Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, February 2, 1918, Page 8

CHAPTER VII—Continued.” _ Then I spread the waterproof sheet on the ground, while the Quartermas- ter's_Batman dumped the rations on jt. The Corporal was smoking a fag. I carried the rations back to the bil- fet. The Corporal was still smoking a fag. How I envied him. But when the issue commenced my senvy died, and I realized that the first.requisite of a non-commissioned officer on ac- tive service is diplomacy. There. were hineteen men in our section, and they soon formed a semi-circie around us after the Corporal had called out, “Rations up.” The sQupartermnster—Sergeanl had given a slip to the Corporal on which was written a list of the rations. Sit- ting on the floor, using a wooden box as a table, the issue commenced. On the left of the Corporal the rations were piled. They consisted of the followin Six loaves of fresh bread, each loaf of a different size, perhaps one out of the six being as flat as a pancake, the result of an Army Service Corps man placing a box of bully beef,on it during transportation. Three tins of jam, one apple, and the other two plum. ¥ Seventeen Bermuda ‘onions, all dif- ferent sizes. A plece of cheese in the shape of a wedge. Two one-pound tins of butter. A handful of raisins. At f biscuits, or as Tommy calls them “Jaw-breakers.” A bottle of mustard pickles. The ‘“bully beef” spuds, condensed milk, fresh meat, bacon, and ‘“Macon- ochie Rations” (a can filled with meat, vegetables, and greasy water), had been turned over to the Company Cook to make stew for next days din- ner. He also received the tea, sugar, salt, pepper, and flour. Scratching his head, the Corporal studied the slip issued to him by the quarter. Then in a elow, mystified voice he read out, “No. 1 Section, 19 men. Bread, loaves, six.” He look- ed puzzled and soliloquized in a mus- ing voice: “Six loaves, nineteen men. Let's see, that's three in a loaf for fifteen men—weli to make it even, four of yorll have to muck in on one loaf” The four that got stuck mad a howl, but to no avail. The bread was dish- ed out. Pretty soon from a far corner Looks more like a -sniping plate.” The Corporal 3 “Well, don't blame me, I didn't bake it, somebody’s got to get it, so shut up until I dish out these blink- in' rations.” ‘Then the Corporal started on the “Jam, three tins—apple one, plum two. Nineteen men, three tins. Six in a tin, makes twelve men for two tins, seven in the remaining tin.” He passed around the jam, and there was another riot. = BSome didn't like apple, while others 'who received plum were partial to apple. After awhile differences were adfusted, and the issue went on. “Bermuda omions, seventeen.” The Corporal avoided a row by say- ing that he did not want an .onion, and I said they make your breath smell, so guessed 1 would do without one too. The Corporal looked his tude. 2 heese, pounds two.” The Corporal borrow a jacknife (corporals are always borrowing), and sliced the cheese.—each slicing bring- ing forth a pert remark from the on-’ lookers as to the Corporal's eyesight. “Raisins, ounces, eight” /By this time the Corporal's nerves had gone West, and . in . despair,. he]| said that the raisins were to be turn- er %o the cook for “duft” (plum pud- ding). This decision elicited a little “grousing,” but quiet was finally re- stored. » “Biscuits, tins, one.” o _With his borrowed jacknife, the Corporal opened. the tin of biscuits, and told everyone to help themselves, —nobody responded to this invitation. |- Tommy is “fed up” with biscuits. “Butter, tins, two.” “Nine in one, ten in the other.” Another rumpus. “Pickles, mustard, bottles, ome.” Nineteen names were put in a steel hzlmet, the last one out winning the bickles. On the next issue there were only eighteen names, as the winner is eliminated until every man in the sec- tion has won a bottle. The raffle is closely watched, be cause Tommy is suspicious when it comes to gambling with his rations. ‘When the issue is finished, the Cor- poral sits down and writes a letter home, asking them if they cannot get some M. P. (Member of Parliament) to have him transferred to the Royal Flying Corps where he won't have to issue rations, __At the different French estaminets in the village, and at the canteens, Tommy buys fresh eggs, milk, bread and pastry. Occasionally when he is flush, he invests in a tin of pears or apricots. His pay is only a shilling a day, twenty-four cents, or a cent an hour. Just imagine, a cent an hour for being under fire—not much chance of getting rich out there. When he goes into the fire trench (front line), Tommy's menu takes a tumble. He carries in_his haversack what the government callg emergency or iron rations. They are not. supposed to be opened