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The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1918-02-26
lover the Top
By An American Soldier
Who Went
ARTHUR GUY ENPEY
Machine Gunne, Seroine in France
CHAPTER n.
tCopyright, lsl7, Dy Arthur Guy Empey)
Hlighty to Rest Biilete.

The next morning the captain sent
for me and Informed me: "Empey, as
aerecruiting sergeant you are wash
out" and sent me to training depot
After arriving at this place, I was
hustled to the quartermaster stores
and received an awful shock. The
quarter,naster sergeant spread wa
eerproof sheet on the ground and com.
menced throwing a miscellaneous as
: sortment of straps, buckles and other
paraphernalia into It I thought he
would never stop, sut when the pile
reached to my kneeg BE paused long
enough to say, ''Nexs No. 5217, 'Arris,
3 company" gazed in bewilderment
at the pile of junk in front of me, and
then my eyes wandered around looking
for the wagon which was to carry it
to barracks. was rudely brought to
earth by the quarter" exclaiming,
"'Ere, you, 'op it; tyke it aw'y; blind
my eyes, 'e's looking for lis batman to
'elp i'm carry it"
Struggling under the load, with fire.
n uuent pauses for rest, reached our
4 barracks Qarge car barns), and my
N &plateon leader came to the rescue. 1t
kHas marvel to me how quickly he
Assembled the equipment. After he
Ah completed the task, he showed me
w to adjust it on my person. Pretty
pn stood before him a proper Tom
HID Atkins in heavy marching order,
telling like an overloaded camel.
# Ga my feet were heavy-soled boots,
studded with hobnails, the toes and
Wheels of which were REINFORCED by
Il steel half-moons. My legs were in
II cased in woolen puttees, olive drab in
Acolor, with my trousers overlapping
hem at the top. Then q woolen khaki
Apic, under which was blush gray
han shirt, minus collar: beneath
II eaSt woolen belly band about
3E S wide, held in place by tie
af white tape. On my head
" avy WOODEN trench cap, with
a apps buttoned over the top.
equipment: A canvas belt,
IL unition pockets, and two
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CHAPTER III.
/ Go to Church,

