Salt Lake Tribune | 1915-10-03 | Page 53 | Bavarian Soldier Wanted the Horse

the holes that sheltered us. Within half an hour he was as well as ever and only a small bump on the side of his bead showed thai he ha.j been hit by something. He was, of course, taken prisoner. When I expressed my astonishment, our sharpshooter explained : "That's very simple. 1 always do it that way. You see, I aim for their heads, which are protected bv heavy steel helmets. The bullet does not penetrate pene-trate the metal, but 1. stuns them. That's all I want, because I get them and their horses. Why should 1 kill them? The Lrick requires onlj- a good eye and a sure hand." BAVARIAN SOLDIER WANTED THE HDRSE Special Cable tfl The Tribune. MUNICH, Oct. 2. The BsVJl Rott-meier, Rott-meier, the chaplain of one of the Bavarian regiments on the western front, writes to the Muendienpr Neuepte Nachrlchten: During one of my pastoral visits to our on i post s I recently met a lone Bavarian infantryman. The soldier was sitting in a deep hole and watching the ground between his posi-' posi-' Hon and the border of a small forest about a mile and a half away. When he saw me he shouted: "Pastor, Jump Into one of the holes over there or climb a tree. You will see, then, how I catch a French cavalryman. Our captain needs a French horse." I followed his advlco and made for one of the holes, as climbing trees Is not one of my strong points. .Through my spyglass I discovered a fine French cavalry' officer, who cautiously advanced from the forest along the highway. My infantryman calmly got his rifle ready and when the Frenchman French-man was only five or six hundred yards Crom us he carefully aimed and blazed away. The French officer sank from the saddle and his horse tried to run away, but the animal" was quickly caught by the soldier and tied to a .tree. I hastened- to the side of the Frenchman, and when I started to administer the last rites to him my Bavarian came up. "Don't bother, paster," he said. "He is not hurt. In a few minutes he will come around all right." He was right. The officer opened his eyes and looked around in a dazed way after we carried him to one or