Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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TTTT I Start ff n - n ft %A ' 1 jjNe1 i P it Shej fWe Guarantee to Sell WAR SERIOUS BUSINESS. British Sergeant Tells Wadsworth Soldiers Plain Truth. 1? V; V There is in Camp Wadsworth a British sergeant major, a member of a famous Irish regiment, who has done his bit in making the world '* safe for democracy. He suffered three desperate wounds at the hanas of the Germans on the battlefields of France and is incapaciated for any more trench fighting. He is virile and active, however, as far as his wounds will permit, and he has been sent here as one of the corps of instructors for the men of the 127th ! division. He is an instructor in the - } use of the bayonet, and an enthusiastic one. He does not talk of his own experiences, but tells of other things he has seen on the field of battle, and some of the things he^ ^ tells are thrilling. He made a little talk the other day to a group of non-coms, and said in part: "It's not hard to understand why some of you chaps are not fully appreciative of the conditions you are going up against. It was hard for England to realize the situation for a long time; and England is decidedly nearer to the fight than you, geographically. "But if I am able to do nothing else, I pray that I might be able to drive home to you fellows the demand that you fellows learn your bayonet and your rifle. If you get | by half baked, if you don't know how to kill with your rifle and with your bayonet, you're a nuisance to your company, to your regiment, and to yourself. "This is no tea affair. You'll kill or be killed, and unless you know I how to kill you have less than one chance in a hundred to survive your first engagement, you ve got iu how to thrust and where to thrust. I'll take a boy weighing less than 400 pounds, teach him how to use the bayonet, and he'll tear the life out of a big brute of 180 pounds who has t nothing but size and strength and no knowledge of how it should be applied. "Back in 1914 I saw a huskey lad ?earnest enough, but wholly ignorant of the proper use of the bavonet s ?catch a big German on No Man's Land. The kid lunged, caught the Hun through the pelvis and tried to withdraw. ine ua^uuei iiciu yiei ucu one lobe of the heavy bone structure, and there it stuck. The German got i! a4A ^Tjrjr^rir^r "A" "A^ at AT AT A^A A^A A^A A^A Ak the Ne< Commence to p to need a new s voice books, fil< us to quote pric w Y< In a variety of A/tmic oawJc ant V(4I VAO there is anythini RAL1 Yon Box Paper CHEAPER Tl . ^ y T^T^t "j A^l A^A A^ 'ryij^T T^T yy T^T Ty Ty f^T $ "0" y^T ^TT| away?got away dragging the bayonet and boy after him like a tail. Another Boche killed the kid. "You fellows are, as a whole, the most intelligent outfit I have ever seen. I've done service with the British army in India, China, Africa, South America and in France and Belgium. I'm a soldier by trade. I know whereof I speak. I've never seen a more willing or capable lot in my life, and I rather think it is the common opinion of all. "But you're here at home. To all intents and purposes you are in your own homes. You are certain of three meals a day. And they are good meals. You'll realize that in time. You find it rare sport to thrust into the dummies and high fun to go chasing across the fields and through the thickets after imaginary enemies. "But you've got to get into your mind the fact that you are going in to fight men who want to kill you; who would rather kill you than feed you as a prisoner, because food is an asset not to be squandered. You've got to realize that you are not fighting human beings. There may have been sporting blood in other wars, but you'll get no benefit of such sportsmanship in this fight. "I've seen them throw petrol on the clothes of wounded men and then set fire to the poor devils. I've seen them disembowel an enemy doctor who sought to aid them as they lay wounded. I have no desire, nor have 1 the stomach, to recite some of the horrors 1 have seen. It might not | be altogether fair to you. "But that smile must come off your faces. Your faces must reflect the realization that must possess your mind that you've got to kill or be killed: that you must know how to use that bayonet. You want to get back to New York? Well, give yourself a fair show."?Spartanburg Herald. A Wise Precaution. The country solicitor had not a v?roin rvf thft nmsf intplliarent order. and was somewhat absent minded into the bargain, and by the time he arrived in London on important business he had clean forgotten the name of the client he had come to town to see. So he wired his partner: "What is our client's name?" For ninety minutes he waited patiently for a reply. Then a messenger brought the expected telegram. It read: "Walter Brown. Yours is William Smith."?Answers. ATA ATa ATI ATA JTA ATA ATA ATA ATA ATL A^A AT>. ATA ^ Ay A^ Ty AT tat A7 y w Year atronize your h< et of books?led 3S, etc?then co es before you o ear styles. We all 1 twenty odd d g in a post card D B( tan Yon Can Get It Elsewheri fck. A+A i,4A^L A^A A^A A^A A^A A^. A^A A^k A^i ^yyiy y y Ty y y fekA^A A^A A^A A4A Jl^A A^Ai^LA^A A^A J^A A^A JL4A TAT y T^T ^T ~?y T^T Ty T^rly T^j Franc? Claims Them Forever. The first three American soldiers killed in the trenches in France are now resting in French soil, honored by the American army and the people and army of France. The interment took Dlace on Tuesday. W ith the guard of French infantry men in their picturesque uniform of red and horizon blue standing on one side and a detachment of American soldiers on the other the flag-wrapped coffins were lowered into the grave as a bugler blew "taps" and the batteries at the front fired minute guns. The French officer commanding the division in this section paid tribute to the fallen Americans. "In the name of the th division, in the name of the French army and in the name of France," he said, "I bid farewell to Private Enright, Private Gresham and Private Hay of the American army. "These graves, the first to be dug in our national soil and but a short distance from the enemy, are as a mark of the mighty land we and our allies cling firmly to in the common task of confirming the will of the people and the army of the United States to fight with us to a finish, ready to sacrifice as long as is necessary until final victory for the most noble of causes, that of the liberty of nations, the weak as well as the strong. Thus the deaths of these humble soldiers appear to us with extraordinary grandeur. "We will, therefore, ask that the mortal remains of these young men be left here, left with us forever. We instribe on the tombs 'Here lie the first soldiers of the republic of the United States to fall on the soil of . France for liberty and justice.' The passer-by will stop and uncover his! head. Travelers and men of heart will go out of their way to come here to pay their respective tributes. "Private Enright, Private Gresham, Private Hav, in the name of France, I thank you. God receive your souls. Farewell."?Excxhange. Wanted the Honors. "What makes that hen of yours cackle so loudly?" inquired Jenkins of his neighbor. "Why they've just laid a cornerstone for the new workingmen's club across the road, and she's trying to make the neighbors think she did it." ?Poultry Journal. Read The Herald $1.50 the year. ><fr<%H%H%H%H%H$N$H%?<$? <%? ^ +? ^ 3h%H%H$H%M%H Right? >me merchants. You ai Igers, day books, cash b me and see our line ai rder from the city stores Post ( so have a large assort lirravont vipwe nf tKp I11JLV1 VUb f 4V ff U \/4 MAV you want, come here ai i &4?M$H?H3H?*4$?' When tl Kiddie on one side?] ' Be sure the little fell< Perfection Oil Heater extra warmth is neede reliable. Now used i Behaves best with Alad STAN mWaahinjton, A Norfolk. Va. 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