Carrizozo outlook. [volume] (Carrizozo, N.M.) 1910-1945, 1919-01-17

ing II effective. My guns did for two
enemy pieces that ! know OF, and per-
hnps several others.
The French garbles were a good
deal more excited In action than l
thought they would be. They were
lodging around below decks, trying
20 miss the shrapnel that came
aboard. shouting, swearing, singing
but fighting hard. at that. They rto0d
the gaff Just as we'll RS any other
garbios would, only In their
sweet way-whlch Is noisy enough,
believe me.
One OF our senmen was hit 100
times by fragments OF shrapnel, 30
you can see what they were up
against In the lodging line. A gun
turret In action is not exactly the
best place on earth for n nervous
man o one who likes his comfort.
There Ia nn awful lot OF heat and
noise and smell and work, oil the
time in n fighting u turret. But
during an engagement l would rather
be In n gun turret every time than
between decks. At that, II anything
does happen In a turrct-lt is good
night sure for all, and n rain checks
needed.
One OK our junior lieutenants was
struck by n fragment Of shell rs he
was at his station behind the wheel
house and a piece Of his skull wns
driven into his brain. He was car
ried into my gun turret, but he
would not let them take him to sick
bay 20 have his wound dressed. There
he sat. asking every now and then
} how the fight was going and then sort
/ OF doing of for a while.
. After half an hour OF action we put
about and started away, still firing
As n parting slap on the back this
" Turks tore of one Of our big-gun tur
; rets, and then AWAY we went, back Il
Brest with a casualty list Of only 10
y We did not have much trouble guess
= ing that It vas drv dock for us again
We got back :. Brest after a quie
y voyage, patching ourselves up wher'
. we could on the way. and again Their
was the rush work, day and night
!, to get into shape and do II over agair
y They turned us out In ~ days an
u back we went to the Turks and thei
y Hun assistants.
IL We were lucky getting inshore, onl
receiving a nasty smash astern, whe
n the Turks got our range and lande
10 two peaches before we got out. w
nearly tore our rudder of gettin
10 away. But we had to come back rlgf
- away, because we had carried quit
9, n number OF heavy guns from Brei
~ and we're given the Job Of runnin
le them ashore. II was day and nlgl
a. work and a great job for fun, becaus
while you never knew when "
e. would get II, you had good reason
'e- feel you would get damned by a Gu
70 little shell or n dainty bit OF shra
mel before the job was over.
u Aboard snip It was deck work,
course, and II was not much bett
90 there than ashore with the guns, /
y, cause the enemy trenches were ne
the shore and they amused the
selves trying TO pick us on whenev
81. we showed ON deck, l guess we we
n regular shooting gallery for the
and some OF our men thought III
did not need all the practice III
were getting, for quite n few OF
air acted as bulls eyes.
But we did not mind the bullets
much. They make n clean wound
,ns put you away entirely; shrapi
ont tears you up and can play all kin
Of tricks with various parts OF ye
i'm body without killing you. As
,ed shells-well, mincemeat II the VIC
The Narrows were thick with mil
ach and there had been n great deal
we damage done there, so after n WI
,at- the British detailed their Yarmol
a trawlers TO 20 In and sweep up. III
gun had TO go up unprotected, OF eoui
led. and they started on n night
Iere serene.
END Everything went we'll until Il
rret turned at tie Narrows and star
sck, back. Then, before you could tell
tur. Ave or six searchlights were play
on one Of the trawlerg and sh
lply were spiashlng the water all over
ons. Both banks were simply banging ~
all point blank at them and l ne
IL / thought they would get back.
ont They did get back, though.
some OF them had hardly enough
up left 10 work ship. But that Ia
that the Ilmeys. They will get back 4
a anywhere while there IL n I
As alive.
gan A chap aboard one Of the traw
lime said a shell went through the VIII
/ OF house between the Guartermaster
himself nna all the Q. nj. said '