Omaha daily bee., 1915-01-17

And the big hauling firms flung
horses and transports at them and at the
government. often refusing any price, or,
when II was paid, turning Il into war
funds. What the battalion wanted II had
but TO ask for. Once it was short of,
say. towels. An officer approached the
head of big firm with no particular idea
he would get more than a few dozen from
that quarter.
And how many towels d'you wsnt7"
said the head Of the farm. The officer
suggested a globular thousand.
81 think you'll do better with twelve
hundred" was the curt answer. They're
ready out yonder. Get iem."
Well Worth Looking AZ.
And in this style Bolton turned out her
battalion. Then the authorities took 1t
and strung IL by threes and fives along
several score miles of railway track; and
1t had only just been reassembled, and II
had been inoculated for typhoid. Conse-
quently. they said Cbut all officers are
like mothers and motor car owners) it
wasn't up to what 1t would be in a little
time. In spite of the cyclist, had had
good look at the deep-chested battalion
in the park. and after getting their mus
htlIy llBuINb " II StelHtu 10 Illo NtldN
XpgHE = q n ~
"Note-Thanks to the miniature rifle
clubs fostered by Lord Roberts, a certain
number of recruits In all the armies
come to their regiments with a certain
knowledge of sighting, gun handling and
the general details of good shooting, es-
pecially at snap and disappearing work.
~
very soon it might be worth looking at
by more prejudiced persons than myself.
The next day 1 read that this bat
talion's regular battalion in the field had
| distinguished itself by a piece of work
which, In other wars, would have been
| judged heroic Bolton will read 1t, not
| without remarks, and other towns who
. love Bolton more or less will say that il
all the truth could come out their regt-
ments had done as well. Anyway, the re-
| suit viii be more men-pitmen, mill
hands. clerks, checkers. weighers, wind
ers and hundreds of those sleek, well
| groomed business men whom one used TO
meet in the big Midland hotels, protest
ing that war was out of date. These
latter develop surprisingly in a camp at
mosphere. l recall one raging In his
army shirtsleeves at comrade who had
( derided his principles. 1T am a blanky
! pacificist," he Missed, "and I'm proud OF
it, and-and I'm going to make you one
! before I've finished with you"
/ Secret of the Services.
! Pride of city, calling, class and creed
Imposes standards and obligations which
hold men above Themselves at a pinch,
and steady them through long strain.
lOne meets it in the new army at every
Pturn, from the picked territorials who
| nlaunnaI naf night tn the
six-week-old service battalion maturing
itself in mud 1t is balanced by the
Ineradicable English instinct TO under
state. detract and decry-to mask tbS
thing done by loudly drawing attention
to the things undone. The more one
sees of the camps the more one is filleC
with facts and figures of joyous sig
nificance, which will become clearer a.
the days lengthen; and the less one hear
of the endurance, decency. self-sacrific'
and utter devotion which have made, ant
are hourly making, this wonderful new
world. The camps take this for grante'
elise why should any man be there a
all? He might have gone on with hi
= business, or-watched soccer" Blu
having chosen TO do his bit. he does II
4 and talks as much about his motives a
ne hOutu u lAs ANAlbADh VI us NV
affairs He is eloquent over the short
comings Of the authorities. more pess
mlstic as to the future Of HIS next neigh
= Dor. battalion than would be safe to prin
/ and lyric on his personal neds-baths an
drying rooms for choice.
"NOn-COm" Not Evolved.
But when the grousing gets beyond
: certain point-say at a. m, in stead
wet, with the tent pegs drawing lih
. false teeth-the nephew OF the insuranC
3 agent asks the cousin. OF the baronet I
inquire what the stevedores brother an
the tutor OF the public school Joined II
: army for, Then they sing ''somewhei
1 the sun Is Shining till Sergeant IroI
r mongers Assistant cautions them
r drown I'm silence or the Lieutenant Tel,
: phone-sppliances manufacturer will spec
< to them in the morning.
d Tho new armies have not yet evolve
8 their typical private, non-com., and o
q ficer. though enc can see them shaping
( They are numerous because, for all OF
3 long faces, we are the only genuinel
5 humorous race on earth; but they a
g know for true that there are no excuse
in the service. III there were" said
three-month-old under-gardener-p private
I me. what 'ud become OF discipline?'
n They are already setting standards Z,
n the coming millions. and have sown HIT
e sprouts OF Tagimentai tradition whiC
d may grow into age-old trees. In OF
}. corps, for example, though no dublin
h issued, man loses his name for para
4 ing with dirty boots. He looks dow
e scornfully on the next battalion whel
c they are not expected to achieve the IN
t possible. In another--an ex-ouards Sc
i geant brought 'em up by hand-the DR.
n is rather high class. In a third they ful
. about records for route marching, an
men who fall out have to explain then
y selves to their sweating companions. tn
a is entirely right They are all now
o the year one. and the mesnest az the
e may be an ancestor Of whom regiments