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"OVERT
By ARTHUR <
An American Boy Who
Years Before
Copyright, 1917, ??y Arthur 'Juy
'HAITI i: X.NIV.
The Firing Squad.
A ! w days lat? r 1 had onh-is to r?*poit
liiirk to divisional h?ad<|iiarti'rs,
about thirtv kilos la-hind tin- lino. I
Hpoit'd to Jin- A. I'. M. liosiManl provost
marshal. > Hi- told iw- to ri-|iol't
to Idlli t No. 7s lor i|iiarioiH and rations.
?.ii?lit o'l-lirf-k at iilitht
II Wiin illivut ?
iliiI I Was til<-<l iiliil soon fell asleep in
tin* .straw of llif i.illi t. It was a miserable
nmlit outside, cold ami a drizzly
rain was tailing.
About two in tin- mortilliK I was
iwaki'iii'ij l?y some one shaking tne l?y
tin should' i t >|i< liilii,' my eyes I saw
a i?-?inniital s?-iu<ant major bending
inn iii-. Hi- hail a Iiulit'..-intern in
his right ham). 1 starlnl to ask him
what was the mat tor, wln-n In | ,i i his
linger lo his lips tor silence and whispered:
"Cot on your o(|iii|niiont and. without
tii> nolso, (oino with mi-."
Tins greatly mystified tin-, out I
oIm voiI onlors.
I lutsldo of tin billot. I askod him
what was ii|>. hut ho shut tno 11j with:
"I'on't as!', uuostions, it's against orih-is
I doi.'i know myself."
It was raining liko tho mischief.
W. s|>lashoi| along a 11111 111> load for
alioiit llitoi ii lainutos. Dually Klnp|iiiiK
at tin- outraiiio ot what must have
I <11 an old hum. In tho darkness, I
eould lioai pigs grunting, as it thoy
had lust boon distill bed. In Iroiit of
tho door stood all otlieoi in a mack
(mackintosh.) Tin |{. s. M wont up
to him. whisp<i<-d something and then
hit. This ollieer called to loo, asked
iii\ n.itm . mimher ami regiment. at the
same time, in the lit:hi ol a lantern he
was holding, making a notation in a
little hook.
Winn ho had finished writing, lie
w hisperod:
- ?.ui. i ..,,,i w:iii orders.
" ?i<> miiii iiiin 1.1... .
iiml no talking. rndci-stand?"
I stuml.lcd into tli<' Imii*ii and sot on
tin- lloor in tin' darkness. I could see
in. oni'. I>ut could In-ill iin n hri-atliing
iiml moving; t li?-\ sii-ini'd nervous ninl
restless. I know I was.
Iituim: in> wiiit three other men
entered. Then the ullieer poked his
head in the door and ordered:
"l-'illl III. Olltside the l.illet, in single
rank."
We fell in. standing at ease. Then!
lie commanded:
? ^"?Iu!r7!Tc,-TsWdi1. Uiinrtit'i1-?" There
were twelve of lis.
"Itight?Turn! J.ett- Wheel! Quick
March!** And uwiiv we went. The
rain was trickling down mv hack and
I was shivering from the void.
With the otlieer leading, we must
have marched over an hour, plowing
through the mini and occasionally
stunihliiig into a shell hole hi the road,
when suddenly the mliccr made a left
wheel, ami we found ourselves in a
sort of enclosed courtyard.
The .lawn was In-caking and the
rain liiid ccasi-il.
In front i I' us w.-n- four stiicl.s ol
rilh-s, three to a stack.
The otlieer brought us *o attention
and gave the order to uiipile arms. Wo
ejich took a rille. < .iving us ' St.-ind at
ease," in a nervous and shaky voice,
he informed:
"Men. you are lu-re on a very solemn
duty. You have In-ell selected its ;i
' - - ! ..i
tiring s.|ii;nl lor me rxrruinqi
<1 who. having been found guilty
ol a iirii'Voiis rriuii' against king ami
country, has hoon ivitiiIjii'I) and dji!\
tiled ami sentenced to he shot at 3.->
a. in. this date. This sentence has been
approved h> the review ing authority
and ordered earned out It is our duty
to carry on with the setitet.ee ol the
court.
"Tin re arc twelve rittes. one ofl
which contains a blank cartridge, the
other eleven containing hall cartridges.
Kvcry man is expected to do his
duty and tile to kill. Take your orders
Ironi uie. Stpiud- -'Shun!"
We cam* to attention. Then he left.
My heart was ol" lead and my knees
shook.
Alter standing at "attention" for
what seemed a week, though in reality
it could not have been over live minutes.
we heard a low whispering in our
rear and loot steps on the stone flagging
of tlie courtyard.
(>ur ollleer reappeared and in a low.
hut llrm voice, ordered:
"About Turn!"
We turned about. In the gray light
of dawn, a few yards in front of inc. 1
could make out a brick wall. Against
this xvall was a dark form with a white
siiuare pinned on its breast. We were
supposed to aim at this square. To the
light of tiie form 1 notk'cd a white spot
on the wall. This would be uiy target.
"Heady! Aim! Fire!"
The dark form sank into a huddled
heap. M> bullet sped on its way. and
hit the whitish spot on the wall: I
eould see the splinters fly. Some one
else had received the rifle containing
the blank cartridge, hut my mind was
at case, there was no blood of a
Tommy on my hands.
"Order?Arms! About?Turn! I'lie?
Arms! Stand?Clear!"
The stacks were re-formed.
"Quick ? March! Klgtit ? Wheel!"
And we left the scene of execution behind
us.
