Barnwell sentinel. (Barnwell C.H., S.C.) 185?-1925, May 30, 1918, Image 3
\ BARNWELL SENTINEL, BARNWELL, SOUTH CAROLINA
hn<l trouble In recomtnending It to® the
four generations of transients who
have abided here and gone. Hut ull
the soldiers do not fare so. We are
lucky! A relative of a soldier “billeted
out” w;ns looking fdr tyim recently. The
headquarters of the company were in
BURIAL PUCE OF OUR FIRST SOLDIERS KILLED IN FRANCE
KNITTING MACHINE SPEEDS UP WORK
a former private dwelling house.
“Take a loojf upstairs," said a broth
er soldier. “If yo,u don’jt find hito there
look out in the carriage bouse ami in j
the barn loft. If he's not theta* he’ll
J>e In the chicked; house." >. if . ,
Our room (IbesnT afford even thuCT
relic of the! <*H>tle and -..pride of , the
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bungalow, a
door neighbor‘d does; and, we are of
ficially assigned to hang out a.rouQd
liis grate. That solves the heat-prob
lem, mid also, the bathing.question.
Hat Id tig facilities are Limited . In
I- ranee—at least that. In all of France,
for rxnmpto. There Is" probably njot oiie
ot those boors who bothers you about
statistics on bfs daily nurliftinal inun
dation
• T ■■■! tmmi nmnwinwi umiiin.r.
I do not know ihe favorite W i
Saturday night pastime of the people, _
either, i»ut I can say that if there is a
modern bathtub in tills particular town , Tapi
the Americans have not yet found it. j
So we merely heat a kerosene canfu! j
of water—at our neighbor's tireplace— \
and take a "bird bath." As there are
eight men who must perform this abfu-
tion about .one fireplace, and a good ,
soldier fakes a bath twice u week, and
there are only seven nights lu- thv ~-■*!>*
week, this grate is a busy place. - "»
Prinking water Is obtained on?v after
difficulties sometimes. The American !>* a li'in* ceiueii
d", tors are taking no one's word about *!i• r r- io ^r* their iiv
the supply but their
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comforts comiuhlee of the Navy I.eagm* of* the United ‘States lias
in its headquarters several knitting machines for making sweaters,
‘socks and other wearing apparel for our fighters.
Milli
mmm
Jnstontxiifo tbe^ ruined villiiL-e-frf- Bothnleflaent til Lorraine ft-id tb
lading the etictn^. The boys, ('or porn I Eresham and Privates’ Em
ovember it. It»17: A monument will mark tlie spot where 'they an
can newspape. correspondeuts at one of the graves
and we are
allowed to partake only*after* samples
*frhave been tested. Frequently, when In
a town, the municipal supply is avoided
and the supply Is brought ib In trucks
from distant points.; But I am not so
skeptical of water’ as I was.
(>ur last station was near a hospital,
fn front of This Hospital always hung a
Troops in France Are Training
to the Highest Point
streot
lire mixing soft
coal with hard to conserve, but at the*
same Pine give the flat dweller a warm
radiator to get up. by. And then we
figure that ihe so tfnTlIuimg, on-and-off
cigarette sign, at the corner of Hroad-
"ay and Sixth avenue, for Instance;
would supply enough light for u whole
division ; that jusi one of those resttess
snakes pursuing each other around the
edges of that sign would illuminate
l he w hole of • ihis JjrauiL- Hotel -dll
FRENCH TROOPS ADVANCING BEHIND .HEAVY CURTAIN FIRE
of Efficiency
big canvas hag full of invitingly cool *
1 water. I ciinnot speak for the whole
|. company, hut my squad I (know used
always to drink thereof. We lnid kept
it up for something near a month whenu
one day a doctor .in tortoise-shell
glasses and a w hite apron espied u sol- ;
diejr partaking at the hag. Ho became
immediately very vociferously appre
hensive and- expostulatory.
“For tin* great.. Jumped-up Holy
Moses, man," said he, “don’t drink that.
That’s where we keep all the samples
of contaminated water frotn this part
of France."
Find Disease Germs.
In the Iprt 17 days we've found
germs of. Ill deadly diseases right ’in
that container. There are.nine million
bacteria to the square inch in that—
enough germs in that bag to kill the
whole Herman army. I should say that
my sipnrd consumed several cubic feet
of that water, ami I don’t know eqougli
about mathematics to compute the
number of germs. Hut we’re all alive,
and that was two months ago.
Hut enough of thW gussing.i I, re
solved to he brief In my letters, und
here I've brimmed over onto'the third
page. It has beCn cold.where I am,
hut the last few days have been like
springtime. Win re I was last was up
in the snow belt, where it gets on the
ground and stays there, the only hope
ful, word the natives can gfve being
that "it, goes Qff tiie ground in April."
