The Elk Mountain pilot., 1919-02-27

CHAPTER lv-Contlnued.
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In the Communication trench you
have 70 keep your distance from the
man aAsad Of you. This u done 70
that you win have plenty Of room to
tan DOWN In, and because II shell
aAould And he trench. there would b
fewer casualties In IN open formation
than In q closed. The German artil-
ley - keen on communicative
&rsaeAas, and Whenever thsy spot one
tAsg saay with It q long tiVs. Most
Il ehm are camouAaged alodg the top
and adss, % that enemy aviators can
mot ~ anything but the earth or
buahss. when they throw an eys down
on oar lines. ~
We took over our section Of the
froat line trenches from q French line
regiment that had been on the job for
~ days. That was the Longest time
3 hays heard Of any troops remaining
on tha airing line.
Oon6ations at the front and ways Of
lighting are changing all the time. -
each side tnvents new methods Of
butehefing. % when Try to describe
tie Dlmude trenches, you must real
tss that Il u probably Just history By
new. r. they are still using trenches
there they probably look entirely dif-
6erUnt.
But when I was at Uxmuds they
Woeo something like this:
Behind the series Of front-liue
trenches are the reserve trsnchss; In
thfs cass i've 10 ssvsn miles away. and
SIN farther back are the btlletA. Thsse
may be houses or barns or ruined
churches place that can possibly
- used for Quartering troops when
o6 duty.
Troops were usually in the 'front.'
line trenches SIX to eight days, and
kourteen to stxtesn days In the resssvs
Ft1sncheG. Then back 10 the billsts for
lsk or eight days.
We wsre not allowed to change eur
clothing In the fruat-lins trenches-
lnnt even to remove socks. unless for
Inspection. Nor would they let you
sS much ~ unbutton your shirt, unless
there Vas IN inspection Of identinca-
ft3bn 0ska. We wore Q disk at The
whist and another around the neck.
Ken know he gag about the disks, Of
lQgRss: r your arm II blown Oh they
StA IN Who you are BY the neck disk i,
= yosr had - blown Cd. thsy do not
Nps WAs you are.
n ths reserve trenches yoa can
emGhs yourself more comfcetabls, but
pa cannot 70 TO such extreme lengths
Ioe Injury - changing your clothes en-
de1ssay. That - for billsts. where you
RsaA most Of your time bathing,
IchaagiAg clothes. sleeping and eating.
~ ~ Q ooet Of temporary heaven.
OF course you know what the word
eos11esr osanA Lst ~ hope you
,sin nsssr know what the coolies
le4s@selvsD mean. When you get In
|of 1sar ~ trenches, you teke course
hn ehe Aatural history Of bugs, Mes.
HaE1 md Gvogy kind oe PEST that has
eHE bsea invented
! = = fRnny to SO some Of the new
co0aEs when they drst discover .
Iapot1s On them. Some Of them cfy.
u thsy really knew what It was going
- Be NE they would do worse than
ltAat. maybs.
Tasn they start hunting al over each
FdehR 3pst nke monksyA They team
p Sf this purpose. and many times It
b tAis way that couple Of msn gst
b trench partners and come to b.
ulls for lifeNwhich may not be long
time at that.
n tAe front-lins trenches It y more
eoa6ertabls to tall asleep ON the para
~ 0rs-steD than In the dugouts. b.
cAnss the coolies are thicker down
hspeW. and they Emply viii not givs
ybu minutes rest They certainly
dks aetivs little pests. We used to
nahe hack scxatcAsrs out Of certain
YaaDsus that had AsGsbls handles. but
Svse had time 10 uss them when ws
4SedS1 them most.
We were given bottles Of = liquid
w1sA snsllsd IKE lysol and ware sup
n1aa % coax our clothes In It Il WAS
b1GAt that tie Goodies would oo9ece
~ IL smell and Nait WORK. Vel.
D oese3s that could stsnd or cistAes
ttAsst H. dope - tAsm would -
- hetAafsd b. . llttls thiag NJ %
0k Also. sur SnstAas ost - oe0
~ A0sn1s ansl11ng tAat tAev hWs