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ARTHUR GUY EI
When the Lusitania was si
J ; Guy Erapey decided that hi
' ! wait for his country to declai
^ he sailed without orders fo
' and enlisted as a Canadian.
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He recounts this incident
THE TOP" in less than fi\
words. In a few thousand r
he completes his experiences
?and after that he is in F;
the greater part of the eight
before he was invalided he
"Front Line Trenches.'
"OVER THE TOP" is the
by (me of the American sc
* . went to France, has been a
batant and has seen long ser
trenches.
Sergeant Empey tells whal
. ; means and feels like:
to be wounded seven times;
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I to live tor a year ana a nau
and rats and shells;
to be covered with "cooties"
to get rid of them;
to go "over the top" in a cha
to grasp for your gas helm
second's delay mean's dec
II to capture a Prussian;
to -get tangled up in barb-w
to lie lor tftirty-six nours }
For a year and a half, unti
saw more actual fighting and
about the war. His experier
touch of humor as original <
We take Dleasure in announce
and that it will appear in ins*
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i i ing adventures and he;
i events that befell this
time he Dassed from civi
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place In the human wall
'! civilization and frightfulln
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j berg't ?,mpey is
who enlisted in the
hearing of the sinking <
writes in a straightfoi
j experiences "over there,"
f j our own American boys ;
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mounded and unconscious in "
1 he fell wounded in "No Man's 1
real warfare than any war conices
are grim, but they are th
is the Soldiers Three. And the
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ipters of excitart-stirring
action;
one man from the !
ilian life to take his
that stands between
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an American
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ofthe"Lusitania." j
"ward way of his own
of the life in which ! I
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SYNOPSIS.
CHAPTER I?Fired by the news of the j
sinking of the Lusitania by a German i
submarine, Arthur Guy Empey, an Ameri- |
can. leaves his office in Jersey City and |
goes to England where he enlists in the j
British army.
CHAPTER II-After a period of train- j
ing, Empey volunteers for immediate serv- j j
ice ana soon onus rnniseu in ic?i uu.
"somewhere in France," where he first I
makes the acquaintance of the ever-pres- i
ent "cooties." ,
CHAPTER III?Empey attends his first
church services at tlie front while a German
Fokker circles over the congregation.
CHAPTER IV?Empey's command goes 1 '
into the front-line trenches and is under | j
fire for the first time.
CHAPTER V?Empey learns to adopt ' j
the motto of the Brtish Tommy, "If you : }
are going to get it, you'll get it, so never J
Wi'n\y.
CHAPTER VI?Back in rest billets, Em- j
pev gets his first experience as a mess t
orderly. j
CHAPTER VII?Empey learns how the
British soldiers acre fed. I
CHAPTER VIII?Back in the front-line 1
trench, Empey sees his first friend of the
trenches "go West."
CHAPTER IX?Empey makes his first i
visit to a dugout in "Suicide Ditch."
CHAPTER X?Empey learns what con- |
stitutes a "day's work" in the front-line !
trench. . J
CHAPTER XI?Empey goes "over the } ;
top" for the first time in a charge on the
German trenches and is wounded by a '
bayonet thrust. ;
CHAPTER XII?Empey joins the "suicide
club" as the bombing squad is called.
CHAPTER XIII?Each Tommy gets an
official bath.
CHAPTER XIV?Empey helps dig an i
advanced trench under German fire.
CHAPTER XV?On "listening post" in t
IN O XVlilll 3 uauu.
CHAPTER XVI?Two artillerymen "put i
one over" on Old Pepper, their regimental . d
commander. j 5
CHAPTER XVIT?E:npey has narrow es- ; n
cape while on patrol duty in No Man's ,
Land.
CHAPTER XVIII?Bark in rest billet? | it
Empey writes and stages a farce comedy. ^
CHAPTER XIX?Soldiers have many
ways to amuse themselves while "on their l<
own." I v
CHAPTER XX?Empey volunteers for 1 ^
machine gun service and goes back into 1
the front-line trenches. j Sl
CHAPTER XXI?Empey again *?oes s
"over the top" in a charge which cost his .
company 17 killed and .31 wounded.
CHAPTER XXII?Trick with a machine 0
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gun silences unc uuui?suui& ^
CHAPTER XXIII?German attack, pre- qceded
by gas wave, is repulsed. j
CHAPTER XXIV?Empey is forced to ['
take part in an execution as a member i.^
of the tiring squad. !
