"Crumps": The Plain Story of a Canadian who WentHoughton Mifflin, 1917 - 155 pages |
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... be shot or drowned without a show . I am writing this in my cabin , which is only nine feet by six feet and in which six of us sleep at night . Besides living in it we have to keep all our equipment clean , which is some 16 Crumps.
... be shot or drowned without a show . I am writing this in my cabin , which is only nine feet by six feet and in which six of us sleep at night . Besides living in it we have to keep all our equipment clean , which is some 16 Crumps.
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... sleep on deck so that I shall not miss anything . I'd hate to miss the chance of seeing a naval engagement . I can't see how the Germans can possibly let a chance go by . A nervy cruiser could sink any amount of ships . If the British ...
... sleep on deck so that I shall not miss anything . I'd hate to miss the chance of seeing a naval engagement . I can't see how the Germans can possibly let a chance go by . A nervy cruiser could sink any amount of ships . If the British ...
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... sleeping six men with all their outfit in a cabin nine feet by six feet . The ship carpenter has a standing job to repair our cabin . We have rough - housed so much that his attention was continually necessary . The trip has been so ...
... sleeping six men with all their outfit in a cabin nine feet by six feet . The ship carpenter has a standing job to repair our cabin . We have rough - housed so much that his attention was continually necessary . The trip has been so ...
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... sleep now anywhere , and we often have our clothes on for three days at a time . Many a time I sleep with all my equipment on . Get wet and dry it by keep- ing it on . We all have to do it . The idea of pajamas or baths as necessities ...
... sleep now anywhere , and we often have our clothes on for three days at a time . Many a time I sleep with all my equipment on . Get wet and dry it by keep- ing it on . We all have to do it . The idea of pajamas or baths as necessities ...
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... sleeping in a rotten tent which leaks . Still , we are all so fit that what would kill an ordinary man does n't worry us much . We all get three days ' leave and are trying by every means possible to wangle another day or two 38 Crumps.
... sleeping in a rotten tent which leaks . Still , we are all so fit that what would kill an ordinary man does n't worry us much . We all get three days ' leave and are trying by every means possible to wangle another day or two 38 Crumps.
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Page 58 - But now we have been given new black boots, magnificent things, huge, heavy "ammunition boots," and the wonderful thing is they don't let water in. They are very big and look like punts, but it's dry feet now. I can tell you I am as pleased with them as if some one had given me a present of cold cash.
Page 106 - It's all arranged for you, if there's a bit of shell or a bullet with your name on it you'll get it, so you've nothing to worry about. You are a soldier — then be one. This is the philosophy of the trenches.
Page 139 - With my forty and these you'll have to find some more." They were betting on the number they could find. I peel off my shirt myself and burn them off with a candle. I glory in the little pop they make when the heat gets to them. All the insect powder in the world has been tried out on them and they've won.
Page 113 - Everybody up here is infested with them. I have tried smearing myself with kerosene, but that does not seem to trouble them at all. Silk underwear is supposed to keep them down. I suppose their feet slip on the shiny surface.
Page 53 - Every man, on becoming a soldier, becomes a man with a number and an identification disk. My number is 45555 and my "cold meat ticket," a tag made of red fiber, is hanging round my neck on a piece of string.
Page 80 - Later in the evening from a trench we had the satisfaction of seeing another aeroplane set on fire, burn, and drop into the German lines like a shot partridge. Aeroplanes are as common as birds. Yesterday a "Pfeil" (arrow) biplane came right over our lines and was chased off by our own machines.
Page 58 - Once they become moulded to the feet they are fine. Of course they are not pretty, but they keep the wet out. We have had new tunics issued to us of the regular English pattern, much more comfortable than our other original ones, and then instead of the hard cap we now have a soft one...
Page 129 - coal boxes," and finally they were christened "crumps" on account of the sound they make, a sort of cru-ump! noise as they explode.
Page 58 - ... instead of the hard cap we now have a soft one, something like a big golf cap with the flap on to pull down over the ears. These are much more comfortable. They have one great advantage over the old kind — we can sleep in them. We can now lie down in our complete outfits even to our hats.