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CHAPTER XIIL I
.No word had come of any project of
attack on the morrow morning. In
this the seigeant's prediction had
pi'ohaidy proved false; yet the feeling
In the air of aomething impending
seemed to have communicated itself
to the enemy's lines, distant some
three hundicd v<irds across a desolate
region cliurned up ly shells; for there
came spasmodic alarms all through
the night which resulted in outbursts
of rifle firing on either side that
vnidiiHlh died away.
A wiring parly and a listening post I
party were out from tin* American I
trenches, and Mark was on duty withl
three othciK of the stretcher hearers'I
company, ready tor a call.
^ It was an eerie sensation, sitting j
I there in the dugout. looking through!
the doorway at the stars shining!
al.ove the parapet, ut the sentries. I
standing at their posts, eyes on thel
terrain opposite; hearing the rat-tat I
of machine guns, the challenges, thel
heavy breathing of his companions. |
obvious to everything. Vividly thel
l>ast scenes of his life flashed through I
his mind. Klciinor. Ins love and his I
folly, his shame and his regeneration!
were lived over again. Kellerman'sl
approaches had changed the focus oi I
the mental pictures, lie tried not tol
build extravagant hopes on the con-I
vcrsution, he tried to believe in Kell-1
erinun, even to reconcile himself tol
the possibility of his mnrrylng Klea-1
nor. Hut he knew that he was tin- I
aide to think clearly: and. even as hel
strove to reconcile the |>ast and thel
future, the alarm came.
A corporal wus at the dugout door. I
"Stretcher hearers!" he whispered. !
The four men were on their feet I
immediately, two stretchers ready.
"A man hit between the lines,"!
said the corporal. "You've got tol
hring him In. You can see hiin from I
this loop-hole." I
Mark stepped upon the sentry's I
platform and saw, indistinct in thel
- ?about half I
dark lies*, u nuuuuu ......
way 10 the Herman trenches.
Then he heard Kellennan's voice at
his side.
"A man of the ?th not hit." he said.
"Hrlng him in. Weston. Make a <iwick
Jol? of it. Corporal Haines, you'll take
chnrge. You two will be ready to take
out _ipur stretcher in case anything
^^^^h^pSIs/^headdec^to the two1 others. '
The corporal hoisted himself upon
the sandbags and squirmed over.
Mark followed, and they pulled up
the stretcher and then Mark's comrade.
As they were over the |iara|>et
the trenches laded Into invisibility:
nothing was to be seen but an undulating
extent of ground, with the
posts that supported the criss-crossing
wires.
The corjioral led the way, crouching
toward the gap In the wires They
passed two lines, traversed a diagonal
lane, and emerged beyond the third
Into the open. The l>ody of the wounded
man. which had disap|tcarcd. came
into light, a black patch under the
stars.
"(Jet down!" whispered the corporal.
They flung themselves to tin
?* nrocooded to wriggle for
* *?? ? -waul
under hi* direction*, pushing
the stretcher us soundlessly as |x>sslhle
across the rough ground. Suddenly
the man with Mark uttered an
exclamation.
"What the devil's he sent us 011 this
joh tor?" he demanded truculently.
"Shut up. you fool!" whispered the
corporal hoarsely.
"That ain't the man. He's lieen
there these past three days. Dutchman
he is; every listening |>ost party
knows him. What's the good of dragging
him in? He ain't got no head to
him."
"What you talking ahout?" snarled
the corporal. "That's the man the major
said, and there ain't no other in
sight. Teht!"
They flattened themselves as a
rocket hurst into the air uhove the
Herman lines, revealing as clearly as
by da>light the lines of the hostile
wiring posts, the> huddled heap some
forty yards liefore them, and tinwhole
terrain, with its huminocky
ground and distant copses, blasted by
hellflre.
Then the machine guns burst forth.
"Rat-tat-tat-tat!" sang the bullets
overhead.
They swtshed through the grass
ami pattered on the ground. No
answer came from the section of the
American line immediately behind the
defenders, but on each side there
came answering volleys, making the
air an inferno of cracking death. Then
gradually the alarm subsided. The
rocket showers died down.
"Now, boys!" whispered the corporal.
They crawled onward. The huddled
form came Into clear view. The body
seemed to be already blending wun
the earth, melting Into formlessness:
and there was no need to wonder
whether this was of a dead or wounded
man.
The corporal swore.
"I told you so!" mumbled Mark's
companion. "I told you so. What's he
sent us here for, the fool?"
His words ended in a gurgle. Krom
behind the shelter of the corpse leaped
live men. Noiselessly they flung
themselves upon the party of three.
Mark felt a pistol at his temple.
"Surrender!" hissed a voice in his
ear.
In a flash he realised the trap. The
three were unarmed, noncombatants;
it was a counter-raid?and Kellerman
had known that the enemy were
abroad that night and suspected their
rendezvous.
He saw his two companions being
dragged, unresisting, toward the German
lines. Three men were with
them: besides his immediate antagonist
there was only one other flcrure
In the immediate vicinity, and that
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I AMERICAN ARMY f
THE BATTLE- |
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one* half turneel away.
Ami the* t benight of the infernal trap
goaele d Mark to madness. As his captor.
never suspecting resistance em
iiis part, let the muzzle of the pistol
drop, Mark drew hack his hand and
struck upward with all his might.
He felt the burn of the powder as
the discharged bulled sped under his
chin, he hcnril the- startled cry of the
Germans; anil then a furious outburst
of machine* gun fire came* from tin*
trenches opposite*. Two Very lights
we-nt up. reve-aling the* two struggling
me*? to the* sintrie*s on eithe*r siele*.
