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i"g . @ ® “Confessions Of A Conscript il S R 4 (This is the third of a series of diary entries written by a young man w from his civilian pursuits by the cperation of the selective draft. It 8 a frank, outspoken record of his own feelings, thoughts and emotions, which, perhaps, have heen shared by otlier American men now overseas, or 4m training. These diary entries arc commended to the soldiers of the Na ‘tional Army as a truthfual portrayal of the process of converting civilians into '“l'l of ‘“the finest army ever cal'?d to the colors by any mption.” The writer is Ted Wallace, a luxury-lovinrg young man, who, at the outset has e seftled convictions, except selfish ones, and who is transformed by the . Purging process of war into a red-blooded patriot.) ‘ ".X’.' i ‘.7 et G August 17, '1917. . T could not sleep well last night.‘ The thought of all T will have to give| up made sleep impossible. 1 tried to .read. It was no use. | wore my new houu gown and I could not get t.hel _thought out of my head that it was one of the few times left for me to| .wear it. ' A house gown was always! one of the little vanities I promised .myself. Good ones were sQ expexisive% and I kept putting.off the buying of one until I feit I could really afford it.. . Whep t'fgt baberdasher on the corner near us closed up shop, I saw my opnq:,t‘npfiy. It cost omly S2O, and it is of silk and tufted. You feel Itxurious, being covered in ome of these things. I felt the softness of the silk and wondered when I would have to put it away. I sat there with a bottle of Scotch and as I took each drink I said to myself, “I won’t be able even to get a drink when I'm in the Army.” Then I began thinking ©of all the rules and regulations I had heard of prevailing in the Army. - You’d think the Government was dealing with a lot of children instead of grown men. S ‘; mind was very active. I began g:klng about the office. What are they going to do without me? lam mot vain and I know it's true that -everyone’s place can be fillled and no .One is indispensable, but it’s going to be a hard blow to the office. It isn’t ,'c;é, Ky Q’ . T e e o }:\\ / (A {"4}4 4 :t‘ T -~ "/ ! v e '/.'i -"f-‘. f 81l : ; - (TR l@ i s e . & YRI ¢ i s B " i %\‘,i | TR D gty - M S m&;;{g&: y > f“‘;"'%~":;' 7 i o R R SRR R T :,. g ,‘ -“:; g 3 ,’ ;;/'l;7;‘[ o | A0 By S ,i/”",r P o L DLI e | e e e e ¥ . vt | i%i;* o ‘}.' z {;.‘r:‘:‘j :&‘!"‘ I W s §§ & G|| St ! %fl‘, y s < ~ -:: ." .. 1 i s e | .&] won't be able to even get a drink _whien I'm in the Army."” i “slways what a man does; it's what he| ‘knpws. And if a m:1 has kept his _@yes and ears open, he gets to know ‘& lot about a business in six years. “All the correspondence of the man -agement has gone through my hands “for’ than two years. If Mr. Jer ; ts to know anything he just _pends for me. The firm has a lot of gmee in Washington. Perhaps they will try to get me off. Our busi pess must not go to smash simply be ¢ause we are at war; and there is ‘work to be done at home that is just 88 important as that ‘“Over There.” ‘Y think I'll ask Mr. Jerrold about it. ‘No, I don’t believe I will—unless it Jooks too serious. He might not un- Mn ( d. Unless you are always waving an American flag nowadays, '§lo one thinks you love your country. ' §.do love America. I love her so much J ‘don’t want to Jeave her. People _say you are not a real patriot unless _you are ready to die for your country. ' Someone has got to live for her. 1 ‘want to live. ! l \A = a | 'THE SOLDIER’S PAY - %v e i 3 a bigger, finer way m carning gold to pay life’s debts, (CONSider now the meager pay S PR soldier gets. e e o for life wnth life wself, | Broves Summer heat and Wnter cold, Ani i hardships grim, but not for pelf, 3 " -: gold. 18 does not measure by his pay The swm of service that he gives, Fo¥'vicher joys than gold each day He works and hves. ko i dollars his reword : all snworthy of his tasks, \ 's victory for his sword \ all ke asks. T - S. 0. 8. . e Twins—U-Boats and Waste-! ‘ pes: a menace to the. 2Nies. g i 3 o {L3 o \‘q:vq H ) T " —— 7[a 7 = e R ” . - o o ]l'l7:';”l‘7 NN 'w* PNI e ' il Sy . a1 o 3 Y AL Siiid o s, P & - - ! a ‘V" ";? ! ‘Zj 1 NV} o - \ . _!_ - v‘{" \".,’ TR ' VAN e | T s - £ 221 sl ibl ¥ BooSAN ST P FE i o e R e | ‘ J,,—‘ - - ‘é, u"M(,J ' A ’mfi.“mw S g ePR . S 5 - N ; TRENCH AND CAMP Same day—later. i When I reached the office this morning there was a note on my desk | saying Mr. Jerrold wanted to see me. {I knew right away what had bhap | pened. He had been told that I would be calied and he wanted to see if I couid not get my call deferred, at { least until someone had been thor loughly trained to do my work and to learn what I had learned. l ~But when I went in his office I -‘kpew instantly it wasn't that. He | : = I / " | A . R iv; L 2 _ A G &L 7 W (4 | - 3,.“¢‘4 : ’fl/ ! : ‘.> A...‘,. /‘_,, P ".fl | .n; ;'//'\v i\ ‘ : ..