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I r OVER THE TOP. (Continued from page 3, column 3.) jmust nave wandered over into the Geriman lines, where they were either ! killed or captured. Speaking of stretcher bearers and ^ -wounded, it is very hard for the aver >age civilian to comprehend the enormous cost of taking care of wounded and the war in general. He or she gets i80 accustomed to seeing billions of dollars in print that the significance of the amount is passed over without thought. From an official statement published 'in one of the London papers, it is stated that it costs between six and jseven thousand pounds ($30,000 to $35,000) to kill or wound a soldier. This (result was attained by taking the cost [ of the war to date and dividing it by I * ithe killed and wounded. It may sound heartless and inhuman, but it Is a fact nevertheless, that from a miliary standpoint it is better for a man to be killed than wounded. If a man is killed he is buried, and x the responsibility of the government ) ceases, excepting for the fact that his people receive a pension. But if a man . is wounded it takes three men from the firing line, the wounded man and j two men to carry him to the rear to j the advanced first-aid post. Here he is ; attended by a doctor, perhaps assisted by two R. A. M. C. men. Then he is put into a motor ambulance, manned & by a crew of two or three. At the field hospital, where he generally goes un- ; der an anesthetic, either to have his j wounds cleaned or to be operated on, j he requires the services of about three ! " to five persons. From this point an- j 'other ambulance ride impresses more ; men in his service, and then at the amhnlanoe train another rnrns of doc tors, R. A. M. C. men, Red Cross nurses and the train's crew. From the train he enters* the base hospital or casualty ; clearing station, where a good-sized ; corps of doctors, nurses, etc., are kept j busy. Another ambulance journey is I next in order?this time to the hospital . ship. He crosses the channel, arrives j in Blighty?more ambulances and perhaps a ride for five hours on an EDgk lish Red Cross train with its crew of L Bed Cross workers, and at last he reaches the hospital. Generally he j stays from two to six months, or long- j er, in this hospital. From here he is ' sent to a convalescent home for six weeks. If by wounds he Is unfitted for fur ther service, he is discharged, given a pension, or committed to a soldiers' home for the rest of his life?and still r the expense piles up. When you real- j ize that all the ambulances, trairfs and : ships, not to mention the man power, used Ih transporting a wounded man, could be used for supplies, ammunition : and re-enforcements for the troops at j the front, it will not appear strange * that from a strictly military standpoint, a dead man is sometimes better than a live one (if wounded). Not long after the first digging party, j our general decided, after a careful I tour of Inspection of the communica- j tion trenches, upon "an Ideal spot," as j he termed it, for a machine-gun em- J \ placement; took his map, made a dot j on it, and as he was wont, wrote "dig here," and the next night we dug. j There were twenty in tne party, my- j sett included. Armed with picks, shovels and empty sandbags we arrived at tiie "ideal spot" and started digging. The moon was very bright, but ?we did not care as we were well out of sight of the German lines. ' 1 We had gotten about three feet : down, when the fellow next to me, aftr er a mighty stroke with his pick, let go < of the handle, and pinched his nose with his thumb and forefinger, at the same time letting out the explosion, r "Gott strafe me pink, I'm bloody well gassed, not 'alf I ain't." I quickly turned in his direction with an Inqulr > ing look, at the same instant reaching for my gas bag. I soon found out what was ailing him. One whiff was enough 1 and I lost no time in also pinching my i nose. The stench was awful. The rest of the digging party dropped their N picks and shovels and beat it for the weather side of that solitary pick. The ^ officer came over and inquired why the work had suddenly ceased, holding our ! noses, we simply pointed in the direction of the smell. He went over to the , I pick, immediately clapped his hand lover his nose, made an "about dirn" ' ;and came back. Just then our capJtain came along and investigated, but 1 after about a minute said we had bet- < ter carry on with the digging, that he did not see why we should have stopped as the odor was very faint, , but if necessary he would allow us our v *-- ? ?-*?