Mark saw a |Miwe*tful man, a serge-ant.
Ill' thought, with l-|pse*-cropped
yellow hair ami uie noiiy w a hitoule.s.
The man dashed at him. striking
madly with his hare lists. The two
loin;lit amid a hailstorm of hullnts.
Suddenly the Herman uttered ;i
choking cry and drop|M*d, hlood
spurting from his throat, where a
chance hullct had found him. As lie
1*1*11, Mark precipitated himself upon
him and lay flat tin the ground.
The tiring died away. The star
shells grew infrequent: they disclosed
no movement in the terrain between
tin* lines. Mark drew out his first-aid
appliance and strove to hamlago tin
wound. Kut the man. who had
writhed weakly in his arms. suddenly
collapstd and lay still. Mark felt the
face grow cold beneath his lingers. It
was unnecessary to continue bandaging.
And. since there was nothing else
to do. he began to crawl back toward
tin* parapet of his lines. A whispered
challenge, an answer, and lie had
scaled tin* sandbags and descended
into the mild of the trench, to timl
the firing |K>sts crowded and himself
facing Kcllcrman and tin* company
captain.
Inwardly boiling, he stood still. It
was too dark to see the expression on
Kcllcrman's face but he could imagine
the sneering grin that disfigured it.
"Well!" said Kcllcrinan sharply.
"The man you sent me to bring in
was dead, lie had been there for
days."
"Where are your companions':" demanded
Kcllcrman.
"Captured."
"And you?"
"We were attacked in the dark. 1
fought with my man until a bullet)
kilted him. The ottiers wen* talun.1 j
"And your stretcher?" asked Keller.......
..itI. *? 1.1:1*1.1 sac.:
"I left it hclwi'i-n tin* lint's. Po ytm
wish mo to go hack for it. >-ir""
"This man is lying." s:i i<l Kellermnu
to tho captain calmly, "lit* altantloncil)
liis companions ami ran awn>. lie lost
his stretcher. I'ut him iiimI?t arrest."
The captain Itcokoncd to the pla-|
toon sergeant, who came forwartl.
"I'd like to say one thing." said
Mark, striving to keep his volet
steady. "We three were sent o"t to
hring in a dead man. who ho.I hceft
dead for days?anyone here will l-.-ir
lite out in this. Was the man roundel
tonight? There was only one hotly in
this section?"
"Put it out!" saitl the sergeant, laying
his hand on Mark's shoulder.
Hut Mark swung clear of him anil
turned and faced Kellerman again.
"You sent me out tonight to put tin
out of the way!" he cried, losing all
self-control. "For reasons that you
know, and I know, >ott wanted me
dead, am! you were willing to send
two others to their death also. You
lied to mi' to put ini- off my guard,
il?ti \ou, yon treacherous dog! Ami
Iiiti'V the Mow you Ravi', liack
again!"
Ilr struck Kellerman a hnlTct that
sent liiin reeling hack against the
tuira pet.
(To He Continued.)
FAMOUS FLIER KILLED
Raoul Lufbery Shot Down by Big German
Machine.
With the American Army in France,
Sunday. May 19. (My the Associated
Press.)?Maj. Kaoul l.ufbery. who had
heen regarded as the hrst aviator in
the American air service, was shot
down in tlatnes and killed this morning
hv a big tier ma n triplane which
he was attackinR. l.ulhery jumped
irom his tlnmiiiR plane when $00 yards
above the Ri-oillld. He had IS victories
to his credit.
The Herman machine which brought
LiHhery down, which was aimed with
two machine guns, with an oi?erntor
tor each piece, apparently esca|sal.
I.ufhery's only "'wound, aside from
those ivceived when he crashed to
earth, was a bullet hole through the
thumb. Apparently the same bullet
punctured one of the gasoline tanks of
his machine. The Herman machine was
under heavy anti-aircraft tire several
times, both before and after the air
tiRht and one explosion of a shell upset
the enemy plane, hut it managed to
straighten out again.
It was ahout 10 o'clock this more inn
when a Herman triplane suddenly descended
from the clouds, nppntvntly
because of engine trouble, until it was
only sonic 1.500 meters over the city of
Totil. The American tliers were on
the alert and some of them headed
for the lighting line to await the ene
my on nis return.
Leaps From Machine.
Lufbery and the pilot of another machine
made after the German, who
quickly ran away from the direction
of the line, the two American machines
following htm. Eight miles away
from the enemy's line I.ufbcry was
seen to attack from tinder the tail, hut
(then he drew off as if his machine gun
I had jammed. Two minutes later he attacked
again from the same position
and almost immediately his machine
hurst into flames.
The Americans on the ground and
hundreds of French men and women
going to church along the country
roads were horror stricken as they
saw the airplane like a ba'l of fire
I plunging arthward. Suddenl> the
! saw :h? form of :i man leap from th
! machine.
! LuimiVs body fell in u little Howe
! gard-n while his airplane, still hum
! ing. ?lio|.p> (I to the ground \<><) yard
j away. I'.y the time the tirst Ann lican
j had cached the spot the hody of th
! famous il>er had been taken hy th
1 French to tin little eity hall where i
! later was eoyered with the French tri
| colors and great piles of roses and will
; powers.
