Show i iOV I i OV OVi OVE b E IL i SYNOPSIS SIS OF PRECEDING CHAPTERS t I Arthur AIthur Guy Empey Empe of Ogden Og spurred h by tho thio Lusitania outrage to Join the battle against hastens I I to 1 England and enlists enlists' Three weeks later hater he arrives somewhere In France and quickly begins his Introduction I II ito I to the thrills and horrors of or the trenches Death strikes close Chose as Empey receives his baptism of shell fire and I II I stands guard In the trenches Yesterdays Yesterday's ays ay's article told of ot Empey's return to Back flack of the Line for well-earned well food tood and rest t 7 Copyright 1918 I S S I rn I CHAPTER A VII R. VII Rations Rations f 7 Copyright 1918 I S S I rn I CHAPTER A VII R. VII Rations Rations f S S S r J JOST before do dozing ng off Mr fr Corporal Lance butted in in I 1 i t tIn v In Corporal Lance is is' isono isone degree de below helow Private ate In the al' al he lie is de degree dc- dc Tommys Tommy's eyes a ono one lec a Corporals Corporal's e eyes one e- e gree above a General S I S Slie lIe He ordered me to go with him and help him draw t tile the he next days day's rations also told toll me to waterproof of Ever Every evening from each platoon or machine gun section a lance corporal and ind private goes to the quartermaster sergeant ergeant at the com company pall stores and draws dr rations for tor the thc following day I The quarter as the quartermaster dall from sergeant ergeant Is called receives daily he the order orderly room captains captain's office a alip slIp lip showing the number of or men entitled en- en titled to rations so there is no chance ot of f putting anything over or on him Many Im arguments take place between the quarter arid the platoon toon non Corn but buthe the he former formel always wins out Tommy sa says ays s 's the quarter got his job because c che lie he le was a burglar In civil life Ufe Then T the waterproof sheet on th the ground whit the quartermasters quartermaster's ter's ers batman latman dumped the rations on It The corporal was smoking a fag I carrIed the rations back to the billet rue rhe he corporal was still smoking a fag low How I envied him But when tho the issue commenced m my envy died and I realized real real- zed that the first requisite of or a noncommissioned non non- commissioned officer r on oui active service services I Is s diplomacy There were nineteen men menn In n our section and they soon noon formed a semicircle around us after the tho corporal had lad called caned out rations up Odd Ration The quartermaster had a slip to the corporal on which was as written a list of or Sitting Sitting Sit Sit- ting ing on the floor loor using a wooden box bo boas as a table the Issue commenced On the he left lert of ot the corporal tho the rations u mi 1 no hn i were vei e pueu i ney u u ui u. mu u V lowing Six loaves loa of fresh freeh lead bread each loaf of a different perhaps one out of the ho six being as flat rIat as a pancake the result of or an arm army service corps man iman lacing a box of or bull bully beef on it during transportation Three e tins of ot Jam one apple and the theother theother I other two plum Seventeen Bermuda onions all different differ differ- ent nt sizes differ I A piece of cheese In the shape of ot a av wedge v ed go Two pound one-pound Un tins Una of ot butter A handful o of raisins w wA A tin of biscuits ts or as Tommy Tomm calls them them hem jawbreakers A bottle of mustard pickles The bull bully beef beet spuds condensed milk fresh meat bacon and Macon I ration rations a can filled with meat 1 i 0 h 1 hp v n I h v 1 5 5 Ct b J turned I t over elIto to the tho c company cook k ito l to nake a 0 stew for next days day's dinner He lie I Uso received the tea sugar salt pepper pepper pep pep- per and flour S Corporal PU Puzzled Scratching his head the corporal studied tho the slip blip issued to him by the quarter qUarte Then In a slow slow mystified voice ho read out No o. o 1 section 19 19 men Bread Dread loaves eR six He lie looked hooked I puzzled and soliloquized in a musing voice voice- 0 Ice I Six loaves nineteen men Lets Let's see that's three in a loaf for fifteen men men men- well to make male It even o four fou of have I to muck In on one loaf The four that got stuck made a howl but to no avail The bread was dished out Pretty soon front rori a far corner cornel of or orthe the billet bUlet three throe Indignant Tommies accosted ac- ac d tho the corporal with What do you ou call this a loaf of bread Looks more Wee like a sniping plate The corporal answered answered- Well WeH dont don't blame blamo me mc me I didn't bake it somebody's got to got get It so shut up until I dish out these blinkin rations Then the tho corporal started on the Jam Jam three tins tins apple apple one plum two Nineteen men three tins Six In a tin mal makes twelve men nien for two tins Una seven en in the remaining tin He pas passed ed around the jam and there was another riot Some Somo didn't like appIe apple ap ap- ap- ap pIe while hIlo others who received plum were