Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, December 17, 1917, Page 8

- . 1. “All present and correct, sir,” re-- parted the company sergeant major & Company A, Fourth Canadian Aounted Riiles, as. the officers came on parade for what was to be.the last time. We were quite proud of our company because*we had just receiv- ed a_re-enforcing draft of forty men which brought our numbers-up to about 120—slightly more ~than one- half the number we should have had. But in those days men were not as plentiful as they are now. We. had to_get alons somehow. Every man was carefuily inspected tc see that he had his steel helmet, two gas masks ‘and his “iron rations. The latfer consisted chiefly of a tin bully beef and some hard biscui These were - most necessary, as W never knew:when the Germans might attempt a flank movement at the base of tho Ypres salient, and if this were successful those of us who were at the nose of the salient might-have to sabsist for two or three .days on our iron rations until a we- could be cut through again. That tin of buily beef «Struck the men as being a piece of | “useless and very jieavy furniture, wilich_it was advisable to “ditch” if possible. To the Front Line. Tt was just zetting dusk os the in- mpection was compieted. ILvery man hitchea his pack un imto a comfort- ®hle position on his back, gave a fnal tug at his belt and in a few minutes we were off on -ihat long journey of seven miles past Viamertinghe and Ypres, right up the salient (o the front line. ‘Every man looked as though he were just going back to work after bhis_summer holiday. We lad had an eight-day rest and we wWere now go- ing in to do a sixteen-day iour. The Fourth C. 1L R. were over a new part of ‘the -iing. mally in Sanctuary Wgod chies which ran seuth.~irom commencing at the ng ahout the tr post in the German which seemed to laugh at our and continved to take toli among © Put on the night of we were .going T ran-In a s direction front of Obse 1 mazh Wood. was -about rested’on h separated | us from the Second Divisio the good fortune for the fi ages to be Jjeaded sneaked up as far as a light. Plere ter some marching Corner. where we Zillebeke. At 7 south of Ziliehele Lak by the suides of -t} ion. from whom w Erom this point vanced separaiely The night wa by the - flares which swept in right and left. relief the bri of renches whi in AT- - line 1:66,'and reached Sir. 11 a east H arm, to the | we were met enth Batts were~taking over. | company ad- own. zuide: ined only ‘ront line, semicirele to flares threw n and twisted trees and- uneven sandbag para- 1=_of the The night was still; -exeept the *occasional crash of a_hand.grenade or the crack of a rifle. . < Fritz’s “Typewriters. We moyved alorg.tie open road. un- til' the risips :ground. brousht us in line with some of the -lead from one of - Fritz’s” “tapewriters” which was traversing~ihat: part. of ila ‘scemery. We “flopped” in’ tlic ditch = _couple of times, and then turned to-the left be- tween Observatol Ridge and Maple & pse. Shortly after this we communicating -trench to_the, froAt line. The ordinary, trench s/ narrow. enough for.a man wearing-fall equip- ment, but when arolief is ‘going on the trepch'is filled with men lodded down- like - pack: mules ‘Wwaifing' to g0 out.as soon as ihe relief. is completed. We bumped. and - squeezed our. way alofg to the accompaniment of miny ejaculations mever heard in Stnday chool. t length 4ve ‘came -to the section of ‘trench we w It was on the extreme' right .of 'the Third 4 i During .the day Colonel Ussher, ac- the us enjered which - took GAPT URED By : Lieut. Copyright, 1917, by Public Ledger Company Photo- top, left, by American Press Association; right:by 1 F. S); below eopyright, Underwood & Underwood Three views of Canadian troops going i nto action. 