; Oaring and Cool.
| I.uihery had heroine known through
out the American army and in th
Frr nch air service as "Luff." and wa
one of the most popular Iliers on th
front. He was a daring stviator, bit
noted for his coolness as well as hi
dash.
i.ufis.ry had just returned from vis
iting his god-mother at Hrest. His sis
ter lives there also. He came hacl
from Hivst before his leave had ex
pir< d because he thought his help waj
needed, and had made three flights ii
his Xieupurt pursuit inaehine hefori
his fatal flight. He had been engager
in wntink a recorrl of his life since hi
> Ilttl.. lin.:
previous to his death.
I.nfhery never missed an npitortiinit;
to knock down an neiny machine, fro
I<ii ii!I\ takim; desperate chances 1i
old to his victories. It was only yes
tenia\ that lie remarked jokingly:
"Vou fellows cannot tret till the eas;
pickintrs. I heard how you were knock
int." them down and derided to hurr;
back and (jet some myself. Is-t 'en
all come, the more the merrier."
The ait service has lost more than ;
eracl, aviator in Litlbcry. It has lost :
first class instructor of yountr alrntet
just comini; to the front who looked t<
him for pointers on the little tricks o
the trade which in the pinch mat
mean lite or death for the aviator.
Maj. K ioiiI I.ittliery has Is-en attach'
eil to the American aviation corps lest
than tour months hut before that lit
had made a brilliant record as a mem
her of the La Fayette escadrille
with the Frtnch army and wat
gem rail) accoiinieu mi' icaiii'i ui no
American aces. Only recently In
brought down liis l.Sth enemy niachlm
which sn far as is knuwn, was tin
mmiher standing to his credit when In
was killed, and which is liy far tin
largest credited to any Antericai
aviator, either with the American 01
tin- French army.
I.nl'bory's father was a native bori
American Imt his mother was a Frencl
woman and Lufbory himself was liort
in France 31 years ago. For tin
greater part of his life, he was a traveler.
taking up occupations in various
pa its of the world where his fancj
led him. lie served at one time foi
is months with the American arm)
in the Philippines apd was success
fully occupied at times in Algeria
Kgypt. Turkey and in various parts ol
Kurope.
t.'ufl cry joined thp. French nvintlnr
service in P.HC and soon began to dovelop
marked skill as an airman witl
the famous LiFayettc escadrille. It;.
November of that year he had shot
down six machines and had been citec
for bravery., and early last year In
won the cross of the Legion of Honor
Later lie was presented With tile gob;
medal of the Aero t'lub of Franco, tin
Itritish military medal, the war meda
of tin- Aero Club of America, ami several
times had been cited in Frond
army orders, once as "an incomparable
piloC" lie had several narrow escapes
front death.
When the American air service began
to assume active shape in Franci
Lulbery was commissioned a major if
tlx American army and l:it?* in January
<il' tin- present year was iixliictci
in tin- tinted States service with that
rank.
GERMAN TANK A FAILURE
Speedier Than British. But Cannot
Travel Rough Ground.
Further details have Income available
regarding tile new (ierinat
tanks, several of which made such s
|M?or showing at Villors-Hretonneux
on the Alines front, late last month
The machine weighs til tons and h
so unwieldy it is unnlde to negotiat<
broad trenches and cannot move ovei
ground torn heavily by shells. Tlx
tank is iiointed nt both ends. It ii
approximately 23 feet long and 9 1-:
feet wide and 11 feet high. The armor
is of poor quality of steel am
varies in thickness up to 30 millimeters.
A direct artillery hit will put om
out of action and they are also vulnerable
to machine guns and rifh
fire at various points. The arnianten
consists of a 2.2 inch gun forward
which tires high explosives and cas<
shot: six heavy machine guns, twe
on .each side and two in the rear. I
is equipped with two 100-horse powei
four-cylinder poppet valve engine!
wilti an electric starter, and one mat
can control and drive it easily. It:
top Speed on good ground Is ten mile!
an hour. A crew of 19 is carried
consisting of one ollicor. three gun
ni-rs for tlx- forward guns, two drivers.
two mechanics, ten machine gun
nets and one signal man.
The drivers and mechanics arc vol
untccrs from motor transport unit:
and the gunners are drawn from tlx
artillery an?l infantry. These volun
teers an- promised double pay am
rations.
Prior to the appearance of thesi
tanks south of the Sommo, Field Mar
shal von Hindenhurg inspected soon
of thorn at Fharleroi. One was taker
out for a trial and got ditched in r
trench. The field marshal said hi
did not think the tanks would be o
much use, hht since they had beer
made they had better be given a trial
This naturally did not improve th<
morale of the tank corps and latei
when two of the machines got int<
trouble at Villers-Bretonnenux theii
crews atwndoned them and fled
though later the tanks were rescued
The manufacture of the tanks waj
begun at Daimers, near Berlin. In thi
spring of 1917. hut difficulties weri
encountered in their construction.
An agreement tantamount to a con
tract to build 130 vessels to cost np
proximately ISOfl.OOO each and totallni
alrout $100,000,000, was made at Tie
veland. Ohio, Monday, between Oha*
M. Schwab, director general of th<
government's shipbuilding programme
and Great Lakes Shipbuilding com
panics.
on the way, are hundreds of young
lioys not more than fifteen or sixteen
or seventeen. Enlistment of youngsters
of this age Is always discouraged,
and really it is impossible for them to
get into the service unless they are
aide to convince the enlisting otlicer
that their age is at least eighteen.
That is an easy matter for a resourceful
youngster with army on the brain.
