The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, April 09, 1918, Page PAGE TWO, Image 2
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"Over the Top"
By An American Soldier
Who Went
1 ARTHUR GUY EMPEY
Machine Conner Serving In France
(Copyright. 1V17. by Arthur Ooy Mm par)
(Continued From Last Issue.)
' "At one pnrt of onr trench where
at communication trench joined the
Trout line a Tommy had stuck up a
"Wooden sijmpost with three hands or
arms on It. One of the hands, pointing
to the German lines, read. 'To P.crlin
;* the one pointing down the corn*
"tnunleation trench rend. 'To Blighty,'
while the other snld. 'Suicide Iltch,
Change Here for Stretchers.'
"Farther down from this guide post
The trench ran through an old orchard.
On the edge of this orchard our battery
had constructed an advanced observation
post. The trees screened it
from the enemy airmen and the roof
was turfed. It wasn't cushy like ours,
no timber or concrete re-enforcements.
Jnst walls of sandbags. From it a
splendid view of the German lines |
could be obtained. This post wasn't
exactly safe. It was a hot corner,
shells plunking nil around, and the
bullets cutting leaves off the trees.
Many a time when relieving the slg
naler at the 'phone. I had to crawl on
|m; belly like a worm to keep from)
being hit.
"It was an observation post sure
enough. That's all the use it was. Just
observe all day. hut never ? message
back for our battery to open up. Yon
see, at this point of the line there i
were strict orders not to fire a shell, j
unless specially ordered to do so from
brigade headquarters. Blirne me. if
anyone disobeyed that command, out
general?yes. it was Old Pepper? ,
would have court-martialed the wholr !
expeditionary force. Nobody went out
of their way to disobey Old Penner ir
those days, because be couldn't b?
called a parson; be was more like e1
pirate. If at any time the devil should
feel lonely and sigh for a proper mate
Old I'epper would pet the first call.
Facing the Germans wasn't half bad
compared with an interview with that
old firebrand.
"If a company or battalion should
give way a few yards against a sn- |
perior force of Roches, Old Pepper
would send for the commanding officer.
In about half an hour the officer
would coine back with Ins face the
color of a brick, and in a few hours
what was left of his command would
be holding their original position.
"I have seen an officer who wouldn't
say d n for a thousand quid spend
One of the Big
five minutes with the old hoy, and
when he returned the How of language
from his lips would make u nuvvy
blush for shame.
"What ! am going to tell you Is how
two of us put It over on the old scnrnp,
and got away with It. It was a risky
thing, too, because Old Pepper wouldn't
have been exactly mild with us If he
had got next to the game.
"Me and my mate, a lad named Harry
Caswell, a bombardier In I> '238 hat- 1
itery, or lance corporal, as you call It
in tho Infantes *"w"1 * 11 -
... iimuii.v, usru in rfili'Vl* ine
telephonists. We would do two hours
on and four off. 1 would be on duty
In the advanced observation post,
while he would he at the other end of
the wire In the battery dugout signaling
station. We were supposed to send '
through orders for the battery to flre
when ordered to do so by the observation
officer In the advanced post. But
very few messages were sent. It was
only in case of an nctunl attack that
we would get a chance to earn our j
iwu imn fix n ony. you see. Old Pepper
had Issuer] orders not to flre ex-cept
when the orders cnme fram him.
And with Old Pepper orders Is orders,
and mnde to obey.
"The Germans must have known
about these orders, for even in the day
their transports and troops used to
expose themselves as If they were on
parade. This sure got up our nose,
sitting there day after day, with fine
targets In front of us hut unable to
send over a shell. We heartily cussed
Old Pepper, his orders, the govern
merit, the people at home, ami every'hing
in general. Hut the Boehes
didn't mind cussing. and pot very eare
Iosk. Rlime me, they were bally insulting.
Used to. when using n certain
road, throw their caps into the air as
a taunt at our helplessness.
"Casaell hud been a telegrapher In
civil life and Joined tip when war was
declared. As for me. I knew Morse,
learned it at the signaler*' school back
In 1910. With an officer in the observation
post, we could not carry on the
kind of conversation that's usual between
two ma tea. so we used the
Morse code. To send, one of us would
tap the transmitter with his finger
uails. and the one on the other end
would get It through the receiver.