3 3 fruit from he French women and children, who live entirely upon this source of income. At the top, left, the soldiers.on their way to the front are buying At the right the fighters .are passing through a communication trench to the first line, while below another contingent is scurrying over un- protected territory into the shelter.of an companied all his the had zone over the and each knew thoroughly th adjutant, Ciptain company com- vhole line pecu- liarities of the parts of the line” with which they had m to_do. A nen- commission officer from each company the machine gun section. in ahead €A _supply of rubber zone stores. shovel: to boots etc.. had also ts over trench ch_articles as wiring gloves, ammunition, hand grenades, etc.) Thus everything quick relief when we arr “Relief Completed.” was in readimess for a ved. In our part of the line we were met by our company-commander, Lieute: ant -Coc geant major, shutt, and our who superintended the ompany ze tribution of the mecn and arranged £s At Completed” \d_the men of heaved a gigh [ the trencaBs. for siar iength was each s was shown his alarm post, points while the reliet the message assed. down the line the, of After Each and at man zoing Relief ntry post. ever. was Scventn battalion tisfaction ana 181t . final inspection by the company commander, the order treneh was on duty. non-comg! >ught out a spot hole in the si given, and.all but the trench officer sioned offic in a jdugout or o of the support tremch n h to strctch their weary legs. An Elephant Dugout. Our juare theavy corrugated .. eaet broad. Th and served,to an arc eight inche strong homeé. which lephant digout. and was roofed over with very teel in the form of corrugation heing ahbout | s steel roof was | ambount of - e d- with a detonating layer of| was was known as an about eight feet support arth and sandres ‘roken rock, so that in case of a di- hit- the utside the dugout, The door con: the w: sunk in shell rather than the inside® 6f sted 1 of cloged the entrance. ¥ a blanket sozked in chemicals and roll- | ed up-in a, convenient -position ‘to be dropped to close the door in-case. of a gas- attack. would explode ‘on of a wooden frame sandbags ,which At the top hung Ipside there was just Toom to stand up.. There- were two heds made: of wire~ netting stretched over a woodem frame. In the center was a small, rough table, where- we. did had” such ‘a good dugoui and we toek 1 our work and tting on thé edge of the first time: we had great pride in hanging up our equip- ment on the arch. ails “driven bags which closed 'up the far 1 There was plenty of room, into the sand- as ‘on “this’ last tour of the.trenches there .were only company— tenan re to occupy.{a littie very The morning of june 1" Broke .bright s0 apy 1L three .officers In. A 3 eutenant Cocksuhit, Lien- Wells. and myself. alway's ‘on"dit could - each oce 1 necessary sleep. Ope - was that the other two #_ bed and, snatch 2 o - . Copyright, I'FAS n their dugout on the fi & rina line. <nd of embankment. Those of who were off duty spent our time in a thorough in- spection of thé fiew trenchés. These were excallently ‘built. 'They were very dry and had, more head cover than the. old trengnes up in Sanctuary Woods. The fire st was quare and solid and ot crumbl Z away.as in many of the pther trenches wwe Lad taken aver. | The gencral system consisted of two lines sbout twenty-five vards apart'— the front. line ccntained the fire bays sepa- rated. by aeavy traverses to.Jocalize the effert of & direct hit. 'Thc second line contain>d 21’ the dugouts, and 1t was here that the men remained when not - on duty ir the front line. Three nication trenchess joi these twa lines on our company frontase. he nd line was a jmore or less straight trench’ without_sn¥. bays or fire steps and ‘it was re@y, used as a communicition trench 'to¥aove. the men ‘om one part of the froui e to an other without the necessity of their passing .alonz the front line. * The 1de jwachine gun rompany. had its Zuns .mounted . in. exceiient ,emplace- ents commanding-our frent and also the gap on our right which sepirated us from the second division. and which was patroled only at night. and clear. us ALL-WINTER TRIPS t FOR STEAMER CHELSEA | Might Be Possible. if