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‘ “STEADY, BOYS! WE CAN ; LICK "HM!” ' S et s | Going into battle with a superior -ba of Germans, a captain in ‘ ::“ A::‘r::'- Army, a graduate of ! turned to his men and lho-ted: | Steady, boys; though they out jnumber us ten to one, we can lick om." These were the last words to pass his lips, for in a few hours he died from a wound inflicted by a { bursting shell. 1 | With his final breath he voiced I the spirit of the American Army of today, of yesterday and forever. The determination to win regard less of the odds is the foundation of American character. MEN IN ALL CAMPS STIRRED BY VALOR OF BRETHREN OVERSEAS Thrilled and inspired by the bril liant achievements of their brethren already in the trenches, American sol diers in all the training camps at home are eager and restless to get Over There” at the earliest possible moment. A year ago these same men now champing on the bit were pur suing the quiet walks of civil life and the war to them was a thing apart. The behavior and fighting instincts shown by the men in khaki while on the offensive and under incessant fire from canmon and machine guns and subjected to continuous raids by Ger mans have fired the blood and stirred the men in training to such a pitch that they are clamoring to get into the thick of it. The splendid qualities shown by the Americans while under fire have won for them the highest admiration of French poilus fighting near them and the warmest congratulations from the French high command. Every cable dispatch telling of Am ericans participating in an engage ment contains superiative praise quo ted from official French communica tions. For more than three years and & half these communications have paid condign tribute to the heroic valor of French soldierr. But when it eame to characterizing the morale, courage and bravery of American troops under fire, even the beautiful French language, with its wonderful descriptive range, was found inade guate. Referring to the American troops the official communications have con tained such expressions as: ““They gave proof of energy and morale be yond all praise”; ‘They showed a rare quality of courage, self-posses sion and calm bravery”; “Their cour ageous calm was wonderful.” Fifty French War Crosses were awarded to American heroes who dis layed unsurpassed valor and bravery fil repulsing eleven raids by Germans. The grim determination with which Americans fought against superior numbers and expelled Germans who had gained a temporary foothold in their sector left the French soldiers almost_speechless with amazement. A dispatch describing the repulsing of a raid contained this sentence: “Al most entirely surrounded, the Am ericans did not dream for an instant of surrendering and their efforts to extricate themselves were so deter mined that they succeeded in dis placing the enemy without leaving a single prisoner in his hands.” The routing of a raiding party of forty Germans by one American soldier who inflicted severe losses on the ralders thrilled the French poilus as did the bold raids made by General Per shing’s men on German trenches. ARMED WITH “VERY LIGHT” American officers sent out with re connoitering parties into No Man's Land after dark are armed with rock et pistols. These weapons discharge a cartridge whose bullet instead of being lead consists of illuminative powder. The bullets are called “very light” because when exploded they high in the air and cast a bril fl::t glow, which is a signal to the American and French gunners that the reconnoitering party has been at tacked by superior numbers and a barrage is needed for protectiom. TO TEACH SIMPLE CRAFTS Work of “reconstructing’’ wounded American soldiers will be carried on at & number of institutions through out the United States, where the men will be given medical treatment and at the same time taught how to make simple articles like brooms, whisk brooms, scrub brushes. floor mops, waste paper baskets and other sup plies used in great quantities by the Federal departments, R~ A | S = e g fi" moidly 3/ g eß<t T 7 —.?‘-_'::,_‘;9 ’: + -:3;- - 4 : . .:: ?fr i“ ¢ :?gg L | 3‘ : *:.’ 'y : "i: % ‘ ‘@éf‘?": *!'; : - v,w_“'%f L TRENCH AND CAMP ’ American Gunners Win High Praise o : ‘ ( 3 g G f\s, LR - % '\\;\\“ ‘ ';';. N 9 | ?.. o Vs L . L P el ity 42t - 2 pETRRTTTY T (0¥ her Ll AR A2 %LI - : AR RK S RO o R SRNIAES (ARG, $] eIO e sS (S SR i nhe T 5\""%’":?: R B Uet 'TQS‘G\‘ r > v ; =2~;\:-~x;<\' e =g~ A g T .’“ ‘ i . \-s\‘ . .‘\Q Iy |B N ! | B e, e B e Avo) oo | B DI e A AT o AR eVs B _ > < ~Q§\‘ M | C2p “\“\\\ . ‘3’;‘3"l\ . .". \‘:h ' \ 1 B 3 Cfi{ o\ S -..’\,57 s eTt Ty -SR PR RRtLAR AR ?fw‘.