The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1918-08-09

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what ] an geaHx TO tell you b asv
twe NJ ~ put II ever On the old sesmA
and sut swsy wish H. X was . RISKY
tAins. too. beeaaae oae Pepper woaidat
have bees exFctiy mild with m II ~
had got next TO tho game.
Ne and my mate, Q Ind named Har
~ Csss<it. y bombsrdisr In ID xss bat
terry. or isacv corporal. ~ yca csii u
Ia the infantry. used 10 relieve shs
,elepboalsts. We would do twe hours
ga and feur Of. would b. ca dnty
In the advanced ohsersafion pnst.
while he woald he nj TIC other cad Of
the wire la the battery dugeat signal.
Ing statiDs. We we're supposed to seed
'hroagh orders for the battery 10 hrs
whasa ordered to do 10 by the chserva'
tion Officer In the asfraar~a post, Ras
very few messages were aTnt- II was
only IN case Of an actual attach thai
We would grt a chance to earn car
TWO and six dAy. Ten ace. Old Pep
per had iNssied orders net 10 fire ex'
e~pt when the orders cnme from him.
And with old Pepper orders 10 orders
and made to obey.
The Germans must have known
about these orders. for evrn In the day
their transports and troops used to
expose themselves as Ii they were On
parade This sure get up our nose.
sitting there day after day, with Una
targets In franf Of as hut unAhls ~
send over she'll. We heartily cuss~d
Old R~ppes, biz asJerS. ths. gcsefn.
ment. the people at hotee. and esery'
thlag In general. Hut the Bochrs
didn't mind GUESSING. and Got very care
less. Blime mr.. they were hally ios
sGlting. Used TO, when using certaIa
road. throw their ears into the air q.
a tsun, ut cur hriplessnesa.
'S'asseIl had been = teiegraph~r Ii
civil NE and jained up when war was
declared. A. for me. knew Morse.
learned II AZ the sigualers' school back
In 1910. With an officer In the ohser'
walton post. We could not carry on the
kind Of conversation that's usual he
tween two mates, so We USED the
Morse code. To send. ore Of us wenli
tap the transinlsser with bis finger
nails. and the cue on the other md
would xet II through the receiver,
Many an hour was whilei away tn this
manner passing compliments back and
forth.
in the observation post the effect
used TO sit for hours with a powerful
pair Of Geld glasses to his eysa
Through n cieveriy concealed loophois
he would scan the ground behind the
German trenches. locking for targets
and nndinx mary. THIS Officer, Cap
tain 49, by name. bad d habit u
taikiax out loud to himself. Some
times Ae sensa vent his orinssa. ,s@spe
a. 4 common private does when hst
wrought up. Oncc upon n time the
captain had been ON Old Peppers staR
10 he could cuss and blind La the most
approved style. Got 10 b sort Of |
habit with him.
About SIX thousand yards from -
behind the German lines. was q rost |
In plain view Of our post. For the lass |
three days Fritx had brought rompa,
nies Of troops down this road In brad |
daylight They were never xhell~d
Whenever this happened the capitals |
would froth ut the mouth and let out |
4 volume Of Old Peppers rvlisioa |
which used 10 make me love him.
Every battery hns q range chart a |
which distinctive landmarks ass noted !
with the range for each. These Land |
tnarks are called saFxcsas and are nusa- |
twr~d. On cur hsssery's chart; that |
read was called Target IL. Ranxs
'sssD. 3 degrees 70 minutes left n "a
battery consisted Of four as how'll |
ssrs. and AIRED S-pcund II. n, shssi
A. you know. II. n. means high En-
plosive' don't like bumn,lng up ny
evan battery. but we had a record Il
the division for direct hits. and oui /
boys were Just riaing away for .
chance to exhibit their skill In tn
pyes uf Frita.
TO the afteruoon Of the fourth d,
" Fritz contemptueus us~ Of the roat
mentioned the captain and I were d
par posts as usual Fritx was straf<
nS us pretty rough, Just like he's de,ns
nov. The shells were p,ayins leap
'ror oil through that orchard
Il vas carrying cn csnver$ati~s
In eur ta.' cy~de with Cssssll At The
,sher end. II ran something Hike this
Say. Cassrii. bow weria yrs aks
b. b. In the saloon bar At the Klngt
Arms Down Rye .sns Nth a hottie q
sass IN ffruas * yec. and that blonde
armaid waiting te n'i I'm NJ srsla,
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