The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1915-05-06
By VIII. Q. SHEPHERD

Headquarters of the British army
in northern France. April 17.-tBy
mail to New York; This is not Tom
my Atkins-it's John Bull.
| The minute you begin to rub ell
bows with the English army you make
this discovery.
Tommy Atkins. the professional
English soldier. is here aplenty. He
dotes the English army. John Bull
is the everyday English citizen and
he seems to be around here in hun
dreds OF thousands. Tommy Atkins
is the soldier that Kipling sings about
John Bull has never been sung about.
He's the John Bull who believes his
home is his castle: in fact, II Is that
belief that has brought him here.
He's the John Bull who pays taxes.
who reads newspapers and talks aoii-
tics. who has garden, wife and
children. and who commutes daily. In
peace times. between his home and
his office.
" SaNt Tvs Oe~~tNs
Take any one OF your younger
neighbors-a lawyer. street car con
ductor. a rsai estate man. a clerk;
you fellows who stay at home on
summer evenings and squirt the lawn
or weed the gnrden--and I'll 90 out on
the streets OF this headquarters town
and find hiscounterpart for you within
five minutes. He's carrying gun
aud wearing khaki. Or III find him
for you lying under wooden cross
in one OF the neld cemeteries. his part
OF the job that he came out here to
do well and nobiy finished. 1t was
his duty to show that he believed not
only that an Engiishman's home Is Ids
castle. but that Beigian's home and
Frenchman's home and every home
in all civilization "a sacred shelter
that must be untouched by enemies
All are volunteers-
There's thrill about being with
the English army that no american
can miss. These hundreds upon hun
dreda Of thousands Of men are yolnn-
teerx: every man Jack OF them sat
down and thought Il all out for him
self before he went to the recruiting
office and asked for place in the
army. Today. In the English army
khaki, he's his own mans man He's
responsible to his superiors. for hs's
a soldier. but primarily he's responsi-
bic 70 himself and to that castle OF
his back home and TO every jeopar-
died castle home In every corner OF
the earth. He's worked out a duty
for himself- as a man works ou. his
own religion or the other great prob
lens OF his life and the answer 20
his problem Is that here he Is in
khaki, a full nedged soldier.
Don't believe these stories that hos
always singing "Tipperary." and that
he's always ready for a froiic o m
fight There's no frolic about Il and
very little music. His frolic and hts
music are awaiting him at his castle
somewhere In the empire. II he ever
sees It again. He came out 'ere to
fight and he's in dead earnest and
serious earnest. He wasn't a, vays
singing "TIpperary.r while he was do
ing his duty in peace times or while
he was committing TO and from " orS
no more does he do 1t now. This is
a serious job Just like his peace time
duty; the frolic and the music may
come after the Job is done.
Same system as Ours.
The thrill that an American gefs.I
rubbing elbows with this volunteer
British army comes with the knowl-
edge that there are only two great
powers in the world that have the
voluntary military system - Great
Britain and the United States.
Through all the long winter back
In the British isles saw men In silk
hats, in derbies, in long coats. in
short coats. in hunting boots, in street
shoes. drilling and marching and coun.
termarchinE; their faces were always
set determinedly. Now see these
same men here in khaki and caps.
They are here because they are forced
to be here; forced by something with.
in themselves. They are here not only
because they wanted to be here, but
because they were determined to he
here.
That's the English army to-day at
the front.