Upon enlistment we had identity
disks issued to US. These were small
disks of red fiber Worn around the neck
by means Of a 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
ly figured it 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
oue would care who they were, so 1t
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were constantly whistling over the Hf-
lage and bursting in our rear, searsasN
ing for our artillery.
These cellars were cold, damp zaeA
smelly, and overrun with large racsa--.-
big black fellows. Most of the 1s3a-
mics slept with their overcoa4s suaRs-
their faces I did not. In the Hsa6izEass
of the night woke up in terror Enze~
cold, clammy feet Of rat had passsassl
over my face. I Immediately snne5aes-
cred myself in my overeeat, bur ep1asse
not sleep for the rest Of that Mgas-
Next evening, we took over our saesA
tor of the line. In single file We wezaae-
ed our way through Zigzag csfnae'
munication trench, six inches dsalsa
with mud. This trench was exgaaa&
"Whisky street" On our way 04p aac'
the front line an occasional 6eIas 9eSs
bursting shrapnel would aght Ur' zaaR.
sky and we could hear the frag1DsaRzs
slapping the ground above u.s. en- saAe
right and left. Then q Fritz w5E7122a
traverse back and forth with his Ey9eS-
writer" or machine gun. The b1lSa1s&s
made sharp cracking noise ovesf.sHasss~
The boy in front of me named Erazr
tice crumpled up without weEt2- =
piece of shell had gone through Ea@
shrapnel-proof helmet. / felt sick aaaA
weak.
In about thirty minutes we reavtsessG
the front line. It was dark as EasszssasEssa-
Every now and then German ssa&F
shell would pierce the blackneSS Sx5e
in. front with it's silvery light. / wses
trembling all over, and felt vess AsgsSas.
and afraid. All orders were gIyer2 ERA
whispers. The company we rehsssssEE=.:.
filed past US and disappeared Irto' zst2s,
blackness of the communication tEeHa3,
leading to the rear. AS they passed zs.
they whispered, 'The best. O. lr3csEs
mates"
sat on the fire step Of the lreaesa
with the rest of the men. In szzaa
traverse two of the older men had ssEzsEa.
put on guard with their heads ssdss1sses
over the top, and with their eyes Ea-
ing to pierce the blackness i@ @Eafo
Mans Land" In this trench tEasese
were only two dugouts, and these wa1Ea.
used by Lewis and Vicksrs ElagsaazsEs
gunners, so it was the FIRE step aSe
ours. Pretty soon it started tes 1aEaEA
We put on our ''macks," but they wassa
not much protection. The rain tries8aE
down our backs, and it was not EsosS
before we were wet and cold. HGw T.
passed that night I will never kEa1zs.,
but without any unusual occurreQear.
dawn arrived.
The word "stand down" was paS8&sa
along the line, and the sentrissz srsess.ss
down off the fire step. Pretty soonl tttSasess
rum issue came along, and It ggas< 90
Godsend. It warmed our chilled 1eeEsza
and put new life into US. Then. 4ksz9
the communication trenches ezzuEss
dixies or iron pots, filed WITH steam
ing tea, which had two wooden stazEgsa
through their handles, and were canae>
ried by two men. I filed my eanleeE2.
and drank the hot tea without taE5aes;-
it from my lips. It was not long sse-
fore was asleep in the mud or Esssee
fire step.
My ambition had been attained z
was in front-line trench en tha, wasssr-
ern front, and Oh, how wished 7 yssz&s
back in Jersey City.
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methods used in attack and defense,
wiring parties, mass formation. and
the procedure for poison-gas attacks.
On the tenth day we again met our
friends "Hommes 40, Cheveaux g."
Thirty-six hours more of misery, and
we arrived at the town of F..
After unloading our rations and
equipment, we lined up on the road in
columns of fours waiting for the order
to march.
A dull rumbling could be heard. The
sun was shining. I turned to the man
on my left and asked, "What's the
noise, Bill?" He did not know, but his
face was of a pea-green color. jim,
on my right, also did not know, but
suggested that "awsk" the sergeant.
Coming towards US was an old griz-
zled sergeant, properly fed up with
the war, so I "awsked" him.
"Think it's going to rain, sergeant?'
He looked at me in contempt, and
grunted, "Ow's it a-goin' ter rain with
the bloomin' sun a-shinin'?" I looked
guilty.
"Them's the guns up the line, me
lad, and you'll get enough Of 'em be-
fore you gets back to Blighty."
My knees seemed to wilt, and l
squeaked out weak "Oh!"
Then we started our march up to the
line in ten-kile treks. After the first
days march we arrived at our rest
billets. In France they call them rest
billets, because while in them Tommy
works seven days week and on the
eighth day Of the week he is gwen
twenty-four hours ION his own"
Our billet was a spacious affair, a
large barn on the left side of the road,
which had one hundred entrances,
ninety-nine for shells, rats, wind and
rain, and the hundredth one for Tom
my. I was tired out, and using my
shrapnel-proof helmet (shrapnel proof
until piece of shrapnel hits it), or
tin hat, for pillow, lay down in the
straw, and was soon fast asleep. l
must have slept about two hours, when
I awoke with a prickling sensation all
over me. AS I thought, the straw had
worked through my uniform. woke
up the fellow lying on my left, who had
been up the line before, and asked
him:
: "Does the straw bother you, mate!
It's worked through my uniform and l
can't Sleep"
! In a sleepy voice he answered,
'That amt straw, them's coolies"
t From that time on my friends the
."cooties" were constantly with me.
: "Cooties," or body lice, are the bane
of Tommy's existence.
: The aristocracy of the trenches very
seldom call them "cooties," they speak
of them as fleas.
. To an American flea means small
insect armed with bayonet, who is
wont to jab it into you and then hop
skip and jump to the next place to be
attacked. There is an advantage IN
having feas on you instead Of "cooties"
in that in one of his extended jumps
said flea is liable to land on the fel-
low next to you; he has the typical
energy and push of the American,
while the "cootie" has the bulldog
tenacity of the Englishman; he holds
on and consolidates or digs in until
his meal is finished.
There is no way to get rid of them
permanently. No matter how often
you bathe, and that is not very often,
or how lany times you change your
underwear, your friends the "cooties"
are always in evidence. The billets are
infested with them, especially so Il
there is straw on the floor.
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tie BE CONTINUED
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TIME EXTENDED.

