Logging With the A. E. F. 



BY SHIRLEY C. BRAYTON 



(Continued From December) 



The first few days we were logging we had no 

 chains for a cross haul or jin pole and so some ten 

 or twelve husky jacks would get hold of the logs any 

 way possible and slide them into the back end of a 

 covered truck. This was my initiation into army log- 

 ging methods, and as I did not know the reason then 

 for using such crude methods, I of course assumed 

 that such methods would be the regular thing. For- 

 tunately for me such was not the case. I think I 

 should have lasted just about two more days as that 

 kind of a loader and then I would have gently but 

 completely sunk from sight in the deepest mud hole 

 available and stayed there. 



A split chain cross haul was used. A single chain 

 went over the load and connected with two others that 

 went under the log and were attached to the truck 

 or wagon. Two skids were used, up which the logs 

 slid. Two men on the ground watched the logs as- 

 cend and kept them going as they should, while a 

 third acted as top loader and guided the logs into the 

 place w r here they were to ride. As these logs were 

 perfectly round, smooth, and covered with mud, it 

 can be seen that this was by no means a job for a 

 greenhorn or a weakling. The best loading crew we 

 had consisted of a couple of brothers by the name of 

 Clark from nothern Washington, who had used peav- 

 ies instead of rattle boxes in their infancy, and another 

 jack from the mountains of Montana who was about 



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