Many an hour was whlled away in this
manner passing compliments hack and
forth.
"In the observation post the officer
used to sit for hours with a powerful
pair of field glasses to his eyes.
Through n cleverly concealed loophole
he would scan the ground behind the
German trenches, looking for targets
and finding many. This officer. Captain
A by name, had a liahit of
talking out loud to himself. Sometimes
he would vent his opinion, same
as a common private does when he's
wrought up. Once upon a time the
captain had been on Old Pepper's staff,
so he could cuss and blind in the most
npproved style. Got to be sort of a
habit with him.
"About six thousand yards from us.
behind the German lines, was a road
in plain view of our post. For the last
three days Fritz had brought companies
of troops down this road In broad
daylight. They were never shelled.
Whenever this happened the captain
would froth at the mouth and let out
a volume of Old Pepper's religion
which used to make me love him.
"Every battery has a range chart on
which distinctive landmarks are noted,
with tiie range for each. These land-)
marks are called targets, and are numbered.
On our battery's chart, that
road was called 'Target 17, Rnngei
(1000. .1 degrees ,'tO minutes left.' I) 2JW?
battery consisted of four '4..r>' howlt- j
zers. and fired a 3f?-pound 11. K. shell
As you know. II. E. means 'high explosive.'
1 don't like bumming up my
own battery, but we had a record In i
the division for direct hits, and our
boys were just pining away for a
chance to exhibit their skill in the!
eyes of Fritz.
"( )n ??w? < -? ?*
*'! !??*- M'UI HI UI1.V |
of Fritz' contemptuous use of the road
mentioned the captain nnd I were at
our posis as usual. Fritz was strafe- j
Ing us pretty rough. Just like he's doing |
now. The shells were playing leap- .
frog all through that t?rchard.
"I was carrying /?n a conversation
in our Map' code with Casseli at the i
other end. It ran something like this: !
" 'Sav. Casseli. how would you like
to he in the saloon bar of the King's 1
I
; V" '* > ' p' _ >* . < . . {
Guns Barking.
Arms down Rye lone with n bottle of :
Rnss In front of you. and that blonde j
barmaid waiting to fill 'em up again?'I
"Cnssell had a fnney for that par-1
tfcular blonde. The answer came back
in the shape of a volley of cusses. I
changed the subject.
"After a while our talk veered
round to the way the Roches had been !
exposing themselves on the road down j
on the chart as Target 17. What he |
said about those Itoches would never J
have passed the relchstng. though 1 <
believe it would have gone through i
our censor easily enough. I
"The bursting shells were making 1
such a din that I packed up talking ;
and took to watching the captain. He (
was fidgeting around on an old sand- (
hag with the glass to his eye. Occa- :
si on a Fly he would let out a grunt, and j
make some remark I couldn't hear on
account of the noise, but I guessed |
what It was all right. Fritz was get- !
ting fresh again on that road.
"C'assell had been sending In the 'tap
code' to ine, but 1 was fed up and '
didn't bother with It Then ho nan* i
O. S., and I was all attention, for this
was a rail nsed between us which
meant that something Important was
on. I was all ears In an Instant. Then
Cassell turned loose.
"'You blankety blank dud, I have
been trying to raise you for fifteen
minutes. What's the matter, are you
asleep?" (Jnst an if anyone could
have slept In that Infernal racket 1)
'Never mind framing a nasty answer.
Just listen.'
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THE LANCASTER N1
" 'Are yon (tame for putting Rome- J
thing over on the Boche? and Old I*ep- '
per all In one?'
"I answered that I was game enough
when It came to putting It over the
BoebeR. but confessed that I had a
weakening of the spine, even at the
mention of Old Pepper's name.
"He came hack with, 'It's ro absurdly
easy and simple that there Is no
chance of the old heathen rumbling It.
i Anyway, if we're caught. I'll take the
blame.'