‘;u ot - %"525{3“{:: (It e "“"”g‘fit‘fl’mf e eS R The methed of laying dewn a barrage and its use is illustrated in the above sketches. At the top the methed fivet empleyed by the British and French is sheyn. A curtain of fire was thrown uponm Tremch %, occupled by Germans, while British or Fremch troepe crept umcbeerved from Tremehk 1. When the British or Fremeh soldiers had gotten near enough to Trench £to attack i, the barrage wae lifted and the Germans were trapped in their dugouis and wiped out er routed. n--mu.m,ua—-n.mmumm,m: the figure 3, were rushed up to the absistance of the Hums in Trench 3. The center mmmnm-nuo’-:mmum Both the tremeh our Allies are bent on capturing; the one behind it are shelled so as te preveat reim | mmmznmmmafi.mswmmoe—-h Trench 8 are kept under comstant shell-fire, making it impossidle for them to advance. Officers in the French army in the Champagne country are most enthu slastic in their praise of the skill shown by American gunners co-oper ating with French artillerymen in laying down barrage. This is the most delicate feature of modern warfare but the American gunners acquitted themselves like veterans and their work was most fagorably compared with that of the French gunners who have had more than three years’ experience, Barrage or curtain of fire means a continual hail of bursting shells in which no living creature can survive, and which serves as a screen for ad vancing troops. Some {dea of the in tensity of the shell fire may be got ten from the fact that the French guns which the Americans are using can fire thirty rounds a minute. The firing starts with the shells dropping and exploding 100 yards ahead of the trench oceupied by sol diers of the Allied armies. The com mand to go over the top is given and the soldiers rush forward. In the meantime the gunners keep advanc ing the barrage nearer and nearer to the German trenches. When the In fantry has reached a apot near enough to charge the Huns, who have been | compelled to seek shelter iz their dugouts, the barrage is lifted from the first German trench and concen trated on a second line of trenches to head off re-enforcements. | AT THE SIGN OF THE RED TRIANGLE I wa’nt much on religion when I was back at home, || And very little Gospel truth got underneath my dome, The church folks didw't miss me much when I went Overseas, And the trousers of my uniform wa'nt bagged none at the knees, But when I huntsd for a place to read the news and write, A fam to pass the time away, a bit of fum at night, All this and more I found at hand, é‘m for a:kmg mine, Tho first I didw't savey much the Red Triangle Sign. . I found the chaps wha run the place the best kind of good sports, - And ready with @ word of cheer when we felt out o£ sorts, For when a man at dead of night hands out a good hot drink And smiles, just like he wanted to, it makes a feller think. ' W ell, when we'd had that sort of thing in camp and up the line, I got to feel MY it was the sort of stuff for mine, And when our dead and wounded chums lay 'round like fallen trees A feller couldw't help sometimes but get down on his knees. ‘ I haven’t any quarrel with religion of that sort, ' ‘ And I can fellership the man who shows himself a sport, And near as I can make it out, the old Y. M. C. A. | Is practicing the Christian Faith the right and proper way. Its Founder was a Ca:[enter, His helpers fishermen, And common peofi: liked to come and listen to Him then, And if yow're looking for Him now I have no question but ‘ Youw'll ind Him working somewhere near the Red Triangle Hut. i —D. E. H. i FEW RECALCITRANTS ‘Out of the 10,000,000 men subject to call for military service under the selective service act, only 5,870 failed to register on June 6. Most of these registered later. The delicacy of barrage work con eists in accurately placing each shell a little in advance of its predecessor s 0 a8 to allow the infantry to go stead ily forward. If the shell fire is not kept up continuously the advancing infantrymen would be seen and shelled by the enemy. If the shells are not accurately placed, they might wreak havoc among the infantry foro es making the charge. Although the barrage begins at a safe distance ahéad of the advancing infantry, the number of yards be tween the on-rushing soldiers and the bursting shells is steadily decreased until st times it is less than flft{ yards. During recent weeks Frenc infantry has advanced upon German trenches with the curtain of fire only twenty-five yards ahead. This is be lleved to be as close as it is safe to get to the barrage. Bach gun assisting in furnishing the barrage has a separate task as signed to it, and the distance each shell i{s to be fired, as well as the an gle at which it is to be aimed, is work ed out before the operation begins. The infantry advances on a schedule figured out with the gunners. The American gunners’ successful first attempt at laying down barrage convinced the French officers and gunners that the khaki-clad soldiers will be able to handle this delicate and important work by themselves much sooner than was imagined they could master its intricacies. 