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When a ?ana commits an offense, he la "crimed," that la, his name, number and offenaa la entered on the crime sheet. Next day at 9 a. m. he foee to the "orderly room" before the captain, who either punlahea him with "C. B." or aaoda him before the O. C. (officer enremandtni battalion). The captain el tha company can only award "C. B." Tommy many a time baa thanked tha king for making that laorHon to hia regulations. To gain tha tttle of a "smart aoldlar," Tommy haa to keep dear at tha crime sheet, and yoa hare to be darned smart to do ft I hare been on it a few tlmea moat ly for "Yankee lmpndeoce." Daring onr etay of two wssha to raat bUlata onr captain pot aa through a coarae of machlnwgtm drllla, trying ooh new atunts and thoorlaai After paradea ware orer, oar gnna* crewa got together and also triad oat aome thaorlas of their owa la isfsrsnes nothing to do with the advancement of the war, conalsted moetly of canal ng tricky Jams to tha goa. and then tha reet of the crew woald endeavor to lo cate aa q sickly aa poaalhla the caaae of tha atoppage. Thla amnaad them tor a few daya and than things caaae to a standstill. Om of the boy* an my gun claimed that ha could play a tone whOa tba guy waa actually firing. and daraoo atratad thla (act one day on the target rang*. We war* vary enthuaiastte and decided to become musicians. After constant practice I became quite expert la the tone entitled "All Conductor* Bare Big feet." When I had mastered thla tone, ov t*ro weeks' rest cam* to aa end. and ooce again we went op the Una and took over the eector in front of 0 At thla point the Qerman trenchea fan around the beat of a Mil, on the top of which waa a denaa wood. ThU wood waa Infested with machine guna, which need to trarerae our line* at will, and aweep the alieala of a little tillage, where we were billeted wMIe In reeerve. There waa one gun In particular which naed to get oar goata. It had the exact range of our "elephant" dngont entrance, and every morning, about the time rations were being brought up. It* bullets would knock op the dust on the road; more than one Tommy went West or to Blighty by running Into them. This guif got our nerves on edga, and Frits seemed to know It becaoaa he never gave us an houria rest. Oar reputation aa machine gunner* waa a* stake; we tried vsrtoua ruse* to Ioento and pot thla gan out of action, b*t each one proved to be a failure, and mtx became a worse nuisance than erer. He waa getting fresher and mora careleea every day, took all kinds of liberties with us?thought ha waa to vincible. Then one of our craw got a brilliant Idea and we were all enthnalaatlc to pat It to the teat Here waa hla scheme: When firing my gan. I waa to play my tune, and frit*. no doubt would Ml for It try to Imitate me aa an added Insult Thla gunner and two others would try, by the sound, to lo cate Fifth and hla gun. After baring got the location, they would mount two machine gone In tree*, in a little dump of woods to the left of oor ceme tery, and while Frits waa In the middle of his leeooa. would open up and tmt to luck. By our calculations. It woald take at leaat a week to pull off the atunt If rtlts refused to swallow our bait. It would be ImposelbU to locate his spedal gun, and that's the onewe were after, becaose they *11 sound alike, a slow pop-pup-pup. Our prestige was hanging by a thread. In the battalion we had to en dure all kinds of Insults and fresh re marks aa to our ability la silencing Frits. Even to the battalion that Ger man gun was ? sore spot Nest day. Frits opened up aa usual. I let him' Are away for a while and then butted in with my "pup-pup-pup pup-pup-pup." I kept thle up quite a while, used two belts of ammunition, rats had stopped firing to listen. Then he started In; sure enough, he had fallen for our game, his gun was trying to Imitate mine, but, at first he made a horrible mesa of tiat tune. Again I butted In with a fere ban and stopped. Then he tried to copy what I had played. He was a pood sport all right, because his bullets were going away over our heads, must have been firing Into the air. I commenced to feel friendly towardthlm. This duet went no tor At* days, rats waa a good pupil and learned rapidly, In fact, got better than hla teacher. I commenced to feel Jealous. When he had completely mastered the tuna, be started i.weeptng the road again and we clicked It worse than ever. But he signed his death warrant bi Mat jo, bees'sm jpy friendship timed to bat*. Brux Dm h* fired B played that tun* and we danced TW boy* ti the battalion gar* ? th* -Hal Ha!" 'lMr?MtltN our Uttl* fraroeup TW originator ?! tk* bm and th* other twe mnen had Frlts'a location taped to th* minute; they mounted their two ran*, ami alao gave me th* rang*. Th* next afternoon waa aet Car th* grand teal*. Omr thro* guns. titik different ?in?