Water Valley progress., 1915-05-22


was ever given man to accomplish
Someone has said that submarine
hunting ought to be no more difficult
than whaling. hut the man who has the
task In hand knows that when whale
comes to the surface 1t has to stay
there certain length Of time In order
to spout, while submarine needs only
to poke its periscope above the water
long enough to admit OF one feeting
look at the surface Of the sea and
then to go down and to stay there
seemingly for keeps.
English Training Camp.
have been allowed to see one of
the big English training camps OF
volunteers. The camp is at Aldershot,
where for years the English govern
ment has maintained military post.
The troops at Aldershot, officers and
men, are almost entirely composed of
volunteers. They are young men
from school. the government depart
ments, the shop, the farm and the fac
tory Thus far England has main
tanned its strict standard OF military
requirements from the standpoint of
the stamina and general physique Of
the men allowed to enter the ranks.
So It is that at Aldershot the thousands
undergoing training are sturdy youths
capable of enduring the hardships of
| the soldiers life In field and In bat
| tie.
Daily one hears discussed the ques-
tion as to whether or not before this
war is over this country must resort
| to CONSUMPTION. There are men who
are holding back from enlistment who
think that the foe can be overcome
without their aid. The men who so
think apparently are disdainfuI Of the
desire of the authorities that nothing
shall be said or thought which shall
tend to belittle the strength Of the
enemy. The average Englishman
tells the American willingly that the
Germans are q great people and that
| as yet the Germans have not exhibited
their full military strength on either
front OF battle. The Englishman who
goes out to fight or who would go II
some physical disqualification OF age
did not prevent him from going, has
| little use for his brother man who,
able to fight, rests at home on the
feather bed, feeling that his services
will not be needed.
Making Of officers.
They are training officers at Alder
shot as they are training enlisted men.
For the most part it seemed to me that
| the officers had been given some pre-
| liminary training either In what we
| Americans call school brigades or In
some of the organizations semimili-
tary In nature which England. like
other countries, has in numbers, The
young officers work from reveille to
| taps every day at their task Of learn
| ing. Anyone OF the veteran noncom
missioned officers now serving as drill
| masters knows more Of camp cam.
| paigning and battle matters than any
of the commissioned ones under tutel,
age. But these youngsters wearing
| the insignia Of rank for the drst time
seemingly are much In earnest. They
have q lot to learn, but they are try
| ing to learn 1t quickly, for Engiishmen
seem to know the dire need Of trying
to combine thoroughness with haste
| In the present time Of danger.
The women Of England. Ike the
women Of Germany, France and Aus
tria. are working as hard In their own
way az are the men. There is no line
of endeavor outside that OF the actual
bearing of firearms which the women
Of England are not following. The
boys work and the girls work. ana
their aid, it is said here, has bull
warked the general strength OF tho
nation. 1t always has been inconceiv-
able to an American boy why the av-
erage Englishman has looked upon
woman as Just little bit his inferior.
| The American learned long ago that
woman was mans superior. certainly
in moral courage and very likely.
when the pinch comes, In physical
courage. have heard 1t said In Lon-
don that this war is bound to change
| the view that the Englishman tor CEN
| turtles has taken Of the Engiishwoman'
and. for that matter, Of the woman
! of every other nation on earth.
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