CHAPTER XXV?British prepare for ,
the Big Push?the battle of the Somme. :
CHAPTER XXVI?In a trench raid, ' A
preceding the Big Push. Empey is des- j
peratelv wounded and lies unconscious in i
No Man's Land for 36 hours. ! if
CHAPTER XXVII?After four months : ir
in a British hospital, PImpey is discharged j
as "physically unlit for further war serv-; '
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II "Over the Top" \l
By An American Soldier I j "
Who Went j
ARTHUR GUY ERPEY ||i I
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CHAPTER I.
From Mufti to K'nakf.
It was in an office in Jersey City, j
vv-oc! cri + tiiirr of- mv r?nclr fnllrino' trt I
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lieutenant of the Jersey National I
Juard. On the wall was a big war j
nap decorated with variously colored
ittle flags showing the position of the
ipposing armies on the western front
n France. In front of me on the desk
ay a New York paper with tyig flaring
leadlines:
-USITANIA SUNK! AMERICAN;
LIVES LOSTl
The windows were open and a feel- |
ng of spring pervaded the air.
rhrongh the open windows came the
trains of a hurdy-gurdy playing in the
;treet?"I Didn't Raise My Boy to Be j
i Soldier."
"Lusitania Sunk ! American Lives |
jOSt!"?"I Didn't Raise My Boy to j
3e a Soldier." To us these did not I
;eem lo jibe. I
The lieutenant in silence opened one ^
>f the lower drawers of his desk and j
oo& from it an American fhig which ?
te solemnly draped over the war mnp |
>n the wall. Then, turning to me with
i grim face, said:
"How about it, servant? You had
letter set out the muster roll of the
Jounted Scouts, as I think they will
ie needed in the course of a few days."
We busied ourselves till late in the
vening writing out emergency telejams
for the men to report when the
all should come from Washington,
rhen we went home.
I crossed over to N<>w York, and as
' went up Fulton street to take the
rnhwiiv tn P.rooklvn. the liirhfs in the
all buildings of New Yark* seemed to
>e burning brighter than usual, as if
hey, too, had read "Lu.sitania Sunk!
Littc-rican Lives Lost?' They seemed
o re glowing with anger and righteous
ndignation. and their rays wigwagged
he message, "Repay I"
Months nassed. the telcjrrams lying
i#ndy, but covered with clusr. Then, !
>ne momentous morning the lieutenant !
vith a sigh of disgust removed the J
lag from the war inup and returned j
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Guy Empey.
o his desk. I immediately followed
his action by throwing the telegrams
nto the wastebasket. Then we looked
t each other in silsnee. He was
quirming in his chair and I felt deressed
and uneasy.
me telephone rang ana I answered
t. It was a business call for me, reuesting
my services for an out-ofmvn
assignment. Business was not
ery good, so this was very welcome,
ifter listening to the proposition I
eeniod to be swayed by a peculiarly
(rung force within me, and answered.
I am sorry that I cannot accept your
ffer. but I am leaving for England j
ext week," and hung up the receiver.
Ti<? lii-ufonntif su-jiti" iirnrmd in his
Iiair, iind stared at me in Wank astonshment.
A sinking sensation came
ver me, but I defiantly answered his
?ok with, "Well, it's so. I'm going."
nd I went.
The trip across was uneventful. I
inded at Tilbury, England, then got
lto a string of matchbox cars and
roeeedcd to London, arriving there
bout 10 p. m. I took a room in a hotel
ear St. Pancras station for "five and
x?fire extra." The room was minus
le fire, but the "extra" seemed to
e<>p me warm. That night there was
Zeppelin raid, but I didn't see rnueh
f it. because the slit in the curtains
us too small and I had no desire to
lake it larger. Next morning the telphone
bell rang, nrtd someone asked.
Are you there?" 1 was. hardly. Anyav,
I learned That the Zops had reirned
to their fiitherhmd. i went
i *ntO the street evj.ee; Ing to see
. ones of awful do\ nMulif-ii and a cow-.
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erinz populace, fcnt everything was ra
normal. People were calmly proceed- ra
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ing to their work. Crossing tne 5,1
strwr, I accosted a Bobbie with: s?