"Under these condition I told him to
spit out his scheme. It was so dnring
auu simple tnnt it toon my breath
away. This Is what he proposed:
"If the Boches should use that road
ngtiin. to send by the tap system the
target and ranee. I had previously
, told him about our captain talking out
loud as If he were sending through
orders. Well, If this happened. I was
to send the dope to Oassoll and he
would transmit It to the battery commander
as officially coming through
the observation post. Then the battery
would open up. Afterwards, during
the Investigation. Cassell would
swear he received It direct. They
would have to relieve him, because It
j was impossible from his post in the
battery dugout to know that the road
was being used at that time by the
| Germans. And also It was Impossible
: for him to give the target, range and
1 degrees. Yon know a battery chart Is
' not passed around among the men like
! a newspaper from Blighty. From him
j the Investigation would go to the ob.
servutlon post, and the observing offi|
cer cou.d truthfully swear that I hnd
' not sent the message by 'phone, and
i that no orders to fire bad been Issued
| by him. The Investigators would then
j be up In the air, we would be safe, the
Boches would receive a good hashing.
mm > 11UUIII m'l nur (in II IliKK (?l (.11(1
Pepper. It was too pood to be true.
I gleefullv fell in with the scheme,
and told Cnssell I was his meat.
"Then I waited with beating heart
and watched the captain like a hawk.
"He was beplnnlnp to fidget apnln
and wns druniminp on the sandbaps
with his feet. At Fast, turning to me,
he said:
"'Wilson, this army Is a blnnkety
blank washout. What's the use of having
artillery if it is not allowed to fire?.
The government at home ought to be I
hanged with some of their red tape. I
It's through them that we have no
shells.'
"I answered. 'Yes, sir.' and started
rending tfiis opinion over the wire to,
Cnssell, but the captain interrupted!
me with:
" 'Keep those infernal fingers still. |
What's the matter, getting the nerves?.
When I'm talking to you, pay attention.'
"My henrt sank. Supposing he had ,
rumbled thnt tapping, then all would I
be up with our plan. I stopped drum-]
tiling with my ftngers and said:
'"Beg your pardon, sir. Just a habit
with me.'
" 'And a d d silly one. too,' he answered,
turning to his glasses again |
and 1 knew 1 wns safe. He hud not
tumbled to the mennlnp of that tap- I
plnp.
"All at once, without turninp round, i
he exclaimed:
" 'Well, of all the nerve I've ever run |
across, this takes the cake. Those
Roches are usinp that road
opain. Rlind my eyes, this time It is a
whole brigade of them, transports and
all. What a pretty target for our
4.5's.' The beggars know that we ;
won't fire. A d d shame. I call It
Oh, just for a chance to turn I> 235
loose on them.'
"I was trembling with excitement
From rep ated stolen glances at the |
captain's range ehnrt. that road with
lft r c? nrro n'oc Knenofl Into ? >??
"Over the wire I tfippnl. '1? 218 battery.
Target 17. Hunge iwmhi. .'1 degree*
10 minutes, left, salvo, tire.' Cassel!,
f). K.'d my message, and with the re- j
reiver pressed against my ear. I wait 1
ed and listened. In a couple of mln j
utes very faintly over the wire rami ,
the voice of our battery cmnmandei j
Issuing the order: *D 218 battery i
Salvo! Fire!'
"Then a roar through the recelvel
as the four guns belched forth, e
screaming and whistling overhead,ant!
the shells were on their way.
"The captain Jumped as If he wen
shot, and let out a great big expresslvt
a n, and eagerly turned his glasses
in the direction of the German road.
I also strained my eyes watching that
target. Four black clouds of dust rose
up right in the middle <if the German
column. Four dlrect^Hts?another
record for I) 2.18.
"The shells kept on whistling overhead.
and I had counted twenty-four
of them when the tiring suddenly
censed. When the smoke and dust
clouds lifted the destruction on that
road wns awful. Overturned limbers
Hfid guns, wagons smashed up, troops
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guns.
"The captain. In his excitement, had
slipped off the sandbag, and was on
his knees In the mud, the glass still at
his eye. He was muttering to himself
and slapping his thigh with his disengaged
hand. * At every slap a hig
round Juicy cuss word would escape
from his lips followed by:
"Good! Fine! Marvelous! Pretty
Work! Direct hits all.'