Government Tug Ceuld Be Secured to Maintain Chan- nel. frozen oloea. of Although the Tham: to the hig,bridge, Steamer | the Nerwich and New York Propeler company. made her way up to her wharf Saturds The trip from New Loxdon ich generally takes but an Four v half. required over two and “one-haif “hours.and’ this was -a hall homr better time than . Captain olberg’s : boat made on her risr the steamer Iy five ifiches thick nel fro: er with ciear found er path when cam Saturday. ke Sunday- afternoon ‘the - steamer did not . risk waiting too Iate, but. start- | ed” one down-trip to’ New ' York at cne owlock,sinstead of 4 or 5.as in resular. N IR ~ Agent Ivedericl V. R. Kpouse:said vesterday that it wax t}:c desire of the Propeller company _totkeep. the ‘Steami- coula e, accomplished - tug conld be wecursd . in the. channel brokeu up. aSuch * tug is fetsd to bu =ainst.-ige -ca) jand wouid make an -edsy task of what tthe Chelsin;z - found- difficulf “to- do. The . advantage. of having the Nor- wich Steamer rupning up from Neyw secopd. day -was: never 5o -season, with shortage ofj mporiant SUpp! -as’ .coal, flour - and the’ like, = es- & government “Keep -the ice | heigea ‘yunning - regularly . the entire. whiter would, insure a hopeful shuttle of irade, back and.forth; kecp- ing Nerwich and towns .porth con- nected with tbe:lMetropotis-in'a most advantageons wa S Temporary Station ‘Opens’ This:Morn:" The ‘temporary - station: of ‘the post office opens this morning in. the Thay- er building and will b= open all week for the receipt ‘of. parcel rost _pa ages, and it is urged ‘that.all mailing be done as early in .the ‘weck' as pos- le, as parcels not mailed’ till Friday 3 are’ Hahle not 10 -be de-~ livered by Christmas, as for three days' during the past week the mails were from ten to thirty-six hours late ‘and with .the exira heayy ‘holiday mail they will -be - still Jater.. - Mark - your package “Not to-be opened till Christ- mas” and mail it eariy. -Station will be open. from 8 a. m. till S p. m. Sixtesn “Join. Polish Army. . The 16 Polish resideats of New Lon. don ‘who left Saturday for. Hartford, ‘at ~which place they - will ~enter, the Pelish le X ds_ being formed in Canada for gervice across tfie wa- ter; wers. ‘. p-f,flmk_-nrgfc.ll at. the’ Polisn:church. §ors Whiz-Bangs Disturb Sleep. White hese machige Tun e ed_Lieu- tenant Brigad had former Thirty-Fifth Batialion first time we had mot bheen with e i This was ‘the ce leaving i in A True and Thrilling Tale of the Experiences of a Wounded Canadian. Officer Who Fell into the Hands of the Enemy much - dirt down en your face that you imagined-you_ had swallowel'a petato Forty in’ Twenty Minates. One of our.officers .tad just entered this - palaital residence -one day and stretchad himse¥-out for:a short siesta on.a_downy . couch consisting of .a few empty sandbags ial on the hard earth fire. step, which was zbout ome -amd 2 half .feet wide, when Fritz. decided to throw over a few “"bear kegs™ (Minnen- werfers). We got forty of them in about twenty minutes. The last one landed plamb in the . cemter of the trench just beside the-officers’ dugout. It made a hole about twenty feet across,’ -tweive feet desp amd bopried three of .our men alive. ' We eventually managed to dig them out, however, un- wounded but shell-shocked.. It was at this’ moment that the officer who had gone blissfully to sleep emerged - from the so-called dugout, rubbed his eyes and muttered: “Say hovs, what5s going | on? I thought I.heard something.” He was the soundest sleeper 1 ever knew. . About sunset one of cur observation balloons broke loose and started. to! drift over the German Mpes. The oc- cupants had descended in their par- achute and our “Archies” -(anti-air- | craft guns) were doing their best to! Cestroy it before it landed in German | territory. The Germaas, thinking it} might slill be .occupied, also shelled ! it . { There must have. been - thousands | o rounds of ammunition expended on this one balloon. . The sky was white | with puffs of