Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1919-02-27

Other casualties; found Red Cross man and then
told the regimenta1 supply sergeant
very chap, very badly hurt. We started back
but were delayed dressing wounds getting
ed men into ammunition trucks as thew came back
fro When got to sergeant we found
him dead-ki1ed almost instantly far we could
learn A man of another ou+6t and fve borsas 80
killed that night while assisting
get his guns under cover IT was o,i+a lgb+ Nv The
the pulled by he Of
tractor.
The next night put into position
afterUard Valley. Everything
seemed quite and felt got targets
and opened fire; nothing particular happened
two although the Germans from balloons and
opanes seemed to observe anything and everything
they wanted to time they
afternoon when was in charge of the
nent hre TOOK place on farm near by and then the
thing switched way--we it mus
Kansas hail storshe1ls simply in but,
be to God every fell short though dirt and pieces
of shell next afternoon the
thing repeated change in range atmos-
pheric conditions caused the shells among
There quite little that day
and it only that few though
were serious cases Battery E decided to and
I and all the wanted getting the
out that night We took position wooded
hill back of howtzer outfit that had been heavily
shelled, had unpleasant experiences, ex-
cept n occasional fell quite Battery
stayed longer in valley and got another severe
Smelling resulting many
They then moved, but n position they
shelled losing two men and a gun was on duty at
guns night o of
from the Vesle the Aisne had for targets
fifteen bridges the Aisne River Aisne
Point Arcy, a o than
meters The day had balloon observation
and had three hits awarded out of fifteen shots
bridge is not big target at of ten miles,
especially when one shoots merely by the map making
what corrections he atmospheric conditions.
While we got weather reports six times twenty
four hours it was impossible to know the exact
diton of the moment well the efficiency of given
charge and projectile The projecti1e weighed
a pounds.
When got orders to leave this sector, the
put me in charge OF gun convoy and every
thereafter I guns. We to
Epernay where stayed with the guns a of
days until got upon to them. We
unloaded at Souilly from whence took them to the
Hesse Forest and put them into position For about
weeks there without firing and
evidence of actual warfare after the first night
couple o heavy shells
road while going We plenty of
material for the roads packed night with
outfits coming up and I really do where all
the artillery put But in spite of all the
being French acting in conjunction
said nothing could it. The line had held
there for four spite of efforts the part of
both and German they said and they knew the
thing wei had planned be. It my good
fortune to be the the memorable night
September 25th-n fact so much of the firing of our
battery done by that I heard
Eve shoot tonight; Lieut. S on" my major
called I'D soon after had reached the guns and asked
to down to information got a list OF
the targets and the firing schedule, including the
ferrous hour, when boys the top
such dope could not be trusted to the telephone. At
$50 our battalion opened to get
in the preliminary of the terrific bombardnent
which began in earnest 23o the
26th- At the infantry over, complete
and terrific had been the wrought by
waiting to be marched to About
O'Clock got orders to quit firing but in the meantime
had delivered 541 enemy, nearly
of metal which doubt strengthened their belief
the theory that might makes right, for right
all the time Do not misunderstood what I said
IN regard to the infantry AS soon as they advanced
beyond the limits of the artillery their
began in and if is entitled praise
for his part in the it certainly the doughboy In
position ar m than had
know of har and dangers.
We ordered ahead and Battery F, being
left and the direction had to to get
of the woods led the way Everything going nice
ly until reached the road junction just south of
Charpentry F. had by the junction when
knocked off by she'll Capt Metcalf,
battery commander, happended along about this