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$y An American >ldierWho Went

THE TOP Arthur Guy Empey Machine Guaner, Sarins m France

SETS WTO THE FRO XT UNE TRERCH-ANO WISHES HE WERE BACK IN JERSEY CITY.

tynepaia. Fired by the alaktos of the LoMtmnl*. with the loa of n Urea. Arthur Quy Empey. an Amerttwo Urtn* la Jeraey City. Bn<Und nod eolUt* aa a prlrate In the Brttiah arnRy- After a pertence as a recmitlnx offleer In London, be la aent to tralnrtera In France, where he flrr hears the sound of bl* pjaa CM the acquaintance of “cootie*."

t shock s recruit seta

i antTM st Us battslioo In

w the men cncaflns Is s With an air of can-

yon C. of E.r

ky, 1*0, oer-

“Dont yon >#p’ me.

leant major.’”

isiwst be avoids the com-1 "I «d no. Somewhat BottSed. he older men. nntfl a couple < ordered. “Outside for church parade." Is . « I „„ „ a -i „ to a anirt hunt. ^ to (Us morulas.' He «ld. “Oh. yea yon oxer I answered. “Oh. no. I’m not T—But

BHl. PH-swap yea two little r a He one." or, “Tre got a e here that looks like Kaiser day In the fram-baa three officer* alnins outr dusont '“cooties" are no >f rank; I have ere* noticed is uneaalneaa about a certain

K paylns no.attention to the I shell* which passed overe major was wrltios « letter; d then be wpsld lay aside pad. search his akin fpr a I. *et an Inspiration, and t writla*. At last he llnr and save it to his "mnmrlou* to aee whether lie 1 to an Insect ftrm. ao when passed me 1 encased hlr•atlon and got a glimpse at s on the envelope. It waa » Mis* AHee Somebody, in be •gunner" Informed me I Somebody waa the major’s t and that he wrote to her . Just Imagine U. writing a r daring a “cootie" bast; bat

We lined «P outride with rifles and bey on eta. 120 rounds of ammunition, wearing our tin krt*. and the march td church began. After marching about five kilo*, we luraed off the road Into an open Arid. At one end of this field the chaplain war standing In a limber. We formed a semicircle arouod him. Overhead thaw* was a Mack speck circling round and round In the sky. This was a German Fokker. The chaplain had a book la fats left hand—left eye on the book—right eye on the airplane. We Tommies were lucky, wa had no hooka, so had both eyes on tha air-

we ware marching along, laughing, and Hnglng one of Tommy’s trench ditties: I want to go boas. X want to go hi I dost want to go to th* trsccha

CHAPTER III. 1 Oo to Church, stment we had Identity to ns. Theae were small 9her worn around the neck a airing. Most of the Tom■d a little metal disk which > around the left wrist by a chain. They bad prevloost out that if their heads i off. the disk on the left d identify them. If they lost n the disk around the neck • the purpose, but If their "t arm were blown off. oo I cars who they were. at» It On one ride of the Ped your rank. name. • and battalion, while oo the

suing Church of Eog- (. C_ Roman Catholic: W. Wen . Presbyterian: but If you d to be ao atheist they left It handed you a |Uek and disk waa stamped C. of I got It: The lleuleo1 me asked my religion, of the religion of th* 9 I answered. “Ob. any and be promptly put down it Imagine my hard luck. Out ^rrilgtot» I wa* unlucky enough the only ooe wt#r* church ruing wa* Sunday. I [ In the billet writing home r tt-illog her of tor wonder i while under Are—all rr1*. The sergeant major put S In the door of the billet and

a writing. Turning lo n

CHAPTER IV.

“Into the Trench." The next morning the draft wa* in■peeled by our general, and we were assigned to different companies. The boys In the brigade had nicknamed this general Old Pepper, and he certainly earned the sobriquet. I was assigned to B company with another American named Stewart. For the next ten days we “rested." repairing roads for the Frenchles. drill-

It took ns three days to reach reserve bltleU—each day’s march bringing the sound of the guns nearer and nearer. At night way off In the distance we could aee their flashes, which lighted up the sky with a red glare. Against the horiaon we could see numerous observation balloons or “aau-

sageu” aa they are called.