partial to apple After ACtor awhile differences were adjusted ted and the issue Is- Is I sue suo went on Bermuda onions seventeen The corporal a avoided voided a row row b by Ba sayIng say say- Ins Ing that he did not want an onion and amI andI amII I sal l tho they mal make c your our breath smell so Jues guessed ed I 1 would do without one too Tho corporal looked his gratitude s Cheese Chee e poun pounds lS two The corporal borrowed a jack knife corporals are arc always borrowing and tho the chee cheese each cheese each e-each each slicing bring bring- ing Ins forth a port pert remark from the onlookers on- on on-I on lookers erR as to the corporals corporal's eyesight Raisins ounces eight I By this time the corporals corporal's nerves had gone west and In despair he ho said Hald that the thc raisins were to be turned over overto overto overto to the cook coole for dut duff plum pu pudding This decision elicited a little grousing grous groulS In lug ing but quiet was as finally restored Biscuits tins tin I one With his borrowed borro jack jacl knife the tho corporal opened the tin of biscuits and told everyone to help themselves no themselves no nobody body responded to this Invitation Tommy Tomm Tom Tom- m in my Is 18 fed UI up with bl biscuits cults Butter tins two I Nine Nino Ino in one ten In tho the other Another rumpus I Pickles mustard bottles one otic Nineteen names were put In a n steel st el helmet helmot the thc last one out winning thu the I pickles On tho the next there re w verc rc only eighteen cn names as the tue winner is 4 4 Tommys Dictionary ic oll rr of j the Trenches jAbout ji j i Allot About turn A military command I similar to About face or To the rear Icar march Tommys Tommy's nickname nickname nickname nick- nick nickI I name for a point on the time British line I The name given to an nn officer who helps tho lie colonel do nothing He Ire rides a hor horse e and you see sec him at guard mounting j jand and battalion parade J I j A. A fl n. n 11 U s. s Assistant Director of or oft t tI I Medical S Service Have never seen sen I i him but he is IR supposed to help I IJ Ithe I J the D M. M S. S and anti pass Jas on ca cases es J where Tommy Is po posted ted as unfit uni un Uli I i fit for foi trench service iee I II j I Torpedo A kind of tr trench trench uch uchI J I I mortar shell guaranteed by the makers to break up Fritzs Fritz's supper supper sup sup- sup 1 I 1 per of u s sausages sausages sausages' ages ages' and beer even cven I though said ahl supper is in a dugI dugout dug- dug dugi i I out thirty feet down Some Sometimes I I it t lives up to its Its' reputation I Alarm A signal given in the I trenches that the ene enemy 11 Is b about about I to attack frequently false It Is Ig Isi i mainly used to break brenk up Tommys Tommy's I II i I dreams of home S j I All traverse A machine J gun so placed that Its Us tire lire can t j be turned in an any direction I A French term meaning German Tommy uses it because J I he thinks It Is a swear word j A certain sum sum Tommy Tomm I Ij II I j allows allos's to his tamil family I French term for lor lint wh t tI I they ther sell to Tommy Tomm as s matches I Ithe the time sulphurous fumes from which I I have been known to gas as a at whole platoon Ammo 1110 Rifle ammunition Used Used to add weight to Tommys Tommy's belt I 1 He lie carries pounds at all times I except when he lie buries It under I It t the straw In his billet hillet before goIng go- go going o- o oI I Ing on a 3 route march In the t tI trenches he lie expends it In tho the di direction direction di- di I of or Berlin 11 1 Ammo Depot A place where amI am- am ami i I is stored It Tt is espe- espe I J I daily useful in making enemy enemy I II I airmen waste bombs trying to hit I it H. I Ammonal A high explosive used In In Inthe I Ithe the Mills bomb The Germans German I Iare j jare are more able th than n Tommy to to discourse on ft its effects I Any An 0 A useless s question question ques- ques ques-I ques J tion Uon asked b by an Inspecting of- of of-j of t fleer when he lie makes the lie round rounds I of or billets or Tommy's Tommys meals A complaining Tommy generally I lands on the lie crime sheet It Is only recruits who shio complain time the theold thc old men melt just sigh with dl disgust j I A. A O. O C. C Army Arm Ordnance Corps A A department which deals out sup sup- I Bup-I in thA ha ItA hr nfl nfl- 1 set is tl the r returning t ni i- i ir of r- r requisitions qu i- i iJ J because use a comma is misI mis- mis j I I placed pl A. A P. P M. M Assistant Provost Marshal I t I An offic officer i at the head of oC tho the mil thil- thilI military I police HH headquarters I II I are alc generally general out of 01 reach of the the I enemy's guns Juns Ills chief duties I II I arc are to ride around In a motor motol car carI carand I I and nud wear a n red band around his I cap I II I la lu Guerre Guerre r A After Lter the war I t Tommy's Tommys definition o of ot heaven hea t A. A S. S C. C Arm Army Service Corps or I II I Army Arm Safety Corps as Tommy