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Newspaper
Benson Signal
Location
Benson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1918
Page
14
Arthur Guy Empey, an American resident of Jersey City, goes to England after Lusitania sinking to enlist in the British army. He serves as a private, trains in London and France, hears big guns, meets the term cooties, and his company is sent to the front-line trenches.
A trench memoir recounts brutal dawn in mud and shellfire as a wooden parapet collapses and three mates die. The narrator learns grit and wartime maxims while rebuilding, sharing rations, guarding No Man's Land, and witnessing a crucifixion punishment for a sentry who failed to relay orders.
Narrator recalls four days in a front-line tour relieved by a brigade. A march to rest billets includes limbers carrying ammunition and rations. Billets 117 118 119 lie near a stables with a foul odor and a sign about capacity for wounded, explained as the Royal Army Medical Corps plan for attack cases.
A soldier records dawn routines in training trenches, mess details, and parade drills. He describes rations, coffee, bacon, and tobacco, then shifts to a mother Irish setter and her grown-up puppies winning prizes at dog shows with their mistress proud and affectionate.
In the next installment, Empey recounts resuming frontline duty after a period in billets and a German bullet mortally wounding his first trench comrade. He describes the shock and impact of the early loss.
The writer notes Jerusalem's narrow crowded streets inside the walls hinder wagon traffic. Hillside steps make camel and donkey passage hard after sunrise, so porters carry heavy loads. Men bear surprising weights, said to be about 600 pounds on their backs with ropes tied to their foreheads.
The article urges self motivation as the key to effort. It notes some youths need external prompting but advises readers to set their own high standards and demand much of themselves. It emphasizes personal realization as the source of drive and achievement.
The United States Department of Agriculture and state extension forces aim to recruit 200000 youth into pig clubs to boost meat supplies and aid families facing high living costs. Last year 45000 members produced about 10000000 pounds of dressed pork, with town clubs feeding on table wastes to cut costs.
A serious young member of the Boys Pig and Corn clubs from Oklahoma submits a full letter to the U S department of agriculture. He describes feeding his pig with digester tankage and crop waste, planning a trip to Stigler on the eighteenth, and noting his brothers' prior prizes while stressing perseverance amid drought and pests.
A wartime column reflects on the nation’s effort and resolves that when victory comes and accounts are settled, nothing more can be said than that the young generation did their share for their country.
The United States Department of Agriculture calls for 200000 youths to join pig clubs this year. Last year 45000 members produced 10000000 pounds of pork. the target is to boost meat for soldiers in 1918. Enroll via county agents or the extension director at the state agricultural college.
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