On the afternoon of the third day's march I witnessed my Brat airplane

being shelled. A thrill ran through me -n front with Its rilrery light I mat and I gazed In owe. The airplane was ^ “** * **'

Tak* m* over th* am. Whars th* ADemanfl can't get at taa. Oh. b«t. 1 tea t want to «w I want to go boms “ when overhead came a "swish" through the air, rapidly followed by three oth- •«. Then about two hundred yards to our left in a large field, four columns of black earth and smoke rose Into the air. and the ground trembled from the rsport—the explosion of four German live-nine’s, or “coalboxea." A sharp whistle blast. Immediately followed by two abort ones, rang out from the bead of our column. This was to take up “artillery formation.” We divided into •mali squads and went Into the fields on the right antf left of the road, and crouched on .he ground. So other shells followed this salvo. It waa our first baptism by shell Are. From the waist op I was all enthusiasm, hut from there down, everything was missing. I though*. I should die srlth fright. After awhile, we reformed Into columns of fours, and proceeded on our

way.

About five that nl^ht. we reached the ruined village of H . and I got my first right of the asrful destruction [Used by German Kultur. Marching down the main street we came to the heart of the village, and took up quarters In abeltproof cellars (shellproof until hit by a shell). Sheila were constantly whistling over the village and bursting In our rear, searching for our artillery. Theae cellars were cold, damp and smelly, and overrun srlth Urge rata— big black fellows. Moat of the Tommies slept with their overcoats over thrir'faces. I did not In the middle of the night I woke up In terror. The cold, clammy feet of a rat bad passed over my face. I Immediately smothered myself In my overcoat but could not sleep for the rest of that night Next evening, we took over our sector of the line. In single file we wended our way through a zigzag communication trench, six Inches deep with mud. This trench waa called "Whisky street" On our way up to the front Upe an occasional flare of bunting shrapnel would light up the sky and we could bear the fragments slapping the ground above us on our right and left. Then a Frits would traverse back and forth with his “type writer" or machine gun. The bullet' made a sharp cracking noise overhead The boy in front of me named Prer tlce crumpled up without a word. A piece of shell had gone through hi* shrapnel-proof helmet I felt rick and

NINE PIS SHOES Fill PERSHING MEN

GENERAL ASKS FOR LARGE FOOTGEAR SUPPLY FOR SOLDIERS IN FRANCE. AIRPLANE MISHAPS ARE FEW With Hundred* of Man Learning to Fly. War Department Record* Show Number of Accidents at Military Aviation Field* Comparatively Smalt Washington—Gen. Pershing has r-queatad aWpment of 1&500 pairs of rhoes for each 2^000 men monthly. »hlch la approximately nine pairs of shoe* pea-man per year. This quantity la In excess of actual cnosumptlon and Is being used to build up a reserve for all troop* In France. When sack a supply Is accumnlated. the quantities Tier man will be reduced. The quartermaster general’* deartment now has on hand and doe o outstanding contracts. 7.564.000 field shoes nnd 7.873.000 mnrehing shoes. It will be necessary to secure more than a million additional shoes

during the year.

Record* of tl.r war department show that from the beginning of training In June. 1817. to February 22. 1918. the fatalities at military aviation fields In this country have been 51: 10 officers and 29 cadets killed in training Sight*, and 12 men killed In unauthorised flights and ground accident*. Since the training began In the Tnlted States, student nvlntors have

finwn considerably more than 100.000

miles Hundreds of hitherto Inerii pertenced men have been learning to

fly. Their early flight* are under the

guidance of Instructor*, and prior to theae fidthts two or more months are

spent hi preliminary ground work.

There come* a time, however, when

every riudent aviator moat take hla

martdna up alone, and every pnecaution has been taken to reduce the number of accidents and safeguard the aviator In hit solo flights.