"Thru he turned lo roe nnd shouted:
M'Wilson. what do you think of It 7
r>id you ever see tlie like of It lu your
life? I> n fine work. I cull It.'
"Pretty soon a look of wonder stole
over his fnoe and he exclaimed:
"But who in h?1 gave them the
order to fire. Range find everything
correct, too. I know I didn't. Wilson,
did 1 give you any order for the buttery
to open up? Of course I didn't,
did' I?'
"I answered very emphatically. 'No.
sir. you gave no command. Nothing I
went through this post. 1 am abso- |
lutely certain on that point, sir.'
" 'Of course nothing went through.'I
he replied. Then his face fell, and he i
muttered out loud:
" 'But. by Jove, wait till Old Pepper
gets wind of this. There'll be fur
flying.'
Just then Botnbnrdier Cassell cut in '
on the wire:
"'General's compliments to Captain ,
A . He directs that officer and signaler
report r.t the double to biigade
headquarters as soon ns relieved. Relief
now on the way.'
"In an undertone to me. 'Keep n
brass front. Wilson, and for God's
sake, stick.' I answered with. 'Rely on
me, mate.* but I was trembling all over. I
"I gave the general's message to the
captain, and started packing up.
"The relief arrived, and as we left
the post the captain said:
"'Now for the fireworks, and I know
they'll be good and plenty.' They were.
"When we arrived at the gun pita
the battery commander, the sergeant
major nnd Cassell were waiting for us.
We fell In line and the funeral tnnrcb
to brigade headquarters started.
"Arriving at headquarters the battery
commander was the first to be
frnterviewed. This wns wtiinH
doors. From the roaring and explosions
of Old Pepper It sounded as If
raw meat was being thrown to the
lions. Cassell, later, described It as
sonndlng like a bombing raid. In about
two minutes the otlioer reappeared.
The sweat was pouring from his forehead,
and his face was the color of a
beet. He was speechless. As he
passed tne captain he Jerked his thumb
In the direction of the lion's th?n and
went out. Then the captain went in.
and the lions were once again fed.
The captain stayed ubout twenty minutes
and came out. 1 couldn't see his '
face, but the droop In his shoulders
was enough, lie looked like a wet hen.
"The door of the general's room
opened and Old Pepper stood In the j
doorway. With a roar he shouted: |
'"Which one of you Is Cassell? J
I> n me. get your heels together j
wnen 1 speau : tome in Here!'
"Casseli started to say, 'Yes sir.'
"Hut Old Hopper roure^, 'Shut up!' j
"Cussell cnme out In live minutes.
He- said notlijng, buf as he passed me
he put his tongue into his cheek and j
winked, then, turning to the closed 1
door, he stuck his thumb to his nose
und It ft. |
"Then the sergeant major's turn
came. He didn't come out our way. |
Judging by the rouring. Old Pepper
must have eaten him.
"When the door opened und the general
beckoned to me, my knees started
to play 'Home, Sweet Home' against :
each other.
"My interview wns very short.
"Old Pepper glared at me when I ,
entered, and then let loose.
"'Of course you don't know anything
about it. You're Just like the rest.
Ought to have a nursing bottle around
your neck and a nipple in your teeth.
Soldiers?by gad. you turn my stomach
to look at you. Win this war,
wnrn r.nginnn senus oui suen samples
as I have in my brigade! Not likely!
Now, sir, tell me what you don't know
about this affair. Speak up, out with
it. Don't he gaping at uie like a Ash.
Spit it out.*
"I stammered, 'Sir, I know absolutely
nothing.'
"'That's easy to see,' he roared;
that stupid face tells me that. Shut
up. Get out; hut I think you are a
d d liar Just the aoine. Back to
your battery.'
"I saluted and mode my exit.
"That night the cuptaln sent for ur.
With fear and trembling we went to
his dugout. He was alone. After saluting
we stood at attention in front
of him and waited. His soy was short.
"*I>on't you two ever get it Into your
heads that Morse is a dead language.
I've known it for years. The two of
you had better get rid of that nervous
habit of tupping transmitters; it's dangerous.
