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MA N rIACHINI FOREWORD "Over the Top" is a true story of trench warfare on the French tront, written by an American soldier who got into the great war two years ahead of his country. Sergeant Empey tells what the fighting men have done and how they have done it. He knows because he was one of them. His experi ences are grim, but they are thrilling, and they are light ened by a delightful touch of humor. CHAPTER I. -1 From Mufti to Khaki. It was in -In 1tive ii .b-r y ('itY. I was sitting at ty deie'1 falkingq to a lieifeniant elf tilt .ie.-e'y N aional u:r . On the wall wa-I,; .I big war map1 j di'eiab w'ih vaii driouisly ttolored'i little fg s i r 1 h it f 'iill 41f the oppos.~Iig arm'lies oni lhe wes'.tern fronlt Ii if ne. in frillt f .i lin4 41 the desk Ily a New Yolrk pa-eelr with hig thiring headilines: LUSITANIA SUNK! AMERICAN LIVES LOST! ,,rte windows were enqli and 11 feetl tng of spring pervaded thle air. Tirough tlie openl i w eane lit ile strains of' a eiirdy-gurdy i playing In (lie, streel-11 )idni't lilaise My IHoy t) Ile asoldier." 'l-tsI ( [ill ta i unk! Arnerl'ican LI ives Lost '-"I idn't Itaise My Boy to le a Soldier." To 11 tiesele dil io seei ito Jtibe. The lieutenanit inl slience(- opened.( onei of the lower drawers of hisdek and took fron it ill Ainerilin flag wic le "Slefiniiy (IaPed over the wir inap Oil tlie' W:ill. Then, turning to ie withl a grim flce, saIt : "How lbotit it. sorgeiant? You had hf ter' get (tit thle itisr roll of the Mtounitedi Seuts, a I think teliy will he needed inl the course, of a few days." WIe busled ourselve's till lite itn tie evening writing out eiergeIcy tele grins for the niin to report whn the t'all shi )ild toinie froln Washinugtona. I teros ttl ever toe New York, an as1 1 j wen 'rp Ii! utoni strmeet to take the suhbtvayv~ to i~oklyn,. the lights in the' heli brin "g briightier' thain uisual, as8 if t hey, tooe, had rtead "~Lsi tania Sunk I .Ainierttet C Lives Los !"' They seemelld to lt bevoiing with aunger aund righteous indtignatfion, aund their rays wigwaigged thle rilessa~ge, "Repay !"e .Aiegnths pansse'd, thet telegrams lying handely but enoveredi w~ith dust. Then, One ii ni.nlentous finoruintg the liutenlant with a sigh of dilsgulst remloved the flag frnfa the warl map11 alnd reCturn'ed to his desk. I llimmediaitely followed i this a1(1lonl by thrfowjing the tel'graumsi ilto te w 'Iasi teask '. Thien we looked at telh leth inii slienice. He waIs Stnltingf ii hi' ('hatir and I felt de Thei tel lim- r~ mg and I aunswered i t 1\ wa ttusim'oss ('fll for ate, re ruet'in my a seiviets for an out-of towln als'i ne-m Ibusiness wasif not Vt'y geod, set f uk" II :l very welcome. Afte'r I he tin g to I the r'opiosition)1 I trl'ng forcli'e wv ifithi me, fand answerd 'I amh ftolrry thatii lifielt ieept yourl ot'fer, bult I am1) Ieaving for IEughund ilext weekl," and1( huing up thec r'eeelve'r, l[' lieutenanft swunlg auround~ In htis c'hir, and sI tred iat fme in bilank austont ishmttent. A sink!ing sensation ('nmel over flet, but I detflint ly aniswerled his leok with, "We'll, it's so. 'i'm goinig," And I wenit The trip across~ was~ unevenitful, I landed ait Tiury, 1'tgiild, thieni got into a atring of malithbox ciars and1( proceeed to Lonedon, arrivling there about 10 p. mn. I took ai room ini a hotlel hear St. 'll''i Panra tation1 for "lIve iantd slK--fire extra." rTe room wais ilufius the fire, but the "extra" 5teeed to keep mei warm. That night thterie wasl~ a Zeppelin raid, but I dlidn't see mau(ch of It, hecaus~e the Hlit in thte c'utaius was too smalfll andtI ha no11 1 dei~re to miake it ilrger'. Next fmorinifg the tel ephone hell rang, andue somleone, askedl **Are you thtere?" I was hariidiy. Any way, I learned that the Zeps~ had re turned to their fathlelantf, so~ I went out into tihe' street expleting to see scenes of awful devastation atnd a cow ering populace, but eve'rythting waus norimal. People were citlmnly