The fuel administration Is carrying

▲ flwlaa commercial paper ststas that there 1* a grant shortage in coal of all Wcda. an Insufficient supply of wood for fuel, and small reserve* tu oils and graaae throughout Switzer land. Fresh egg* have disappeared from the market. Dry vegetables are becoming more scarce. A project to manufacture flour from potatoes had to be abandoned because sufficient supplies of potatoes could not be secured In Holland coal and coke prices itave been advanced. In Am erf can terms, the maximum price for an’hrecite Is about S22 a too; coke. 110 a uw : coal briquet*. *25 a ton. Distribution It carefully regulated by cards. In specified quantities. The amount allowed. especially to residence*, is much smaller than In peace times. New French food regulations forbid eating house* to serve of consume fceah or packed butter otherwise than In the preparation of food. Curdled or sour milk Is prohibited as well as cream and specified kinds of cheese The making of pastries, biscuits, nnd confectionery 1* prohibited. Only In dining can. canteens and railroad refreshment stations may fresh or condensed milk or cream be served after 9 In the morning, by Itself or mixed with coffee, tea. or other preparation. No solid foods may be served between 9 and 11 In the morning and between 4:30 and 8:90 In the evening. When the price of a meal exceeds $1.20 the customer may be served with not more than two dishes with or without vegetable*. or more than one small loaf of ordinary bread. The bread Is limited to about 3% ounces. All grain which may he used for making bread Is re-

served for human food.

At each cantonment In the T’nlted States a school has been established where every officer and man receives instruction In gas defense. The American gas mask, similar to the British. Is as tnecl^nirally perfect as the beat experts have been able to produce. The face piece, with glass or celluloid eyepieces, la connected by a flexible tube srlth a canister carried in a knapsack. The Incoming breath comes, through the canister, which Is filled with several layers of rhemleals which neutralize or render harm leas the gasladen air. Outgoing breath passes outride the face piece through a small

valve.

The student In gas defense soon learns to get his mask on In a hurry, slv seconds being the standard lime

. . . . „ , when the knapsack containing the mnjtk

; >■ I'*"*'* ■> ■*"* '» th. -.l.rt”

*" * "* position. After Intensive training a

gas attack Is arranged. The class Is put In trenches, and without warning, clouds of smoke and chlorine are liberated by the Instructors, masks are hurriedly put on. alarm* sounded, and sleeping men In dngout* aroused. When the attack erases tbe trenches arr cleared of gas. the air la texted, nnd permission la given to remove

masks.

HO LOAN TO OPEN APRIL 6

Amount and Interest Rate Not Yet Determined.

PLAN RIG DEMONSTRATION

Industrie* which use large quantities of fuel, with a view to learning the requirements of each line daring 1918. Th - Industries themselves are playing s leading pan In these discussions. Th • aim of the fuel administration Is ] to arrive at a percentage of prodnei tion’which, under the cimmstnnces. ! will be sntUfartorw to th manufae- | tur.wa and their workmen, but which I will not represtnt a commmptlon of fuel for the manufacture of supplies ' not needed daring the current yetr. The order which has been 'ssued limiting the use of fuel for the prodor;ion of window glass to 50 per cent of the amount manufactured In 1917 Is the result of one of these confer-

survey of the field Indicated

Describing thi American R- 4 Of as a body authorized to do everything possible for the comfort nnd welfare of the soldier*, and to make use of such agencies as are authorized and are In n position to contribute to ihnt

: more that 5.000.000 j end In addition to the provisions made

In about thirty mlnutea sve ranched tbe front line. It was dark aa pitch Every now and then a German atzr shell would pierce the blackness

lea In the air. while

little puffs of white smoke were bursting all around it. These puffs appeared like tiny balls of cotton while after each burnt could be beard a dull "plop." Tbe sergeant of my platoon Informed ua that It waa a German airplane and I wondered how he could tell from such a distance because the plane 1 like a little black speck In the I expressed tny doubt as to whether It waa English. French or OerWlth a look of contempt be further Informed ne that the allied antiaircraft sheila when exploding emitted white smoke while the German shells gave forth black smoke, and. aa be exit. “It most be an Allemand bear pom-poms are shelling, and I know our batteries are not off tbelr bally napper* and are certainly no! strafe!ng our own plnnes. and another plr-e of advice—don’t chock your weight about until you've own up the

Ine and learnt something."

