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From Private G. K Black, Headquarters Detachment, 38th Division, Camp, Shelby, Mississi/>pi
Red Cross Home Service
Is Friend of Soldiers’ Wives!
The wife of an army captain in a
large eastern city recently received
from her bank a formal notice to the
effect that, since her husband’s name
had appeared on the casualty lists
from the French front, she could no
longer draw checks upon their joint
account. She was near collapse from
worry without this final distress, and
ithere seemed to be nobody to whom
she could appeal for help against the
entirely unexpected action on the part
of the bank. The question camo to
the attention of the Home Service
Section.
She happened to be the wife of a
commissioned officer, but it would
have been the same bo far as Home
Service- was concerned if her account
had been a pittance and her husband
a private soldier. She was the wife
of an A; Iran fighting for his coun
try, and that made her troubles the
responsibility of the Red Crr,
A lawyer representing the Home
Service Section in that city got a copy
of the letter which the bank had sent
to her and called upon the vice-presi
dent of the bank. The Home Ber
■ vice worker pointed out, in terms
more or less forcible, that the fact
of her husband’s name appearing on
ft casualty list did not in any way
affect her legal right to her own
money in the bank. He asked a few
pointed question ■ as to just why a
bank, supposed to be the friend of
its clients, should take so much pakis
to add to the distress of one of them
when she was worried by the news
of her husband’s disablement. He
inquired why the wife of a soldier
should find that she had no legal
right to draw a check upon her own
account because her husband had
been hurt.
The bank official was much sur
prised that such a letter had gone’
out and assured the captain s wife
of what she already knew—that the
money in the bank was hers and she
could draw on it whenever she
wished. He also promised the Home
Service man that no more such let
ters would go out to harrass the
wives of wounded men.
BILLS’S DUE
A Kaiser is a funny bird, in lv-ory his
mind’s interred,
His heart, is as cold as Winter beer—
I even doubt if he can hear.
But won’t, his little wobbly eyes pop
into space in wild surprise
When Yanks by millions ’gin to rise
in Berlin where old Bismarck
lies!
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Cross my heart, and hope to die.
If I ever, ever buy
Or use a thing on which I see
The trademark, “Made In Germany.”
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Where United States Soldiers
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By CAPTAIN R. D. LA GARDE, U. S, A.
DIRECTOR OF CIVILIAN MARKSMANSHIP, WAR DEPARTMENT
Written Specially for the Soldier-Readers of “Trench and Camp”
Recent cabled reports from the fir- t
ing line tell of an American sergeant ?
who picked off twenty-five Germans t
at long range while the enemy was s
retreating across the Mar'ne. This t
exhibition of skill in the use of a e
United States Army rifle is an inter- s
esting contrast to the carefully c
worked out estimate that in the for
mer wars there has been only one i
complete casualty to every six bun- <
dred shots fired. It shows why Euro- •
pean army commanders have been ;
compelled to alter their theories j
about the value of individual infantry ,
fire elnce the American Expedition
ary Forces entered the battle zone.
Since the beginning of the present ;
, war the French and British armies
have paid little attention to the rifle
and have pinned their faith to ma
chine guns, bayonets and hand gren
ades. Notwithstanding this la£t,
; General Pershing invariably has con
tended that the rifle is by no means
a back number in modern fighting.
During the early days of his com
[ maud in France he issued an urgent
■ request that every man in the United
. States Army be given thorough train
’ ing Im the use of. military small arms
1 before being seat overseas. The re
i markable skill with the rifle shown by
; American soldiers In recent battles
■ and the amazing results obtained by
■ its use in the heaviest fighting has
i not only vindicated General Per
i shing's firm stand but. has converted
I military experts in the Allied armies.
“At what distance can one of your
- rifle experts hit a man?" inquired a
r visiting officer from the British Army
> a few days ago. He was told that
* many crack shots in the American
> Army should without difficulty hit a
j human target at a distance .of from
i seven to eight, hundred yards.
"If that is true of many Amfiri-1
> icons,” he coimrrented, "there are)
i some painful surprises in store fori
| tho enemy. Every German soldier
j now feels perfectly safe at n distance
of (500 yards from a rifle!"
> The story of the Revolutionary war
Is being repeated In the present con-
- filet. American troops are opening
the eyes of European army experts to
, the real possiblliitcs of tho rlfio.
When the British forces landed In ,
w America to chastise the colonics they
. had little respect ’or the troops under
‘ Washington’s command. They devel-i
oped a whole lot of respect, however, |'
when they observed the deadly skill 1
with which American fighting men)
used their weapons, British volley)
firing did little dgufage against the)
carefully scattered Yankees, but)
’ British troops suffered severely when I
the poorly drilled but keen-eyed
Americans returned tho compliment
by pouring their bullets into carefully
selected living murks. This tradi
tional American trait was manifested
again in the Civil War, when both
sides produced great numbers of won
derful sharpshooters.
The foundation of civilization In
the United States was laid with tho
famous old weapon known as the
"Kentucky rifle.” The prototype of
this weapon was the flintlock, manu
factured in quantities by Pennsyl
vania blacksmiths as early as 1730.
In the making of the nation the
rifle and the axe went side by side.