BY direction Of the Comptroller
General ! will take tax returns until
March /, 1919, inclusive, without the
penalty.
7. 3. Ralfacre,
County Auditor.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1918-02-26

SEE Us FOR TURN PL0WS and
middle busters. We handle the
Lynchburg. There IS none netteF.
Purcell Com paRv 2-iz 81.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1918-06-22
German Ruthlessness Has Killed Hopes
of Freedom of the Seas
By PHILIP MARSHALL BROWNE
Professor of International Law. Princeton University

Gmanys plea for the freedom Of the in time of war is reduced
preposterous absul It simple terms that Germany with
power land should be placed equality with England
and the rest her allies the The whole proposal utterly CYNICAL
and characteristic of the eroney and the hypocrisy of nation which
sinks ships freight ships armed unarmed and hospital ships
without warning nation which could sink without warning the vessels
the Belgian relief commission bearing food and hope the victims of
Gmanys uthessness hardly position to raise at this time the
question of the freedom of the The contempt of Germany for the
rights private property and the lives of and children be
paated ignored plea for the necessity of resortng pr
She show that her enemies have resoe her depths
fanny and frightfuness
On close analysis then, this plea for the freedom of the peace
little than empty phrase 1t calculated msea
confuse demand consideration 1t would
Of imply that President Wilson and his holiness the
had lent their support claim that
whatever They evidently believe that international
where single patton be position of such power dictate
concerning the rights and interests of the They would safeguard
equality of rights Of nations President Wilson stated message
January go 1917 that this problem of the freedom of the
with limitation of naval the
the world in keeping the free
of limiting naval ornaments the wider and perhaps
the limitation Of
preparation"
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1918-06-22

that all the rewards and compensation are determined upon ~ ~
basis
This brought illumination new interpretation '
service This being fought by whole nations not merely N " men
the firing line. Those military service are helpless "l'' w "
operation of those rendering service in industry and IN Transporting troops
making and Of This has no place of ~
sites special privileges founded tradition or leasc fco liner"
place only for those who render service This Is the Revolutionary
spirit which breeding country and IN every army
included.
Those who stand the firing line and face death IN le most a
forms that human intelligence devise will again accept uh
toned institutions and standards based other prnce except "
ice Those the factories the and the shops who have once mao
this standard applied their will accept none other uhe
This the spirit revolution which has been felt stirring US all 1t
this revolutionary spirit seeking justice in all relations between ~
that has aroused concern for existing institutions.
But there nothing fear from this constructive spirit OF eV'u
On the contrary presages forward movement Tor
the webng Of humanity 1t the thrilling spirit OF the Marsease
has determination for IN the
Of human freedom.
1t the purpose of all beyovng and women that this shall
the and the effect the which they sacrificing
much.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1918-06-22