It was now daylight. After marching
about five minutes, we were dismissed
with the following Instructions
from the otlleer in command:
"Hoturn. alone, to your respective
companies, and remember, no talking
about this affair, or else it will go hard
with the guilty ones."
We needed no urging to get away. I
did not reeogiP'.e any of the men on
the tiring squad: even the officer was
a stranger to me.
The victim's relations and friends in
Hlighty will never know that he was
executed: they will be under the impression
that he died doing his bit for
king and country.
In the public casualty lists his name
will appear under the caption "Accidentally
Killed," or "Died."
???? u
HE TOP" ::
l'(
GUY EMPEY
fi
Got Into the War Two *
w
His Country. ?<
Eini?y.
Tin- day alter the execution I re- j'.
ceived orders to report hack to the
line and to keep a still tongue in my ^
head. .
114
Kx<-(iilions art* a part of the clays
work, but the- purt we; hated most of ' '
all. I think?certainly the saddest. The;
Itritish war department i.s thought by
many jsople to be; coni|?osed of rigid ^
regulations all wound around with red
tape, lint it has a heart, and one of
I he evidences of this is the considerate
way in which an execution is concealed
and repotted to the relatives of theunfortunate
man. They never know the
truth, lie is listed in the bulletins as '
allium; the "accidentally killed."
In the last ten years I have several "
times read stories in magazines of
cowards changing, in a charge, to heroes.
I used to laugh at it. It seemed *
easy tor story-writers, but I said.
"Men aren't made that way." Hut over
in France I h-arned once that tinstreak
or yellow can turn all white. I
picked up the: story. Idt by bit, from "
tf" captain of the company, the sen- "
tiies who guarded the poor fellow, as
well as from my own observations. At
tirs! I did not realise the whole of his ^
story, but after a week of investigation
it stood out as clear in my mind
as the mountains of my native west in
the spring sunshine. It impressed me
.... ......I. *,...? I 1, ,,|| .1,,.,',. it, '
list Idllcts (111 serai** of old i :11m i'. '''
Tin1 incidents are, as I say. every hit
true: the feelings ot the man are true
I know from all I underwent in the
lighting over in Prance.
We will tall him Albert l.loyd. That Si
wasn't his name, hut it will do:
Albert Lloyd was what the world
terms a coward.
In London they called him a slacker.
Ills country had been at war nearly ^
eighteen months, and still lie was not "
hi khaki. **J
He had no good reason for not en-I
listing, being alone in the world, hav- a"
ing been educated in an or|>han asylum,
and there being no one depend- ,
lit ii|s>n him for sui>|>ort. lie hud 110 ^
Kood iMisition to lose, and there was
no sweetheart to tell him with her V
lips ?o go, while her eyes pleaded for .
him to stay.
Kvery time he saw a recruiting sergeant
he'd slink around the corner out
of sight, with a terrible fear gnawing
at his heart. When passing the big re- ?
muting posters and on his way to Cl
tuuitiA-tw-AiW--would
i>ull down his cap and look the n
"|
other way from that 'awful linger
pointing at him. under the caption. w
"Your King and t'oiintry Need You:"
or the boring eyes of Kitchener, which
burned into his very soul, causing him 11
to shudder.
Ulan the Zeppelin raids?during "
them, lie used to crouch in a corner oi 'J
his boarding, house cellar, whimpering
like a whipped puppy and calling u|K?n 'v
" Lord to protect liiin.
*:von his landlady dispised him. al- 11
though she had to admit that he was
"good pay." 1
lie very seldom read the papcis, but "
one momentous morning the landlady 0
ei <(,. morning paper at his place be- vv
fore he came down to breakfast. Taking
his seat he read the Daring headline.
"?'onscription Hill Passed," and ''
nearly tainted. Kxcusing himself lie "
stumbled upstairs to his bedroom. '
with the horror of it gnawing into his s'
vitals. '*
Having saved up a few pounds, he
decided not to leave the hotis and to "
sham sickness, so he stayed in his
room and had the landlady serve Ids ''
meals there. *l
Every time there was a knock at tin* *'
door la- trend'led all over, imagining 01
it was a policeman who had come to a
take him away to the army.
One morning his tears were realized. "
Sure enough, there stood a policeman ?
with the fatal paper. Taking it in his
trend-ling hand he read that he. Albert sl
Lloyd, was ordered to report himself
to the nearest recruiting station for
ph>sical examination. He reported immediately,
because he was afraid to
disobey.
The doctor looked with approval ''
upon Lloyd's six feet of physical perfeet
ion. and thought what a fine 81
guardsman he would make, but exam- "
ined his heart, twice before he passed ?
him as "physically tit," it was boaitng hl
so fast.
From the recruiting depot Lloyd was
taken, with many others, in charge of 11
a sergeant, to the training depot at (
Aldershot. whcie he was given an out- ''
tit of khaki, and drew his other equip- 8
tnent. He made a tine-Jooking soldier, ?
except for the slight shrinking In his 8
shoulders and the hunted look in his
it
eyes.
At the training depot it does not ''
take long to find out a man's character. w
and Lloyd was promptly dubbed
"windy." In the English army "windy"
means cowardly.
The smallest recruit in the barracks
looked on him with contempt, and was
HOI Slow IV SIIVW ll III uuu...
Lloyd was a pood soldier, learned 1
<iuickly. obeyed every order promptly. a
never groused at the hardest fatigues. 8
He was afraid to. He lived in deadly "
fear of the officers and "noncoms" over 8
him. They also despised him.