That's all.'
1 --a ? -.4 I A a *
or nmuii'u, nuu wrrc JUKI going I1UI
the d<ior of the dugout when the captain
called up hack and said:
" 'Srrr.ke Gold flakes? Yea? Well,
there are two tlna of them on rny table.
Go back to the battery, and keep your
tongues between your teeth. Under*
stand?*
"We understood.
"For five weeka afterwards our battery
did nothing but extra fatigues.
W? were satisfied and no were the
men. It was worth It to put one over
on Old Pepper, to any nothing of the
Injury caused to Frltx' feelings."
When Wilson had finished his story
I looked up and the dugout was
jammed. An artillery raptaln and two
officers hja.d jlso entered and stayed
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Tor the finish. YriTsbn spat out "an 01
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saw the egntnjfj, and got as red us a rl
carnation. The captain smiled and w
left. Wilson whispered to me:
"nilnie me. Yank. I see where I click w
for crucifixion. That captain Is the f<
sumo one that chucked us (loldflakes w
In his dugout and here 1 have been bi
chucking me weight about In his ,
hearing.'" 'w
Wilson never clicked his crucifixion, th
Quite a contrast to Wilson was an- In
other character In our brigade named to
Scott ; we called him "Old Scotty" on in
account of Ills age. He was fifty-seven, m
although looking forty. "Old Scotty" i
had boon horn in the Northwest and on
had served in the Northwest Mounted mi
police, tie was a typical cowpuncher ,
a no Indian fighter and was a dead shot p?
with the rifle, and took no pains to S
disguise this fart from us. He used to 1
take care of Ids rifle as if It were a >J
baby. In his spare moments you could i
always see him cleaning It or polish- ?
in*- .-*n? i\. *>w?" nciHH' ine innn c
who hy mistake happened to get hold I
of this rifle*; lu* scon found out his
error. Scott wns as denf lis a mule,
and it was amusing at parade to watch
hini In the manual of arms, slyly
glancing out of the corner of his eye
at the man next to hirn to see what ' ;i
the order was. How he passed the
doctor was a mystery to us; he must ;
have bluffed his way through, because > U
he certainly was Independent. Reside
him the Fourth of July looked like
Good Friday. lie wore at the time a
large sombrero, had a Mexican stock
saddle over his shoulder, a lariat on j
his arm, and a "forty-five" hanging j
from his hip. Humping this parapher- j
nulla on the floor he went up to the '
recruiting officer and shouted: "I'm
from America, west of the Rockies.
and want to join your d d army.
I've got no use for a German and can
shoot some. At Scotland Yard they
turned me down; said I was deaf and
so I am. I don't hanker to ship in with
n d d mud-crunching outfit, but the
cavalry's full, so I guess this regiment's
better than none, so vrot out
your papers and I'll sign 'em." He told
them lie was forty and slipped by. I j !
was on recruiting service ut the time
he applied for enlistment.
It was Old Scotty's great ambition
to he a sniper or "body snatcher," as j ^
Mr. Atkins culls It. The day that he
was detailed as brigade sniper he cele- I tr'
brnted his appointment by blowing the !
whole platoon to fags. j 80
Itelng a Tank. Old Scotty took a Uk- | 8<>
Ing to me and used to spin some great to
yarns about the plains, and the whole !
platoon would drink these in and ask w'
for more. Ananias was a rookie com- i vc
pared with him. I *
The ex-plalnsman and discipline '
could not agree, but the officers all w'
liked liiin. even If he was h-ir<l to num. I Te
ape. so when he was detailed as a t*1
sniper a Blph of relief went up from | *
the officers' mess. i *r'
Old Seotty had the freedom of the , m
brlpadc. He nsed to draw two or ; n<
three days' rations and disappear with n'
his plass. ranee finder and rifle, and we |
would see or hear no more of him i <**
until suddenly he would reappear w
with a couple of notches added to w
those already on the butt of his ritle. tl
Every time he pot a Herman It meant it
another notch, lie was proud of these ; tl:
notches. I ft
Hut after a few months Father hi
Ithoumnl!.?in pot him and he was sent j tl
to Illlphty ; the nlr in the wake of his tr
stretcher wan blue with curses. Old
Seotty surely could swear; some of Ids j at
outbursts actually bnrned you. i wNo
doubt, at this writlnp. he is I
"somewhere in Bllphty" pussy foot I up tl
it on a hrldpe or alone the wall of T
some munition plant with the "CI. It." O
or Home Defense corps. Ix
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CHAPTER XVII.