"('tin you direct me to the place of
uai:i(irr i
He asked me. "What damage:"
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In surprise. I answered, "Why, the ^
damage caused hy the Zep?." tr
With a wink ho replied:
"There was no damage; we missed
them again."
After several fruitless inquiries of
the passersby, I decided to so on my
own in search of ruined buildings and
seem s of destruction. I boarded a bus
which carried me through T??t1rnham
Court road. Recruiting posters were ^
everywhere. The one that impressed
rvirt mrtcf- i-j-oc o ni ft 11 re of
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Lord Kitchener with his finder pointing
directly at me, under the caption
of "Your King and Country Need You."
No matter which way I turned, the
accusing finger followed me. I was
an American, in mufti, and had a little
American flag in the lapel of my coat.
I had no king, ;?nd my country had
seen fit not to need me, but still that
pointing finger m;ule me feel small and
ill at ease. I got off the bus to try
to dissipate this feeling by mixing 1
with the throng of the sidewalks.
Presently I came to a recruiting office.
Inside, .sitting at a desk was a
lonely Tommy Atkins. I decided to in- f
terview him in regard to joining the \
British army. I opened the door. lie |
looked up and greeted me with "I s'y, g
myte, want to tyke on?" \
I looked at him and answered, "Well,
whatever that is, I'll take a chance
at it."
Without the aid of an interpreter, I ?
found out that Tommy wanted to know .
if I cared to join the British army. He ?
asked me: "Did you ever hear of the
Royal Fusiliers?" Well, in London, '
you know, Yanks are supposed to know
^everything, so I was not going to appear
ignorant and answered, "Sure." (
After listening for one half-hour to ^
Tommy's tale of their exploits on the j
firing line, I decided to join. Tommy
rook me to the recruiting headquarters, ^
where I met a typical Ei.^lish captain.
TTa mv nationality. I immedi
ately pulled ont my American passport
and showed it to him. It was signed ^
by L:irising. After looking at the '
passport, he informed ine that he was
sorry hut could not enlist me. as it ^
would be a breach of neutrality. I '
insisted that I was not neutral, because
to me it seemed that a real
American could not .be neutral when
bitr tliinns were in progress, bui iI:o
o
t?n wrmlrt not enlist me.
With disgust in my heart I wont out ^
in tho street. I had gone about a
Mock when a recruiting sergeant v.iro
h:id followed me out of the office j,
t. *u>od me on the should *r with his ^
swagger stick and said: "S'y. I can ^
p?t you in the army. We have a 'Ifftenant'
down at tho r>ther office who ^
can do anything. Fit- has just come ,
out of the O. T. 0. (Officers' Training (
corps) and does not know what neutrality
is." I decided to take a chance, ^
and accepted his invitation,for an in- ^
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frodnction to the lieutenant. i entered
the office and went up to him, opened ^
up my pnssport and said: ^
"Before going further I wish to state j
that I am an American, not too proud ^
to light, and want to join your army."
He looked at me in a nonchalant
manner, and answered, "That's all ^
right; we take anything over here."
T looked at him kind of hard and replied,
"So I notice," but it went over
his head.
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He got out an enlistment Wank, and "
placing his finger on a blank line said,
"Sign here." ?
I answered, "Not on your tintype." J
"I beg your pardon?"
Then I explained to him that I would
not sign it without first reading it. I
road it over and signed for duration of
war. Some of the recruits were lucky.
They signed for seven years only! ^
Then he asked me my birthplace. 1 "
answered, "Ogden. Utah."
He said, "Oh, yes, just outside of tt
New York?"
With a smile, T replied, "Well, it's up rri
thf> st.'ite n little.''
Then I was taken before the doctor 1
and passed as physically fit. and was n
issued a uniform. When I reported
back to the lieutenant, he suggested *
that, being an American, T go on recruiting
service and try to shame some
of the slackers into joining the army." Pl
"All you have to do," he said, "is to Id
go out on the street, and when you see
a young fellow in mufti who looks
physically fit, just stop him and give
him this kind of a talk: 'Aren't you
ashamed of yourself, a Britisher, physically
fit, and In mufti when your king fo
and country need you? Don't you a
know that your country is at war and oi1
that the pTace for every young Briton
Js on the firing line? Here I am. an hi:
Arner.-e&r;, .r. khaki, who came four an
thousand miles ?.> fi<rht fvr yonr king qu
qd;1 ov.vrv you, zjn j-'ft, huv^ Dot te;
illsted. Why don't you join? Nr v
the time.'
