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. IDE BMEFfiOM II fMHU
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(Continued from yesterday)
January 15.
Having got back safely to billets,"
I found that waterproof sheet there
waiting for me aud one parcel from
Fortnum & Mason. The parcel con
talned candles, matches, cascara,
malted milk, chocolate, Oxo, refill
for torch, tobacco and cigarettes,
Under, tea and cocoa, aud writing
paper. I wonder if this is the
first parcel they sent us? There
was no vaseline, etc.
Well, on the nigut ot the 13th
we had definite news that the
Welsh were going to relievo us on
the evening of the 14th. I did
a good deal of suiting on the morn
ing of the 14th, actually succeeded
in silencing-their machine gun with
my second shot at, it. I spotted the
loop hole they were firing J'rorn, and
the first Bhot of mine went just
below and the second must have hit
'be gun as they haven't fired since.
I also found it quite easy to shoot
through their loop holes 150 yards
away, and must have annoyed them
a lot. I had to runf In one of our
sentries for walking about to warm
I Is feet. Poor devil, anyway he on
ly got eight days field punishment
No. 1, whereas it's punishable by
death. The Welsh started reliev
ing us about 5^45 p. m., by 7:30
i>. m. we were all cut ofthe trench
es. About 8:3') we found our
transports, etc., and marched off
Cor home again, arriving about 11
p. m. The distarce turned out to
he about nine miles. Our feet wer
is awful shape when we got in. They
ivere sodden and wrinkled by water
md quite soft when we started, and
when we got in they were burning
md badly swollen up, too big for
our boots, with blisters and cracks'
all over them, and they are sore
enough today. We shuffle about
like a lot of ducks. I think a
waterproof is indispensable I'll nev
er forget the march back, cvor all
chose cobbled roads and our feet
swelling and burnirg. Ugh. Hut
very fit otherwise
Critish Expeditionary Force, Franca,
January 26th, 1915.
Dear W. B.
The alarm watch arrived today;
many thanks, they aVe awfully use
ful. X have given the other to a
3enior officer, and he had gone in
to the town today to havo it repair
ed. Good news about the German
cruiser being sunk. We've had
quite a bit of fighting along our
front the last two days, and take>i»
quite a fgw prisoners and a t reach
or two. Weather has been much
colder lately and the ground >ard
er under foot, which accounts for
Increased activity. What will it be
like In the spring, I wonder? Rou
mania and Italy ought to join and at
tack Austria then, (and Bulgaria
and Greece attack Turkey).
Am very fit, no cougn or cold
aow. Well, on the morning of the
25th the Germans began an attack
on our lines near La Bassee, and
there was a terrible cannonade goiu
on about 7:15 a. m., the heaviest
I've heard so far; and just as I
got down Btairs aud started towarl i
the mess room for breakfast, n I
ihell gave a 6hort shriek and burst!
somewhere In tLe town. During
breakfast three or four fell in the
town and it became obvious that the
town was being shelled ar low range;
probably by a flat trajectory naval
"un, and not a very big one; also
the shells were sot for concussion.
After breakfast we noted all the
fire was directed toward the part of
town occupied by the general and
his staff, and also toward the rail
road station. About thirty shells.
must have fallen iu the town by ten
o'clock, when the bombardment
stopped. About eight men were
killed and ten horses, by a shell ax;
ploding in their stable. It was ex
citing to hear just a short shriek ot
the shell aud then the thud of it
burying itself, or the crash of its
bursting. The shells were of poor
quality, only about one iu three ex
ploding, and then the damage was
not extensive. The ordnance cf
iicer who examiued some fragments
said they were made of cast steel
of inferior quality. Two burst with
in thirty yards of me, and one bur
ied itself, without exploding, about
twenty yards away. We had to
stand to all morning in absolute
readiness to ®*>ve off, and it was
fun watching people and men ducic
involuntarily when they heard the
shriek of the shell. It'e almost im
possible to help dolug so at first. I
noticed after the third shell burst
iu the town the hospitals at oaua
cleared off all possible cases into
a hospital train; didn't waste any
time over it either. There was a
constant stream of motor ambu
lances from the four hospitals
and the statiou. There are a lot
of Red Cross society ladies work
ing as nurses here. It's terrible to
think what usually happens to the
nurses when the Germans take a
town. All morning a stream of i» -
habitants filled the roads leading
south. Most of them only meant
to go two or three miles away at
first to see if a severe bombard
ment would be opened or not. Hov
ever, it was a touching sight to
see the aged and infirm being help
ed along by the young, nearly all
of them being women and loaded wit
small bundles of food or blankets.
We heard all kinds of rumors about
the fighting, but in the end , it
turned out that the Germans broke
through the first line, but on our
••©serves coming into action thjy
had to retire unOer full enfilade
fire from our machine guns and
loft about 500 dead, and some of
ficers and 400 men in our hands.
We had orders to march out af
ter lunch and came on here to the
first village we were in before mov
ing into town. We were allotted
billets and got our men and our
selves all comfortably settled, and
wBut to sleep, when about 11:30 p.
m. a battalion of Coldstream Guards
turned uo, who were occupying the
same billets the night before, but
had marched .out in case reinforce
ments were needed, and so billeting
all- had to be done again, and we
didn't get any. too much sleep that
night. I'm sleeping on a tile
floor downstairs in a farm house.
However, there is a stove and I've
been able to buy •more coal, and al
so there are six chairo and a table,
so am really comfortable. My new
servant is a success, too." I
got pretty cold last night till I put
OA a body-VI4, noticeable for its
great warmth and scratchiness. It
takes a loag time to get the tiles
warm beneath you. The guards are
ready to move off tonight at 10
minutes' notice; men sleep with
boots and putties. Good-night.