Most of them who get in want to stay
in and many of them, after a few
months' training develop into just as
good soldiers as men who have attained
their majority. Xo matter how
good they are it is the policy of the
army to discharge them even after
several months'' service if the fact of
their minority is established. Occasionally
these minors come to the conclusion
that nil is not gold that glitters
and tire of military life after the
novelty of the thing has worn off. Then
, they la-come mere whining children
and give more trouble and annoyance
than any school boy ever gave his
icacnrr.
^ Frank llrown was one of these. He
joined a Tennessee National Guard
outfit last July at Nashville, and
came to Camp Sevier with It. His
' father was the proprietor of a barbershop
or two in the Tennessee city, and
lie used to let his young son practice
amputating the whiskers of customers
who didn't much care whether they
were shaved or not. The boy brought
along a barber's outfit when he came
1 to Sevier, and he used to pick up
r iiuite a little change by grooming soldiers
around camp. He seemed to be
j in earnest about soldiering though, and
( it looked for several months ns though
i he were going to develop into a good
Hun hunter, despite the fact that he
was only 15.
Then nil of a sudden like, he grow
tired of the army and began to make
trouble for himself and everybody
else and soon "lVck's Had Hoy" wasn't
in it with him. He used to run away
at drill time and be gone the whole
i" of an afternoon and the more he was
punished the meaner he became. It
L would ha ve^ been a shame to put a
"child Tike him in the division stock(
nde, and that's why it wasn't done.
For a long time noltody in the comt
pany could find out where he went
I when li<' rnn away, and it was only by
accident that one of the sergeants of
the company, being over in the town of
j Paris one afternoon on some company
business, ran on young Brown standI
ing at the head of a chair in one of
the barbershons there, calmly cutting
( whiskers. Asked what he was doing
and by what authority his reply was:
"I'm tired of soldiering and I just
decided I would put on a little barber
work." He kept right on shaving his
man and didn't come back to camp until
after retreat in the evening.
That kind of thing couldn't go. The
I idea of I'ncle Sam paying a man to
! soldier for him and then have that
soldier in the barber business for himself
was too much of a good thing.
So the skipper made it the special duty
of one of his non-commissioned offi^
cers to see to it that Brown was on
hand at every formation and to further
see to it that he "put out." He
was on the field ever after that, but
little could be gotten out of him because
any father or mother knows
what a job it is to make a wayward
boy do when he won't. A hickory
switch would have turned the trick,
the skipper said: but of course that
would have hern quite contrary to
ri'Riilntionn.
, The kid grow more mischievous,
more dissatisfied, harder to handle as
" the days went by.
Come inspection morning and every
man in the company had sworn the
night before that the outfit was going
to pull off the blamedest, cleanest, best
inspection it ever had put across. In(
stead of going to town and spreading
joy on the night before, every man
would spend two or three hours rubbing
up his rifle, his shoes, his clothes,
( his skin?everything subject to Inspection.
On inspection morning the colonel
or the major or whoever might
be the inspecting officer, would start
down the line of soldiers standing at
attention.
.\ smile of satisfaction flits over his
concrete face at the sight of such a
good looking company of soldiers, so
neat, so clean, of such military bearing
and carriage. The captain is In
high glee also because it means a
feather in his cap every time the company
shows up well on these occasions.
The inspector has Inspected fifty
men of the front rank and the further
down the line he goes the better
seems to be the men's condition. Every
face is clean, every ear is clean, the
rifles glisten in the morning sun and
Kr, Imnrola nrn o a ol lr>Lr nnH aVllnv Q?
n soapmnker's daughter.
. He completed his examination of the
front rank and proceeds to give the
rear rank the once-over. They promise
* to make .an equally good showing. He
reaches the station of Private Brown
and the expression on his face changes.
There's a reason.
The boy's rifle Is slung over his
shoulder In a careless manner, there is
a black spot on one cheek and his
j, ears are dirty. The barrel of his rifle
appears as though It never had had an
introduction to a rag and a rod and
some three-ln-one. And the kid Is
- grinning. He doesn't care.
"This man is filthy and so is his
? equipment." says the Inspector to the
- C. O.
i. "Yes. sir; yea. sir," replies the C. O.
e "What's the matter with you. Brown?
e what do you mean coming on Inapec
tion In any such condition?" he bawls
at Brown, with a look as though be
r BOYS WILL BE BOYS
" They are the Same Ib the Arm]
as Elsewhere.
: TWO TYPICAL CASES AT SEVIEB
t *
* One Young Fellow Who Lacked thi
'' Right Kind of Stuff and Wanted tc
Get Out and Another Young Fellow
Who Had the Right Kind of Stufl
and Wanted to Stay In?Both Were
' Difficult to Manage.
(l'assed by the Censor.)