"This argument ought to get mary
emits, Emjiey, so go out and
hat you can do."
lie then gave me a small rosette of
>d, white and blue ribbon, with thr<*e
ttle streamers hanging down. T.'^s
as the recruiting insignia and vns
> b^ worn on the left side of the c; i>.
Armed with a swagger stick and z >y
vtriotic rosette. I went out into Tr.tnham
Court road in que:>t Gf canno?
idder.
Two or three poorly dressed civilns
passed me, and although they ap*:>.ml
physically fit. I said to mvs< if,
riK'.v don't want to join the arroy;
rhaps they hnve someone depend* ut
\ them for support-," so I Cid not : >
>st them.
Coming down the street I saw a
ninjr dandy, top hat and all, with a.
ishionably dressed girl walking bedo
him. I muttered. "You are r:.y
oat." and when he came abreast of
e I stepped directly in bis path and
opped him with my swagger sti?k?.
lying:
"You would look fine in khaki; why
r?r change that top hat lor a st< el
plinet? Aren't you ashamed of your?lf.
a husky young chap like yon inmfti
when men are needed in the
'enehes? Here I am, an American,
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Swearing in a Recruit.
ame four thousand miles from Ogdeat,.
ftah, just outside of New York, to
jrht for your king and country. Dont.
e a slacker, buck up and get into unih^rrn;
come over to the recruiting ofce
and I'll have you enlisted."
He yawned and answered, "I don't
are if you came forty thousand milos^
o ono asked you to." and hp walked
n. The girl gave me a sneering lookj,
' was speechless.
I recruited for three weeks and neaj*7
got one recruit.
This f>erh:ips was not the greatest
runt in the world, but it got back at
ie officer who had told rue, "Yes. wttike
any thing over here." I had 1*1*.
pending a good lot of my recruiting:
me in the saloon bar of the Whi-at
henf pub (there was a very attractive
Ionc> barmaid, who helped kill time?
was not^as serious in those days asz.
was a little later when I reached?
fie front)?well, it was the sixth il-rp*
nd my recruiting report was blank...
was getting low in the pocket??mplaids
haven't much use for anyone
'ho cannot buy drinks?so I lookt&
round for recruiting material. Yon.
now a man on recruiting service get?.
"boh" or shilling for every recniit
e entices into joining the army, the?
meruit is supposed to get this, but h?
ould not be a recruit if he were wises
) this fact, would he?
Down at the end of the bar was a
oung fellow in mufti who was v? ryatriotic?he
had about four
ix" ales aboard. He asked me if
ould join, showed me his left hand*,
ivo fingers were missing, but I srfidB
lat did not matter as "we take
ling over here." The left hand
fie rifle hand as the piece is earned
t the slope on the left shoulder. >*otr~
7 everything: in England is "ftjy fbtt
'ft," even general traffic keeps to the >
ort side. &
I took the applicant over to rfead.uartfcrs,
where he was hurriedly exmined.
Recruiting surgeons were
usy in those days and did not have
luch time for thorough physical exaaviations.
My recruit was passed as
fit" by the doctor and turned over to.
corporal to make note of b?s scars. .
was mystified. Suddenly the corpo
il burst out with, "Blime me,-, ttve.-of
is lingers are gone." Turning to me"
e said, "You certainly have yfunr
frvo with von. not 'alf von ain't. to
ring this beggar in."
The doctor came over and exploded*
What do you mean by bringing in 8
ujn in this condition?"
Looking out of the corner of my eye*
noticed that the officer who had re uitod
ine had joined the group, and
could not help answering. ''Well, sir,
was told that you took anything over
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i TiiiiiK uie.v cuneu 11 iituKct; uir-~
jdence," anyhow it ended my recruit~
g.
CHAPTER II.
Bliqhty to Rest Billets.
The next morning the captain sent
r me and informed me: "Empey, as
recruiting sergeant yon are a wadi?
it," and sent me to a training depot
After arriving at this place, I was
isth'd 10 the quartermaster stores
id received an nwfn) shock. 33ie
larrerin:!s.-r^miit spread a war;
root' sr:. = ' :m* ground and com(TO
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