The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-04-13

above COulommes, and was informed |
that l was to be on duty there and .
that about the best thing for me to .
do was to hike for the place immedi- |
ately in order to get there before the |
evening hate" set in. They didn't |
know which road the train would take |
and could not advise me as to a pos
Sibility Of meeting them and riding on
the trucks. Well, it looked to me like
about ten kilometers lay between me
and bed and supper and q night of
taking care of the caissons as they
came on for pills, so I hiked. Halt
Got within a half kilo Of the main road
(youll notice the second-class road run
ming out of the Dricourt and joining
the main road just under the "A" in
Ardennes) an discovered that Fritz was
having target practice with his big
ones and that main road seemed to be .
having some sort of commissions. Oc-
casionally one of those G.. l. cans would |
hit a tree, and what was left Of the
tree fell i'm the road, and l decided |
that it wouldn't do at all to get pinned .
down. maybe, by a falling limb and
nave to sleep there all night and miss
finding the dump SO | tried out the
old saying "The longest way round
is the sweetest way home" and went
back to Dricourt arriving there just F.
in time to head off the train and shoot
them up the road by way OF some
little jerlwater place l have forgotten /
the name Of and on up to Coulommes /
by a route that was not at the time |
being used as a target range.
There were some awfully high spots !
IN that road, and from some of them |
We could almost see the kaiser. II he /
saw us he failed to tell his gunners, |
but one OF his little birds" gave Us
niue remembrance along the road. |
AT Dricourt as the truck train passed |
/ caught about the eighth truck from /.
the 'front.' known i'm the language Of |
conveys as the second truck in the sec |
ohd section. The conveys travelled six .
trucks IN a section, with as many sec
tons as We're necessary to take care of
lhe number of truck involved. Some .
"Iilcer would be in command of the |
'nI'fe uun' ana sergeant would have /
charge OF a section. Well we were .
Dre'zlhE along at good gait, q truck /
occasionally trying to do nose spin, /
or Ihe Arkansas twist, or some such |
1901 TRICK ON account OF the slippery .
condition OF the road Suddenly from .
nowhere there appeare" a boehe plane, /
nose pointed toward us and his type |
"rIN'f rafting at merry rate, |
Sho"erIns bullets everywhere. Some I.
Oh us went under the trucks, some .
went INTO shelter behind trees at the /
foAoNId'' some took the ditrh' and 9TH /
erS just SAT speIIpound IN their seats /
ana watched the performance Direct /
E the anuTurcrul guni opened up /
ana the younssJer was compelled TO |
nee lor ms me- w" climbed back on I.
our trucks ana roasted 'ach other for |
"urNIhs Whon me- was not shooting at |
us at an hut trying to mess up q /
Duhch OF french artillery camped be- |
sluo lhe ROAD. However none OF us .
nave ever ieIt quite sure that we were |
not ms target ana that l1ulty control |
IS all that saved us from q good stral- |
llE'
herman Sheiis ran Around.
Ihen we rolled down a long nil /
III pam Asht OF the enemy artillery /.
thIouEh thr village OF CouIommes ana F..
ON up lne road 10 Jhe site OF the new /
Jump ! Immediately reported TO Lieu /
'."!"l pu|Ie' VINO was IN command /
o' 'ne ''aII'' ana we selected the 'oc'- .
uo.'S Io' ln' various KINDS OIL ammu- /
I.luoh ana pyfo.'eNi'i'S used Tor sI'n'I- /
l"E. ana we Had haruIy started un,
lpddlng Wneu everything the Germans