smioke. Just as it dis- appeared from view we saw. a German airplane go up and finish it off. Visit From “Chuek” Gibson. i After supper I was sitting _in. the Cugout writing lioms by the. lght of | a flickering ‘candle when I was in- formed that there was @ corporal outside who wanted to .see me. . He tirned out to be Bombsrdier “Chuck” Gibson, who was with the sixty-pound “Tock™ Emma, (Tretch Motar) battery located “on our frontage. We had a long talk over the games of bowls he and_ 1, Ken Douglas, Howard Brown and Dous. Addison tsed.to have In Toronto. All these boy: were either ir: England or Franece. huek” prom- ed to. bring Howard Brown. who happened -also” to-be in {he front line with the “Tock Emmas? over to see me “the next’ d He €old me of a “strafe” they were puitinz on nest| morning about £.50, and I promised to zo over and oheérve for them. Un- fortunately this’lttle party never came off. The next day I was so busy I| never saw “Chuck.’ He was killed at his gun, which fired. until it was knocked ~out. Howard Brown K& was taken prisoner. Mourns Fine Officer. We all seemed :in 2 mood that cvening.. Hapvey utt and--1 spent. a. . pleaxant after. “Chuck” left, .discussing piane . for after the.war. -This is the n:ost cheering thing.ome ean do when the trenches, and outside of the business of killing Huns, .is the fav orite takc among the.soldiers:. . Poor ©'d Harvey’s dreams. were -never to be realized. He, too.died doing, his. duty like the brave fellow that he twas. It England and we had many _things to Ik ubout. We sat down in a sunny spot of th= trenck pped our backs against the parados, Slied our pipes nd cnjoyed a pleasant Lalf hour. The v was very quiet. Nothing distib- us except un occasional salvo -of h are s harmless as Of milkk if you stand ' -flat gainst the front face of the trench They are very annovingz, however, * if you are.lisinz to shateh a little sleep in v duzout. ' sleep reminis me of an in- eident which happened one fime when we were 1n the old trenches at the Ap- pendix. Tho officers’ duszout consisted of a fire bay roofed over with a piece of corrugated gaivanized iron springlad ith ur two inches of dirt. The par; wh our only_protection from fr < hardly bullet proof. Th ke a sieve and one of grenades thrown into Land shoek so No was recognived: throughout the- 4th . M..R. that he was one of our fimest Scers. Night -Before ‘Capture. i At 11 p. m. that night when I was on -duty and patroMing the .tremch T noticed that 2 .whiz-bang had- eet fire to’ the dried -samdbag on the top 'off e of the. dugouts. .1 comsidered that | the occapants had a personal interest | in this affair so 1 aroused them we got to werk withs shove thought we -vere - celebrating Fawkes’s night.a’ little “eariy in season and decided:lo break up the party with . nmachine-gun fire.. How- cver, we managed to extinguish flames without .any casuaitie; At-"12 o'clock T awoke ‘the office: who was 10 go on'dnty zfter me andd lay -down to sleep until- 4 o'clock. Lit- tie did I know that this was to be last time 1 would close my eyes on Allied soil for some time to come. (Comtinued tormorrow LOCAL DECORATOR RECEIVES COMPLIMENTARY LETTER Food Administrator Hoover Com- mends D. J. Hinchey for Excellent Economic Display. Daniel J. Hinchey, store decorator of The Porteous & Mitchell Company, is United States Hoover. - Mr. D. J. Hinchey, Porteous & Mitcieil Company, Norwich. Connecticut ood Administrator ' 2 3 jail emplores of the Soutibern in receipt of the following letter from | Fingiand Telephone company, since the Dear M. Hinchey; Dry Goods Economist has sent to the Food Administration excellent display which your company exhibited and entered in the food con- | servation window display contest re- cently conducted through the Econa- mist. We arc glad to have this photograph tb add to our permanent collection and thank vou very sincerely for the’ patri- otic spirit which prompted its instal- lation. 