1 NEW COFFEE POT ‘ American soldiers have found a new use for the “tin helmets” issued to them. ‘When their coffee gets cold they pour it into the helmet and hold it over a fire. “Smeller’’ Is Latest | Rankin U. S. Army Experience has ved that unless m:whmthqm .g{: to mfin a big su cannot h:r guccess in their flendish use gas against American soldfers and almost ¢very conceivable precaution has been tak en to prevent the Huns from taking the Americans by surprise. With six or eight seconds’ warning the Yanks now in the t{remches can put on their American-made masks, superior to all others, and completely nullity the effects of the poisonous vapors. Use of gas against the Americans has brought into prominence soldiers with the rank of “Smeller,” men with acute olfactory nerves who can be de pended upon to detect gas at a great er distance than others whose nos trils are not gquite so sensitive. These “Smellers’” are armed with klaxton horns, rattles or whistles and upon detecting gas sound an imme diate warning with their noise-mak ing device. A “Smeller” is selected from every platoon to patrol the trenches occupied by his particular | platoon. In addition to carrying a | nofse-making device under his arm, ’|the “Smeller”’ must make a report '|every hour during the day or night | he is on duty as to the direction of the : m‘. .} On the parapet In front of every post comménd in the tremches is a '| weather vane made of light wood, which shows the direction of the | wind. Whenever the wind is found | favorable for the Hun to send gas '|toward the American tremnches ga | masks are placed at ‘“alert” om the | chest so as to be adjusted quickly, | The American gas mask bhas won | high commendation from the French '|and British officers. It is far more | effective than any used l? our Allies, 'lalthough more simple in oconstruc tion. The facepiece of the mask is |made of rubberized ecottom fabric, {which is held in place by am elastic |band. Celludoid or glass eyepieces |inserted in the fabric allow the sol |dier to see. A canister filled with sec ret chemicals is carried in a small | knapsack and connected with a flex |ible tube which goes into the soldier’s mouth., A nose clamp forces the sol |dier to breathe through his mouth, |the air being takem im through the |canister, whose absorbent chemicals filter the gas-laden atmosphere. | The gas defense service of the |American army is divided into three |branches: one for furnishing masks, another for teaching their use and ' another tor general repairs and re placement of the canisters when the chemicals lose their strength. | Weather Forecasters o o Helping to Win War Weather forcasters are playing a most important %u't in the operations along the French fighting line.. Ob. servation stations are located at short intervals from the English Channel to the Alps and frequent bulletins are issued. The contents of these bullge tins often determine the course of ac tion to be adopted by the French com manders. : The artillery must be kept inform ed of changing conditions in tempera m.humldlty and the veloeity of the at different levels, all of which are considered in sighting the guns | for distant targets. Omne morning, in the early days of the war, the Eng lish batteries were ordered to resume firing at a range effective the after noon before. The elevation of the guns was not changed, but atmos pheric conditions had varied, so in stead of falling on the ememy, the shells landed in the British trenches. If winter operations are planned, it |is highly important to know when | freesing weather, which will make | the sodden roads hard enough to bear the weight of the guns, may be ex pected. To the aviation service, knowledge of air conditions up to a height of 20,000 feet is vital, and the old style |of gas attack depended om the direc ’ tion of the wind. Poisonous gas was introduced by Germans when the | wind was blowing towards the Alles |lines and recently used against Amer ican troops. It is important to keep weather re ports from reaching the enemy. Once the London papers announced that air conditions for Zeppelins promised ideal. They neglected to add, how ever that elaborate plans were being made at home, so the big airships met a hot reception on the raid which followed. - SEND THIS PAPER HOME TO PDAY. 7 A 2 g fs,;.?} vy iy i ,’f}"’ A g aag!é{’fi%{fi : 1’4’,1 b1 ph At Y & ,{y P ’q% , “ " e i @O. FC‘%”U 7 74 WIS 49 =8 @Q' "'l‘ / ..\‘ L \’f— T ‘ i 2 = W'ss s Y E ?