pr'oceed lng to their work. Cr'ossing the street, I accosted a Bobbie wlithI: "Can you direct. me to the place of IHe asketi me, euWhat damage?" in stirprise, I tanswered, "Why, the damage esaaed by the Zens." 0MRIOW SolDIErz ) AN 4 * I? ill;NE '4J (ty o 11) GUNN~ER05ERVING IN FRACE--" Oc19W7av \\ith a wink he replied: "There was It) (hlimage ; we missed themIt again." After several fruitless inquiries of the IsIersby, I deided to 0 g( n tillr ny own iII s(irih of ruineti bulbiings hind sceIes of dest rIutm Iiol. I brried a Is which carrieil ie throlvi 'l'attenh:n Cour111 romi. IU-erulifing" pl.sters1 were ever-wherle. The -iet that iipressel lil lost was a life-size picture of i Kil Kit'hei''i r with Il t-inl r pinIiit ingalreclyatme. minder thev capt1ion y4"Y K.ing aId ctint ry Need You.' Not matter wvhich way 1 (11rn14d, the nl einZ .i.n4,r followel lic. I was ani .\i iena in riitzfti, and had a little Anaewric;l fllg inl lie lapel (if my cont. Ihadi n14 kingv, audl mly country had S ie fit not to nieed i t , but still that pointing hini(w. 111:14e mne feel small anid ill at e'i-e. I got off the bus to try ltoia~titE this feelig by mixing with fI I throng of the sidewalks. 're-sently I came to I recrutlling of i'i-. Inside, sitting at a desk wais t onely Tn(uy Altkins. I decided to Il (Irview him i Ii regard to Joining the Brilish itarirly. I opened tlhe door. Ile o1ohed up1) and greeted me with "I S',Y lyte, want to tyke oi?" I lookt'd it limi aid answered, "Well, I Ohntever that is, I'll take aI chance4 it It." Withaoit the a1d of a i Interpreter. I 0un1d lilut that Tommy wanted to know f I lnred to jIoili the British irmiy. lie isked me: ")id you ever hear of the Royal 1usllers" Well, in I,ondon. you know. Yanks are supposed to know I'vv-rytling so I was not going to ap n-ar ginoratt and ianswered, "'Sure." After listening for one half-hour to 'iuiny's tale of their exploits on the liring line. I deeled to joni. Tommy look mt- to ithe recruiting headquarters, here I met a typiinl lnglish captain. Io akseod miy nationallt.". I immnedi Itely pulled out ily Ameriean passport tmd showed it to him. It was signed Guy Empey. :y Lainsing. After looking at the passport, he informed me that he was sorr-y but could not enlist me, as it w'ouldI be a breach of neutrality. I insiated thait I was not neutral, be enusoe to me It seemed that a real American couihld not he neutral when big thinigs were. in pr-ogress, buit the enptain would not enlist me. With dlisgust In my heart I wecnt out in the str-eet. I had1( gone nhout a block wheni a recrtitIng ser-geant who had1( followed mec out of the offiee tapped me on the shoulder wIth his Rwnagger sick andl saidl: "S'y, I cnn get you in the ar-my. We have a 'lef tetnnnt' down at the other office who ennt do anything. He has just conme out of the 0. T1. C. (Officers' Training corps) and dloes not knowv what neu triality is." I dlecided to take a chance, and accepted his invitation for an In triduietion to the lieutenant. I entered the office and went np to him, opened up my passport and said: "Before going further I wish to state thait I am an American, not too proud to fight, and .want to join your army." Hie looked at me in a nonchalant mannier, aind answeredl, "That's all right : we take nnything ever here." I looked at him kind of hard anti re piled, "So I notice," but it went ovei his head. ie got out nn enlistment blank, and placing his finger on a blank lie said, "Signi here." I answered, "Not on your tintype." "I beg yovr pardon?" Then I explained to him that I would not sign it wilthouit first reading it. I read it over and signed for duration of war. Some of the recruits were lucky. They sgned-tfou.nven -ye rnly Then he1 asked me my birthplace, i He said, "Oh, yes, ju~t outsIde of New York?" With a amite, I replied, 'Wel-W's up the state a little." Then I was taken iefore the doctor fand passed as physically fit, and was issued a uniform. When I reported: back to the lieutenant, he