One morning about three months 1
alter his enlistment Lloyd's com pans '
was paraded, and the names picked out P
for the next draft to France were rend. 1
When his name wis called, he did not 1
step out smartly, two paces to the n
front, and answer cheerfully, "Here, "
sir." as the others did. He just faint- 8
ed in the tanks and was carried to bar- *
racks amid the sneers of the rest. S
That night was an agony of misery c
to him. He could not sleep. Just cried
and whimpered in his bunk, because to
on the morrow the draft was to sail f
for France, where he would see death A
on all sides, and perhaps be killed him- t
self. On the steamer, crossing the
.channel, he would have jumped overboard
to escape, but was afraid of ii
drowning. c
Arriving in France, he and the rest ?
i?- huddl'-d into catth- ears. Tin th?
Jf of each a i>|Kar<il in white letters
domino- to. Chevaux v" After hotm
T bumtdnsf over th< uneven Kr?nd
coil.eds thev arrived at thf trainint
t.xf of Kouen.
At this place th< > tven- pAt thromrl
week's ticiil training in ti'fiifh war
in-, 'on thf morning of the -itrlitf
a.v they paraded at ton o'clock. an<
? ! inspected and trussed by 'ioncra
, then were inarchfii to thf quar i
master's, to ?!ra\v their ;;ns h? Imoti
rai trench equipment.
At four in the afternoon thev ?in
mini InisUfil into eatth- uns. This
nic thf journey lasted two days
la y disembarked at thf town of l-'r?
cut and could hoar a distant dul
oomitifo With knees shaking. I.loyi
sked the sergeant what tin- noise was
rid nearly dropped when the serpenn
plied in a somewhat horcd tone:
"??!i, thelll's I he aims Up the line
"e'll he lip there in a eouple o' day!
r so. Don't worry, my laddie, you'!
e more of Yin than you want ncfori
ail i:et 'ome to Mighty again, that is
you're luckj enough to get hark
ow lend a hand there iinlondin' then
us, and <<uit that evcrlastin' shakin'
believe yor scared." The last with J
jiitemptuous sneer.
The> marched ten kilos, full pack
i a little dilapidated village, and tin
iiind of tlm guns grew louder, eon
iuntly louder.
The village was full of soldiers win
lilled out to inspect the new draft
ie im' ti who were shortly to l?e theii
latcs in the trenches, for they wen
oiiig "up the line" on the iiioiiow. t<
like over" their certain sector o
cliches.
The draft was paraded in trout o
aitalioi headquarters and tin- uiei
ere assigned to eoillpanies.
Lloyd was tin onl> man assigned t<
i (Olilpuliy I'erhaps the Ollleer il
large of the draft had something t<
o with it. for he called Lloyd asidi
ml said:
"Lloyd, ,\ou are going to a new emu
my. No one knows >011. Vonr Ins
ill he as you inal.e it, so for (loil'i
ike, brace up and lie a man. I thinl
mi have the stuff in you, in> hoy, s<
tin. Imvt ?it llieL til YOll
The lu xt day the battalion tool; u\d
toir part of the trenches. It happens
? he a very quiet day. The artillen
itiilid tlte lines was still, except t'oi
a occasional shell sent over to let tin
crmans know the gunners were noi
sleep.
In the darkness, in single tile, tin
Miijiati) slowly wended their waj
own the communication trench to tin
out line. No one noticed Lloyd':
hitc and drawn face.
After they had relieved the conipanj
i the trenches, Lloyd, with two of tin
id company nu n, was put on guard it
lie of the traverses. Not a shot wa>
red from the Ocrman lines, and in
tie paid any attention to hin
ouched on the tiring step.
On the tlrst time in, a new recruit ii
o? required" to stand""w~th~ Id s"""Wrf<
aver tile lop." He only "sits it out,'
liile the older men keep watch.
.VI ahout ten o'clock, all of a silddcn
e thought hell had broken loose, am
rouched and shivered up against tin
a lapel. Shells started bursting as In
nagincd, light in their trench, whei
i fact they were landing about a hun
red yards in the rear <>f them. In tin
icond linos.
One of tin older nu n on guard, turn
ig to his mate, said:
"There goes Fritz with those d 1
'eneli mortars again. It's about tinu
in- artillery 'taped' them, and sen
ver a few. Well. I'll be d d
here's that blighter oi a draft uiai
one to? There's his rille leaniip
gainst lllc |>:11;s|m-i. iic iiiiim ii.i><
gged it- *^lust ki'i'p your peeled
lick, while I report it to the sergeant
wonder if the fool knows lie can In
liot for such tricks as leavin' hi:
List
I.loyd had gone. Wlicu the trenel
lortars opened up. a maddening: tor
;ir seized him and he wanted to run
> set away from that horrilde <1 in
n>where to safety. So rptietly sneak
iK around the traverse, lie came to tlv
ntranee of a communication trench
ml ran madly and Idimlly down it
imnirg into traverses, stuinhlinir inti
itiddy holes, and fnllipg full Irngtl
ver trench girds.
( roping blindly. with his aim:
livtched out in trout of him. tie a
ist came out of the trench into thi
illage, or what used to be a village
efon the (icrinan artillery razed it
Mixed with his fear, lie had a pe
uliar sort of cunning, which wliis
cred to him to avoid all sentries, he
itusc it' they saw him lie would Is
nit back to that awful destruction ii
tie front line, and perhaps be ktll? ?
r maimed. The thought made hin
hiulder, the cold sweat coming ii
ends on his face.
(Hi his left, in the darkness, he couh
lake out the shadowy forms of trees
raw ling on his hands and knees, stop
ing and crouching with fear nt cael
hell-burst, he finally reached an oh
rchnrd and cowered at the base of ;
hot-scarred apple tree,
lie remained there nil night, listen
tg to the sound of the guns and eve
raying. praying mai ms usci<-?* m
rould l>t- spared.