A country hotel. good deal fire.
quented by motorists, took in a show
man and his performing bear. and one
morning the bear escaped from the
stable. Everybody fed before the AMI
NAL. The hotel man, however, pur-
sued 1t courageously. 1t entered the
hotel, mounted the stairway, pushed
open a bedroom door and vanished.
The hotel man, close behind, heard
from the bedroom an angry exclama-
ton in a feminine voice and the
words: George, dear, how often have
I forbidden you to come into my room
without knocking-und In your auto
mobile rnat tnnin $3.50. =
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1918-06-22

of thermometers
Teddy and Louisa
Indian rhinoeroS stricken
Richards small of his
back and when he
his back dening shaking building with his
breathing
took Dick force assistants with croWars good half hour
persuade he did it another fifteen
Iof
had Of
rhlnoceros rolled on backa
right somehow
rhlnOceros.
The ourceful obtained dozen abecos
succeeded
a Seam PIANO.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1918-06-22
Use Of Horse Meat By People of United
States Is Rapidly Increasing
By DR.. c. w. McCAMPBELL
Associate Professor Animal u,band Kansa. State Agricultural

Have tasted horse If an oppornity
before the close of the world war
Use Of horse meat by the people of increasing rap
idly despite widespread sentiment
investigations have shown that the Of belong
middle classes rather than to the lower
Horse meat reta for half the price beef paaabe
and nutritious scarcely be distinguished from
buyer and interesting that those who
horse become regular customers
Horse used extensively throughout Europe
handling horse have short
United States The first of these at
land and Brooklyn In short others opened Cincinnati st.
Louis Toledo and many other large cities
The shops open those Omaha in the near future
horse will probably be sold throughout the country
furnishing cheaper kind of wholesome meat these market,
for the small horses with which the country overstoce
and for which there IS commercial or farm demand
for all Of the human rso
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1918-06-22


1an hear this?" asked the physician low
hear now?" This ordinary voice.
No
snow
The candidate light meeky
submitted to the Of the examination
Detroit board offices
foil the medical
insisted and who evadd the tricks
which
hshed him and home and
asked a low
down, and wanted TO-
little and accepted
lid drawing voice behind the Stacker
medical officer He busted and
4 That's six fol n
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1918-06-22

There will fellow who thinking slip thu
and will
ITS another hour yet"
An nelgentlooking heard to
In be mixed about this busne-Im going t.
left
I'll
hut to
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1918-06-22

10 DI'k Nlchards, The nurse in attend
ancd until he has suffering rhinoc-
eros on his hands. Other victims are
Teddy, an Alaskan brown bear, and
Louisa. Himalayan black bear.
All three have been taken to the
Isolation ward Of the hospital pro
Vlded for such contingencies and
strict precautions are being taken to
guard against further spread Of the
epidemic. Every keeper carries
thermometer with which to take the
temperature Of his charges. The
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1918-06-22

uh stand the daylight saving
seize is largely due to an argumen-
tattgisposition.
buhowever that may be, there is
eohnethg to what he says. There Is
going be a lot of topsy-turvy bust
ness rafting from the doublequick
OF the ocks, unless people really do
"nat the are being told to do:
Set our clock forward an hour
and-forge t."
The tr0ble is some of these birds
are determined not to forget it.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1918-06-22
Principle Of Service Is Everywhere
and Generally Being Insisted On
By SAMUEL COMPERS Pden, Of American Federation OF Labor

Every emergency brings with it opportunity and
dancer in proportion to its magnitude Now the whole
world has suspended every other consideration to MAIN
tain nrncnIo Of basic Importance to the civilization Of
democratic freedom Organization is now in fluid form
every agency and method must demonstrate elective
ness or give way to something better The sny test IS
service This principle is potentially revolutionary. II
is that for which constructive ldeasts OF al! ages nave
contrudod II is the basis for abors contention that
man. worth 70 society is the service he performs and
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1918-06-22
Gem Unable to Get Hang Of Daylight Saving

TIMOREThe this city who he can't get the
hang intelligent fellow
Wa opinion that his inability to
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1918-06-22
Meets Her Baby Under Exceptional Circumstances

n ETROIT-Ths introduces William Anderson
Is months old
Fday It
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1918-06-22


in
n the home o her husbands mother
yeaned for her baby She told
the custody Of the child
couldn't possession William until Deputy
John O'Briea stepped in the breach
said the perspirng OBren II afraid
to time. That's got those night things on
precious Anderson
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1918-06-22
RhnoCeros Does Not Take Kindly to Pneumonia