^ Correapondtoo* The Torkallla Enquirer
u Camp Sevier, May 20.?Included in
the American army now in France and
among the thousands of soldiers now
on the way across or who soon will be
wished the kid were in the front line
trenches with no chance of getting
out. Cai
. "Thought I was nil right. sir." ref
turns the boy. appearing to he just as T
solemn unrl soldierly as the inspector ato
himself. ed
It is all o.-er. It would have been an |*u
? A-l inspection had it not been for the ty i
kid and nothing but kiddish meanness l>e
, on his part queered the whole show, tori
, On the weekly list of delinquents Tin
f which might be read out in the com- roa<
f jitiny that same afternoon would ap- Jul;
, |M\ir the following: low
"I'vt. Rrown, Frank A.?Improperly
prepared on inspection. To be con- V
rined to the company street for fifteen C
days." The kid, along with others V
1 would look over the bulletin board lsometime
in the afternoon or evening C
and read his sentence. Then he would C
grin and walk away with "well. I B
guest they will get tired of me after D
while and let me go." B
1 called the lad into the office one S
day and wrote a letter to his father S
in N'ashvllle, writing it as though the O
boy were doing It himself, telling him S
how bad he wanted out and all about C
the necessary proof to establish his M
minority. The kid didn't even have B
a stamp and I furnished that nlso. F
I In Alioqt thrbe weeks he received F
the necessary affidavits from his folks. M
and In another couple of weeks he was K
discharged from the service on account '?
of bis minority. He Immediately beat ^
It liack to Nashville. I received n card f
from him a few days ago on which
he hud scrawled the following: It
"I didn't like the army but think I B
would like the navy, and I ant going to 11
try to get in there. Can you tell me B
whether 1 would like it or not? B
I shall not answer his card, in the A
hope that the idea will he forgotten K
by him. 1 woiddn't do nnythlng in the Si
world to prevent any young American '?
from enlisting for service in this great N
cause, but in this case it is well to tils- Icourage
it because it would only be .a G
few months until the restless boy A
would be causing as much trouble and M
friction In the navy as he did in the A
army. And thanks to the draft, neith- V
er the army nor the navy has to roh I'i
the cradle to obtain nten. '?
I*
The case of Hovle Smith Is a lit11< *'
different from thnt of l-'rnnk Hrown.
Smith, whose home is In a South Caro- ^
Una town in the Piedmont section. |
misrepresented his age to get in the
sendee and the longer he stayed in the
better he liked It. Having enlisted *
without his parent's consent, all that ^
they had to do to o.. :ln his release
was to prove that fact and also establish
his age. **'
He bucked like everything about be- ' '
Ing discharged; but his dad was de- ^
termlned that he should come hack J
home with the promise that when he *
was a year or two older he could en- '
list again If he wanted to. He cried
uAHL^*bythe day he waa given his ^
blflf OTkf.turiS#,"an? The fellows hated ' '
to fcee him leave. In five months he
had grown two or three inches and
broadened both mentally and physically.
It simply made a man out of him.
He could pass anywhere for 25, though
he was only sixteen. *'
' He went his wuy and we all forgot
about him. One soon forgets a mate
In the nrmy because there are so many
fellows. It was only by accident thnt ^
I ran across him In (ireenville the other
day, and I didn't recognize him in
his gray English-lit ting civilian suit (l
and blue cap.
It
"What are you doing here, lad?" I inqu'reJ
after he spoke to me.
"Came up to see about joining the ^
navy," he replied with a grin. "Was '
figuring on trying to get back In the j
old company of the line but since ^
they done started over I guess I can't '
do It." (K
"Got your dad's consent this time?"
"Xope." y;
"Won't he pull you out of the navy
if you get In, same as he did the '
arpiy?" '
"Dunno," he replied. "I am iakin" a
shot. I told him the other day that '
I would rather be dead than out of tin
game now. Just look at these clothes!" '
They looked real nice on him, I
*- ... - gnrr
thought. The suit cost every nn 01
$40.
"This ain't no costume for a real live Tl
man right now," he said. "Your yel- ing
low breeches look better to me. Say? evei
if I do get In the service again and turr
the old man pulls me out?won't that Kki
lie hell?" heir
I don't know whether he was ac- in I
oepted for the navy or not: but I'm go- The
ing to drop around to the local recruit- lien
ing oflicc some day soon to find out. Arn
Maybe he enlisted under some name hav
other than Smith. "He's one of those plat
chaps who can put over anything on onl.\
dad when they try. thet
James D. Grist. the
EVERY GERMAN LOST can'
. thet
Company Wiped Out in Attack on evei
Armentieres Front. the
Liverpool. May 18.?How every man N
of a German company lost his life in fmi
an attack on the Armentieres front Is wilt
told in a letter from a Liverpool ofli- "Wi
cer to his local newspaper. Hut
"The fiercest fight we had," he beei
writes, "was when the enemy massed sini
troops with the object of widening a l:i
the gap he had made. The attempt Aus
was made in open country, where we the
were able to mass a number of bat- was
talions against him, and the fighting the
was very fierce. live
"Our Liverpool battalion had the Hui
post of honor. When the Germans kno
started to throw their troops against sup
us we poured Into their ranks a very shu
heavy fire and did terrific execution. T
"Immediately in front of us. a Ger- on
man company got caught between our Fra
fire and that of another English regi- line
ment.%with the result that they could zon
neither advance nor go back. They con
kept on trying to reach our square. cei\
but were shot down one by one until the
only six of them remained. These six It i
threw down their rifles and signified forf
that they wished to surrender. But thei
they were seen by a German officer reoi
nearby, who gave an order to his men, wai
and the six were shot down by their l?e I
own comrades before they could in i
reach us." hist
i 0 , pre:
Ten steel ships of 58,850 aggregate
tonnage were completed and delivered O
to the emergency fleet corporation wh?
during the past week, and fourteen fng
others, some of wood and some steel, can
of 48,000 tons, wefe launched. beg
( : .. .
DEMOCRATIC CAMPAIGNERS
tvass of the State Begins Tuesday,
June 18.
'ho Itineraries of the state and senrial
campaigners have lnen arrangto
hojrtn on June IS, the senatorial
ty at Winnslioio and the state parit
Harnwell. The two parties are to
kept some weeks apart, the senaal
party reaching Yorkville on
sday, June JO. and the state party
nii.iu hlu'f no Wednesday.