(To Be Continued.)
Acres of Coal Afloat.?Only in tin
'nited States run such a sight be seei
s six acres of coal floating down i
iver as a single unit. This is th
rea of coal boats the stern-whee
teamer Sprague is capable of hand
ing as a single tow. Four across
treani rows of 12 boats each make ui
he principal part, according to th
'opular Science Monthly. Back of th
ourth row, however, eight boats flm
laces together with two barges. Henc
here are 56 boats and two barges ii
he big fleet. The Sprague has he
iose shoved in at the center of th
Ifth row. The 59 vessels are lashei
ecurely together by lines which rui
rom boat to boat. Although th
iprague can push the fleet ahead, he
hief duty is to hold back the load.
This great amount of coal is handle*
iy a relatively small total of horse
lower because the current of the on
lowing river supplies a large part o
he requisite energy.
The department of labor at Wash
agtoh will soon begin a nation-wid
ompaign to secure 590,000 additions
arm laborers.
?- . \
THIRD LIBERTY LOAN
| McAdoo Asks for Only Three Billion
Dollars.
; INTEREST RATE 11-4 PER CENT.
i
I Now is the Time for All True Americans
to come to the Aid of Their
4 Country?The Money is Needed and
It Is Needed Now.
Washington. March 25?The thir.i
s Liberty loan, to open April t> will 1?
'. for $3,000,v00,000, and all over-sub
scriptions at 4 1-4 per cent interest.
1 Bonds of the first loan bearing 3
1 1-2 j?er cent Interest and of the second
- loan at 4 per cent may be converted
1 into the new bonds, but those of the
third loan will not be convertible int..
any future issue.
14 This announcement wa9 made to'
night by Secretary McAdoo with the
comment that "the great events now
happening in France must tire the soul
of every American with a new deI
termination to furnish all the dollars
*iand all the material resources of
II America that are ne'.ded to put an
?-n<l to the execrable atrocities of < Jer
mail militarism."
In connection with the loan, the
secretary plans to establish a sinking
fund with which to purchase back any
' bonds of the third loun thrown upon
' the market. In order to aid In keepr
ing the price up to pur. The maturity
of the bonds is yet to lie determined,
' but it was ofiiciully stated that they
would be long term, probably between
no and 30 years, other features which
will be settled as soon as congress
passes the necessary legislation an
the length of campaign and the terms
of payments on the bonds.
i
, Some Surprise Shown.
Most iinancial observers were surprised
at the comparatively small size
of the loan, and at the Interest rate,
1 both of v^hich they had expected to be
< higher. Reduction of government ex?
peiis'-s and allied loans below the
? former estimates is responsible for the
* loans, Seeretary McAdoo explained. He
said the bonds were made non-coil1
vertilde to put an end to expectation
' of higher interest rates in the fur
lure, indicating his purpose to maintain
tiie 4 1-4 rati' for future loans.
1 Legislation will be drafted tomorrow
by Chairman Kitchin of the house
* ways and means committee, to provide
for an additional bond authurizaL'
tion of $4,5u0.0uu,00U more than the
' ?6,titJC,oti0,00U sum already authorized
but unissued for the increased interest
rate for continuance of loans to the
allies this summer and for issuance of
1 more than the |4,0<jO,uoo,000 of certi*
ticates of indebtedness now authorized.
' An effort will be made to push this
1 legislation through both houses this
week, so that final plans may be made
1 f^C ^he thlr^ L^iejt^ Jfian^and. ^he
' engraving" for Hie bond faces by the
llrst of next week. Xo opposition tci
tiie legislation is looked for in either
' In announcing the* loun Secretary
McAdoo made the following statement:
i
Statement by McAdoo.
f> "The seeretary of the treasury in
a eonferenee with .<lr. Kitchin, chair.
man of the house ways and means
committee today outlined his plan for
1 the third Liberty loan, actual expendi
tures of the United States governt
ment and of the allied governments
. having been much less than had been
i indicated by the estimates, the amount
: of the next loan will he only $3,000,
000,000 the right being reserved to al.
lot oversubscription. The secretary
. will ask authority from eongress to
i' issue bonds bearing 4 1-4 per cent per
annum acceptable at par and accrued
interest in payment of United States
1 inheritance tax, and having the benetit
of a sinking fund of 5 per cent per
annum during the period of the war
and for one year thereafter.
"It is the belief of the seeretary that
the rate now proposed is sufficient
and that by restricting unnecessary
capital issues and by inducing the
' people who subscribe for Liberty
1 bonds to save and to keep them for
investment, and by purchases with the
s sinking fund from those who find
' themselves compelled to sell, future
L' increases in the interest rate may In
' avoided. In order to put an end to
the expectation of higher interesl
rates, it is proposed that the conversion
privilege shall be eliminated from
the new bonds, but the holders of LibL'
erty bonds of all existing Issues will
| ho given an opportunity to convert
their bonds Into the new 4 1-2 pet
cent bonds. ?
