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Copper River
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FOUR TRAINS WEEKLY BETWEEN
CHITINA AND KENNECOTT
Leave Cordova, Second Street Depot, on Mon
days, Thursdays and Saturdays
Leave Chitina for Cordova Sundays, Tuesdays,
Thursdays and Fridays
Leave Chitina for Kennecott Sundays, Tuesdays
and Fridays
Leave Kennecott for Chitina Mondays, Wednes
Idays, Thursdays and Saturdays
The above schedule subject to change without
Dining Car in Connection with all Regular
Passenger Trains between Cordova and Chitina.
Freight received and delivered at Cordova
Wharf from 9 a. m. to 5 p in., except Sundays.
Tickets oil sale at Second Street Depot office
ip one hour before departure of trains.
CALEB CORSER W. E. BROWN
Superintendent Agent Cordova Wharf
R. K. BROWN, Jr., Ticket Agent
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Where we can always find our
friends
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The Red Dragon
CO RDOVA. ALASKA
Headquarters of Cordova
Chapter American Red Cross.
Club House founded in 1908
by Episcopal church. Open
from 1 p. m. to 10 p. m.
REV E. P. ZIEGLER
Supt
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LOCATED IN GOLDEN HOTEL
, Dr. Homer A. Blyth, of fhe dental
firm of Drs. Daggett & Blyth with of
fices at Cordova, has equipped modern
offices at McCarthy, Alaska.
MlllMlYIMY
MACHINE GUNNER,DRYING IN FRANCE-•
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I ARTHUR tuv EMPTY|
CHAPTER II.
Blighty to Rest Billets.
The next morning the captain sent
for me and informed me: “Empey, as
i a recruiting sergeant you are a wash
out,” and sent me to a training depot.
After arriving at this place, 1 was
hustled to the quartermaster stores
and received an awful shock. The
quartermaster sergeant spread a wa
terproof sheet on the ground and com
menced throwing a miscellaneous as
sortment of straps, buckles and other
paraphernalia into it. I thought he
would never stop, but when the pile
reached to my knees he paused long
enough to say, "Next, No. 5217, ’Arris,
B company.” I gazed in bewilderment
at the pile of junk In front of me, and
then my eyes wandered around looking
for the wagon which was to carry it
to barracks. 1 was rudely brought to
earth by the “quarter” exclaiming,
“’Ere, you, ’op it; tyke it nw’y; blind
my eves, ’§’s looking for ’is batman to
relp 'lm carry it.”
Struggling under (he load, with fre
quent pauses for rest, I reached our
barracks (large car barns), and my j
platoon leader came to the rescue. It !
was a marvel to me how quickly he |
assembled the equipment. After he j
| had completed the tusk, he showed me j
! how to adjust it on my person. Pretty
! soon I stood before him a proper Tom- j
my Atkins in heavy marching order, i
feeling like an overloaded camel.
On my feet were heavy-soled hoots,
studded with hobnails, the toes and j
heels of which were re-enforced by
steel half-moons. My legs were In- |
cased in woolen puttees, olive drab in
j color, with my trousers overlapping
| them at the top. Then a woolen khaki
: tunic, under which was a bluish gray
woolen shirt, minus a collar; beneath
this shirt a woolen belly band ''hout I
I six inches wide, held in place by tie |
j strings of white tape. On my head j
| was a heavy woolen trench cap, with i
Then the equipment: A canvas belt, j
with ammunition pockets, and two
wide canvas straps like suspenders,
called "D” straps, fastened to the belt
in front, passing over each shoulder, ;
crossing in the middle of my back, and
| attached by buck' ; to the rear of the
I belt. On the t ;.t side of the belt
hung a water bottle, covered with felt;
; on the left side was my bayonet and
| scabbard, and intrenching tool handle,
this handle strapped to the bayonet
| scabbard. In the rear was my in
trenching tool, carried in a canvas case. !
This tool was a combination pick and |
spade. A canvas haversack was j
strapped to the left side of the belt, i
while on my back was the pack, also j
of canvas, held in place by two canvas I
straps over the shoulders; suspended
on the bottom of the pack was my I
mess tin or canteen in a neat little
canvas case. My waterproof shoe.,
looking like a jelly roll, was strapped
on top of the pack, with a wooden stick
for cleaning the breach of the rifle pro
jecting from each end. On a lanyard
around my waist hung a huge jack
knife with a can-opener attachment.
The pack contained my overcoat, an
extra pair of socks, change of under
wear, hold all (containing knife, fork,
spoon, comb, toothbrush, lather brush,
shaving soap, and a razor made of tin.
with “Made in England” stamped on
the blade; when trying to shave with
this it made you wish that you were
at war with Patagonia, so that you
could have a “hollow ground” stamped
“Made in Germany”); then your house
wife, button-cleaning outfit, consisting
of a brass button stick, two stiff
brushes, and a box of “Soldiers’
Friend” paste; then a shoe brush and
a box of dubbin, a writing pad. indel
; ible pencil, envelopes, and pay book,
I and personal belongings, such as a
! small mirror, a decent razor and a
sheaf of unanswered letters, and fags.
In your haversack you carry your iron
rations, meaning a tin of bully beef,
four biscuits and a can containing tea.
sugar and Oxo cubes; a couple of
pipes and a pack of shag, a tin of rifle
oil, and a pull-through. Tommy gen
erally carries the oil with his rations;
it gives the cheese a sort of sardine
taste.