\Ep/‘ l;/;',‘" es, XN 4.9 4 o Y 23 \ ,} L&F lm o e RN "‘ b DA e T AN = o 0 Y i e’ .. R \V\ 0 siks L 2 n . | e ‘You just scamper off and say your tender good-byes.” . wore the same expression my father wore when I came home last night. It was as if the two of them had learned the lesson out of the same book. He put out his hand and said: ‘“Ted, we are sorry to lose you, of course, but we are glad that we can give you—you are the only man of draft age in the head office.” ; “But,”” I began. | “No ‘buts’ and no worries. You will: need a lot of time apd we are. going to give you all we can.” “But,” I started again. “No ‘buts,” my boy. You wen’t ‘worry about us at all. All you will have to do from now on is to draw { vour salary and we’ll pay it for a | month after you are in the service, l {OO. This will give you a chance to ' buy whatever things you need.” ‘ I stood speechless. Mr. Jerrold put. | his arm on my shoulder: ‘“Go and ‘see all the pretty girls you kncw and say gocd-bye. But don’t think about I us any more.”’ “Who will do my work?” I asked. Lea ‘green’ man can’'t pick it all up,” I added. ; “I said ‘don’t worry.” We’'ll man age somchow. You just scamper ofii and say your tender good-byes.”” His smiling stopped a moment and he gsaid, feelingly: “You know, jyou might not come back.” He turned away and I made for the door. : - ‘ I can’t understand it at all. - Every body seems so pleased that I am to go. Mr. Jerrold’s attitude hurt. Didn’t T amount to anything more than that? Am I to be disposed of without any tarther thought than a brief dismis sal? Mr. Jerrold may think it is very easy to fill my place. But wait un til they get into a tight hole, he’ll know then. And a month’s salary! What's that? Of course, the firm is not wealthy. But they might have made it six months. What was that he said at the last? “You know, you might not come l back.’”” That’s just it; I may not! 4 PERSHING PAYS FOR PIG | General Persaing, who recommend ed legislation that would provide for compensating the French peasants whose lands were necessarily over run by our troops, has applied the? principles of that legislation to him self. : A Lyons paper says: °‘““A big Amer ican military automobile tore through a French village on its way to am American camp. Unfortunately a pig belonging to an old peasant wom an strayed into the path of the car and was killed. The old lady was“ heartbroken. . “A few days later a letter came for her enclosing a check for a hundred francs and saying how sorry the writ er was for the death of the pig. The | signature was that of General Per . ching.” \ What The American Flag Is ‘ (AN EXCERPT FROM A FLAG DAY ADDRESS BY HON. 11 FRANKLIN K. LANE, SECRETARY Ol' THE INTERIOR) | “Then came 2 great shout from the flag. : ;' “‘Let me tell you who I am. The work (hat we do is the |- making of the real flag. lam not the flug, not at all. T'am but | its shaduw. lam whatever you make me, nothing more., Tam | vour belief in yourself, your dream of what a people may be 1| come, 1 live a changing life, a life of moods and passiens, of || heartbreaks and tired muscles. B R e | “ ‘Sometimes lam strong with'pHde, ‘Whén'smép do an h?n: ' ! est work, fitting the rails together truly; sometimes 1 droop, for {| then purposc has gone from me, aad cynically 1 play,the ;; coward. Sometimes I am loud, garrish and full of that ego || that blasts judgment. But always I have all that you hope to 1 be and have the courage to try for. 1 “‘I am_the song and fear, struggle and panic, and ént" || nobling hope. lam the day’s work of the weakest man, and I | am the largest dream of the most daring. . l “‘ am the Constitution and the courts, statutes and statute makers, soldier and dreadnought, drayman and street sweep, cook, counsellor and clerk. lam (e battle of yesterday and the mistake of tomorrow. lam th. aystery of the men whe do without knowing why. lam the clutch of an idea, and the reasoned purposc of resolution. lam no more than what you believe me to be, and lam all that you believe I can be. 1 am what you make me, nothing more. 1 swing before your eyes as a bright gleam of color, a symbel of yourself, the pic tured suggestion of that big thing which makes this nation. My stars and my stripes are your dreams and your labors. “ ‘They are bright with cheer, brilliant with courage, firm with faith, because you have made them so oiit of your hearts, for you are the make:s of the flag, and it is well that you glory in the making.’ ” : : AA - | & / %" \’: I~ L /% w 3 - ‘ p 7 \“\”, __ U £ ‘3’\ \ 45 Y S e A @ o \XAE -ty | G A ey ‘=R R ) LR hfi (| Universal Military \ideg I | W . Service Gumn LAY B B B B oY raE A AT Y O el ) e Lot Blas LT 3 Ny A BRI W b Ol PRE R B =YR "'g._ s % %J' s€~,. :*'J .'%’ % ] Vi e 4 bt Poges, Lo B "‘L'\;A g s MW BERb WP e B l“ : ’ | The use of WRIGLEY’S | by the fighting men has i - created much faik acrocs ‘ the water. < | Even Obeforc American solsizrs - and saliors (anded, the British, Canadian and French forces had | adorted WRIGLEY’S as their war- R fime sweeimeat. ‘ and now that Uncle Sam’s stalwart boys are hitting the line, you’ll find WRIGLEY'’S a very noticeable ally of | 45K the Allies. . ‘ s Keep them supplied. 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