1
For Future Issues.
j "In addition to the foregoing prin.
cipal items of the proposed program,
congress will be asked for authority to
, issue bonds to the amount of $4,500.j
OOO.OOu in addition to those now aut
thorlzcd. in order to provide for future
issues, for authority to issue ad.
ditional treasury certificates of inr
dobtedness, for authority to make ad[
ditional loans to the allied governments
during the summer and for authority
to deposit Income and excess
profits taxes with national banks and
trust companies in the same manner
r as the proceeds of Liberty loans,
i "I am sure that the people will ret
spond to the third Liberty loan with
e the same loyalty and enthusiasm that
1 characterized their support of the first
- t>vo loans. The great events now hap
pemng in France must fire the soul
p of every American with a new determie
nation to furnish nil the dollars ahd
r? 'ill thn tri atoeio I rauAtt rcoa f\t Amprirfl
d that are needed to put an end to th
0 execrable atrocities of German millit
tarism. Defeat faces the kaiser. Let \u
r hasten it by asserting America's mtghl
e with increased vigor in concert with
J our gallant comrades."
a Most bankers and business mer
e with whom Secretary McAdoo had
r conferred recently indicated that the)
expected a loan of about $5,000,000,1
000 at an interest rate higher than
- 4 1-4 per cent. They brought word
- that the country was ready to abeort
f that amount.
Secretary McAdoo's advisers wer<
not unanimous in their opinion oi
- what the interest rate should be, but
e virtually all agreed that money marJ
kct conditions would be lees disturbed
by a 4 1-4 per cent rate than a 4 1-3
The necessity for further author
tion fur certificates of indebtedi
arises from the fact that about
250.900.0U0 already are outstand
and the treasury plans to issue m
than (1,000,000,000 more before
third loan closes while the maxim
authorized under present law is 1
00U.UUU.U00.
Congress Fixes Amount
Credits to allies now amount to
96h.009.000 and about $3,0o0,000.
authorized loans yet remain to be
ecuted. This would not be sufficl
to continue the rate of $500,000,00
month through the summer mon
and consequently an additional
thorization Is asked by Secretary 1
Ad on. The amount of this will be
termtned by congress.
The legislation to deposit tax <
lections with banks is sought as
measure to prevent big aecuinulati
of funds in the treasury when ta
are due in June.
-Most officials believe that desi
the low goal set by the secretary
tual subscriptions will far exc
S3.00U.006.00U.
A measure to encourage sale of I
erty bonds by removing the limit
loans which national banks may m
to a borrower who wishes to
bonds was reported to the house to
b> Chairman tilass of the banking i
currency committee.
Secretary McAdoo had Indorsed
bill in a letter saying:
"I am told that there are a g
fnany banks which will because of i
limitation decline to make lo
where lheir customers desire to s
scribe. It also furnishes a convent
exc us.- for those who do not wani
assist in the Liberty loan campaigi
As director general of railroads
McAdoo today asked railroads un
government control to report on
amount of Liberty bonds of each
sue sought as investments or for <
ployees. the amounts now held i
the amounts sold, together with
disposition and sale price.
PROUD OF FIRST WOUNDS
Americans Now in Paris Red Cr
Hospitals.
Twelve American railroad engin<
who were wounded while taking i
in the big British offensive near LT
hrai in Vfivf.mli g?r hint hflVf* It
brought to the American Red Ci
Hospital No. 2 here, where artill
limbs will be provided for most
them.
All are suffering from serl
wounds, but will recover. They uri
good spirits and proud of the fact t
they were the Ilrst of the soldiers
the American army to see active s
vice on the western front. All sp
in high appreciation of the treatm
they received in the dressing slal
behind the lines and at the army 1
'pitals.
jl^ergeant Frank Haley, of 103 I
, 'Ninety-seventh street, N'ew York,
, of the wounded men, said, concerr
his experience.
\Ve were doing general englneei
work behind the Hritish lines. Rei
the attack we unloaded and assci
let] several hundred tanks,, made
special roadway for them and hi
ed to got them into position. \V
the attack began we followed the !
ish troops, rebuilding the railroai
' Cambrai which Fritz blew up dui
his retreat. The attacking trc
moved so fast and we worked so li
that we were able to hook our em
' the railroad line to the ?"umbra!
because, toward the last. Fritz retr
ed so rapidly that he did not li
time to destroy the road.
""A few days after the initial
tack our company was near the fi
doing yard work. Shells had h
falling heavily all day. We were
dered to return to our billets. 1 sti
1 ed walking down the track when >
denly I felt a powerful prod in
back. 1 thought a railroad train
struck me. Down 1 went with ti
nuuiiun 111 III J Uilin. 1 OU.ui..mu
again, and found I could not use
left aim.
"I ran seventy live yards and t
gave up. Two Tommies carried m
a Held dressing station. Just as t
were lifting me into an ambulance
the ride back to the base we heard
whirring sound of u machine gun
felt a sharp pain in my head and
that one of the Tommies had been
' in the mouth.
"A Boche airplane had spotted
ambulance, swooped down and fln
1 round of machine-gun bullets, on
which had given me a scalp wo
while another hit the British soli
He was not stunned and did not
but grasped t>ie rear end of the I
bulancc and said, 'I guess I'll rid<
the hospital with you.' "
Charles Geiger, of Chicago, wj
prisoner in the hands of the Gerir
1 for twelve hours.
"We were up near the front
when the shells began dropping."
said. "We were ordered to take
fuge in a dugout and remained tl
for some time, but came out w
the bombardment apparently
over. As we emerged we saw.
rtfty yards away, an advancing lin
' gray-green figures. It was Fritz.
1 had counter-attacked. We Just ti
ed and ran. I can hear the bu!
whistle yet. Suddenly niy left
crumpled and over I fell. As I
1 there the Germans came up
swept past. A German Red Cross i
gave me a drink of water and bo
up my wounds, but none cf us v
1 helped to the rear.
"We lay on the ground there
' twelve hours while desultory flgh
i was going on all day. When the Bri
' counter-attacked again the Gem
retreated, but did not attempt to t
1 us with them. Soon we were
' British hands again. Then we v
' all rushed to the dressing station
thence to the base hospital."