suggested3 that, heing an American, I go on re erutting service and try to shame some Df the slackers into joining the army." "All you have to do," he said, "is to 9o out on the street, and when you see 1 young fellow in mufti who looks ihysically fit, just stop him and give ulin this kind of a talk: 'Aren't you tshamed of yourself, a Britisher, phys cally fit, and in mufti When your king ind Country need You? Don't you ,now that your country is at war and lint the place for every young Briton s on the firing line? Here I am, an \nerlcan, in khaki, who came four housand miles to fight for your king md country, and you, as yet, have not milisted. Why don't you join? Now t he time.' "This argunent ought to get many -ruUits, Empey, so go out and see inhat you can do." lie then gave me a small rosette of 'Vd, white and blue ribbon, with three ittle streamers hanging down. This vas the recruiting insignia and wais o he worn on the left side of the cp. Armed with a swagger stick and my atriotic rosette, I went out into Tot enham Court road in quest of cannon 'odder. Two - or three poorly dressed civil anlls passed me, and although they ap ieared physically fit, I said to myself, 'They (oni't want to join the army ierhaps they hainve someone dependent )n them for support," so I did not it.! 'ost them. Coming down the street I snw a young dandy, top hat and all, with a .ashionably dressed girl walking be ide him. I muttered, "You are my neat," and whVen lie came abreast of no I stepped directly in his path and ;topIpe him with my swagger stick, :iying: "You would look fine in khaki; why 14t change that top hat for a steel ielmet? Aren't you ashamed of your :elf, a husky young chap like you in nufti when men are needed in the rnehes? Here I am, an American, 'mIme four thousand miles from Ogden, Jhnh. just outside of New York, to Wht for your king and countr '. Don't 10 a slacker, buck up and get into uni 'orn , cme' over to the recruiting of lIee and I'll have you enlisted." ie yawled nand answered, "I don't ,nre if you eame forty thousand miles, lo one asked you to,. and he walked )n. The girl gave me a sneering look; [ was speechless. I recruited for three weeks and near ly got one recruit. This perhaps was not the greatest 4tont in the world, but it got back ajt lie officer who had told me, "Yes, we take anything over here." I had been ;pending a good lot of my recruiting time in the saloon bar of the Wheat Sheaf pub (there was a very attractive ilonde barmaid, who helped kill time [ wis not as serious in those days as [ was a little later when I reached 1ie front)--well, it was the sixth day ind my recruiting report was blank. [ was getting low in the pocket-bar mlaids haven't much use for anyone xvho cannot buy drinks-so I looked iround for recruiting material. Yotu know a man on recruiting service gets I "bob" or shilling for every recruit the entices into joining the army, tho recruit is suplposed to get this. but he would not be a recruit if lhe were wise to this fact, wduld he? Down at the end of the bar was a young fellow in mufti who wnas very patriotic-he had about four "01(d Six'' ales aboard. He asked me if he could join, showed me his left hand, two fingers were missing, but I said that did not matter as "we take any thing over here." The left hand is the rifle hand as the piece is carried at'the slope on the left shoulder. Near ly everything in England ~1s "by the left," even general traffic keeps to the port side. I took the applicant over to head quarters, where he wnas hurriedly ex. ami ned. Recruiting surgeons were busy in those- days and did not have much time for thorough physical exam inations. My recruit was passed as "fit" by the doctor and turned over to a corporal to make note of his scars. I was mystified. Suddenly the corpo ral burst out with, "Bime me, two of his fingers are gone." Turning to me he said, "You certainly haive your nerve wvith you, not 'aif you ain't, tc bring this beggar in." The