EW loRkInemonia prevalent the New York Geological
- the Bronx
Noboy Knows how dsese become rlinoeros accorng
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1918-06-22

ing. too, because William was In hi!
nightie and John O'Brien, a deputy
sheriff, had charge Of the introduc
ton. 1t was at the county building
Mrs. Anderson snatched the baby
In an eager embrace.
She cried over him a bit q.
women will, and William cooed and
gurgled and seemed to understand jusi
what 1t was all about.
Then Mrs. Anderson told how 4
happened-that she hadn't seen he;
own hahv until aftoY his frct birth
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1918-06-22
Draft Boards Find Ways to Deal With Stacker.

zinc AGOAhough
ens than classical have been heard by boards
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1918-06-22

medical examiners.
The following little system caught
more than one would-be evader:
A youth alleging defective hear.
ing was taken into an examining
room.
"My hearing is pretty bad" he
told the medical officer.
THAT so? Let's see," said the doc.
tor, as he stepped close to the young
man.
'Put your hand over your right
ear" said the doctor, loudly.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-20

able. Secretary Daniels repeating his
previous statement that he never
had heard the suggestion officially,
while at the State Department., 1t
was said that so far as known there,
no such project was included in the
American peace program,
The first published suggestion that
the ships be sunk came from London
several days ago but even before
that, It was learned, this had ac-
cured to some naval authorities here
as one possible way of settling q
vexing problem.
Await Word OF Benson
Admiral Benson, chief of naval
operations and designated as naval
adviser to the American peace dele
CATION, has been in Europe some
time. His views, worked out with
Vice Admiral Sims and officials OF
the British admiralty and tho French
ministry of marine, will have grea'
weight With the American delegate:
on naval questions arising at the
conference, but there is nothing here
to indicate what conclusion he may
have reached on the disposition ol
the surrendered craft.
There were many indications yes
terday that a proposal 70 sink the
ships would meet strong opposition
in Congress. The Paris dispatcf
prompted Senator Lodge to introduce
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-20
|BURLESON'S GRAB
OF CABLES SHOCK
TO COMMON SENSE
Former United States Senator
Doubts Power of Nation
to Operate Utilities

New York, Dec. 2o,-The power OF
the United States to own and operate
the country's railroads, telegraph
lines and cables is extremely doubt
full" former Senator George suthsr.
land, OF Utah. student of constitu-
tional law, declared in an address on
Constitutional Power and World
Affairs" at Columbia University yes
terday.
Mr.. Sutherland also criticised Post
master General Burleson for taking
over the cable lines as war meas
ure" after the signing of the armis-
tice. While 1t was possible, he said,
that the courts would uphold the
seizure until the formal termination
OF the war, he characterized the step
as "a clear abuse of power" and
utterly indefenslble." The claim
that the seizure was made In the ex-
ercise of a war power. he asserted,
was $50 palpably disingenuous as to
shock common sense"
The government, Mr.. Sutherland
said, might be held to have the power
to construct n railroad or n tele-
graph or cable line under the post
office clause of the Constitution,
which authorizes establishment of
'postofTices and post roads" But
such lines, he contended,< could be
employed only for governmental pur-
poses and not for general commercial
work.
The Commerce" clause of the con-
stitution. on which some advocates
of government ownership rely, also
might permit the government to con-
struct railroads and telegraph and
cable lines for the purpose of "regu-
lating" interstate and foreign COM
merce. he added.
The government would have no
authority, however. to engage in COM
merce on the lines. Mr.. Sutherland
maintained. asserting that the au-
thority of regulate" commerce not
only did not authorize, but implicitly
prohibited the government from en-
gaging in commerce.