2 X The great problem which the Food Administration has to solve is the edu- cation of the people; and the retail merchants through their display win- dows and various other forms’of ad- ertising, have a wonderful opportun- ity to carry the food message direct. to the consumer. It is indeed gratifying to find them so uniformly eager to en- list their unusual facilities in our ser- vice. Faithfully ypurs, Herbért, I;Ion\'er. FIRST DEGREE CONFERRED ON” ELEVEN CANDIDATES Shecial Meeting of White Cross Coun- wil Held to Adm Members. . The Jarge number of applications.for membership that are being received made it Aecessary hold a special meeting of ,White Cross Council,' N 13, Knights of Columbus, Sunday. after- noon for the purpose of initiating a class of candidates eligible to mem- bership in"the order. The meeting was presided over .by Grand Knight, John H. Carney and the first business transacted was the. ex- ‘emplification of the 'first degree upon eleven candidates. These exercises | were’ in charge of the regular dégres tam of the order. Several new apph- cations for membership were received during the business session: which fol- lowed the exemplification. ' The_committee recéntly 3 to atrange for'a campaign in Norwich for the Knights of ‘Columbuys war fund an- nounced that the week of January 14th to the 19th had been decided as the date for the local drive. preliminary to the campaign the be an ‘open meeting in the councit chamber on Friday evening Dec 28th, at which time William J. Mulli- gan of Thompsonville, . National -Di- rector of the order and State ; Chair- ‘man in charge of the work of raising Connecticut's allotment - of the - Watr cent.. . ... a photograph of Lhe!‘! Howewve: ALL TELEPHONE: EMPLOYES GIVEN INCREASE IN PAY New Ruling, Effective From Decem- ber 10th, Affects About 50 in Nor- wich Division, . ] The Christmas season hrings joy to New officials_have anndunced a’ gemeral in- | c1ease in pay,- effective from Decem- ' ber. 10th. ¢ This, ‘in the annual stood to be way, takes. the place of ! borttus, ‘generaiiy - undet- ivalent to about 10 per the' new riling. does not fect. spegial wzge rewards to indi- vidual employes whose particular -effi- | cy merits extra recegnition, or for other reasons.. ‘Such valued ‘members | of the big férce will receive extra ctmpensation, to¥ether: .with ‘the zen- cral wage imerease from Dec. 10. As a matter of cotirse, all employes connected “with the Norwich' division ure feeling’ in 206d spirits pleasing news, ‘especially 4 @s’ béen 'z ‘very ‘busy’snd a very : taxing one for ‘ail’ teleplione workers. | About 50 in-the Nerwich division are affected by the advance 3nd ‘the cour- teou: )(73’ W tér .avenue, took ® specis announcing the force: pleasars - in t _:grgefl_fle‘newz to” his MYSTIC' MERCHANT..DIES | ‘SUDDENLY" 18 STORE Herbsrt "S. THorwas 'i¢' Attasied’ by Héart: Trouble” While' at” His Busi- _HerBeit S, "Phomas, member of the firm_ of .Thomas & eorge, furmiture i ¢ | Just’ ome" from .Conrad Kretzer's “store, whers he had . been ehgaged in conversation .and seemed perfectly: wel e d’ been a' suf- !r;;;r LB et 45 ;1‘.‘ bt “lately seemed particularly: B He. wis 57 Vedra old en Friday and a mative .of Onarga. Ifl. He was Caleb’ T~ . who John. McGregor. of: ‘Mystic,” and . three brothers, Charles S of Lawton, Okla. Frank - H. of Brodkfietd. .M Louis J. of. Austin, Tex. The Beckwith;, BRH - been . engaged the furniture’ business for some time. ’!“t‘xy of New- Camp fund. will be in_ atténdance-and {. ‘e the plan upon which, the cam- "_ in Norwich will be conducted. Pictlure Tells Zhe. Sfog JAMES L. CASE 87 Shetucket St. A share of your Insurance iness of all kinds solicited l THE THAMES NATIONAL BANK 16 Shetucket St. Ve cane chairs in the finest way and seli caning wholesale and re sail. MIKOLASP'S TAILOR SHOP 38 Market St., Telephone 537-5 PURE DRUGS Compounded Accurately by GEORGE M. RATHBONE 133 West Main St. Tel. 182-3 DR. C. B. ELDRED 43 Broadway Tel. 341-3 EAST SIDE WET WASH Ernest Freeman 15 Ripley Place Tel. 1112-4 WASSERMANN The Plaut-Cadden Co. Estab. 