until Tommy dies of starvation. They consist of one tin of bully beef, four biscuits, a little tin which contains tea. sugar and Oxo cubes (concentrated beef tablets). There are only to be used. when ‘e enemy establishes a curtain of shell fire "on the communication 4renches, thus preventing the “carrying in” of rations, or when in an attack, a body of troops has been cut off froem its LIVER TROUBLE Oull pains inthe back, often under Beartburn, laalency sour Seinge, pain or uneasiness after eating, yellow skin, mean liver Ible— ‘you should take o oz They correct all tendency to liver trouble, relieve the most stubborn cases, and give strength and tone 1o liver, stomach and bowels. Purely vegetable. Plain or Snzar Coated. 80 YEARS® CONTINUOUS SALE PROVES THEIR MERIT. Dr. J. B. Schenck & Son, Philadelphla FREDERICK T. BUNCE Piano Tuner “hone 838-2 £ Claiamupt Aun. | B who, tried to list most of the pet terms and slangy definitions which Tommy At- kins uses: a thousand times a day as he is serving in France. ered them as I lived with him in the trenches and rest billets, and later in the hospitals in England, where I met men from all parts of the line. The definitions are not ‘official, of course. sort of animal, so some of his defini- tions are not exactly complimentary, but he is not cynical and oes not mean to offend anyone higher up. It is just a sort of “ragging” or “kid- ding,” as the American would say, that helps him pass the time away. Slang Terms, Sayings, Phrases, Etc. 4 v “About Turn.” A military command similar to “About face” or “to the XEmabuum% a point on the British e. Adjutant. The name given to an offi- cer who helps the colonel do nothing. He rides a horse and you see him at guard mounting and battalion pa- rade. A. D. M. S. Assistant Medical Service. him, but he is supposed to help the D. M. 8. and pass on cases' where Tommy is posted as “unfit for trench service.” Aerial mortar shell, guaranteed bythe mak- ers to break up Fritz’s supper of sausage and beer, even though said supper . is..in. a..dugout . thirty feet down. Sometimes ‘it lives up to its Alarm. A signal given in the trenches that the enemy is about to attack frequently false. to break up Tommy's home. “All "Around Traverse.” turneqd in any direction. OVERTHETOP!" 1 %..ot supplies. e night, by the company transport. This is a section of the company in charge of the gquatermaster-sergeant, posed of men, mules and limbers (two wheeled wagons), Tommy’s wants while in the front line. They are constantly under sheli fire. The rations are unloaded at the en- trancey and are “carried in” by 'men detailed for that purpose. The quartermas- ter-sergeant never goes into the front line trench. He doesn’t have to, and I have never heard of one.volunteer- ing to do so. > The company sergeant-major sorts the rations and sends them in. Tommy’s trench ratjons consists of all the bully beef he can eat, biscuits, cheese, tinned butter (sometimes sev- enteen men to a tin), jam or marma- lade, and (ten to a loaf). he gets tea -and stew. When things are quiet, #fi@ Fritz is behaving like & gentleman, ‘which 'seldom happens, Tommy has the op- portunity of making dessert. is “trench pudding.” broken biscuits, condensed milk, jam —a little water added, slightly flav- ored with mud—put and cooked over a little spirit stoye known as “Tommy’s cooker.” (A firm in Blighty widely advertises these cookers as ‘a necessity for the men in the trenches. buy them—ship them to thé Tommies, immediately same throw them over the parapet. Sometimes a Tommy falls for the Ad., and uses the cooker in a dugout to the disgust and discomfort of the: other occupants.) This mess is stirred up in'a tin and allowed to simmer over the flames from the cooker until Tommy decides that it has reached.a sufficient -(glue- like) consistency. He takes his bayo- net and by means of the handle car- ! GUNNER IN rations are brought up, at|to cool com-~ which supplies he communication’ trénches tives. ettes, “lonely” occasionally fresh ' bread ‘When it is possible, This It is made. from into a canteen Gullible people upon . receipt of lifetime, fer. “TOMMY’S DICTIONARY OF THE TRENCHES” Inthis so-called dictionary I have|Allemand. A French term meaning “German.” Tommy uses it because he thinks it is a swear word. Allotment. A certain sum Tommy al- lows to his family. Allumettes. French term for what they sell to Tommy as matches. the sulphurous fumes from which have been known to “gas” a whole pla- T have gath- Tommy is hot'a séntimental| toon. Tommy nickname for Director, of |- Have never seen Torpedo. A kind of trench o It is mainly used dreams of A machine @ AN AMERICAN SOLDIER WHO SERVED AS A MACHINE | FRAN_GE AND WENT. - ries the mess u'n‘,lpnj!.fi front trench After if has mled%fl he