The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1915-08-26
STOCK EXCHANGE MEN
SERVE IN BRITISH
ARMY AS PRIVATE

CAssocieted Press Corrcspondence.)
British Army Headquarters In
France, Aug. 1--WE are In sight
Of the trenches al last" said a prI-
vate In what is known as the stock
exchange battalion OF one of the regi-
mcnts OF the new British army. ITS
been "a long pull In a hard market.
hut we never missed getting our shil-
ling "A day and our wives have got
their separation allowances regularly -
Their privates In the stock cx-
change battalion who have names
well known In the world OF finance.
Some Of them have subscribed for
tunes to the latest war loan.
AT home | have three bath rooms
n sixteen bed rooms said one.
"Out here I am glad to stand up In
line with "A towel Over my shoulder
and take my turn with the wash bas-
In. As for sleeping on straw Ia "A
barn Il is paradise after a hard
march. l suppose We will get these
other things, too, like everybody else
does In the trenches"
Bound TO. though you have ten
thousand "a year remarked another.
Maybe you have one In your shirt,
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what interests us. said a division
al stan officer, 'F not that they are
stock exchange men, but are they
good soldiers? ?"
Many speak German as a result OF
international financial relations.
1T would be odd said one. III I
should be shooting at kaufman, who
Is on the Berlin exchange. We went
10 school together In Germany."
Not all In the stock exchange bat
talon are afnuent or members Of the
exchange, hut all were recruited from
the stock exchange district As they
march along "A road In France, laden
with dust. the TWENTY-FIVE dollars a
week clerk n the big broker are
elbow to elbow and the observer can
not tell one from the other
There IL another battalion COM
posed Of artists. architects, musicians
and men of kindred callings. Many
officers have been promoted both
from the ranks of artists rifles and
the stock exchange battalion. Then
there are battaliOns OF miners. sporst-
men and companies from the same
factory and groups ~ friends who en-
listed In a body In order to be togcth-
or during the campaign.
officers who have been in the Tight
ing since the retreat from Mons are
saying that the new army n chang
ing the whole face OF life At the
front
I'VE regulars all knew u another, %
one explained. I'VE were "a sort OF
family. when an officer was killed
Il he were not an old pal nj least you
knew who he was. The names IN the
casualty lists Of the new army will be
strangers
Promotion has been rapid. Boys of
10 who began as second ~licutenants In
the new army are now first lieuten-
ants. There are captains wno are
scarcely OF age, one officer meets
another who was a major when h'
last saw him and finds that he IL nov
"A brigadior general, or Big. Gen
In army parlance.
Seeing "a sign Of o corps headquar'
tcfs painted 80 well that Il looked az
II II had been carved into the WOOD
a passerby knc at once that II Wal
the work of % new army man wh'
was a professional sign painter. b'
il a lawyer. "a plumber, a bo~okktopcr
a carpenter. a tailor ar an cngincc
that IL wanted. one Is always forth
5 coming from The ranks of the neV
army. The British regular, az a rult
knew only the trade of soldering,