- J; : TT? gas neimeis wiuie uigguig. ne wuuiu stay and see the thing through, but he had to report back to brigade headquarters immediately. We wished that twe were captains and also had a date at brigade headquarters. With our gas ; helmets on we again attacked that hole and uncovered the decomposed body of I a German; the pick was sticking in his chest. One of the men fainted. I was that one. Upon this our lieutenant halted proceedings and sent word back to headquarters and word came back that after we filled in the hole we could knock off for the night. This was welcome tidings to us, because? Next day the general changed the dot on his map and another emplacement was completed the following night % The odor from the duff-UD. decom posed human body has an effect which is hard to describe. It first produces a nauseating feeling, which, especially after eating, causes vomiting. This relieves you temporarily, but soon a weakening sensation follows, which leaves you limp as a dishrag. Your spirits are at their lowest ebb and you feel a sort of hopelessness and a mad desire to escape it all, to get to the open fields, apd the perfume of the flow MORE MEN CALLED. Half Handled Thousand Registrants Ordered Up. Washington, April 14.r?Another draft call for 49,843 registrants has been sent to governors of States by Provost Marshal General Crowder. Mobilization of the men is ordered for May 1 and 10, the war department announced tonight, and they will be sent to 11 forts and recruiting barracks, probably for training with regular army units training there. The call increases to more than 300,000 the number of selectmen ordered to camp since late in March. This is far in excess of the monthly average that would have been mobilized under the original plan to call 800,000 men this year over a nine month period. Future calls at the same rate would complete the programme before midsummer. Under President Wilson's determination to hasten the dispatch of American troops to France to reinforce the British and French armies bearing the brunt of the great German drives in Flanders and Picardy, the whole programme'of the army is speeding up. Only a week ago General Crowder ordered mobilization of 150,000 selectmen for April 26 and their movement to the National Army cantonments during the five days following. Further announcements are expected to follow the return of Secretary Baker from his visit to the battle fronts. Troops now are moving ^ 4- n VO f A on/1 flllO IU DUIUpC CI I a 1 apiu a u Lt. auu tJiiio clearing of training camps will permit of the calling of men much faster than was contemplated before the German offensive made it imperative to rush men to the battle frohts. Although every State and the District of Columbia are called upon to furnish men under General Crowder's latest order, nearly half of the 49,843 men will come from seven States, Illinois will supply by far the largest number, its quota being 8.047. Pennsylvania is next with 3,773 and New York third with 3,542. Nevada has the lowest quota, 49. The quotas of Southern States follow: Alabama, 261; Arkansas, 599; Florida, 265; Georgia, 316; Kentucky, 1,326; Louisiana, 535; Mississippi, 520; North Carolina, 481; Oklahoma, 846; South Carolina, 178; Tennessee, 44 2; Texas, 1,694; Virginia, '756. The army posts to which the men will go are Fort Slocum, New York; Fort Thomas, Kentucky; Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia; Fort McDowell, California; Fort Screven, Georgia; Fort Logan, Colorado; Fort Sam Houston, Texas; Columbus Barracks, Ohio; Vancouver Barracks, Washington; Jefferson Harraxiks, Missouri, and Jackson Barracks, Louisiana. t American Line Unbroken. 9 , With the American Army in France, Saturday, April 13.?After another night of terrific artillery fire and a bombardment with gas shells, the Germans continued today their efforts to drive through to the third line of the American positions near Apremont forest, northwest of Toul. They made two attacks, both of which failed. The enemy's casualties in the four days' fighting is estimated between 300 and 400. Of this number more than 100 were killed. Although the enemy wasted fully half of his specially trained shock troops in a battalion of 800 men, he was unable to penetrate the American lines, which remained unchanged. i>I Sour and Sweet. Professor Copeland, of Harvard, as the story goes, reproved his students for coming late to class. "This is a class in English com. position," he remarked with sarcasm, "not an afternoon tea." At the next meeting one girl was twenty minutes late. Professor Copeland waited until she had taken her seat. Then he remarked bitin gly: "How, will you have your tea, Miss Brown?" "Without the lemon, please," Miss Brown answered quite gently.?Boston Herald. ers in Blighty. There is a sharp, prickling sensation in the nostrils, which reminds one of breathing coal gas through a radiator in the floor, and you want to sneeze, but cannot This was the effect on me, surmounted by a vague horror of the awfulness of the thing and an ever-recurring reflection -- * ? ? t-i.? 1 J tnat, pernaps 1, sooner or later, wouiu be in such a state and be brought to light by the blow of a pick in the hands of some Tommy on a digging party. Several times I have experienced this odor, but never could get used to it; the enervating sensation was always present. It made me hate war and wonder why such things were countenanced by civilization, and all the spice and glory of the conflict would disappear, leaving the grim reality. But after leaving the spot and filling your lungs with deep breaths of pure, fresh air, you forget and once again want to be "up and at them." I Peace Talk I I mammma ? I HI ISO, - PEACE TO YOUR FEET. DON'T H B LET YOUR FEET BE COLD. 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