The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1915-01-08


vegetables picked up in the fields.
In the captured English trenches,
however, they always find many emp
ty meat tins. One day. when fights
had been plentiful, and our men were
experiencing the pangs of hunger,
an intrepid youth crawled across to
one of the eaemy's trenches which
was very near at hand. laid down
some paper money-which he weight
ed with stone-near the sleeping
Englshmen. and returned unmolest-
ed to our position with several tins
of corned beef. A volley of abuse
from the enemy's trench acquainted
our men that this shopping expedi-
ton had been discovered by the
awakened sentries, who vented their
anger in explosives such as Beasts!
II take this opportunity of correct
| ing an impression which unfortunate
ly is very prevalent. namely. that our
I troops no longer take any English
D
if the English are captured they are
refused quarter. out of revenge for
the cruel methods of English war
fare. English prisoners continue to
be taken as before, and are treated
according to the regulations. That
they are not so numerous may be
due to the fact that for some time
past the English have been extra
ordinarily shy, and whenever posi-
BILE they allow their allies to take the
lead in battle. 1t is very difficult.
however. to credit the English, or
any of the allies. with humane spir-
it in their methods of fighting. They
continually come into conflict with
the rules of International law. and
their tactics can rarely. if ever. be
considered permissible.
Troops Need Fruit.
A member of the German army
medical corps. writing from the front
to the Frankfurter Zeitung. urges
the kindhearted public to send fruit
and vegetables TO the soldiers in the
fighting line. 1t is difficult. he says.
to obtain either fruit or vegetables
in France. and the lack of such fresh
food at a time when We can obtain
hardly any exercise is eXertiug a de-
leter;ous effect on their general
health.
The men get an abundance of or
binary nourishNg food the writer
says. and he strongly recommends
that their friends instead of chOco-
late. tobacco. cigars and cigarettes.
of which they have more than they
can consume. He also disapproves
presents of WOODEN goods, which, he
says, merely hamper the soldiers and
suggests that relatives and friends
rather should send carrots and caul-
FLOWERS
How Tommy Atkins" Received His
Name.
The British soldier has been known
for long time as Tommy Atkins"
for so long. in fact. that no one can
remember just how this name came
to be fastened on him. Several eX-
plantations have been offered. One
of them says:
The term arose from the little
pocket ledgers at one time served out
TO all British soldiers, in which were
to be entered the name, the age, the
date of enlistment. the length of ser
vice, the wounds and the medals, and
so on. of each individual. The War
Office sent with each of these little
books form for filling it in. and the
hypothetical name selected, instead
of John Doe and Richie Roe, as with
lawyers. was Tommy Atkins" The
books Immediately came to be so
called. and it did not require long to
transfer the name from the book to
the soldier.
A correspondent of the London
Times says:
MANY will remember why our
soldiers received this name in the
first instance. How, in 1857, when
the rebellion broke out in Lucknow.
all the Europeans fed to the resi-
dency. On their way they came up
on a private of the Thirty-second |
Regiment Duke of CORVALLIS light |
infantry on sentry at an outpost !
They urged him TO make his escape
with them. but he would not do so
and was killed. His name happen |.
ed to be Tommy Atkins, and so.
throu ghout the mutiny campaign. |
when a daring deed was done the |
doer was said to be "a regular Tommy |
Atkins
Many Disorders Come From the Liver |
Are You just at Odds