dloctor came over andl exploded, "What do you mean by bringing in a maun in this condition?" Looking out of the corner of my eye I noticedl that the omlcer who had re crumitedl me had joined the group, and I could not help answering, "Well, sir, I was told that you took anything over here." I think they called it "Yankee im pudlence," anyhowv it ended my recruit inag. in training quarters, "some where in Franc,"D Empey hears the big guns booming anid makes the acquaintance of the "coo ties." Read about his experi ences in the next instailment, "Newport News." In Virginia's early (days communica tion with the mother country was, of course, wholly by ships, and when one was expectedl the colonists were all eagerness for the news from home. On the occasion of one, it may have been the first, of a certain Captain Newport's expected1 return from Eng land, at or near thme place now bearing his name, a large number' of persons collected to receive "Newport's news." Hence the name, now shortened to it* Dreaent form. GREAT DRiVE FOR SHIPYARD HELP Call for 250,000 Volunteers to Aid in Speeding the- New Merchant Fleet. 'o BE READY WHEN CALLED Reserve Organization Formed to Com plete Gigantic Program to Win War-Good Pay and Living Conditions. The United States Shipyard Volun. teers of the Public Service Reserve, a reserve organization of American me chanics, skilled workers in many lines of trade, has been formed to bring to completion the gig intic shipbuilding program necessarY to win the war. Two hundred and fifty thousand work. men are to be enrolled and they will stand ready, when called to go to the shipyards and speed America's mer chant fieet to completion. An appeal for volunteers has been made by the department of labor, the council of national defense, the shipping board, the 20,000 four-minute men, governors of the various states, organized labor and business men. The aim is to fill all the present and future needs of the government's shipyards. Pay of volunteers will be in accord ance with the prevailing wage in the shipyards at the time they are called. Construction of houses for the workers is being pushed with energy, and the necessary homes will be ready when the men are called. Preliminaries Are Arranged. All preliminary work, such as the Oullding- of shipyards and shipways, construction of housing facilities, preparation and transportation of ma. terlal, and the training of workmen, Is being rushed to completion. Thus the organization of the shipyard volunteers is being hastened with energy and en thusiasm. Volunteers are requested to go to the nearest enrollment agent of the public service reserve or state council of de fense and sign up. Should there be no enrolling agent in the vicinity, they are asked to write to Edward N. Hur ley, chairman of the United States shippIng board, Washington. Cards are issued to all applicants. bearing statements of the purpose of the shipyard volunteers, classifying them according to trades and asking signers to respond when called. But tons will be given to volunteers bear Ing the inscription, "U. S. Shipyard Volunteers." This button Is to be an honorary recognition of the wearer's willingness to sacrifice personal desires for public need. In addition, the worker will receive a certificate signed by Chairman Hurley, which reads: "This is to certify (name of vol unteer) of (city, state), has enrolled in the United States Shipyard Volunteers of Pub lic Service Reserve to aid the nation in its imnper-ative needs for merchant ships wvith which to overcome the suabmar-ine menace and maintain our- forces at the front." Quota of Each State. Each' state has been assigned a quota, based upon thae p)opulation and industriles. The quota is as follows: Maine-........2,972 NwJre.1,4 New Hamp...' 1,698 enyvni.6,7 Vermont-....1,390)Oi-----1,0 Massachusetts4,321 Idaa 1.4 Rhode Island..- 2,355 Ilni. 2.0 Connecticut - ,5 ihgn....l4.786 New York ...-.39.526 icni - ,1 Minnesota ....