1 Geiger's foot was amputated be
1 he was brought to Paria?Paris
r sociated Press correspondence.
1 The American Defense society
1 New York, has requested Presi<
' Wilson to use aggressive measures
the suppression of the German pi
' the teaching of German language
' licensing of German societies In
t United States. The society says
these things have but one Idea. "
l4 promulgation of German Ideas
. German propaganda in America.
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:r? HAIG MAKES GREAT FIGHT
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linP Now Certain that Mighty Offensive
Z Has Failed.
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" * ALLIES READY FOR COUNTER PUSH
Major Edouard Dupont, Highest Officer
of French Military Mission An"u"
alyzes Operations of Germans, and
Reaches Conclusion that Situation is
ien' Now Favorable to the Allies.
0 a ('harlotte Observer. Wednesday,
ths.
au_ After reading carefully all available
dispatches from European capitals
de- rogari''nF day's developments inthe
greatest battle in the world's hlscoj^
tory, Major Edouard Dupont, highest
officer of the French military mission
ons at *'amP Greene, declared positively
J(03 that in his belief the grand German
offensive has failed."
lpte In the third of the series of
interviews he is giving The Obserj
ver on the signillcancc- of the
events in this territlc struggle, the
French ofticer's confidence, which has
of characterized his attitude all the
uj{|, while, he said, had been increased by
^uv the day's news to the point of his bedav
'nK "certain" all will be well. "All
U)('l along the battle line, the resistance of
the British and French troops is
^ stiffening, while the attacks of the
Germans are apparently losing their
ood steam"
tl)is He recalled that Field Marshal
Joffrc. then a general, withdrew* his
ul( troops across France, at the outbreak
lent ?r ,ru' war" "?lore me teutonic aut
t vance, "In the working out of a plan."
? With the pride the French have in the
jjr accomplishment of their beloved mil(j
itary leader, he added: "And it was
the 11 Kreal I''an- to<> " Major Dupont exjs_
plained that the German infantry, fol,,n_
lowing tlie retreating French, outdisI
taneed their artillery, thus weakening
themselves and steadily sustaining
losses. As they advanced, they also
outdistanced tXe movement of supplies,
while the French forces steadily
ncared their supply buses and the
or.s camps of their reserves. When the
Marne was reached, the time had
ers come for the French to give battle,
tart and they did with wonderful success,
tm- as history tells in thrilling pages. Aleen
most as rapidly us they advanced, the
*oss Germans retreated to the line which
cial they gave up March, till", because
of they were beginning to And they could
no longer hold it.
ous Expects Another Marne.
s in Thus it will be in this Instance, he
hat said he expected.
i pf "Field Marshal Haig has in a wonser
derful manner withdrawn his forces,
eak The line has not been broken, and the
lout Germans have suffered such tremention
dons losses. They have paid the price,
los- and we are glad to give them 12 miles
of desert, when for each square mile
Hast they gave a price of at least 10,000
one m*n- I* 3o~not "Doubt but that* the
ling German losses now are ubove 100,000
men, and what have they but a
ring few square miles of territory which is
fore the same devastated district the Huns
mb- made it when t^iey started their
. a 'strategic retreat' last year? What do
Clp. a few ruined villages amount to?
h,.n They are absolutely of no military
. v?liif> Th?> towns and the ground are
nil- ? - ? I
|0 nothing, the army everything, and the
ring army remains intact,
tops "Not only is the British army iniir,j
tact, hut it is victorious so far, bcI
,,f cause the Hun has failed to accomplish
end his purpose. He can not stop now and
eat- SUJ" we <"d thus and so. The world
lave knows he started out to hreak the
Hritish line sind force it back westllt.
ward to the coast. In six days of the
ont most awful lighting he has failed, and
it.en his calling for reserves from all parts
or_ of the western front is proof that he
art_ did not anticipate the difficulties he
1U,I_ is experiencing now.
mv "I consider that he has failed comy,a)l
pletely and that he can not now acir(.e
complish his objective. Since he did
Up not break the British lines in the
mv first few days, with all his great preparations,
I can not imagine his being
jle|) able to do so several days later, with
e to his best troops withdrawn from the
l,ev fight to rest from their utter exhausjor
tlon. Also,? the British arc much
nearer their bases and their reserves,
j and. even should the Hun finally break
saw through, (which he can not do) he
hjl would have broken one line only to
be facing another held by another
our army equally as efficient, and abso1(1
a lutely fresh. That army would be the
c of *reat ai*my, 'the strategic reserve,'
un.l which the Versailles war council crelier
atci1, Kut> mark my words, when that
fuU reserve goes into action, it will be to
urn- kelp drive back the exhausted Ocrt
mans. That reserve was created for
an offensive somewhere at the proper
is a aad, no matter whether this oflans
fen!,,V6 an offensive or a counteroffensive.
these men can wreak havoc
line eflua,I>' a? great among the Germans.
he British Retreat Near End.
re- "Tomorrow I think we should exiere
pect moro favorable news. It may
hen be several days yet, however, before
was the German drive has completely lost
not Its impetus, but I expect the Brite
of i^h to make somewhere near where
He they are now standing their stand
irn- which will completely halt the enemy.