Tomm t tI I calls call It It- The members of which which supplies to the thc of bring brin up UI rear of 1 the line lInc I eliminated until every m man n In the section section sec soc tion has won a bottle Th The raffle raffia Is closely watched because be lie- cau cause o Tommy Is IB when when it comes to gambling with his rations When tho the issue Is finished tho time corporal cor cor- sits HitS down and arid writes a letter homo honit asking aslIn them if tho they cannot get set some M P. P member of or parliament to have liao him transferred to the lie Royal noal Flying Flying Fly Fly- ing InS Corps Corp whore he lie wont won't have to io Is Issue issue is- is sue rations At the Lime different trench French e in the thc village the village and amid at the canteens canteen Tommy buya fresh eggs milk bread anti and pastry Occa Occasionally when ho he is flush he invests cst in a tin of pears pear or or apricots Ills Ilia pay iia Is only a shilling a ada aday aday da day twenty four cents or a cent cont an hour JUst Juat Imagine a cent an hour for tor being under fire not fire not much chance of or getting rich out there lomm Tommy ets t t Cent un en Hour When ho goes into the fire tr trench front line Tommy's Tommys menu take takes a tumble He lie carries in his lii haversack what mat the government calls cabs emergency or Iron rations They are arc not supposed to bo be opened until Tommy nies thies lI s Of oC star star- v File rhe They consist of or one tin of oC bully beet beef four Cour biscuits a a. little tin which contains tea SU sugar nl and cub cubes eM concentrated beef tablets These are amo only t to be De used when the tho onomy establishes a curtain of ot shell fore Coro on the lie communicating trenches thus preventing pre pro venting the tue carrying In Iii of ot rations or when in an attack a bod body of troops has been cut of off oCt from its base of or supplies sup sup- plies The rations are brought up at night b by the time com company pall transport This Is a ase section se of or the company com pan in charge of ot the quartermaster sergeant compo composed ed edof of men mules and limbers two wheeled wagons which supplies Tommys Tommy's Tommy's Tommys Tom Tom- mys my's ms wants while in the front line Th They are ale constantly under shell fire The rations are unloaded at time the entrance to the communicating trenches and are carried In h by men detailed for Cor that purpose The TIme quartermaster sergeant never goes into the tIme front line lIno trench He lie doesn't have to and amid I have ha novel never heard of oC one volunteering to do 10 so The company sergeant major sorts the tIme rations and amid sends Fends them in Tommys Tommy's trench rations consist of all the bull bully beef beEr he lie can eat biscuits cheese tinned butter sometimes seventeen seven seven- teen men to a tin Jam or marmalade and amid occasionally fresh bread brend ten to a aloa loaf loa When It is 18 possible he lie gets tea and stew Mud flavored l ull ln When hen tImings things are arc quiet and Fritz Is behaving like a a. gentleman which seldom sel seI- Thai dom happens h Tommy has the lie opportunity opportunity opportunity of oC making dessert This Is trench pudding It I Is ma made e from broken biscuits condensed milk mme jama Jam Jama jam jam- a little water added slightly flavored ored with mud put mud put into a canteen and cooled cooked over a little spirit stove tO known Ins as q Tommys cooker r. r L Lii A ii firm in widely advertises advertiser these cookers as a nece necessity sit for the themen men muon In iii the trenches Gullible people pt ople buy them them ship ship them to the Tommies who immediately upon receipt of or same throw them over the time parapet Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Some Some- times a Tommy falls for the tIme ad antI and u uses es the time cooker in III a dugout to the disgust disgust disgust dis dis- gust and discomfort of ot the other pan pants ts I This mess meSA Is stirred up In a tin an and to simmer over the flames from Crom the tIme cooker until Tomm Tommy decides that It has reached a sufficient like glue-like consistency He lie takes his bayonet and b by means of or the time handle handlo carries the thc moss mos up in the front trench to cool After it has cooled off orr he lie tries to eat it Generally one or two Tommies In Ina Ina ina a section ha have vc Iron cast-Iron stomachs an antho and tho tin is soon emptied On Once co I tasted trench pudding but only onCe In addition to the regular ration issue Tommy uses another channel to enlarge hi his menu In the English papers a lonely sol eol- soldier dier column is run This Is 18 for the lie soldiers at the front who are arc supposed to be without friends or relatives es They Timey I write to the lie papers and their names mes are published Girls and women In England answer or them and send Bond out parcels of or foodstuffs cigarettes candy cand etc I have l known a lonely soldier to receive as many as five o parcels and eleven letters In ono one week Continued Tomorrow |