sue Tommy uses another channel to enlarge his menu. - In *the ° Soldier” column the soldiers at the front who are sup- posed to be without friends or rela- They write to the papers and their names are published. Girls and women in* England answer them, and send out parcels of foodstuffs, cegar- candy, Bnglish * papers a soldier -to receive as many as five parcels and eleven letters in CHAPTER VIIL The Little Wooden Cross.. After remaining In rest billets for eight days, we received the unwel- s that the nest morning we would “go in” to ‘“take over.” At six in the morning our march started and after a lorfg march down dusty road, we again arrived at re- serve billets. ;1 was No. 1 in"the leading set of 4’s. The man on my left was named ‘“Pete Walling,” a cheery sort of fel- low. He laughed and joked all way on the ‘march, buoyed up my drooping spirits. out anything attractive cupying the front line, but Pete did not seem to ming, .said it was all in a My left heel was blistered from the rubbing of my heavy march- ing boot. Pete noticed that I was limping and offered to carry my rifle, but by. this time I had learned the ethics of the march in the British Army and courteously refused his of- one week. ome _ tid] {Continued Monday) “Amme.” Rifie ammunition. Used to add weight to Tommy’s belt. He carries 120 rounds at all times, ex- cept when he buries it under the straw in his billet before going on a route march. pends it in the direction of Berlin. Ammo Depot. A place where ammu- nition is stored. It is especiall ful in making enemy airmen waste bombs tryng to hit it. Ammonal. A high explosivé used in Mills bomb. able than Tommy to discourse on its effects. “Any Complaints.” asked by an inspecting officer, when he makes the rounds of billets or Tommy's Tommy generally lands on the crime sheet. It is only recruits who com- plain; the old men just sigh with st. disgu: 2 A. O. C. Army Ordnance Corps. A department which. deals out supplies to the troops. returning of' requisitions -because a comma is misplaced. Assistant’ Provost Marshal An officer at the head of the Mili- tary Police..' His .headquarters are generally out of reach of the enemy’s guns. His chief duties are to ride around in a motor car and wear a red band around his cap. “Apres la Guerre.” Tommy’s definition of Heaven. A.8.C. Army Service Corps, or Army Safety Corps, as Tommy calls it, gun so placed that its fire .can’ be| the members.of which bring up sup- plies to the rear of the line. A. P. M. Lonaly is run. This is for ete.” I -have “known a B. Caron. the the I could mot figure in again oc- discussed. Lafayette council, ing: First, Allan Samuel Taylor: third, 1 faden; fourth, Miss Eva Sadinsky. . The committee in charge was Mrs. erman Sears. Miss Sadie Kreiger and | tne Miss Lena Tuber. The - regular meeting nest of Owls was held Tuesday aven- ing with a large number in attendance. President Thomas -Dougherty presid- ed and the regular business was trans- acted. Matters of | Recently Elected Officers of Lafayette Council Installed by J. | .2, 5 rsviar mesins of Seagwick| ] : - A. Trudell of Providence—Hadassah Chapter Holds Ben- | ensuinz vear.” The reporcs of the ore! . fit Ball—White Cross Council to Exernplify Second De- complimenting ORDER OF HADASSAH, The Norwich chapter of Hadassah held their annual masque ball at T A. B. hall Tuesday evening with larze number in attendance. ceeds of thd ball went to the Soldiers and Sailors’ War Relief fund. The ODD FELLOWS. The regular meeting of Shetucket lodge was held@ in Odd Fellows’ hall with a large number in attendance. Routine business was transacted. OWLS. importance UNITED WORKMEN. 3 - - - Grand Recorfier Stroh of Ned Ha- % : ven received a letter . Recorder Charles C. Fearing of Massa- chusetts asking him to publish the megting. of St. Jeans%e Bay tiste held Thursday evening, J. A. Tru- del of Previdence installed the: officers of the lodge in due form. The officers seated wire: President, Frank B. Dit ce president, Napoleon Paren! tregsurer, P. H. Eithier; Ing secretary, J. B. Caron; financial secretary, Lewis A, Andrew: of ceremonies, Pierre Sabourin; past president, Peter St. Onge. Mr. Trudel made a few remarks aft- €r the installation, lodge on its good work. Mr. Trudel was entertained during his stay in’Norwich by Mr.-and Mrs. Frank B. Disco and Mr. and Mrs. J. correspond- master Gerald Gold- | Edmuna Hinate, s R SR 8s ] . was chd'!:g srand Electa. SONS OF VETERANS, ), of V. Charles | Burke was elected commander for the 3 . SEVERVE COLDS OR..GRIPPE standing. i iN' FEW HOURS." tries to eat jt. Generally one or two EAST CQLCT‘!—ES T ¢ Tomml; in :n ':ect:unhhwp ‘cast-iron gree F ebrm Tenth. : 2 t PR g Eel;ggecf{:s tnsunfily. stomachs and the tin is soon emptied. 