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Out In Front. ri
After tea Lieutenant Slores of our
section came into the dugout and in- Sj
formed ine that I was "for" a reeonnol- rj
terlng patrol and would carry six Mills q
bombs. w
At 11:30 that night twelve men. our i j
lieutenant and myself went out in! cj
front on a patrol in No Man's Lund. | r,
We cruised around in the dark for ai
about two hours. Just knocking about |r
looking for trouble, on the lookout for u
I'.o< he working parties to see wbut ^ -A
they were doing. j f<
Around two in the morning toe were bi
carefully (ticking our way about thirty
yards in front of the German barbed
wire, when we walked Into a Boche ?
covering party nearly thirty strong.
Then the music started, the fiddler rendered
his hill, and we paid.
Fighting in the dark with a bayonet
la not very pleasant. The Germans
took it on the ran, but onr officer was tlf
no novice at the game and didn't follow
them. He gave the order "down
on the ground, hug It close." f ^
Just In time, too, because a volley .
skimmed over our head* Then In low
tones we were told to separate and
cra^.1 back to our trenches, each man nl
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hole patrol would have probably
pen wiped out.
After about twenfr minutes' wnlt we
nt out again and discovered that
e (Jernums had a wiring purty workg
on their barbed wire. We returned
our trenches unobserved with the
formation and our machine guns Impdiately
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The next night four men were sent
rt to go over and examine the Qer?n
barbed wire and see if they had
A Hidden Gun.
it lunes through it; if so. this prettied
un early morning attack on our
pnehes.
Of course I had to be one of the four
looted for the Job. It was Just like '
tiding a fellow to the undertaker's
order his own cofTin.
At ten o'clock we started out, armed
Ith three bombs, a bayonet and reilver.
After getting into No Man's
tnd we separated. Crawling four or
re feet at a time, ducking star shells,
Ith strays cracking overhead, I
ached their wire. I scouted along
is inch by inch, scarcely breathing,
could hear them talking in their
ench, my lu'art wus pounding against
y ribs. One false move or the least
ise from me meant discovery and
most certain death.
After covering my Rector I quietly
awled back. I had gotten about half
ay when 1 noticed thut my revolver
as missing. It was pitch dark. I
irned about to see if I could find It;
couldn't he far away, because about
tree or foyr minutes previously I had
'It the butt in the holster. I crawled
round In circles nnd at last found It.
len started on my way hack to our
enches, as 1 thought.
1'rettv soon I rwirhprf hnrlwwi u'Im
id was Just going to give the pnssord
when something told me not to.
put out my hand and touched one of
le barbed wire stakes. It was iron,
he ItrltlRh are of wood, while the
erinun are Iron. My heart stopped
fating; by mistuke 1 had crawled
uck to the German lines.
I turned slowly about and iny tunic
tught on the wire und uiude a loud
pplng noise.
A sharp challenge rang out. I
rang to my feet, ducking low, and
in madly back toward our lines. Tho
erinans started firing. Tho bullets
ere biting all around me, when bang!
ran smush into our wire, and u sharp
Iflllenire " 'Alt uiKa ? ?w ?"
???-? m fniv niurv r
ing out. 1 gasped out the password,
ad, groping my way through the tune
> the wire, tearing my handa and
ntform, I tumbled Into our trench and
ns wife, but I wn? a nervous wreck
>r an hour, until a drink of rum
rought me round. >4
(To be Continued^
Made Cp Mind.
Wife?Archibald. my mind Is (
I i\ n im
uy.
Husband?H<*avens! Ik that arIclal
too??I?ndon Ideas.
The average man seldom known all
at other men think he known, but.
a chances are he knows a few
Ings he Isn't suspected of know