The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-08-07
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M|' IRRlIEs
1T FRONT
Bear lie Stamp 81 llIerc CHESS
Formal Training IN
England.
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HEench peasants cali GA3 Jew - ~ II
have Joined Tommee Atkeene tns
regular. and the TereetoreeaSSs - 80 =
the front Tommee beEtnS 20 sIsei - rs
the oldest tuhahitant By the y We. 81 I,
he does not Like to be 90 lle4 ~ t. q
though the worth persist IA 4 VITA " y
which Is as object ionaDle 70 I'M IN 90 Il
.sJacky' Is to the zneracan 3; blu ecAes-
Dell Tor M0a.las 4. sts.:.s
The British regular DID al the nssnzT
He had his oke at the expense OF g sns
ITerritor;a1s, who are about the same
as the American national gtAr wne an
they arrived. The Terri or1ais 81 e1onRsne.I
that they We're made soldiers Wnenl
the war broke out: but they were
drilled Tor months az noll.s pe 80
they were sent to France WnsFe Iney
digging reserve trencnss aDepa.s u ~. ~
line. In the spring they nad tneAr
turn and the Canadians TOO: -.
Don't be downheareea l4lere AIe
still some Hocnes leI lll Sne u = pts e,
torfa1s DIN the regulars In SAYING 70
1.-THE new army. BESIDE Inc new new asA 21s
the Territorials FEEL IKE ~. A. n
IT'S KIND of;.yous we kns" sns -
you could have ktile Ide1eam a. 81. OF, =
fyou had wanted TO- cue h1tineners
reply.
Don't charge too fast! wait TOT
us to catch up! eau t9ss req
Wen walt on the hn1ne answer
the new army -.
brought q new element inlo, NE az tue
front: they bear the; s!anp o.. o.. tongs
route marches over Eng1ash 81 roads a !.
of the merciless formal trearang OF rnes
drill ground.
| On seeing three or 1our nunareo
soldiers bathtng IN q canat tnelr pLQeu
chests and the hne play OF tnetr
first hundred Thousand, W$n1cn answered
the cali to arms last August.
IL the average OLD sinner OF the
trenches had to run nye mttes against
the average new army man ne void.
be blown half way and the new army
man would tror past the goal. an easy
winner. Sttttny in dugouG under
shell fire is not exercise When men
come out ftne trenches, Gney want 20
sleep and eat. The tendency Is to
grow tat
+ The veterans are hghtlhardenedAand
trenrh-hardened but not muscle.
hardened Fhat Is the reason why
the officers encourage cricket and
football an dother sports It saves
the men from druid gerry OF compulsory
HexercsS1 to. LED them IN condttaon.
rev 4en sans. n
the otner night Wnen one heard
some soldiers btEIeted IN barn sing
Ing one was certain without asking
that they We're new army men The8
BRUSH regular rarely sings IN camp
or on the march. Neither elatedi or
depressed he plugs along doing mis-
days work. As the New army flows
IN ne VIII be outnumbered but nnS
changed
Those new army men are singing
God Save the King, before they lay
down IN me straw for the night IN
me land OF France which was all so
new ana ange to them and SO COM
monplace to the veterans. Their
fresh young voices were pleasant to
the ear.
everyone hopes they VIII keep on
singing. mere fayman did not know
put that they might bring their bands.
At intervals one asks himself what,
$ missing IN this British army. any
way. nen ma answers. music, Of
course.
band were to start playing In,
the trenches there would be a shrapnel
bullet through the drum and a high
explosive In the mout of tie horn in /.
sort order. Bands may have no place
at the front but that does not rule
near the CampbeHs Are Coming" at
the head of g company marching back
fro mthe trenches for want OF
other music, the bagpfpe becomes
sweet to other than Scotch ears No
modernization of war win separate Il
Scotch regiment from its pipes.
ne bands were left at home to
aid recruiting" said the new army
man.
We did not know but your ofifcers
might bring along their swords, - re-
marked the old-timers.
There the veterans were having al
dog at the expense of the young 1iIn-