The Dermott news., 1919-01-09
CHAPTER xVlII-continued.

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 All this time. "lcst you forgot we had no shoes. and no clothinE-only what had once been our underwear It Is all right to be Couey Island snowhird and pose around in your bathing suit in the drifts, because you are in good condition. and lust but not least. because you do not have to dc It. Figure out the other side of it for yourself.
 They marched Us into field where there was nothing much but guns and ammunition and snow. and set us up in something like skirniSh formation. We stood there for some time and then We saw q lot of Huns with the new long rifles coming toward us, yelling just as they did in battle, and We thought sure We were being used for practice targets. II k Il good thing they halted and stopped yelling when they did. CT Me would have started for them to fight il out, for We were not the kind that likes to be butcterod with hands iu the air and We would have been dad far a chance to get few of thcm before they got Us. Eat tAey d5a halt. and then sur rounded IL. aud drilled uS awoy th-ouzh sWamps and woods and shal# le~ vatrr IT sHHzh. Ihc women fut 1owcI. t5o. au4 thora were hoH2 of brle5sz and spit Iefr Women as wr.t as mn are=tae #aua tEe world uNer thcy say WeHzgra Yea eHe .H-. ptc.gE= lGa W.a.aa #. y E efaa M,..= Est'eaHt.-- craNt ef ,;e-a.a Hf.~eHaE- ahAt NY, can't Hae? &a-. E#.as= =eaarze =0aai=n eH E,g=.z.aal ar, 2=t aeaala==.4.4= ha'a#.>= aa .el- aHl 0ast HaFHs =#a#Ha-- .##5l I=s-E atut Wilson ta#tsha the Id of the strafe rot Ter A.a
 Tho slrIHed az along the#aegzs.#a,. fl looked as tt.8sh the whole German navy aas acI au 1T Sasayaaade NJ saw many ef 'te shjf= We Aaa heard about. aman- them bcius taa famous Vulcan tde mo'heH=~hIn toa submarines. There were many satE ors loattug al0ug thc docks. aud fh5y eaye fhr wawea a hand with thr.e days' work. They We're ro he,ter with Il brick. but thce had more ammunition when II cafer to sruiu~. our of thgm trirped a Youu- boy hy the name ot Kelly. and as yen would never daai, | Kelly picked UP q rock aud crashed the sailor with If. He WIS th,u hul eHetea tWiee la=the lest lr- Me hc- gan singing Chen, our popular faNorlte "Paek Hp your troubles, etc. and when thcy heard us how thu sWIua stared.
 Then they drilled us fast the Ge~ man Sal1prS' quarters The mru Were Tt rifle practice. aGl guess all of #u- thought how handy Me would he a~ tareefs But when We got uea~ them they quit practlciuE and crowded around Us yelling: 'Raus Zufuek 2,
 Finally we got to thr top of the hill. and were halted near the bar racks while an officer read thc mar tial law of Germany to us. At loast We thought maybe that was il.
 Finally they let Us into the bar racks. and the first thing We saw was great pile of hay That looked good to us. and We made n rush and diVed into it. But the Huns told us to take the hay and throw it in the middle of the ruad. They had to use force be fore Me would do if. Finally We gave in. however. and started to carry i' out. Some of the young boys were crying. and l do not blame them much.
 But one of the boys tried to hide some of the hay behind box and was caught doing IL. and two seHtrieS elouted him from one end of the bar racks to the other. Ills nose was broken and hls face mashed to a jelly. But there wus nothing We could do so We just wandered up and down the barracks about as We did between decks on the Moewe. trying to keep warm.
 While this marathon was on We heard whistle blown very loudly. Nllu NAtu We ib6htu out Mt SAW Il wagon piled up with old tin cans. Then We were told to form single file, walk out Co the wagon and each get a can for himself Each man had to take the first can he laid his hands on. and many of Us get rusty ones with holes in them. So that about half an hour later. when We received barley coffee. and all We had to drink it from was the cans, lots of the men had C. drink theirs almost In one gulp or lose half of il.
 The barracks were very dirty and smelIcd horribly. and the men were still not even half clothed We all looked filthy and smelled that way. and where the coal dust had rubbed of, we were very pale. And all of us were starved looking
 About eleven o'clock that morning the whistle blew again, and we came out and were given an aluminium spoon and dish apiece, Then we