Show SNIPERS BULLET GRAVEST PERIL TO THE SOLDIER concealed marksmen deal death with consistency rarely missing victim DISGUISE BAFFLES ENEMY remarkable ingenuity displayed in methods of concealment adopted A seconds pause in an exposed section of the line spells death to the soldier london while the charge clin reo t tho he bursting of shells and tho the hand to hand combats make up to a groat great extent tho the picture of war ono one of the gravest dangers which tile tho soldiers face in tho the held field ia 18 the bullet of tile tho sniper they are tho the clover clever marksmen who select some position whore they aro are almost envia biblo to their opponents and send a well directed bullet at each target which Is exposed for a fraction ot of a minute remarkable as examples of tho the ingenuity gen gennity tilty of these snipers are some ot 0 tho the stories of their methods of disguise which are related by the soldiers who return from tho the trenches A number of such lucli stories were recently compiled by an english newspaper and give an insight into title this method ot of ivar warfare fare an art which wh ich has fine boon been raised so high that a moments forgetfulness a seconds pause in an exposed section of tile tho title spoils spells death to the soldier A tommy recently returned home tells an extra extraordinary ordinary story ot of the ingenuity and death of a german sniper says bays the newspaper this particular sniper was encountered on dilill sev seventy onty when dawn broke tho the soldier was chilled to the bono and weakened with loss lose of blood as ho he had been wounded the night before unable to move he be lay flat on ilia back and tried to got get some sleep the rest and tho the warmth of the sun revived tho the soldier and ho he raised up his head another wounded soldier started to walk back to the trenches A moment later ho he pitched forward shot through the temple by a sniper grass arouses aroused suspicion five minutes later another man moved ile he started to got get to his feet but seemed startled by something and lay down again quickly the other wounded man followed hla his example A moment later ho he saw the grass about twenty yards away move in a peculiar manner instead of moving sideways as it would from ft a body passing through it the grass itself appeared to be coming forward for a minute the movement of the grass stopped and then it began again this time coming toward the wounded soldier eold ler suspicion was now aroused to such an extent that the soldier finally took aim at the moving tutt tuft of grass and fired three volleys in rapid succession crawling ever to the spot where tho the mound of grass had suddenly stopped twitching he found a dead german sniper real heal sodd of grass had been bound by cords to a waterproof shoot sheet which had been strapped to tho the snipers sniper a lack back making a perfect disguise for him continuing its anecdotes of tho the rini pers the newspaper quotes from a long letter written by a soldier in which ile ho explains the dangers present ed to the men by tho the snipers along one stretch of front ho he says wo we were much puzzled by tho the angle at which the snipers bullets were coming over on oil tile the loft left was waa a line of at leafless atless le pollard willows but wo we could see that thoro there was nobody behind tho the trunks several ot of our officers tried to find a solution but all to no purpose at last captain X who happened to bo be familiar with the etya ot of old willows took charge and ordered three men to fire a few shots shote at each willow the tha sniping cea ceased fled two of the wll wit iowa were wera hollow and the germans had bad crept inside tho the trees and were firing through crocks cracks in the stem with automatic revolvers for two days there wan no moro more sniping but on the third tile the fire was resumed as briskly as before and with just as deadly an effect amro alro was opened again on an tho the willows but this time there was no ro re suit steel pleta plate in hollow tree captain X was vaa just as suspicious as aa ever and ho he instructed the nearest battery to make maka short work of tho the willows thin ablo was done and the third to 0 go revealed the cunning inside the willow wo we found riot not only a german but a steel plate which fitted outside him and inside tho the willow making maUli if a proof against rifle bullets while that was a clever trick it was little better than tho the work done with tho the old door at ono one spot where our trenches were not moro more than yards apart an old door was lying the top glass panola panels of it were wera broken the wood beneath them was broken and over the woodwork a gaudy p paper aper had boon been pasted its ita only fsr us was waa as a test for our sights which wo we got by hitting the door knob or breaking on all a splinter of glass one ona day however wo we were sur eup to find that when a bullet struck the glass it loft left a white streak and brought no tinkle hitting the woodwork had tho the same earne offet it brought a while smear but no splint splinters ere we know something was wrong and that night decided to investigate we die covered that lie old door had been removed and a n shield put in fit its place jt 1 t waa an painted to look liko tho the wood paper end and broken glass with a hole near the knob for or the snipers rifle 11 wo fixed a surprise jor for the artist lie ho evidently thought he was going to have things his own way tile tho next day when lie ho began his work we were ready for him film our trick certainly was a match for his wo we did our act for wo we sent bent both the artist and life his picture flying back into the german trenches and tho the picture was the more intact of the two I A well placed bomb accounted for him wo we caught another sniper in fit a curious manner a few months ago our regiment was stationed about eight hundred yards from the tha german trench and like all others we suffered much for want of water halt a mile lu in tho the rear ran a small stream and tho the men used to steal out at night for water these men were constantly being sniped teeth gives him away A number of our men had been killed or wounded in tills this manner and it was agreed that the sniping came from somewhere behind our lines A close days search revealed nothing the C 0 was getting savage and hla his attitude obviously demanded that he must do something special tor for the benefit of 0 tho the undiscovered sniper early ono one morning the command came that we were to make a great circle and beat inward not leaving a bit of ground uncovered nothing came of it that to Is to say any nothing except a shapeless old french farmer whom wo we found driving his bis riding plow for potatoes when we questioned him lie ho flow flew into rage arage a because wo we were trampling hla his beloved ground and demanded that wo we clear oft at once as there was no caplon cs plon around wo we had bad to do so in making his tu lu our eniet chiet the subaltern re marked reflectively as he told of t it ho the farmer glia grashed gnashed shed his teeth at us jolly fino fine teeth and clean too what snapped the irate C 0 air X you will take a couple ot at men and go to the old farmer engage him film in conversation while your men pin pill him from behind suddenly I 1 dont want to lose men capturing a dangerous sniper with clean teeth tills this was a sharp blow at the subaltern betit was waa precisely as aa our chief suggested tile the old farmer ought fought like a tiger end and the three men were rolling over and over on the ground before he could bo be safely tied lie was a powerful young man and a search revealed a belt ot 0 cartridges and two automatic pistols of german mako make later in the iho day wo we found a little dugout in a ditch with a rifle hidden away in a screen ot of bushwood thor them Is only one end for men of athla kind and ila be got it doing it II dont think that the sniping Is confined to ono one side aide wo we have somo men who are very clever particularly the canadian chaps ono one such Is a full blooded indian in the canadian infantry who la Is a marvel with his ile he has a telescopic sight attached to his rifle and goes about as aa he be likes ile he la Is a most silent man talking to few persons ile ho wanders about the trenches and waits for a chance to pick off a german one german sniper recently was wa giving a lot of trouble officers with glasses tried in vain to locate him the indian camo came along and without saying word to anyone fired at a big tree down dropped the sniper tho the indian saw with his naked eye what the officers with their glasses failed to 10 discover ile he puts a little nick in the stock of hla his rifle every time ho he Is sure lie ho has fins killed hilled a german I 1 saw himi him add two more nicks to the thirty eight alrea already dyon on his stock |