Ilet.s Then will come the great counter-offoot
Tensive. This may not begin for two
lay or three days, though, after the enand
emy's advance is stopped. Today the
nan German armies were trying to pick
und out a weak point, but were out-genrere
eraled. Marshal HaJg has his plan,
but, like Marshal Joffre before the batfor
tie of the Mame, the time for the full
ting working out of the plan has not come,
tish This plan, too, Is a good one, I know,
ians but it would be useless for me to try
take to guess what it may be.
in "This offensive. In many respects, 1:
vere like the Initial rush in 1914 of th?
and Germans across Prance. Like thai
drive they have now outdistanced their
fore artillery, and their Infantry must bear
As- the losses that certainly are coming
through their lack of artillery sup
port. Ana, an aiong me iruui, im
of allied troop? offered today a much
lent stlffer resistance. Not only la th?
i for British army still intact, but now It U
ress. finding, between blows of the Ger^
and mana, slowly growing less frequent
the opportunity to launch heavy counter'
that attacks.
The "Those villages and towns the Gerand
mans captured today do not matter
The French at Verdun between '
? t
o'clock in the morning and 3 o'clock
in the afternoon of December 15, 1916.
recaptured all the ground the Germans
had taken front us in two terrible
months of their offensive. They paid
a horrible toll, but our troops went
about retaking this terrain as if on
parade, for the proper time to attack
had conte and we suffered relatively)
light losses, for, as will be seen in this
case the Germans were exhausted. 1
expect the Germans to be driven back
before long, and a still greater toll exacted
of them, but we must wait ikitiently
and with full confidence for
the proper time.
Teutons Pay Terrible Price.
Just so long as we can continue
to give up to the Germans ruined villages-rihd
require him to continue his
attack. In which he cannot get off with
less than five casualties to one of
our side, we have made a fine bargain.
It takes 20 years to make a soldier,
the land is of no value to the Germans,
and the more Germans the
British kill the fewer will they have
to Kill when the counter-offensive gets
under way. It should also be borne
in mind that an army on the defensive
does not us quickly tire us one on the
offensive. This retreat of Marshal
Haig's forces is no rout. Everything is
orderly, slow and stubborn, offering
a maximum of resistance with u minimum
of losses.
"Had you stopped to think, too,
thut the Germans made us a present
of this same territory they have regained
during the past week? It cost
the allied armies nothing, but we gave
it back to them at such a terrible
price. It has already required the
services of 800,000 Germans to retake
it! Many thousands more arc being
called for, because th-; kalaer's general
under-estimated the strength of
the British and at leust 100,000 of this
.sou,000 are- dead or wounded, an average
of at least 17,000 each day. With
all his great preparations, if the Germun
commander-in-chief had expected
such good work by the British, as
to require more than 800,000 German
troops to break the allied line, then
he would have brought up before the
beginning the reserves he called for
Monday night and this morning.
"It may be that the fighting will be
even greater than ever before when
the allies' counter-offensive starts. Or,
it may be that the collapse of the German
line may be the result, which we
all desire."
ANTIOCH CHURCH
Some Interesting Kac*s About a Worthy
Institution.
For the Yorkvillo Knqulrer.
A brief history of the organization
iiiiU buikling oi Antioch Methodist
church, near Ogden, S. t\, will no
doubt be of interest to many, not only
in this community and county, but
also to some who have wandered into
other states. This sketch?is .taken,
from loose pages and scraps of pages
Irom the original church register of
10 years ago. These records fell into
the wliter'rf hands eight or ten years
ago, and the following is as near as
can be gathered from them:
In 1878 I lev, J. Marion Boyd, a well
known Methodist preacher, was pastor
of the Book Hill circuit. Hock llill
was then n small town. While Kev.
Boyd was looking after the spiritual
needs of the different communities, he
found this community without a
church for miles around. He saw
what appeared to be almost a wilderness.
with a family living here and
there in log dwellings. It was in these
log dwellings that Kev. Boyd started
a work that resulted in building Antioch.
Kev. Boyd began preaching in the
private homes of Thaddeus K. Bates
and James H. Kidd, in the months of
March, April and May, 1878. By this
time the congregation had increased
until private homes could no longer
accommodate the people.
In June of 1878, a brush arbor was
built near where Antioch now stands.
Beneath the shade of this brush arbor
the congregation continued to worship
J--.I i l.,l? ? inmial
UUI'IIIK JUIK-, ,IUIJ u,.? ..?
About the first of August of this
same year, a few members of the congregation
determined to build a
church. About twenty of these determined,
self-sacrificing neighbors gath1
tied together In the woods near this
1 brush arbor. Each neighbor, with a
fresh ground axe, began chopping and
hewing sills, sleepers and all framing
except rafters. The rafters, weatherboarding,
flooring, plank for the bench'
es, nails, hinges and locks is about all
that was bought. Even the boards that
i covered this church were of oak.
There was no high priced labor or
' strike differences to contend with In
this building. Every man was anxious
to do what he could and In sixty
days from the time these determined
men started chopping In the woods.
Antloch was finished and dedicated.
The dedication took place on September
29. 1878. by Rev, Boyd.
Those who gave their time and labor
to the building of the church
were J. K. Isom. J. H. Kidd, Jr.. Jno.
A. Kldd, T. K. Bates, A. J. Duncan. J.
H. Kidd. Sr.. J N. Isom. J. W. Isom.
Elijah Nunn. J. S. Nunn, Joseph Nunn.
W. H. Kldd, D. L. Rawls, Simpson
Rawls, Spencer Perclval. R. L. Isom,
A. J. Workman and Jno It. Logan.
' The actual cost of the building material
was only 1255.10; but money
was hard to get, and went further in
' tvon l? rfnea now. There
i nunc uajn vimm. ? ?- ?
were fifty-one contributions. The
' three largest contributors were Ferguson
H. Barber, 1100: A. Frledhelm.
' $25, and W. B. Byers, $15. The other
forty-eight contributions ranged from
1 $5 down to 25 cents each.
