Salt Lake Tribune | 1919-05-26 | Page 16 | Soldier's Breeches Torn by Big Shell Quickly Replaced

Soldier's Breeches Torn by Big Shell j Quickly Replaced EXPERIENCE has taught a good many boys as well as mon I what to do when the unex-: unex-: pected happens to the most 1 vulnerable part of a pair of ! breeches. i Seclusion has been ofteuost tried with best results. But there is no seclusion on the battlefield, and a Utah soldier met his sad mishap right where things were the hottest. The cause of his trouble was sud- don, not unexpected, but unseen un- ! til it was too late for preventive ' measures. A Gcraian shell came bj', right j close by, and took the soat quite out of the regulation army breeches. 1 Corporal Joseph E. Smith of Eed- J mond, Utah, who was with the 305th infantry when they were going full tilt at the Germans is the soldier who suffered the embarrassment. But Corporal Smith gathered unto himself a gunnysack worn shirt-wise and proceeded to the combat with but small loss of time. I