English, French or Ger
man. With look Of contempt he fur
Their Informed us that the allied anti
aircraft shells when exploding emitted
white smoke while the: German shells
gave forth black smoke, and, ~ he ex-
pressed 1t, 1T must be an Allemand be-
cause our pom-poms are Smelling, and
I know our batteries are not or their
ba'ly nappers and are certainly not
strafeing our own planes, and another
piece of advice-don't chuck your
weight about until you've been up the
line and learnt something"
I Immediately quit "chucking my
weight about" from that time on.
Just before reaching reserve billets
we were marching along, laughing, and
singing one Of Tommy's trench dttt1ss;
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CHAPTER VII.
Rations.

ndttOU8s
Just doing off; Mr.. Lance Corporal
butted in.
In Tommy's eyes lance corporal is
one degree below a private. In the
corporal's eyes he is one degree above
general.
He ordered me to go with him and
help him draw the next days rations,
also told me to take my waterproof.
Every evening, from each platoon or
machine-gun section, a lance corporal
and private go to the quartermaster
sergeant ut the company stores and
draw rations for the following day.
The Quarter" as the quartermaster
sergeant is called, receives daily from
the orderly room Captains office) a
slip showing the number of men en-
titled to rations, so there is no chance
of putting anything over on him. Many
arguments take place between the
quarter" and the platoon noncom, but
the former always wins out. Tommy
says the quarter" got his job because
he was burglar in civil life.
Then I spread the waterproof sheet
on the ground, while the quartermas-
ter's batman dumped the rations on it.
The corporal was smoking a flag. I
carried the rations back to the billet.
The corporal was still smoking a fag.
How envied him. But when the issue
commenced my envy died, and real
tied that the first requisite Of a nom
commissioned officer on active service
Is diplomacy. There were 10 men in
our section, and they soon formed a
semicircle around us after the corporal
had called out, "Rations up"
The quartermaster sergeant had
given slip to the corporal on which
was written a list Of the rations. Sit
ting on the floor, using a wooden box
as table, the issue commenced. On
the left of the corporal the rations
were piled. They consisted of the fol-
lowing:
Six loaves of fresh bread, each loaf
of a different size, perhaps one out of
the six being as fiat as pancake, the
result of an army service corps man
placing box of bully beef on it DUR
ing transportation.
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: want % 60 nome. I want TO 70 homo.
don't want to 30 to the trenches no
more
Where sausages and whizz-bangs are @.
3. lore
Take me over the sea. Where the Ale
mand can't get at me:
Oh. my. don't want to die,
want to go home"
when overhead came a "swish" through
the air, rapidly followed by three 9th.
ers. Then about two hundred yards to
our left In u large field, four columns
of black earth and smoke rose into the
cir. and the ground trembled from the
rep0rt-the explosion of four German
'0ve-nine's, or ''coalboxes." A sharp
whistle blast, Immediately followed by
two short ones. rang out from the head
Of our column. This was to take up
"artillery formation" We divided into
small squads and went into the fields
on the right and left of the road, and
crouched on the ground. No other
!shells followed this salvo. 1t was our
'1ltst baptism by shell fire. From the
waist up was all enthusiasm, but from
there down, everything was missing. !
thought should die with fright.
: After awhile. we reformed into col
umns Of tours, and proceeded on our
way.
| About five that night, we reached the
ruined village of H, and got my
first sight of the awful destruction
caused by German Kultur.
j Marching down the main street we
came to the heart Of the village, and
took up quarters In shellproof cellars
tshellproof until hit by shell). Shells
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ball game Of the season for our
first team. The Commercial High
vs.. M. v. H. S. Our first team will
go to Ames on Friday of next
week to participate in the District
Basketball Tournament.
Word has been received that
the District Declamatory contest
will be held at Emerson, Iowa, on
Friday, March 18th. Miss Ruth
.ramisiea carried off the honors
in the sub-district contest at Oak
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were constantly whistling over the vii
lage and bursting in ouI rear, search
ting for our artillery.
These cellars We're cold. damp and
smelly, and overrun with large rats
big black fellows. Most of the Tom
mics slept with their overcoats over
their faces. l did not. In the middle
of the night woke up in terror. The
cold, clammy feet of q rat had passed
over my face. I Immediately smoth-
cred myself in my overcoat, but could
not sleep for the rest of that night.
Next evening, we took over our sec
tor of the line. In single file we wend-
ed our way through a zigzag COM
munication trench, six inches deep
with mud. This trench was called
Whisky street." On our way up to
the front line an occasional flare Of
bursting shrapnel would light up the
sky and we could hear the fragments
shaping the ground above us son our
right and left. Then Fritz would
traverse back and forth with his type
writer" or machine gun. The bullets
made sharp cracking noise overhead
The boy in front of me named Prem
tice crumpled up without word. A
piece of shell had gone through his
shrapnel-proof helmet. felt sick and
weak.
In about thirty minutes we reached
the front line. 1t was dark as pitch.
Every now and then German star
shell would pierce the blackness out
in front with its silvery light. was
trembling all over, and felt very lonely
and afraid. All orders were given in
whispers. The company we relieved
fled past us and disappeared into the
blackness of the communication trench
leading to the rear. AS they passed US,
they whispered, 1.-THE best o. luck
mates"
I sat on the fire step Of the trench
with the rest Of the men. In each
traverse two of the older men had been
put on guard with their heads sticking
over the top, and with their eyes try
ing to pierce the blackness in mo
Mans Land" In this trench there
were only two dugouts, and these were
used by Lewis and Vickers machine
gunners, so it was the fire step for
ours. Pretty soon it started to rain.
Weput on our 'macks," but they were
not much protection. The rain trickled
down our backs, and it was not long
before we were wet and cold. How I
passed that night / will never know,
but without any unusual occurrence,
dawn arrived.
The word "stand down" was passed
along the line, and the sentries got
down off the fire step. Pretty soon the
rum issue came along, and it was a
Godsend. 1t warmed our chilled bodies
and put new life into us. Then from
the communication trenches came
dixies or iron pots, filed with steam
Ing tea, which had two wooden stakes
through their handles, and were car
ried by two men. / filled my cantaen
and drank the hot tea without taking
1t from my lips. 1t was not long be-
fore was asleep in the mud on the
fire step.
My ambition had been attained! I
was in frOnt-line trench on the west
ern front, and oh, how wished were
back in Jersey City.
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CHAPTER Ill.
! Go to Church.

j, Upon enlistment we had identity
disks issued to us. These were small
disks Of red fiber worn around the neck
by means Of string. Most of the Tom
mics also used little metal disk which
they wore around the left wrist by
means of chain. They had previous
~ figured 1t out that If their heads
were blown off, the disk on the left
wrist would identify them. If they lost
their left arm the disk around the neck
would serve the purpose. but if their
head and left arm were blown Off, no
- would care who they were, 20 It
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land last Friday and will repre-
sent our High School. We wish
her success.
Your presence al the Patriotic,
program at the high school will
encourage and inspire the pupils
who are to participate in the
program. The program itself will
be we'll worth the admission and
remember that your money goes
to the Red Cross Fund. The adj
mission is 25 cents for adults;