- 8,762 Aaaa-,4 Iowa-..........8,31 Miispp --7.8 Missouri-,...11,812 Akna -.2 North Dakota. 2.594 Loian .--706 South Dakota. 2.393 Olhm .9 Nebraska-....4.00 Txs---1.2 Kansas ...... 6,330 Mota.,3 Delaware ..... - 811 Iao----,2 Maryland ....- 6,250 yoig Dist. of Col... 1.390 Clrd -.~ Virginia- - ..... Ne8,4co5-31,2 West Virginia. 6,327 Aron-----8 N. Carolina... 9,2614 ta-----1,6 S. Carolina.... 6.253 eaa----S' GTeorgia-....11001 Waigon--,9' Irlorida-.....3.435 Oeo----.0 Kentucky ...R.260 Clfr~ 1. Teennsysvania. 82,771 Trde Nedd nOhipbuildi.....1,0 ed the fllowing liois.i ......2i.nd of tade mos nededIhn .....11,734in men In hose oe Wi~onsn .. 9,6-1l1i A~'tleneand leArkansaveis .. a,0 urnac men. Oleahomas r....er,9 dockbuider. eiTexs .........k7.02 mencrae opi' o nna .....r,5 ci', lhoei- (al ids)h o ....... ,2 machne and (ilWyoing) hel.p-1 fltte-s. heet diNwi-exico..er-2 smihsshifltei-, A rettna-a li....on Washington ..t6o90. ThereIs nogreatreoyhn ...... f.2l a That sonirtment of uabor has iprvd edother toowingv li srong. nen of traes mast neilededg ainu rshtpuidng min in thteitiuanins-tion tnol oth er.thie ited ea Stts Shpyard olun- ii Justylnean Hueranture,es n Isbease wokers rekthlse nn0le 5Sithsadrop-og thnm entsing trughers furne men, hocoermkes, Niees ENGLISH HEDGES MUST GO One of War's Results Will Be'a Change to American ityle of Land sCape Gardening. One Of the pretty features of the I'nglish landscape will undergo dras tic changes as a result of the great' agricultural program this year. Hedge rows in many places will hlave to go down nI'd thousands of trees whlch haIve wide-spreading roots must be re toved to allow plowing. It is Be lived by mllany that the result after the war will be the adoption of the Amueri(ar style of landscape, with ltwns minus fences and hedges sur rounding homtes. When Sir Herbert Tree returned to :Ilngland from America shortly before his death he extolled the Anterican ystemi, but the Inglish did not take kindly to his Idea, as the I0nglish People bIelved their privacy would be i frietd and they feared the beautt il lawns Nwould be ruined by trespassers. FRECKLES Now h the Time to Get Rid of These Ugly Spots There's no longer the slightest need of feeling ashamed of your freckles, as the pre scription othine-double strength-is guar anteed to remove these homely spots. Simply get an ounce of othlne--double strength-from your druggist. and apply a little of it night and morning and you should soon see that even the worst freckles have begun to disappear. while the lighter ones have vanished entirely. It is seldom that more than one ounce is needed to completely clear the skin and gain a beautiful clear complexion. Be sure to ask for the double strength oth Ine, as this is sold under guarantee of money back if It fails to remove freckles.--Adv. To Cut Prices. E'x-alayor Mitchel of New York was talking at a (inner about war prices. "These warl prices aire staggerinig," ho saib. "They're very hard to com bit, too. Whenl at man1111 comes along witi it sipllile eIsy method for bring inlg Warl' lpriceos down to the pre-war hivel, his ilet is al1)t to be about as vallibl ais Josi's. "Josht said at the club one da1y: "'Th' high cost ol living Is flerce, but I ann tell you how to citi your bills in hialf.' "'llow? low ,?' fe big clulbraamit "'Us it oirdiiatry pali of shears,' sauel Josh." Catarrh Cannot Be Cured by LOCAL APPLICATIONS, as they cannot reach the seat of the disease. Catarrh is a local disease, greatly iu enced by constitutional conditions. H ALL'S CATARRHf MEDICINE will cure catnrrh. It is taken internally and acts through the Blood on the Mucous Surfaces of the System. HALL'S CATARRH MEDICINE Is composed of some of tihe best tonIcs known, combined with some of the best blood purifiers. The perfect combination of the ingredients in HAJLL'S CATARRII MEDICINE is what produces such won derful results in catarrhal conditions. Druggists 75c. Testimonials free. F. 3. Cheney & Co., Props., Toledo, 0. Gone Away. ItOberlt and Plauil were inseparable frienils. But one StIndily vhten lRoh ort's iiotiler went to his clIssrooI for h111im ater Sunday sllool, Paul was not wiIh hint. So sie sid:* "Wasn't Pau111 to- SundaIly schlool?" "No to's gonle." "Wher has h gonie?" "To .