A. L? Neely.
1 Edmund Rousselot a young French*
man, who posed as the "Marquis de
^ Castllllon," and who attempted to borrow
$50,000,000 from J. P. Morgan &
Co., for the king of Spain, has been
f sentenced by a New York court to 20
' months In the Atlanta Ga., Federal
! prison.
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A mob at Delphos, Ohio, Tuesday
> made a house to house canvass, drag
ging out all suspected pro-Oermans.
I Each was forced to salute the flag.
Barney Linderman, a wealthy merchant.
after a flag was nailed to his
door and he was forced to salute It.
. was told that If he took the flag down
1 he would be drowned In the canal
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GENERAL NEWS NOTES.
Record of Current Happenings Collected
from Various Sources.
The wu>s and means committee on
Tuesday tentatively agreed on a bill
to give Secretary McAdoo power to
issue ' JS.oOO.OOO.OOO in certificates of
iudelttedness.
I'lnlanders arriving in New York report
the sinking of a crowded German
transport with the loss of all on !>ourd
at Noordland, in the Maine. The
transport struck a mine.
A New York mob threatened to lynch
Gottlieb Hoettler. a butcher, Monday,
when he consigned the American Hag
to hades. In polico court the judge
I said to Mocttler: "Men like you will
soon be meeting the fate you deserve
?a brick wall at sunrise "
The Federal trade commission has
issued thirty licenses to American
manufacturers for the production of
dyes under German patents, chemists
Having successiuiiy worKi-u oui xnc
processes used by the (iviumds in making
the dyes. Experiments were
made with more than 600 patents.
The Kt umens' and tlrenuna' union of
I-omlon lias given notice that its members
will refuse to sail on any vessel
conveying delegates appointed to Interallied
labor conference In the United
States. An official of the union said:
"We will take no one who Is opposed
to the doctrine that Germany must
make compensation to dependents of
our murdered merchant seamen."
At the opening of the great battle
in France the Canadians turned loose
5,000 drums of lethal gas on a section
of Herman attackers. This was the
greatest gas attack of the war. The
gas was turned loose simultaneously
over u long front and the Hermans
were unprepared for it. Favoring
winds carried the gas into the German
J trenches and soon cries of pain and
alarm were heard from the Herman
IMxsitions.
President Wilson on Monday sent the
following message to Sir Douglas Ilaig.
commander-in-chief of the Allied
forces in France: "May I not express
to you my warm admiration for the
steadfastness and valor with which
your troops have withstood the tierman
onset and the perfect confidence
all Americans feel that you will win u
final victory." The communication
represented conclusions reached by the
chief executive after a careful study
of reports which had been transmitted
to the White House as rapidly as received
at the state, war and navy departments.
FORD SUGGESTS SMALL TANKS
Say* 90,000 Can Be Built in Three
Months if Standardized.
Henrv Ford issued u statement Mon
day asserting that America could
win the war only by throwing "the
whole weight of our Industries and tool
power Into the balance." He said that
the "tvarla "the" grektdJlf engineering ^
feat ever known and the side that
musters the best machinery will win."
The country has not "organized to
concentrate Industrial resources upon
essential war work," he said, and the
|ieoplc do not realize that "the problem
lies In the management of factories
and the fullest use of machinery."
In speaking of his plans for the development
of a smaller and faster tunk
he expresses the opinion that the
"trenches run be conquer?-d and the
stalemate broken if we develop und
use the right machinery."
"To me It seems out of place to send
men with bare bodies and rifles against
trenches ot concrete, fortified with
barbed wife, machine guns, ami cannon.
A small tank can be made for
attack that will carry two men and a
machine gun. with armor protection
strong enough to resist the hall of
machine gun bullets and shrapnel
splinters. Such tanks, if standardized
to one model, could be pioduced at the.
rate of 1.000 or 2,000 a day. Once
production was started 90,000 tanks
could he made In three months. Distributed
equally along the west front
this would place one tank every
eighteen t'eet. In each tunk two men.
shielded by armorplatc, with a machine
gun would have the offensive
powei of fifty soldiers with rifles. That
advantage would come from possession
of the better piece of fighting machinery.
Soldiers would stand in line to
have a chance to attack in such outfits."
In discussing the problems of food
production and control Mr. Foiu says
th.it "the solution lies In tne increasof
tool power on the land." He bukgrsts
the use of tractors for all sorts
of farm work and adds:
"One tractor sent to France or Rutland
now will produce fifty times Its
weight and bulk in wheat and food
this year. One ship carrying tractors
now is au good as fifty ships carrying
lood next fall.
A workman can biild a tractor in
fifteen days, and each tractor would
mean the addition of two or three
men to the supply of farm labor. He
continues in writing upon the food
problem:
"We shall get more food not by bookkeeping
and clerical regulation in the
cities but by the use of more and better
machinery on the land." He adds
that the prduction of more machinery
depends upon labor and leadership,
and continues: "Absentee control can
never get the best out of the factory.
The heads of industry must live close
to the work; they must know metals
and machines, and be ready to give
every man a square deal."
He concludes his statement by praising
the work of the workmen in the
Ford factories. He says he ascribes
the absence of labor difficulties to the
knowledge of the men that "the company
is not seeking profit from war
work." Me says me men deserve
credit for most of the progress that we
have made in the production of ship*,
tractors and airplane parts". He says
he believes that "profiteering breeds
distrust and antagonism." He praises
also the policies and ideals of President
Wilson.
<**" "I've heard a great deal about the
law's delay." said the confirmed
motorist
"To be sure. Everybody Is qualified
to speak on that subject"
"Well. I am not Time and again
I've been arrested, tried and fined for
speeding, all In lees than an hour."?
Denver Nswa.
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