SOLDIERS NEED
TOBACCO FROM
MEN AT HOME
Men in Trenches Are Largely j
Dependent Upon What
Home Folks (live
Ma's a-eal!ir" from the milk house, i
Callin' stern:
"Jim, yer lazy good fer nuthin', j
Come and churn."
Ta's a-eallin' from the corn-patch, :
Callin* loud.
"Janes, yer hulkin' stupid loafer,
Time yer ploughed."
Woods are callin' from the trout j
brook:
' "Hear the stream?
"Son. yer poor tired lazy feller.
Come and dream."
France is callin' from the battle '
Pay and night:
"Man, come here and Join your !
brothers.
Come and light!"
—McLandburgh Wilson.
_ And thev :irc coming to fight, j
ft very draft Mta:lon in the country
tells the same talc. Whereas some
months ago one could detect a con
siderable element of youth who
were not enthusiastic about going to
war, at this critical moment senti
ment is all the other way. An offi
cer returning from France recently
told how it is almost impossible to
holC the men in U-ash. In c.ne in- •
stance two daring lads took French
leave and joined another unit in
order to get a whack at the Hun. 1
The came is tru< of the spirit at the
camps. T'mid at first, fearful of ;
the consequences of goin.t abroad, !
one sees only impatience now tn pet;
right in the fray with both fret.
Heading between the line* of Gen
eral Pershing's "eport it is ervsy to
"onclude that he is just as keen to
try his forces !n supreme combat.
Now, tne man who prefers to
dream along the trout brook or turn ! >
the churn for MS, instead of joining I
his brothers, should at least have j 2
enough consideration for those who '
are fighting for him to send some , f
cheer. Make of yourself a half- j 1
and-half society. Smoke once 1
where you are now smoking: twice
and give that Mlier cigar to your
friend the lighter. By so doing you
will feel i warm spot in the left
breath" your health will improve,
and some poor devil over in the
trenches will hug the smoke you
denied yo"-self, tending up a need
ful prayer for you.
BUSINESSMEN'S TEAM
TO PLAY L.VXCASTEIt
The Businessmen's volleyball
team of the Central Y. M. C. A. will
play the Lancaster V. M. C. A. Busi
nessmen's team at Lancaster. Wed
nesday evening. The local team will
be accompanied by their wives and
sweethearts and will be the guests of
the Lancaster team on a sight-seeing
tour of that city. They will be un
der the direction of C. AY. Miller,
physical director of the Central Y I
M. C. A. * I
TUESDAY EVENING, v HAKRieBURG TELEGRAPH FEBRUARY 19, 1918.
"THE TWINS OF TR
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THOMAS MIDDLETON AX D FRED CHALLEXGEIi
Thomas Middleton and Fred Challenger, two Harrlsburg boys, are
now serving in the One Hundred and Third Motor Supply Truck Train,
Company Xo. 1, at Camp Hancock, Augusta, Georgia. They are known
as "The Twins of Truck Co. Xo. 1." Wnen this photograph was taken
thei: tent was covered with ice an d several inches of slush was on the
ground. Thomas Middleon's home Is at 1202 Penn stret, and he is a
nephew of Thomas Marshall. Fred Challenger lives at 1403% Regina s
treet.
TIME EXTENDED FOR
SOLDIER TO IXSI'RE
The Pennsylvania Committee of
Public Safety is authorized by the
i governlyent to announce that Con-|
! ress has extended the time limit in
which applications may be filed for
war' risk insurance until April 12.
! This will enable soldiers and sailors ,
who ireglected the insurance oppor
tunity until the original time limit !
barred them out, still to tali IUX- i
j vantage of this liberal and low- i
i priced protection against the haz- |
j ards of war.
The governments automatic in
i r.urance has ben discontinued and
no ...an is now insured unless he
makes application. Under the lates
fixed it Is possible for every man
in the service to afford a slo,ooo'i
policy. Soldiers and sailors unable '
- |
to attend to their own applications
li.ay cable or telegraph their rela- !
tivi.s to make application, for them j
anu such messages will be accepted |
as personal applications by the War j
Kisk Insurance Bureau. 'Washington,
D. C. I
Dependants or relatives of men j
who have not applied for insurance
are urged to write requesting theni !
to invest in protection which aiay '
eliminate years of hardship later.