3 arm Sale—Foxes Bold This Season— aken every two Onég I tasted trench Wbudding, but — 3 Much Wood Carted i three doses are taken will erd grf only once. ' i > v i3 i misery and -break up.a sévere .col In addition to the regular ration is-| At a well attended following description of Walter P. aither in .the head, chest, body o Stuart, a member of the Grand lodge of Massachusettes, who. disuppeared last - August -at which time he was in Buffalo: .Walter P. Stuart, age .35, height, 5 fest 9 inches, 150 = or 160 pounds, eyes blue, complexion light.| Would be likely. to’ wear a heavy suit or brown overcoat. He wears an 0dd Fellows’ pin and charm and ring, he has committed no erime but is suf- fering from tubercular sore throat-and fear his mind was mentally deranged. Usually worked as a street car con- ductor;’ pl ‘it possihle and notify - Waltham Police, = Waltham, Mass. Susman Paley has sold. his farm tojp o+ l’i’ D‘él‘c}?”ér from Bozrahville, He has| = ved here for the past-sixteen vegrs ~ on what was known as .the Ho‘.mea‘and air passages in the head,.stop farm. Having been a kind neighbor hear of his moving. Meny here are I with grip. . | " 3 stiffnese, Miss Sarah Neliber, who s In a0 ang spuffling!: Ease - your theob! Hartford hospital for appendicitis, is bing head! Nothing else in the wo F reported as gaining faworably. | gives sucH orompt relief -as: “Pape’ Foxes ‘Bold. | Cold Compound,” which costs only . Foxes seem to be numerous and are |few cents at any drug: store. It act rather bolder than common. One farth- | Without assistancy er has seen one come close to thenhouse ‘twice but was unable to fire K ARy at the fox before he got out of sight. WHITE ‘CROSS COUNCIL, -{One-can hear them barking in the ev- The members of White Cross Coun- |€ning as they are out for a nightly cil, No, 13, K. of C.. held their rezular |vaid. i meeting in the council chamber at the | David Paley, who has been in New Sunlight building on Friday evening York for hospital treatment for the a (With a large sized attendance. It was |past few weeks; returned here iast Sat- pro- | voted to hold a special meeting .on {urdav. 5 Sunday afternoon, Feb. 10th, when the second degree will be exemplified on the Frank Bruno and son, fio recentl: €d ice last weel York this week. [week with her sister, Mrsr, Charl factories. Mrs. Irving R. Main pleasantly en . EASTERN STAR. Attending the annual convention, of From Peace to War. Order of Eastern Star at New The, proposal to make .Chautauqua Haven this week were the following|an agency for war propaganda shows members of the Sachem Chapter: Mrs. | how far we have traveled since April John A. Fergason, Mrs. Peter Wilson, | 6.—Philadelphia Ledger. day afternoo ITtaiy's grape crop last year ‘wi far in excess of the average. of - Norwich were from Grand In the trenches he ex- 1y use- The Germans are more A useless question meals. A complaining Its chief-asset is the ion!” “After the war.” 1 PRICE 1 9 SALE 2 ; " EVERY GARMENT WILL BE SOLD ' WOMENS BEAUTIFUL PLUSH COATS Sizes 16 to 46 RELIABLE. Muffs, Scarfs and Sets il i ‘N 1 1) |Iiise4||nm||nfilmm | 1/2 Price 1/2 Price T TR rwmxmun\\Hh‘llwmumnnul T hlnmm!I?“Inwm«!!mmml I 1 WOMEN’S WINTER COATS WOMEN’S . Silk or Serge Dresses | . wn-“"'n‘3 i 0 "END of SEASON 1/2 Price _'Sizgol&to“ 1/2 Price Sizes 16 to 44 \ each, write to Dept. 9-R, inol, Bajtimore, Md. At the end of each season it has been our policy to clean up our stock, and this year will be the greatest in our 22 years of mer- chandising. : : Clr 1/ PRICE SALE If a poor skin is o Joge ““She would be a pretty girl, if it wasn't for that pimply, blotchy complex- But the regular use of Resinol Soap, aided at first by a little Resinol Ointment, would probably make it clear, fresh and charming. your handicap, begin® using Resinol Soap and see how quickly it improves. Resinol Soap and Resinol Ointmentare sold byall drug- gists. For free sample of Res- " In the Garment Section BUY NOW—The Winter Is Still Young There will be at least eight weeks more of regular winter weather, and there is another winter coming. It will be a winter of higher prices, too. 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Many of-the local farmers are doing | Chapman. an?lhev::isef!ume’lgh:tz::iies for the most |been holding a series of whists for |their .share -to furnish fuel for the| Miss Lila ~Stillwell : of We-te:lé original were awarded to the follow- thethe benefit of the Woman’s Ser- |shortage in: the cities. =~ Trucks are|spent Saturday afternoon at Willlam 1 Mopsick; _ second, | vice. League yarn fund. daily ‘carrying “loads of birch wood to|Stiltlwell's. ¥ tertained twelve friends at*her home. ot the North Stonington road, Wednes- $4.50 CREPE-DE-CHINE BLOUSES_.._...._.___Saturday Price $2.95 | - -Saturday Price $1.00 -