I Immediately quit “chucking my 'right about" from that time on. Just before reaching reserve Wllcts

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t’.jgp.:m

trembling all over, and felt -ery lonely and * raid. AH orders were given la whlsc.-m. The company wr relieve' filet pest ns and disappeared Into thblacaneas of the communication trench leading to the rear. Aa they passed athey whispered. “The bee* «’ »~-i

mates."

I sat on the fire step of the trench with the real of tbe men. In each traverse two of the older men had been put on guahl with their heads sticking over the top, and with their eyes try Ing to pierce the blackness in “No Man’s Land." In this trench thenwere only two dogonta. and theae wenused by Lewis and Vickers machine gunner*, oo It was the Are step for our*. Pretty soon it started to rain We pot on our “raseka." hut they wrra not much protection. The rain trickled i. and It wa* not long wet and cold. How 1 passed that night I will never know without any turasnal occurrence dawn arrived. The woid “atand down" waa passed along the line, and the ■retries got down off tbe fire step. Pretty soon thrum Issue came along, and It was a Godsend. It warmed our chilled bodies and put new life Into ua. Then from the communication trenches »wrodlxJee or Iron pals, filled with eteaei Ing tea. which had two wooden stake* through their handle*, and were carried by two men. I filled my canteen and drank tbe hot tea without taklug H from my lips. It wm* not long !-• fore I was asleep In tbe mud on tbe

fire step.

My ambition bad been attained! I wa* In a front-line trench on tbe western front, and oh. how I wished I were bark In Jersey City.

Empey take* hla first turn on th* firing step of the trench while the machine gun bullets whiz over hi* head. He soon learns why Tommy ha* adopted the motto. “If you’re going •x, get it. you’ll get it. so never worry" Don't mia* tha neat InriallmanL

tnat while i

boxw of window glass would be used In 1914. competitive conditions were .Ikrly to result in an overmanufanur.' of ft least 2.000.000 boxes. It Is through this system of limitation. togriher with large economy In the method* of using fuel, .bat the fori eda-.lrilstrarion expert* to supplement the production of coni this year. It l« bofo-d a* the raltroads •trengfiteo their farlPtlea. that It will be possible to min- sod transport a laraer quantity of coal this year than last, but It Is through thewr method* of reducing nmaumpti-xi that a repetition of this ynur'e shortage la expected to be pre-

vented.

Rifle and cartridge production In the rolled States baa developed In volume and In qnalliy on a arule assuring the Mtiafatt-'ry equipment of the army, according n statement authorired by

the Si

tary of s

To achieve the rifle anil smmunitlon production program the gioerument ha* expend'd or has obligated Itself to expend, 'luring 10 montlm of war. $400400.0'>> and 200 nffleera. 80.000 men. and lUjOOO women have lieen encaged ex-- udtely In tbe mat.ufaeture of rifles and cartridge*. Two govern nirnt plate* and three privately owned flams ar- engaged lu nicking rifle* and 'me government plant and nine privately owned plant* are engaged in '-nrtrldge i-'aBufarture. Ordnance ex- j pert* in 'hi* Country nod in Europe

the government, a general statement by the war department ou'.llnrs retrain approved activities: To distribute sweaters, muffler*, helmet*. socks, comfort kit*, etc. To render emergency rrili-f of every kind u|K>n request of aa offlew In To relieve anxiety and sustain the morale of soldiers who are worried aliout thrir families at home, and to promote tbe eomfort and well being of

th'iut families.