Since those early days the descen
dants of the pioneers instinctively
have turned to the rifle. In minia
ture form, even if an air rifle,
It is the favorite toy of the American
email boy. His elders have clung to
It for sport and protection and, in
variably. during -wars fought by the
United Slates, the army rifle has
played a big role.
Curiously enough. American in
ventors did not originate the chief
feature of the rifle that is now making
it a terror to Germans. A few years
before the Civil War, during the Cri
mean War in fact, British soldiers
experimented with rifles that were
equipped with telescopes. The idea
appealed strongly to Americans, how
ever, and the use of telescopic equip
ment was developed tremendously
during the battles of the early sixties.
Unfortunately, interest in rifle
shooting declined kt tho end of the
conflict between the North and South.
It was revived in thb late seventies,
through the efforts of General George
W. Wingate, N. Y. N. G., and the use
of the American national weapon has
since steadily Increased among civil
ians, In 1916, at the time of the
I .Mexican border mobilization, there
I were 2,200 separate and distinct rifle
clubs in tho United States, with an
aggregate membership of consider
ably more than 100,000.
The American soldier has been
trained to the use of the rifle as a
long-range weapon. This gives him
an advantage over the German, who
has never been taught to shoot at
/narks more than 400 meters (437
yards) distant. As a matter of fact. ,
their marksmanship Is so poor that :
Germans have never taken part in the !
! international rifle competitions at )
i which crack shots from England,
) Canada, the United States, France.
) Argentina, Chilo and numerous other
i nations were entered. Tho German
, military authorities have failed to
i uucouriyjo individual proficiency.
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(U. S, Army Standard)
Because you can get them on or
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THE PRUSSIAN CREED
“You will take no prisoners. Show
no mercy. Show no quarter. Make
yourself ns terrible as the Hun who
-aid: ‘Where our footsteps fall lot
no grass grow for a thousand years.' "
H. n. B.
Save your bayonet thrusts for tho
enemy | cots and tents ore not Huns.
IN THE LONG RUN
If
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L tires of his motor car, auto truck, and airplane, and in »a
a thousand forms he never dreamed rubber could serve.
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That is the industrial and commercial expression of
Goodrich. - m
But Goodrich wants The American Soldier to know 0
that the zealous, patriotic support of the institution is ?J
with him and back of him, obedient to our Government’s If
call to fulfill his needs.
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GREET AMERICANS
ON EVERY SIDE
Behind the British Lines in Francs.—
To an American visiting the western
front in these stirring times. It is a
surprise and a, pleasure to note the in
terest and anticipation with which the
more active participation of the
Americans is greeted on every hand.
The Canadian soldiers Invariably
adopt the attitude of "I told you so”
when the official repeats chronicle
American successes. Australians
also pride themselves on their intim
acy with the Americans, and take a
personal pride in every good dead
which the Americans do as if in some
way they themselves had some share
in it.
The English Tommies are ccntent to
express delight and satisfaction, but
always as If eager to believe the best
and give credit for every excuse. The
Americans, by their unassuming ways
and insistent aggressiveness in the
line, have won the good will of the
whole Imperial British army.
When a. German report came in the
other day of five airplanes brought
down from a patrol of six American
raiders, frank incredulity was ex
pressed everywhere. When the Amer
ican report verified it, there was noth
ing in it but. hard luck and a basis
for further avenging exploits.
The American flying men have a
hard time before them to sustain the
hopes held out for them by theii- ad
mirers in the British a.nd Canadian
battalions. The kindly applause show
ered on American methods by the. Eng
lish newspapers—which have from tho
first ignored the mistakes certain to
creep into any war admiration—is
either accepted in France as the com
plete story or is a reaction of the feel
ing here.
Nowhere was the amity of feeling
between the Americans and the va
rious British units better demonstrat
ed than at the recent Dominion day
sports behind the British lines. The
events of that day are ackm wledged
to have been the greatest gala day
celebration ever held in the war area.
MY BUNKIE
Who wore my ‘khakis” or my “blues,”
Borrowed my socks and took my shoes;
And al) his money spent for booze?
My Bunkie.
Long after “taps” when every light
Had been extinguished for the night,
Who dropped his shoes with all his
might?
My Bunkie.
Who in the morning, feeling mean,
Mixed up a dose in his canteen
Os my bay rum and listerine''
My Bunkie.
Who threw burnt mitches on the floor,
And cigarette-butts by the score.
Kept me awake while he would snore?
My Bunkie.
Who swept out every month or two
When he had nothing else to do;
Then said: “Get next—it s up to you?”
My Bunkie.
Who looked as pious as a monk.
When told about the bunch of junk
I found beneath me in my bunk?
My Bunkie.
Who did 1 ‘wake each morning when
I answered roll call with the men;
And who went back to sleep again?
My Bunkie.
I “Sabe” you. my pal of old—
Your grip was firm and never cold,
You had a heart as good as gold—
My Bunkie.
And I was willing to condone
These faults (they were not yours
alone)
Err I had plenty of my own—
My Bunkie.
These squad-room days are far too few;
But in my homo there’s room for you,
And all I have, you’re welcome to—
My Bunkie.
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“What’s the best method to repair a
busted tire?”
“Oh, use about equal parts of tire tape
and profanity.”
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