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MILLEDGEVILLE, GEORGIA.
THE MILLEDGEVILLE' NEWS.
WEDNESDAY MORNING, jf Xf;
ILL YOU go down in your
pockets for the boys who
have gone down in the
trenches for you?
The simplest and easiest way you can
help is by buying War Savings Stamps.
Take stock of your earning power today and
decide what proportion of it you can turn
over to the Government for the period of
the war. If you really want US to win,
you’ll do this with a grin!
BE READY TO MAKE YOUR PLEDGE
NATIONAL WAR
SAVINGS DAY
JUNE 28
The Above Space Patriotically Contributed to the Winning of the War By
Boaz Shoe Co,
A. .T. SKINNER. Manager.
The Gonfcssidns
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trench, month "after month, without
gaining territory. The wounded, who
lay In No Man’s Land between the
trenches, were left to perish.
The French tried to rescue them un
der the protection of the Geneva flag,
the emblem of the Red Cross, but we
only sneered at them nnd shot It to
bits. The Impulse to shoot down the
enemy surpassed every human feeling.
The Red Cross flag had lost all its
value for us when It was raised by the
French. Mistrust was nurtured among
us. We were told that the enemy mis
used the flag nnd that we must shoot
down the men that bore It
We repulsed all attacks until they
gradually ceased. We were now able
to fortify our position, which we did
with the grentest care, making it as
strong as possible. Ilnlf the men re
mained on guard while the other half
deepened and widened the trenches. A
lively lire wns maintained continuous
ly by both sides. The losses were very
large. Most of the men killed were
shot through the head, the trench pro
tecting the remainder of their bodies.
Firing increased In Intensity as
night fell. Although nothing could be
seen we continued firing all the time
because we thought this would prevent
the enemy from mnking any attacks.
Through the nights munitions nnd ma
terial were brought up nnd new men
arrived. Great quantities of sandbags
peated dally with ever-increasing rlo* j
tence. •
CHAPTER Xtl.
wore sent us, which were filled and
used ns a protection agninst bullets.
The pioneers were relieved toward
morning and gathered In a farmyard
behind the firing line. The form had
been spared by the cannon, nnd even
nil the stock' remained. This booty
wns soon to be consumed. Several
hundred soldiers came and a wild hunt
ensued for ducks, chickens, geese, pig
eons, etc. About five hundred of these
were caught, after which everybody
The Inhabitants of Cernny who had ]
remained, mostly old people, were all j
gnthered In a barn because of the four
of spies. Hero they were guarded by
soldiers. As the enemy bombardment
always occurred at a certain hour, our
coinmnnder thought thnt somebody In
the village was In communication with
the enemy by means of a concenled
telephone. It wns even discovered
that the hnnds of the church clock had
teen turned and at one time stood at
six nnd shortly nfter nt five o'clock.
The spy who signaled the enemy by
Means of this clock was not dlscov-
red, neither anyone using a concealed
telephone instrument. In order to
latch the right ono all the civilians
were Interned in the barn. These
.’ivlllan prisoners were supplied In the
same way the soldiers were, with food
ind drink, but were also exposed, like
the soldiers, to the daily bombard-
nents, which in time destroyed the
*hole village, Two women and one
hlld had been killed In this mnnner
ind yet the people were not removed.
Ylmost dally houses caught fire In the
.•Ulago nnd burned down. The shells
■vero now falling regulnrly at eight
s’clock In the evening. They were of
leavy caliber. At eight o’clock prompt-
y, when the first shell arrived, we left
;he town. There followed. In short ln-
:ervnls, fourteen to fifteen Bhells, the
‘Iron ration.” We believed that the
French cannon sending these shells
yere brought up somewhere at night
When we returned from our prome
nade. as we called the nightly excutv
ilon, we were sent to our places In the
:renches. There we were used for ev-
>ry kind of duty. One evening wo
yere called up to fortify a farm taken
'rom the French the previous day. We
iad to build machine guns and place
.hem.