V 21. The itineraries art' as fola:
Senatorial Campaign.
I'innsboro. Tuesday, J urn- is.
luster. Wednesday, June 19.
orkvllle, Thursday, June 20.
ancaster, Friday, June 21.
ainden. Saturday. June 22.
hesterfleld, Tuesday, June 25.
ennettsville, Wednesday. June 26.
arlington. Thursday, Juno 27.
Ishopville, Friday, June 2S.
umter, Saturday. June 29.
t. Matthews. Monday, July 1.
range burg. Tuesday, July 2.
t. George, Wednesday. July 3.
olumbia. Thursday, July 4.
[anning, Monday. July 15.
illon, Tuesday, July 16.
lorence, Wednesday, July 17.
onway. Thursday, July 1*>.
In l ion. Friday, July 19.
ingstree, Saturday, July 20.
eorgetown, Monday. July 22.
ionek's Corner, Tmsday. July 23.
hnrleston, Wednesday, July 21.
,'alterboro. Thursday. July 25.
idgeland, Friday, July 26.
eaufort, Saturday, July 27.
umpton, Monday, July 29.
arnwell. Tuesday, July 30.
amherg, Wednesday, July 31.
iken. Thursday. August 1.
dgefleld. Friday, August 2.
niuda, ssaturuay, auriw a.
exington, Tuesday, August 6.
ewberry, Wednesday, August 7.
aurens, Thursday, August S.
recnwood, Friday, August 9.
bbeville, Saturday. August 10.
cCortnick, Tuesday, August 13.
nderson, Wednesday, August 11.
'alhalla, Thursday, August 15.
ickens, Friday, August 1G.
reenville, Saturday, August 17.
nion, Wednesday, August 21.
affney. Thursday, August 22.
Itartnnburg, Friday. August 23.
State Campaign,
arnwell, Tuesday. Juno IS.
atnpton, Wednesday, June 19.
eaufort, Thursday, June 2u.
idgeland, Friday, June 21.
'nllerhoro, Saturday, June 22.
atnberg, Tuesday, June 25.
iken, Wednesday. June 20.
dgetield, Thursday, June 27.
iludn, Friday, Juno 2s,
exington, Saturday, Juno 29.
ewlierry, Tuesday, July 2.
unions, Wednesday, July 3.
reenwood. Thursday, July 1.
el'ormiek, Friday, July 5.
bbeville, Saturday, July 6.
ntf^rvon, .Vo.? <).?>'. July IB,
'alhalla, Tuesday, July 16.
lekens, Wednesday. July 17.
reenville, Thursday, July is.
nlon, Friday, July 19.
[Kirtanliurg, Saturday, July 20.
iffnoy, Tuesday, July 23.
rtrkville. Wednesday, July 24.
monster. Thursday, July 25.
(tester, Friday, July 20.
'innshoro. Saturday, July 27.
tntden, Tuesday, July 30.
Iiostorilold, Wednesday. Jul> 31.
fnnettsvlllo, Thursday, August 1.
irlincton. Friday, August 2.
ishopvllle, Saturday, August 3.
nmter. Tuesday, August 0.
illon, Wednesday, August 7.
jnway, Thursday, August s.
arion, Friday, August 9.
lorence, Saturday, August 10.
anning. Tuesday, August 13.
Ingstree, Wednesday, August 14.
rorgetown, Thursday, August la.
onek's Corner. Friday. August 10.
hnrleston. Saturday, Aiiftuxt 17.
I. fleorge, Tuesday, August JO.
rnngoburg, Wednesday, An trust 21.
t. Matthews. Thursday August 22.
ul ti in Ida, Friday, August 23.
BRITISH FIGHTING WOMEN
le of Them Wounded in Work at
the Front.
oe first British women who, wearthrir
country's milltaiy uniform,
have lwen wounded in battle, reled
from the fighting zone in
nee a few days ago and are now
ig nursed at a Ited Cross hospital
Ijondon, writes a coi res|g>ndent.
v are all "Wanes," otherwise- meini
of the now famous "Women's
ty Auxiliary corps." The "Waacs"
e occupied an especially prominent
e In the limelight of late, not
, on account of the fine account of
nselves which they have given in
course of tlie great battle still
ing, but because of a persistent
ijciign of calumny directed against
?e plucky girls, n campaign, howr,
to which it appears likely that
final quiet us lias now been given,
ot long after the present Krrent ofdve
of the Hun began all sorts of
lcat rumors of disaster to the
incs" began to circulate at hom<.
idreds of them were said to have
[l brought home wounded. Then a
ster report to the effect that a
irgc number of the Women's Army
lilinry corps had been captured by
Germans, and this canard, until it
officially denied, naturally caused
keenest apprehension to the relas
of the girls in France. The
i's way with women is all too well
wn and the tale of the "Wanes"
pos<-d capture sent an involuntary
ddrr through the nation,
his tale was more or less absurd
the face of it. for the "Wanes" in
nee are well behind the fighting
, though by no means out of the
e of battle. The facts are that a
iporatlvely few of thtm have reed
injuries while carrying on at
front, frequently under shell Are.
will be some time, no doubt. Ue
the full story of the intrepidity of
is girls and women, all of them
uited from civilian life, with red
raging on every side of them, can
[old. but one story will give nn inkof
what a fine chapter in British
ory the "Waacs's" part in the
sent righting will make.
