Carrizozo outlook. [volume] (Carrizozo, N.M.) 1910-1945, 1919-02-21
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
CHAPTER xlv-coutIrusd.

1WA fEuN HVulNANu WIN " Nnt NNNHN VI
where the artillery was, and that there
were three lines Of trenches with
French ~infnDtry Ia them. So the
trenches I had come from were more
like outposts than anything else. and
were cut on. l felt pretty sure, then.
that the boys In them would never
come back alive, because as soon as
their Are lot up the Turks would adj
vance. and to keep them back our guns
would have 10 wipe out our men. and
lif they did not, the Turks would. At
FIRST / was glad I had come out, but
then I remembered what the artillery
officer had said and ! figured I would
have to go back and stay with them
or bring them back. Either way there
was not n chance In n hundred that
amy OF us would make II. Because
when | got through II was really just
a miracle and nobody would hhve
thought II could happen.
Then the officer told me TO go back
10 the beach, where our naval guns
were. and that I was detailed to them.
Maybe you do not think I was giadf
but there was rough work still ahead
OF me. because when I got behind the
third line I saw n wide open field that
was light gray from the shell smoke
hanging over It. and | could see the
Washes where the big ones were doing
their work, and I had to go through
that field.
l fell time and again. sometimes
when I thought n shell was near, and
sometimes when I had no reason for
ft--Only ! was thirsty again. and was
ishlverlng all the time. and was so
weak | could not have choked n gold
fish. do not remember hardly any
thing about going through that field.
tnnd you might say the mex thing I
knew was when I was overtaken by
"a dispatch runner, and got In a tin
Tub at the side OF u motorcycle and
WAS taken to the guns.
I felt ready for n Rip Van Wrinkle
map then. but the officer In command
would not let me He said they were
short OF gunners-the terrific Smelling
HAD killed of dozens OF them-nnd as
The knew | could point n gun he had
'ordered them over the telephone to
get me to the beach as fast as possi-
bile. lie spotted the two warehouses
have spoken Of for me and said II
was up TO us to put them out OF COM
mission. The gun was a 14-inch naval,
and that looked good to me, so l
lbucked up n lot. The warehouses were
about 10 or II miles away, l should
Judge. and about 30 or 40 yards apart.
/ felt very weak, as l have said,
land shIvered every once In n while,
80 I did not think | could do much
cunning worth whislllng at. But they
loaded the old l4-lnch and made ready,
and we got the range and oil was set.
THE officer told me TO let her ride.
so l said TO myself. This Is n for
you, Murray, old boy. Let's 80 from
here"
So l sent that one along and she
landed direct and the warehouse went
Tsp In fire and smoke. felt good then.
land laid the wires on the other ware-
mouse ana let her CO. But she was TOO
high % made a clean misa Then
was a because sent that
lone over Tor myself. so got the cross
wires on the warehouse again ana
sriu 70 myself "Ihls Is not Tor any
lbouy' JUST Tor luck. because surs
nave hau plenty OF IL touay'
Then the Juice amt through the
wires and into the charge, and away
she went. and up vent the second
warehouse. That made two directs out
of three. and ! guess II hurt the Turks
some to lose all their ammunition.
The officer kissed me before l could