Our camp at Cernay-en-Dermots was
rontlnually under heavy bombardment
Finally rest became Impossible. The
lesvy-callber shells struck the roofs
>f the honsee and penetrated to the
tellers. The civilians were taken away
tfter several had been killed by shells.
After about ten weeks In this country
•ve were sent to another part of the
front Our destination waa kept from
as.
At the depot at Challerange we en
tered a train waiting for ua. It con
sisted of second and third class
coaches. The train rolled slowly
through the beautiful country, and for
the first time since the war began we
mw the light behind the front All the
depots, crossings and bridges were oc
cupied by the military. Everywhere
was activity. Long trains loaded with
agricultural machinery of every vari
ety stood at the larger stations. The
crew of our train consisted of officials
of the Prussian state railways. They
hnd traversed this country often and
told us that there was no agricultural
HEN HE comes marchinj
home again, will you be ab
to look him in the eye an
say, “Old man, I’ve back®
you to the very limit?”
Suppose he asks you how much of rot
money you have loaned to the Govemmenl
Will you be able to “produce” if he uki
count your WAR SAVINGS STAMPS?
Either you are. doing ALL in your pow
to win, or you ere NOT!
BE READY TO MAKE YOUR PLEI
NATIONAL W
S AV
r N A CS DAY JUNE
The Above Space Patriotically Contri buted to the Winning o
Written by a Prussian Officer
Who Participated in the Rava^fggQ^. ^
jng and Pillaging of Belgium.
The Red Cross Flsg Had Lost All Its
Value.
The next morning troops of the
mnln army were placed In the rear
guard. They formed long columns
which they opened to lot us pass
through, after which they closed
ranks. We gave a sigh of relief, for
we were at last free of hostile artil
lery fire. After marching about five
more hours, we joined a company of
infantry which fortunately hud saved
its field kitchen. It wns not quite
dark when we reached the village.
Here we were billeted In order to
get ns much rest ns possible. But we
all knew thnt we could rest only as
Jong as the rear guard was able to
keep bnck the enemy. We were placed
in the village school. Because of the
shortage of provisions we were al
lowed to use our tinned supplies, hut
none of us hnd any left. This consist
ed ol some meat and hardtack. It had
long since been eaten up and so we
were compelled to lie down with our
hunger still unsatisfied.
CHAPTER XI.
We were once more aroused nt
eleven o'clock thnt night, nnd with the
utmost haste made ready to resume
our march. The night was pitch dark
nnd the rain continued. At daybreak
we passed the city of St. Menehould.
This hnd not been harmed. From here
we turned to the east, closely pressed
by the French nnd in the afternoon we
reached Clermont-en-Argonne. Once
more we munuged to get a rest of sev
ernl hours. Toward evening we pro
ceeded again and maintained n forced
march through the whole night. Wo
were now more exhausted thnn ever,
yet eould not halt.
The «raln hnd stopped before ten
o’clock in the morning at which hoar
we left the road arid made camp.
There was n general sigh of relief, for
this long-continued, wearing retreat
had brought our tro#ps Into a state
now become unendurable. We began
to dig ourselves In. Before our
trenches were even half completed a
literal hailstorm of shrapnel fell
among us. Our losses were so great
that It became impossible to remain
We received orders to retire at once
We marched over the fields until dark
when we began once more to dig In
Wo were now nenr the village of Cer
nny-en-Dormols. It was pitch dark and
a heavy fog lay over everything. Ol
the enemy we knew nothing. With the
utmost silence and speed we dug our
selves In deeply, stopping frequently
to listen ns hostile raiding parties ap
proached, only to disappear quickly.
Here we received our first re-
eiiforcements. Thai' arrived Jn long
columns In the darkness. All were
fresh troops—most of them reserves.
The majority wore blue uniforms. This
as well ns the natuhe of their equip
ment. indicated to us thnt they hnd
been hastily fitted out nnd transported.