"Waacs" Rafusa to Rida.
ne big British depot at the front
re a lot of "Waacs" were performmilitary
tasks that, until they
le, had always been done by men.
an to get much too warm to suit
the military chiefs who arc responsible
lor the safety of this feminine
win? of the ltritish army. A fleet of
motor lorries was promptly dispatched
to bring the "Waacs" away. Hut when
these vehicles arrived the plucky ami
devoted "Waacs" declined to avail
themselves of the proffered "litt."
"Those lorries may be wanted for
the wounded," they said "We'll march
back to the base." And march the>
did?fifteen miles or more along toads
that were under shell lire all the time,
arriving log tired and toot-wcar>. but
one and all avowing themselves "in
the pink," as the arm> phrase goes
Tlie "pink," of course, is the pink of
condition.
It is not peimittod to give exact
iguns regarding the present membership
of the Women's Army Auxiliary
corps but the "strength" of
the corps represents many thousands.
The "Waacs" wear khaki and
their officers. Including many notable
women, are all of their own sex. Tin
corps was formed to release men
from the lighter forms of army
work, both at the front ami at home,
and It Is now plain tnat tne scanuaions
libils upon the "Wanes" which
have been so industrious!) < liviilnted.
and which, of late, have seriously interfeivcd
with recruiting for the corps,
a serious matter, originated with
a small minority of the men disI
placed liy the "Wanes." These lath
have not relished exchanging jobs at
the base to take their place in the
lighting line, and apparently, have
I vented their spite by casting baseless
aspersions upon the morals of the
"Wanes" as a u hole.
It is not necessary to specify too
exactly the stories of supposedly
loose conduct on the part of the
"Wanes" which have been reaching
Kngland almost ever since the khnki
girls first went to France. Kventuallv
the i fleet ol these stories, which were
common property and belie) ?d by
man) of those who are always rend\
to swallow an evil tale, became so
unfortunate as to lead the authorities
to send n commission of representative
women to France to make
a searching investigation on the
spot. The commission was given every
facilit) for finding out the exact facts,
and has since returned and made its
ivtiort. This report shows that instances
of had conduct on the part
of "Wanes" in France have been so
few as to he negligible, while to the
gallantry and devotion of the corps
the commissioners pay an unequivocal
tribute.
Meanwhile, jiersons in England who
circulate slanders upon the "Wanes"
are being sternly dealt with. This
week a clergyman who. In a letter,
east reflections upon the conduct of
the girls in a certain-home training
camp and another civilian who made
much graver charges regarding
"Wanes" were fined heavily, both being
obliged to admit that their statements
rested on definite, foundation.
It may be interesting to state, as
showing how the discipline of the
"Wanes" is maintained, that privates
in the corps in France are not allowed
to go out with mali- officers, though
they mnv, if they choose, be escorted
by a "Tommy" when both are off duty.
Ukranians Resist German Food Robberies.?The
ruthless methods of the
Hermans in attempting to gather foodstuffs
in the Ukraine are meeting with
bitter opimsition from the exasperated
populace, according to n Russian government
wireless message received in
l/uidon. District assemblies throughout
the Ukraine decided to burn all
bread iind other provisions. The kind
owners were declared to be outcasts.
Twenty thousand peasants attempted
to hold an assembly of their own
in Kiev but they were dispersed by
the Hermans.
(Sen. Skoropauskl. the self-appointed
hetman, has been declared an ItnIMister
by many Ukranlnn organizations
and the people have been ordered
to disregard his decrees. Except
*? ? "'If o-unrfl nf 10il men the
hclmnn Is said to have no troops at
his <iisposni.
Kverywhere the Ccrmnns nro appointing
their own officials, wliile
the country is groaning from hunger,
misery and slavery. The Russian
statement says that thousands an- attempting
to (lee to (ireat Russia.
The members of the rada are regarded
as traitors.
Almost the entire population is
armed. Attempts by the Germans to
disarm the people are meeting with
deadly resistance.
Towns and villages are reported
to have been burned.
The Germans, the statement adds,
export to Germany all the provisions
they can lay hands on. but then- are
no imports into the Ukraine.
'
Our New Name?We call them Sammies.
The French people call them Nos
Amis?pronounced nozamee.
When our soldiers began to arri%-?*
in France, the French people hearing
the expression Sammies, at once
decided that we were trying to say
Xos Amis, but rendered it Sammies.
Now, Xos Amis is French for Our
Friends?and we are beginning to
learn that when the French people
announce friendships such friendships
are as lasting as the Rock of
Gibraltar. Their sincerity is proved
[by the fact that thfy are taking our
[hoys into their homes. nnu tne r rencn
home circle is the most difficult of access
in the world. You may do bnsln>
ss with a Frenchman many years,
yet never enter his home.
If this means that the rest of the
world shall finally call America's
soldiers Nos Amis, it will, in all seriousness.
be one of the finest things
that can come out of the war. and a
thing we can be most proud of.
Imagine a nation whose soldiers
will be universally known as our
friends! <
Shall we live up to the mark Nos
Amis have set for us??Atlanta Journal.
C. W. Huntington of New York, has
been removed by Director General McAdoo
as president of the Virginia
Railway for disobedience of the railroad
administration's orders for maintenance
and improvement of his road.
J. H. Young of Norfolk. Va., has been
appointed Federal director for the
road.
V
UtntnAL ncns nwi
Record of Current Happenings Collected
from Various Sources.
The rnit.il States Steel forjwratlon
has I'lmtiilmtril Ji'.oOO.uOO to the Hod
[ Cross war fund.