To conduct canteen service stations for furnishing refreshments to soldiers when traveling through the country: to furnish emergency relief to the sink and wounded when en route and to see that they are conveyed to a hospital when necessary and r'-qurated by the

■sutimnndlng Officer

A representative of the Red t'ms* may be attached in each ha- • hospital to furnish emergency supplies when •-ailed upon, to communicate with families of intleuts. t« render home aer vlrr to patients and «uch other assietanee as pertain* to Red t'ruea work.

When the first Liberty motor wa* readt t" be tested It waa taken to nke’s Peak that it might he studied while mulling under atmospheric coti•tilions obtaining at high altitudes. This difficulty of bringing tbe motor to the mountain l» non "x-rcuine at thr department of rommeree bureau of standards at Washington, by bringing

Announcement By McAdoo That Amount Of Loan I* Dependent Upon New Legislation Gives Idea Of Size Washington.—On April 6. the first anniversary of th# United State#’ entry la to the war. the Third Liberty Loan will open. Thera will be a czmpaiga of three or tour week:. In announcing tbe date Secretary McAdoo said the amount cf loan, (he Interait rate and other features, such convertibility of bonds of previous Issue*, maturity and term* of payment. are yet to he determined, aad that new legislation win tie accessary before plans can be completed. The fact that the amount of the loan la dependent on further legislation lndlcf.es that It will be for more than $3,600,000,000. the remainder of authorized but unissued bonds, and the fact that Certificates of Indebtedness now being sold in anticipation of the loan bear 4H per cent, affords some Indication of the Interest rate. How large the loan aha!! be deiwnfla largely. beVereV on*' ft if the pending War Finance Bill, carrying an appropriation of a half billion dollars, and action on the Railroad BUI. with Us appropriation of a similar amonnL Although Mr. McAdoo made no specific announcement, it la now taken for granted In official circles that there will be but one more loan before June 30, the end of the fiscal

year.

The statement concerning the date of the campaign wag made at this time. Secretary McAdoo explained, to give every community time to prepare for the big bond sale and he strongly advocated popular demonstrations of patriotism on the day of the opening of the loan and the second year of war. On Consecrated Day. After stating the date of the cam palgn opening, the Sectetary continued: “The amount, terms and condftior* of the loan have not yet been decided because these features are dependent upon further legislation. I expect te ask the Congress at an early date tc grant the necessary, additional authority. Of course, the opentn- date of 'he campaign is somewhat dependent upon the new legislation, but It 1* hoped and be'iered that the matter can be considered and demonstrated. In ample time to begin the campaign on the date suggested April 6 win forever be a consecrated day In Amer lean history and It seem* peculiarly appropriate that the opening of tha second year of our participation in this war for tbe honor and rights of America and the freedom of the world sbonld be celebrated with a nationwide drive for another Liberty I-oan. AMERICANS HOLD THEIR LINE.

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French Official Report Tells Of Effective Work Of Americans

Against Germanr

Paris—German troops eipcrzally trained for raiding operations attacked the Amt-.Iran salient, but the Amerlans maintained tbelr entire line everywhere. aad la addition caused heavy casualties among the enemy. The American* also took prisoner* on

both position* attacked.

Tbe loregoing 1* contained la tbe French official communication Tha

communication follows

“During tba day tha artillery fire wa* ol great intensity In tbe region north and north*xt of fihrtms and aLn in rhampagni-. •■»pc<-tally in the region ot ihe Monts near Tasure and

on both side* of the Snlppes.

"southwest of the Butte du Mu nil. after having been pushed back by our couaier-atiark* at points whey ihay had enturrd out position* this morning. the enemy came back with new r .- | forces After several fruitless att,. irmpt*. which cost them heavy losses. u .e | they succeeded In gaining a footing oh again In a pan of tbe position* ww

ro ! conquered February 13.

I'-h I "On the right bank cu tbe Meuae usl and In tbe Woevre tbe enemy violently bomb*ni'-u our first line* on I the Beaumor.' aad Bola le Chaume as- j frunts, a* well as In the Saicheprey <>f region, wbrrc a strong surprise at-

md tack t

v prim

tit* attacked by

.nicatiM Trenches.

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