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APPOINT EOOD ADMINISTRATOR j
Liverpool. Pa.. Feb. 19. —The Kev.
William Dorwart, of Newport, food!
commissioner of Perry ebuntv, has
appointed Burgess H. E. Ritte'r food
administrator for Liverpool and vi
cinity.
t*se McNeil's Cold Tablets. Adv.'
SOMEWHERE IN FRANCE WITH EMPEY
, Jim—A Soldier of the King
By Arthur Guy Empcy
- Author of "Over the Top," "First Call," Etc.
(Copyright, 1918, McClure Newspaper Syndicate.)
(Continued)
We were machine gunners of the
British Army stationed "Somewhere
in France" and had just arrived at
our rest billets, after a weary march
from the front line sector.
The stable we had to sleep in was
an old, ramshackle affair, absolutely
over-run with rats —great, big black
fellows, who used to chew up our
leather equipment, eat our rations,
and run over our bodies at nigh*.
German gas had no effect on these
rodents: in fact, they seemed to
thrive. The floor space would com
fortably accommodate about twen
ty men lying down, but when thir
ty-three, including equipment, were
crowded into it. it was nearly un
bearable.
The roof and walls were full of
shell holes. When it rained a con
tant drip, drip, drip was in order.
We were so crowded that if a fellow
was unlucky enough (and nearly all
of us in this instance were unlucky) j
to sleep under a hole, he had to grin
and bear it. It was like sleeping be
neath a shower bath.
At one end of the billet, with a
ladder leading up to it was a sort of
grain bin, with a door in it. This
place was the headquarters of our
guests, the rats. Many a stormy
cabinet meeting was held there by
them. Many a. boot was thrown at
it during the night to let them know
hat* Tommy Atkins objected to the
matter under discussion. Sometimes
one of these missiles would ricochet,
and land on th* upturned counte
nance of a snoring Tommy, and for
about half an hour even the rats
would pause in admiration of his
flow of language.
On the night in question we flopped
down in our wet clothes, and were
soon asleep. As was usual, Xo. 2
gun's crew were together.-
The last time we had rested in
this particular village, it was inhab
ited by civilians, but now it was de
serted. An order had been issued.
two days previous to our arrival,
that all civilians should move far
ther back of the line.
I had been asleep about two hours
when 1 was awakened by Sailor Bill
shaking me by the shoulder. He
was trembling like a leaf, and whis
pered to me:
"Wake up, Yank, this ship's haun
ted. There's some one aloft who's
been moaning for the last hour.
Sounds like the wind in the rigging.
I ain't scared of humans or Ger
mans, but when it comes to messin'
in with spirits it's time for me to go
below. I>end your ear • and cast
your deadlights on that grain lock
er, and listen."
I listened sleepily for a minute or
so. but could hear nothing. Com
ing to the conclusion that ( Sailor
Bill was dreaming things, 'I was
again soon asleep.
Perhaps fifteen minutes had elaps
ed when I was rudely awakened.
I *\ ank, for God's sake, come
aboard and listen!" 1 listened, and.
sure enough, right out of that grain
1 bin overhead came a moaning and
whimpering, and then a scratching!
| against the floor. Jly hair stood on i
end. Blended with the drip, drip of I
the rain, and the occasional scuyy- j
ing of a rat overhead, that noise had |
a supernatiyal pound. I was really
frightened: perhaps my nervos were J
a trifle unstrung from our re6ent [
tour 'n the trenches.
I awakened lkcy Honnev, while:
Sailor Bill roused Happy Houghton
and Hungry Foxcroft.