JAMES BP.OOKr! CLOS13.
Degeneration of the House.
No jokes are Vtti'r appreciated than
tiio^'c that are made unwittingly by
sober minded n>eu.
Not loug ago a solemn member of
congivss was holding forth in tiiat
body in a pessimistic strain about
what he felt to be a great falling off
in the character and standing of that
august body.
"Since 1 fame into this house four
years ago," he announced with the ut
most gravity, "the confidence of the
public in it lias much diminished.
Philadelphia Ledger.
DAMAGE DONE BY EARTHQUAKE.
® 1S15, by American Press Association.
This shows how buildings were demolished by the shocks that recently
devastated a large section of Italy.
MARCHING TROOPS
Caring For the Feet of an Army
Is a Vital Matter.
AS IMPORTANT AS FIT FOOD,
the Manner In Which the Sock and
Shoe Problem Wai Solved by Our
Military Men Has Given Uncle Sam
the Beet Shod Soldiers In the World.
The care of soldiers' feet Is oue of
tbe Important things In war. A soldier
Is no better than Ills feet Many things
enter Into the suni total of military ef
ficiency, but two of the groat factors
making for elllclency In troops ure
marksmanship and marching power.
Infantry that cauuot march would be
is uuflt as Infantry that could not
shoot. It may be because of tbe im
porta nee of the feet In infantry that
the men of that branch of ttie service
ire called "foot troops." Infantry
without good feet would be more use
less than eavalry_witbout mounts, ar
Jllery without cannon or a flying corps
Napoleou tins been credited with say
ng that an army marches upon its
stomnch, which, of course, is true as
far as/it goes. Soldiers to bring 01
maintain their efficiency at the highest
point must be adequately ted. and a
world of endeavor has neen put forth
tty brainy uien to iusure the proper
■supply of food, to put into the ration
the constituents needed by the human
system and to have the food well cook
id. But It is just as true, figuratively
is well as literally, that an army
inarches on its feel.
When a recruit or a prospective re
crult comes up for his physical exam
ination the examining surgeon gives
|ust about as much (litemHm to the
applicant's feet as to his lungs, heart
kidneys, teeth, vision and hearing He
will not pass a mau with llai leet. tie
•ause that man could not march. He
will Insist on a certain amount of arcb
to the fool. Too high aiLiirrb, which,
however, is rare in men. would result
In his rejection Any defect in the feet
which would niilliate against hi* en
Jura nee on I he march would be a cause
for rejection of the man.
With I he recognition of the Impor
tance of the soldier's foot came long
ind earnest study and experimentation
with the so'dicr's sock and his shoe
The sock question was soon satisfac
torily adjusted. The necessity of fie
ijuent bathing of the feet, especially on
the march, was early determined on
mid woolen socks, light or heavy, ac
cording to the season, were decided on
for marehihg men. Fresh nnd cleaa
socks are Insisted on, and a sock with
it hole in it or a sock that bas been
darned is not to be worn. At least that
Is the idea as developed in the Ameri
can military service. In the matter of
the tit of a soldier's socks it is pre
scribed In regulations that "the socks
will be large enough to permit free
movement of the toes, but not so loose
us to permit of wrinkling."
When it came down to the study of
the shoe the military men had a seri
ous problem which it Is believed in
this country to have been correctly
solved and with the result that the
men of the American army are the
best shod troops in the world. The
cost of the United States army shoe,
garrison or marching, is in round fig
ures $3, and so popular is It witli the
men of the army that they rarely buy
a pair of private shoes for use when
absent from post on pass or on fur
lough. The quartermaster shoe of the
present day is considered an excellent
speciuien of the shoemaker's art and
is vasty different in fit and finish from
the army shoo of a generation ago
In those states where these shoes
are Issued by the national government
to the organized militia it is one of the
perplexities of the national guard of
ficers to keep their men from wearing
tne shoes in civil me.
Before the foot and shoe t)t question
fame under the study of men concern
ed with the efficiency of troops there
was always a great deal of foot sore
ness among the soldiers on the march
This trouble was always severe and
annoying among new troops and
among old troops with new shoes..
The old idea was to equip a -soldier
with a pair of shoes that would wear
long. The stoutness and durability of
the shoe was the main consideration.
There was very little consideration for
the foot that went inside the shoe. If
the shoe was slarge enough and not
very much too large for the man the
matter was thought to be settled. Foot
trouble among regular troops on the
march has been greatly reduced, but
of course has not been eliminated.
Probably that ideal never will be at
tained.
A soldier's marching efficiency de
pends not alone on the size or wbat Is
commonly-called the "fit" of the shoe,
but on the shape. It has been said
that Dr. Herman Meyer was the first
tg. formulate the theory that the great
toe must lie in such a position that
Its axis when carried backward shall
pass through the center of the heel.
The foot is a lever of the second class;
the fulcrum is at the ball and great toe
and power at the beel, which is trans
mltted through the tendo-Achilles from
the calf muscles and the weight of the
hody between. This lever is the prime
factor in walking or marching. The
leg and body muscles balance the load
or shift the levers, which are the feet
-Washington Star.
The great thing in the world Is not
so much to seek happiness as to earn
peace and self respect.
Airedale Puppies
Whelped January 9, 1915
Bred from hunting parents.
Born hunters, up to the stan
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Males $20; Females $15
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el Island, Eagle Hirer, Douglas
and Juneau.
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