\ntioolh," replied Ih h lma I boy . Skin Troubies That itch, Burn andi distlgutre quickly soothed antd healed by hot baths with Cuti cuira Soap andut gentle itnolitings of Cu ticurat Ointment. For free samples, address, "Cuticura, Decpt. X, Boston." Soldi by druggists anld by mail. Soap 25, Ointment 25 and 50.-Adv. -An anit iWoth y says, alt&aing try 14) 'xptiin it antleiher' way. Ofz whlat uws is it teimedy uletss we SNet Contents 15Fluid Drachny AVetelatblePreparationfrAs simiatigtheoodby Regitia ,tingheStomachsandBowe1sof ITheretbyPromotintD4elif ' ~Cheerfuilness aind Rlest.Contaiw I ~neither Oplum,Morphinle nor Mineral. NOT NARcoTIC Ab'~ Re cl flcAf/t I' i,"x!.rwaa - A helpfulRernedy for Constlpation and Diarrhoea. _and Feverishness adi LOss OF SLEEP fc-cSimie sitaatfe of J Tue CmnrAURt GoMP'AS* lxcBt Copy of Wrapper. To drive a tank, handle the guns, and sweep over t'xe enemy trenches, takes strong nerves, good rich blood, a good stomAch, liver and kidneys. When the time conies, the man with red blood in his veins "is up and at it." He has Iron nerves for hardships-an interest in his work grips him. That's the way you feel when you have taken a blood and nerve tonic, made up of Blood root, Golden Seal root, Stone root, Cherry bark, and rolled Into a sugar-coated tablet and sold In sixty-cent vials by al most all druggists for past fifty years as Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discov ery. This tonic, in liquid or tablet form, is just what you need this spring to give you vim, vigor and vitality. At the fag end of a hard winter, no wonder you feel "run-down," blue, out of sorts. Try this "Medical Discovery" of Dr. Pierce's. Don't ivait I To-day is the day to begin! A little "pep," and you laugh and live. The best means to oil the machinery of the body, put tone into the liver, kidneys and circulatory system, Is to first, practice a good house-cleaning. I know of nothing better as a laxative tia a vegetable pill made up of May. apple, leaves of aloe and julap. This is commonly sold by all druggists as Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets, and should be taken at least once a weeic to clear the twenty-five feet of intestines. You will thus clean the system-expel the poisons and keep well. Now is the time to clean house. Give yourself a spring house cleaning.-Adv. * This Is Better Than Laxatives . One NR Tablet Each Night For A Week Will Correct Your Constipation and Mhake Constant Dosing Unneces. sary. Try it. Poor digestion and assimilation mean a poorly nourished body and low vitality. Poor elimination means clogged bowels, fermentation, putri faction and the formation of poisonous gases which are absorbed by the blood and carried through tho body. The result is weakness, headaches. dizziness, coated tongue, Inactive liver# bilious attacks, loss of energy, nerv ousness, poor appetite, impoverished blood, sallow complexion, pimples, skin disease, and often times serious Ill Ordinary laxatives, purges and ca thartics-salts, oils, calomel and the like-may relieve for a fest hours, but real, lasting benefit can only come through use of medicine that tones up and strengthens the digestive as well as the eliminative organs. Get a 26c box of Nature a Remedy XNR Tablets) and take one tablet eacht night for a week. Relief will follow the very first dose, but a few days 40 will elapse before you feel and realize the fullest benefit. When you get straightened out and feel just right again you need not take medicine every day-an occasional NR Tablet will then keep your system In good condition and you will always feel your best. Remember, keeping well Is easier and cheaper than getting well. 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