Hungry's fit-st words were, "What's i
th i
In as few words as possible, wq
told them what had. happened. By
the light of a .candle I had lighted,
their faces appeared as white as
chalk. Just then the. whimpering ,
with terror. The tension was re- |
lieved by 1 key's voice:
"1 admit I's afraid of ghosts, but'l]
that sounds like a dog to me. Who's 1
going up the ladder to investigate?" j
Xo one volunteered! i
1 had an old deck of cards in my 1
pocket. Taking, them out, I, sug- 1
gested cutting, the low man to go up ]
the ladder. They agreed. I was last
to cut. I got the ace of clubs. Sail- j,
or Bill was stuck with the five of
diamonds. Upon this, lie insisted!
that it should be the best two out i
of three cuts, but we overruled him, I \
and he was unanimously elected for
the .fob.
With a "So long, mates, I'm going 1
aloft," he started toward the ladder,! !
with the candle in his hand, stumb- j <
ling over the sleeping forms of J :
many. Sundry grunts, moans, and f
curses followed in his wake. >
As soon as he started to ascend 1
the ladder, a "tap-tap-tap" could be 1
heard from the grain bin. We wait- 1
ed in fear and trembling, the result
of his mission. Hungry was en- t
couraging him with "Cheero, mate, t
the worst is yet to come." 1
After many pauses, Bill reached't
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the top of the ladder and opened
I the door. We listened with bated
| breath. Then 110 shouted:
"Blast my deadlights, if it ain't
I a poor dog! Come along side, mate,
you're on a lee shore, and in a sor-
J ry plight."
Oh, what a relief those words
(were to us!
With the candle in one hand and
a dark object under his arm, Bill
returned and deposited in our midst
the sorriest-looking specimen of a
cur dog you ever set eyes on. It wa.7
so weak it couldn't stand. But that
look in its eyes—just gratitude, plain
gratitude. Its stump of a tail was
pounding against my mess tin, - and
sounded just like a message in the
Morse code. Happy swore that it
was sending S. O. s.
We were like a lot of school chil
dren, every one wanted' to help, and
make suggestions at the same time.
Hungry suggested giving it some
thing to eat, while l 1 key wanted to
play on his infernal jew's harp,
claiming it was a musical dog. liuYi
gry's suggestion met our approval,
and there was a general scramble
for haversacks. All we could mus
ter was some liard bread and a big
piece of cheese.
His nibs wouldn't eat bread, and
also refused the cheese, but not be
fore sniffing at it for a couple of
minutes. 1 was going to throw the
cheese away, but Hungry said he
would take it. I gave it to him".
We were in a quandary. It was
evident that the dog was starving
and in a very weak condition. Its
coat was lacerated all over, prob
ably from the bites of rats. That
stump of a tall kept sending S. O. S.
against my mess tin. Every tap
went straight to our hearts. We
would get something to eat for that
mutt if we were shot for it.
Sailor Bill volunteered to burg
glarize the quartermaster's stores
for a can of unsweetened condensed
milk, and left on his perilous ven
ture. He was gone about twenty
minutes. During his absence, with
the help of n bandage and a capsule
of iodine we cleaned the wounds
made by the rats. I have bandaged
many a wounded Tommy, but never
received the amount of thanks that
that dog gave with its eyes.
o !?! e hlllpt door opened and
Sailor Bill appeared. He looked
like the wreck of tho Hesperus, uni
form lorn, covered with dirt and
flour, and a beautiful black eye, but
he was smiling, and in his hap'd he
carried the precious can of milk.
We asked no questions, but opened
the can. Just as we were going to
pour it out. Ilappy butted in and
said It should be mixed with water;
he ought to know, because his sis
ter back in Blighty had a babv, and
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she always mixed water with its
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evidence so water was demanded.
We would not use the water In our
witter bottles, as it was not fresh
enough new mate. Happy
volunteered to get some from the
well that is, if we would promise
not to feed his royal highness until
he returned. ' We promised, because
Happy had proved that he was an
authority on the feeding of babies.
By this time the rest of the section
were awake and were crowding
around us, asking numerous ques
tions, and admiring our newly found
friend. Sailor Bill took this oppor
tunity to tell of his adventures while
in quest of the milk.
(To be Continued)
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