Witfjmut going into details, though, I
learned one hopeful thing. While away
I had an opportunity o^talking with a
lot of Americans who have been in
the trenches. They were from dif-.
ferent groups of troops and had been
"in" at different times. And tht*y all
were confident that the Americans can
whip tin* Hermans at every stage of the
game. This isn’t the boast of a few,
hut the consensus of the halm opinion
or about !<'. 1 guess; That I talked ti>.
Mt was very encouraging, coming from
men who have had a mouthful of the
front. Most of .tin* -Odious were from i.
the old American regular army—from j
tin* units over here, which are the only4
ones"still Intact; 1 believe.'’They are
beirrg trained to the highest point of
military efficiency' possibly and, they
say, are to he used as the. crack units [
of the "United States forces, correspond- \
ing with the famous “shock" units of
■the Herman and other armies. I guess
>he same is trim of the Kainbow divl- :
sion of the National Guard, which got
-neb a send-off in the States.
• [ Cl Regulars Fare-Worse.
The old regular artiiy fellows
seemed to have fared worse than the
. f
rest of us. They came over early lu
the game, most-of them straight from
the border with only a few days in
ithe East, and went into training im
mediately. They were quartered up
Soldier Writes of Work and Experi
‘ ences With Army f at the Front—
OTd Regulars to Be Used as
Crack Units of’fhe Unit-
ed States Forces.
Frame, iirwhfr-h vveHiovv ure billeted,
■anil be a distinct hettcTmeht on our
pivsj'nt two-caudle power factual)
lighting plant. ■ > ■
4 Every, Town Has One.
I am divulging no "outstanding
physi.ail characteristics winch might
Hear : This i< the first tfine I
have had—or hi ve taken—for letter
a*.citing in some, days. I wrote home,
and will devote the rest of the minutes
between now and bedtime to a long-
betray locality" when I mention the j
Hrand Hotel «lu France. 4.They are ■
11s anninnii as Maxim's restaurants in i
the Ignited States. Every tow n has ,
one, and they generally are aiigust, I
aj^ed hosfelries. living, like the Missis- )
slppi’ ; river steamboats, on their reputa
tion. 'I bis one is a comparative Juve
nile. It Is pnly one hundreil iind one
years old, according to a corner stone
vve discovered the other day. But at
that it hasn't got electric vviriiig and i
plumbing and u furnace in the base- '
nient. and if vve only had just the rat
tle on the end ol that shake's tail
hanging on a cord in room No.'12 there !
would fie $our. jubilant soldiers in that ■
"petit chajubre." ’ *»
When the United States took- over ,
sin* Hiand Hotel du France It got It
unfurnished, of course. It immediately
refurnished it with two double-decker J
hunks of the latest type—rioiliing more. I
We "sleep two in a corner, and I have
-one-oTThe lowers. We have.discovered,
by the way, a virftie in this arrange
ment. Tlu* beds are sturdy. but can-be
jarred by a jiggling of the body, and)
in the cveitt that your bedmate, above i
or below, is addicted to shoring (and ,
you would In* surprised how many j
soldiers are) you can alvvavs stop him !
by "rocking the cradle” until lie turns
ov.-r. This is very handy. It saves
looking all over tin* room for a shoe
delayed letter to you. I only just re-
juriLyd to my company lifter being
away for a niontlf—in a blamed sight
colder place. I hud u long and won-
derfuhtrip, the details of which 1 can’t,
of course, recount. Let it he men
tioned. however, that among other
things i did was sleep in a reyl steiwn-
liehted room, with sheets, five ele.-trie
at *> 11«•♦ *, and a hatli-
Qext-door uc*ighhor of
the I. N. S., who, I dis
covered, worked in SacramVnto. taking
1 lie job 1 left when 1 vvent’-to I’ununm.
lie knows you, and I mentioned that 1
did. hut didn’t go into any details. My
trip, tnv one uigfil of lutfury and :«iy
reversion to the life of the army have
brought a realization of one thing,
y-*.v>
room
TAKING ON BOMBS FOR AN AERIAL RAID
BISHOP BECOMES CHAPLAIN
To pervert the title and main strain
of tin* latest Broadway and 'first-line |
trench hit, the fun is over, over here*. !
From nt;w on it’s* hiisiru*s>,
/ - •— • >■ . .*■ •*
France, to the ^InicHVe'ail soldier, |
never again vviLl he what it has been.j
This thought began to formulate Itself
Yh the minds of the lucky Americans
vvlioVuiiie over here in the late* sUTn-
iue*r of 1HIJ, about tiie time the ftnyw
begun to faiNiind the tog'to come in
freini the coast. N«e\y it has 'eTy stall zed.
The* grave, vv hole sohhMl, sincere* six-
iue*ie4UsL-u*44'+»m** 4*1' FraatMi Is ova«m -It—
mormug
1 here are* lour of us in this room.