None of them had ever heard the
whistle of n bullet and many asked
anxiously whether It was dangerous
here. They brought numerous mn-
ehine guns, nnd In an Instant we hnd
everything prepared for defense.
At daylight the Freneh began the at
tack. They mnde several onslaughts
throughout the day hut without suc
cess, for our re-enforcements were
large.
No one realized at this stnge of the
battle thnt it was the beginning of n
murderous, exhausting struggle for po
sitions.
We were to fight here from the same
bmtea cooking.' - Not far away 80 cows
and heifers were seized nnd turned
over to the field kitchens. Hay nnd
grain were carried away, even the
straw-stacks nnd barns were torn down
and the lumber used for firewood. In
a few hours a beautiful farm had be
come a ruin nnd the proprietor a beg
gar. I had seen the owner in the
morning, hut he had suddenly disap
peared with his wife nnd children, uud
nobody knew where he was.
The next night we were sent Into
the trenches again. There was little
to do, so we talked with the men who
had re-enforced us from the Interior
of Germany. They knew absolutely
nothing of our retreat from the Marne
and were astonished when we pictured
to them the events of the last few
day 8.
The following morning we left the
trench before daybreak and went Into
quarters at Ornny-en-Pormols. We
were billeted In the middle of the vil
lage In an abandoned house. Our field
kitchens failed to arrive, so we pre
pared ourselves n meal of fowl nnd
whatever else we discovered. When
ever anyone espied a chicken there
were twenty men racing for It. Toward
evening long provision trains arrived,
a.s well as fresh troops. They went
to the front in long columns und re
lieved the exhausted men.
Soon tlu> whole village was crowded
with soldiers. After a rest of two days
the regular nightly pioneer service was
resumed. Every night we were sent I
to the front-line trenches to build wire : 1
obstacles. The French found us out I .*]
by the noise required to set up the ; .
posts, so thnt we had fresh losses 1
almost every night. We completed the ; V
task of setting up barbed wire entan
glements In the sector assigned to ua
in about fourteen days. During this
period we rested by dny, but at ulgbt
we went out regularly. But our rest
hnd many Interruptions, for the enemy
artillery bombarded the village regu*
larly. This always happened at cer*
tain hours, for Instance, to the begin
ning, every noon from twelve to two
o’clock, fifty to eighty shells fell in the
village. Sometimes they were shrap
nel, sent over by the field artillery; We
soon grew accustomed to .this, despite
the fact that soldiers of other detach
ments were,killed or woanded daily.
Once or twice during this noon bom
bardment a shrapnel shell fell Into our
room nnd burst without doing much
damnge. The room would be filled
with dust and smoke, yet no one would
think of leaving This /Irlnf was _re-
machine In all occupied territory. The
snme thing hnppened with all machin
ery of Industry that could be spared.
Everywhere we saw the finest kind
of mnchlnery en route to Germany.
In the evening we passed Sedan.
Early the next morning we arrived at
Montmedy. Here we hnd to leave the
train nnd were permitted to go to the
city for severnl hours. Montmedy Is
the principal bnse of the Fifth army,
commanded by the crown prince. Enor
mous stores of war materials were
gnthered here. Added to this there
was the army field post Institute and
the executive offices of the railways as
well as a number of hospitals.
it was very lively In Montmedy.
Many wounded men were seen strol
ling through the city nnd an especially
large number of officers all at home
were attached to single etapos. In
fnultless uniform, carrying riding
whips, they strolled around. This
point was about thirty-five kilometers
behind Verdun and one hundred kilo
meters from our former position. As
we inarched away shortly after noon
we suspected thnt we were being
taken to the neighborhood of Verdun.
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DON’T MATTER lr BROKEN i
We pay up to 15 dollars per set. Also
cash for Old Gold. Silver and broken |
Jewelry. Chock sent by return mail.
Goods hold 10 davs for sender's ap
proval of our offer. Mazer’s Tooth
Specialty. Dept. A, 2007 S. 5th 3t,
Philadelphia, Pa. 5-2-St
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