-Add to this a first-aid pouch and a
long, ungainly rifle patterned after the
Daniel Boone period, and you have an
idea of a British soldier in Blighty.
Before leaving for France, this rifle '
is taken from him and he is issued ,
with a Lee-Enfleld short trench rifle I
and a ration bag.
In France he receives two gas hel- ‘
mets, a sheepskin coat, rubber mack-!
intosh, steel helmet, two blankets, tear- 1
shell goggles, a balaclava helmet, I
gloves and a tin of antifrostbite.grease
which is excellent for greasing the
boots. Add to this the weight of his
rations, and can you blame Tommy for
growling at a twenty-kilo route march?
Having served as sergeant major in
the Pnlted States cavalry, I tried to
tell the English drill sergeants their t
nusincsN "ur it aiu not work. They
Immediately put me as batman In their
mess. Many a greasy dish of stew was
accidentally spilled over them.
I would sooner fight than he n waiter,
so when the order came through from
headquarters calling for a draft of
250 rc-enforeements for France, I vol
unteered.
Then we went before the M. a
(medical officer) for another physical
examination. This was very brief. He
asked our names and numbers and
said “Fit,” and we went out to fight.
We were put into troop trains and
sent to Southampton, where we de
trained, and had our trench rifles is
sued to us. Then in columns of twos
we went up the gangplank of a little
Steamer lying alongside the dock.
At the head of the gangplank there
was an old sergeant, who directed that
we line ourselves along both rails of
tlie ship. Then he ordered us to take
life belts from the racks overhead and
put them on. I have crossed the ocean
several times and knew I was not sea
sick, but when I buckled on that life
belt I had a sensation of sickness.
After we got out into the stream all
I could think of was that there were a
million German submarines with a tor
pedo on each, across the warhead of
which was inscribed my name ana ad
dress.
.After five hours we came alongside
a pier and disembarked. T bad at
tained another one of my ambitions.
I was “somewhere in France.” We
slept in the open that night on the side
of the road. About six the next morn
ing we were ordered to entrain. I
looked around for the passenger
coaches, but all I could see on the sid
ing were rattle cars. We climbed into
these. On the side of each car was
a sign reading “Hommes 40, Cheveaux
8.” When we got inside of the cars,
we thought that perhaps the sign
painter had reversed the order of
thingi~«*After 48 hours In these trucks
we detrained at Rouen. At this place
we went through an Intensive training
for ton days.
The training consisted of the rudi
ments of trench warfare. Trenches
had been dug, with barbed wire en
tanglements, bombing saps, dugouts,
observation posts and machine gun em
placements. We were given a smat
tering of trench cooking, sanitation,
bomb throwing, reconnoiterlng, listen
ing posts, constructing and repairing
barbed wire, “carrying in” parties,
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methods used in attack and defense,
wiring parties, mass formation, and
the procedure for poison-gas attacks.
On the tenth day we again met our
friends Homines 40, Cheveaux 8.”
Thirty-six hours more of misery, and
we arrived at the town of F-.
After unloading our rations and
equipment, we lined up on the road in
columns of fours waiting for the order
to march.
(To be Continued!
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PENSIONS ALLOWED
TO OLD PIONEERS
The trustees of the Alaska Pioneers’
Home held a meeting In me governor's
offices at Juneau recently and passed
pensions in favor of ttie following ap
plicants P. \v. Hitter of Anchorage,
J. D. Vickery of Seward, J. Lebrant of
Kasaan. Wm. Shergan of Sitka. David
Englund of Anchorage, Abbie H. Wil
liams of Nome, and Matt Kauppiva
of Fairbanks.
WAT I
Until Further Notice
Water will be turned on from
7 to 9 o'clock in the morning
12 to 1 o’clock at noon
4 to 6 o’clock in the evening I;
Also remember: A man on the spot with a
bucket of water at the outbreak of a fire
Up
is worth more than an auto pumping engine of
1,000 gallons per minute capacity a half hour gj
n?
later. So fill your pails and tubs.
Cordova Power
| Company
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ALASKA
STEAMSHIP CO.
This company reserves the right to chsnge schedule of steamers
without notle*.
LEAVES SEATTLE LEAVES CORDOVA
Maich S Alameda March 15
March 16 Alaska March 23
March 24 Northwestern March 30
The freighters Cordova, Latouche, Juneau, Valdez
mid Ketchikan also make regular trips.
Tickets on sale at up town office Alaska Steamship Bldg. Bag
gage or freight will not be received at the dock later than one hour
before sailing time.
J H. BUNCH, G. F. & P. Agt S. R. HEDGES, Agent.
SAFETY
S. S. Admiral Farragut West March 30
SAILINGS FROM SEATTLE
y} S. A. ADMIRAL WATSON, for Anchorage APRIL 6
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( 1_ S. S. ADMIRAL FARRAGUT. APRIL 19 TJ
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Q CALIFORNIA ROUTE—Special Excursion Rates from Seattle to Q
(J Sunny California. Three sailings a week. Rail tickets sold to all
points in the United States and Canada. For Full Particulars
apply W. A. NOURSE, Agent. Phone 223. Empress Buildings
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