The*' most optimistic of the sue : e*e*e*ellhg
lalielUu'ds of this hostelry must Tiave*
was a vvede’oni.e treif so much ivgal as it
genuine*—not one such aw Ls
n at a* hynepii't when tin* mi a yen*
the hypoHi<‘f*tml keys of tlTc
•ver. hut of the* man who .opens
•nn‘ and his ail and says, not in
. hut in deeeis, "You are* <uu* with
us; whut we have* is yours." And fe»r-
tunatewere tlu* Americans who were*
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pre*se*nt at -fids we*le oim*. 'jL'in*--a-rmy
that e*oiiies mis *ye*ar will he*‘vv e*le*eune*d,
hut not as vve w , cre l ', x
( .No Longer a Novelty.
J Not that Fratie’e. hasKhitcntionally
modorate*d her tom*. The*rc* has be*en
turns
PROTEGE OF MRS. MARSHALL
K-TSSI'hoeo oylBBBI
eseern Na»-»p«prr Cal
.•rmcryly natural relaxation, of e,ourse
and tin* "seildat Aiiiericaine" now is
accept eel umre as u matter of course*
than as a nove*lty. Hut the big faeitors
ure that the Uiiite*il State's is getting
into the -war—and it is winter. There*,
is le*ss liberty now than the*re> was—
no all-night juisses, and frequently
Sunday is broken by inspection and
Bishop William-l*. Ke'wington. who
was rector of tlm-St. Ifiuil’s church In
Minneaporis for seven years and is
■w>*li known In religious cire*le*s In the
Northwe*st. is now serving as chaplain
"f a hospital unit at Fort McPherson,
Ha. Tin* photograph slmws BLshop
Itemingloii hi the uniform pf the anny.
v£) Waalrm N«w»p;ii>«r‘Union ,V_ ■
ibentrd his machine in iire>partrtir>ii for a
of tin* eneoiiv'!! . *
ASSEMBLES . MACHINE GUN BLINDFOLDED
drills. There is no military pe*rmls-
. sion to visit nearby e*ltit*s exe*e*pt on
business. Vlsitiug of. the eiifes is per-
mltte*el only between tu»«in and ’2 p. in.
and O p. m. ami 8:.'iU for e>tH(*e*rs and
enlisted men. Winter has brought lemg
mights and cold days,'its Ue*d Cn>ss
sweaters and the 17 pairs of socks
from home, and. Incidentally, the keen
est appreciation of three-fruits of civl-
lizathhi *-vv*idcli' "hack home" are such
common-places* that their existence
creates no more thought than the lieu
jirii Heetor’s hack.*- ■ -
- These arc light, heat and water.
What We Believe.
If we all acted upon what we all be-
llev**, what* a ilifferent world this would
he. Everyone admits that It Is more
blessed to give than to receive. Yet
instead of seeking happiness by giv
ing of nur best to those about us, we
sir -waiting! foy it to he brought to ws,
through the kindness of others. We
ate like 'those who. are .learning to
swim and though they Know; the wa
ter will hear them up if th«yy follow di
rections, cannot-" lifting themselves to
let go. It is safe to trust to the
truths that all believe, hut so few act
.upon.—Ctrl’s Companion. ’ '
lome organize ^welfare so
folks bucl
-L.;. cleties and send ’em. tobacco and
, sweaters, htp the ivgvrlaYs don’jL-get in
Clarence 1. Morrison, now Morrison 1 on this.
Marshall, protege <if Mrs. Tlwmias It. :
Marshall, ’ wife of* the .vice president. '
has developed from a tiny, undergrown
Infant to a bouncing seventeen-months-
himla-o.
Washington diet kitchen infirmary and
asked the mother to loan him to her
for care in her own home.- He was one
of twins, and the mother Is caring for
the other. The Marshalls have not ]
adopted, this on^, put they have an
Indefinite “loan” of “him. Part of his i
rejuvenation was due. to a-few weeks *
in Michigan and Arizona where his. happen to know we were overlooked
-faster parents went for a Vacation. 1-only too well." - '
War, and its concomitant economies
cause a step backvvurd in evolution
pod human progress—superficially, at
Igflst—and luxuries vanish,- one by one,
while what, the American of. today sub
consciously considers as necessities
are stinted. An aeon or soj ajjo water
Exciting.
Johnny was at the concert apd.he . J
"hR hiidlf“litired. lus mother wiif nn-
wy, f«»r Johnny ufls disturbing oth- *
ats. but when a girl began to sing “The
Minstrel Boy" ami reached the tine “HI*
father’s sword lie girded on." Johnny - .**
was alive with excitement.
/p>u like this. Johnny?" said hit
TOother. “It Is—” "Be quiet mother,
do,” said Johnny impatiently. **1 wait
to see what hapje-ns to hlnf when hto
father gets home.”
.Till .Ut-UrnTre -U .iUiiia.
und artificial heat and light might have
been considered a luxury, or a dissipa
tion by pur developing.ancestors, Btrt
now they are normally, in tE&Mass of
things we must have.— there is, of
course, no alarming scarcity of any-of
^hese things. Merely a conservation"
’Over here we hear that the Tights
a re* going ouf oq. Brondway.-aud ‘Dear
born street. and'Canal street, and
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