> dona, had thetr flm so arranged, that, opening up together, tfcrtr ballets would aoddenly drop en Mts Bfc* a hailstorm. iboat thra* th* nazt day, frtts start ad "pop-popping" that tuna. I bl*w a ahaip blast on a whistle. It waa th* sig nal agiaed span; w* tamed loo** and Mtrt gia aoddenly stopped In the mddte at a bar. We had eooked hla rooee, and Mr rase had worked. Alter firing two halts each, to make sore of our Job, w* hurriedly dismounted our tins and took eowr la th* dagout. We kaew what to aspect aooo. We didn't bar* to wait long, three aalroa of "whlaa-bangf came orar from rrlta*s artillery, a farther confirmation that we had sent that mualeal machlne-gun jw on hla WMtwM*nl Jooraoy. That gun lerar bsthwad oa again. W? war* Ow beroea of ttm battattan, oar captain congratulated aa, aald It qosntly. wawsraallp?edaporarth* Thar* nr* aereral way* ltamy usee ta disguise the location at hla laaitilaa goo and gat hla rang*. Some of the lowa: ?far th* top of hi* trench and wants i ta get the rang* of rrtts'e trench ha adopta the method at what ha taraa "getting the aparka." TMs aanaiata at firing burets from hla gun until the bullets hit the German barbed wire. He can tell when they are cutting th* wire, becanaa a ballet when it hits a wire throws oat a blue electric spark. Machine-gun fire is rery damaging to wire and caoaea many a wiring party to go oat at night whan It la quiet t* repair the damage. T* disguise the flare at his gun at night when firing. Tommy uaee what la called a tar* protector. This la a store pipe arrangement which fits orar the barrel casting of the gun and acreens the sparks from the right and left, but not from the front. So Tommy, always) resourceful, adopta this *ch*m*: About three feet or lees In front at th* gua he /fv Showing How Uti to Fooled. drives two (takes Into the ground, about Are foot apart Across these stake* ha stretches a curtain made oat of empty sandbags ripped ope*. He soaks this curtain In water and Ores through It The water prevents It catching lire and effectively screens the flare at the fling gun from the mamy. Sound la a valuatle asset In locating ? machine gun. but Tommy surmounts this obstacle try placing two macnine guns about one hondrad to one hun dred and fffty yards apart The gun on the right to cover with Its firs the sector of the left gun and the gun on the left to cover that at the fight gan. This makes their firs cross; they are fired simultaneously. By this method It sooadi like oae gun filing and gives the Germans the Impression that the gun Is firing from a point midway betwssa the guns which ars actually firing, and they ac cordingly shell thst particular spot The machine gunners chuckle and say. Tilts la ? brainy boy. net "alf he alnt" But the men In our lines at the spot being shelled curse frits for his Igno rance and pass a few pert remaifcs down the line In reference to the ma chine gunners being "windy" and afraid to take their medietas. CHAPTER XXIII. Oaa Attseks and tplee. -L? Unas days after w? lad sftwced Frits, the Germans sent over gak It did not catch us nnawarea, because the wind had been made to order, that la It was blowing from the German trenches toward ours at the rate of about five miles per hour. Warnings hsd been passed down the trepch to keep a sharp lookout for gas. We had a new man at the periscope. On this afternoon in question; I wss sitting on the fire step, deanlng my rifle, when he called out to me: "There's a sort of greenish, yellow cloud rolling along the ground out la front It's coming?" But I waited for no more, grabbing my bayonet which waa detached from the rifle, I gave the alarm by banging an empty shell ease, which wss hang ing near the periscope. At the ssme Instant gongs started ringing down the trench, the signal for Tommy to don his respirator, or smoke helmet as ws call It Gas travels quickly, so yon must not lose any time; you generally have shout eighteen or twenty seconds In which to sdjust youg gas helmet A gas helmet Is made of doth, treat ed with chemicals. There are two win dows, or glsss eyes. In It, through which you csn sea. Inside t%sre Is s rubber covered tube, which goes In ths mouth. You breathe through your nose; the gas, passing through the doth helmet. mr If (1 bum to nrtm, throat fat toy. and a heavy pressure on the lungs warned me that my helmet was leak*' Inc. Taming by gun over to No. S, t changed helm eta. The trench atarted to wind like a , make, and aandbaga appeared to be floating In the air. The nolae waa hor rible ; I aank onto the Are step, needles seemed to be pricking my flash, then blackness. I waa awakened by one of my mates removing my smoke helmet How d*- r IIclous that cool, (rash air felt In my i lungs. A strong wind had arisen and dis persed the gas. They told me that I had been "our for three hours; they thought I was ? dead. 4* Tht Attack bMB iMtM after ? hard light. Twlcs the Germans had v gained a foothold la oar tiaorh. bat bad been driven oat by eoaaterat tacka. The trench waa filled with their dead and oara. Ttooagh a parlscopsr I eoanted eighteen dead Germans la iv trita; they wfnmpmlOg stasia . ash- horrlble-Tooklng resptoators. I examined my tost smoke helmet. A ballet had gone through It oa thai left aide. Joat graalag my sar. Tha gas had penetrated through lbs koW ?ads In the cloth. Oat ot oar crew of six wo lost two killed and two wounded. That night we burled all of the dead, excepting those In Mo Han's Land. In death there la not much distinction; friend and foe are treated allka. After the wind had dispersed the gas the R. A. M. C. got busy with their chemical sprayers, spraying oat the dugbats and low parti of the trenches to dissipate any fame* of the German gas which may have been larking In same. Two (lays after the gas attack I waa V sent to division headqoarters, in an swer to an order requesting that cap tains of nulls should detail a man whom they thought capable of passing an examination for the divisional In telligence department. ^ Before leaving for this aaaignmant I want along the front-line trench say ing good by to my mataa and lording It over them, telling than that I bad Continued next week. Tks Quinine That Dees Net ANect tMHaad Seesaw at its ???!? sad luillit (fleet, L AX A Tivit BBOMO OUIMINK Is better than orrilasrr Qtilnlm- ?n<l does sot essse oervewsness oar rioclnc In hesd. Beaetnber thy fall nsme sad look foe the si??? tore cl P OSOT*. ate.
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