187 Plavt-Cadden Buiiding 144-146 Main St Norwich, Ct. Devoe Ready Mired Paint Varnishes, Oils and Brushes and Metals Preston Bros. Inc. and High Grade GROCLRIES A. T. Otis & Son 7 Franklin St. Builetin Bldg. LUMBER of all descriptions CHAPPELL CO. Tel. 24 ———————n ——— I FERGUSON'S on Franklin Sguare Diamonds, Watches, Cut _Glass and Silverware 239 Main Street l AND FOCKET BILLARDS DOOLEY & SIMPSON Basement | - Thayer Building GET IT at RING & SISK'S Cruggists Franklin Square LET ME PAINT IT FOR YOUu! GEO. F. ADAMS 17 Town St. Tel 1343-4 Need a Plumber? Tel. 287 BARSTOW & COo. 23 Vrater Street PLUMBING “As You Like It JAMES W. MURPHY 16 Thames St. Telephone 1884-24 SUPPLIES and ACCESSORIES C. E. LANE Shop tel. 731 House tel. 1123.2 Everything Purn Clean and Good at the PROVIDENCE BAKERY 66 Franklin St. Tel. 1133-3 VICTROLA The Plaut-Caden Co. Estab. 1872 Plaut-Crdden Building 144-146 Main St. Nerwich, Ct. GOOD ROOFING in all its branches Chas.E. Whitaksr 81 Water St. THUMM'S Delicatessan 40 Franklin St. Tel. 1309~ HIGH GRADE COAL CHAPPELL CoO. Telephone Seif Starting Remington Typewriters H. R. WAGNER 52 Broadway Norwich, Conn. See SPEAR and You'll See C. A. SPEAR Optometrist Franklin Square ug, stairs in Sorhers Bldg. FARMING IMPLEMENTS and MECHANICS’ TooLS of all kinds Bulletin Building, THE HOUSEHOLD 74 Franklin Street SECOND PART OF . IMPROVEMENT CONTEST HELD. Raymond Heebner Wins First Prize for Arcund Athletic Work. turday morning in the Y. M. C. A. gym- the second part of the improve- ment contest was held and the winners Were deccided. There were three sets prizes for the contest, which in- ‘cluded worlk: on three pieces of appara- tis—horizental bats, parailel bars. and The 'firdt set. of prizes was t the beginning of the con- ést on’ Nov. 15. . They were awarded as" follows: First, Raymond Heebn 783; .second. ‘Harold Sullivan, 72 third, Philip’ McNamaura, 690. The sec- ond set of prizes was awarded Satur gy -for .the ‘best work then and they, went to first, Raymond Heebner, 803 second, Everctt Gee, 759; third, Roland Farris, 717. The third set of - prizes ‘was also awarded Saturday for the greatest. gain’ between the other two contests 'and they were awarded. first, ‘Hymen Jenig, 100; second, Everett Gee, $0: third, George Clement, 4. fhere were 24 boys in the contest, which was hotly’contested from star to -finish. : Polcorto Bound Over. tProbable ‘cause being found b Judge "Coit in the New London police ourt Saturday morning, Nicolo Pol- torto, an Italian, 21 vears old, accused of -an ‘assatlt with intent to kill, as a résult of a shooting affair in his home Shaw street on_Satufday .night, Deec. 1, when Mrs. Rosie Petrizzi, his Tasther-in-law was hit in the right Lip from a_ bullet Gischarged from a '3~ calibre’ revolver in Polcorto’s pos- session, was vound over to the next ferm of the superior court, under tondsof $750 ‘which were furnished. 4 phde s Byl Recruiting Officer Here. recruiting officer of the U. S. Lavy will be at the Norwich post of- fice this.week to give all who desir BARGAIN WAR FAIR PROVED SUCCESSFUL. Proceeds Will The Y. M. CinA. ants in opening of the were all sold, closing of:tite sale: of the most su; the Ladies’ auxiliary has ever under faken and a good sum was T} sum will be devoted to the.run expenses of. the fiuxiliary durin: the winter and also to whatcver D for. entertaining 4 the city nin, of the program soldier and sailor during the winter tures Saturday, clectrical the fami White. i ar fairy to. enter the- navy information and al- | all “found qualtfied for “er & in zned visito: is ‘ass There were no moving pio- ad-an electri- ion_In -which , but ik cal theatre was in opera: operated figures acted ol Be Dewdted to Enter- taining Soldiers and Sailors. bargain war T#ir closed Saturday with a large -attend- ance present who kept all the -attend- the booths busy sale until which from the the event® took place some time before the time set'for t of The. fair was under ‘harge of Mrs. Henry. E members ‘of the Ladies’ auxiliary serving in the Dbooths. STRENGTH P2 4 HOTHERHDD, realized Churc,