Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-29

ing that exists between British ofi1cers
and men, and a reason why the list Oh
casualties among the British commis-
stoned officers has been so large is tur-
nished in the following letter written
by noncommissioned officer OF the BuHs'
mo regiment fought harder than we
did, and no regiment has better otncers,
who went shoulder to shoulder with tneir
men, but YOU can't expect absolute I'M
possibilities to be accomplished, no mat
ter how brave the boys are, when you
are fighting force 20 to 30 times as
strong IL some of you at home VINO
have spoken sneeringly of British ofttcers
could have seen how they handled their
men and shirked nothing you would De
ashamed of yourselves. We are all de-
termned when It is ht again to return
and get our own back"
Hundreds of men from the Salvation
Army missions have answered the call OF
Lord Kitchener for services Loyalty and
promptly. Stories of the gallantry and
bravery of the Salvationists are now
coming back from the front
One of the wounded served as motor
driver in the royal field artillery. He
was a bandsman in the Salvation Army
before war was declared and told OF
hearing other former Salvationists sing
ing the favorite songs of the army on
the battlefields at night.
Telling of the lighting, the former
bandsman said:
"Shells were bursting all around us and
was struck by splinter. 1t was only
a flesh wound, however so / bound 1t
UP and went ahead with my work. t1rst
it seemed the enemy was getting the bet
ter of us, then he would retreat and so
the battle went all day. Comrades were
falling all around me. The Germans
falI in, httn
the dead of the enemy that when the
order to advance was given we simply
had to force the motor over heaps Oh
bodies. While following the retreating
Germans six of us got lost. For tour
days we tramped without anything TO
eat or drink On the third day our
tongues were hanging out from thirst
and two Of the men went mad. 1t was
on the fourth night that we fell In with
the British ambulance sections, and one
of the first sounds heard was wound-
ed man in one of the wagons singing:
"I'm a child of king,
I'm child of king,
with Jesus my saviour,
I'm a child of a king
1T learned that he was a Salvationist
and later In the stiffness Of the night l
heard a clear voice in another part Of
the camp singing:
And we won't drag on behind
THE song was taken UP in other parts
of the camp until 1t swelled into chorus
of voices that made the air ring with
the old Salvation Army song"
Reports indicate 1t sometimes takes q
| lot to kill modern soldier. Sergeant
| Fougere, of France, received eight oui-
| let wounds, broken arm and other m
| juries, and although shot in the calf
thigh and ankle, escaped being captured
by Germans and llmped ten miles to hi:
regiment. Another French soldier re-
ceived six bullet and three bayone'
wounds and is recovering. The French
| War Office estimates only two men are
| killed out of every 100 hit. The penetra
| ton Is so clean one soldier did not know
| he had been hit for three hours, and an
other bullet went through two soldier:
| and lodged in a cavalryman's saddle.
'1f oLndon were to follow the example
of the Russian capital and Change 1t:
| name" says the London Times, COS
mopolis might be suitable title. For 81.
| weeks citizens of other nations have beer
pouring into England until London has
| become a vast hostel. Belgians whose
| homes have become smoking ruins.
Frenchmen on whose lands the soldiers o.
|
| whom the outbreak of war surprised ir
some alien country-all have sought these
| shores. Here, too, are many of our enc
| mics subjectsSGermans and Austrian:
| who We're in England when war broke
| out, and have chosen to prolong their so
| journ. At the hint of war, Germans whc
| were in Paris flowed over to England
| This invasion has turned London into
| city where alien tongues may be hearC
| Ttn md trat iT
| the shops and theatres one sees foreign
ers and listens to foreign speech. on
| might almost suggest that London's new
| motto should be lei on parle Francois,
| for in certain parts of the city the Ian
guage of our Allies is heard almost a
frequently as our own"
| Some of the privates at least in TIL,
| German ranks are under the impression
| that Japan and the United States ar,
| taking part in the war on the German
side, according to a letter received in Lon
don from an officer of a Highland regi
ment now at the front.
In every camp where Britain's new
armies are being trained the regular drill
| instructors are sweating over their com
| pany rolls at night, desperately trying L
| remember the pronunciation OF the names
4 OF dTlStOCTdllC recruits WHO 40 not rec
ognize Cholmondley when pronounced a!
| it is spelt.
a sergeant calling the roll for com
pany of the new "sportsmen" battalion
| for the first time had a terrible expert
ence recently. Having disposed success
fully of few "Harpers," "Mitchells,
etc, he came to the name Montague"
Private Montaig," shouted the ser
| geant
There WAS no reply hut when the nam,
was repeated a half-hearted Here, sir.
came from the ranks.
"Why didn't you answer before?" de
manded the sergeant Because my nam'
| is Mon-te que" replied the recruit.
well" snapped the sergeant, "you'l
do seven days fatigew"
The next name on the list, MajOribanks
| brought no response, for the sergeant
! pronounced 'Majoreybanks."
A second call brought the mild response
81 expect you mean me, sir. My name II
| Marshbanks.'
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