1'nsittent Wilson has nominated
Majoi Ceneral Peyton t\ March and
Major Ceneral i'.liss to lie lull K''nirals
of the American army. *
Advices !rom Cei matiy indicate that
the restoration of iznrism in Itussia
was 'tiseussed at the recent lutervh w
between the two Teuton emperors at
(ierman tield headquarters.
Mrs. Hose Pastor Stokes, wife of a
wealthy New Yorker, will probably no
on trial at Kansas City. Mo.. Monday
on charges of violation of the espionage
act.
Checks for allowances and allotments
to the families of soldiers and
sailor* are heing sent out iroin wasnincton
at the rati- of TOO.Orta |m r
month.
Amotion!) gunners scored a direct lilt
on a tii'iman ammunition <iton|i in tinvicinity
of Oartegny. l-'rumv. Monday,
which resulted in a series of terrilie
explosions.
Property valued at $5.una was destroyed
and live |M-rsnns rendered
homeless at Towamla, I'a.. Tuesday.
1 >y tire resulting from a burning cigarette
hut droplH-d on a front porch.
Kngland. l-'rance and Italy have put
the solution of the llussian prohlein in
the hands oi President Wilson. Japan,
and China are ready to follow whatever
course the Allies decide Upon as heinp
lust.
Sixteen or more soldiers are reported
to have heen injured and (lie enpir.eer
and tin-man killed when a
troop train, northbound, was wrecked
tu-ar Carta ml City. Ark., last Tuesday.
The engine and live eoaehes an- rel<orted
to have overturned.
The food situation in Petrograd and
other large cities of Itussla Instead of
improving with tin- advent of spring
and river navigation is constantly
crowing worse. The lui-ail ration In
I'elrograd, which liad heen one-eightli
of a pound weekly, now Is totally xhnustcd.
Other proiluets are searee.
"I fis-l confident that tin- time is at
liaml tvhcn famine?stark, medieval
famine?will join tin- Kntentc as a |s?litlcal
an<l military ally against Hermany
am! Austria." the cot respondent
of the l.omlon Daily Mail telegraphs
from Anm-masse, in l-'rance, near the
Swiss hordor.
Tin I'nited Waist la-ague of Amerini,
comfioscd of the leading makers of
Indies' waists, has issued notice that
fall styles will he limited to the following
colors. Navy, prune, evergreen.
castor, seal, old China, taupe,
ecrue anil silver. These recommendations
are in keeping with suggestions
of the economy board of the .council ^ .
of national defense.
Two Herman airplanes of n new nnd
large type which had been forced to
land in the North sea. were rescued by
Swedish steamers, telegraphs the correspondent
at Pois-nhageii of tin- Kxrhange
Telegraph company . These are
presumably the machines mentioned in
the iiritfsh oilleial air report as having
been driven down in tin- sea after
the raid on lamdon on Sunday.
Strong opiiositlon to tin- recently arranged
alliance between tiertiiany and
Austria-Hungary is voiced by Chancellor
von llertling and l-'on-ign Secivtary
von Kuehlman. according to reItorts
received at tin- Hague and transmitted
by the correspondent of tin- bullion
Daily Mail. Th?> chancellor and foreign
secretary are re|s?rted to have
said that they washed their lui-els ol
the entire mutter, as they ol.J.ete.i i<>
the methods l?y which the military
I in rt of the convention was devised
over their heads l>y the (iertnati hlgher
command. tSenernl I,Ollendorff is
said to l>e insisting that the agiicmciit
lie imssed and signed at oner-.
OUT OF THE ORDINARY
American Soldier a Queer Compound
of Lime and Grit.
The general Impression which one
derives from a visit to an American
camp Is that of solidity.
I'hyslcally the American Is a compound
of lime and Krit. Often there
Is something of the young lad in the
Knglish soldier, even when he is ot a
ri|M-ning age. The American soldier
is a man even in his first youth. It
does not seem. If one observes him.
as If the muscles could he tenser, the
llrnhs more supple, the whole frame
more hardened by exercise or that
tin- nerves could be steamer. i w
framework is certainly stronger than
that of the average man. He is like
a house, the framework of which is
iron Instead of wood. A uniform complexion.
almost bronze, with nothing
In it of lilies or roses, helps to give
an impression of irresistible strength.
The next result Is, perhaps, a little
heavy. It is not In the least like to
the supple anil elegant Knglish
sportsman of all modern western
types the closest to the champions
of the Olympic games. The American
is a Koman?a qui rite, erect and massive
like a tower, with an nir of gravity
which is enhanced l?y his lean and
closely shaven face.
A Lover of Water.
Meticulously careful In his person,
the American, like the Englishman.
Is a tidy creature and a lover of water.
He avers, like F'inard. generations ago.
"L'dor. udor, ariston!" (Water, water,
an excellent thing!)
Before they could establish a regular
water supply at their camp or
cantonment they brought barrels of
water to make up the deficiencies of
partly dried up or exhausted springs
and brooks. They attended not merely
to their own quarters and kept
them in condition or IrreproachAble
cleanliness and order, but also to the
village and communities in which they
sojourned. Immediately on arrival
the Americans thoroughly clean up
the villages, which, though they
charm their visitors by their quaint
beauty, fill them with uneasiness because
of their lack of cleanliness.
One of our most illustrious generals
said to me, "You will recognize the
presence of Americans In a village by
the disappearance of all heaps of
mani re from the streets."?Le Temps,
Paris.
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